Sylvia Vrethammar - Sommar! Samba! Sylvia!

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:53
Size: 149,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:44)  1. Sylvias samba
(3:02)  2. Que Bonito È
(2:48)  3. Magdalena
(3:14)  4. I skymningen
(3:22)  5. Lambada
(3:21)  6. Närhet
(3:11)  7. Vår lust var starkare än vi
(2:37)  8. Dansa samba med mej
(3:53)  9. O chêro Da Carolina
(2:17) 10. America do sul
(3:14) 11. Vo bate pa tu
(3:42) 12. Amanda
(3:46) 13. Allting förändras utom våren
(4:00) 14. Las alas del corazon
(3:00) 15. Livets fest
(3:34) 16. Copacabana
(3:53) 17. Bossa Nova
(3:40) 18. Samba Brasil
(3:26) 19. Y viva Espana

Sylvia Vrethammar an international acclaimed artist, whose repertoire ranges from swinging Jazz over South American rhythms all the way to the modern pop song. She was born in Uddevalla on the Swedish west coast as daughter to Harald and Britta Vrethammar and later moved with her family to the country's capital Stockholm. At the age of 16 she began her musical career with several prizes at amateur music-festivals. Nevertheless Sylvia decided to finish school first and to study which resulted in her graduation as a child psychologist.

In the year 1969 Sylvia's career in the music business started for real. Her first album TYCKER OM DEJ gets released and during a perfomance at the Stockholm club Gyllene Cirkeln she is noticed by a TV producer and immediately gets her first own personality show on Swedish TV. TV entertainer Lennart Hyland is watching the broadcast of this show and on the spot decides to engage Sylvia as a co-host for his enormously popular TV-show Hylands Hörna. Now the engagements start streaming in and Sylvia is been sent to the International Song-Festival in Rio de Janeiro as the representative of Sweden. In Brazil she develops her great love for Samba music and therefore puts together a tour with Brazilian Samba-group Trio Pandeiros De Ouro through the whole of Scandinavia under the leadership from Sylvia´s husband and producer at this time, Rune Öfwerman. This tour becomes such a sensational success, that Sylvia gets from now on described as the “Samba Queen” whenever there is an article about her. One of her numerous tours around the globe leads Sylvia through the former Soviet Union and even here the people cue up in masses to get to see Sylvia's stage-show. In 1974 her English original-version of the mega-hit Y VIVA ESPAÑA reaches the tops of the English charts, sells over 1 Million copies and stays for 39 consecutive weeks on the charts, leading to an entry into the Guinness Book of Records. 

In Concert is the name of Sylvia's first personality-show on German television. This next stage of her career begins with numerous appearances on German stage and television. She becomes so popular that the legendary band leader and composer Bert Kaempfert (Strangers in the Night) invites her to be the guest-star on his TV show. After the show he tours with Sylvia and his orchestra for several weeks through Germany, Switzerland and most of all England, terminating the tour at the famous Royal Albert Hall in London. It was the same venue in which opera-diva Kristina Nilsson had her last public appearance in 1897 … and by the way Kristina was Sylvias grand-grand aunt. Returning to Rio Sylvia starts working on her album RIO DE JANEIRO BLUE as well as on the adjoining TV-movie RENDEZVOUS IN RIO, where she is accompanied by such top-class musicians as harmonica wizard Toots Thielemans and Brazilian accordion magician Sivuca. Soon after that follow more concerts in neighbouring countries such as Argentina and Colombia and later that year her career hits another high: She is invited to perform in China and to inaugurate Sweden's first hotel in Xian. In the year of 1983 during the production of a TV-concert at the legendary Berns in Stockholm Sylvia works for the first time with Georgie Fame (Bonnie & Clyde) and during the summer of this year also records the album IN GOODMANSLAND together with him. In the meantime here later-to-become-evergreen RICARDO gets its first release in Germany...More http://sylvia-vrethammar.com/biography/

Sommar! Samba! Sylvia!

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Midnight Serenaders - Hot Lovin'

Styles: Retro Swing

Year: 2011

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 63:02

Size: 173,9 MB

Art: Front

(3:57)  1. My Honey's Lovin' Arms
(4:19)  2. I've Got A Hankerin' (For Some Love)
(4:43)  3. Victim of Love
(4:14)  4. I'm Playing In Your Parlour Game
(4:02)  5. Hot Lovin'
(3:28)  6. Man-o-phile
(2:49)  7. You're Barking Up the Right Tree
(3:59)  8. You Don't Understand
(3:52)  9. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
(3:50) 10. Swingin' On Nothin'
(3:11) 11. Hawaiian War Chant
(3:56) 12. That Ain't Right
(3:23) 13. What A Pretty Miss
(4:39) 14. Junk Man
(4:58) 15. Mademoiselle
(3:33) 16. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

The Serenaders have released their third album, “Hot Lovin,” after their first two albums “Magnolia” (2007) and “Sweet Nothin’s” (2009) were release to critical acclaim. The Portland Tribune declared that their first album “revived lost classics from the vintage jazz era while keeping the inherent giddiness of that time perfectly intact,” and Portland Monthly says of their second album: “Plenty of bands attempt to recapture the jive sounds of the Roaring Twenties, but most of them just sound, well, jive. Midnight Serenaders...sashay from torch song to hot jazz with panache and a genuine respect for yesterday s hit parade.” Their new album features some new originals by Settlemier and ups the ante with the presence of several special guests with notable Portland jazz pianist/composer Andrew Oliver on piano and on accordion Eric Stern, leader of the popular Eastern European cabaret act Vagabond Opera.

The Midnight Serenaders continue to swing along in the modern age, helping to ensure that the joyous swing of one of America’s most original art forms will never be forgotten. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/midnightserenader

Hot Lovin'

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André Previn - Previn At Sunset

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:43
Size: 120,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:22)  1. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
(4:42)  2. Body And Soul
(3:51)  3. Sunset In Blue
(3:05)  4. All The Things You Are
(3:27)  5. Something To Live For
(2:34)  6. Good Enough To Keep
(2:56)  7. California Clipper
(4:10)  8. How High The Moon
(3:07)  9. Take The A Train
(3:23) 10. Subtle Slough
(4:09) 11. That Old Blue Magic
(3:02) 12. Blue Skies
(2:43) 13. I Found A New Baby
(4:25) 14. Variations On A Theme
(2:39) 15. Mulholland Drive

André Previn was just 16 years old when he recorded the earliest numbers on Previn at Sunset, but he was already a brilliant pianist and a busy arranger at the MGM studios. Most (but not quite all) of the recordings that he made for the Sunset and Monarch labels, among the earliest in his career, are here. A major swing stylist who had not yet been affected by bop, Previn is heard on some unaccompanied solos; in three different trios with such sidemen as guitarists Dave Barbour or Irving Ashby, bassists John Simmons, Eddie Safranski, or Red Callender, and drummer Lee Young; and a couple of jam tunes ("All the Things You Are" and "I Found a New Baby") with a sextet also either Buddy Childers or Howard McGhee on trumpet, altoist Willie Smith, and Vido Musso on tenor. The small group swing performances are quite enjoyable, and the teenage pianist easily keeps up with the other, more famous players. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/previn-at-sunset-mw0000121441

Personnel: Piano – André Previn;  Alto Saxophone – Willie Smith; Bass – Eddie Safranski , John Simmons, Red Callender; Drums – Lee Young; Guitar – Dave Barbour, Irving Ashby; Tenor Saxophone – Vido Musso; Trumpet – Buddy Childers, Howard McGhee

R.I.P.
Died: February 28, 2019, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States 

Born: April 6, 1929, Berlin, Germany

Previn At Sunset

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Jimmy Smith - Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:08
Size: 129,9 MB
Art: Front

(7:02)  1. Stolen Moments
(5:31)  2. You Better Go Now
(8:13)  3. Angel Eyes
(4:17)  4. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
(5:54)  5. Slow Freight
(6:39)  6. Tenderly
(6:53)  7. Days Of Wine And Roses
(6:17)  8. L'il Darlin'
(4:18)  9. What A Wonderful World

A follow-up to the mostly heated performances of Damn!, this CD features organist Jimmy Smith sticking to ballads and slower material. There is a sextet rendition of "Stolen Moments" (with both Roy Hargrove and Nicholas Payton on trumpets); duets with both trumpeters, bassist Christian McBride, and guitarist Mark Whitfield; a trio; a quartet; and solo organ renditions of "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" and "What a Wonderful World." Despite the constant changing of instrumentation, the results (although pleasant) are uneventful and somewhat predictable. Good for late-night background music rather than for close listening. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/angel-eyes-mw0000613422

Personnel:Jimmy Smith – organ, arranger; Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn, trumpet; Nicholas Payton – trumpet; Mark Whitfield – guitar; Christian McBride – double bass; Damon Krukowski – drums, percussion; Gregory Hutchinson – drums

Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams

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Darrell Grant - Twilight Stories

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:13
Size: 138,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:48)  1. Afrique-Ville
(6:02)  2. Yvette
(6:39)  3. When You Dance That Way
(6:29)  4. Twilight
(6:14)  5. My Old Flame
(5:22)  6. I Thought About You
(5:51)  7. The Resumption
(6:30)  8. Wake Up Call
(7:03)  9. Arise
(5:11) 10. Please Send Me Someone To Love

This session remained unissued in the archives of Muse until it was acquired by Joel Dorn when he purchased the label. Most of Grant's earlier releases were done for European labels, so this CD is a great opportunity to get to know a talented pianist. His originals "Afrique-ville" and "Twilight" showcase his talents as a composer as well as at the keyboard. Also recommended are his mellow take of "My Old Flame" and a snappy, stutter-stepped run through "I Thought About You." Tenor saxophonist Don Braden, bassist Joris Teepe and drummer Cecil Brooks III complement Grant's playing, and each contributed a valuable original to the session. ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/twilight-stories-mw0000041334

Personnel:  Darrell Grant, piano; Don Braden, tenor saxophone; Joris Teepe, bass; Cecil Brooks III, drums

Twilight Stories

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