Ronnie Laws - Fever

Styles: Saxophone And Flute Jazz 
Year: 1976
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:22
Size: 105,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:31)  1. Let´s Keep It Together
(3:29)  2. Fever
(4:04)  3. All The Time
(7:24)  4. Stay Still (And Let Me Love You)
(4:07)  5. Strugglin´
(2:59)  6. Captain Midnite
(3:44)  7. Karmen
(6:30)  8. Night Breeze
(5:30)  9. From Ronnie With Love

When Ronnie Laws first started recording as a leader in 1975, one of the saxman's strongest allies was Wayne Henderson. That trombonist and founding member of the Crusaders (originally the Jazz Crusaders) was an expert when it came to combining the accessibility of soul and funk with the freedom of jazz, and his guidance proved to be a definite asset when he produced early Laws albums like Pressure Sensitive (1975) and Fever (1976). The popular Grover Washington, Jr. was a strong influence on Laws, whose appreciation of Mr. Magic asserts itself on everything from the funky "Let's Keep It Together" and the gritty "Captain Midnite" to Bobby Lyle's alluring "Night Breeze." 

This isn't to say that Laws was a Washington clone, or that he unaware of other soul-jazz saxmen like Eddie Harris and David "Fathead" Newman. Laws, in fact, was quite recognizable himself on both tenor and soprano. One tune that definitely isn't in the soul-jazz vein is "From Ronnie with Love," an angular, cerebral post-bop offering that isn't unlike something Jackie McLean would do. 

Because Laws has recorded so many throwaways, one has to approach his catalog with caution; but rest assured that Fever puts his talent to work instead of wasting it. ~ Alex Henderson https://www.allmusic.com/album/fever-mw0000099049

Personnel:  Ronnie Laws - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute;  Donald Hepburn, Michael Hepburn, Bobby Lyle - electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer;  Marlin the Magician - guitar;  Wilton Felder, Nathaniel Phillips - electric bass;  Bruce Carter, Steve Guttierez - drums;  Bruce Smith - percussion;  Tony Ben - conga;  Murray Adler, Bonnie Douglas, Henry Ferber, Elliott Fisher, Ronald Folsom, James Getzoff, William Kurash, Joy Lyle, Gordon Marron, Paul C. Shure, Felix Sitjar, Carroll Stephens - violin;  Jesse Ehrlich, Nathan Gershman, Raymond J. Kelley, Victor Sazer - vocals;  Ronald Coleman, Augie Johnson, Esau Joyner, Michael Miller, Deborah Shotlow, Douglas Thomas - backing vocals

Fever

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Lisa Hilton - Cocktails at Eight

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:33
Size: 88,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:31)  1. Love Will
(3:10)  2. Take Five
(2:11)  3. Shooting Star
(3:25)  4. Seduction
(2:36)  5. I'll Always Be Your Friend
(2:27)  6. Echoes of Harlem
(3:12)  7. Can You See?
(2:24)  8. Kilimanjaro
(2:23)  9. August 1999
(2:44) 10. Candlelight
(1:54) 11. Moon River
(1:15) 12. No Guarantees
(2:57) 13. Waterfall
(1:58) 14. Butterflies
(3:20) 15. I'm on My Own (Remix)

The music on Cocktails at Eight, mostly piano solos by Lisa Hilton although there are also three trio numbers and one with strings and woodwinds, is meant to be relaxing and soothing background music. Hilton has fine musicianship, but she generally sticks to laid-back tempos, unadventurous improvisations, and so-so melodies. Some of the performances border on new age, and the jazz soloing sticks fairly close to the themes. Perhaps one should not look for something in this album that is not here, and just accept it on its own terms, as background for romantic evenings. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/cocktails-at-eight-mw0000600259

Cocktails at Eight

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Cedar Walton - Blues for Myself

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1986
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:47
Size: 95,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:54)  1. Blues for Myself
(4:00)  2. Without a Song
(3:51)  3. Sixth Avenue
(3:30)  4. Sophisticated Lady
(3:53)  5. Wonder Why
(5:25)  6. Little Darlin'
(3:10)  7. Let's Call This
(5:11)  8. Just in Time
(5:21)  9. Booker's Bossa
(3:28) 10. Bridge Work

Cedar Walton's second set of unaccompanied solos (following his little-known Clean Cuts release Piano Solos by five years) features the talented veteran pianist exploring six standards (including "Without a Song" and "Just in Time") plus four of his originals. Although always a hard bop stylist, Walton was never just a one-handed pianist and this superior release does not find him or listeners missing a bassist or drummer. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-for-myself-mw0000181388

Personnel:  Cedar Walton – piano

Blues for Myself

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Esther Kaiser - Songs Of Courage

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:18
Size: 142,4 MB
Art: Front

(7:09)  1. Masters of War
(5:36)  2. Earth Song
(6:24)  3. Open your eyes you can fly
(4:25)  4. Where have all the flowers gone
(5:06)  5. This is not America
(1:38)  6. Yamo (Syrian Theme)
(4:38)  7. Luka
(5:28)  8. Revolution
(1:39)  9. An den kleinen Radioapparat
(6:49) 10. Wanderer between the worlds
(5:35) 11. We shall overcome
(5:48) 12. You´re the voice
(0:55) 13. Yamo (Intro)

"These are rough times when jazz musicians feel they need to position themselves politically. The Berlin singer Esther Kaiser has just released an entire album with "Songs of Courage" (GLM / Soulfood). Flawless and excitingly new-sounding interpretations of Brecht's ("The Little Wireless") to John Farnham's ("You're the voice", not only the jazz community might be dumbfounded as a political song) have taken them from classics like "Where have all the flowers gone "to modern alienation songs like" This is not America "by David Bowie and Pat Metheny is all there, even a" Song of Resignation "- the more defiant" revolution "of the Beatles, which later angered John Lennon against his original meaning interpreted - luckily it made it to the record. Not only is Kaiser a singer who can give any song an individual touch thanks to her calm, but spectacularly shimmering voice, she also has a song-loving band at her side, from which one should at least mention the outstanding bassist Marc Muellbauer. He always keeps the fragile and transparent music of the sextet's extended sextet, which fled to Germany, to the ground. "(Red) Translate by Google https://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.estherkaiser.de/&prev=search

Songs Of Courage

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