Eddie Calvert - Latin Carnival

Styles: Trumpet Instrumental
Year: 1961
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:42
Size: 82,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:53)  1. Siboney
(3:17)  2. Besame Mucho
(3:18)  3. Por Favor
(2:29)  4. Flamingo
(2:26)  5. La Ultima Noche
(2:25)  6. Copacabana
(2:54)  7. Nicolasa
(3:25)  8. Vevezuela
(2:22)  9. Adios Mariquita Linda
(2:09) 10. Aurora
(2:36) 11. You Belong To My Heart
(2:21) 12. Three Caballeros

Eddie Calvert, known as the man with the golden trumpet, was born in Preston, Lancashire on the 15th March 1922 as Albert Edward Calvert. As a child he was exposed to his family's love of brass band music and he learned to play many brass instruments but concentrated on the trumpet. He joined the Preston Town Silver Band at the age of 11 but the war interrupted his musical career and by the late 1940s he returned to play in various amateur brass bands, eventually moving to the professional circuit with the dance bands Geraldo and Billy Ternet. Going solo, he appeared on TV with the Stanley Black Orchestra. He signed to the Columbia label, part of the EMI group and released an instrumental trumpet version of the German song Oh Mein Papa which had most famously been covered in English as Oh My Papa by Eddie Fisher. Calvert's instrumental easily won the chart battle in the UK and it remained at no.1 for nine weeks at the beginning of 1954. 

Over a year later he was involved in another chart battle for supremacy with the song Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White and this time it was much closer with both his and a very similar trumpet version by Perez Prado reaching no.1 in the Spring of 1955. Several other hits followed including a version of Stranger In Paradise, John And Julie and Mandy, while Little Serenade was his final hit in June 1958. When the 1960s provided no change of fortune, Calvert moved away to settle in South Africa where he lived out the remainder of his life, dying on the 7th of August 1978. ~ Sharon Mawer http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eddie-calvert-mn0000793645/biography

Personnel:  Trumpet – Eddie Calvert;  Orchestra – The Martin Slavin Orchestra

Latin Carnival

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Laverne Butler - Love Lost And Found Again

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:17
Size: 120,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:40)  1. Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home
(3:57)  2. Be a Sweet Pumpkin
(4:06)  3. I've Told Every Little Star
(5:29)  4. Eveybody's Somebody's Fool
(3:33)  5. The Bluest Blues
(4:46)  6. Travelin' Light
(4:08)  7. That's All
(6:11)  8. Be Anything (But Be Mine)
(4:36)  9. In My Own Little Corner
(5:39) 10. I'll Never Be Free
(3:07) 11. Smile

LaVerne Butler has recorded only sporadically since her 1992 debut, but it isn't due to a lack of talent. Steeped in jazz with an appreciation for R&B, she tackles a mix of Broadway tunes and pop, backed by her frequent collaborator, the gifted pianist Bruce Barth, who also penned the arrangements, along with bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Rudy Royston, with tenor saxophonist Houston Person added on seven tracks. Butler makes it all sound effortless with her expressive alto, gliding through the arrangements as if they've long been part of her repertoire instead of being created just before the sessions. She makes the most of the variety of music, excelling in standards like "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" and a forgotten gem like Rodgers & Hammerstein's "In My Own Little Corner," but really delivers with a memorable rendition of Charlie Chaplin's decades-old tearful ballad "Smile." Person's presence is welcome, reminiscent of his many appearances in support of the late singer Etta Jones, adding a soulful touch that complements Butler on "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home," "Travelin' Light," and "Be Anything (But Be Mine)."~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-lost-and-found-again-mw0002417492

Personnel: LaVerne Butler (vocals); Houston Person (tenor saxophone); Bruce Barth (piano); Rudy Royston (drums).

Love Lost And Found Again

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Karel Boehlee Trio - Last Tango In Paris

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:32
Size: 143,5 MB
Art: Front

(7:19)  1. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(6:41)  2. Last Tango In Paris
(5:40)  3. Adagio
(7:05)  4. Dat Mistige Rooie Beest
(4:59)  5. My Man's Gone Now
(5:18)  6. Comes Love
(6:32)  7. Longing
(7:07)  8. Lueur Dans La Nuit
(6:10)  9. Le Grisbi
(5:36) 10. Dreams

Karel Boehlee (April 23, 1960), a pianist and composer. From his youngest years Boehlee was a revelation in the Dutch jazz scene. From his birthplace he started from his 16th to play with various bands and jazz artists. His first records were an immediate success, especially in Japan. And since 1989 he was invited with his European Jazz Trio for several performances in Japan. Over the years, Boehlee emerged himself as one of the greatest pianists in the Netherlands which resulted in performances with the very greatest international jazz musicians. He has been playing for over twenty years as a pianist with such as Toots Thielemans and Philip Catherine. He also plays regularly with our national jazz greats like Toon Roos, Fay Claasen and Trijntje Oosterhuis. He is also in demand as a session musician with pop artists like Gino Vanelli and many others. His recognizable piano playing and compositions are also increasingly being asked in Japan, Korea where Boehlee increasingly performs as a solo artist. Besides his career as a pianist Karel Boehlee is also main piano teacher at the Conservatory van Amsterdam. https://karelboehleepiano.wordpress.com/bio/

I also bought it caught in a jacket. Karel Boehlee's new score "Last Tango In Paris". It is feeling that it was fitted in the trap of Mr. Kimitsunobu (Kimata · Makoto) again this time. However, I am impressed with the work which I did well as usual. If you listen as BGM in mini-component etc., it becomes easy listening jazz, and when listening with facing the face with a reasonable expensive equipment it is made to be able to be touched by a lyrical phrase that is not covered with Boelly's dress It is.  "It does not get in the way even if it is flowing while doing something else, but listening comprehensively if you listen with having the intention to listen, listening comprehensive music."  This is the producer of Key 'Stone Music , Kimonosuke' s production attitude, so it is not exactly the music whose appearance such as this work appeared virtually. As for the previous work, "Blue Prelude", I wrote it in my blog before, so please come here.

That's why, like M & I's work so far, it is a work fascinated by Lyricism, which is very fresh and transparent. As with pure water from which all minerals and impurities are removed through a reverse osmosis membrane filter, there is no wasteful decorating technique and no complicated constitution at all, only to clearly and transparently beautiful sound, melody played only to that one point Boierie's aesthetic sense concentrates on the appearance of not only jazz fans but also the universality of music accepted by every music fans. As before, the members are Hein Van de Geyn (Hain van der Gain) and drums Hans Van Osterhout (Hans van Osta Houtou). Although the title is "Last Tango In Paris", it is not a collection of Tango songs. It consists of less familiar musical songs, movie music, classics and more. This time the original Boeley is only one song and less. Personally I am sorry a little because there is attachment to the original of Boelly. I purchased this disc about 3 days ago and I listen to it everyday, but I feel it gradually. It is good feeling. His work always seems, but at first it does not come with pins, but as he listens, his distinctive beauty melody emerges as if it emerges and stimulates my sentimental center. It would be something I did if I did. "If you listen carefully, as it is, concentrate and listen, it resonates properly in your heart." Is not it an excellent work that was given such a mechanism? https://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://blog.goo.ne.jp/crissmorgan/e/1653e3d0cbc1d7fdcea1e374892ca487&prev=search

Personnel:  Piano – Karel Boehlee;  Bass – Hein Van de Geyn;  Drums – Hans Van Oosterhout

Last Tango In Paris

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Bob James - Dancing On The Water

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:43
Size: 152,8 MB
Art: Front

(7:04)  1. Alone Together
(6:06)  2. The Green Hour
(4:03)  3. Bogie's Boogie
(8:11)  4. Altair and Vega
(6:38)  5. Hum Drum
(7:41)  6. Last Night When We Were Young
(4:57)  7. Dancing on the Water
(4:37)  8. Modesty
(5:31)  9. Tapawingo
(5:53) 10. Autumn Nocturne
(5:57) 11. Duo Oto Subito

Dancing on the Water features a collection of solo piano performances by Bob James plus duets by James with a diverse array of artists, including bassist Dave Holland, guitarist Chuck Loeb, and pianists Keiku Matsui and Joe Sample. James wrote nine songs on the CD everything except "Alone Together" and "Last Night When We Were Young." Four songs ("The Green Hour," "Bogie's Boogie," "Hum Drum," and "Modesty") receive the benefit of James performing solo on acoustic piano. His duet with Keiko Matsui, "Altair and Vega," is an eight-minute masterpiece featuring exceptional interplay between the pianists. The sweet melodies along with fine, balanced technique and tremolo earn this duet high marks. Piano and bass duets by James and Dave Holland are featured on "Last Night When We Were Young" and "Autumn Nocture"; both songs strike an artful balance with rhythmic improvisations that reflect the duo's award-winning jazz styles in a complementary setting. Chuck Loeb expands his awareness of jazz guitar on the title track, "Dancing on the Water." His joyful interpretations and subtle surprises make the music of the acclaimed jazz pianist sound fresh and new. Two tracks with Joe Sample, "Alone Together" and "Tapawingo," exhibit the emotive and superbly inventive bebop-based compositions at the hands of two masters. Their crisp, flowing lines and intricate melodic voicings reflect the influence of such jazz icons as Thelonious Monk and McCoy Tyner. This is an excellent CD and Bob James continues his exceptional musical dialogues with more pronounced affection for traditional jazz styles than on previous releases. ~ Paula Edelstein http://www.allmusic.com/album/dancing-on-the-water-mw0000625099

Personnel: Bob James, Keiko Matsui, Joe Sample (piano); Chuck Loeb (guitar); Dave Holland (bass).

Dancing On The Water

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Stanton Moore - With You In Mind

Styles: Jazz, Bop
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:57
Size: 122,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:06)  1. Here Come The Girls
(3:46)  2. Life
(4:56)  3. Java
(5:37)  4. All These Things
(6:00)  5. Night People
(4:19)  6. The Beat
(5:59)  7. Riverboat
(4:25)  8. Everything I Do Gone Be Funky
(6:10)  9. With You In My Mind
(7:33) 10. Southern Nights

Galactic drummer Stanton Moore is a busy man. Besides working with NOLA's funky sons, he teaches, does a copious amount of TV and film work, and works on solo projects. One of the latter is his acclaimed trio with organist David Torkanowsky and bassist James Singleton. The three had booked studio time in the fall of 2015 to cut a follow-up to the previous year's celebrated Conversations. That was put on hold when Crescent City icon Allen Toussaint died suddenly after a concert in Spain. Moore's trio didn't feel right proceeding on their own without acknowledging the artist's passing. Moore had done studio work with Toussaint, and the shadow of his influence on the trio looms large.

Instead of cutting an original record, the three assembled a host of NOLA luminaries for this masterful presentation of Toussaint's multi-faceted compositions. Vocalist Cyril Neville fronts the band on half the set's tunes, including the raucous "Here Come the Girls" (with a burning solo by Trombone Shorty). Neville's also there on the syncopated, second-line funk of "Life," whose horn section boasts solos by trumpeter Nicholas Payton and saxophonist Skerik, as well as a killer backing chorus comprised of Erica Falls and Jolynda Chapman. The latter of these two fronts the trio on the soulful ballad "All These Things." There are excellent instrumentals to boot. "Java," a famous Toussaint jazz tune synonymous with Al Hirt, is realized with Torkanowsky laying down his most "humid" piano lines amid a knotty, hard-swinging horn section comprised of Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jr., Payton, and Shorty, with Moore and Singleton driving the rhythm home. The altoist and trumpeter also join the trio on the bluesy, nocturnal "Riverboat," with its gospel overtones and shimmering atmospheric vibe adorned by gently rolling snare, tom-toms, and electric piano. On the deep funk tip, there's the eternal "Everything I Do Gon' Be Funky from Now On" that joins Moore's trio to sax players Maceo Parker and Skerik, trumpeter Eric Bloom and trombonist Mark Mullins. Neville and the backing vocalists emphasize the Mardi Gras Indian-styled chant in the refrain as the groove thunders. Toussaint was nothing if not a supreme melodist. In the title track, Singleton lays down a gorgeous solo before Moore and Torkanowsky follow to improvise on the harmony with grace and elegance. Actor Wendell Pierce guests on the classic "Southern Nights." He speaks the lyric with a jazzman's swing and a rapper's sense of time. Then Payton takes over the unmistakable sweet soul melody on a B-3 while Torkanowsky adds fills with an electric piano; Singleton and Moore frame it all with a laid-back groove. The icing on the cake is Payton's Louis Armstrong-inspired trumpet solo to carry it out. It's likely that other tributes to Toussaint's genius will follow, but it's just as likely that few will be as heartfelt and discerning as the Stanton Moore Trio's With You in Mind. ~ Thom Jurek http://www.allmusic.com/album/with-you-in-mind-mw0003047826

Personnel: Stanton Moore (drums); David Torkanowsky (keyboards). Featuring: Jolynda Kiki Chapman, Cyril Neville, Nicholas Payton, Donald Harrison, Trombone Shorty, Maceo Parker, Nicholas Payton and Wendell Pierce.

With You In Mind

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