André Charlier, Benoit Sourisse - Hard Bop Jazz

Styles: Jazz Post Bop
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:11
Size: 150,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:51)  1. City Limits
(2:27)  2. Grand Prix
(3:11)  3. Time Square
(3:33)  4. Too Good to Be True
(3:33)  5. Nights of Jazz
(3:14)  6. Maio's Beach
(3:23)  7. The Things I Love
(2:59)  8. Little Giant
(3:28)  9. The Yacht Club
(2:41) 10. Congo Square
(3:10) 11. Springtime for Lovers
(2:14) 12. Shop 'Till You Drop
(3:29) 13. Free Wheeling
(3:23) 14. Cocktail Jazz
(3:07) 15. Set 'Em up Jim
(4:08) 16. The Street of Jazz
(3:19) 17. Manogs and Bananas
(3:17) 18. The Blue Note
(3:00) 19. At the Three Deuces
(3:34) 20. Cafe Chic

André Charlier born in VERVIERS (Belgium) in 1962. He started the drums in 1978. He studied at the conservatory of Liège in Jazz class and took classes with Vinnie Johnson and Bruno Castellucci. He studied at the Musician Institute in Los Angeles in 1985-1986. In 1988-1989, he began a series of tours with the singer Maurane. Winner of the Defense Competition in 1989, he was awarded the prize for best soloist at the international francophone jazz competition in 1991. With his alter-ego Benoît Sourisse, they create the Charlier-Sourisse tandem. (6 albums and close collaborations with Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Garrett, Alex Kurt Rosenwinkel, Alex Sipiagin, Nick Smart ... Didier Lockwood's stage companion since 1993, with whom he recorded several albums, including the last "Apesantar" in 2016. Record many albums for various artists, movies music etc ...He also performs with numerous bands and artists such as Captain Mercier, Jean-Jacques Milteau, Michel Petrucianni, John Scofield, Scott Henderson, Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine, Jean-Marie Ecay, Stephane Guillaume, Mighty Mo Rodgers, Dave Liebman, Laurence Allison ... Passionate about pedagogy he is co-founder and co-director of the CMDL, professor of rhythm and drums and involved in many courses and conservatories. With Benoît Sourisse, he creates a new jazz method called "Les Cahiers Charlier / Sourisse" (supported notably by François-René Duchâble, Jerry Bergonzi ...) by Leduc. The tandem "Charlier Sourisse" has just released its sixth album recently, a double album in big training called "  multiquarium Big band." Translate by Google http://www.charliersourisse.com/biographies

Born in Grenoble in 1964, Benoît Sourisse, pianist / organist, joined Paris in 1986. With his alter / ego André Charlier they create the tandem Charlier / Sourisse (7 albums and close collaborations with Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Garrett, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Alex Sipiagin ...) Fellow and music director of the violinist Didier Lockwood between 1994 and 2004, he also shares the stage or the studio with many prestigious musicians such as Toots Thielemans, John Scofield, Philip Catherine, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Steve Gadd, Quincy Jones , Phil Collins, Gil Goldstein, Michel Petrucciani, Perico Sambeat ... Passionate about Blues and Rhythm'nBlues, he is the musical director of two albums by Jean-Jacques Milteau, as well as that of the American singer Demi Evans. He is also the co-founder of "Captain 'Mercier", an emblematic group of French Rythm'n Blues, who has given over 1300 concerts in 23 years, recorded 4 CDs, a DVD and won the Audience Award at the 2003 Victoires du Jazz. In 2009 Benoît, André and Chantal Charlier founded the jazz label "Gemini Records" which won two awards in 2010 for the last album of Stéphane Guillaume (Windmills Chronicles) After teaching improvisation for nearly 15 years at the National Conservatory of Music in Lyon, he is today co-head of the "CMDL" co-founded in 1999, of which he is a professor of piano and music. 'hear. Very attached to the transmission, he gives many Masterclasses in France and abroad (Hanoi, Nouméa, Liège, Lausanne, Lisbon, Sao Paulo ..). Translate by Google http://www.charliersourisse.com/biographies

Hard Bop Jazz

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Kim Fairchild - All of Me

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:04
Size: 117,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:12)  1. Cry Me a River
(3:03)  2. Me Myself and I
(4:26)  3. The Man I Love
(3:05)  4. Strange Fruit
(2:59)  5. No Regrets
(7:03)  6. Lady Sings the Blues
(4:46)  7. God Bless the Child
(5:04)  8. As Time Goes By
(3:02)  9. Ain't Misbehavin
(4:53) 10. Good Morning Heartace
(4:12) 11. Stormy Weather
(3:15) 12. All of Me

Kim Fairchild (born November 26, 1966 in New York ), is a Norwegian singer , actor and entertainer. The family moved to Bergen in 1968. Fairchild has participated in a number of Norwegian TV productions, such as Lollipop , Beat for beat , Good Morning, Norway! and TV2's Anniversary Show, as well as finishing second in the 1993 Melody Grand Prix with the song "Besides the Wind" with Stein Hauge . Together with her band "Kim Fairchild Band", now "Ruffmix", she has toured all over Norway and with her rough soul / jazz / rock has been compared to Aretha Franklinand Tina Turner . [ by whom? ] She has also participated in the Parodi Grand Prix three times, in 2005, 2006 and 2008. Fairchild is known for her deep singing voice and has for many years held many concerts both with her own band and various jazz ensembles . However, as a record artist, she first debuted in 2003, when she released the critically acclaimed record All of Me , which was a collection of 12 old Billie Holiday songs. In 2015, she released the album Spring Soon , with a collection of Billie Holiday songs in addition to her own. Translate By Google https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Fairchild

All of Me

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Bill Snyder - Music For Holding Hands

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:42
Size: 83,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. The Eleventh Hour
(3:07)  2. My Own True Love
(2:52)  3. The Girl Next Door
(2:53)  4. Younger Than Springtime
(2:47)  5. The Moon Of Manakoora
(2:57)  6. I'll Follow My Secret Heart
(2:53)  7. The High And The Mighty
(2:44)  8. When I Grow Too Old To Dream
(3:08)  9. As Time Goes By
(2:57) 10. My Dearest
(2:59) 11. Falling In Love Again
(3:10) 12. I'll See You Again

The titles, as well as the melodies, are redolent with glamour; the songs are those to which lovers have always thrilled; there are tender heart beats in every bar. The spell of this music is accentuated by the subtle piano playing of Bill Snyder. Bill Snyder was born in Chicago, climbed on a piano stool at the age of three  and has been there ever since. He was six when he made his first recital appearance in Chicago’s Kimball Hall. A scholarship at De Paul University was followed by a degree of Bachelor of Music at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, after which he got his Master’s at the American Conservatory of Music. It was in Chicago that he met Moritz Rosenthal, then the last living pupil of Franz Liszt. Rosenthal heard him and “adopted” Bill as a protege. Snyder’s distinguishing technique thus has a long heritage. In 1940 he was on the staff of the Columbia Broadcasting System, served with the Air Force for several years and, after his discharge, formed a dance band. In 1952 he joined Brunswick; his records have been popular in Europe as well as in his own country. Besides his own arrangements, Bill Snyder has a long list of original compositions to his credit, ranging from novelty piano solos to serious concertos. https://coverheaven.co.uk/bill-snyder-music-holding-hands/

Music For Holding Hands

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Leigh Harris - House Of Secrets

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:01
Size: 113,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:02)  1. Like A Ghost
(4:45)  2. Incommunicado
(4:48)  3. Paint This Town
(4:43)  4. Devil Jumped A Rabbit
(4:53)  5. Backstreet Girl
(3:47)  6. Telephone Sleeping In My Bed
(5:42)  7. Evening In Paradise
(2:50)  8. Caroline No
(4:12)  9. Crazy Mirrors
(3:04) 10. Oklahoma Usa
(5:09) 11. Midnight Star

On House of Secrets, New Orleans native Leigh Harris brilliantly explores her hometown's love of melodic song and dramatic presentation, turning what might otherwise be a folk-oriented set of emotion-laden originals and cleverly chosen covers into a lights-down-low, saloon singer's delight. A prime example is her take on "Backstreet Girl" from the Rolling Stones' songbook, opening with only vocal and piano as the arrangement adds layers selectively, first form a pair of accordions, then a vocal chorus, finally building to a peak of full-bodied intensity briefly, before letting it all wash away. The effect is haunting, reminiscent of a French cabaret singer. Blessed with a powerful voice capable of evoking strong emotions even at its quietest, Harris caresses each literate, languid selection with an impressive range of supple vocal chops, from intimate whispers to plaintive bright shouts, while co-producer Mark Bingham, a key institution on the equally thoughtful Yockamo All-Stars project, concentrates on selective effects that emphasize the variety of distinctive voices available in contemporary New Orleans, from the rocketing eruptions of the Wild Magnolias June Yamagichi to the balladic embellishments of Gen-X trumpter Jeremy Davenport.  The repetoire includes a trio of declarations of longing written by Harris ("Telephone Sleeping in my Bed", "Crazy Mirrors", "Midnight Star"), a pair of compositions exploring absence("Like a Ghost", "Incommunicado") by longtime collaborator John Magnie,and two selections from other writers ("paint This Town", "Evening in Paradise")that color the overriding sense of longing with unmistakable melancholy.Adding unconventional cover choices (including The Beach Boys "Caroline No" and the Kinks' "Oklahoma USA")provides a wistful, ironic counterbalance of humor, while a Hammond B3-saturated composition by Doc Pomus, "Devil Jumped a Rabbit" early in the program and a final, undocumented track,"Working on a Building",complete with wailing gospel choir, help to connect the whole to the Southern tradition of blues and spirituals. ...Harris has re-invented herself and the American singer-songwriter tradition by incorporating a completely natural, European sensibility. Casting herself in the surprising, and wholly satisfying, role of a Delta version of Edith Piaf, Harris offers us one of the year's most inventive tributes to the power of song and a new appreciation for the richness of New Orleans' musical legacy. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/leighharris

House Of Secrets

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Al Haig - Al Haig Today!

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 34:39
Size: 55,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:15)  1. Bags' Groove
(3:01)  2. The Good Life
(2:47)  3. You Don't Know What Love Is
(3:50)  4. Satin Doll
(3:07)  5. Bluesette
(3:36)  6. Thrio
(2:36)  7. Brother, Where Are You
(4:16)  8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(3:43)  9. Willow Weep for Me
(3:23) 10. Saudade

This difficult to find recording is worth the search; it contains some of the finest recorded work of Al Haig's enigmatic career. Haig was an important figure in the early development of bebop piano and can be heard as a sideman on many seminal recordings from the 1940s, including Salt Peanuts and Hot House. His refined classical technique was relatively unique at the time, and he was admired as a superb accompanist. Between the mid-'50s and the early 1970s there is a curiously large gap in his recorded output evidently due to personal problems. In fact, Al Haig Today! appears to be his only release as a leader during the '60s. The pianist is joined by Ed DeHaas on bass (who worked with Martial Solal, Kai Winding, Chet Baker, and Chris Conner among others) and the relatively unknown Jim Kappes on drums. (Kappes would later work with the Paul Winter Consort). This well-recorded date showcases a versatile selection of tunes including Haig's minor blues entitled "Thrio," Toots Thielemans' "Bluesette," and Oscar Brown's "Brother Where Are You." From his book of standards Haig pulls "Willow Weep For Me," "Polka Dots and Moonbeams," "You Don't Know What Love Is," and "Satin Doll." The pianist's rendering of "Bag's Groove" is harmonized in dark, folky tones. "The Good Life," an evocative melody by French guitarist/vocalist Sacha Distel, is given a Latin treatment. One can hear many influences in Haig's piano work from the early inspiration of Nat King Cole, Billy Kyle, and Teddy Wilson to the bebop syncopation of his contemporary Bud Powell. Haig's lyrical playing on Today! also invokes the more modern work of Hank Jones and Bill Evans. Although his keyboard technique is typically lighter, neater, and less fiery than Powell's, Haig's subtle harmonies often have an appealing edge. His playing though cool and calm is still rhythmically interesting and highly creative; the overall sound is authentic bebop! On Al Haig Today! this underrated musician demonstrates his complete mastery of jazz piano impeccable swing, rich chording, and inventive improvisation. ~ Lee Bloom https://www.allmusic.com/album/al-haig-today%21-mw0000364531

Personnel: Piano – Al Haig; Bass – Eddie DeHaas; Drums – Jimmy Kappes

Al Haig Today!

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