Jimmy Raney - Jimmy Raney Visits Paris

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:15
Size: 115.1 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 1958/1989/2017
Art: Front

[4:30] 1. Tres Chouette
[4:34] 2. Imagination
[4:01] 3. Dinah
[3:01] 4. Love For Sale
[5:17] 5. Have You Met Miss Jones
[4:50] 6. What's New
[4:18] 7. Fascinating Rhythm
[4:42] 8. Too Marvelous For Words
[2:32] 9. Cherokee
[4:05] 10. Everything Happens To Me
[4:22] 11. Night And Day
[3:58] 12. Someone To Watch Over Me

Bass – Jean-Marie Ingrand; Drums – Jean Louis Viale; Guitar – Jimmy Raney; Piano – Maurice Vandair; Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Jaspar; Trumpet – Roger Guerin. Recorded in Paris, February 10, 1954.

It is a mid-winter's day, 1954. The French publication, Jazz Hot", comes out with the French jazz poll results: Jimmy Raney has just been voted "Number One Guitarist". That same evening, the Jazz Club U.S.A. tour plays a one-night stand in Paris. One of the featured groups is the Red Norvo Trio. Featured with the trio was Jimmy Raney. Some weeks later this LP was cut with Bobby Jaspar, Maurice Vandair, Jean-Marie Ingrand and Jean Louis Viale. These Paris recordings gave the American audiences an opportunity to hear not only more of Raney's fine style and sound, articulated as always with brilliance and taste, but also something of what was going on in jazz across the ocean.

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Etta Cameron - Sunrise

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:51
Size: 98.1 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[5:05] 1. Mayday
[3:53] 2. There Is Nothing Like A Rainy Day
[3:17] 3. Warming Up
[3:29] 4. Forgotten Days
[6:23] 5. The Gambler
[3:17] 6. Eenie Meenie Minie Moe
[3:05] 7. Bossa Novissima
[5:45] 8. Lucky Me
[4:54] 9. For You My Love
[3:38] 10. San Francisco Sunrise

Etta Cameron (b. Ettamae Louvita Coakley, November 21, 1939, Nassau, Bahamas – March 4, 2010, Aarhus, Denmark) was a Bahamian–Danish singer. She especially sang jazz and gospel, and left her mark in the Danish music culture through her entire career from her arrival in Denmark in the 1970s. She was made a Knight of Dannebrog in 1997. Etta Cameron was also well known as one of the judges in the first two seasons of Scenen er din, the Danish version of the American TV show Star Search. She came to Denmark from the DDR, but found herself unable to leave East Berlin for five years, after a performance commitment during which time she had lost her passport.

Etta died on March 4, 2010 after a long illness. She had two children, Debbie and Steve. Debbie Cameron is following her mother's footsteps and is going for a singing career.

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Aldo Romano - Inner Smile

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:25
Size: 110.9 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:08] 1. Positano
[5:12] 2. More
[4:09] 3. Kind Of Autumn
[3:31] 4. Anny's Lullaby
[3:37] 5. Il Piacere
[5:32] 6. Old Devil Moon
[4:00] 7. Inner Smile
[8:50] 8. My Funny Valentine
[2:06] 9. Where Is Aldo
[2:55] 10. E Si Sogna
[4:19] 11. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Although born in Italy, Aldo Romano moved to France with his family at a young age. He was already playing guitar and drums professionally in Paris in the '50s when he heard Donald Byrd's group with drummer Arthur Taylor. Since then, he has dedicated himself to the drums and contemporary jazz. In Paris jazz clubs like le Chat Qui Pêche and the Caméléon, Romano has accompanied visiting Americans like Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, Lucky Thompson, J.J. Johnson, and Woody Shaw while also exploring free music with Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri, Frank Wright and Bobby Few, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Jean-Louis Chautemps, and Steve Lacy. Romano's boundless curiosity for any living music brought him in contact with electric jazz in the '70s, playing at the Riverbop with longtime associate/bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, in addition to François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Charlie Mariano, and Philip Catherine. In 1978, he released his first album as a leader with Claude Barthélémy (Il Piacere, OWL), followed by 1980's Night Diary with Didier Lockwood and Jasper Van't Hof, and 1983's Alma Latina with Philip Catherine. In 1980, Romano brought pianist Michel Petrucciani to the world's attention, introducing him to the producer of Owl Records. His Italian roots were lovingly remembered with the foundation of his Italian Quartet with Paolo Fresu, Franco D'Andrea, and Furio Di Castri. The quartet recorded To Be Ornette to Be and Water Dreams (Owl) and Non Dimenticar, a collection of Italian songs (Verve). Palatino -- named for the Rome-Paris night train -- also includes Fresu, with Glen Ferris on trombone. Intervista (Verve, 2001) -- with bassist Palle Danielsson, saxophonist Stefano di Battista, and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras -- is a magnificently played overview of his musical career, with Ornette Coleman-ish tunes, Latin-American compositions, and operatic arias; a bonus CD contains a charming interview. ~ Francesco Martinelli

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Carl Filipiak - Hotel Real

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:49
Size: 120.9 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz, Fusion
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[ 7:57] 1. Hotel Reál
[ 5:27] 2. Mayberry
[ 6:11] 3. Cause We've Ended As Lovers
[ 4:45] 4. Hey Jimi
[ 5:49] 5. Song For Irene
[ 5:11] 6. Theme From The Lottery Incident
[ 6:43] 7. Blues In O
[10:43] 8. Cause We've Ended As Lovers (Alternate Version)

Guitarist Carl Filipiak developed both as a guitarist and a composer throughout the 1990s without achieving much fame. He jams "Blues In O" like a credible straightahead jazz musician, hints at Pat Metheny in some other spots and has a few fiery rockish fusion solos too. The music is certainly helped by the inventive playing of drummer Dennis Chambers and keyboardist Paul Soroka while three different tenor-saxophonists make one appearance apiece. Overall, this is stimulating music easily recommended to open-minded fusion collectors. ~Scott Yanow

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Little Anthony & The Imperials - The Best Of Little Anthony & The Imperials

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:29
Size: 72.1 MB
Styles: Doo wop, R&B
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[3:05] 1. I'm On The Outside (Looking In)
[2:24] 2. Goin' Out Of My Head
[2:13] 3. Hurt So Bad
[2:36] 4. Take Me Back
[2:32] 5. I Miss You So
[2:06] 6. Hurt
[2:49] 7. Better Use Your Head
[2:29] 8. Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You're Bad)
[2:15] 9. It's Not The Same
[2:38] 10. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
[3:03] 11. The Ten Commandments Of Love
[3:01] 12. Help Me Find A Way (To Say I Love You)
[0:13] 13. Careful Driving

13 top tracks-including the "Careful Driving" Announcement-highlighted by the hits Goin' Out of My Head; Hurt So Bad; Take Me Back (single version), and more.

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Erik Truffaz - Out of a Dream

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:48
Size: 114,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:01)  1. Down Town
(7:36)  2. Out of a Dream
(5:59)  3. Beaute Bleue
(6:24)  4. Wet in Paris
(5:21)  5. Porta Camollia
(5:49)  6. Indigo
(3:55)  7. Saisir
(3:23)  8. Elegie
(5:24)  9. Samara
(2:12) 10. Up Town
(1:42) 11. Betty

In the next step of his evolution as a pioneering jazz figure, French trumpeter Erik Truffaz continues his exploration of modern dance rhythms informed by drum ‘n’ bass and hip hop as well as gripping rock ‘n’ roll with his quartet on The Walk of the Giant Turtle. This CD is Truffaz’s fourth U.S. release, following up last year’s remarkable Mantis, and featuring a video on the making of the album. Joining Truffaz on the new disc are his long-time quartet, Patrick Muller on piano and electronic keyboards, Marcello Giuliani on bass and Marc Erbetta on drums. In a European interview Truffaz said that The Walk of the Giant Turtle (recorded in Lausanne in January 2003 and mixed in Paris) was based on ensemble improvisation. He remarked that the music “is not too cerebral.” He explained that the rock-fueled passion and power on three tracks (the heavy rocking, abrasive “King B,” the wah-wah-driven “Next Door” and the crunching/ cooking “Seven Skies”) came from two sources. First, Giuliani is the guitarist in a rock group named Aquarius. Secondly, Truffaz said that he came of age as a rock fan: “I listened to Led Zeppelin much more than Miles Davis [when I was younger].” The tunes teem with pockets of tension/release, rich sound textures, distortion and even Hendrixian guitar-like exchanges. Throughout, Truffaz soars above the combustible mix. The Walk of the Giant Turtle features Truffaz and company delivering fluid groove tunes like the lead-off “Scody (Part 1)” and “Scody (Part 2).” Also in the mix are lyrical beauties such as the slow-and-stretched “Turiddu” with seductive bass line and Rhodes atmosphere, the coolly alluring “Belle De Nuit,” and the captivating title tune that is at once delicate and spiritual with a gently sketched trumpet melody and Ravel-like piano counterpoint.

Born in 1960, Truffaz was inspired to play music by his saxophonist father who led a dance band. He took up the trumpet as a youngster and joined his father on the bandstand. As his technique grew, Truffaz linked up with other bands before being introduced to Miles Davis’ classic Kind of Blue album. This led him to study music at the Geneva Conservatoire in Switzerland where he learned to perform classical works by the likes of Mozart and Verdi. In addition to playing in the Orchestre de Suisse Romande, Truffaz played in cover bands while also writing his own jazz-infused music. In 1990 he formed a jazz band called Orange and the following year won France’s prestigious jazz award, the Prix Special. As a leader of his self-named group, Truffaz recorded his first album Nina Valeria and appeared on stages throughout Europe, including the Montreux Jazz Festival. Since the mid-‘90s, Truffaz has been a mover-and-shaker on the European creative improvisational scene. He signed with EMI France in 1996 and recorded three dynamic electro-acoustic recordings, Out of a Dream, The Dawn and Bending New Corners. He was introduced to North American audiences in 2000 with the CD The Mask, a compilation of his three EMI France albums that was followed by Revisité, a DJ-dance remix album of The Mask. The forward-sounding Mantis was released in 2002. The trumpeter has been likened to Miles Davis (from his In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew days), though Rolling Stone critic David Fricke writes, “Truffaz plays less like Miles than a jazz-rock [Brian] Eno, making rapturous atmospheres from a minimum of notes.” In Fricke’s review of Revisité, he concluded that the remixes “affirm the depth and durability of Truffaz’s fusion: a jazz with brawn, soul and plenty of wide open space.” Mantis, which featured guitarist Manu Codjia and guests Anouar Brahem on oud and Mounir Troudi on vocals, scored big points with open-eared jazz critics. Eugene Holley, Jr. commented on Amazon.com: “Truffaz and company create a compelling sound collage that dances and trances.” Bill Milkowski, writing in JazzTimes, heralded Truffaz’s music as “nastier than smooth jazz and naughtier than straightahead.” He added: “This is intelligent, uncompromising music happening in the now, played by musicians with serious chops, fertile imaginations and the courage of their convictions.” Talking to URB magazine, Truffaz explained that he continues to grow as a musician, taking lessons from the jazz and pop past and looking ahead to create new music. He said, “I’m not trying to be this or that. I just try to be myself, taking inspiration from the things I love.” On The Walk of the Giant Turtle, the trumpeter does just that: create a meld of jazz, pop and rock music that is dance-floor hip, rock-house blazing and new-jazz cool. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/eriktruffaz.

Personnel:  Trumpet – Erik Truffaz;  Alto Saxophone – Cyrille Bugnon;  Bass – Marcello Giuliani;  Drums – Marc Erbetta;  Flugelhorn – Erik Truffaz;  Piano – Patrick Muller;  Tenor Vocals – Cyrille Bugnon

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Nicki Parrott - Close To You

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:46
Size: 174,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. Walk On By
(4:43)  2. Alfie
(3:19)  3. Close To You
(3:05)  4. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
(3:01)  5. Wishin' And Hopin'
(5:12)  6. A House Is Not A Home
(3:10)  7. You'll Never Get To Heaven
(3:12)  8. Wives And Lovers
(3:34)  9. The April Fools
(2:30) 10. There's Always Something There To Remined Me
(4:02) 11. Make It Easy On Yourself
(3:51) 12. Do You Know The Way To San Jose
(3:30) 13. The Girls In Love With You
(3:32) 14. I Say A Little Prayer
(3:46) 15. What The World Needs Now Is Love

Born in Newcastle, Australia, Nicki started her musical training at age four with the piano, followed by the flute, soon after. Nicki switched to double bass at the age of 15. After graduating high school she moved to Sydney to study jazz at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music where she began to play with Australian musicians such as Mike Nock, Dale Barlow, Paul Grabowsky, Bernie McGann, and Ten Part Invention. She also toured Australia with Russian musicians Daniel Kramer and Alexander Fischer and American trumpeters Bobby Shew and Chuck Findley. She continued her studies with various bassists including visiting artists Ray Brown and John Clayton. Nicki was the recipient of two awards, a scholarship to Pan Pacific Music Camps at the age of 16, and first place in the 1992 Jazz Action Society’s Annual Song Competition for her composition “Come and Get It,” which is the opening track of Nicki and her sister Lisa’s debut CD, “Awabakal Suite”. She was also nominated for the annual Australian Young Achievers Award by the Arts Council of Australia who granted her the funds to come to New York to study with Rufus Reid. Nicki came to New York in May 1994.  In June 2000, Nicki began performing on Monday nights at the Iridium Jazz Club with the legendary guitarist and inventor, Les Paul. 

As part of the Les Paul Trio, Nicki worked side-by-side with guitar greats from Paul McCartney, Slash, Steve Miller to fellow Aussie, Tommy Emmanuel. Since then she has performed with such notable musicians as Michel Legrand, Joe Wilder, Randy Brecker, Clark Terry, Jose Feliciano, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman, Patti Labelle & the New York Pops Orchestra, Harry Allen, Marlena Shaw, David Krakauer, Ken Peplowski, Ann Hampton Callaway, Bill Mays, Scott Hamilton, Lillian Boutte, Larry Carlton and Houston Person, just to name a few. Nicki has also performed in several Broadway shows such as Avenue Q, Imaginary Friends, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Summer of ’42 and Jekyll and Hyde and has made several television and documentary appearances including The Gossip Girls, Chasing Sound and Thank You Les, which recently debuted on PBS. In 2007 and 2008, Nicki received back to back honors for Swing Journal’s Best Jazz Vocal Album (Moon River and Fly Me to The Moon, respectively). In 2010 her album Black Coffee (Venus) received Swing Journal’s Gold Disc award. In 2012, Nicki headlined the Fujitsu Concorde Jazz festival after the release of her eighth CD from Venus Records, Sakura Sakura. She is currently recording her 16th release for the label. Nicki has performed at most major festivals around the globe including the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and the Newport Beach Jazz Party, Jazz Ascona and Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland and many others. http://www.nickiparrott.com/biography.html  Nicki Parrott - Close To You   2017

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Red Garland - The P.C. Blues

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:57
Size: 98,5 MB
Art: Front

( 7:29)  1. Ahmad's Blues
( 6:26)  2. Lost April
( 5:49)  3. Why Was I Born?
(13:18)  4. Tweedle Dee Dee
( 9:53)  5. The P.C. Blues

P.C. Blues is a trio album from 1957 that features pianist Red Garland with bassist Paul Chambers (the "P.C." in the title), and drummer Art Taylor. 

In addition to the four original titles (which are highlighted by a sensitive version of "Lost April" and the lengthy "Tweedle Dee Dee"), Garland's feature on a 1956 Miles Davis record, "Ahmad's Blues" (which features him with Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones), adds to the value of this thoughtful but swinging release. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/pc-blues-mw0000075514

Personnel: Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones (drums).

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Lynne Arriale - Nuance - The Bennett Studio Sessions

Styles: Piano Jazz 
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:12
Size: 127,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:46)  1. Wrapped Around Your Finger
(5:02)  2. I Mean You
(3:57)  3. Longing
(4:04)  4. Crawfish & Gumbo
(7:39)  5. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
(5:21)  6. Carry On
(5:36)  7. La Noche
(6:22)  8. Yada Yada Yada
(4:24)  9. I Hear A Rhapsody
(5:37) 10. A Night In Tunesia
(2:18) 11. A Gentle Soul

Known strictly as a jazz piano trio artist, Lynne Arriale breaks that mold with the addition of trumpeter Randy Brecker, and it is a welcome complement. This is not to say her piano-bass-drums recordings had run their course far from it. What the seasoned and literate brass man brings to the table ignites Arriale's innate passion, and inspires her dream sequence style of playing into a netherworld of darker passion and modernist ideas that are startling in their pure inventiveness. She's stretching further, reaching for deeper energy, and plays beautifully in tandem with her new partner. Bassist George Mraz is also along for this ride, as able as any player on his instrument ever, a fact seemingly lost on far too many listeners and critics. Of the six originals penned by the pianist, "Longing" and "Yada Yada Yada" certainly live up to and reflect their titles perfectly, from serenely sad to bobble head chatter respectively. "Crawfish & Gumbo" uses modified New Orleans funky strut and swing via the drumming of Anthony Pinciotti with Mraz on top, while a quick stairstep motif with only slight Latin inference informs "La Noche." 

The band tackles Sting's "Wrapped Around Your Finger" in a terrific modal framework and mysterious mood, with Arriale's piano remarkable in its Arabic, flashing style contrasting Brecker's even pace. This is an exemplary interpretation, as is "I Mean You" with the entire band playing brilliant, staggered phrases more pronounced than its writer Thelonious Monk originally conceived. Arriale's Bill Evans influence blossoms during her regal, free, and ethereal version of the standard "I Hear a Rhapsody," while she and the musings of the consistently refreshing Brecker use another slight modality, changing up Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia." A DVD performance with differently programmed tracks and stretched out versions of everything on the CD is available, and in 5.1 surround sound to boot. More and more rewarding upon repeat listenings, this recording fronted by one of the more skilled pianists in modern jazz and a criminally underrated trumpeter commands attention from start to finish, and deserves grand accolades, including a strong candidacy for Jazz CD of 2009. 

~ Michael G.Nastos https://www.allmusic.com/album/nuance-the-bennett-studio-sessions-mw0000815379

Personnel:  Lynne Arriale (piano); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); George Mraz (bass instrument); Anthony Pinciotti (drums).

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Kate Rusby - Ghost

Styles: Vocal, Folk
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:58
Size: 138,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:56)  1. The Outlandish Knight
(5:43)  2. The Youthful Boy
(4:11)  3. We Will Sing
(5:43)  4. The Bonnie Bairns
(3:39)  5. Three Jolly Fishermen
(5:06)  6. I Am Sad
(4:17)  7. Martin Said
(4:50)  8. After This
(4:49)  9. The Magic Penny
(5:42) 10. The Night Visit
(5:08) 11. Silly Old Man
(5:48) 12. Ghost

Ghost received generally positive reviews from music critics. Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Martin Chilton stated that the album has a "pleasing freshness", partly down to the blending of Stevie Iveson's electric guitar with more traditional folk instrumentation.

Uncut's Neil Spencer said that, while the album gives the listener the impression they have heard much of Ghost before, Rusby's "many fans won't mind". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(Kate_Rusby_album)

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