Cat Anderson - Americans Swinging In Paris

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:07
Size: 131,1 MB
Art: Front

(7:59)  1. A "Chat" With Cat
(5:05)  2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(2:50)  3. Muskat Ramble
(3:55)  4. A Gathering In A Clearing
(5:13)  5. C Jam Blues
(4:15)  6. Confessin'
(3:28)  7. For Jammers Only
(5:18)  8. Concerto For Cootie
(5:48)  9. Black And Tan Fantasy
(3:55) 10. Blues For Laurence
(6:18) 11. Ain't Misbehavin
(2:58) 12. You're The Cream In My Coffee

Cat Anderson was arguably the greatest high-note trumpeter of all time. His solo on "Satin Doll" from Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert is a perfectly coherent chorus consisting of notes that are so high that it is doubtful if another trumpeter from all of jazz history could hit more than one or two. He first learned trumpet while at the Jenkins Orphanage in Charleston and toured with the Carolina Cotton Pickers, a group in which he made his recording debut. During 1935-1944, Anderson played with many groups including those of Claude Hopkins, Lucky Millinder, Erskine Hawkins, and Lionel Hampton. Hampton loved his high-note mastery, although Hawkins reportedly fired Anderson out of jealousy. In 1944, Cat Anderson was first hired by Duke Ellington and it ended up being the perfect setting for him. Ellington enjoyed writing impossible parts for Cat to play, and Anderson received publicity and a steady income. He was more than just a high-note player, being a master with mutes and having a fine tone in lower registers, but no one could really challenge him in the stratosphere (although Maynard Ferguson, Jon Faddis, and Arturo Sandoval have come close). Anderson was with Ellington during 1944-1947, 1950-1959, and off and on during 1961-1971. Occasionally he would go out to lead his own bands but he always came back. After Ellington's death, Cat Anderson settled on the West Coast where he often played with local big bands, including an exciting one led by Bill Berry. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/american-swinging-in-paris/696362646

Americans Swinging In Paris

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Illinois Jacquet & Lester Young - Battle Of The Saxes

Styles: Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 1955
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 21:45
Size: 51,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:44)  1. Flying Home
(2:42)  2. Blow Illinois Blow
(2:21)  3. Goofin' Off
(2:28)  4. Illinois Blows The Blues
(2:52)  5. D.B. Blues
(2:25)  6. Lester Blows Again
(2:57)  7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
(3:11)  8. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Illinois Jacquet (Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet, October 31, 1922 - July 22, 2004) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The brother of the trumpeter Russell Jacquet and the drummer Linton Jacquet.

Illinois began to perform in 1939 in the orchestra of Milton Larkin. In 1942 he participated in the recording of the hit "Flying Home" with the orchestra Lionel Hampton. In 1993 he played the song "C-Jam Blues", on the lawn near the White House, together with President Bill Clinton at the inauguration of the latter. Collaborated with Arnett Cobb, Dexter Gordon, Cab Calloway, Charles Mingus, Lester Young, Count Basie and many others. Lester Young (27.08.1909 - 15.03.1959) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. His virtuosic improvisations, which were remarkably smoothly phrased, influenced many saxophonists of the second half of the 20th century.

Personnel:  Illinois Jacquet (saxophone), Lester Young (saxophone)

Battle Of The Saxes

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Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:13
Size: 143,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:22)  1. The Heavy Entertainment Show
(3:02)  2. Party Like a Russian
(3:58)  3. Mixed Signals
(3:28)  4. Love My Life
(4:17)  5. Motherfucker
(3:13)  6. Bruce Lee
(3:16)  7. Sensitive
(4:14)  8. David's Song
(2:55)  9. Pretty Woman
(4:25) 10. Hotel Crazy (with Rufus Wainwright)
(3:47) 11. Sensational
(4:20) 12. When You Know
(4:51) 13. Time On Earth
(4:19) 14. I Don't Want to Hurt You (with John Grant)
(3:44) 15. Best Intentions
(3:53) 16. Marry Me

The Heavy Entertainment Show is the eleventh studio album by English recording artist Robbie Williams. It was released on 4 November 2016 through Columbia Records. In May 2016, it was announced that Robbie Williams had signed a recording contract with Sony Music. Robbie Williams said in statement: "They're [Sony Music] inspired, I'm inspired. I'm more ready than I ever have been and I'm totally convinced I'm in the right place. I look forward to working on this album, which is an album I'm immensely proud of, in this exciting new partnership with Sony Music." The track "Mixed Signals" features all four members of the American alternative rock band the Killers performing all the instruments, as well as writing the song. The album was announced on 25 September 2016, and the same day the album's title track "Heavy Entertainment Show" was released on Spotify and as an "instant grat" through iTunes Store. The album's first official single, "Party Like a Russian", was released on 30 September 2016. The second single, "Love My Life", was released on 20 October 2016. 

On 7 November, Williams announced a concert tour titled The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour to promote the album. It began on 2 June 2017 in Manchester, England and is set to end in November 2018 in Mexico City. The Heavy Entertainment Show received a Metacritic score of 59 based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic was highly positive in his 4-star review, saying "Aptly titled, Williams is entertaining as ever, a consummate showman until the end. The album is a grab bag of ideas, darting here and there in its pursuit of a hit. However, this isn't too much of a distraction, Mr Entertainment and his bombast do not disappoint. The Heavy Entertainment Show is his most invigorated album in years, a truer return to the pop realm than Take the Crown. Here, Williams dresses up his antics in expert production with plenty of cheekiness to spare." Kitty Empire from The Observer gave a mixed three-star review stating, "Cheek, swagger and schmaltz, the tunes that could only come from Williams make this record entertaining, if a little groan worthy. The could-be-anybody songs just don’t stick in the memory." Tim Jonze from The Guardian gave a negative two-star review and said, "A lurching mess of styles, it lurches from one thing to the next, be that MOR balladry, glam rock or orchestral show tunes." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heavy_Entertainment_Show

The Heavy Entertainment Show (Deluxe)

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Will Boulware - Take Five

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:47
Size: 147,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:33)  1. Take Five
(3:18)  2. Very Early
(3:09)  3. You Are Too Beautiful
(5:41)  4. Be Ready
(6:38)  5. Body And Soul
(4:02)  6. Jingle
(3:53)  7. Wonder
(5:06)  8. How Deep Is The Ocean
(4:42)  9. Invitation
(7:39) 10. My Foolish Heart

The Boulware family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina then Atlanta, Georgia where Will started playing the piano at age five. Wills father played the guitar and sang cowboy songs along with his mother, Alberta Boulware Connelly, who still sings quite well. At age 10, Will bought a set of drums and formed his first group "Wee Willy & The Winks" in which he played drums doing surf music until 13 when he traded in the drums for his first electric keyboard and started to listen to Jimmy Smith and his father's Erroll Garner and Dave Brubeck records. When he was fourteen, he was already in an R&B group performing. He also played the organ in a trio he formed called the Booger Band  and started performing his own compositions. By 1972, his songs were recorded by B.B. King. At 21 Will moved to New York City where he mainly worked doing recording sessions in commercial field. In the 1980s, Boulware lived in California doing some solo piano gigs and working with guitarists such as Scott Henderson, Phil Upchurch and Ron Eschete. By 1990, Boulware moved back to NYC where he started working with the late Phyllis Hyman. He also started in 1993 a 10-year organ stint with saxophonist Maceo Parker and touring with The Blues Brothers (1998), John Scofield (1999) and Carla Bley (2000). He also performed on Rodney Jones recordings and others. ~ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Personnel:  Will Boulware (Piano);  Lonnie Plaxico (Bass); Richard Bona (Bass Electric); Billy Kilson (Drums).

Take Five

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Maggie Herron - A Ton of Trouble

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:50
Size: 111,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:50)  1. A Ton of Trouble
(4:12)  2. Perfect Specimen
(4:48)  3. Scheherazade
(3:04)  4. Salty Wine
(4:18)  5. Dance Me to the End of Love
(3:19)  6. Red Hot Jazz
(3:34)  7. Small Stuff
(4:17)  8. There Is Love
(4:57)  9. Changing Winds
(3:17) 10. Monkishness
(4:12) 11. The Dove & the Bourbon
(3:55) 12. In My Life

Nominated for the 2018 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Single of the Year, Maggie Herron's rendition of “In My Life” (Lennon/McCartney) features Larry Koonse-Guitar and Dean Taba-Bass with Maggie On vocals. Maggie Herron’s CD, ‘Between the Music and the Moon’ is the winner of the 2017 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Jazz Album of the Year. Nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year, the CD features 12 original songs with engineering and mastering by Paul Tavenner. The title track features guitarist, Grant Geissman. With 10 original and 2 cover songs, Maggie delivers her rich,contralto vocals over horn driven, guitar laden original bluesy and New Orleans style songs. Contemplative and storytelling songs feature Maggie at piano along with 2 guest jazz piano greats on several tracks: Bill Cunliffe and Geoffrey Keezer. The making of A Ton Of Trouble “was born during a year of flu, a broken arm and the natural lowering of my vocal range,” Herron explains. However, Herron has successfully managed to turn her troubles into lyrical creative fodder, including elements of humor, fun, contemplation and storytelling. Herron relied on some longtime collaborators to help with the album’s eleven other jazz pieces. Bill Cunliffe arranged six of the albums songs as well as accompanies Herron on piano for those tracks. Bassist,Dean Taba, who also regularly performs live with Herron at Lewer’s Lounge in Waikiki, plays on all but one of the album’s tracks. Her daughter, Dawn Herron, co-wrote lyrics for five of the albums original songs. The album was engineered by Paul Tavenner at Big City Recording Studios. Maggie can be seen weekly, performing at Honolulu's premier jazz club, Lewers Lounge.  https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/maggieherron7

A Ton of Trouble

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