Peggy King & The All-Star Jazz Trio - Songs A La King

Size: 145,3 MB
Time: 61:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Let's Fall In Love (2:16)
02. Cry Me A River (4:24)
03. Peggy King Introduces Any Questions (1:16)
04. Any Questions (2:13)
05. Maybe You'll Be There (4:31)
06. How About You (2:51)
07. Born To Be Blue (3:10)
08. Be Careful, It's My Heart (2:44)
09. The Boy Next Door (4:02)
10. Nobody's Heart (4:40)
11. Dearly Beloved (3:17)
12. Wait Till You See Him Her (2:59)
13. While We're Young (2:50)
14. You Better Go Now (4:03)
15. With A Song In My Heart (3:23)
16. My Ship (5:12)
17. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (4:40)
18. You Took Advantage Of Me (3:08)

Personnel: Peggy King (vcl), with Andy Kahn (p), Bruce Kaminsky (b), Bruce Klauber (d)

Along with Tony Bennett, Peggy King is among the very last certifiable stars of radio, television, motion pictures, theaters, nightclubs and recordings still working today. Shes packed a lot into a whirlwind career of the 1950s and early 1960s, working with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. to André Previn and a three-year association with comedian George Gobel; appearing in films like Zero Hour; singing at the 1955 Oscar Awards telecast; entertaining U.S. troops overseas with Bob Hope during the Korean War; and recording for Columbia Records, among others.

In 1961, she married After Six Formal Wear Chairman/President Samuel Rudofker, started a family in Philadelphia, and left the business. Aside from a brief re-entry onstage and with new recordings made during the mid-1980s, Peggy King did not perform in public professionally again until almost two years ago, when she met pianist Andy Kahn, drummer Bruce Klauber, and bassist Bruce Kaminsky, members in long-standing42 years, to be exactof Philadelphias popular jazz ensemble The All-Star Jazz Trio. ~Bruce Klauber

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Michael Blum Quartet - Chasin' Oscar: A Tribute To Oscar Peterson

Size: 107,2 MB
Time: 46:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Nightingale (6:46)
02. I Loves You, Porgy (6:08)
03. You Look Good To Me (4:55)
04. The Girl From Ipanema (4:03)
05. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) (5:01)
06. Tristeza (3:11)
07. Pine (5:00)
08. Tenderly (5:29)
09. Whisper (5:29)

Michael Blum is a jazz guitarist based out of Hanover, NH. At the age of 21 years old, Michael has already released his debut album, Initiation, which All About Jazz calls, “a stellar debut,” and author Scott Yanow calls, “a strong debut from Michael Blum, a guitarist who will clearly have an important future in jazz.”

In November 2014, Blum received a rave review in DownBeat Magazine, which compares him favorably to, “Kenny Burrell, Charlie Byrd, Jim Hall, Johnny Smith, Emily Remler…or Columbia-era George Benson.” DownBeat calls Blum “an articulate player who executes with clarity…[and] shows unusual maturity.”

“Michael Blum plays with seemingly flawless technique, whose musical style and driving ambition, may one day carry him to elite status.” ~All About Jazz

Vintage Guitar Magazine says, “Hope for jazz guitar’s future abounds in this release [Initiation] by the 20-year-old Blum and his quartet…[it's] the perfect debut for a player who seems wise beyond his years.”

Initiation features The Michael Blum Quartet, with Michael Blum on guitar, Brad Smith on piano, Jim Stinnett on bass, and Dom Moio on drums.

Michael has performed and studied with world-renowned jazz educator and Berklee School of Music professor Jim Stinnett. Over the past few years, Blum has performed extensively at a diverse selection of venues, including Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Hopkins Center for the Arts. He has also performed with musicians such as John Clayton, Jeffrey Clayton, Joe Hunt, Michael Manring and Fred Haas.

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Lisa Lindsley - Long After Midnight

Size: 113,1 MB
Time: 48:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Long After Midnight (4:26)
02. Star Eyes (2:22)
03. The House Is Haunted (6:11)
04. Heat Wave (2:54)
05. Skylark's Song (4:39)
06. I Walk A Little Faster - Manhattan (4:02)
07. My Favorite Things (4:34)
08. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend (5:35)
09. Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me (4:04)
10. Mellow Yellow (4:04)
11. The Surry With The Fringe On Top (2:58)
12. When You're Smiling / Pennies From Heaven (2:07)

Lindsley's newest album, Long After Midnight, was born from the inspiration of nights on the Seine and coffee in Parisian cafes. Recorded over the course of 2 days, Long After Midnight invites the listener to walk through the French countryside with a glass of wine, and relax into the music.

The joyful rhythm of Star Eyes, and the heartbreaking ballad of Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me, compliment two new tracks from French composer James Wilson; Skylark's Song, and Long After Midnight, the title song.

Featuring the Mourad Benhammou Quartet, Lindsley's voice flows seamlessly with the Quartet who have played with greats like Alain Jean-Marie and Fabien Mary and Steve Potts. Lindsley's first CD with Grammy Nominated George Mesterhazy, was a work of love and passion, and this CD is no different. Growing quickly as a jazz singer has given her a distinctive voice and a unique and playful approach to interpreting standards, which rings through each track on Long After Midnight.

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Mike DiLorenzo - Soul To Soul

Size: 126,4 MB
Time: 54:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Soul To Soul (4:16)
02. Friday Night At The Cadillac Club (4:53)
03. Parisian Lights (4:52)
04. Sun Goddess (4:33)
05. Latch (4:58)
06. Pocket Change (3:39)
07. Pinot Nuevo (5:26)
08. Cherokee (4:22)
09. Three Views Of A Secret (4:48)
10. Transformation (4:11)
11. Santorini (3:50)
12. It's A Virtual World (4:07)

As a NY based musician, Mike has had the opportunity to perform on piano, organ and synthesizers with a wide range of artists with styles ranging from R&B to Latin and Jazz. Soul To Soul captures all 3 elements with 7 original compositions from organ swing jazz to samba as well as modern twists of some contemporary jazz classics such as a latin version of Friday Night at the Cadillac Club, a modern tribute to the Ramsey Lewis/EW&F classic Sun Goddess and a different spin on a Weather Report /Jaco Pastorius classic. The jazz standard Cherokee and the EDM hit Latch recorded by Disclosure and Sam Smith are also represented in a new light.

Mike's previous solo recording endeavors have gained national commercial radio and television airplay.

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Parisian Chanteuse - Hymne To Love

Size: 175 MB
Time: 29:39
File: FLAC
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Chanson
Art: Front

01. La Vie En Rose (4:23)
02. L'hymne A L'amour (2:47)
03. La Foule (2:57)
04. Mon Dieu (2:17)
05. Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (3:15)
06. Mon Manege A Moi (2:38)
07. Johnny Tu N'es Pas Un Ange (3:38)
08. Milord (4:19)
09. La Vie En Rose (Acoustic) (3:21)

On a Paris morning, in April of 1967, a singer surged into this world! Even when within the confines of her strict catholic upbringing, Synthia found liberation in her voice.
In her early 20‘s, Synthia joined a parisian theater company, where she acted and performed in modern and classic style plays and through this company she discovered “La Commedia Dell‘Arte“ and fell in love with the outrageous forms of this artistic expression. During this period of time she also wrote her first “song and poetry book“, which became building blocks for future work including “Tatou“.

For Parisian Chanteuse, being on stage singing, is the most profound, exhilarating feeling! Synthia created a rock band, “Stonehenge“ in 1994 and performed live in venues such as L‘Arapaho and festivals in France. The musical influences Synthia absorbed from the sounds of Paris‘s “La Rue Des Lombards” (famous for its Jazz Clubs) developed into a passion. The past 10 years Parisian Chanteuse has grown an appreciation for many styles of jazz, including Latin and Afro–Jazz and has infused Oriental and Mambo Dance with a “Dress Glamour“ into her performance.
Parisian Chanteuse celebrates love with “A Tribute To Edith Piaf“.

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Tom Saunders & The Wild Bill Davison Legacy - Call Of The Wild

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:37
Size: 147.9 MB
Styles: Dixieland jazz
Year: 1996/2006
Art: Front

[5:59] 1. At The Jazz Band Ball
[5:03] 2. Squeeze Me
[4:42] 3. Running Wild
[3:57] 4. Constantly
[4:45] 5. Beale Street Blues
[4:44] 6. In A Sentimental Mood
[2:35] 7. Cornet Shop Suey
[3:39] 8. Satan Takes A Holiday
[5:02] 9. Battle Hymn Of The Republic
[5:00] 10. Love Is Here To Stay
[4:53] 11. You're Lucky To Me
[5:23] 12. On The Alamo
[3:22] 13. Cottage For Sale
[5:27] 14. I Never Knew

Although often overlooked because he lives in the Midwest, Tom Saunders has long been one of the finest cornetists in trad jazz. On this particular CD, he leads the Wild Bill Davison Legacy Band, most of whom had performed in the past with the late Davison: trombonist Bill Allred, clarinetist Chuck Hedges, tenor saxophonist Rick Fay, pianist Johnny Varro, bassist Paul Keller, and drummer Warren Sauer. While Saunders does not really sound that much like Davison, his own exciting style is solid, good-humored, and complementary to the music that Davison played. Such top-notch Dixieland standards as "At the Jazz Band Ball," "Beale Street Blues," "You're Lucky to Me," and "I Never Knew" all have their exciting moments. Dixieland fans should have little difficulty enjoying this music. ~Scott Yanow

Call Of The Wild

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Duane Eddy - Especially For You

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:34
Size: 106.6 MB
Styles: Rock n Roll
Year: 1959/2000
Art: Front

[2:22] 1. Peter Gunn
[3:28] 2. Only Child
[1:35] 3. Lover
[2:14] 4. Fuzz
[2:08] 5. Yep!
[2:29] 6. Along The Navajo Trail
[2:36] 7. Just Because
[4:54] 8. Quiniela
[1:45] 9. Trouble In Mind
[2:43] 10. Tuxedo Junction
[2:51] 11. Hard Times
[2:28] 12. Along Came Linda
[2:50] 13. Only Child
[3:05] 14. Yep! (Alt Vers.)
[5:02] 15. St. James
[1:48] 16. Some Kinda Earthquake
[2:08] 17. First Love, First Tears

Duane Eddy's second LP contained just one hit, "Yep," although "Peter Gunn" would enter the Top 40 when it was issued later in 1960. Unlike his debut Have "Twangy" Guitar Will Travel, it was not built around singles with a few songs to stretch it to album length, with all of the songs (except "Yep") being recorded in a week. Give Eddy this much credit: at a time when virtually all rock & roll LPs were hasty, knocked-together jobs, he did at least try to vary the program. There were slow blues ("Only Child"), pop standards (Rodgers & Hart's "Lover"), a rather long jazzy workout ("Quiniela"), original material in the mold of his hits, sax-driven R&B (a cover of Noble "Thin Man" Watts' "Hard Times"), and poppy stuff with strings and wordless female backup vocals that sounded like themes for B-movie westerns ("Along the Navajo Trail"). It still added up to a pretty inconsequential instrumental album in which the hits ("Peter Gunn" and "Yep") boasted much more arresting hooks than the surrounding tunes. Eddy sounds like he's tearing a page from Les Paul's book on "Lover," with its very atypical (for Eddy) arrangement of hyper-fast guitar licks. ~Richie Unterberger

By the time this album came out in 1959, Duane was a superstar - the first all-time, best-selling rock & roll instrumentalist. Especially For You followed much the same path as its predecessor, with Duane and producer Lee Hazlewood being responsible for writing many of the album's tracks. This super-charged reissue contains stereo remixes from the original master tapes, 3 chart singles (inc. Peter Gunn), 5 never before released bonus tracks, new liner notes & rare 1959 photos.

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Nick Manson - L.A. Farewell

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:31
Size: 108.8 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[5:26] 1. L.A. Farewell
[3:14] 2. Nona's Eyes
[3:54] 3. Organs And Hut Tubs
[4:05] 4. Watching, Waiting
[3:53] 5. Real Love, Tried And True
[4:30] 6. Petty Thoughts
[4:06] 7. Sensibly Smooth
[3:01] 8. Pressed For Time
[3:22] 9. Waking Giant
[3:34] 10. Ruthie And Pineapple
[4:38] 11. Shade Car Blues
[3:42] 12. A Small Child's Prayer

Born and raised in the Seattle area, Nick remembers his early years. "My grandfather was a classical pianist so I heard classical music early on. When I was ten I switched from a home organ which I hated to the piano, having nine years of classical piano lessons. I first heard jazz when I was in the seventh grade and enjoyed seeing the high school stage band. I was really into big bands and that is how I got into jazz, listening to the music of Buddy Rich, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. I was also inspired by the Beatles and Elton John to want to make my own music." While in high school, Nick went to Stan Kenton clinics, developing his skills as a composer and an arranger. He competed at all-state festivals in Washington and remembers his piano teacher giving him a copy of Chick Corea's Light As A Feather which made a strong impression. He also picked up some very valuable playing experience in an unusual way. "My parents had a restaurant. When I was a sophomore in high school, they would hire all of the top local players from the Northwest with the condition that they would let me play piano. So I had a chance to play three nights a week as a teenager. It was an invaluable learning experience."

After high school, Nick Manson attended, on scholarship, the Berklee College Of Music. He was inspired and influenced greatly by Dave Mash and George Garzone in composition, arranging and improvisation. When he was 19 he moved to Los Angeles where he played with Lenny Kravitz's first band and attended the Dick Grove School. He became adept at using MIDI and electronics, and was one of the first to play, in concert, Yamaha's prototype of the DX7.

After moving back to Seattle, Nick became very busy doing production work while also playing jazz and creating music in a variety of settings. During his periods in Seattle and back in Los Angeles for a decade, he was quite productive, producing, arranging and performing music on CDs and for films, television and commercials. He won two Emmy Awards for his work on the Seattle television show How 'Bout That, for best piece of music in a musical segment and for best musical production in a half-hour television show. Even during his busiest periods working in commercial music, Nick Manson played jazz. He has performed everywhere from the Kennedy Center to the Blue Note Japan, Blue Note Italy, Billboard Live Japan, Concord Jazz Festival, Jazz Port Townsend, The Baked Potato, The Jazz Bakery, The Telluride Jazz Festival, The Chandler Jazz Festival and Seattle's Jazz Alley, also touring in Europe, South American and Asia. He co-wrote the gospel standard "Jesus, Mighty Fortress" with Terry Clark and Roby Duke, and has worked with Christopher Cross, John Patitucci, Ernestine Anderson, Jackie Ryan, B.B. King, Joe Magnarelli, Eric Rasmussen, Steve Huffsteter, Kim Richmond, Ohad Talmor, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Plas Johnson, Jeff Kashiwa, Don Lanphere, Jay Thomas, Deniece Williams, Roby Duke and Ernie Watts among others.

In January 2007, the pianist and his wife, Nona, moved to Phoenix and bacame a Phoenix favorite nearly over night, packing the house in local jazz venues in Scottsdale and Fountain Hills. Nick still performs often in Los Angeles and continues to perform around the globe with his own unique trios and quartets and backing up famous artists when needed. "Every time I play, I want to sound like myself and add to the legacy of the music. That is my main goal; to sound like who I am as a person and to play music that both challenges me and that people will enjoy." ~Scott Yanow

L.A. Farewell

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Sarah McLawler - We Bring You Swing

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:38
Size: 65.6 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 1959/2009
Art: Front

[2:16] 1. A Foggy Day
[2:35] 2. My Reverie
[2:15] 3. Lullaby Of Birdland
[2:29] 4. The High And The Mighty
[1:48] 5. When Lilacs Bloom
[2:18] 6. Caravan
[2:25] 7. Slow Boat To China
[2:37] 8. Robbins Nest
[2:17] 9. Love Walked In
[2:05] 10. Canadian Sunset
[2:35] 11. Rainbow On The River
[2:52] 12. Midnight Sun

Sarah McLawler (organ) and her husband, Richard Otto (violin) with Lefty Bates on guitar, El Dee Young on bass and Red Holt on drums.

We Bring You Swing

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The Jonah Jones Quartet - Swingin' On Broadway/Broadway Swings Again

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 54:29

Size: 124.8 MB

Styles: Trumpet jazz

Year: 2014

Art: Front

[2:08] 1. Baubles, Bangles And Beads

[2:32] 2. The Party's Over

[1:55] 3. You're So Right For Me

[2:45] 4. Just My Luck

[1:48] 5. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

[2:29] 6. You're Just In Love

[1:51] 7. Just In Time

[2:38] 8. Hey There

[2:23] 9. I Could Have Danced All Night

[2:04] 10. Whatever Lola Wants

[1:59] 11. Til There Was You

[2:14] 12. Seventy Six Trombones

[1:55] 13. 'till Tomorrow

[2:18] 14. Almost Like Being In Love

[2:31] 15. Tall Hope

[2:21] 16. If Ever I Would Leave You

[2:24] 17. Good Clean Fun

[1:42] 18. I Wish I Were In Love Again

[2:33] 19. Put On A Happy Face

[2:43] 20. The Sound Of Music

[2:07] 21. Get Me To The Church On Time

[2:33] 22. Make Someone Happy

[2:05] 23. Hey, Look Me Over

[2:22] 24. Together Wherever We Go

Twofer: Swingin on Broadway (ST-963) 1958 [#1-12], Broadway Swings Again (ST-1641) 1961 [#13-24]. Jonah Jones, trumpet & vocal on #4; George Rhodes (#1-12) or Teddy Brannon (#13-24), piano; John Brown, bass; Harold Austin (#1-12) or George 'Pops' Foster (#13-24), drums. Recorded in New York City, December 1957 (#1-12) and September 1961 (#13-24).

Jonah Jones zoomed to popularity in the late 50s. He found a successful formula and used it to brighten the hit charts with a succession of bouncy albums on Capitol Records. His quartet was one of the three newcomers in the Top 10 wide variety of small groups listed in the favorite Instrumental Billboard lists in 1958.

Jonah Jones and his quartet give here the aftertheater treatment to hits from famous Broadway musicals. Jones familiar, swinging trumpet and rhythm section infuse the songs with his own spirited style, and the whole set is swingy, for either listening or dancing. All in Jones own brand of mostly muted jazz trumpetrich, mellow and stimulating.

Swingin' On Boadway/Broadway Swings Again

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Scott Hamilton & Friends - Across The Tracks

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:51
Size: 130,9 MB
Art: Front + Back

(6:24)  1. Deuces Wild
(5:35)  2. Parker's Pals
(5:41)  3. Save Your Love For Me
(8:15)  4. Cop Out
(5:34)  5. Intermission Riff
(4:25)  6. Sweet Slumber
(7:48)  7. Something For Red
(8:58)  8. Blue Turning Gray Over You
(4:08)  9. Memories Of You

A tenor saxophonist standing foursquare and unreconstructed in the tradition established by Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Illinois Jacquet, Scott Hamilton is considered so uncool in some quarters that to admit you enjoy him is to risk being shunned by hip society. Now in his mid-fifties and playing a brand of jazz that was at its peak before he was born, Hamilton hasn't deviated from his style since his debut album, Scott Hamilton Is A Good Wind Who Is Blowing Us No Ill (Concord, 1977), recorded when he was just 23. Since then he's made another sixty-plus discs as leader or co-leader an output, interestingly, which in jazz is matched only by saxophonists directly opposite him on the stylometer, like Anthony Braxton or Evan Parker. In the process, Hamilton's honeyed sound and easy swing have given all but the most po-faced pleasure. He plays the style he plays guilelessly and with conviction, as though born to it. His music has degrees of creativity absent from the pasticheurs. Retro he might be, revivalist he certainly isn't. Across 

The Tracks, produced by Bob Porter and recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his Englewood, New Jersey studio (hence the title), is an infectious set of mainly up-tempo ballads and blues, on which Hamilton fronts a quartet completed by guitarist Duke Robillard, organist Gene Ludwig and drummer Chuck Riggs. Baritone saxophonist Doug James is added on two tracks, "Parker's Pals" and "Intermission Riff." The guitar/organ/drums line-up suggests chicken shack soul-jazz, circa 1960 and on one track, an ebullient reading of "Something For The Road," Hamilton adopts an appropriately vocalized and raw tone. But elsewhere he favors the warm, caressing sound, given a languorous vibrato at slower tempos, for which he's best known. Hamilton is brilliantly served by his band. 

Robillard's elliptical solos are magic, giving fresh nuances to familiar structures, and even when comping he's worth listening to. James shines on his two guest appearances, particularly the boppish "Parker's Pals," written by fellow baritone player Leo Parker and first heard on Parker's Let Me Tell You 'Bout It (Blue Note, 1962), now available in a fine Van Gelder remastered edition. Ludwig and Riggs, who has played with Hamilton on and off for over thirty years, cook from start to finish. Forget the style police and give yourself a treat. Scott Hamilton may not stretch the envelope, but he surely seals it with a kiss.~Chris May https://www.allaboutjazz.com/across-the-tracks-scott-hamilton-review-by-chris-may.php

Personnel: Scott Hamilton: tenor saxophone;  Duke Robillard: electric guitar;  Gene Ludwig: organ;  Chuck Riggs: drums;  Doug James: baritone saxophone (2, 5).

Across The Tracks

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Chie Ayado & Junior Mance - Only You

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:24
Size: 145,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:55)  1. All Blues
(3:33)  2. Deed I Do
(3:08)  3. Here's That Rainy Day
(4:33)  4. Only You
(5:51)  5. Dindi
(4:26)  6. That's All
(4:24)  7. Tennessee Waltz
(3:14)  8. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
(6:49)  9. Stormy Monday
(3:33) 10. The End of a Beautiul Friendship
(3:28) 11. His Eyes Is on the Sparrow
(5:19) 12. So What
(4:49) 13. If I Had You
(4:15) 14. Stormy Monday

As this is the case with many international stars, Chie Ayado is not a household name in America. In her native Japan, she's a superstar jazz performer with tens of millions recordings sold. She's so in demand, she continues to play over forty large-venue concerts a year. Her label, EWE, is making a name for itself with Three Blind Mice-style analog recordings of unbelievable accuracy and dimension. Vocals are listening-room immediate and the piano is detailed, full and beautifully balanced. Very little processing is used, so you hear Ayado's unique vocal and piano playing without all the sonic distractions hiding many modern digital recordings. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/chieayado

Junior Mance is well-known for his soulful bluesy style, but he is also expert at playing bop standards. He started playing professionally when he was ten. Mance worked with Gene Ammons in Chicago during 1947-1949, played with Lester Young (1950), and was with the Ammons-Sonny Stitt group until he was drafted. He was the house pianist at Chicago's Bee Hive (1953-1954), worked as Dinah Washington's accompanist (1954-1955), was in the first Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1956-1957), and then spent two years touring with Dizzy Gillespie (1958-1960). 

After a few months with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Johnny Griffin group, Mance formed his own trio and has mostly been a leader ever since. He has led sessions for Verve, Jazzland, Riverside, Capitol, Atlantic, Milestone, Polydor, Inner City, JSP, Nilva, Sackville, and Bee Hive, among other labels.~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/junior-mance-mn0000252026/biography

Personnel:  Chie Ayado - vocals, piano (#11,14);  Junior Mance – piano;  Satoshi Inoue – guitar;  Calvin Hill – bass;  Akira Tana - drums

Only You

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The Blackbyrds - The Blackbyrds + Flying Start

Styles: Vocal, Soul, Funk 

Year: 1974

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 75:55

Size: 176,2 MB

Art: Front + Back

(5:31)  1. Do It, Fluid

(4:12)  2. Gut Level

(4:08)  3. Reggins

(4:16)  4. The Runaway

(7:03)  5. Funky Junkie

(5:10)  6. Summer Love

(3:16)  7. Life Styles

(3:18)  8. A Hot Day Today

(5:33)  9. I Need You

(5:20) 10. The Baby

(4:48) 11. Love Is Love

(4:07) 12. The Blackbyrds' Theme

(4:16) 13. Walking In Rhythm

(4:45) 14. Future Children, Future Hopes

(3:52) 15. April Showers

(6:13) 16. Spaced Out

In 1995, Ace Records took two of the Blackbyrds' finest recordings and combined them on one disc. Their eponymous debut was released originally on Fantasy in 1973 to much acclaim, and is considered one of the finest works in their catalog. Flying Start followed shortly afterwards in 1974, also on Fantasy.~Rob Theakston http://www.allmusic.com/album/blackbyrds-flying-start-mw0001960831

The Blackbyrds + Flying Start

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Geoff Mattoon - Bridges

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:01
Size: 120,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:21)  1. Cut to the Chase
(4:14)  2. Foot the Bill
(5:00)  3. Deja Vu
(5:06)  4. Bitter Sweet
(4:49)  5. Envision
(4:32)  6. Back Handed Compliment
(5:14)  7. Reflections
(5:02)  8. Zig Zag
(3:45)  9. First Dance
(4:35) 10. Believe
(4:20) 11. Face 2 Face

Geoff Matoon was born to shine, and does so most brilliantly when he's wailing on the Saxophone, Wind Controller or Keyboards. Geoff, however, is not only a multitalented performer but he is also gifted as a composer, arranger and producer. Geoff's music taps into emotionally charged regions that anyone with two ears can key into. This is the stuff of smooth jazz radio, but with a sophistication and depth traditionalists can dig as well.Geoff was raised outside of Boston, and knew he was destined to be a musician the moment he touched the ivories at the age of nine. Three years later he discovered his true love, the saxophone, and he's been winning awards and building a stellar reputation ever since. In high school he was named best jazz soloist at the N.A.J.E. Massachusetts All State Jazz Competition. As lead alto sax in his college group he led them to win numerous awards: The Best College Jazz Ensemble award at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival in 1986, the Chicago Musicfest National in 1987, and the Ottawa Musicfest international in 1987. Along the way, Geoff snagged the 1987 Down Beat Award for himself. He was also awarded the MVP Soloist Award at Notre Dame and the Fletcher Henderson Memorial Scholarship Award in 1986.

Ater graduating from U. Mass Amherst with a B.A. in music, Geoff moved to NYC. He immediately got to work building his own studio where he devotes himself to perfecting his song writing, producing and engineering skills. He's worked with producer Tony Visconti (known for his work with David Bowie and the Moody Blues, among others, Emmy award winner David Grant (Theme song for Guiding Light), and has played on numerous jingles, including ones for Pontiac, Ford, L.A. Gear and Rooms To Go. As a free-lancer, he has jammed with such luminaries as Paul McCartney, Joe Sample, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Slide Hampton, Lew Tabakin, Terumasa Hino, Jeff Healey, John Popper and Onaje Allan Gumbs. He has shared the stage with Edgar Winter, Bo Diddley, James Cotton, Joan Osborne, Roomful of Blues, Spin Doctors and Blues Traveler. With the Kiss 98.7 Radio Band Geoff performed with Issac Hayes and Allison Williams, Smokey Robinson, Yolanda Adams and John Lucien. Geoff can be heard on recordings with Randy Brecker, Will Lee, Chuck Loeb, Mark Egan, Tim Lefebvre and Joel Rosenblatt and Lionel Cordew. Currently Geoff is performing with several bands in and around NY including artist Roy Bennett and JAB, Karen Bernod and Brooklyn Soul. And Apria Recording artist B.D. Lenz. He is also working on a new CD featuring Lionel Cordew, Will Lee, and Tim Lefebvre. Outside of Geoff’s busy performance schedule, he spends much of his time working in his own studio in Brooklyn where he devotes himself to perfecting his song writing, producing and engineering skills. Currently he is working on a new CD featuring Lionel Cordew, Will Lee, and Tim Lefebvre. Geoff’s well rounded talent can also be heard on his self released CD "Unity" featuring many great musicians such as Will Lee, Chuck Loeb, Tim Lefebvre, Zach Danziger and many more. Geoff Mattoon is one of those rare and sophisticated combinations of virtuoso musician and gifted composer/producer. His is music that can impress Jazz elitists and move average listeners. His is a talent that soars and one on which all ears will soon be attuned.

Bridges

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