Dave Goldberg - Random Occurrences

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:22
Size: 150,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:28)  1. Summertime
(6:10)  2. April
(8:48)  3. Nowhere
(6:13)  4. Reach Up Touch My Soul (for Lainey)
(5:06)  5. Moon River
(7:03)  6. Years Apart, Miles Away
(6:16)  7. The Below E Blues
(5:50)  8. Blown Away
(7:55)  9. Random Occurrences
(5:28) 10. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

Dave Goldberg plays solid, bop influenced jazz the way it's supposed to be done."
- Matt Schudel (Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

"Goldberg, displays a strong and assured tone and a maturity of style, rooted in swinging mainstream modern jazz.”
- Sid Gribetz (Jazz Times Magazine)

“The antidote to smooth jazz…Highly recommended, this quartet’s latest album looks to the future of jazz without digging up the roots.”
- Jim Santella (LA Jazz Scene)

“They sound wonderful, I’m quite impressed. They’re growing faster than I can even imagine.”
- Ira Sullivan

"The Dave Goldberg Quartet is a very exciting young group not merely cranking out the same old lame old."
- Bob Weinberg (City Link Magazine)

"Goldberg's tenor sound is full and rich; yet, he remains light throughout."
- Jim Santella (LA Jazz Scene)

"Goldberg's tone throughout tends to be warm, and I'm especially struck by his soprano tone..."
- Michael Coyle (Cadence Magazine) https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/davegoldberg

Personnel:  Dave Goldberg - saxophone, Matt Politano - piano, Roger Shew - bass, Al Sergel - drums, Jules Day - vocals (on Blown Away).

Random Occurrences

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Aga Zaryan - High & Low

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:05
Size: 131,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:56)  1. Back
(4:25)  2. High & Low
(4:00)  3. Not Here For Long
(4:29)  4. Paths
(5:19)  5. Spirit Voices
(5:10)  6. Proof
(5:28)  7. Dreams, Themes & Schemes
(6:42)  8. Turn Me On
(5:20)  9. A Story From A Tram (Listen, Little Man)
(3:27) 10. Boo To You Too
(2:43) 11. Geri (In Memory Of Geri Allen)
(4:01) 12. Evil

We present Aga Zaryan entitled "Spirit Voices" from the upcoming album "High & Low" , which premieres in November. Also in November, Aga Zaryan embarks on a concert tour promoting the new album. The artist will visit as many as 15 Polish cities with an international team! The first lady of Polish jazz, the vocalist whose albums appear, among others, in the legendary Blue Note Records label, prepared a new original material. For November concerts, wonderful musicians were invited to Poland, who took part in the recording of the album.

"High & Low" is a unique album, which Aga Zaryan has completely wrapped in her texts, and the authors of the compositions are eminent jazzmen: Michal Tokaj, David Doruzka, Dariusz Oleszkiewicz and Marcin Wasilewski. During the November tour, we will hear both new and original compositions, as well as songs from the previous repertoire. The artist decided not to cross the borders for the first time and invited musicians from various parts of the world for November concerts. On the stage will be accompanied by: Michal Tokaj (piano), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (double bass, bass guitar), a virtuoso guitar from the Czech Republic - David Doruzka and a star of percussion instruments from Portugal, Pedro Segundo. Translate by Google https://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=https://jazzsoul.pl/2018/10/26/aga-zaryan-prezentuje-utwor-promujacy-album-high-low/&prev=search

High & Low

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Johnny Smith - Legends: Solo Guitar Performances

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:03
Size: 146,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:20)  1. I'm Old Fashioned
(2:07)  2. Macho's Lullaby
(2:47)  3. 'Round Midnight
(1:30)  4. Wally's Waltz
(2:28)  5. Black, Black, Black
(3:02)  6. Golden Earrings
(1:33)  7. Romance De Los Pinos
(3:01)  8. Norteña
(2:12)  9. Maid With The Flaxen Hair
(2:33) 10. Waltz
(3:55) 11. The Old Castle
(4:17) 12. Sevilla
(2:21) 13. Cheek To Cheek
(4:15) 14. A Foggy Day
(1:12) 15. Tangerine
(2:19) 16. Sunny
(1:23) 17. Why Was I Born?
(2:36) 18. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
(5:22) 19. Tea For Two
(4:32) 20. The Man I Love
(1:42) 21. For You
(2:04) 22. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
(2:22) 23. I Could Write A Book

Despite the impression one could reasonably get from the cover of this reissue, these two guitar legends do not perform together, unfortunately. The next best thing are these solo sessions recorded almost 20 years apart. The first 12 items on the play list belong to Smith and capture his tasteful, clean sound coupled with complex chordal voices, which helped Smith in his adventures with playing classical compositions, including for the fabled Arturo Toscanini. Cuts that remind the listener of Smith's occasional classical foray include "Romance de los Pinos," "The Old Castle," and "Maid With the Flaxen Hair." But Smith was no slouch with constructing unique renditions of popular music. In 1952, teaming with Stan Getz, he made one of the best-selling jazz recordings of all times, "Moonlight in Vermont," which still sold well 50 years later. Van Eps was the master of the seven-string guitar, which allowed him to play his own basslines, well demonstrated on such cuts as "Tea for Two." The 11 pieces assigned to Van Eps reveal a predilection for highly rhythmic versions of well-known pop classics. Perhaps not as multi-faceted as Smith, he nonetheless had a fully developed style that approached the depth and complexity of Smith's. This can be heard on such cuts as "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" and "A Foggy Day." Besides which, he could and did swing. Although sideman on many a session, Van Eps left behind a relatively meager discography as a leader. These solo offerings are among his best. Although the styles of these two guitarists may go down different paths, their excellent technical skills, fully elevated imagination, and sensitivity to what they play clearly establish them among the elite of guitar players, true legends indeed. Recommended. ~ Dave Nathan https://www.allmusic.com/album/legends-solo-guitar-performances-mw0000118935

Personnel:  Guitar – George Van Eps (tracks: 13 1o 23), Johnny Smith (tracks: 1 to 12).

Legends:Solo Guitar Performances

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Alex Welsh - Strike One

Styles: Trumpet, Dixieland, Swing 
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:21
Size: 124,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:41)  1. Louisiana
(4:17)  2. I Wished On The Moon
(3:25)  3. Open Country
(5:06)  4. Davenport Blues
(4:17)  5. I Got Rhythm
(5:42)  6. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
(3:45)  7. Bluesology
(3:39)  8. Oh Baby
(3:19)  9. That Old Feeling
(4:00) 10. Strike One
(2:29) 11. My Blushing Rosie
(2:41) 12. When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves
(3:35) 13. Sunday
(2:20) 14. Broken Doll

Highland high notes are what Alex Welsh blew. He was one of the great trad jazz players from the United Kingdom and one of the first Scottish musicians to make a name for himself in a genre far removed from bagpipes and haggis. He began his musical life in Leith on the smaller cornet, later switching to trumpet with either horn case in his hand finding an immediate home for his playing on the traditional jazz scene. That was fine with him, since he had loved jazz since his high school days. The teenage Leith Silver Band and later gigs with Archie Semple's Capital Jazz Band represented the earliest phases of his gigging. He moved to London in the early '50s, forming a new band that rushed to the head of its class like a genius dropped into the fourth grade. Showing the type of aplomb and taste that would serve him well throughout his bandleading career, Welsh made sure every position in the band was filled with an expert, exciting player. While some rival bands in this style focused on their stage costumes and antics or recorded in the pop style to break onto the charts, Welsh always put the integrity of the music first. 

His hope was to reach the type of intense, swinging interplay that was part of the best Chicago-style Dixieland jazz and at least some degree of success can be inferred from Welsh's following among trad jazz listeners, and even more from the respect he received from top American players such as Pee Wee Russell and Wild Bill Davison. Welsh's homegrown sidemen over the years included Archie Semple, Fred Hunt, Roy Crimmins, Roy Williams, John Barnes, Lennie Hastings, and Al Gay. In the '60s and early '70s, Welsh frequently toured, including several trips to the United States and performances with the likes of pianist Earl Hines and trumpeter Ruby Braff. Influenced by fellow trad jazz bandleader Chris Barber, Welsh developed a big repertoire, working from popular music as well as jazz and building up a large mainstream following for ensembles. If there was any real sense of blues to the proceedings, it would have been in memory of the first generation of sidemen who had built the band up from the ground, but who were no longer alive to enjoy the level of success the group had now achieved. By the mid-'70s, Welsh's health was also failing, but the trumpeter continued reaching for the high notes as long as he could. The BBC commissioned the '90s Lemonade King, described as "a 30-minute documentary about the life and music of the late, great Scottish jazz trumpet player Alex Welsh."~ Eugene Chadbourne https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alex-welsh-mn0000619892/biography

Strike One

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