Al Hirt - Latin In The Horn

Styles: Trumpet Jazz 
Year: 1966
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:21
Size: 73,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:37)  1. Baia
(2:50)  2. Frenesi
(2:27)  3. Taboo
(2:38)  4. Angelitos Negros
(2:57)  5. Meditation (Meditaçao)
(2:35)  6. A Sky Without Stars (Un Cielo Sin Estrellas)
(2:18)  7. Gringo A-Go-Go
(3:11)  8. Manhã De Carnaval
(2:56)  9. Margarita
(2:03) 10. What A Diff'rence A Day Made
(1:59) 11. Be True To Me (Sabor A Mi)
(2:45) 12. Desafinado

A lush, easy-going Brazilian outing, Latin in the Horn is aided substantially by the sophistication Lalo Schifrin brings to Hirt's cotton candy. Schifrin's orchestra waxes elegantly while Hirt's restraint is a pleasant surprise. Even though this outing post-dates the "Bossa Nova" fad by a few years, Schifrin was always masterful in this style. Listeners will certainly want to hear the magic Schifrin weaves on beauties like "Taboo," "Angelitos Negros," "Margarita," "Be True To Me" and the two Schifrin originals ("A Sky Without Stars" and "Gringo A Go Go"). http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/al-hirt-albums/2161-latin-in-the-horn.html

Personnel:  Al Hirt (tp), Lalo Schifrin (arr, dir)

Latin In The Horn

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Karin Krog & John Surman - Bluesand

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:03
Size: 126,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:44)  1. The Nightingale
(3:19)  2. Ribbon Of Sand
(4:50)  3. Sombre Woods
(4:33)  4. Voice Shadow
(4:26)  5. It Could Be Hip
(7:03)  6. Don't Just Sing
(2:50)  7. SAS Blues
(2:41)  8. So Blue
(6:31)  9. Bluesand
(1:52) 10. Hiden Dreams
(5:31) 11. Secret Games
(6:38) 12. Fly Away

An adventurous singer who is quite versatile, Karin Krog is able to sing anything from standards to fairly free improvisations. She made her recording debut in 1964, appeared at many jazz festivals in Europe in the mid-'60s, and in 1967, came to the U.S., performing and recording with the Don Ellis Orchestra and Clare Fischer's trio. A world traveler based in Europe, Krog has recorded fairly steadily through the years, using such sidemen as Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Jan Garbarek, Ted Curson, Dexter Gordon, Palle Mikkelborg, Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow, Archie Shepp, Bengt Hallberg, and John Surman; she has made records for Philips, Sonet, Polydor, and other European labels. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/mt/album/bluesand/id296953304

Bluesand

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Kenny Drew - Swingin' Love

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1983
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:23
Size: 120,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:48)  1. But Not For Me
(6:16)  2. My Romance
(7:29)  3. Stella By Starlight
(5:31)  4. Autumn Leaves
(5:24)  5. Nature Boy
(4:01)  6. Like Someone In Love
(5:06)  7. You Don't Know What Love Is
(5:15)  8. Begin The Beguine
(4:29)  9. Here's That Rainy Day

A talented bop-based pianist (whose son has been one of the brightest pianists of the 1990s), Kenny Drew was somewhat underrated due to his decision to permanently move to Copenhagen in 1964. He made his recording debut in 1949 with Howard McGhee and in the 1950s was featured on sessions with a who's who of jazz, including Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Milt Jackson, Buddy DeFranco's quartet, Dinah Washington, and Buddy Rich (1958). Drew led sessions for Blue Note, Norgran, Pacific Jazz, Riverside, and the obscure Judson label during 1953-1960; most of the sessions are available on CD. He moved to Paris in 1961 and relocated to Copenhagen in 1964 where he was co-owner of the Matrix label. He formed a duo with Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson and worked regularly at the Montmartre. Drew recorded many dates for SteepleChase in the 1970s and remained active up until his death. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kenny-drew-mn0000081841/biography

Personnel:  Kenny Drew (piano); Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass);  Ed Pedersen (drums)

Swingin' Love

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Thelonious Monk - Something in Blue

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1971
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:39
Size: 91,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:27)  1. Blue Sphere
(7:55)  2. Hackensack
(5:14)  3. Nice Work If You Can Get It
(3:43)  4. Criss Cross
(6:40)  5. Something in Blue
(5:25)  6. Evidence
(3:30)  7. Jackie-Ing
(4:42)  8. Nutty

Alan Bates took Thelonious Monk into the studio for his first trio recording in fifteen years with his old sidekick Art Blakey. It has been said often enough that Blakey is the ideal drummer for Monk, and one has only to hear them together again after all this time to realize the truth of the statement. If Blakey at times seems to push the pianist almost too hard, that is in fact the nature of their musical relationship. And, throughout the session, Blakey appeared to be vying with the producer in alternately cajoling and coercing Monk into fulfilling various requests from the small invited audience. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Something-Blue-THELONIOUS-MONK/dp/B003BI9UUY

Personnel:  Piano – Thelonious Monk;  Bass – Al McKibbon;  Drums – Art Blakey 

Something in Blue

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Karel Boehlee Trio - Luiza

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:25
Size: 136,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:06)  1. Atrás Da Porta
(4:45)  2. Bouquet
(5:14)  3. Madalena
(5:37)  4. Besame Mucho
(6:27)  5. Luiza
(6:16)  6. Por Toda Minha Vida
(5:03)  7. Favela
(5:07)  8. Coração Vagabundo
(6:40)  9. Bilhete
(6:37) 10. Corcovado
(3:28) 11. Brazilian Sugar

The Karel Boehlee trio was founded in 2003, with band members Hein Van de Geijn, and Hans van Oosterhout. In the meantime they made 7 cd's for M&I records. (nowadays it is a part of Pony Canyon). The music is a mixture of jazz-, classical- and popmusic, and therefore it is not a traditional jazztrio. It sounds very delicate and detailed, and yet the music is not complicated. The Karel Boehlee Trio plays jazzstandards, but also the standards from artists like Stevie Wonder and Donald Fagen. They are very popular in asia, especially in Japan and Korea. https://www.last.fm/music/Karel+Boehlee+Trio/+wiki

Luiza

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Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights - Black Coffee

Size: 102,6 MB
Time: 43:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Jazz, Vocals
Art: Front

01. I Cried For You (3:34)
02. Whoa, Tilly, Take Your Time (3:01)
03. Nuages (2:54)
04. Black Coffee (3:55)
05. If It Ain't Love (3:28)
06. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (2:45)
07. My Funny Valentine (4:20)
08. Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (4:03)
09. If You Were Mine (3:47)
10. New Orleans Blues (3:18)
11. Embraceable You (Feat. Tom Mitchell) (4:17)
12. J'attendrai (4:11)

Cajun singer Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights turn in another re-creation of French-style acoustic jazz of the mid-20th century on their second album, Black Coffee. The model, of course, is the Hot Club of France, with lead guitarist Tom Mitchell making like Django Reinhardt and fiddler Kevin Wimmer like Stéphane Grappelli. That group didn't have a vocalist, of course, but here Savoy takes vocal choruses in between the jazz solos with the exuberance and phrasing of Maria Muldaur, though she is more of a straight contralto, lacking Muldaur's high notes. To add to the effect, she sometimes sings in French, with an accent often more suggestive of Baton Rouge than Paris. It's all quite pleasant, if in a distinctly retro manner. ~by William Ruhlmann

Black Coffee 

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