Friday, April 14, 2017

Allan Vache, Mark Shane, Terry Blaine - Classic Jazz Duets

Size: 155,8 MB
Time: 66:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Funk, Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

01. How It's Done (4:41)
02. Together (7:26)
03. Show Ur Id (4:42)
04. Age (5:52)
05. Sincerity (5:54)
06. After Tonight (4:10)
07. Out Of Time (For P) (5:15)
08. What U Do (When The Music Hits) (4:30)
09. Promises (3:20)
10. L.O.V.E. Intro (2:49)
11. Hold Up (3:40)
12. So Close (4:24)
13. D.I.S.C.O (4:08)
14. L.O.V.E. Outro (1:27)
15. I Cannot Believe (4:10)

Sweet Jazz Recordings is proud to have world class clarinetist Allan Vache on the roster. Joining Allan is pianist extraordinaire Mark Shane and top jazz vocalist Terry Blaine.

Allan Vaché, born December 16, 1953, grew up in Rahway, New Jersey where he attended school and graduated Rahway High School in 1971. He grew up in a musical family, with a father (Warren Vaché Sr.), a renowned bass player and with a brother (Warren Vaché, Jr.) who is well known for his expertise on cornet and flugelhorn. Allan not surprisingly took to music early and while at Jersey City State College from 1971-1975, studied with David Dworkin of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as well as independently studying with the famous jazz artist, Kenny Davern.
During that same period Allan also performed many professional engagements with such jazz greats as: Bobby Hackett, Wild Bill Davison, Pee Wee Erwin, Gene Krupa, Dick Hyman, Max Kaminsky, Clark Terry, Dick Wellstood, Ed Hubble, Cliff Leeman, Bob Haggart, Jack Lesberg, Lionel Hampton, Bob Wilber and many others. He also made numerous appearances with his brother Warren Vaché, Jr.
In 1974-1975 Allan appeared in an on stage band in the Broadway musical "Doctor Jazz" at the Winter Garden theater, starring Bobby Van and Lola Falana for which Luther Henderson and Dick Hyman wrote instrumental arrangements.

In late 1975 Allan joined "The Jim Cullum Jazz Band" of San Antonio Texas, formerly "The Happy Jazz Band." With this organization, Allan has appeared numerous times on the Public Radio Series "Riverwalk, Live from the Landing" The band traveled extensively to Europe, Australia and Mexico, as well as making many festival appearances throughout the United States. Allan recorded nine albums and compact discs with this band, including the only jazz CD of the entire score of "Porgy and Bess", released on CBS Masterworks records. Vaché and the band also made many concert appearances of "Porgy and Bess" , many featuring opera great William Warfield as narrator, throughout the Western Hemisphere and including The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and "The Cervantino Arts Festival" in Mexico City, for the U.S. State Department.

Allan has appeared in several "World Series of Jazz" concerts in San Antonio. These concerts featured the "Cullum" band alongside such jazz luminaries as Benny Goodman, Pete Fountain, Joe Venuti, Teddy Wilson, Scott Hamilton, Bob Wilber, and many others. Allan appeared with Jim Cullum at Carnegie Hall at the "Tribute to Turk Murphy" concert in January 1987. He has also performed with Cullum on the CBS Morning News, and PBS television show "Austin City Limits." He also performed on NPR’s "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor, and was a regular performer on PRI’s "Riverwalk – Live from the Landing," from 1987-1992. This program aired on over 200 public radio stations in the U.S. and abroad. Many of these shows are still rebroadcast today. In the summer of 1992 Allan left San Antonio to pursue a free lance career. Since that time he has appeared as a solo performer at several jazz festivals and parties around the country and abroad. He has appeared with pop performers Bonnie Rait and Leon Redbone and can be heard on the soundtrack of the 1998 film “The Newton Boys”.

In 1993 he moved to Orlando, Florida to perform at various Orlando attractions including Walt Disney World and Church Street Station. Vache has numerous recordings to his credit, several under his own name, for various labels. These include Audiophile, Jazzology, Arbors, and Nagel-Heyer, of Hamburg, Germany. Vache has presently recorded twelve CDs for this label, six of these as the leader. His latest CD “Ballads, Burners & Blues”, released in March of 2004 for the Arbors label, includes his wife, Vanessa Vache’, on clarinet, as a special guest. In March 2006 he recorded a tribute to Benny Goodman for Arbors entitled “With Benny in Mind” to be released early in 2007.
Having toured in Germany, Austria, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Switzerland, Allan continues to work as a freelance artist in the Orlando area as well as appearing at many concerts and festivals in the U.S. and around the world.

Mark Shane’s jazz piano is firmly rooted in the swinging tradition of jazz piano masters James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Earl Hines and Art Tatum. Shane was house pianist in New York’s “Eddie Condon’s” jazz club and has played with Benny Goodman and many all star alumni from the great bands of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller.

Mark Shane has been featured on radio and television jazz special broadcasts and has appeared as a featured soloist at major jazz festivals worldwide. Shane has toured for Columbia Artists and with the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble. Featured in the 50th anniversary Benny Goodman memorial concert in Carnegie Hall, Shane has also played jazz piano for the Twyla Tharp Dance Company as well as for the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack, “The Cotton Club” as well as other films.

For Carnegie Hall’s 100th Anniversary celebration, Shane accompanied hosts Beverly Sills and Barbara Walters. Mark Shane has played a royal command performance of Duke Ellington’s “The Queen’s Suite” for HRH Princess Anne in London’s Festival Hall.

Shane is particularly noted for his Fats Waller program, “Fats Lives!!!”, a swinging piano and vocal tour de force which has been featured with many of New York’s popular dance orchestras and at jazz festivals world wide. Mark Shane has played for society and debutante cotillions throughout the United States, for Presidential Inaugural Balls in Washington, DC, and for the Mayor of New York City at Gracie Mansion. Shane has also played private parties for Mikhail Gorbachev, Henry Kissinger, Estee Lauder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and for openings and fund raising events at major libraries, museums and cultural centers throughout the United States. Shane is regularly featured at Lincoln Center’s “Midsummer Nights’ Swing” concerts.

Named to the Steinway international roster of piano artists, Mark Shane has been called
“...one of the great accompanists of his time…” (Mississippi Rag). Shane’s piano, featured on many recordings, reflects a true sense of living jazz history and continues the tradition of deep swing and lyrical melodic improvisation. Mark Shane plays Classic Jazz Piano, America’s unique musical contribution to world culture.

Jazz vocalist Terry Blaine was born in NYC, and has been singing virtually all of her life. Embracing both pop and classical styles, it was not until after she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Buffalo with a BA in Music that she chose to trade in her flute for a microphone. As a singer and musician, she has enjoyed a multi-faceted career that includes live performances, recordings, studio work, television and radio shows, musical composition, songwriting and production. Her unique interpretations of classic jazz standards have brought her international attention and recognition as one of the few contemporary female jazz singers performing the hot small-band swing material from the 1930s.

Forging a fresh link in the regal chain that recalls the tradition of Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, and others, Terry's style of singing is a gentle, swinging reminder of who we were and where we came from, instilled with a spirit that only genuine affection can inspire. Her collaboration with classic jazz pianist Mark Shane, which began with a three-and-a-half year duo engagement at Café Society in Greenwich Village, led to the CD "Whose Honey Are You," a Jazz Journal International Record of the Year. With support from enthusiastic fans and radio stations all around the country, a pair of sold-out, breakthrough concerts launched the duo into the larger world of concert appearances and touring. A second CD, "Terry Blaine in Concert," was released. Terry & Mark have since performed at prestigious venues such as Michael's Pub, Fat Tuesday's, the Plaza Hotel, the Lakeland Jazz Festival, JVC New Jersey Jazz Festival, Artown Celebration in Reno, NV, Colorado Jazz Party, Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, WI, Sarasota Opera House in Florida, the Norris Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, and the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee.

Classic Jazz Duets

Vintage Orchestra - Smack Dab In The Middle: The Vocal Side Of Thad Jones

Size: 115,3 MB
Time: 49:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Big Band
Art: Front

01. Just As In Spring (3:50)
02. To Make The Most Of Today (4:49)
03. On A Sunday Morning (3:42)
04. Thrones And Believers (4:30)
05. Later On They'll Know (3:49)
06. When Things Like These Go Wrong (2:25)
07. Freedom Run (5:42)
08. Like Every Other Day (3:37)
09. Outside It Rains For Them (4:07)
10. In The Nick Of Time (5:38)
11. Hold On (3:30)
12. To Up And Go (3:41)

The Band:
Saxophones: Dominique Mandin / Olivier Zanot / Thomas Savy / David Sauzay / Jean-François Devèze
Trumpets: Erick Poirier / Lorenz Rainer / Fabien Mary / Julien Ecrepont
Trombones: Michael Ballue, Bastien Ballaz, Jerry Edwards, Martin Berlugue
Piano: Florent Gac
Bass: Yoni Zelnik
Drums: Andrea Michelutti

Guest vocalists: Denise King & Walter Ricci

The new recording by the Vintage Orchestra takes on quite a rare repertoire : the vocal music composed by the great trumpet player and composer Thad Jones. The instrumental music composed and arranged for his own big band is known all over the world and has been recorded and played by so many different bands, but Jones’ arrangements for a lead singer from 1965 to 1968 have never been recorded since, nor have the music charts been edited. In order to play this music we asked Dominique Mandin, Stéphane Guillaume, François Biensan, Jon Boutellier and Erick Poirier to make transcriptions, not to copy the originals but mostly to create new interpretations of this repertoire for a band which has been working on Thad Jones’ music for the last 15 years. Denise King, internationally acclaimed American singer, and Walter Ricci, a very talented young singer, are the ideal voices for this laid aside repertoire, supported by the Vintage Orchestra.This new international project by The Vintage Orchestra is both daring and unexpected

Smack Dab In The Middle

Rebecca Martin & Guillermo Klein - The Upstate Project

Size: 115,3 MB
Time: 49:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Just As In Spring (3:50)
02. To Make The Most Of Today (4:49)
03. On A Sunday Morning (3:42)
04. Thrones And Believers (4:30)
05. Later On They'll Know (3:49)
06. When Things Like These Go Wrong (2:25)
07. Freedom Run (5:42)
08. Like Every Other Day (3:37)
09. Outside It Rains For Them (4:07)
10. In The Nick Of Time (5:38)
11. Hold On (3:30)
12. To Up And Go (3:41)

The Upstate Project is a landmark collaboration that unites a group of world-class musicians who’ve already distinguished themselves in their individual creative pursuits.

Rebecca Martin is widely recognized as one of her generation’s most talented and versatile vocalists and songwriters, effortlessly bridging the world’s of jazz and songwriting while working alongside some of the music’s most esteemed players. Argentine-born pianist-vocalist-composer-arranger Guillermo Klein is renowned throughout the jazz world for his inventive, eclectic compositional approach and his distinctive harmonic sensibility. Their rhythm section is composed of bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard, two of jazz’s most in-demand players.

The four participants’ distinctive talents interact in unexpected and inspiring ways on The Upstate Project, which offers exquisite, gently intoxicating melodies, vivid, haunting lyrics, and effortless instrumental interactions.

The Upstate Project

Candy Dulfer - Together

Size: 155,8 MB
Time: 66:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Funk, Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

01. How It's Done (4:41)
02. Together (7:26)
03. Show Ur Id (4:42)
04. Age (5:52)
05. Sincerity (5:54)
06. After Tonight (4:10)
07. Out Of Time (For P) (5:15)
08. What U Do (When The Music Hits) (4:30)
09. Promises (3:20)
10. L.O.V.E. Intro (2:49)
11. Hold Up (3:40)
12. So Close (4:24)
13. D.I.S.C.O (4:08)
14. L.O.V.E. Outro (1:27)
15. I Cannot Believe (4:10)

Dutch saxophonist/vocalist Candy Dulfer is a charismatic and gifted performer known for her funky, genre-bending take on smooth jazz, dance-pop, and instrumental R&B. Initially brought to the public's attention via appearances with Prince, Dulfer (whose influences range from Sonny Rollins and Miles Davis to Maceo Parker and David Sanborn) went on to become a hugely successful crossover jazz star.

Born in Amsterdam in 1969, Dulfer was raised in a musical family, the daughter of Hans Dulfer, a respected jazz tenor saxophonist. Starting out on drums at age five, she switched first to soprano saxophone and eventually settled on alto saxophone at age seven. While jazz was an early love, Dulfer also listened to a variety of genres while growing up, from AM pop and metal to hard rock and soul. Nonetheless, influenced by her tenor saxophone-playing father, she began studying the styles of artists like Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, and Dexter Gordon. The rough, swaggering tenor style impacted how she approached playing the alto and helped her stand out early on. Later, she would incorporate the influence of similarly inclined alto luminaries like Earl Bostic, Cannonball Adderley, Maceo Parker, and David Sanborn.

After spending her earlier years playing in local concert bands, by age ten Dulfer was good enough to be a featured soloist in her father's group. Her first professional work came at age 12 when she joined American expatriate saxophonist/vocalist Rosa King's band. While with King, she played the North Sea Jazz Festival where she first heard David Sanborn perform live. Inspired by the experience and taking King's advice, Dulfer formed her own group, the R&B-influenced Funky Stuff. Though still in her teens, Dulfer and the Funky Stuff were to open for Madonna on several stops of the pop star's Who's That Girl Tour. During this time, she also caught the ear of Prince, who showcased her in a live concert and later, featured her in the video for his song "Partyman." This led to other high-profile gigs for Dulfer, including session work with Eurythmics guitarist/producer Dave Stewart as well as live dates with Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin, and Pink Floyd.

In 1990, Dulfer made her solo recording debut with the Ulco Bed-produced Saxuality on RCA Records. A break-out success, the album charted well in Europe and the U.S. and eventually reached gold certification status with sales in excess of a half-million units worldwide. Critically, the album was also well-received, garnering Dulfer plaudits for her playful but organic take on smooth jazz, as well as earning her a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Her follow-up, 1991's Sax-a-Go-Go, was also a hit, spending a month on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. Also produced by Bed, the album found Dulfer collaborating with a handful of her musical heroes, including the JB's and the Tower of Power horns. Her third album, 1993's Big Girl, was a similarly successful, stylistically varied effort that revealed her love of hip-hop and rap. Produced by Bed and multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/arranger Thomas Bank (both of whom would remain regular collaborators with Dulfer), the album also featured a guest appearance by longtime Dulfer idol David Sanborn.

Along with touring and appearing with other artists, Dulfer released several more equally successful, genre-crossing outings including 1997's For the Love of You and 1999's What Does It Take? which found her adding her own vocals to the mix. In 2002, she paired with her father for Dulfer and Dulfer, followed a year later by the electronic-tinged Right in My Soul. Electronic dance music, as well as funky R&B and Latin-flavored romantic balladry would all be on the table for her next two albums, 2007's Candy Store and 2009's Funked Up!

For 2011's Crazy, Dulfer moved even further into dance music, exploring dubstep textures with producer Printz Board (the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Macy Gray). Over the next several years she toured and continued to expand her profile, appearing as a celebrity judge & talent coach on the Dutch edition of The X Factor in 2013. She also formed the all-female R&B supergroup Ladies of Soul with longtime friends Trijntje Oosterhuis, Glennis Grace, Berget Lewis, and Edsilia Rombley. Together they headlined a handful of well-attended concerts at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome, later released as live albums. In 2016, Dulfer delivered her 12th studio album, Together. ~by Matt Collar

Together

Colette Cassidy & Nigel Clark - Confetti Falling In The Rain

Size: 99,4 MB
Time: 42:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. After Hours (3:01)
02. Confetti Falling In The Rain (3:14)
03. Black And White Story (2:42)
04. Another Sleepless Night (3:18)
05. Maybe Next Time You'll Fall (2:56)
06. A Mother's Love (3:05)
07. Tales When We Were Young (2:47)
08. Dreamers, Weavers And Believers (4:11)
09. Maybe (4:22)
10. Pumpkin Moon (3:50)
11. Blue Gas Flame (3:37)
12. When You're In Love (5:02)

Colette Cassidy and Nigel Clark are a Dublin based songwriting team combining a sublime Jazz voice and virtuoso guitar playing. They have come together on this debut album with 12 wonderful original compositions. They were exploring pop tunes and re-arranging them. Out of the blue one day Nigel asked Colette had she ever written songs. Colette hadn't but she went home and a couple of days later came back with a set of songs. Nigel who was experienced in editing was impressed with the musicality of the lyrics that read like a poetry. There was very little work to be done with the lyrics and they set about composing the melody for their first song, "When you're in Love". Colette describes it like the "elves and the shoemaker". She would go home and labour endlessly at night to compile lyrics and return to Nigel with the completed work. Colette had a lot to say! Her life experiences included the ups and downs of love and romance but also included her love and devotion to her son James in a "A Mother's Love".

Confetti Falling In The Rain

Junior Mance - The Three Of Us

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:55
Size: 155.5 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[ 5:38] 1. Broadway
[ 9:15] 2. Whisper Not
[10:38] 3. Tin Tin Deo
[10:03] 4. Emily
[ 7:44] 5. Jubilation
[11:59] 6. Idle Moments
[12:34] 7. Harlem Lullaby

On this latest trio outing, Junior Mance combines soul-jazz cool with bop-stoked fire; his orchestral approach to the keyboard calls forth deep sonic landscapes rich in texture. Violinist Michi Fuji, despite her chamber-music background, has a looseness of timbre and pitch that gives her sound a Jackie Mac-like astringency - a voice-like effect, heightened by her tendency to reverse her bowing abruptly, avoiding continuous melodic flow in favor of coarse transitions. Bassist Hide Tanaka, meanwhile, is propulsive yet non-obtrusive: His double-stops dance and slither but never pound; his arpeggios are uncluttered; he avoids stepping on others’ solos.

The set list here includes two Mance originals: the church-tinged “Jubilation” and “Harlem Lullaby,” an emotionally complex, sometimes brooding tone poem that evokes spiritual questing, worldly struggle and hard-won sanctuary with equal facility. The trio also brings its imaginative flair to borrowed material ranging from Johnny Mandel’s “Emily” and Duke Pearson’s “Idle Moments” to the Gillespie/Pozo chestnut “Tin Tin Deo” (on which the trio creates an enticing fusion of Latin-tinged gaiety and hothouse exoticism).

Through the years, Mance has cultivated a strong affinity with Japanese jazz artists, at least partly through his involvement with 100 Gold Fingers, a consortium of 10 U.S. pianists who tour Japan every other year. That affinity is on display here, as Mance, Fuji and Tanaka share not just a musical language, but what sounds like a single, unified musical heart. ~David Whitels

The Three Of Us

Alice Babs - As Time Goes By

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:53
Size: 102.8 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:25] 1. Stormy Monday
[3:24] 2. I Didn't Know About You
[2:58] 3. How Deep Is The Ocean
[3:02] 4. No Words Blues
[4:45] 5. Can't We Be Friends
[2:39] 6. Cottage For Sale
[4:00] 7. Love Is Here To Stay
[2:19] 8. The Lady's In Love With You
[3:03] 9. Many Tears Ago
[2:07] 10. If I Could Be With You The Hour Tonight
[2:53] 11. If I Were Eve
[3:40] 12. More Understanding Than A Man
[2:46] 13. Flamingo
[3:45] 14. As Time Goes By

14 never previously released recordings from 1960-1969. With The Bengt Hallberg Trio & The Arne Domnerus Big Band featuring Svend Asmussen.

A jazz singer with a huge range, Alice Babs became a legend in Sweden. She was the country's first Eurovision Song contest representative, starred in films like “Swing It Teacher” and even advertised chewing gum. In over 60 years she has produced a vast catalogue of recordings but the material on this CD has never previously been released. 1966 Swedish radio broadcast with arrangements by Georg Riedel.

As Time Goes By

Arne Domnérus & His Bossa Orchestra - A Little Bossa Nova

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:50
Size: 141.6 MB
Styles: Bossa Nova
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[4:46] 1. Manha De Carnival
[4:15] 2. Chovendo Na Roseira
[2:41] 3. Unforgettable
[4:31] 4. Samba De Orfeu
[4:29] 5. The Sweetest Sounds
[2:55] 6. The Shadow Of Your Smile
[4:03] 7. The Girl From Ipanema
[3:37] 8. Favela
[4:59] 9. I Concentrate On You
[3:56] 10. A Felicidade
[3:28] 11. First Time
[3:52] 12. Samba Triste
[3:34] 13. No More Blues
[3:45] 14. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
[3:13] 15. Samba Intrikat
[3:40] 16. All The Things You Are

The Brazilian Bossa Nova is just right for the Jazz knew Dompan and this is a complete album bossa-inspired music. Most songs have Brazilian origin. recording is made in Denmark and in addition Arne Domnérus involved Rune Gustafsson, Jan Lundgren and Danes Jesper Lundgaard, Bo Stief and Aage Tanggaard and vocalists Lena Ericsson and Almaz Yebio. (Translated from Swedish.)

A Little Bossa Nova

Buddy Rich - Stick It

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:58
Size: 112.1 MB
Styles: Bop, Contemporary jazz
Year: 1972/1999
Art: Front

[ 4:20] 1. Space Shuttle (Short Version)
[ 4:53] 2. God Bless The Child
[ 4:02] 3. Best Coast
[ 6:08] 4. Sassy Strut
[ 3:26] 5. Something
[ 4:20] 6. Wave
[ 8:02] 7. Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey
[ 3:01] 8. Bein' Green
[10:42] 9. Space Shuttle (Long Version)

Alto Saxophone, Flute – Brian A. Grivna, Joe Romano; Baritone Saxophone – Richard Centalonza; Bass – Joel Di Bartolo; Bass Trombone – William Reichenbach; Guitar – Walt Namuth; Piano – George McFetridge; Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Pat LaBarbera; Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Don Englert; Trombone – Alan Kaplan, Eric Culver; Trumpet – Greg Hopkins, John DeFlon, Lin Biviano, Wayne Naus. Recorded in RCA's Studio C, New York City.

Three of the eight selections on this LP have been reissued on the sampler CD Time Being, but since the program is quite strong, the album is also recommended. One of the better recordings by Buddy Rich & His Big Band, this has more than its share of highlights, including a ballad feature for altoist Joe Romano ("God Bless the Child"), several notable spots for Pat LaBarbera (on tenor and soprano), some high-note trumpet by Lin Biviano on "Something," a strong rendition of "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," and a surprise: a version of the Muppets' "Bein' Green" with Rich taking a surprisingly charming vocal while backed only by guitarist Walt Namuth. ~Scott Yanow

Stick It

Keith Jarrett Trio - Somewhere Before

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1968
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:11
Size: 94,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:24)  1. My Back Pages
(3:30)  2. Pretty Ballad
(4:24)  3. Moving Soon
(6:50)  4. Somewhere Before
(5:40)  5. New Rag
(3:07)  6. A Moment For Tears
(4:35)  7. Pout's Over
(5:00)  8. Dedicated To You
(2:37)  9. Old Rag

While still a member of the Charles Lloyd Quartet, Keith Jarrett did some occasional moonlighting with a trio, anchored by two future members of Jarrett's classic quartet, Charlie Haden (bass) and Paul Motian (drums). On this CD, Jarrett turns in a very eclectic set at Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, careening through a variety of idioms where his emerging individuality comes through in flashes. He covers Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages" -- which actually came out as a single on the Vortex label in an attractive, semi-funky style reminiscent of Vince Guaraldi. "Pretty Ballad" delivers a strong reflective dose of Bill Evans, while "Moving Soon" is chaotic free jazz. By the time we reach "New Rag," we begin to hear the distinctive Jarrett idiom of the later trios, but then, "Old Rag" is knockabout stride without the stride. As an example of early, unfocused Jarrett, this is fascinating material. ~ Richard G.Ginell http://www.allmusic.com/album/somewhere-before-mw0000196472

Personnel:  Piano – Keith Jarrett;  Bass – Charlie Haden;  Drums – Paul Motian

Somewhere Before

Randy Crawford - Don't Say It's Over

Styles: Vocal, Soul
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:16
Size: 102,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:09)  1. I'm Glad There Is You
(5:10)  2. Love's Mystery
(3:57)  3. Can We Bring It Back
(4:02)  4. Keep Me Loving You
(6:12)  5. In My Life
(4:11)  6. Elusive Boogie
(4:27)  7. Mad Over You
(4:32)  8. Why Can't We Take A Chance
(2:42)  9. Year After Year
(5:50) 10. Don't Say It's Over

Don't Say It's Over album for sale by Randy Crawford was released Jan 08, 2008 on the Wounded Bird label. In her slippery, velvety tone, Randy Crawford blossoms on this diverse cast of songs, which includes jazz, dance, pop, and a little bit of boogie. Don't Say It's Over buy CD music She does nothing fancy or unique other than address these lyrically sound numbers with good old-fashioned singing. Don't Say It's Over songs Crawford softly croons through the lead track "I'm Glad There Is You" accompanied by only a piano. 

Don't Say It's Over album for sale She follows suit on songs like "Can We Bring It Back" and "Year After Year." Don't Say It's Over CD music They too are tranquil numbers that prey upon the tenderness of the heart. Her up-tempo numbers like "Keep Me Loving You" and "Elusive Boogie" expose Crawford's spirited side. Not flamboyant with her vocals, her mellow yet illuminating style is pleasing, as is the album's lyrical content. ~ Craig Lytle http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-say-its-over-mw0000105736

Personnel: Randy Crawford (vocals); Ramon Stagnaro (acoustic guitar); Paul Jackson, Jr., Colin "Doc" Sobers (guitar); Steve Tavaglioni, Justo Almario (saxophone); Ray Brown (flugelhorn); Will Miller, Rick Baptist (trumpet); Alan Kaplan (trombone); Lou Levy (piano); Donn Wyatt (organ); Misha Segal (keyboards, strings, synthesizers, bass); Greg Mathieson (keyboards); Abraham Laboriel, Andrew Gouche (bass); Demetric Collins, Jorge Patrono (drums, programming); William Maxwell, Ricky Lawson (drums); David Lasley, Arnold McCuller, Myrna Smith, Terry Young, Monalisa Young, Maxi Anderson (background vocals).

Don't Say It's Over

Jay McShann - Blues From Kansas City

Styles: Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:21
Size: 150,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:39)  1. Swingmatism
(2:56)  2. Hootie Blues
(2:57)  3. Dexter Blues
(2:36)  4. Vine Street Boogie
(2:53)  5. Confessin' The Blues
(2:40)  6. Hold 'Em Hootie
(3:04)  7. One Woman's Man
(2:56)  8. 'Fore Day Rider
(2:39)  9. So You Won't Jump
(3:05) 10. New Confessin' The Blues
(2:56) 11. Red River Blues
(2:47) 12. Baby Heart Blues
(2:32) 13. Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
(2:43) 14. Hootie's Ignorant Oil
(2:57) 15. Lonely Boy Blues
(3:04) 16. Get Me On Your Mind
(3:02) 17. The Jumpin' Blues
(3:09) 18. Sepian Bounce
(3:09) 19. Say Forward, I'll March
(3:21) 20. Wrong Neighborhood
(3:05) 21. Hometown Blues

This CD surpasses all former collections of pianist Jay McShann's early recordings, for it is comprised of every commercial side made by McShann during 1941-1943, including 11 delightful, if rarely heard, trio and quartet numbers (featuring McShann, bassist Gene Ramey, and drummer Gus Johnson), along with four lesser-known vocals by the limited but talented Walter Brown that are normally skipped. The result is as complete a musical picture of Jay McShann's early piano style and his orchestra (at least how they sounded in the studios) as is possible. Altoist Charlie Parker has five influential if brief solos (best is "Sepian Bounce") and trumpeters Orville Minor and Buddy Anderson, altoist John Jackson, and Paul Quinichette on tenor also have their spots. However, McShann is clearly the main star of this definitive set by the last of the great Kansas City swing big bands. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-from-kansas-city-mw0000081286

Personnel: Jay McShann (piano), Walter Brown (vocals), Charlie Parker (alto saxophone), Buddy Anderson (trumpet), Al Hibbler.

Blues From Kansas City

Joe Newman & Henry "Red" Allen - The Hot Trumpets

Styles: Trumpet Jazz 
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:14
Size: 156,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:11)  1. Oh Gee
(5:00)  2. Dacquiri
(6:40)  3. Blues For Slim
(6:38)  4. The Very Though Of You
(8:11)  5. For You
(3:20)  6. The Continental
(3:01)  7. Strike Up The Band
(3:05)  8. Nice Work If You Can Get It
(3:47)  9. There's A House In Harlem For Sale
(4:15) 10. St. Louis Blues
(3:21) 11. Just In Time
(4:54) 12. Biffly Blues
(3:35) 13. Sleepytime Gal
(3:07) 14. I Ain't Got Nobody
(3:02) 15. Cherry

Though waxed less than a month apart the sessions coupled on this disc spotlight the talents of two stylistically divergent trumpeters. Newman was a Basie Band alum and firmly grounded in the pleasures and politics of swing. Allen’s sound was derived from older New Orleans traditions and his youthful tenure with Louis Armstrong’s big band. The fact that these two players and their Swingville albums presented here work so well together points to the primacy of jazz and it’s ability to ultimately transcend the provincialism of self-imposed boundaries. Swing and New Orleans Ragtime are just appellations for the deeper, all-inclusive tradition, one which both of these men take heavy and audible stock in. Newman’s up to bat first leading a sophisticated quartet through baker’s half dozen of tunes. “Oh Gee,” written by the obscure trombonist Matthew Gee serves as an effective opener. Newman’s punchy brass works over the opening choruses with a clean, ringing tone before Flanagan’s keys finesse the melody with an amiable touch. “Dacquiri” shifts things south of the border with some Latinized traps work from English and gentle interplay between trumpet and piano. On “Blues for Slim” the four players lock into a seductive union of ideas that has Newman at his most lyrical. “The Very Thought of You” takes their relaxed rapport even further and is almost hypnotic in its mollifying beauty. “For You” moves across similar terrain with English’s fragile cymbals mirroring the sounds of gently snapping fingers. In contrast the brief version of “Strike Up the Band” cooks and shows Newman’s more ebullient side. 

Allen’s sound was of a different era than Newman’s and listing to his unique stylings he reminds me a lot of Pee Wee Russell in both his originality and unpredictability. The back-up band, though populated by obscure players, weaves a supportive fabric for Allen to solo against. Potter is especially effective and incorporates a host of percussive effects with woodblocks and other devices that were important in the arsenals of most New Orleans drummers. Tune lengths are substantially shorter than on Newman’s date and paint in bold relief Allen’s economy of presentation. He’s not one to wax loquacious and often says what he has to say in the space of a few short choruses. Fortunately his brevity is matched with an abiding inclination for growling, guttural effects which he employs on numerous occasions. The truncated nature of the pieces also may be a nostalgic nod to the 78’ era during which his first recordings were documented. There’s also the opportunity to here Allen’s gruff vocals on “I Ain’t Got Nobody” and he belts out the lyrics with the same zest he applies to his horn on the instrumental breaks. If you dig brass this disc has your name on it! ~ Derek Taylor https://www.allaboutjazz.com/hot-trumpets-of-joe-newman-prestige-records-review-by-derek-taylor.php
Personnel: Joe Newman- trumpet; Tommy Flanagan- piano; Wendell Marshall- bass; Billy English- drums.

The Hot Trumpets

Valery Ponomarev - Live At Vartan Jazz

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:26
Size: 155,6 MB
Art: Front

( 1:24)  1. Carlos' Introduction
( 6:13)  2. One For Morgans
( 4:54)  3. For Better Or For Worse
( 6:59)  4. To Waltz With You
( 8:28)  5. Autumn In New York
( 7:57)  6. N.Y. Theme
( 7:58)  7. Unfinished Business
( 6:58)  8. Credi Me
( 5:09)  9. Long Way From Gorky Park
(10:21) 10. See You At Vartan's

The hard bop trumpeter Valery Ponomarev, who was always most inspired by Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan, is in excellent form on this 1995 outing. However, the recording quality is just OK in spots, leading to a slightly lower rating than the music deserves. Ponomarev is teamed with drummer Ben Riley and three lesser-known players the fine tenor Francesco Bearsetti, pianist Sid Simmons and bassist Kenny Walker. With the exception of "Autumn in New York" and Kenny Dorham's "N.Y. Theme," all nine selections are the trumpeter's originals. The music swings and is well played, making this small-label release worth acquiring by straight-ahead jazz fans who already have Ponomarev's Reservoir releases. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-vartan-jazz-mw0000081399

Personnel:  Trumpet – Valery Ponomarev;  Bass – Kenny Walker ;  Drums – Ben Riley;  Piano – Sid Simmons;  Tenor Saxophone – Francesco Bearzatti

Live At Vartan Jazz