Bob Greene, Bobby Gordon & Howard Alden - All I Ask Is Love

Size: 166,2 MB
Time: 70:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. All That I Ask Is Love #2 (1:58)
02. (I'm) Confessin' (3:20)
03. After You've Gone #1 (4:18)
04. Someday Sweetheart (3:04)
05. Stardust #1 (6:48)
06. I Ain't Got Nobody (5:00)
07. You Tell Me Your Dreams (3:46)
08. Singin' The Blues (3:35)
09. Diane (1:49)
10. In My Solitude (3:30)
11. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (4:10)
12. Buddy Bolden's Blues (2:33)
13. Mamie's Blues (1:57)
14. After You've Gone #3 (4:06)
15. I'm Confessin' Trio (4:31)
16. Tiger Rag (4:02)
17. Stardust #5 (3:07)
18. Christy Blues (3:18)
19. Why (3:16)
20. All That I Ask Is Love #1 (1:58)

Pianist Bob Greene, clarinetist Bobby Gordon and guitarist Howard Alden recorded this trio date in Febuary, 2010 in California.

All I Ask Is Love

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Heather Bambrick - You'll Never Know

Size: 157,7 MB
Time: 68:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. I Only Have Eyes For You (4:27)
02. Lovers In A Dangerous Time (5:50)
03. I Can't See For Lookin' (4:38)
04. Never Never Land (4:54)
05. How Does It Feel (5:09)
06. Get Happy (4:35)
07. Far From The Home I Love (6:02)
08. Dedicated To You (5:37)
09. I Don't Mind A Bit (2:52)
10. You'll Never Know (4:47)
11. Surrey With The Fringe On Top (4:15)
12. A Time For Love (5:45)
13. My Ship (3:34)
14. Petty Harbour Bait Skiff (5:33)

It’s been 10 years since she’s released her last solo recording, and now award-winning vocalist Heather Bambrick is back with an all-new collection of songs that reflect her development as an artist and musician … featuring a stellar band, including Mark Kieswetter (piano), Ross MacIntyre (bass), Davide DiRenzo (drums, percussion), Rob Piltch (guitar), Chase Sanborn (trumpet, flugelhorn), John Johnson (saxophones), and special guest Guido Basso (flugelhorn).

Heather Bambrick has been wearing many hats for many years – and all of them fit her well! She’s an award-winning vocalist, voice actor, broadcaster, and educator, working with some of the best in the business.

Heather has performed internationally collaborating with artists such as Phil Nimmons, Fred Hirsch, Gene DiNovi, Guido Basso, Lea Delaria, Anne Hampton Callaway, Carol Welsman, Jackie Richardson, Ian Shaw, as well as the late Rob McConnell and Peter Appleyard. She is a founding member of the Beehive Singers (1994 – 2001) and Broadsway, a Jazz / Cabaret ensemble with whom she is currently actively recording and touring. Heather has been a guest performer with various Jazz ensembles, as well as with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, the Cathedral Bluffs Orchestra, and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. She will make her debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2017.

You'll Never Know

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Bett Butler - Winter Lullaby: Songs For The Christmas Child

Size: 127,0 MB
Time: 53:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Xmas
Art: Front

01. Angels We Have Heard On High (5:22)
02. Are You Alone For Christmas Day (3:56)
03. No Place Like Home For Christmas (4:49)
04. Pat-A-Pan (4:37)
05. Gesu Bambino (6:13)
06. Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) (4:44)
07. Someone’s Child (2:53)
08. La Virgen Fue Lavandera (4:51)
09. Un Flambeau (Bring A Torch), Jeanette Isabella (4:22)
10. El Noi De La Mare (4:31)
11. Shine (3:37)
12. Winter Lullaby (3:57)

In her eclectic fourth album, Bett Butler mixes originals with beloved holiday standards in multiple languages, many with her own English translations. Her bouncy bossa nova “Are You Alone for Christmas Day” recalls Astrid Gilberto and Stan Getz, with an elegant sax solo by Rene Saenz; and in “No Place Like Home for Christmas,” also featuring Saenz, Coltrane meets Clooney (Rosemary, not George). “Pat-a-Pan” veers firmly into Klezmer territory, and Butler’s four-octave range becomes a boys’ choir on “Gesu Bambino.” “O Holy Night” and “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella” blend classical and jazz in intimate, lively chamber ensembles. Producer/arranger Joël Dilley sets the album’s title song “Winter Lullaby” in the kind of rhythmic and ethereal landscape familiar to fans of his Mandala Meditation Series, lushly underpinning the chorus: “Even angels have to sleep sometime, but they’re never far away.”

Writes Austin music critic Michael Corcoran: “A true artist....Her forte is creating rich story songs…we have to call jazz because the right word hasn’t been invented.” In historic and culturally rich San Antonio, Texas, she co-owns Mandala Music Production with bassist/composer/ producer Joël Dilley, where they play fetch with their boxer Mingus and create music licensed for use on HBO, Discovery Channel, Cooking, Travel, and Playboy Channels, and more.

Winter Lullaby

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Christian Rover Group - Live In Concert (Feat. Rhoda Scott)

Size: 159,1 MB
Time: 68:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Jazz: Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. Easter Blue (10:15)
02. We'll Be Together Again (10:53)
03. In A Mellow Tone (11:25)
04. Mack The Knife ( 6:35)
05. Stay With Me Lord ( 7:21)
06. Toccate - Impressions (13:26)
07. Splanky ( 8:54)

After a long stint in the USA, Christian Rover is making a name for himself on the international music scene. A summa cum laude graduate of Berklee College Of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, Rover captured first prize at DOWNBEAT'S "Music Fest USA" and was awarded the Joe Zawinul Award for outstanding achievements in music synthesis. His own CDs and numerous other recordings demonstrate his unique musical talent, both as a solo artist and a sideman. Rover has toured and given concerts in the USA, Israel, China, Japan and throughout Europe.

Rover has performed and recorded with such jazz greats as Rhoda Scott, Pee Wee Ellis, Houston Person, George Garzone, John Zorn, Matt Garrisson, Jim Black, Dan Rieser, John Stowell, Skuli Sverrisson, Cesar Olguin, Enzo Zirilli, Alberto Marsico, Raetus Flisch, Piotr Barron, Jaromir Honzak, Gildas and Jean-Batiste Boclé, Emil Mangelsdorf, Wolfgang Engstfeld and Peter Weiss among many others. He enjoys being active in many styles of music from contemporary to popular, ethnic to all shades of jazz. The settings that he has worked in range from solo performances to unique band projects to leading a Japanese/East German Big Band ("Far East Far Out Orchestra”). A skilled composer Rover likes the challenge of writing in contemporary as well as classical context such as arranging and performing the Goldberg Variations on three electric guitars for the International Bachfestival.

Christian Rover is also in great demand as a teacher. He has worked as a professor at the University of Graz (Austria), the Conservatory of Music in Weimar and Leipzig (Germany) and has taught at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachuessetts (USA). He has given countless lectures at conservatories such as the Sibelius Academy (Finland), in Zurich and Basel (Switzerland) as well as workshops in Gdansk (Poland), Prague (Czech Republic) and many other institutions around the globe. For many years he has been a contributing writer to major publications such as Gitarre & Bass, Musiker and Fachblatt.

Live In Concert

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Carminho - Carminho Canta Tom Jobim

Size: 106,1 MB
Time: 45:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Bossa Nova, Samba, Fado
Art: Front

01. A Felicidade (3:53)
02. O Que Tinha De Ser (2:59)
03. Estrada Do Sol (Feat. Marisa Monte) (4:03)
04. Meditaçao (3:10)
05. Luiza (2:34)
06. Falando De Amor (Feat. Chico Buarque) (3:32)
07. Wave (3:10)
08. Sabia (3:36)
09. O Grande Amor (3:22)
10. Retrato Em Branco E Preto (2:46)
11. Inutil Paisagem (3:24)
12. Triste (2:57)
13. Modinha (Feat.Maria Bethania) (3:18)
14. Don't Ever Go Away (2:31)

"I might not know who you are, but I know who I am.”

And things could be no different, when someone who sings these words is someone who has always perceived Fado to be her destiny, but who was only able to openly admit it after she truly understood who she was.
In 2009, Carminho sang "Fado". This was her fado, the one she owned since an early age, when she listened to her parents’ records, when she witnessed the gathering of fado singers in her own house and when, still a teenager, she began to sing in the Taverna do Embuçado. This "Fado" was the title of her first album, which was one of the most awaited albums in the new generation of fado singers: for those who had already heard Carminho, her talent was obvious, but they had to wait – until she finished her graduation, until she travelled the world, until she knew who she really was.

And her "Fado" became one of the most acclaimed albums in 2009. It went Platinum – an enviable outcome for a debut album. With "Fado", Portugal surrendered to Carminho’s voice and the doors of the world opened to her talent. It was considered best album 2011 by Songlines magazine, she had shows in European capital cities, in Womex 2011 (Copenhagen) and in the UNESCO headquarters, in Paris, within the scope of Fado as World Heritage candidate. Then came the invitation to participate in Pablo Alborán’s album, which became a phenomenon of popularity in both Portugal and Spain.
It was about time that “Fado” had a worthy successor. And it's just around the corner. On 5th March, Carminho reveals her "Alma" (Portuguese word for soul) with 15 new songs, an album again produced and directed by Diogo Clemente, again wisely combining cover versions and originals (in the special edition, the album has 17 songs and a DVD with Carminho live in concertin May 2011 at Lux Frágil, Lisbon.

The cover versions are less evident. Some not so well known songs by Amália ("Cabeça de Vento"), Dina do Carmo ("À Beira do Cais") or Fernanda Maria ("As Pedras da Minha Rua"), but also from Chico Buarque ("Meu Namorado", de "O Grande Circo Místico") or Vinicius de Moraes ("Saudades do Brasil em Portugal"). The original songs are by Diogo Clemente ("Bom Dia, Amor", about poet Fernando Pessoa), Mário Pacheco ("Talvez", lyrics by Vasco Graça Moura), and Vitorino ("Fado Adeus"). And there are also some new lyrics for traditional fado tunes – one of them, "Folha", written by Carminho herself, and another one, "Impressão Digital", a poem by António Gedeão.

And it is this mixture of past and present that allows us to unveil the future of Fado, in the unrivalled voice of Carminho. A voice which, in her second album, sustains all that Carminho sings in "Talvez": "I might not know who you are, but I know who I am”.

Carminho Canta Tom Jobim

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Mal Waldron - Left Alone

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:30
Size: 88,4 MB
Art: Front

(6:06)  1. Left Alone
(6:56)  2. Cat Walk
(5:52)  3. You Don't Know What Love Is
(8:14)  4. Minor Pulsation
(7:11)  5. Airegin
(4:09)  6. Mal Waldron: The Way He Remembers Billie Holiday

This obscure CD reissue has the wrong date listed (it is from February 24, 1959, not November 1957) and fails to mention that altoist Jackie McLean sits in with pianist Mal Waldron's trio (which includes bassist Julian Euell and drummer Al Dreares) on the title cut, a number co-written by Waldron and Billie Holiday. Although Waldron dedicated the album to Lady Day and talks about her a bit on the last track in a short interview with vibraphonist Teddy Charles (which was recorded a bit later), he actually only performs one song from her repertoire: "You Don't Know What Love Is." Otherwise this rather brief CD has the title cut, two other typically brooding Waldron originals plus Sonny Rollins' "Airegin." McLean's emotional alto is such a strong asset on the title cut that one wishes he were on the rest of this worthwhile set. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/left-alone-mw0000651178

Personnel: Mal Waldron (piano); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Julian Euell (bass); Al Dreares (drums).

Left Alone

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Marilyn Scott - Avenues of Love

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:34
Size: 124,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:47)  1. Starting to Fall
(5:02)  2. I Like to Dance
(4:27)  3. Avenida Del Sol
(5:38)  4. The Look of Love
(5:54)  5. Heaven's Design
(4:30)  6. Love is  a Powerful Thing
(5:34)  7. Hold You Up
(6:16)  8. Hey Love
(5:45)  9. Get Home
(3:37) 10. The Last Day

A top-notch adult contemporary vocalist still awaiting a well-deserved crossover commercial breakthrough, Marilyn Scott adds powerful fuel to her cause on Avenues of Love by helping herself with a well-balanced array of production and songwriting talent. George Duke surrounds her with party voices and a kneejerking Latin groove on a playful list of dance steps on "I Like to Dance," then surrounds her clear, sensuous voice with airy, billowing synth cushioning on the Bacharach-David classic "The Look of Love." Scott and bassist Jimmy Haslip reroute to Memphis on Michael Ruff's Wilson Pickett-like pick me up, "Love Is a Powerful Thing," engaging a two-piece horn section that sounds even larger. The Yellowjacket touch is in full effect on the picturesque "Avenida del Sol," which approximates an update of the gentle Astrud Gilberto sound; the tune was written by Scott and Bob Mintzer, and produced by Scott, Haslip, and Russell Ferrante. Scott's greatest gift here is her sense of modulation; she belts like crazy on the funk pieces, but recognizes the emotional power of restraint on the ballads. ~ Jonathan Widran http://www.allmusic.com/album/avenues-of-love-mw0000034777

Personnel : Marilyn Scott (vocals); Ray Fuller, Michael Landau, Paul Jackson, Jr., Mike Miller (guitar); Steve Allen, Brandon Fields (saxophone); Ralph Rickert (trumpet); Bob Mintzer, Walt Fowler (horns); George Duke (piano, synthesizer, keyboards, bass); Michael Ruff (keyboards, background vocals); Russell Ferrante (keyboards); Jimmy Haslip, Fred D. Washington (bass); Joseph Heredia, Will Kennedy (drums); Rafael Padilla, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Take 6, Lori Perry, Sharon Perry, Carolyn Perry, Darlene Perry, Jim Gilstrap, Lynn Davis, Alvin Chea, David Thomas, Maxayne Lewis (background vocals).

Avenues of Love

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Jed Levy - Good people

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:10
Size: 122,1 MB
Art: Front

( 6:08)  1. Just In Time
( 8:19)  2. Good People
( 6:58)  3. Red Lipstick
( 4:01)  4. Second Avenue Blues
(11:27)  5. Jenkuja
( 5:38)  6. Windows On The World
( 6:00)  7. Daydream
( 4:35)  8. The Zealots

Saxophonist Jed Levy has been a mainstay on the New York jazz scene for over 20 years. In addition to performing and recording as a leader, he has had long standing working relationships with such jazz luminaries as Jaki Byard (a musical mentor, 3 recordings and countless performances), Don Patterson, Jack McDuff (valuable road experience), Ron McClure (2 CDs and ongoing performances), and Headhunters drummer Mike Clark (2 CD's and new projects in the works.)  He has also been fortunate to have worked with, Junior Mance, Eddie Henderson, Jack Walrath,The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Shirley Scott, Kevin Mahogany, Gene Bertoncini,Don Friedman,Cedar Walton, Curtis Fuller, Chico O'Farrill, Attilla Zollar, Groove Holmes, Tom Harrell, and many others. Levy has toured Japan as a leader and appeared at several international jazz festivals as well as leading bands at such New York venues as Sweet Basil, Blue Note, Birdland, Visiones and Zinno. Diversity has been the key to Levy's success on the New York scene. A recent week found him moving from a concert with the Cab Calloway Orchestra to a night with Mike Clark and Charley Hunter at the Knitting Factory, to the Apollo Theater with the Temptations and the Four Tops, to Birdland with Chico O'Farill's Afro Cuban Orchestra. In his presentations as a leader, as well as in his compositions, Levy tries to incorporate these varied musical experiences. His compositions have been recorded by such artists as the Headhunters, Don Friedman, Eddie Henderson, and Mike Clark.http://www.jedlevy.com/
              
Personnel:  Jed Levy (tenor saxophone);  Peter Leitch (guitar); Peter Madsen (piano); Rufus Reid (bass); Billy Hart (drums).

Good people

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George Cables - Beyond Forever

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 65:24
Size: 106,5 MB
Art: Front

( 7:07)  1. Lost Dreams
( 4:13)  2. 'Round Midnight
( 7:04)  3. The Phantom Of The Islands
( 8:36)  4. Beyond Forever
( 7:26)  5. I Fall In Love Too Easily
( 7:03)  6. Thermo
(10:07)  7. Love Song
( 7:58)  8. Evidence
( 5:46)  9. Little B's Poem

Equally skilled as a leader or as a sideman, George Cables helped to define modern mainstream jazz piano of the 1980s and '90s. When he was 18 and at Mannes College, he formed the Jazz Samaritans with Steve Grossman and Billy Cobham. Cables gained recognition during his stints with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Sonny Rollins (both in 1969), Joe Henderson (1969-1971), and Freddie Hubbard (1971-1976). He was with Dexter Gordon (1976-1978) during the tenor's successful return to the United States, and became known as Art Pepper's favorite pianist (1979-1982). In addition to his occasional work with Bebop and Beyond (starting in 1984), Cables appeared in a countless number of situations through the years, and has recorded frequently as a leader, most notably for Contemporary (including the 1979 classic Cables Vision), Concord, and SteepleChase. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beyond-forever/id160753449

Personnel: George Cables (piano); Joe Locke (vibraphone); Santi Debriano (bass); Victor Lewis (drums).

Beyond Forever

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Courtney Pine - Closer to Home

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:42
Size: 118,8 MB
Art: Front

(0:55)  1. Opus 1 (Intro)
(4:11)  2. Get Busy
(4:03)  3. Blue Tide
(3:28)  4. I Don't Care
(0:24)  5. Dancehall (Interlude)
(3:52)  6. Kingston
(0:32)  7. Marcus (Interlude)
(4:30)  8. Be Mine Tonight
(5:09)  9. I'm Still Waiting
(1:06) 10. Closer (Interlude)
(3:53) 11. Closer to Home
(4:32) 12. Never Be Lonely
(1:10) 13. Garvey (Interlude)
(3:50) 14. In Time (All Will Know)
(0:35) 15. Dancehall 2 (Interlude)
(2:41) 16. Home Song
(0:53) 17. Opus 1 (Outro)
(5:49) 18. Courtney Blows (Live)

A '92 release by British saxophonist Courtney Pine, who with each album moves more toward the musical center. He's working with pop, rock, and reggae compositions and musicians, but at the same time still playing forceful, frequently dynamic tenor and soprano solos. It's not really fusion, nor is it the kind of uncompromising jazz that he once championed. ~ Ron Wynn http://www.allmusic.com/album/closer-to-home-mw0000280135

Personnel: Courtney Pine (saxophone, keyboards, alto flute, bass synthesizer, drums, computer programming); Dean Fraser (baritone saxophone); Delroy Donaldson, Tony Gad (keyboards, bass); Robbie Lynn (keyboards); Pierre (guitar synthesizer); Stanley (guitar); Danny Browne (bass); Cameron Cleavie, Sly Dunbar (drums, percussion); Drummie (percussion);

Closer to Home

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