Sunday, September 16, 2018

Stacey Kent - What The World Needs Now Is Love

Size: 113,7 MB
Time: 48:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front & Back

01. What The World Needs Now Is Love (4:12)
02. Comes Love (4:03)
03. He Loves And She Loves (4:25)
04. I've Got A Crush On You (4:40)
05. My Heart Stood Still (2:56)
06. People Will Say We're In Love (3:49)
07. You've Got A Friend (4:22)
08. Shall We Dance (3:41)
09. You're Looking At Me (4:31)
10. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (3:44)
11. Polka Dots & Moonbeams (4:35)
12. It's Delovely (3:21)

Personnel:
Vocals – Stacey Kent
Clarinet, Saxophone – Jim Tomlinson
Guitar – Colin Oxley
Piano – David Newton
Bass – Andrew de Jong Cleyndert*, Dave Green, Simon Thorpe
Double Bass – Dave Chamberlain
Drums – Jeff Hamilton, Jesper Kviberg, Matt Home, Steve Brown

Grammy-nominated, Patinum-selling singer, Stacey Kent, sings from the soul, telling her stories with faultless phrasing and a lucid, enchanting voice. Before signing to Blue Note and now Sony Records, Stacey recorded for Candid Records from 1997-2003.

Candid proudly presents ‘What the World Needs Now is Love’ a collection of all-time classic love songs. The idea for this collection was inspired by its title. When Stacey sang ‘What the World Needs Now is Love’ on stage in Paris at her December 2015 concert at the Theatre des Champs Elysees, we thought how fitting this message of hope and healing would be, especially after the terror attacks in France.

Whether it is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “People will say we’re in Love”, Gershwin’s “I’ve got a Crush on You”. Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” or any of the other dozen songs in this presentation, Miss Kent’s interpretations are all the definitive article.

“Stacey’s singing never lets us forget these songs are about people. Her protagonists come to life so fully in her voice, you sometimes have to remind yourself the CD has no visuals. She has, in fact, much in common with today’s finest screen actors who, assured of the camera’s ability to pick out detail, portray complex shades of personality, motive and feeling through subtle adjustments of face and posture …..here’s a great jazz diva of our age.” – Kazuo Ishiguro

What The World Needs Now Is Love

Joey Calderazzo - Live From The Cotton Club Tokyo Vol. 1

Size: 149,1 MB
Time: 64:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz: Piano Jazz
Art: Front

01. Hats Off To Rebay (10:49)
02. Cianna (10:03)
03. One Way (13:35)
04. Manifold ( 9:37)
05. Free (12:22)
06. The Mighty Sword ( 8:14)

Personnel:
Joey Calderazzo – piano
Orlando Le Fleming- bass
Donald Edwards – drums

This recording is superb example of the virtuosity of a live piano trio. Taken from his four night run at the iconic Cotton Club, Tokyo, Japan in February 2017, this is Joey Calderazzo at his best. The spontaneity, virtuosity and playfulness of the trio is found throughout this performance. Featuring five original compositions and one cover, this is a shining example of the piano trio format; full of expression, musical charm and just plain fun!

Live From The Cotton Club Tokyo Vol. 1

Scott Martin - Alone At Sunset

Size: 108,3 MB
Time: 46:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Latin Jazz
Art: Front

01. Alone At Sunset (Feat. Robert Johnson) (3:50)
02. The Meaning Of Midnight (Feat. Myles Sloniker & Alwyn Robinson) (5:01)
03. My Supernova (Feat. Ayo Awosika) (5:06)
04. Pam (Feat. Danny Meyer) (5:23)
05. Anna (Feat. Robert Johnson) (5:14)
06. Do-Re-Mi (Feat. Ayo Awosika) (4:06)
07. Love Like This (Feat. Wellington Bullings & Dechen Hawk) (5:09)
08. This Chance (Feat. Ayo Awosika) (4:30)
09. Aquel Gorrion (Feat. Josefina Mendez) (4:25)
10. Alone At Sunset (Alternate Version) (Feat. Tom Weiser) (3:39)

Personnel:
Scott Martin - Piano
Myles Sloniker - Bass
Alwyn Robinson - Drums
Danny Meyer - Sax
Vocalists: Ayo Awosika, Robert Johnson, Wellington Bullings, Josefina Mendez, Dechen Hawk & Tom Weiser.

Pianist Scott Martin has brought together a vibrant group of singer-songwriters and instrumentalists to create a collection of new, original jazz standards.

Recorded at the legendary Carriage House in Stamford, Connecticut by Grammy®-winning producer/engineer Jay Newland (Norah Jones, Gregory Porter, John Scofield), Alone at Sunset shimmers with energy and excitement that pull you inside the music, into the performance.

Drawing on influences spanning Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner, Scott Martin wrote the music for Alone at Sunset and invited his favorite singers to write lyrics based on their impressions of the songs. The result is an album of a wonderful variety of voices, moods and colors unified by the pianistic and compositional style Scott brings to each piece.

Blending a pop esthetic from his early work with Carly Simon, Mariah Carey and cross-over jazz artists like Michael Brecker and Steps Ahead with his love of the classic jazz of the 50s and 60s, Alone at Sunset offers new music that sounds both fresh and timeless.

Alone At Sunset

Lucia Jackson - You And The Night And The Music

Size: 115,3 MB
Time: 49:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Just One Of Those Things (2:59)
02. Beautiful Love (4:14)
03. Issues (2:53)
04. And I Love Him (4:22)
05. You And The Night And The Music (3:51)
06. I'm A Fool To Want You (5:08)
07. Feel The Love (3:58)
08. Sophisticated Lady (4:18)
09. No Regrets (4:04)
10. Never Let Me Go (3:23)
11. I Fall In Love Too Easily (3:12)
12. Toda Una Vida (2:37)
13. When You're Smiling (4:07)

You And The Night And The Music is the debut of Lucia Jackson, a promising young jazz singer who displays a fetching voice on a set of standards along with a few surprises.

With her father, jazz guitar great Ron Jackson, contributing arrangements and leading an impressive rhythm section joined by guests, Lucia Jackson creates fresh variations of timeless material.

Lucia Jackson has had busy careers as both a dancer and a model. However her love of singing, her obvious talents as a vocalist, the encouragement of her father, and very favorable receptions at many venues in the New York area have led her to release her debut recording. Her many fans raised $15,000 through Indiegogo for the project. With the vocal coaching of the world renowned bassist-vocalist Nicki Parrott and an inspired repertoire, Lucia is heard at her very best throughout the program.

For the memorable effort, Lucia Jackson is joined by her father Ron Jackson on guitars, pianist Yago Vazquez, bassist Matt Clohesy and drummer Corey Rawls, with guest appearances by Daniel Garcia on flamenco guitar, violinist Frederika Krier, Javier Sanchez on bandoneon and percussionist Samuel Torres playing cajon and congas.

The music on You And The Night And The Music features new twists on classics from the Great American Songbook, many of which are arranged in tango, bossa-nova or bolero styles by Ron Jackson, who is also the set’s producer. The song choices, which include not only vintage tunes that have special meanings for the singer such as “Beautiful Love,” “Sophisticated Lady” and “Never Let Me Go,” but Julia Michael’s recent “Issues,” the Beatles’ “And I Love Him,” and Ms. Jackson’s original “Feel The Love,” give the set both variety and consistent high quality. While the supporting cast is strong and Ron Jackson’s solos are colorful and tasteful, the main focus is on the young singer, who comes through in winning fashion.

You And The Night And The Music is a significant recording debut for it introduces Lucia Jackson as a subtle and lightly swinging jazz singer, one with a very attractive and often-fetching voice who displays a quiet intensity and a real feeling for the lyrics that she interprets.

Lucia Jackson, who was born in New York, grew up in Madrid, Spain where she started singing when she was ten. She studied voice and piano at the prestigious Escuela de Musica Creativa when she was 13 and also ballet and flamenco at the Professional Dance Conservatory. Returning to New York when she was 18, she has since danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre as a guest student, at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival and, as a member of FJK Dance, toured China for two months. As a jazz singer, she has performed with many groups including the Bud Maltin Orchestra, Marty Schwartz, and the Art Lillard Big Band.

You And The Night And The Music

Woody Herman - The Raven Speaks

Styles: Saxophone, Clarinet Jazz
Year: 1972
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:36
Size: 96,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:36)  1. Fat Mama
(5:42)  2. Alone Again (Naturally)
(5:16)  3. Watermelon Man (Sandia Chicano)
(4:18)  4. It's Too Late
(4:30)  5. The Raven Speaks
(6:27)  6. Summer of '42
(6:53)  7. Reunion at Newport 1972
(3:51)  8. Bill's Blues

The best of his Fantasy releases of the '70s, this well-rounded CD is highlighted by a great jam on "Reunion at Newport" and strong soloing from Herman (on soprano and clarinet), pianist Harold Danko, trumpeter Bill Stapleton and the tenors of Gregory Herbert and Frank Tiberi. The Herman orchestra performs a couple of modern ballads ("Alone Again Naturally" and "Summer of '42"), some blues and a few swinging numbers, showing off their versatility with expertise and spirit. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-raven-speaks-mw0000677670

Personnel: Woody Herman - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet;  Al Porcino - trumpet, leader;  Charles Davis - trumpet;  John Thomas - trumpet;  Bill Stapleton - flugelhorn;  Bill Byrne - trumpet;  Bob Burgess - trombone, leader;   Rick Stepton - bass trombone;  Harold Garrett - bass trombone;  Frank Tiberi - tenor saxophone, flute, cowbell;   Greg Herbert - tenor saxophone, piccolo, alto flute, flute;  Steve Lederer - baritone saxophone;  Tom Anastas - baritone saxophone;  Joe La Barbera - drums;  Alphonso Johnson - bass;  Harold Danko - fender rhodes electric piano;  Pat Martino - guitar;  John Pacheco - congas.

The Raven Speaks

Eydie Gorme - Gorme Country Style

Styles: Vocal 
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:19
Size: 104,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:27)  1. I Really Don't Want to Know
(3:07)  2. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)
(2:46)  3. You Don't Know Me
(2:46)  4. I'm Sorry
(3:36)  5. The End of the World
(3:14)  6. No One to Cry To
(3:20)  7. I Walk the Line
(2:08)  8. Oh Lonesome Me
(2:33)  9. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
(3:06) 10. Crazy
(2:36) 11. Make the World Go Away
(2:37) 12. I Can't Stop Loving You
(2:47) 13. Please Help Me I'm Falling
(2:46) 14. Wild One
(4:22) 15. It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone

It might be stretching things to call this a country album. Originally released on LP in 1964, this set is as much swing as it is country, featuring Eydie Gorme's interpretations of classic country songs like "The End of the World," "I Walk the Line," "Make the World Go Away," "Oh Lonesome Me," and "I Can't Stop Loving You" backed by an orchestra led by Joe Guercio working with Gorme-appropriate arrangements done by Don Costa. 
~ Steve Leggett https://www.allmusic.com/album/gorme-country-style-mw0000843394

Gorme Country Style

Clint Holmes - Rendezvous

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:35
Size: 118,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:21)  1. Stop This Train
(6:56)  2. At The Rendezvous
(4:49)  3. I Loves You Porgy/There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York
(4:31)  4. Every Time We Say Goodbye
(5:28)  5. All Of Me
(3:38)  6. Say Something
(4:27)  7. Maria
(3:33)  8. The Perfect Trance
(4:06)  9. Marie
(5:18) 10. My Way
(3:21) 11. What You Leave Behind

Clint Holmes’ original charge was simply to make a great album. But the underlying objective, sometimes mentioned just slyly, was to make it great enough to be nominated for a Grammy.With “Rendezvous,” Holmes not only met, but exceeded those goals.The latest release from the popular Vegas showman and interpreter of songs has been nominated for a pair of Grammy Awards, as the field was announced Tuesday morning. Two songs from “Rendezvous” are on the list of nominees for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Every Time We Say Goodbye,” his duet with jazz great Jane Monheit; and “I Loves You Porgy/There’s A Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon For New York” from “Porgy and Bess,” which Holmes recorded with another acclaimed jazz vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater. The arranger on “Every Time We Say Goodbye,” Jorge Calandrelli, is a six-time Grammy winner known for his work on “The Color Purple.” Holmes, producer Gregg Field, master pianist and composer Shelly Berg, and pianist/sax man/composer Gordon Goodwin teamed for the arrangement on “Porgy and Bess.” Field himself has won three Grammys in his five nominations, and as a topnotch drummer also toured with the Count Basie Orchestra in the early 1980s and the Basie Orchestra backed Holmes on “Rendezvous.” 

“This is an incredible feeling and a real achievement for everyone who made the album happen,” Holmes said Tuesday morning. “As you know, this was a long process, and receiving a Grammy nomination is something we really did want, even if we felt we didn’t want to jinx our chances by talking about it.” “Rendezvous” was recorded and mixed over a 2 ½-year period at Capitol Records. The album was largely a jazz project, especially with the contributions from Monheit, Bridgewater and sax master Dave Koz (who wrote the music to Holmes’ “What You Leave Behind”). But there is a significant pop feel to “Rendezvous,” too, which actually prevented the album from being considered in nomination in the jazz field (if an album is deemed 51 percent pop by Grammy officials, it is entered into the open pop categories). Thus, Holmes is in what he calls “tall cotton” with his fellow nominees. Also entered in his category are the cast of “La La Land” and Justin Hurwitz with “Another Day of Sun,” Seth MacFarlane and arranger Joel McNeely for “I Like Myself,” and Randy Newman with “Putin.” Newman is a two-time Academy Award winner and has been nominated for 20 Oscars. He’s also won six Grammys and three Emmys. “It would be a long shot, but this whole album has been a long shot,” said Holmes, who hopes to attend the Jan. 28 ceremony in New York. “But we are nominated. I’ll now always be a Grammy nominee, and it feels good.”https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/clint-holmes-rendezvous-receives-a-pair-of-grammy-noms/

Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jane Monheit, Ledisi, Joey DeFrancesco, Dave Koz and Patti Austin help bring the veteran crooner’s story to life on Clint Holmes’ album, “Rendezvous.”

Rendezvous

Ralph Towner & Gary Burton - Matchbook

Styles: Guitar And Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:57
Size: 137,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:19)  1. Drifting petals
(6:16)  2. Some other time
(1:12)  3. Brotherhood
(5:53)  4. Icarus
(5:10)  5. Song for a friend
(4:34)  6. Matchbook
(0:56)  7. 1x6
(5:11)  8. Aurora
(4:22)  9. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

This set of duets by vibraphonist Gary Burton and guitarist Ralph Towner features a logical matchup, since both musicians are open to folk melodies and are generally quiet improvisers. In addition to six Towner originals and Burton's "Brotherhood," the set has thoughtful versions of "Some Other Time" and "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat." More tempo and mood variation would have uplifted the otherwise fine music. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/matchbook-mw0000203780

Personnel:  Ralph Towner — twelve-string guitar, classical guitar;  Gary Burton — vibraphone

Matchbook

Willie Nelson - My Way

Styles: Vocal, Great American Songbook
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:25
Size: 81,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:44)  1. Fly Me To The Moon
(3:22)  2. Summer Wind
(3:58)  3. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
(2:57)  4. A Foggy Day
(3:55)  5. It Was A Very Good Year
(2:37)  6. Blue Moon
(2:58)  7. I'll Be Around
(2:48)  8. Night And Day
(2:27)  9. What Is This Thing Called Love
(2:44) 10. Young At Heart
(4:51) 11. My Way

Willie Nelson is country music personified, but he’s no red-headed stranger to the Great American Songbook, either. On “My Way,” the prolific Texan swings and croons through 11 songs associated with Frank Sinatra, with whom he formed an unlikely and undeniable mutual admiration society. Nelson has been releasing albums at a pace rarely seen these days among major stars, much less 85-year-olds who’ve been on the road forever. “My Way” is his second new recording release this year, after the reflective “Last Man Standing,” and it’s a joy from start to finish. With “Stardust,” his 1978 smash, Nelson became an early adherent to the now-ubiquitous crossover interpretation of pop standards. And though he’s recorded some of these songs before including “Fly Me to the Moon” and “One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)” the string and horn arrangements led here by Matt Rollings accommodate both Ol’ Blue Eyes’ world and Nelson’s idiosyncratic interpretations. 

“Fly Me to the Moon” gains a slightly more spirited pace than on Nelson’s 2009 “American Classic,” and “Summer Wind” includes a lyrical Nelson solo on Trigger  that nylon-string Martin guitar of his with an extra hole resulting from years of use. The backing really shines on “One for My Baby,” and Nelson’s vocal shows how he is indeed a “kind of poet” even when the song is not his own composition. Nelson lends a special grace to “It Was a Very Good Year” and “Young at Heart,” while, on “My Way,” his phrasing and Mickey Raphael’s harmonica provide a bluesy intimacy that might make some who don’t care much for Sinatra’s braggadocio and bombast on his own version give the song another chance.https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/willie-nelson-my-way-frank-sinatra-music-review/

My Way