Ace Cannon - Ace Cannon's Sax

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:26
Size: 70,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:36)  1. Love Letters
(1:55)  2. Yakety Sax
(3:02)  3. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
(2:21)  4. Sleep Walk
(3:26)  5. Night Fever
(3:03)  6. Nadia's Theme
(3:24)  7. Have You Never Been Mellow
(2:53)  8. For Your Eyes Only
(4:18)  9. Endless Love
(3:23) 10. Chariots of Fire

One of Nashville's premier session men from the late '50s through the early '70s, alto saxophonist Ace Cannon began playing at the age of ten and signed with Sun Records during the early days of rock & roll. He performed with Billy Lee Riley and Brad Suggs but then in 1959 joined the original Bill Black Combo, recording for the Hi label. He stayed with the band until 1961, when he made his solo chart debut with the instrumental "Tuff," which made it to the country Top 20. This in turn was followed by a Top 40 hit, "Blues (Stay Away From Me)," and a minor hit for the Santos label, "Sugar Blues." He had two more hits in the mid-'60s with "Cotton Fields" and "Searchin'," both recorded for Hi. A decade later, he became the subject of the 1974 documentary film, Ace's High. After moving to Nashville in the mid-'70s, Cannon's version of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" became a minor hit and was nominated for the Best Country Instrumental Performance Grammy that year. Cannon continued to perform into the '90s and frequently toured with such legends of early rock & roll as Carl Perkins. ~ Sandra Brennan https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/ace-cannons-sax/1438931485

Ace Cannon's Sax

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Donald Brown - People Music

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:29
Size: 123,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:48)  1. Biscuit Man
(6:26)  2. Gaslight
(5:06)  3. Prism
(9:01)  4. Reruns from the Sixties
(5:46)  5. Over at Herbie's Juke Joint
(5:48)  6. I Love It When You Dance That Way
(7:00)  7. Graylon
(5:46)  8. Booker T
(4:45)  9. Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.)

Fine '90 date by a Memphis pianist. He plays nice bluesy chords and gospel-influenced phrases, but is also an effective straight-ahead and hard bop improviser. He's backed by a large group that features an interesting configuration with a trumpet/alto sax/vibes front line, and also uses vocals at times. Vincent Herring plays with fire on alto, while Steve Nelson adds a different dimension on vibes. ~ Ron Wynn https://www.allmusic.com/album/people-music-mw0000278194

Personnel:  Donald Brown – piano; Tom Harrell - trumpet, flugelhorn; Vincent Herring - flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone; Steve Nelson - vibraphone; Robert Hurst – bass; Samurai Celestial – drums, vocals; Daniel G. Sadownick– percussion; Lenora Zenzalai Helm – vocals (track 6)

People Music

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Alguímia - Standards

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop 
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:22
Size: 135,5 MB
Art: Front

( 7:09)  1. Bewitched
( 7:17)  2. They Say It's Wonderful
( 6:16)  3. Straight Street
( 5:29)  4. Solitude
( 4:49)  5. Retrato em Blanco e Preto
( 5:46)  6. Old Devil Moon
( 6:46)  7. My Ideal
( 4:02)  8. Infamia
(10:44)  9. Red Cross

Group formed in November 1995, based on the initiative of Alexis Cuadrado and Guim Garcia- double bass and alto sax, respectively-, with the common goal of researching, sharing and developing their own concepts in the language of improvisation, leaving the way Free of any idea or attractive influence to its members, without any stylistic limit imposing its excess weight. The idea of forming Alguimia therefore arises spontaneously, without any initial approach or prejudice, and this is how its members want it to be the music they play in this group. The wide experience of each of the components of Alguimia in the field of Jazz makes the sound of the group an attractive combination of elements that range from spontaneity and the risk to maturity, never neglecting the freshness and energy on the stage. The group's repertoire is based on original compositions by two of its members, -Guim García and Alexis Cuadrado-, thus introducing a totally original view of Jazz in the music scene of our time. With an enthusiastic audience and critique, Alguimia has played in the most important clubs in Barcelona and the surrounding areas: Jamboree, Blue Note, BCN Pipa Club, Nova Jazz Cava de Terrassa, etc. He has also participated in numerous festivals such as Altaveu Frontera '96, Ciutat V Jazz Festival

Members:  Joan Monné - Piano; Alexis Cuadrado - Bass; David Gómez - Drums; Guim Garcia - Saxophone.

Standards

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Hollyridge Strings - The Beach Boys Songbook

Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 26:16
Size: 61,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:17)  1. I Get Around
(2:24)  2. Don't Worry, Baby
(2:11)  3. She Knows Me Too Well
(2:29)  4. Fun, Fun, Fun
(2:57)  5. In My Room
(2:14)  6. Little Saint Nick
(1:54)  7. Surfin' U.S.A.
(2:52)  8. The Warmth Of The Sun
(2:19)  9. Wendy
(2:04) 10. Shut Down
(2:30) 11. Girls On The Beach

The Hollyridge Strings was a catchall name for the group of largely interchangeable studio musicians who recorded a series of easy listening instrumental albums for Capitol Records at the peak of the British Invasion era. The project was masterminded by music industry veteran Stu Phillips, a composer and producer who previously headlined his own series of Capitol easy listening records including Organ and Strings in Stereo before leaving the label in 1960 to become head of A&R for Colpix Records, where he produced a series of pop smashes including the Marcels' "Blue Moon," Shelley Fabares' "Johnny Angel," Paul Petersen's "My Dad," and James Darren's "Goodbye, Cruel World." In 1964 he returned to Capitol, where his familiarity and dexterity with the rock idiom made him the logical choice to cash in on Beatlemania with a record targeted at a more mature audience; the first Hollyridge Strings record, The Beatles Song Book, was a Top Ten hit, and resulted in similarly syrupy collections of hits by Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, the Four Seasons, and Simon & Garfunkel. At one point in time, no fewer than three different Hollyridge Strings LPs hovered in the Billboard Top 20, and their success spurred copycat projects from labels including Vee-Jay (the Castaway Strings), Liberty (the Sunset Strings), and MGM (the Fantabulous Strings). During his Capitol stint Phillips also headlined his own Feels Like Lovin', a minor classic of '60s soft pop that added vocals to the signature Hollyridge Strings sound. ~ Jason Ankeny https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-beach-boys-songbook/715571539

The Beach Boys Songbook

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Greetje Kauffeld - A Song For You

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:55
Size: 110,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:55)  1. A Song For You
(4:18)  2. (Up A) Lazy River
(3:59)  3. Sweet Georgia Fame
(5:51)  4. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
(5:29)  5. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
(4:08)  6. Alright, Okay, You Win
(3:25)  7. If
(3:17)  8. You Turned The Tables On Me
(5:12)  9. Because Of You
(2:34) 10. Just One Of Those Things
(4:41) 11. For All We Know

Born 26 November 1940, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. As a very small child Kauffeld would sing along with records by artists such as Doris Day and Frank Sinatra. When she was aged 13 she sang on radio and also with a local band, the Raindrops. Her professional career was launched early in 1957 with an appearance on a national radio programme with the Skymasters big band. Not long after this, she sang in Berlin as a guest with Werner Müller and the RIAS Big Band. Her career developed in the Netherlands and Germany and in these years she appeared with many artists, including Toots Thielemans, Kurt Edelhagen, and Svend Asmussen. A move to the USA found her working in Los Angeles and Las Vegas with jazz musicians such as Ray Brown and Herb Ellis. Back in the Netherlands, through her new husband, producer Joop de Roo, she met and sometimes sang with many visiting jazz luminaries, among them Thad Jones, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pederson, Jiggs Whigham and Phil Woods. She also recorded My Favorite Ballads with the Metropole Orchestra under the direction of Rob Pronk and Fernand Terby; one track thereon, ‘Yesterday I Heard The Rain’, features a guest appearance by Stan Getz. In addition to working with large orchestras and small groups, such as Cees Slinger’s Diamond Five, Kauffeld has also sometimes worked in unusual formats as she did on sets with a guitar-tenor saxophone duo: The Song Is You and I’m On My Way To You. Kauffeld continued to tour internationally, meanwhile also teaching at the Hilversum Conservatory of Music, an activity she ceased in the early 00s to allow more time for performing. During her career, Kauffeld has received many awards, including, in the 80s, Best Soloist at the Euro-Nordring Radio Festival and the Rotterdam Golden Heart culture prize; in the 90s, De Gouden Notenkraker and Hertogenbosch Duke of Duketown Award; and in the 00s, she received the Bird Award at the North Sea Jazz Festival, and her 40th anniversary as a professional musician was celebrated when she was honoured with a Dutch knighthood, the Ridder In De Orde Van De Nederlandse Leeuw. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-song-for-you/1394946556

A Song For You

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