Lanny Morgan - The Lanny Morgan Quartet

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:27
Size: 145,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:49)  1. Flash
(7:01)  2. Subconscious Lee
(8:34)  3. Strollin'
(5:08)  4. Cherokee
(8:49)  5. Joy Spring
(7:55)  6. You've Changed
(6:15)  7. Minority
(7:45)  8. Bloomdido
(6:07)  9. After You've Gone

Altoist Lanny Morgan, despite being a very talented bop-based improviser and a greatly in-demand sideman, has had relatively few opportunities to record as a leader through the years -- only two. This quartet set with pianist Tom Ranier, bassist Bob Maize, and drummer Frankie Capp is his definitive recording. Morgan is in particularly creative and fiery form on such songs as "Subconscious Lee," "Bloomdido," "After You've Gone," and a song he practically owns, "Cherokee." None of the nine tunes (eight jazz standards plus Tom Garvin's "Flash") are throwaways and this is a CD highly recommended to bop fans.  ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-lanny-morgan-quartet-mw0000177852  

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Lanny Morgan;  Bass – Bob Maize;  Drums – Frank Capp;  Piano – Tom Ranier       

The Lanny Morgan Quartet

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Mark Growden - Saint Judas

Styles: Accordion And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:59
Size: 155,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:19)  1. Undertaker
(6:13)  2. Delilah
(3:25)  3. Saint Judas
(3:48)  4. If the Stars Could Sing
(7:04)  5. Been in the Storm So Long
(4:24)  6. I'm Your Man
(3:57)  7. Faith in my Pocket
(2:29)  8. Everybody Holds a Piece of the
(7:19)  9. Coyote
(3:00) 10. Handlebar Improvisation
(5:35) 11. Inside Every Bird
(9:21) 12. Take me to the Water
(3:57) 13. All The Pretty Little Horses

By now, Mark Growden is probably getting tired of the comparisons to Nick Cave and Tom Waits. While he certainly bears some resemblance to those artists  he shares Cave's penchant for drama and Waits' tendency to use unlikely combinations of instruments and junkyard percussion Growden is his own man. He's a stronger, more expressive singer than either Waits or Cave, and while his music is certainly rooted in blues and folk idioms, he also brings European jazz, gypsy music, and the sounds of German cabaret to the mix. The songs on Saint Judas have a cinematic feel and evolve slowly, drawing you into their dissolute world. The title track is an ominous tango that swings like mad, with Growden's accordion and Chris Grady's trumpet adding manic accents to the disjointed rhythms. "Been in the Storm to Long" is an old spiritual and Rev. Gary Davis borrowed the melody for "Death Don't Have No Mercy." Growden's take is a bluesy squall of trumpet and sax, with a wrenching, anguished vocal. "Faith in My Pocket" sounds like a traditional Appalachian lament as played by a drunken chamber group. Growden's banjo is played in and out of time, Alex Kelly's cello adds moaning accents, and Seth Ford Young's acoustic bass thumps like a broken heart. Growden and his band are expert at laying down dense, murky soundscapes with a dissonant edge that will make most listeners feel a bit unsettled. Growden's background is in jazz, new music, and theater, and in the spring of 2010, he was revamping the songs on Saint Judas for his first opera. Needless to say, this isn't a lighthearted album, but its themes of loss and limitation, dissolution and redemption, will strike a chord with those who like to walk on the dark side. ~ J. Poet https://www.allmusic.com/album/saint-judas-mw0001961573

Personnel: Mark Growden (banjo, accordion, baritone saxophone); Myles Boisen (electric guitar, lap steel guitar); Alex Kelly (cello); Chris Grady (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Seth Ford Young (organ, upright bass); Jenya Chernoff (percussion).

Saint Judas

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Kaori Kobayashi - Saxo Sentimental

Styles: Saxophone And Flute Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:21
Size: 152,6 MB
Art: Front

( 4:25)  1. Europa
( 4:35)  2. Energy
( 0:31)  3. Phantom Of The Opera
( 7:02)  4. Sunset Ocean
( 4:26)  5. Endless Love
( 7:44)  6. Sunshine
(10:11)  7. If You Want Me To Stay
( 4:46)  8. My Way
( 4:00)  9. The Bodyguard
( 6:31) 10. My Love For You
( 9:02) 11. Chicken
( 3:02) 12. Smooth Jazz

Saxophonist and flutist Musical composition and arrangement / producing.Kaori Kobayashi was born in October of 1981 in Kanagawa Prefecture. She grew up in Tokyo and is a graduate of Senzokugakuen Music University’s Jazz Course. She has released eight albums, one Greatest Hits album, one DVD of her live performance, as well as a collection of her own sheet music. She performs at music venues and at jazz festivals all over Japan, and makes appearances on many TV and radio programs. She has also released her CDs and has performed in Taiwan, South Korea, China and Thailand. She became a household name after her YouTube video “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You” gained more than 5 million views and was widely picked up by newspapers and TV. 2005 February: Released her debut album “Solar” from JVC;  2011 August: Fan clubs were created in both Thailand and Taiwan. A meet-and-greet she held at a music venue in Taiwan was so crowded many fans could not get inside.  2011 February: Released her self-produced album “SEVENth”, which included works she had composed and arranged herself in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The album topped the Jazz Charts for two weeks in a row in Taiwan. She also toured around North East Japan, visiting Ishinomaki and other affected sites of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. 2012 January: Received “Most Beautiful Saxophonist in Asia” from the Thailand Sax Society. 2012 November: Held a successful solo concert in Hong Kong’s STAR HALL.  

2013 February: Released the R&B themed “Urban Stream”, her eighth studio album in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Placed #1 in the Taiwanese Jazz Charts for the third year in a row. 2013 March: Performed at the Java Jazz Festival, the biggest jazz festival in Asia, held in Jakarta, Indonesia. There, her performance was met with high praise and she made the front page of the local newspaper, alongside musicians such as Basia. 2013 October: Performed at the Taichung Jazz Festival, held in Taichung, Taiwan, and received a stating ovation from a crowd of 60,000. 2014 March: Invited by the Japanese Embassy to the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC. The next day, she performed at Blues Alley in front a full audience, her first show in the USA. 

2014 May: Released the 9th Self-produced J-pop themed album “SPIRIT” in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. 2015 June: Released the 10th Anniversary album “STORY” in Japan and Asia. which includes 3 music numbers produced by Jamie Odell of the SHAKTAK Family. July perform in SAPPORO CITY JAZZ. September perform in TOKYO JAZZ. 2016 August : Released the11th  album “Melody”, covering the well known popular songs .Kaori is also participating as a sax player  in the band of such singers as Shigeru Izumiya and YukihideTakekawa, the artists representingJapan. http://kaorikobayashi.com/biographyeng

Saxo Sentimental

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