Chuck Loeb - Mediterranean

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:24
Size: 149,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:46)  1. Mediterranean
(4:52)  2. Mr. Z
(4:56)  3. Heart
(6:12)  4. Discipline
(6:12)  5. Twelve
(4:42)  6. Let It Be
(4:51)  7. In the Paint
(5:31)  8. FYI
(6:28)  9. Far Star
(4:45) 10. Memory Lane
(5:15) 11. Carbo Fuel
(4:49) 12. Autumn

Guitarist Chuck Loeb ends up with an enjoyable yet very typical collection on this outing. Typical, meaning easy to swallow and occasionally remarkable but for the most part the kind of music radio eats up and listeners have been saturated with. We've heard this kind of thing before. Loeb's tender and breezy acoustic work dominates, but the electric fire he sets on go for broke zoomers like "Mr. Z" and "Carbo Fuel" are far more distinctive and better worth the price of admission. As a composer, Loeb is more than able, but his blistering contributions to Nelson Rangell's projects far surpass the mellow fare he presents here. Rangell, fellow saxman Bill Evans and keyboardist Mitch Forman add lots of spark and improvisational energy to a disc that simply needs a little less cool breeze and more electric gale. ~ Jonathan Widran http://www.allmusic.com/album/mediterranean-mw0000098754

Personnel: Chuck Loeb (guitar, keyboards); Elizabeth Loeb, Christina Loeb, Carmen Cuesta (vocals); Paul Peabody (violin); Nelson Rangell (flute, piccolo, alto saxophone); Bill Evans (tenor saxophone); Mitchel Forman (piano, keyboards); Clint DeGanon, Zach Danziger (drums); David Charles (percussion).

R.I.P.
Born - December 7, 1955
Died - July 31, 2017

Mediterranean

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Eddie Calvert - It's Impossible And Other Great Hits

Styles: Trumpet Instrumental
Year: 1972
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:02
Size: 82,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:20)  1. I Just Can't Help Believing
(3:18)  2. It's Impossible
(2:22)  3. Don't Let It Die
(3:15)  4. Love Story
(3:07)  5. We've Only Just Begun
(2:10)  6. Till
(3:07)  7. Another Time,Another Place
(3:23)  8. Man Without Love
(2:34)  9. Dream Baby
(3:03) 10. Home Lovin' Man
(2:22) 11. It's Only Makebelieve
(2:56) 12. My World Is Yours

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

It's Impossible And Other Great Hits

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Herb Alpert - Herb Alpert & Colors

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:29
Size: 106,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:57)  1. Libertango
(6:33)  2. The Look of Love
(5:32)  3. Colors
(3:34)  4. i Want You
(4:16)  5. Think About it
(5:04)  6. Dorita
(3:38)  7. Lady in My Life
(3:22)  8. Love at First Glance
(5:56)  9. Magic Man
(4:32) 10. Slow Train

It would be easy for the former Tijuana Brassman and founder of A&M to just rest on his career achievements or just make music to pass the time, but instead, the 60-something trumpeter rings in with one of the year's most remarkable jams. Alpert's recent output has ranged from the heart of smooth jazz (Second Wind, produced by Jeff Lorber) to fiery Latin (Passion Dance), but here the muse takes him to the mystical world of studio-bred trip-hop. Working with multi-instrumentalists and producers Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbush, Alpert surrounds his muted trumpet with hypnotic vibes and ambiences some of which seem to drift into the sonic atmospheres, others bred from thick machine generated exotic percussion textures percolating over throbbing urban bass grooves. While ethereal experimentation with tons of cool studio equipment and sonic possibilities seems to be the general philosophy, he hasn't forgotten his Latin roots. The opening track, "Libertango," features a lighthearted horn melody drifting over a throbbing urban bass groove, percussion clicks, and the galloping flamenco flavors of Wimbish's acoustic guitar, all wrapped up in a dramatic synth orchestral sweep. "Dorita" centers Bernard Fowler's Spanish vocals amidst a wacky swirl of pitter patter and marching percussion, spacey sound effects, exotic soundscaping, moody retro keyboards, and Alpert's catchy, laid-back melody. Bridging past and present, Alpert approaches Burt Bachrach's "The Look of Love" as if it were a Miles Davis/Brian Eno collaboration, his smoky horn enhanced by his wife Lani Hall's breathy vocals. He also covers himself with a new hip-hop shuffle arrangement of his popular early-'80s gem, "Magic Man." Older and wiser than either Rick Braun or Chris Botti, Alpert gives the genre's two top horn guns a powerful run for their smooth jazz money. ~ Jonathan Widran http://www.allmusic.com/album/colors-mw0000667240

Personnel: Herb Alpert (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Will Calhoun (vocals, snare drum, percussion); Lani Hall (vocals, sampler); Bernard Fowler (vocals); Heitor Pereira (guitar); Doug Wimbish (acoustic guitar, trumpet); Jorge "Coco" Trivisonno (bandoneon); Bernie Worrell (organ, keyboards); Gregory Smith (keyboards, programming); Eduardo del Barrio (string synthesizer, sampler); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Danny Saber (programming).

Herb Alpert & Colors

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Ahmad Jamal - The Essence, Part 1

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:22
Size: 127,4 MB
Art: Front

( 6:33)  1. Flight
( 6:56)  2. Toulouse
(10:14)  3. The Essence
( 5:49)  4. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
( 6:44)  5. Catalina
( 6:58)  6. Autumn Leaves
( 5:33)  7. Street Of Dreams
( 6:34)  8. Bahia

Mostly recorded in Paris, with two additional tracks from New York, this absorbing collection is a testament to the continuing ability of Ahmad Jamal to startle and engage jazz listeners who are tired of Tyner/Evans clones and want to hear something different. An equal mixture of standards and Jamal compositions, some of which move through several contrasting sections, this CD reaches its peaks when Jamal and company dive in and work around a single bass ostinato and a propulsive rhythm groove. Bassists James Cammack (Paris) and Jamil Nasser (New York) provide the former, drummer Idris Muhammad and percussionist Manolo Badrena are in charge of the latter, and a tough-sounding George Coleman turns up on tenor on the New York tracks. One fascinating quirk  Jamal seemed fixated upon Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments" at these sessions, for he quotes the tune several times on the album. These sessions were so fruitful that Verve was able to serve up a tasty second helping a year later. ~ Richard S.Ginell http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essence-pt-1-mw0000732792

Personnel: Ahmad Jamal (piano); George Coleman (tenor saxophone); Jamil Nasser, James Cammack (bass); Idris Muhammad (drums); Manolo Badrena (percussion).

The Essence, Part 1

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