Sandy Stewart - Sandy Stewart Sings The Songs Of Jerome Kern

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:07
Size: 149.1 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1995/2015
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Nobody Else But Me
[4:52] 2. Medley Bill Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
[4:30] 3. They Didn't Believe Me
[3:54] 4. How'd You Like To Spoon With Me
[2:43] 5. All The Things You Are
[2:34] 6. I'm Old Fashioned
[6:03] 7. The Song Is You
[2:28] 8. All In Fun
[2:57] 9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
[1:55] 10. Pick Yourself Up
[4:02] 11. Medley Can I Forget You Yesterdays
[4:29] 12. In Love In Vain
[2:43] 13. The Way To Look Tonight
[3:23] 14. Remind Me
[3:27] 15. Day Dreaming
[3:07] 16. You Couldn't Be Cuter
[5:21] 17. The Folks Who Live On The Hill
[3:21] 18. Medley Look For The Silver Lining Till The Clouds ..

THE MARRIAGE OF THE LYRICS TO THE MUSIC THAT KERN wrote is so perfectly realized and so easy to sing because there’s not a line or a note that doesn’t coincide with perfection, as far as I’m concerned. I’ve been singing his songs since I was a little girl. Moose [Charlap, Stewart’s late husband] said once that every jazz composer thinks of Kern’s “All the Things You Are” as the perfect song. It’s like the National Anthem but better. No offense to America—I’m very patriotic! As I get older, I find more creative things to do with the melody and the lyric itself, which hopefully you’ll notice in the show. You just can’t miss with a Kern song.

Kern is a giant. Everybody knows it, it’s common knowledge in America and across the world. I lived in a time in my youth when there was such magic in the theater and such total creativity, and it was not so much competition between the great composers as much as it was a wonderful time on Broadway.

I grew up. I got older. I learned about loss, great loss in my life, great joy in my life, and it’s a matter of using your life experiences and transferring them to your audience. When I sing a great song, I want the audience to know that these people took time and effort and joy and love to write these wonderful stories, and I want to tell it like it is and not just sing the song. How can I explain it? I know one of my great experiences was when I was singing one of the old ballads and after I finished, no one applauded. I thought everyone had left the room. I didn’t know what was going on. But then I realized what a great complement they were giving me, because I touched their hearts, and that’s something I love to do, because my heart was touched and I want to convey that experience to them. ~Theresa Anna

Sandy Stewart Sings The Songs Of Jerome Kern

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Ignaz Dinne, Ron Carter - The Next Level

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:11
Size: 121.7 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[7:34] 1. The Next Level
[6:13] 2. Think Again
[4:22] 3. Three's A Crowd
[6:17] 4. Petes Place
[6:22] 5. Ask Me Now
[4:51] 6. I'll Be Seeing You
[6:59] 7. Pannonica
[5:40] 8. The Twisting Path
[4:48] 9. Come Sunday

Just past the threshold of his seventh decade, Ron Carter is an iconic bassist whose prolific heartbeat has stirred the lifeblood of jazz for nearly 50 years. Whether he's playing with fellow legends or lending credibility to a burgeoning young lion, his distinctive style and tone has been the underpinning for the 1000+ recordings on which he has appeared.

In contrast to his work on New York Reunion, Carter's playing is comparatively muted on young tenor Ignaz Dinne's The Next Level, steeped in the blues and the classical stylings upon which his technique and solo structures are based. Dinne's ballad "Think Again" includes vintage Carter, his pizzicato complementing feathery tenor and drummer Jochen Rueckert's whispering brushes perfectly. His rubato pushes Pete Rende's excellent piano on "Pete's Place" and his bass on "Ask Me Now" bursts with octaves and doubling of notes. Throughout The Next Level Carter thrives on manipulating the tempos and key signatures, strumming the strings and doubling the chords. Dinne blows with perfect solemnity on Ellington's "Come Sunday," with Carter's masterful pizzicato and Rende's pump organ underscoring the excellent arrangement. But throughout it seems that Carter is holding back, as if he didn't want to overshadow his young charge. ~Terrell Kent Holmes

The Next Level

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Matt Monro, Nelson Riddle - Matt Sings, Nelson Swings

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:34
Size: 102.0 MB
Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:33] 1. Brother John
[2:16] 2. Come Back To Me
[2:59] 3. What To Do
[2:32] 4. Let's Face The Music And Dance
[3:01] 5. In The Arms Of Love
[3:16] 6. Walk Away
[2:48] 7. It's Alright With Me
[3:58] 8. Born Free
[5:26] 9. When You Become A Man
[3:16] 10. Shadow Of Your Smile
[4:43] 11. The John F. Kennedy March
[3:16] 12. Softly As I Leave You
[4:25] 13. Strike Up The Band

Neither Matt Monro or Nelson Riddle need any introductions as they are both legends in their own field of work. Matt the versatile crooner with a string of hits and great recordings behind him and Nelson one of the most successsful arrangers and orchestrators ever, having worked for Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole amongst many others. This album is a recording of the one and only time that Matt and Nelson worked together. It was recorded in front of an invited audience at the BBC Television Centre in 1967. The recording has been remastered giving it a top quality sound.

Matt Sings, Nelson Swings

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Patrice Monahan - Going Places

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:45
Size: 75.0 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:30] 1. All Of Me
[4:54] 2. You Go To My Head
[3:39] 3. I Ain't Got Nothin But The Blues
[4:03] 4. East Of The Sun
[2:45] 5. The Tender Trap
[5:04] 6. Cry Me A River
[3:29] 7. Do Nothin Til You Hear From Me
[2:48] 8. Blame It On My Youth
[2:30] 9. Straighten Up And Fly Right

Patrice is a multi-talented performer including: Jazz Vocalist - Pianist, Percussive Tap Dancer, Educator - Music as Therapy.

Versatile Boston based Patrice Monahan has been performing, composing, arranging, directing, coaching and teaching piano, voice and tap dance for over 20 years. "Please don't ask me to pick just one." Her roots are in the simplicity of folk music and its storytelling, the love of the script, dance and lyric through her extensive work in film acting, musical theater and cabaret. She loves the element of improvisational surprise. Patrice's musicians are of "the best." The audience can't help but feel the excitement and pull of the tight ensemble performances. It is the ease of swing in her vocal dance and her clear melodic and lyric connections that make her performances so captivating.

Going Places

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Nicholas Payton, Lew Soloff, Tom Harrell, Eddie Henderson - Trumpet Legacy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:26
Size: 126.9 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[7:29] 1. So What
[5:56] 2. Jordu
[5:58] 3. My Funny Valentine
[5:12] 4. Lotus Blossom
[8:44] 5. The Sidewinder
[6:29] 6. There's No You
[4:23] 7. Fire Waltz
[4:25] 8. Nostalgia
[6:44] 9. That's Earl, Brother

Four masters of the trumpet, two generations apart, get together for an inspired session to pay homage to Dizzy, Miles, Satchmo, Clifford Brown, Chet Baker, Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham, Booker Little, and Fats Navarro. All four play together on the opening "So What" and the closer, Gillespie's "That's Earl Brother"; they split off in different groupings on the other tracks. With Mulgrew Miller on piano, Peter Washington on bass, and Carl Allen on drums, the rhythm section is well in the pocket, and while none of the tunes are copies of their more famous namesakes (no chorus quoting here), the spirit is dead on the money on every track, making for some exciting jazz very well played. Highlights include "Jordu," "Nostalgia," "My Funny Valentine," "The Sidewinder," and "There's No You." An inspired and accessible session. ~Cub Koda

Trumpet Legacy

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Scott Hamilton Quartet - Our Delight!

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:29
Size: 150,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:56)  1. Get Happy
(7:04)  2. Four
(5:27)  3. Lonely Moments
(6:59)  4. Serenade To Sweden
(6:12)  5. Our Delight
(6:53)  6. Change Partners
(7:05)  7. Tee Pee Time
(4:49)  8. Isfahan
(8:27)  9. Taking A Chance On Love
(6:33) 10. In Walked Bud

Scott Hamilton was born in 1954, in Providence, Rhode Island. During his early childhood he heard a lot of jazz through his father’s extensive record collection, and became acquainted with the jazz greats. He tried out several instruments, including drums at about the age of five, piano at six and mouth-organ. He had some clarinet lessons when he was about eight years of age, but that was the only formal music tuition he has ever had. Even at that age he was attracted to the sound of Johnny Hodges, but it was not until he was about sixteen that he started playing the saxophone seriously. From his playing mainly blues on mouth organ, his little band gradually became more of a jazz band. He moved to New York in 1976 at the age of twenty-two, and through Roy Eldridge, with whom he had played a year previously in Boston, got a six-week gig at Michael’s Pub. Roy also paved the way for him to work with Anita O’Day and Hank Jones. Although it was the tail-end of the of old New York scene, a lot of the greats were still playing and he got to work and learn from people like Eldridge, Illinois Jacquet, Vic Dickenson and Jo Jones. 

Eldridge was Scott’s champion, but pulled no punches, and could be extremely critical, something for which Scott has always been grateful. In December of the same year John Bunch got Scott his first recording date, for Famous Door, and was also responsible for him joining Benny Goodman. He continued to work with Goodman at different times until the early 1980s. In 1977 he formed his own quartet, which later became a quintet, with Bunch added to the group. The same year Carl Jefferson heard him, and began recording him for his Concord record label. More than forty albums later he is still recording for them, having made many under his own leadership, several with his regular British quartet of John Pearce, Dave Green and Steve Brown, including his latest, Nocturnes & Serenades. The Quartet plus two guests, Dave Cliff and Mark Nightingale recorded Our Delight! for Alan Barnes’ Woodville label. A new release, Across the Tracks on Concorde is due this May. Along the way he has made albums with Dave McKenna, Jake Hanna, Woody Herman, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Flip Phillips, Maxine Sullivan, Buddy Tate, Warren Vache, many with Rosemary Clooney and a number with another of his mentors, Ruby Braff, with whom he played residencies at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, London in the mid-1980s. Over the years Scott has also performed and recorded with such touring bands as the Concord Jazz All Stars, the Concord Super Band and George Wein’s Newport Jazz Festival All Stars. For some years he was based in London, where he first played in 1978, but now travels the world from Italy. Each year, in addition to two or three residencies with the quartet at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, British jazz club dates and festival work including Brecon, where he is one of the patrons, he regularly tours Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Japan, Spain and Italy. He returns to America three or four times a year to play at festivals, including in 2007, the New York JVC festival in June and Irvine, California in September, and in February 2008 for three nights at the Lincoln Centre New York. His playing has best been described by fellow tenor saxophonist and writer, Dave Gelly: “Following a Scott Hamilton solo is like listening to a great conversationalist in full flow. First comes the voice, the inimitable, assured sound of his tenor saxophone, then the informal style and finally the amazing fluency and eloquent command of the jazz language.” Scott was awarded the ‘Ronnie’ for International Jazz Saxophonist of the Year in the 2007 inaugural Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards.  It is no wonder that Scott Hamilton is in demand the world over. (Brian Peerless) http://www.scotthamiltonsax.com/

Personnel:  Scott Hamilton (Tenor sax); Mark Nightingale (Trombone); John Pearce (Piano); Dave Cliff (Guitar); Dave Green (Bass); Steve Brown (Drums).

Our Delight!

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Kinga - It's Magic

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:37
Size: 126,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:50)  1. It's Magic
(6:15)  2. Ain't No Sunshine
(4:33)  3. What A Difference A Day Made
(6:09)  4. This Bitter Earth
(4:01)  5. Mood Indigo
(4:22)  6. I Think It's Gonna Rain Today
(3:26)  7. Love Me Or Leave Me
(5:27)  8. Guess Who I Saw Today
(2:42)  9. Swingin' Machine
(5:12) 10. I Must Have Left My Heart
(4:20) 11. What's With You
(3:15) 12. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Jazz and pop chanteuse Kinga was born in Poland, then moved with her family to Amsterdam before settling in Ottawa, Ontario. While being baptized at four months of age, she screamed out, and the attending priest predicted that Kinga would become a singer. Her parents gifted Kinga with appreciation for music, including and especially jazz, at an early age: Her father played in a jazz cabaret while her mother constantly played vocal pop and jazz records by The Platters, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and the like. By age thirteen, Kinga had studied classical piano and voice theory, and began immersing herself classical and contemporary music, both jazz and pop. She soon began performing at recitals and competitions, and helped assemble and lead a jazz quartet (called West Berlin) that played in and around Ottawa until all its members graduated from high school. She also discovered and began learning the repertoires of many great jazz vocalists, including Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Sarah Vaughan, Natalie Cole, and especially Ella Fitzgerald.

Kinga moved on to Humber College, studying voice and theory under Trish Colter, Lisa Martinelli, and Lisa Sullivan; she also served as instructor for voice, piano, theory, ear training and improvisation to child and adult students. “The most important experiences during my time at Humber College were working alongside very talented and reputable musicians, learning different aspects of the jazz world, and lastly, winning the Duke Ellington Honoree award in my final year there,” Kinga recalls. Kinga has subsequently spread her vocal talents as smooth, heady and sophisticated as a well-matured brandy  throughout Canada:  She has sung the American and Canadian national anthems for the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs (in partial French, for a sold-out contest against the Montreal Canadians), the Toronto Raptors, and internationally-broadcast Hockey Night in Canada. Kinga has performed with pianist Renee Rosnes, flugelhornist Guido Basso, and Don Thompson’s jazz ensemble, and appeared at the National Jazz Awards, the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada’s Walk of Fame, and on CTV and CBC Radio.

Guess Who I Saw Today brings all Kinga’s influences and experiences full circle. Knowing that a great singer’s best friend is a great song, her debut release features new interpretations of Ellington’s classic “Mood Indigo” and such familiar tunes as “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” and “This Bitter Earth.” Its title track was first recorded by Nancy Wilson. Songs by such talented singer-songwriters as Randy Newman (“I Think It’s Going to Rain Today”), Bill Withers (“Ain’t No Sunshine”) and Mose Allison (“What’s With You” and “Swingin’ Machine”) round out the set. Guess Who I Saw Today was arranged and produced by pianist Bill King. “I could tell during our first practice sessions, the voice fit comfortably around the rich melodies and could deliver a heartfelt interpretation of the lyrics,” producer King recalls.For Kinga, the most important thing about this debut is her emotional connection to each track. Each song reflects a time or point in her life where she experienced an emotional roller coaster – whether it was love, happiness, heartache, anger or frustration  and these experiences speak to and through each song on Guess Who I Saw Today. http://www.kinga-jazz.com/

It's Magic

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Ryan Kisor - Donna Lee

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:50
Size: 110,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:48)  1. Songs For My Father
(3:11)  2. Donna Lee
(6:41)  3. Short Story
(5:37)  4. Up Your Tempo
(6:03)  5. Rip Tide
(7:21)  6. I Had The Craziest Dream
(5:32)  7. Work Song
(6:34)  8. Zingaro

One of the youngest of the so-called Young Lions, Ryan Kisor first gained attention when he won the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz's first trumpet competition in 1990 at age 17. He had earlier studied trumpet with his father, played with a local band when he was ten, and started studying classical music two years later. Kisor discovered jazz at 14 and developed quickly, playing both jazz and classical music locally. In the summer of 1988, he was inspired at a jazz camp by Clark Terry. 

After winning the Monk contest, he was signed by Columbia, coming out with a couple of interesting if slightly premature CDs as a leader. Since that time, Ryan Kisor (whose originality has developed gradually) has freelanced around New York, most notably with the Mingus Big Band and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ryan-kisor/id31291224#fullText

Personnel:  Ryan Kisor – trumpet;  Sam Yahel – organ;  Peter Bernstein – guitar;  Greg Hutchinson – drums

Donna Lee

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Barbara Dennerlein - Plays Classics

Styles: Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop
Year: 1988
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:42
Size: 98,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:47)  1. Redken Blues
(3:19)  2. Night and Day
(8:03)  3. Georgia On My Mind
(3:38)  4. Meditation
(3:03)  5. How High The Moon
(6:53)  6. Satin Doll
(5:00)  7. Take The A Train
(4:36)  8. Yesterday
(4:18)  9. This Old Fairy

A superb collection of classics by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Count Basie, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, the Beatles and a powerful organ trio with guitar, drums and Barbara’s exceptional left foot playing exciting bass lines.

Perhaps once or twice in a generation a young musician appears out of the blue, breathing spectacular new life into an old musical genre long regarded as passé. So it was with Barbara Dennerlein who was largely responsible for the rebirth of interest in the almost-forgotten Hammond B3. This album, “Barbara Dennerlein Plays Classics”, was recorded when Barbara was only 24 years old, long before worldwide fame that followed. It shows a mastery of the instrument far beyond her years, and stunning bass pedal work that is the envy of other jazz organists. Already by this time, this Munich native had reached the pinnacle of the German and European jazz scene, with far greater fame soon to come. “Barbara Dennerlein Plays Classics” captures that moment in time as a star of the European jazz scene was on the verge of worldwide recognition.  Here, with dazzling Dennerlein style, the Barbara Dennerlein Trio pays homage to some of the unforgettable songs of the ‘50s and ‘60s…. classics that recall names like Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Count Basie, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and later, the Beatles. Barbara leads her trio effortlessly through swing, bop, ballads, blues, and even a tasty bossa, then tops it all off with two of her own compositions. Through it all, it’s all too easy to forget there is no bassist playing that tight bass… it’s just Barbara’s lightning-fast left foot. This is a truly delightful album, bound to become a favorite. In listening, one can easily see why this young 24 year old was already on the road to achieving recognition worldwide. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dennerlein10

Personnel:  Barbara Dennerlein Hammond organ & footpedal bass;  Christoph Widmoser guitar;  Andreas Witte drums

Plays Classics

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Diane Johnston, Harry Allen, Grant Stewart, Neal Miner & Phil Stewart - For The Love Of It

Size: 99,6 MB
Time: 43:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. I've Got You Under My Skin (3:45)
02. It Might As Well Be Spring (5:59)
03. Juicy Lucy (4:18)
04. Everything Happens To Me (5:11)
05. You Make Me Feel So Young (6:10)
06. To Donald (4:03)
07. This Can't Be Love (3:53)
08. Secret Love (5:21)
09. Love Walked In (4:26)

This CD is primarily jazz standards with one original tune by Diane Johnston, composer and pianist/vocalist. Diane Johnston is a jazz pianist/singer/arranger who has performed in various clubs and venues in Manhattan and the New England area. The quartet is made up of experienced jazz musicians including Harry Allen ( tenor sax) , Grant Stewart ( tenor sax) , Neal Miner (bass) and Phil Stewart. ( drums) The playing is swinging, mainstream jazz.

MC
Ziddu

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Benny Goodman - Date With The King + Mr. Benny Goodman (Bonus Track Version)

Size: 179,4 MB
Time: 76:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Memories Of You (Rosemary Clooney) (3:33)
02. Can't We Talk It Over (3:15)
03. That's A' Plenty (3:59)
04. A Fine Romance (3:02)
05. It's Bad For Me (2:54)
06. Goodbye (Rosemary Clooney) (3:09)
07. Bugle Call Rag (2:45)
08. One O'clock Jump (3:50)
09. Avalon (3:13)
10. Don't Be That Way (3:01)
11. Down South Camp Meeting (3:08)
12. Sing, Sing, Sing (7:21)
13. Moonglow (3:24)
14. And The Angels Sing (Martha Tilton) (3:11)
15. China Boy (3:33)
16. Goodbye (Instrumental Version) (3:16)
17. Shine (1:04)
18. It's Been So Long (2:55)
19. Alicia's Blues (3:41)
20. Seven Come Eleven (3:37)
21. Memories Of You (Instrumental Version) (3:17)
22. I Got Rhythm (4:27)
23. Let's Dance (0:45)

Complete 1955 album Date with the King which combined the talents of the Benny Goodman sextet and singer Rosemary Clooney her only existing session with the clarinettist, though in fact she only performs three songs on what was originally issued as a 10 inch LP. Other personnel for this session: Buck Clayton (trumpet), Urbie Greene (trombone), Dick Hyman/Claude Thornhill (piano), Aaron Bell (bass), Bobby Donaldson (drums).

Paired with the complete LP Mr Benny Goodman the Benny Goodman Story which was recorded during the same week and featured both a big band and a quintet with Lionel Hampton

Includes seven bonus tracks from the same dates.

MC
Ziddu

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