Al Hirt - Trumpet & Strings

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:32
Size: 113.4 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 1962/2017
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Stranger In Paradise
[2:26] 2. Poor Butterfly
[2:33] 3. Fools Rush In
[2:50] 4. Sleepy Lagoon
[2:47] 5. As Time Goes By
[2:58] 6. East Of The Sun
[2:42] 7. Sleepless Hours
[2:56] 8. True Love
[2:55] 9. I'll Never Smile Again
[2:13] 10. I Cried For You
[2:48] 11. How Deep Is The Ocean
[2:46] 12. Easy To Love
[2:19] 13. Out Of Nowhere
[2:31] 14. Georgia On My Mind
[2:58] 15. Stella By Starlight
[2:45] 16. Willow Weep For Me
[2:51] 17. What's New
[3:22] 18. To Ava

A new side of Al Hirt s amazing artistry was revealed in this album. The big, broad, brass tone that readily identifiable mark of the mightiest horn turns subtle and subdued. Hirt threads his finely honed trumpet against a silken tapestry of strings masterfully arranged and conducted by Marty Paich. For the last six tracks, Henri René surrounds Hirt the master of sharp, bright, powerful bursts of color with a string orchestra including rhythm, four trombones, and one baritone sax. Hirt s horn is occasionally muted, but more often it is heard in restrained full voice as it clearly defines the varying shades of mood. The album s program of well-known selections takes on a new dimension of meaning in Hirt s hands. His horn can be haunting or tender, wistful or wailing, or quietly chuckling in retrospect.

Trumpet & Strings

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Teodora Enache, Guido Manusardi Trio - On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:33
Size: 88.2 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[2:05] 1. My Favourite Things
[6:49] 2. You Go To My Head
[4:57] 3. In A Mellow Tone
[2:22] 4. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[2:44] 5. Shiny Stockings
[6:14] 6. Round About Midnight
[4:08] 7. All Of Me
[3:15] 8. Route 66
[5:55] 9. My Funny Valentine

Teodora Enache (born September 30, 1967 in Oneşti) is considered one of the most important Jazz musicians in Romania.

She graduated with Honors the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University in Iaşi, with a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics. Then, she managed to switch to a successful career in Jazz, graduating the Canto section of Academy of Music in Iaşi and studying canto, improvisation and harmony with Johnny Răducanu and Edmond Deda and rhythm & bongos with Maurice de Martin.

Teodora won the Award for Best Debut at Sibiu International Jazz Festival in 1993. Between 1993 and 2004, she participated in numerous Jazz concerts and festivals in Romania, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and the USA. She performed with internationally acclaimed stars such as Curtis Feller, Les Paul, Stanley Jordan, Johnny Griffin, Rick Condit, Johnny Răducanu, Guido Manusardi, Al Copley and Philippe Duchemin. In 2004 Teodora Enache won The Excellence Prize for the Most Important Contribution in Jazz. She recorded her first disk in 1997, followed by other eight in Romania and the USA. Hers latest project is Rădăcini - Shorashim (English: Roots), Romanian and Jewish songs in Jazz Rhythms.

On The Sunny Side Of The Stree

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John Swanson - Let's Keep In Touch

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:40
Size: 95.4 MB
Styles: Swing, Jazz vocals
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:32] 1. 10,000 Miles Away
[2:49] 2. Mr. Big
[2:36] 3. Let's Keep In Touch
[4:28] 4. Remember Being In Love
[4:52] 5. Don't Tell Me How To Drive
[3:16] 6. We Make A Pretty Good Team
[4:11] 7. Throw Some Bacon On It
[3:13] 8. The Laughing Buddha Knows
[4:18] 9. I Don't Like Pictures
[5:26] 10. Some People Swear By It
[2:54] 11. Green Grass

Colorful singer-songwriter story-telling offered up in a funky, jazzy style. Swinging big band and small ensemble arrangements punctuate the bluesy crooner vocals. Witty, romantic, and fun!

Somewhere out on New Route 66, about 50 miles west of Sinatra, Swanson is swingin' and singin'. He loves Dave Frishberg songs and other stuff, like tumbler drinks. Lonnie Johnson is God.

John's quirky-cool jazz, blues, and pop music has been licensed for The Night Before (Seth Rogen feature film), ABC (Blood and Oil, Secrets and Lies), CBS (Scorpion), Showtime (The Affair), NBC (Last Call with Carson Daly), Hallmark Channel (Once Upon a Holiday), AMC (Freakshow), Bravo (Southern Charm), ABC Family (The Fosters, Switched at Birth), El Rey Network (From Dusk Till Dawn), MTV, and VH1 . International film, television, and retail radio credits include England, Germany, Finland, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Turkey, and Sweden.

Let's Keep In Touch

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Zoot Sims - Hawthorne Nights

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:18
Size: 94.6 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1976/2007
Art: Front

[4:42] 1. Hawthorne Nights
[5:04] 2. Main Stem
[6:01] 3. More Than You Know
[5:07] 4. Only A Rose
[4:11] 5. The Girl From Ipanema
[6:20] 6. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
[5:26] 7. Fillings
[4:24] 8. Dark Cloud

Unlike most of his Pablo sessions, this Zoot Sims CD is not a quartet outing but an opportunity for his tenor to be showcased while joined by a nine-piece group that includes six horns (three reeds among them). Bill Holman's inventive arrangements are a large part as to why the date is successful but Sims's playing on the five standards, two Holman pieces and his own "Dark Cloud" should not be overlooked. Fortunately there is also some solo space saved for the talented sidemen (which include Oscar Brashear and Snooky Young on trumpets, trombonist Frank Rosolino and the woodwinds and reeds of Jerome Richardson, Richie Kamuca and Bill Hood). A well-rounded set of swinging jazz. ~Scott Yanow

Hawthorne Nights

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Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1985
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:54
Size: 135,6 MB
Art: Front

(9:32)  1. Black Codes
(9:08)  2. For Wee Folks
(6:47)  3. Delfeayo's Dilemma
(6:45)  4. Phryzzinian Man
(5:36)  5. Aural Oasis
(7:40)  6. Chambers of Tain
(5:23)  7. Blues

This is probably the best Wynton Marsalis recording from his Miles Davis period. With his brother Branford (who doubles here on tenor and soprano) often closely emulating Wayne Shorter and the rhythm section (pianist Kenny Kirkland, bassist Charnett Moffett, and drummer Jeff Watts) sounding a bit like the famous Herbie Hancock-Ron Carter-Tony Williams trio, Wynton is heard at the head of what was essentially an updated version of the mid- to late-'60s Miles Davis Quintet (despite Stanley Crouch's pronouncements in his typically absurd liner notes about Marsalis' individuality). The music is brilliantly played and displays what the "Young Lions" movement was really about: young musicians choosing to explore acoustic jazz and to extend the innovations of the pre-fusion modern mainstream style. Marsalis would develop his own sound a few years later, but even at age 23 he had few close competitors. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-codes-from-the-underground-mw0000188478

Personnel : Wynton Marsalis (trumpet);  Branford Marsalis (tenor saxophone);  Kenny Kirkland (piano);  Ron Carter, Charnett Moffett (bass);  Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums).

Black Codes

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Natasha Miller - Don't Move

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:30
Size: 109,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:22)  1. Don't Move
(4:45)  2. You Don't Have To Learn (How To Sing The Blues)
(4:07)  3. Stolen Love (On Highway 99)
(5:10)  4. Snow Covers The Valley
(6:33)  5. Once More
(4:40)  6. Prisoner Of The Blues
(3:46)  7. Don't Set Me Free
(4:41)  8. Bye Bye Bayou
(5:19)  9. At Midnight
(2:48) 10. As The Years Come And Go
(2:14) 11. Doin' The Impossible

Once again, spunky vocalist Natasha Miller teams up with 81-year-old songwriter Bobby Sharp (Unchain My Heart, Don't Set Me Free), and this time, she’s got an album of destined-to-be jazz standards that outdoes everything she's produced to date. The new CD Don't Move (scheduled for a March 28, 2006 release) features 11 songs written by Sharp, most of which have never been recorded before. That makes this album something of an historic event in its own right. What makes it a musical event of the first order is Sharp’s songwriting, Natasha’s gift for flawless phrasing, and stunning arrangements penned by a group of musicians whose roots go deep and whose talents run to the top of their class pianists Bill Bell (Duke Ellington, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson), Larry Dunlap (Cleo Lane, Mark Murphy), Ellen Hoffman (Oakland East Bay Symphony, Linda Ronstadt), and Josh Nelson (Peter Erskine, Ernie Watts). Some of the arrangements call for a 3-piece horn section and a string ensemble to augment Natasha’s jazz trio. “It’s only a 9-piece band, Miller says, “but the arrangements are so full and the band so tight, I sometimes think I’ve got The Stan Kenton Orchestra or Nelson Riddle and his strings behind me.”  Sharp’s songwriting, as always, demonstrates his impeccable talent. He possesses an uncanny ability to unify the elements of his songs so they tell moving stories with a profound simplicity always with style and grace (and sometimes, with a good bit of humor). Those elements, along with the energy Natasha brings to each song, make music you just can’t get enough of. In fact, the title of the album Don’t Move is not just lifted from one of the tracks; you’ll find it personally compelling. When you listen to it, you simply won’t want to move, that is. “Bobby’s a genius, a one-man Mercer-and-Arlen team,” Natasha says. “His work will go down in the songbook of great American classics.”

As she has in all her previous work, both live and recorded, Miller again demonstrates she can sing anything put in front of her (possibly even the phone book). Her voice harbors a rich palette of colors, sometimes sassy and insistent (“Don’t Set Me Free,” “Don’t Move”), sometimes sultry and ironic (”At Midnight,” “You Don’t Have to Learn How to Sing the Blues”), and sometimes wistful and longing, as in the haunting “Snow Covers the Valley,” with its hint of the tragic realities found in old Irish ballads. But even when she’s “A Prisoner of the Blues,” there’s no crying in her beer here. These are songs for grown-ups rendered by a 34-year-old artist who knows that even though fate may often deprive us from what we want, we keep on going anyway. What Natasha does is to bring these qualities together with finesse and power, delivering each song to the listener’s doorstep, where they don’t beg for entry, they come as familiar guests. Put all this together vocal color, a tone that runs from hushed to fills-up-your-heart, a touch of attitude, range and power with Natasha’s natural gift for just the right lyrical timing and you wonder how these songs could be sung any other way.  As if that’s not enough, there’s the remarkable “sound” of the recording itself, due in large measure to the fact the album was produced at Skywalker Studios (George Lucas) in Northern California and engineered by the highly-respected Leslie Ann Jones. When you get that much talent under one roof, both in front of the mikes and behind the board, wonderful things happen. The group recorded all 11 tracks in a day and a half. Most were “down” on the first take. Natasha produced this her fourth album and is funding it through her independent record label Poignant Records based in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Her previous release I Had a Feelin' (also a collection of Bobby Sharp tunes) was well received by jazz radio (charting in JazzWeek), and played by jazz programmers around the world. I Had a Feelin' has garnered local and national media attention and has sparked a movie production deal about Natasha and Mr. Sharp, as well.

And the band? It includes all the West-Coast musical heavies Los-Angeles-based pianist Josh Nelson, and from the Bay Area, John Shifflet/upright bass, Tim Bulkley/drums, Rob Roth/saxophone, Jeff Lewis/trumpet and flugelhorn, Adam Theis/trombone, Liz Prior Runnicles/viola, Emil Miland/cello, and Natasha/violin. Don't Move is a CD with a rich array of color and emotion, bringing another segment of Bobby Sharp's songbook to life. There’s music here for everyone a little bit of the blue and the noir and a whole lot of up-tempo, foot-stompin’ surprises. There’s also the touching duet, “As the Years Come and Go,” sung by Miller and Sharp, a love song written by Sharp in younger years, now a testament by these two friends to their remarkable personal and musical partnership. Natasha is one of the Bay Area’s busiest performers and regularly sells out Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland. She made her Monterey Jazz Festival debut on Sept 18, 2005 with her 9-piece band to a standing-room- only audience who honored her with 2 standing ovations. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/nmiller4

Don't Move

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Weather Report - Black Market

Styles: Jazz Fusion
Year: 1976
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:34
Size: 88,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:32)  1. Black Market
(4:41)  2. Cannon Ball
(7:53)  3. Gibraltar
(5:08)  4. Elegant People
(3:27)  5. Three Clowns
(3:14)  6. Barbary Coast
(6:37)  7. Herandnu

The shifts in Weather Report's personnel come fast and furious now, with Narada Michael Walden and Chester Thompson as the drummers, Alex Acuna and Don Alias at the percussion table, and Alphonso Johnson giving way to the mighty, martyred Jaco Pastorius. It is interesting to hear Pastorius expanding the bass role only incrementally over what the more funk-oriented Johnson was doing at this early point that is, until "Barbary Coast," where suddenly Jaco leaps athletically forward into the spotlight. 

Joe Zawinul or just Zawinul, as he preferred to be billed contributed all of side one's compositions, mostly Third World-flavored workouts except for "Cannon Ball," a touching tribute to his ex-boss Cannonball Adderley (who had died the year before). Shorter, Pastorius, and Johnson split the remainder of the tracks, with Shorter now set in a long-limbed compositional mode for electric bands that would serve him into the 1990s. While it goes without saying that most Weather Report albums are transition albums, this diverse record is even more transient than most, paving the way for WR's most popular period while retaining the old sense of adventure. ~ Richard S.Ginell http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-market-mw0000192680

Personnel: Joe Zawinul (vocals, guitar, melodica, piano, grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Oberheim synthesizer, tabla); Jaco Pastorius (vocals, mandocello, electric bass, drums, steel drum); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, lyricon); Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (drums, congas, tom tom, percussion); Chester Thompson , Narada Michael Walden (drums); Manolo Badrena (congas, tambourine, timbales, percussion); Don Alias (percussion).

Black Market

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Frank Kimbrough - Rumors

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:33
Size: 123,0 MB
Art: Front

(8:22)  1. Six
(5:31)  2. TMI
(7:06)  3. Hope
(5:41)  4. Rumors
(7:52)  5. Sure As We're Here
(6:35)  6. Forsythia
(6:23)  7. Over
(6:00)  8. For Andrew

Timing is everything, whether discussing music, sports or life in general, and this certainly proves to be the case with the recording of Rumors. In September of 2009, jazz photographer and occasional producer Jimmy Katz made a last minute offer to record pianist Frank Kimbrough in a setting of his choice. Kimbrough, having just played with bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Jeff Hirshfield at the Kitano in New York City, yearned to connect with these musicians again before Kamaguchi returned to his home in Barcelona. The timing proved to be perfect and the chemistry between these three musicians is on full display across these eight tracks. While seven of these pieces come from Kimbrough's pen, the album starts off with "Six," written by Catalan composer Federico Mompou and unfolding with Hirshfield's slow cymbal dance. Kimbrough's delivery shows an uncluttered sense of melodic brilliance, making this an engaging performance. "TMI," no doubt referencing the popular abbreviation for "Too Much Information," betrays Kimbrough's fondness for piano visionaries like Thelonious Monk, Andrew Hill and Herbie Nichols. Quirky, sea-sawing melodic snippets collide as the trio shows off its elastic sense of time. While performing as one interactive entity on this song, "Hope" begins as a showcase for Kimbrough. Kamaguchi and Hirshfield enter this performance with a fragile sense of being, and support Kimbrough during his comforting and consonant travels. Eventually, bass and piano converse and create some touching musical moments. 

The title track begins with some slight hints of the Far East. As the music grows, Hirshfield's ride cymbal work becomes more furious and he rains down on the group with a percussive storm. Kamaguchi's pulsing, insistent bass presence helps to provide a sense of consistency in these stormy moments. Kimbrough creates a two-handed dance on "Sure As We're Here," with Hirshfield providing some skittering brushwork. "Forsythia" a plant that often signals the arrival of spring shows deep, beautiful, organic musical growth. An expansive and open feeling pervades this piece, with Kamaguchi blending well with Kimbrough, and the clear ring of the bass and piano seeming to linger in the air. "Over," with its spiky, jagged beginning, starts off like a three-way boxing match. Each man jabs and prods with his instrument, but things change when Hirshfield takes over, owning the music until Kamaguchi gets his turn. A shower of notes seems to descend from all places as the piece tumbles toward its conclusion. "For Andrew" is six minutes of solemn, absorbing sound. Sensitivity and reverence travel through this piece, as each musician adds to the emotional impact and flow. This recording session might have been coordinated at the last minute, but it's hard to imagine finer musical conversations being crafted with all the planning time in the world. ~ Dan Bilawsky https://www.allaboutjazz.com/rumors-frank-kimbrough-palmetto-records-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php
 

Personnel: Frank Kimbrough: piano; Masa Kamaguchi: bass; Jeff Hirshfield: drums.

Rumors

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Naoko Terai - Jazz Waltz

Styles: Violin Jazz 
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:55
Size: 116,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:18)  1. Jazz Waltz
(5:24)  2. Appassionata
(4:59)  3. Danny Boy
(3:52)  4. In the Mood for Rag
(3:14)  5. Fascination
(5:25)  6. Lady's Tango
(4:04)  7. Flying in the Wind
(4:36)  8. Memories in the Sand
(4:19)  9. Hit and Away
(4:56) 10. I Me Mine
(4:41) 11. Children

· Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Began playing the violin at the age of 4 and appearing at the age of 6 at NHK Educational TV "Keiko no Violin".
· When I was 12 years old, I received an encouragement prize at "Student Music Competition East Japan Convention" sponsored by the Mainichi Newspaper Company. Received again at the age of 14.
· In 1988, he debuted professionally as a jazz / violinist.
· Since being co-starred with Kenny · Baron who came to Japan in 1995, he was invited to guests of his album "Things unseen" and recorded for the first time in NY.
· In 1998, the first leader work "Thinking of You" was announced. In the blink of an eye he gets a lot of attention as a heroine of the jazz world.
· In January 2001, he won the Jazz Disc Grand Prize "New Star Award" sponsored by Swing Journal magazine.
· In August 2002, I participated in my 1st "Tokyo Jazz 2002" in my band. The overwhelming performance of is a topic. Herbie Hancock invited me to join his session.
· In February 2003, EMI (now Universal Music) released the first "Anthem" release. Became a big best seller and received the Japan Gold Award Grand Prize .
· December, announced the second transfer "Jazz · Waltz" announcement. Received the "Japan Jazz Award" Jazz Disc Awards sponsored by Swing Journal magazine.
· In April 2004, in the swing journal magazine reader popularity vote, he won three divisions , . Become a top artist in the jazz world with both name and reality.
· From this year onwards until 2009, serve Kincho mosquito coil TVCM character. (I will be in charge of music continuously after that)
· In January 2008, received the 33rd Nanri's Fumio Award.
· In March 2010, the Agency for Cultural Affairs received "Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Education Minister's Award for Grand Prix (Grand Prize Division)".
· From May, serve as the first regular personality in the BS - TBS program "Cinemagic Café" (~ 2012).
· In September 11th, "Tokyo Jazz" celebrating the 10th anniversary, she appeared on the stage entitled "Astor Piazzolla Project" with world accordionist Richard Galliano and again performing and others. The stage live record "Libertango in Tokyo" is also reputed.
- In January 15, the regular band was renewed for the first time in 12 years, and the latest work "Hot Jazz" was announced. https://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/terai-naoko/biography/&prev=search

Personnel: Violin – Naoko Terai;  Double Bass – Jumbo Ono;  Drums – Go Nakazawa;  Guitar – Yoshihiko Hosono;  Piano, Organ – Naoki Kitajima

Jazz Waltz

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