Al Hirt - They're Playing Our Song

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:35
Size: 76,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:52)  1. I Had The Craziest Dream
(2:39)  2. Paper Doll
(2:53)  3. You'll Never Know
(2:38)  4. It's Been A Long, Long Time
(2:40)  5. The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
(2:33)  6. Autumn Leaves
(2:33)  7. There, I've Said It Again
(2:37)  8. I've Heard That Song Before
(3:18)  9. I'll Get By
(2:20) 10. Deep Purple
(2:29) 11. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
(2:58) 12. I'll Be Seeing You

They're Playing Our Song is an album by Al Hirt released by RCA Victor in 1965. The album was produced by Jim Foglesong. It was recorded at Webster Hall in Manhattan, New York City. The album landed on the Billboard Top LPs chart, reaching #39 in 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%27re_Playing_Our_Song_(album)

They're Playing Our Song

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Kate Ceberano - The Girl Can Help It

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:16
Size: 103,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:52)  1. Beautiful Life
(4:11)  2. Sunburn
(3:47)  3. Yes
(3:43)  4. Pilot
(5:12)  5. I Hope I Never
(3:40)  6. A Good Thing
(3:32)  7. Bring It On
(4:17)  8. Let Me In
(3:39)  9. 3 Small Words
(3:03) 10. Let's All Get Together
(5:16) 11. Cherry Blossom Lipstick

One of Australia's most gifted and versatile performers, Kate Ceberano's music crossed several genres and made her one of the most popular female vocalists of the 1980s and '90s. Ceberano first rose to prominence as the teenage lead singer of Australian funk-pop outfit I'm Talking in 1985. Their debut (and as it transpired, only) album, Bear Witness, produced three hit singles, including "Love Don't Live Here Anymore." I'm Talking disbanded in 1987, and Ceberano released her debut solo jazz album in that same year. Kate Ceberano and Her Septet, featuring her brother Phil and veteran session musicians Alex Pertout and Jex Saarelaht, became a huge hit, and was followed in 1988 by You've Always Got the Blues, which featured Ceberano and Wendy Matthews as vocalists. In 1988 the first single from Ceberano's eagerly awaited first pop album was released. "Bedroom Eyes" became the highest-selling Australian single of 1988 and helped Ceberano win two ARIA awards for best female vocalist in 1988 and 1989. The album, Brave, was released in 1989 and went triple platinum. "Young Boys Are My Weakness" was also released as a single from this disc. Another jazz album called Like Now followed in 1990, then her second pop album, Think About It, appeared in 1991. However, it could not build on the success of Brave and failed to produce a strong single. 1992 saw a stage production of Jesus Christ Superstar open in Australia. Ceberano won the part of Mary Magdalene, and performed alongside John Farnham, Noiseworks frontman Jon Stevens, and former Rose Tattoo lead singer Angry Anderson in the show. The Australian cast album went four-times platinum and Ceberano's song from the production "I Don't Know How to Love Him" was released as a single. In 1996, another pop album, Blue Box, was released, and this was followed in 1998 with Pash. The '60s-influenced pop of the title track became her biggest hit since "Bedroom Eyes." A best-of collection entitled True Romantic appeared in 1999. ~ Jonathan Lewis https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-girl-can-help-it/id1150454551

Personnel:  Backing Vocals – Kate Ceberano, Richard Pleasance (tracks: 1 to 7);  Bass – Kevin McCormick (tracks: 8, 11);  Drums – Mauricio Lewak (tracks: 8, 11);  Guitar – Mark Goldenberg (tracks: 8, 11), Phil Ceberano (tracks: 8, 9, 11);  Guitar [All Guitars] – Richard Pleasance (tracks: 1 to 7) Keyboards – Mark Goldenberg (tracks: 8, 11), Richard Pleasance (tracks: 1 to 7);  Piano – Kate Ceberano (tracks: 1 to 7, 9)

The Girl Can Help It

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Stan Getz & Chet Baker - The Stockholm Concerts Disc 1, Disc 2 And Disc 3

Album: The Stockholm Concerts Disc 1

Styles: Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:20
Size: 128,3 MB
Art: Front

( 1:43)  1. Announcement
(10:50)  2. Stablemates
( 7:42)  3. We'll Be Together Again
(10:52)  4. On the Up and Up
( 5:53)  5. How Long Has This Been Going On
( 7:08)  6. O Grande Amor
(11:09)  7. Just Friends

The Stockholm Concerts Disc 1

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Album: The Stockholm Concerts Disc 2

Time: 58:25

Size: 135,4 MB

( 9:00)  1. My Funny Valentine

( 8:40)  2. Sipping at Bell's

( 5:40)  3. Stella by Starlight

( 7:46)  4. Airegin

( 8:33)  5. The Baggage Room Blues

( 7:33)  6. We'll Be Together Again

(11:10)  7. I'll Remember April

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Album: The Stockholm Concerts Disc 3

Time: 58:58

Size: 137,1 MB

(1:25)  1. Annoucement

(8:38)  2. Just Friends

(8:22)  3. My Funny Valentine

(9:02)  4. Sippin' at Bell's

(5:04)  5. Blood Count

(9:55)  6. Milestones

(8:47)  7. Airegin

(5:28)  8. Dear Old Stockholm

(2:12)  9. Line for Lyons

According to this set's annotator, Mike Hennessey, and Stan Getz's biographer, Donald Maggin, the circumstances surrounding the making of these 1983 recordings was unpleasant in the extreme. For various reasons, Getz was unhappy to be concertizing with Baker and forced him out before the 35-date tour was halfway finished. Before Baker left, however, the men played a pair of concerts in Stockholm, which were fortunately recorded for posterity. Fortunately not because Getz and Baker shared any special rapport that led to a classic performance, but because the resulting album gives listeners another example of how wonderful a player Chet Baker was, even after years of drug addiction and general dissolution. Getz is his typical self lyrical, facile almost to the point of glibness, but musical nevertheless. Baker, on the other hand, is as he ever was one of the most spontaneously creative, emotionally compelling voices in jazz. The band is good if unspectacular; drummer Victor Lewis was a particularly nice choice in that he could drive a band like this without overwhelming the rather brittle lead voices. And Getz is excellent; if you're a Getz fan, he's in fine form here, so you won't be disappointed. Baker, on the other hand, is superb; it's his inimitable musicality that ultimately makes this rather pricey three-disc set a bargain. ~ Chris Kelsey

Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet); Jim McNeely (piano); George Mraz (bass); Victor Lewis (drums).

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Stanley Turrentine - Joyride

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:00
Size: 98,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:18)  1. River's Invitation
(4:25)  2. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone
(6:29)  3. Little Sheri
(5:59)  4. Mattie T.
(6:18)  5. Bayou
(3:57)  6. A Taste Of Honey
(4:38)  7. Gravy Train
(4:53)  8. A Kettle Of Fish

Stanley Turrentine is the featured artist in this big band session with an all-star orchestra arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson. While Nelson's charts are funky and easygoing (without providing any solo space for the likes of Phil Woods, Clark Terry, and Jay Jay Johnson), they serve the purpose to inspire the tenor saxophonist. Turrentine is quite soulful on Percy Mayfield's "River's Invitation," and his huge tone carries the day in a waltzing chart of the 1960s hit "A Taste of Honey." The artist also contributed some originals to the date, including the easygoing "Little Sheri," which features the unison flutes of Danny Bank and Jerry Dodgion, and "Mattie T," a gospel-like song that almost seems like a march. ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/joyride-mw0000649759

Personnel:  Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine;  Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Phil Woods;  Alto Saxophone, Flute, Flute [Alto Flute], Clarinet, Piccolo Flute – Jerry Dodgion;  Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Flute [Alto Flute] – Danny Bank;  Bass – Bob Cranshaw;  Drums – Grady Tate;  Guitar – Kenny Burrell;  Piano – Herbie Hancock;  Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Robert Ashton;  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Albert J. Johnson;  Trombone – Henry Coker, Jay Jay Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland;  Trumpet – Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young

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Robin Kenyatta - Terra Nova

Styles: Flute And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1973
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:52
Size: 82,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:03)  1. Temptation Took Control of Me (And I Fell)
(9:01)  2. Need Your Love So Bad
(4:56)  3. Terra Nova
(3:46)  4. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
(3:51)  5. Freedom Jazz Dance
(3:22)  6. Mother Earth (Provides for Me)
(3:15)  7. Touch
(3:35)  8. Island Shakedown

Backing off a bit from the outright funky fusion of 1972's Gypsy Man, Terra Nova nonetheless finds saxophonist Robin Kenyatta still indulging his newfound love of electricity and rhythmically altered jazz-funk tempered by his newfound love of Caribbean music. This Michael Cuscuna-produced date showcases Kenyatta's alto in three different settings though half of them feature him in an octet with a pair of electric guitarists and two pianists, an organist, bassist, drummer, and no less than Ralph MacDonald on percussion. The feel on most of these cuts is informed by bubbling funky reggae and calypso. Eric Kaz's "Temptation Took Control (And I Fell)" and " Mother Earth (Provides for Me)," Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," Eddie Harris' "Freedom Jazz Dance" and the originals "Island Shakedown" and the title track (that add saxophonist Carlos Garnett, trumpeter Enrico Rava, and trombonist Jonas Gwangwa), are all drenched in these rhythms. The remaining two numbers include a tough, Ray Charles  inflected soul-jazz version of Little Willie John's "Need Your Love So Bad," and the straight up proto-smooth jazz tune "Touch." These latter two numbers make the recording feel a bit schizy, but nonetheless extremely enjoyable though in 1973 it must have felt like it was coming from left-field and has dated well This is a prime example of the wide range of musical interests Kenyatta attempted to integrate during the '70s. Wounded Bird finally made this set available on CD in 2008. ~ Thom Jurek http://www.allmusic.com/album/terra-nova-mw0000793923

Personnel: Robin Kenyatta (flute, saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Betty Jack Davis (vocals); Hux Brown (guitar); Carlos Garnett (tenor saxophone); Enrico Rava (trumpet); Jonas Gwangwa (trombone); Neville Hinds, Pat Rebillot (piano, electric piano); Gladstone Anderson (piano); Sonny Burke , Winston Wright (organ); Ron Carter (bass instrument, electric bass); Jackie Jackson , Boris Gardiner (electric bass); Ray Lucas, Winston Grennan (drums); Ralph MacDonald (congas, percussion).

Terra Nova

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