Eartha Kitt - 'Miss Kitt', To You

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:27
Size: 101.8 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[2:47] 1. Je Cherche Un Homme (I Want A Man)
[2:51] 2. Just An Old Fashioned Girl
[2:20] 3. Lazy Afternoon
[2:44] 4. St. Louis Blues
[3:01] 5. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
[3:00] 6. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
[3:24] 7. Avril Au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)
[2:56] 8. C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)
[2:36] 9. Hey Jacque
[2:29] 10. Mademoiselle Kitt
[3:11] 11. Beale Street Blues
[3:05] 12. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
[2:07] 13. I'm A Funny Dame
[1:59] 14. A Woman Wouldn't Be A Woman
[2:07] 15. Toujour Gai
[3:43] 16. Monotonous

On this smoky 16-track compilation of classics, legendary temptress Eartha Kitt tells it like it is on "Je Cherche Un Homme (I Want a Man)," and W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues," Cole Porter's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "Let's Do It," and a dozen others. ~AllMusic

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Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five - Moppin' And Boppin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:30
Size: 154.6 MB
Styles: Swing, Big band
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Wholly Cats
[3:11] 2. Royal Family
[2:48] 3. As Long As I Live
[3:16] 4. C.V. Jam
[2:29] 5. I Don't Know Enough About You
[3:54] 6. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
[3:10] 7. Judy
[4:11] 8. Moppin' And Boppin'
[2:41] 9. Bli-Blip
[2:36] 10. 9:20 Special
[3:09] 11. Gone With 'what' Wind
[2:44] 12. Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina
[2:49] 13. S'wonderful
[2:57] 14. Swing Brother Swing
[4:03] 15. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[3:24] 16. Illinois Goes To Chicago
[2:42] 17. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[3:46] 18. I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me
[2:57] 19. I'm Beginning To See The Light
[3:09] 20. Rhythm Itch
[3:57] 21. Bugle Call Rag

Another platter of superbly danceable, rare and unique small group swing gems. Starting again with the classic small group sounds of the Benny Goodman Sextet, the album begins with “Wholly Cats” and also features the Basie-Goodman composition “Gone with ‘What’ Wind.” The album also features tunes from lesser-known small groups of the 30’s and 40’s – Lionel Hampton’s “Royal Family”, Charlie Ventura’s “C.V. Jam”, and Sir Charles Thompson’s “Rhythm Itch.” Hilary sings on Peggy Lee’s "I Don’t Know Enough About You" and Anita O'Day’s "As Long As I Live" and “Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina”, as well as our versions of “On the Sunny Side of the Street” and “Swing, Brother, Swing.” Jim Ziegler lends his voice to Lionel Hampton’s "Judy". The title track, Fats Waller’s 1943 classic “Moppin’ and Boppin’” features vintage drumming master Josh Collazo. The Campus Five goes to town on our versions of "It Don’t Mean a Thing" (a one-take jam session) and "Bugle Call Rag" (inspired by the 1944 Jazz at the Philharmonic Version).

As on our previous records, the album was recorded by vintage-jazz extraordinaire Dick Hamilton at his studio, the Doing, using vintage RCA 44 microphones to capture the traditional sound of classic small group swing. "Moppin’ and Boppin’" features Los Angeles' best swing musicians, including Tenor Saxophonist and Clarinetist Albert Alva, Trumpeter and Vocalist Jim Ziegler, Pianist Christopher Dawson, Bassist Wally Hersom, and Vintage-Jazz drumming phoneme Josh Collazo.

Moppin'And Boppin 

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Carl Perkins - The Original Sun Recordings

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:48
Size: 114.0 MB
Styles: Rockabilly, Rock n Roll
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:08] 1. Movie Magg
[2:55] 2. Boppin' The Blues
[2:50] 3. Let The Jukebox Keep On Playing
[2:37] 4. Gone, Gone, Gone
[2:14] 5. Blue Suede Shoes
[2:51] 6. Honey, Don't!
[2:50] 7. Boppin' The Blues
[2:05] 8. All Mama's Children
[2:25] 9. I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry
[2:39] 10. Dixie Fried
[2:07] 11. Matchbox
[2:48] 12. Your True Love
[2:35] 13. Forever Yours
[2:47] 14. That's Right
[2:31] 15. Sure To Fall
[3:18] 16. Only You
[3:06] 17. All Mama's Children
[2:39] 18. Tennessee
[2:15] 19. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

While Carl Perkins recorded many fine records and enjoyed a long and successful career after he left Sun Records, there's no arguing that the sides cut during his tenure with Sam Phillips are his best-known and most influential work; it's all but impossible to imagine the rockabilly revolution of the 1950s happening without hits like "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Boppin' the Blues," and literally thousands of rock guitarists from George Harrison to Lou Reed first had their heads turned around by his trademark licks. The Original Sun Recordings compiles 19 of Perkins' best and best-known recordings for Sun, and you could hardly ask for a better introduction to the man's music. ~Mark Deming

The Original Sun Recordings

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Robin McKelle & The Flytones - Heart of Memphis

Styles: Vocal, Soul

Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:39
Size: 115,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:22)  1. About to Be Your Baby
(2:45)  2. Good Time
(4:10)  3. Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
(3:52)  4. Control Yourself
(3:32)  5. Forgetting You
(4:43)  6. Heart of Memphis
(4:14)  7. Like a River
(4:16)  8. Easier That Way
(4:10)  9. What You Want
(3:09) 10. Good & Plenty
(3:07) 11. Baby You're the Best
(4:02) 12. Down with the Ship
(3:11) 13. It's over This Time

It certainly is rare to read about a soul/blues singer who once finished third in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal competition.  Originally from Rochester, NY, vocalist Robin McKelle migrated to France, where two recordings of big band swing material made her a star. Five years ago she began a transformation that took her through songs from composers like Willie Dixon and Doc Pomus to this latest recording that celebrates the musical legacy of the city of Memphis. McKelle’s  band, the Flytones, quickly serve notice that they have an innate understanding of  sweet soul music with Al Street on guitar, Ben Stivers on a multitude of keyboards, Derek Nievergelt on bass and Adrian Harpham on drums 7 percussion. Producer Scott Bomar certainly brings a wealth of experience to the project. He is the bass player for the Bo-Keys and learned how to work a studio alongside the legendary Willie Mitchell, leading to Bomar engineering two Al Green recordings. Two other members of the Bo-Keys add their considerable talents to the mix – Mark Franklin on trumpet & flugelhorn and Kirk Smothers on saxophones & flute. Sounding like a modern-day version of Dusty Springfield, McKelle possesses a rich, resonant voice that is used to tell stories, minus most of the vocal gyrations that infect many current vocal performances. She is a singer’s singer with a voice that can break your heart on “Easier That Way,” which borrows a horn riff from Rev. Green, or breathe fire into the dance-floor stomper, “Good Time”. On the title track, McKelle offers a reverential tribute to the people and magical sounds of the famed city over an easy-rolling rhythm punctuated by horn accents.

“About To Be Your Baby” sounds like it was borrowed from one of Ann Peebles classic recordings on Hi Records.  The full scope of the singer’s voice is revealed on “It’s Over This Time,” which starts out simmering at a slow boil as it builds to the climatic coda. The addition of a string section give tracks like “Control Yourself” and “Down With The Ship” a more contemporary R&B feel.  McKelle’s powerful voice cuts loose on “What You Want” as she demands some answers from a reluctant lover. Two covers head in opposite directions. O.B. McClinton’s “Forgetting You” adds a soulful country flavor while the Animal’s hit, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,”  gets an updating complete with Stivers on Farfisa organ injecting an eerie feel to the proceedings.  

The band is hitting on all cylinders on the up-tempo romp “Good & Plenty” while “Like A River” sports a stone-cold, seductive Memphis groove for more of McKelle’s forthright testimony on love and happiness. This project validates McKelle’s decision to move on from her jazz roots and embrace a new career course. Her gorgeous voice and spirited delivery combined with an exceptional brew of original material puts this one in the “Highly Recommended “category!  http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/robin-mckelle-the-flytones-heart-of-memphis-album-review/

Heart of Memphis

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Hubert Laws - The Rite Of Spring

Styles: Flute Jazz
Year: 1971
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:50
Size: 70,8 MB
Art: Front

(7:43)  1. Pavane
(9:03)  2. Rite Of Spring
(3:34)  3. Syrinx
(6:01)  4. Brandenburg Concerto No 3, First Movement
(4:27)  5. Brandenburg Concerto No 3, Second Movement

Long before Wynton decided he could play classical chops as well as the real long-haired interpreters, even though he was a jazz musician, Hubert Laws and his partners at CTI gave it a run with a jazz twist, and for the most part with a far more adventurous repertoire. Unfortunately, the results were just about as thrilling as Wynton's, with a few notable exceptions. For whatever reason, flutist Hubert Laws, known for his soul-jazz deftness, decided to take on handful of classical texts with the help of Bob James on piano, harpsichord, and electric piano; bassist Ron Carter, who doubles on cello; and drummer Jack DeJohnette, along with percussionists Airto and David Friedman, a pair of classical guitarists, and a trio of bassoonists. The program ranges from Debussy's lovely "Syrinx" and Faure's "Pavane," to Stravinsky on the title cut and two movements of the third Brandberg Concerto by Bach. The problem with so much variation and ambition is that it's bound to get caught up somewhere. That catching place is in the articulation of the actual transcriptions. They are stiff, rigid, oddly intoned, and lackluster except in Debussy's "Syrinx," which is gorgeous throughout with its strange meter and lilting cadence. On the rest, the only place the tunes work is in the sections where the players engage in jazz improvisation upon the score, which is a swirling, engaging free-for-all of color, texture, and nuance. But since this happens so irregularly, the pieces just seem to grate on the listener. This is a brave but ultimately failed experiment. ~ Thom Jurek http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-rite-of-spring-mw0000649611

Personnel : Hubert Laws (flute); Walter Kane, Jane Taylor, Wally Kane (bassoon); Ron Carter (cello, bass); David Friedman (vibraphone, percussion); Bob James (piano, electric piano, harpsichord); Gene Bertoncini, Stuart Scharf (guitar); Jack DeJohnette (drums); Airto Moreira (percussion).

The Rite Of Spring

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George Colligan - Isolation

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:31
Size: 141,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:04)  1. Song For Sinne
(5:40)  2. Lonely Wind
(5:33)  3. Dead Of Winter
(5:38)  4. Flint Michigan
(7:04)  5. The Wrong Stuff
(4:51)  6. Isolation
(5:27)  7. The Secret Of Andreas' Beard
(5:27)  8. Simple Pleasures
(6:05)  9. The Old Danish Castle
(6:21) 10. The Road Back
(3:16) 11. Regret

If the word “isolation” strikes you as a less than enticing title for a CD devoted to solo piano performances, some of the original pieces George Colligan has chosen for this collection “Dead of Winter,” “Lonely Wind,” “Regret,” for starters don’t exactly promise a sunny day in the park, either. Still, on his 20th recording as a leader, Colligan creates a series of absorbing and multi-faceted vignettes. More often than not they possess a meditative quality. Melodies are introduced (and often sustained) in free time, resonating chords and chromatic flashes punctuate harmonically ambiguous passages, and spacious designs allow plenty of opportunities for Colligan to display his contemplative side, improvisatory prowess and beautifully honed technique. There are, however, bright and charming moments amid the soulful musings; Exhibit A being the quirky waltz “Simple Pleasures.” By contrast, “The Wrong Stuff” is a haunting, noirish portrait.

In the album’s liner notes, Colligan credits solo recordings by pianists Cedar Walton and Tete Montoliu for inspiring his appreciation of artists who have distinguished themselves in unaccompanied settings. Yes, risk-taking clearly appeals to Colligan. Several of the album’s highlights, whether newly composed or recently dusted off, illustrate how adept he is at moving beyond familiar harmonic schemes without losing his footing or his audience. He may not have been prepared for solo performances when he was a struggling musician in Baltimore years ago, as he confesses in the liner notes, but what a difference two decades and countless gigs make. ~ Mike Joyce http://jazztimes.com/articles/27157-isolation-george-colligan

Isolation

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Cannonball Adderley - Quintet & Orchestra

Styles: Big Band, Soul Jazz
Year: 1970
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:48
Size: 102,8 MB
Art: Front

(20:12)  1. Experience In E
(12:37)  2. Tensity
(11:58)  3. Dialogues For Jazz Quintet And Orchestra

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra (also known as Experience in E) is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1970 featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet featuring Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with an unidentified orchestra conducted by William Fisher or Lalo Schifrin.   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cannonball_Adderley_Quintet_%26_Orchestra

Personnel:  Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone;  Nat Adderley – cornet;  Joe Zawinul - piano, electric piano;  Walter Booker – bass;  Roy McCurdy – drums;  Unidentified orchestra;  William Fisher - conductor (tracks 1 & 2);  Lalo Schifrin - conductor (track 3).

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Domination

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