Harold Danko - Triple Play

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:08
Size: 147,8 MB
Art: Front

( 9:06)  1. Total Obsesson
( 6:47)  2. Sky Blues
( 6:15)  3. Mademoisselle Dreamy
( 5:16)  4. A Quiet Dawn
(10:48)  5. Triple Play
( 7:47)  6. Shallow Waters
( 4:12)  7. Classified Attachment
( 7:13)  8. Ancient and Distant
( 6:40)  9. Stream of Tears

Harold Danko sounds wonderful here with his long-established trio a group so well-matched, most of the songs on this set arose from collective improvisations during the recording sessions! Yet these aren't outside, avant tunes in which all players roam freely in space and instead, they're melodic, rhythmic, very tuneful extrapolations that are often based on older standards but which are so transformed, you can't really hear any roots of the originals as the players take flight in that magical collaborative creation that marks jazz at its best! Danko plays piano, Jay Anderson is on bass, and Jeff Hirshfield is on drums  and titles include "Sky Blues", "Stream Of Tears", "Shallow Waters", "Mademoiselle Dreamy", "Total Obsession", and "Ancient & Distant".  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/865149/Harold-Danko:Triple-Play

Personnel:  Harold Danko - piano; Jay Anderson - bass; Jeff Hirshfield - drums

Triple Play

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Mulgrew Miller - The Countdown

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:25
Size: 115,8 MB
Art: Front

(8:18)  1. The Countdown
(5:23)  2. Exact Change
(7:32)  3. What the World Needs Now Is Love
(5:55)  4. '1684'
(6:44)  5. Tetragon
(5:41)  6. Crystal Palace
(4:45)  7. Ambrosia
(6:02)  8. August Afternoon

The great Joe Henderson joins pianist Mulgrew Miller for this wonderful album lending his sharp-edged tenor tone to really make the session stand out from Miller's more common trio dates! Henderson and Miller both have a great ear for the darker side of the spectrum hitting notes that are never too far out, nor too modern but which have a rich sense of color that's really wonderful a bottom-searching sort of feel that gives the album a hell of a lot of feeling! The rest of the quartet features Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums beautiful partners who are matched with years of experience, which they're only happy to bring to the date. Henderson sits out two numbers "Ambrosia" and "Exact Change" but sparkles strongly on the tracks "The Countdown", "Tetragon", "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "Crystal Palace", and "August Afternoon".  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/476435/Mulgrew-Miller:Countdown

Personnel:  Mulgrew Miller – piano; Joe Henderson – tenor sax; Ron Carter – bass; Tony Williams – drums

The Countdown

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Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like The Day

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:14
Size: 92,8 MB
Art: Front

(1:02)  1. Green is everywhere
(3:51)  2. If this is the ending
(3:42)  3. Snowflake
(3:49)  4. Don't hide your face from me
(4:17)  5. Afloat
(3:06)  6. And I long to see you again
(1:28)  7. I'm too heavy now
(2:36)  8. Walk around me
(4:16)  9. Moment
(4:25) 10. Rain, oh Lord
(2:08) 11. One day my heart will break
(2:55) 12. Someday I'll carry you home
(2:32) 13. Lose

2009/2010 saw the release of Kristin’s new enchanting solo album: “The night shines like the day”. This is the first album totally based on Kristin’s own lyrics and music. The music is a powerful, mesmerizing beautiful exploration; quiet and intense, with an incredibly strong awareness in the way Kristin is approaching the songs. It’s soulful music that flows, touchingly grounded in Kristin’s unique voice. Kristin wrote the songs at the piano; but along the way the music developed within a haunting and distinctive ensemble sound, where West-African guitars blend creatively with the cello and piano. The arrangements are coloured by Kristin’s interpretations of African American spirituals on the critically acclaimed album ‘Wayfaring Stranger’, as well as her long term duo work with Tord Gustavsen. And they show traces of old gospel hymns and the West African danceable approach. http://kristinasbjornsen.com/album/the-night-shines-like-the-day/
Kristin says:

“I invited some of the musicians that have been very important to me during the past years. I feel humble and I am touched by the way they have approached my songs, with such powerful musical performances and with so much beauty.”
These arrangements are so finely tuned and rich in texture, with an exceptional playful interaction between the musicians. Still the music tender and somber expressions maintains the simplicity and the warm intimacy from where the songs were born.

“The night shines like the day” carries strong imprints of love.
The longing to embrace and being embraced.

“It has been a long journey since these songs started to grow in me. Working with the music has been both comforting and challenging. When everything falls apart and there seems to be no way out, we sometimes experience a glimpse of hope entering the darkness, that creates contours of a new view and new directions expressed in the title of the album: “The night shines like the day”. Creating these songs has been a process gradually grounded in a strong hope and belief that something broken can be turned into beauty.”

Personnel:  Kristin Asbjørnsen – vocals; Tord Gustavsen – piano and fender rhodes; Olav Torget – konting and guitars; Svante Henryson – cello and electric bass; Knut Aalefjær – percussion; Jostein Ansnes – vocals, lap steel and additional guitars; Sizwe Magwaza – vocals; Nils Petter Molvaer – Trumpet on “Moment”

The Night Shines Like The Day

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Duke Pearson - I Don't Care Who Knows It

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:00
Size: 138,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. I Don't Care Who Knows It
(7:40)  2. Bloos
(6:38)  3. A Beautiful Friendship
(5:53)  4. Horn In
(6:38)  5. Canto Ossanha
(6:33)  6. Xibaba - Remastered
(6:58)  7. I Don't Know
(5:22)  8. O Amor En Paz (Once I Loved)
(1:59)  9. Upa Neguinho
(5:47) 10. Captain Bicardi
(3:17) 11. Theme From Rosemary's Baby

The sessions that comprise I Don't Care Who Knows It date from 1969 and 1970 (with one stray track from a 1968 session with Bobby Hutcherson), when Duke Pearson was experimenting with Latin jazz, soul-jazz, and funk; they are also the second-to-last dates the pianist ever recorded for Blue Note. Working with a fairly large group that included bassist Ron Carter, drummer Mickey Roker, saxophonists Jerry Dodgion, Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin, trumpeter Burt Collins, trombonist Kenny Rupp, and occasionally vocalist Andy Bey, Pearson plays the electric piano throughout the majority of the album. As expected, the music swings with an understated funk, with the band alternating between standard hard-bop and mellow, soulful grooves. On the whole, I Don't Care Who Knows It is fairly uneven the sessions don't set well together, but work well as individual sets. Nevertheless, there is enough good material here to make it worthwhile for soul-jazz, Latin-jazz and, especially, Pearson aficionados. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-dont-care-who-knows-it-mw0000181100

Personnel:  Duke Pearson - piano, electric piano, arranger; Burt Collins - trumpet (tracks 1-6 & 8); Kenny Rupp - trombone (tracks 1-5); Jerry Dodgion - flute, alto flute, alto saxophone (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11); Al Gibbons - flute (tracks 6 & 8); Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-5, 7 & 10); Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, alto clarinet (tracks 1-5); Bobby Hutcherson - vibes (tracks 6-8, 10 & 11); Sam Brown (track 11), Ralph Towner (tracks 7 & 10) - acoustic guitar; Dorio Ferreira - guitar, percussion (track 9); Al Gafa (tracks 6-8 & 10), Wally Richardson (tracks 7 & 10) - guitar; Bob Cranshaw - bass (tracks 6-8, 10 & 11); Ron Carter - bass (tracks 1-5); Bebeto Jose Souza - bass (track 9); Mickey Roker - drums (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11), percussion (track 9); Airto Moreira - percussion, vocals (track 5-8, & 10), drums (track 9); Stella Mars - vocals (track 8); Andy Bey - vocals (track 1); Flora Purim - vocals (track 9)

I Don't Care Who Knows It

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Adrian Cunningham - Professor Cunningham and His Old School: Swing It out!

Styles: Vocal, Clarinet, Flute and Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:24
Size: 134,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:49)  1. All Of Me
(3:39)  2. A Pretty Girl, A Cadillac, and Some Money
(3:16)  3. That Da Da Strain
(3:22)  4. Mclancholy Serenade
(3:22)  5. Stompy Jones
(3:09)  6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(3:43)  7. Oh Me Oh My
(4:14)  8. Bechet's Fantasy
(2:56)  9. Caldonia
(3:32) 10. Cheeky Monkey
(3:14) 11. Caravan
(3:42) 12. Be My Life's Companion
(3:33) 13. Chocko Mo Feendo Hey
(4:38) 14. Sleepwalker's Serenade
(3:11) 15. Dinah
(3:56) 16. Waltzing Matilda

This album is a fabulous example of highly dance-able and strikingly beautiful swing Jazz. Adrian ''Professor'' Cunningham on clarinet, tenor sax, flute, & vocals; Jon Challoner on trumpet; Dani Alonso on trombone; John Merrill on guitar; Alberto Pibiri on piano; Jim Robertson on bass; Paul Wells on drums. Adrian Cunningham is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and world traveller. Originally from Sydney Australia and now based in New York, he is proving to be one of his country's top exports. With fluent command of the saxophones, clarinet, and flute, he is one of the finest multi-instrumentalists in Jazz. When he is not busy performing in NYC with some of its finest players, he is touring the world playing jazz festivals and swing events. In 2013 Cunningham formed a tradtional/New Orleans style outfit called Professor Cunningham and His Old School, deeply rooted in the Jazz tradition and has fast become one of the top bands in the international Swing scene, having performed at Snowball (Stockholm), SLOX (California), BABBLE (NYC), CPH:LX (Copenhagen) and Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

Musicians: Adrian Cunningham on clarinet, tenor sax, flute and vocals; Jon Challoner on trumpet; Dani Alonso on trombone; Alberto Pibiri on piano; John Merrill on guitar; Jim Robertson on bass; Paul Wells on drums

Professor Cunningham and His Old School: Swing It out!

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