Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band - The Jazz Garden

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 1982
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:58
Size: 104,1 MB
Art: Front

(6:17)  1. Dance of the Scorpion
(7:11)  2. There Will Never Be Another You
(5:04)  3. Viva Corea
(4:13)  4. Sunbeams
(6:11)  5. Remembrance
(8:16)  6. The Jazz Garden
(7:44)  7. Tap Step

Conductor, trombonist, arranger, and composer Dave Eshelman has become one of the foremost champions of creative and modern big band music in the United States. Beginning with Deep Voices in 1988, he has produced three well-received large group albums with his Jazz Garden Big Band for the Sea Breeze label. He also has composed a "Suite for Jazz Orchestra" which was performed and recorded live from San Jose Jazz Festival. Further establishing himself among the pacesetters for serious big band jazz, several of his innovative big band charts have been published. Eshelman's recorded output is by no means limited to large aggregations. He has recorded with such modern jazz luminaries as John Abercrombie, Dave Liebman, and Peter Erskine in small group settings for Pacific High Productions, and recorded three albums with the Full Faith & Credit Big Band in the early '80s. Eshelman has derived inspiration from a diverse group of jazz musicians, including J.J. Johnson, Gil Evans, Horace Silver, Chick Corea, and Albert Mangelsdorff; all of whom influenced his development in trombone, composing, and arranging, and whose music he continued to listen to. Eshelman had his first professional gig in 1970 while at the University of Miami, playing with a group called Orchestration. As he moved along with his jazz career, he gained experience working with Ray Brown, Tito Puente, Gerald Wilson, and Joe Henderson. Festivals at which he has appeared include the San Francisco Jazz Festival with Maria Schneider, the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival, and the Playboy Jazz Festival, to name a few. In addition to writing charts and recording with his Jazz Garden Orchestra, Eshelman serves as the Director of Jazz Studies at California State University at Hayward. ~ Dave Nathan https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-eshelman-mn0000959783

The Jazz Garden

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Grace Knight - Grace Knight Live Disc 1 And Disc 2

Album: Grace Knight Live Disc 1

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1996
Time: 44:11
Size: 71,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:39)  1. Teach Me Tonight
(4:16)  2. Moondance
(4:43)  3. Stormy Weather
(4:47)  4. Come In From The Rain
(3:43)  5. Walkin' After Midnight
(5:53)  6. Crazy
(5:05)  7. Hidden Prize
(2:33)  8. Joy Juice
(4:52)  9. Cry Me A River
(3:34) 10. Drinkin' Again

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Album: Grace Knight Live Disc 2

Time: 47:03

Size: 76,2 MB

(3:32)  1. Momma He Treats Your Daughter Mean

(4:32)  2. I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl

(4:17)  3. SteamRoller Blues

(5:49)  4. Black Coffee

(4:29)  5. Good Morning Heartache

(4:30)  6. The Picture

(4:29)  7. The Ability To Swing

(6:19)  8. God Bless The Child

(3:57)  9. Fever

(5:05) 10. Don't Set Me Free

After leading the successful Australian act the Eurogliders, U.K.-born singer Grace Knight launched a solo singing career which saw her become one of Australia's leading jazz divas. In her early teens, Knight sang in folk clubs and first met musician Bernie Lynch while singing on a cruise ship. They would form the highly successful Eurogliders in 1980 and go on to international success. After the Eurogliders split in 1989, Knight sang backup vocals in the Tania Bowra Band before recording the soundtrack to the ABC-TV miniseries Come in Spinner with jazz musician Vince Jones. The album featured 1940s jazz standards and marked a career change for Knight. The singles "I've Got You Under My Skin," "The Man I Love," and "Sophisticated Lady" propelled the album to number five on the national charts in May 1990. Her debut album, Stormy Weather (September 1991), reached number 14 on the national chart in October, and another cover, "Fever," was released as a single. Her second album, Gracious, contained more jazz standards and covers such as "On a Clear Day," "Moondance," "Cry Me a River," and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." Knight released her fourth album, Live, in February 1996, a double album recorded over three nights at Sydney's jazz venue the Basement. She released her fourth solo album, Zeitgeist, in 2000, a collection which featured several original songs penned by Knight. ~ Brendan Swifthttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/grace-knight-mn0000194742

Personnel:  Conductor, Piano – Ray Aldridge; Double Bass, Electric Bass – Todd Logan; Drums – Warren Trout; Guitar – Dave Colton; Keyboards, Sequenced By, Harmonica – Frank Millward; Reeds – Col Loughnan, Lee Hutchings; Trombone – Bob McIver; Trumpet – Peter Di Losa, Ralph Pyl

Grace Knight Live Disc 1, Disc 2

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Marco Marzola - Create

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:45
Size: 126,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:22)  1. Blue in Green
(6:43)  2. Caravan
(4:32)  3. Changing Times
(5:44)  4. Manteca
(5:17)  5. Mogadishu
(6:06)  6. Odwalla
(4:36)  7. Prince of Darknes
(4:39)  8. Prince
(4:29)  9. The Spirits Speak
(7:14) 10. Sunset and the Mockingbird

Marco Marzola Jazz Musician and Bandleader (Contrabass & Electric Bass) Based in London. Ongoing collaboration with Musicians of the International jazz scene across Europe at Jazz Festivals and Jazz Clubs. His artistic training began at the conservatory of Ferrara (Italy). Captured by Jazz at an early age, he moved to New York in 1982 where he studied with Barry Harris and Buster Williams. He became interested in Ethnic Music, Blues and Pop. Alongside his work as sideman, he started several projects as a band leader featuring International acclaimed guests such as Ed Cherry, Steve Turre, Sherman Irby, Akua Dixon, Darrell Green, Dion Parson. As a testimony to these collaborations, there are now a number of Albums available on line. He shared the stage and recorded with the most representative Musicians of the INTERNATIONAL JAZZ SCENE around Europe and United States such as: Betty Carter, Jimmy Lovelace, Tommy Tarantine, Jimmy Owens, Paul Jeffrey, Craig Handy, Harold Land, George Cables, Steve Turre, Tommy Campbell, John Hics, Tony Scott, Bruce Forman, Jimmy Cobb, Dion Parson, John Clark, Sherman Irby, Chuck McPherson, James Zollar, Darrell Green, Jesse Davis, Akua Dixon, James Hurt, Ed Cherry, Stacy Dillard, Bruce Williams, Jerome Jennings, Art Hirahara, Camille Thurman, Giulio Capiozzo, Flavio Boltro, Stefano Bollani, Fabrizio Bosso and many other. http://www.marcomarzola.com/bio/

Personnel: Marco Marzola [bass]; Ed Cherry (Guitar); Oscar Marchione [Hammond Organ & Fender Rhodes]; Donato Cimaglia [drums]

Create

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Syd Lawrence & His Orchestra - Great Hits Of The 1930's

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:02
Size: 103,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:36)  1. The Very Though Of You
(3:15)  2. When I Take My Sugar To Tea
(3:42)  3. Moonlight Serenade
(2:48)  4. I Don't Know Why
(3:36)  5. Sweet And Lovely
(3:41)  6. Just One More Chance
(3:22)  7. Darn That Dream
(3:32)  8. Little White Lies
(5:00)  9. Once In A While
(3:16) 10. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
(4:19) 11. Music Maestro Please
(2:51) 12. I'm Confessin'

Syd Lawrence (26 June 1923 – 5 May 1998), was a British bandleader from Chester, England, who became famous in the UK for his orchestra's Big Band sound, which drew on the 1940s style of music of Glenn Miller and Count Basie amongst others. Born in Wilmslow in 1923, Lawrence was a talented trumpet player during World War II. He wrote and arranged music. He was based in Cairo during the war years, playing and arranging for the RAF service bands. After he left the armed forces, he played with some of the leading British dance bands of the 1940s, finally being invited to join the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra in 1953. He stayed with this band for sixteen years playing alongside fellow trumpet player Stan Hibbert. In 1967, Lawrence teamed up with several of his colleagues at the Northern Dance Orchestra to play the music that he was most enthusiastic about, that of Glenn Miller. Early concerts at the Mersey Hotel in Manchester were a success, and larger venues were found to play i as the reputation of his band grew. 

Yorkshire Television gave the Syd Lawrence Orchestra a regular spot on the comedy show Sez Les. As the music became more popular, Lawrence and his band started touring around the UK, which they did with great success for many years. Several records were made along with radio and television appearances on variety shows. He appeared with his band on 3-2-1 and also occasionally was a vocalist. Lawrence retired from touring in 1994 and died of an aneurysm in 1998. Following his death, the Syd Lawrence Band continued on and still tours. The orchestra has been led by Brian Pendleton, and presently by Chris Dean. In 2011 it had been voted the Best Big Band in the Land for the 11th consecutive year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Lawrence

 

Thank you Dave!

Great Hits Of The 1930's

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Dave Stryker - Eight Track III

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:36
Size: 124,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:11)  1. Move On Up
(7:29)  2. Papa Was a Rolling Stone
(5:39)  3. Pretzel Logic
(5:16)  4. Too High
(5:07)  5. We've Only Just Begun
(6:21)  6. This Guys In Love
(6:24)  7. Everybody Loves the Sunshine
(5:38)  8. After the Dance
(4:27)  9. Joy Inside My Tears

If an idea works, you might as well ride it to its logical conclusion. Following vibraphonist Stefon Harris' advice along those lines in this context, guitarist Dave Stryker completes his Eight Track odyssey with the delivery of the third volume of jazz takes on '70s radio staples. Harris, after having passed the mallets off to fellow vibes heavy Steve Nelson for the second set, returns to the fold to see this trilogy to its end, and percussionist Mayra Casales spices things up by making a few appearances on the date. Otherwise, things remain unchanged. The same sense of enthusiasm still shines through in the music, organist Jared Gold and drummer McClenty Hunter continue to artfully underpin the arrangements, and Stryker remains as ruggedly stylish and direct as ever. Shuffling and swinging their way through Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up," the core four go at it right from the start. Then the straight-time hip of "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" settles on the soul, the slick intelligence behind Steely Dan meets with Stryker's earthy resonance for "Pretzel Logic, a spirited trip through Stevie Wonder's "Too High" lives up to its name, and a beautiful "We've Only Just Begun" serves as an understated breather of a centerpiece. Whether observing that opening portion of the program, addressing what follows, including a lightly funky "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" highlight, or looking back at the first two Eight Track dates, one thing remains true and constant: the strength of the song itself remains paramount. Stryker doesn't bend the originals into unrecognizable shapes or use the art of the cover as a means for intellectual exercise. He plays the songs in relatively straightforward manners, leaves space for solos, and lets the magic take shape on its own. And that, in a nutshell, is his formula for success when dealing with this terrain. While this may mark the end of Stryker's Eight Track projects, it's doubtful that (m)any would complain if a fourth happened to find its way to the marketplace. As fun dates go, these are hard to beat. ~ Dan Bilawsky https://www.allaboutjazz.com/eight-track-iii-dave-stryker-strikezone-records-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php

Personnel: Dave Stryker: guitar; Stefon Harris: vibraphone; Jared Gold: organ; McClenty Hunter: drums; Mayra Casales: congas & percussion (2, 3, 6-9).

Eight Track III

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