Monday, January 7, 2019

Rich Perry - O Grande Amor

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:03
Size: 151,9 MB
Art: Front

( 7:47)  1. Nardis
(10:00)  2. On Green Dolphin Street
( 8:47)  3. Be anything
(10:27)  4. 29, Rue Jacob
( 7:58)  5. The peacocks
( 8:35)  6. O grande amor
(12:25)  7. Stella by starlight

Rich Perry is undoubtedly one of the most original voices on tenor saxophone today. 

“ Rich Perry continues to surprise us with his thoughtful, well shaped and passionate excursions. O Grande Amor is another of his CDs you will want to play repeatedly ….” (Mark Gardner – from the linernotes)

Personnel: Rich Perry - tenor saxophone; George Colligan - piano; Doug Weiss - bass; Darren Beckett - drums

O Grande Amor

Deborah J. Carter - Scuse Me

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:17
Size: 124,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:58)  1. The Forest
(3:37)  2. Scuse Me
(3:06)  3. Remembering You
(5:17)  4. Alone Again, Naturally
(2:02)  5. Golden Slumbers
(4:05)  6. Sleeping Beauty
(3:25)  7. Winter Samba
(5:46)  8. Sugar // Suger 2 Me
(3:50)  9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(3:47) 10. Sabado
(5:18) 11. Breathless
(4:11) 12. A Misunderstanding
(3:49) 13. My Home

Vocalist Deborah J. Carter was born in the U.S.A. and grew up in Hawaii and Japan. She travels extensively performing in jazz festivals, jazz clubs, seminars, and radio and TV shows through Europe and Asia with her trio or as a guest with various formations; from solo pianists to large orchestras. While on tour, she has also given master classes, often sponsored by US embassies all over the world. This vocalist / composer / arranger definitely brings her multi - cultural experiences into her music. “We are so privileged in this day and age to have an open door to other cultures and perspectives that enrich our own.” And she brings it to light through her style. Described by the Music Maker magazine as “absolutely top-class”, she is one of the most dynamic vocalists in the jazz scene. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/deborahjcarter

Scuse Me

Jacky Terrasson - A Paris

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:02
Size: 129,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:10)  1. Plaisir D'Amour
(4:24)  2. Les Chemins De L'Amour
(6:27)  3. Jeux Interdits
(8:52)  4. A Paris
(3:10)  5. I Love Paris In The Springtime
(4:20)  6. Que reste - t'il de nos amours?
(4:44)  7. Ne Me Quite Pas
(3:11)  8. La Vie En Rose
(2:00)  9. Nantes
(3:16) 10. La Marseillaise
(1:08) 11. Rue Des Lombards
(3:22) 12. L'Aigle Noir
(6:22) 13. I Love You More
(1:31) 14. Metro

Jacky Terrasson's 1999 album, What It Is, represented something of a risk. The young pianist's first three albums were barebones trio affairs that had won him rave reviews, whereas What It Is featured additional instruments and was more slickly produced. Gone, it seemed, was the sparse, acoustic approach that had originally given Terrasson his fame. But while this new direction yielded mixed results and left some fans a bit befuddled, one had to respect Terrasson's need to grow and evolve as an artist.Terrasson does much better with his follow-up, A Paris, an homage to the city of his youth and early adulthood. While not a return to the simple piano trio format (there are five guest musicians in addition to two alternating rhythm sections), the album has a spontaneous, natural sound that was lacking from the studio-centric What It Is. What's more, A Paris is packed with new and varied ideas that work, not to mention passionate, fiery playing throughout.Only the last two tracks are originals, the fewest ever on a Terrasson album. "Rue de Lombards," a funk fragment that sounds like an in-studio improvisation, is credited to Terrasson, drummer Terreon Gully, and bassist Remi Vignolo. The rest of the tracks are Terrasson's highly personal readings of songs from French culture. Most will not be familiar to American listeners, with the possible exception of "La Marseillaise" the French national anthem and the Edith Piaf classic "La Vie en Rose," played in a calypso feel by Terrasson and percussionist Minino Gara.Guitarist Bireli Lagrene's cameos on the bluesy title track and the swinging "Que Reste-T'Il de Nos Amours?" are nothing short of brilliant. The latter, which bears an uncanny likeness to Lerner & Loewe's "Almost Like Being in Love," features Terrasson on Fender Rhodes electric piano. Saxophonist Stefano di Battista also makes two fine appearances, playing tenor on the fast, tense "Jeux Interdits" and soprano on the lively and pretty "L'Aigle Noir," one of the two originals. Both Lagrene and Battista return for the brief, full-company finale, an intoxicating funk line by Terrasson titled "Métro." Another highlight is Terrasson resuscitating his funk version of Cole Porter's "I Love Paris," the only song by an American writer and the very one that led off Terrasson's 1994 debut album. Bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Leon Parker, Terrasson's trio mates from his first three albums, both return to play on the Porter track, as well as the opening Piaf number "Plaisir d'Amour" and an exquisite reading of Jacques Brel's "Ne Me Quitte Pas." The latter briefly features Gregoire Maret on harmonica, who played on What It Is. Several rather short pieces are grouped right around the middle of the album, giving that part of the program a collage-like feel that can seem a bit superficial. That aside, Terrasson has pulled off something rare: a concept album that succeeds on a variety of creative levels. In the process, he's given exposure to several excellent European musicians, not to mention some beautiful French music that American audiences ought to hear. ~ David R.Adler https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-paris-mw0000621111

Personnel:  Piano, Producer – Jacky Terrasson; Bass – Rémi Vignolo, Ugonna Okegwo; Drums – Leon Parker, Terreon Gully; Guitar – Bireli Lagrene; Harmonica – Grégoire Maret; Marimba – Stefon Harris; Percussion – Minino Garay; Saxophone – Stefano di Battista

A Paris

Arthur Blythe - Blythe Spirit

Styles:  Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1981
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:16
Size: 91,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:55)  1. Contemplation
(6:40)  2. Faceless Woman
(6:26)  3. Reverence
(2:45)  4. Strike Up the Band
(7:26)  5. Misty
(3:32)  6. Spirits in the Field
(5:28)  7. Just a Closer Walk with Thee

This is one of the most well-rounded Arthur Blythe records from his Columbia period. The distinctive altoist performs three passionate originals and an unlikely version of "Strike Up The Band" with a quintet also including cellist Abdul Wadud, guitarist Kelvyn Bell, Bob Stewart on tuba and drummer Bobby Battle. In addition he is featured on "Misty" with a more conventional trio (pianist John Hicks, bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Steve McCall), plays his "Spirits In The Field" with Wadud and Stewart, and is quite effective on a reverent but swinging rendition of "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" with Stewart and organist Amina Claudine Myers. One of many Columbia LP's long overdue to be reissued on CD, this is a fairly definitive Arthur Blythe recording, showing off his links to hard bop, r&b and the avant-garde. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/blythe-spirit-mw0000868583

Personnel:  Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone; Abdul Wadud - cello; Kelvyn Bell - electric guitar; Bob Stewart - tuba; Bobby Battle - drums; John Hicks - piano; Fred Hopkins - acoustic bass; Steve McCall - drums; Amina Claudine Myers - organ

Blythe Spirit

Misha Tsiganov - Playing With The Wind

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:29
Size: 148,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:02)  1. Playing With The Wind
(7:35)  2. Mama
(7:28)  3. Witch Hunt
(8:37)  4. Orange Dream
(1:46)  5. Dream Catcher
(8:35)  6. Cry Me A River
(7:57)  7. Virgo
(7:56)  8. To Ne Veter Vetku Klonit
(8:30)  9. The Very Thought Of You

For his third Criss Cross album, pianist Misha Tsiganov presents a nine-tune program of four original compositions and kaleidoscopic arrangements of two Wayne Shorter classics, two Great American Songbook standards, and a Russian folk song. As on 'Artistry of the Standard' and 'Spring Feelings', the St. Petersburg native a U.S resident since 1993  teams with trumpeter Alex Sipiagin and tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, both leaders of multiple Criss Cross dates and internationally renowned practitioners of their respective instruments. Joining Tsiganov for the first time on 'Playing with the Wind' are bassist Matt Brewer ('Mythology' and 'Unspoken') and drummer Dan Weiss, who apply their virtuosic chops to Tsiganov's elegant charts with an open, poetic attitude. https://www.propermusic.com/product-details/Misha-Tsiganov-Playing-with-the-Wind-260193

Personnel:    Misha Tsiganov - piano, composer; Alex Sipiagin - trumpet, flugelhorn; Seamus Blake - tenor saxophone; Matt Brewer - bass; Dan Weiss - drums

Playing With The Wind

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