Marty Grosz and Destiny's Tots - Sings of Love and Other Matters

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:36
Size: 141,8 MB
Art: Front

( 3:00)  1. With Plenty of Money and You
( 3:07)  2. How Can You Face Me?
( 3:41)  3. Lonesome Me
( 3:30)  4. Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
( 4:50)  5. All My Life
( 3:28)  6. I'm in the Market for You
( 3:16)  7. The Panic Is On
( 3:33)  8. I Wish I Were Twins
( 3:52)  9. A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid
( 3:37) 10. My Very Good Friend the Milkman
( 3:36) 11. Breakin' the Ice
( 4:10) 12. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
( 3:04) 13. I'm Building up to an Awful Letdown
( 3:24) 14. You've Been Taking Lessons in Love
(10:21) 15. The English Blues

Marty Grosz, a Fats Waller-inspired vocalist, a masterful chordal acoustic guitarist and a frequently hilarious comedian, is well showcased on this Jazzology CD reissue of a set originally cut for the Statiras label. Featured with his Destiny's Tots (a group not dissimilar to his Orphan Newsboys), Grosz sings such bright numbers as "With Plenty of Money and You," "I'm In the Market for You," "I Wish I Were Twins," "My Very Good Friend the Milkman," "I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown," and "You've Been Taking Lessons In Love." Hot solos are provided by Dick Meldonian (on tenor, alto and baritone), Dan Barrett (doubling on trombone and cornet), pianist Keith Ingham and bassist Phil Flanigan. Highly recommended to classic jazz fans. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/sings-of-love-other-matters-mw0000411161

Personnel:  Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Marty Grosz; Piano – Keith Ingham; Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Dick Meldonian; Acoustic Bass [String] – Phil Flanigan;  Trombone, Cornet – Dan Barrett 

Sings of Love and Other Matters

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Ada Montellanico - Il Sole Di Un Attimo

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:21
Size: 129,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:00)  1. Ti sognerò comunque
(5:46)  2. L'alba di un incontro
(6:51)  3. Suono di mare
(4:43)  4. Romance
(5:39)  5. E'
(7:02)  6. Mi guardi intorno
(6:31)  7. Il sole di un attimo
(8:02)  8. Luoghi sommersi
(5:42)  9. The encounter

Support it the lightness of being, one might say, listening to Il sole di un momento, the new work of the singer and composer Ada Montellanico, here surrounded by a group of first-rate stars of Italian and international jazz. Lightness of the texts, words that flirt with the feelings, words never invasive or absolute but discreet suggestions to free the thought to the wave of the emotions. How not to be lulled by phrases such as "... I'll dream you anyway, because the rain that wets us does not become snow .." or "... I take a moment lost in time, sounds that weave new words ..."? Lightness of music, softness of the sound mixes embellished by Paul McCandless's oboe and enriched with arcane meanings from the ancient basset horn played by Antonio Amanti, without forgetting the sophisticated Stefano Cantini saxophones and the acoustic brush strokes of Bebo Ferra's guitar. Words, song and music do not travel on parallel tracks, nor do they act like vain primadors in search of the tear-jerking agent or the ovation solo. Just as some organisms can not do without one another in order to survive, words and music live in a form of real osmosis in which each one drinks at the source of the other, drawing renewed energy and stimulating ideas. Pieranunzi is a master in the art of accompaniment and knows very well that the lyrics of Ada Montellanico can not simply be accompanied. The perfect diction, the rich timbre of the singer's chiaroscuro, the discreetly minimalist texts ask to be metabolized and brought to the surface through a constantly moving pianism, which abandons the call of a calligraphic melancholy to favor a volitive, intriguing, sometimes free approach and adventurous. Poetic. ~ AAJ Italy Staff https://www.allaboutjazz.com/il-sole-di-un-attimo-enrico-pieranunzi-egea-records-review-by-aaji-staff.php

Personnel: Ada Montellanico (voice); Enrico Pieranunzi (plan); Paul McCandless (soprano saxophone, oboe); Stefano Cantini (soprano sax, tenor saxophone); Bebo Ferra (guitar); Pietro Ciancaglini (bass); Walter Paoli (drums); Antonio Amanti (basset horn).

Il Sole Di Un Attimo

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Stanley Clarke - Modern Man

Styles: Piano, Guitar Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1978
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:46
Size: 90,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:21)  1. Opening (Statement)
(4:30)  2. He Lives On (Story About the Last Journey of a Warrior)
(4:32)  3. More Hot Fun
(3:20)  4. Slow Dance
(0:21)  5. Interlude: A Serious Occasion
(3:20)  6. Got to Find My Own Place
(4:09)  7. Dayride
(1:25)  8. Interlude: It's What She Didn't Say
(3:32)  9. Modern Man
(1:25) 10. Interlude: A Relaxed Occasion
(5:09) 11. Rock 'N' Roll Jelly
(2:36) 12. Closing (Statement)

Modern Man is the fifth album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. "Dayride" from the Return to Forever album No Mystery (1975) was re-recorded for this album. Also included was "More Hot Fun", a sequel to "Hot Fun" from the previous album School Days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Man_(album)

Personnel:  Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, piccolo bass, piano, guitar, vocals; Mike Garson – keyboards; Jeff Beck – guitar on "Rock 'n Roll Jelly"; Raymond Gomez – guitar; Jeff Porcaro – drums; Gerry Brown – drums, percussion

Modern Man

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Charles Bellonzi - Charles Bellonzi 5tet: Lolobô

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:02
Size: 143,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:24)  1. Allo Doc
(7:21)  2. Lolobo
(3:54)  3. Autocatariz
(7:46)  4. Only for You
(5:19)  5. Jazz for Friends
(4:59)  6. La jav's bleu's
(7:10)  7. No Name
(3:52)  8. La Guiga Nova
(3:35)  9. Alby Memory
(8:27) 10. Quinte Major
(4:12) 11. X Press

Charles Bellonzi was born in Nice in 1941. He was attracted by music at a very young age, at the age of seven. His uncle played helicon in the municipal band "La Renaissance". He noticed very quickly that he was talented and had a great sense of rhythm. Charles learned the drums from 7 to 13 years old, and then the accordion. He played both with the "Renaissance". His friends introduced him to jazz in 1958. Translate by Google http://www.guitaresetbatteries.com/charles-bellonzi/

Personnel:  Drums – Charles Bellonzi; Guitar – Christophe Limousin; Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Nicolas Scheid; Trumpet, Bugle – Pascal Gachet; Contrabass – Guillaume Souriau.

Charles Bellonzi 5tet: Lolobô

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Johnny Richards & His Orchestra - Something Else Again

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:36
Size: 95,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:07)  1. Waltz, Anyone?
(2:01)  2. For All We Know
(8:37)  3. Dimples
(5:14)  4. Band Aide
(6:32)  5. Turn Aboot
(4:13)  6. Burrito Borracho
(2:57)  7. Long Ago And Far Away
(5:51)  8. Aijalon

Johnny Richards was one of the more progressive-minded arrangers of the 1950s and '60s, turning out big, heavily orchestrated scores with a sometimes unabashed use of dissonance and a good feel for Latin rhythms. His music has been called "provocatively colorful," though in the case of his notoriously portentous "Prologue" for the ego-tripping Stan Kenton, simply the word "provocative" says it all. Richards grew up in Schenectady, NY, learning piano, violin, banjo, and trumpet; his mother was a concert pianist who had studied with Paderewski. He started writing film scores, first in London in 1932-1933, and then in Hollywood for the remainder of the decade, as Victor Young's assistant at Paramount while studying composition with Arnold Schoenberg. From 1940 to 1945, he led a big band and then returned to Los Angeles to arrange for Charlie Barnet and Boyd Raeburn. He also arranged a string album for Dizzy Gillespie in 1950, along with recording dates with Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill, and Sonny Stitt. His most famous association was with Kenton, with whom he started arranging in 1952; Kenton's album Cuban Fire! is an outstandingly flamboyant example of Richards' work. Richards continued to lead his own orchestras in 1956-1960 and 1964-1965, recording for Capitol, Coral, Roulette, and Bethlehem, and co-wrote one of Frank Sinatra's signature songs, "Young at Heart." ~ Richard S.Ginell https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-richards-mn0000242438/biography

Something Else Again

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