Fapy Lafertin, Tim Kliphouse - Fine & Dandy

Styles: Guitar And Violin Jazz 
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:11
Size: 116,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. Eveline
(3:16)  2. Blue Lou
(3:59)  3. Tango For Django
(4:29)  4. Lover Man
(3:02)  5. Coquette
(2:41)  6. Fine & Dandy
(4:06)  7. Aurore
(4:26)  8. I Love You
(2:32)  9. Caravane Rabouine
(3:26) 10. Exactly Like You
(3:08) 11. Charleston
(5:29) 12. I Can't Get Started
(2:49) 13. How High The Moon
(3:42) 14. Fleur De Lavande

Fapy Lafertin may not be as well known Stochelo Rosenberg or Bireli Lagrene, but aficionados of Gypsy jazz guitar have regarded him as one the true masters of the style since he first arrived on the scene in the late 1960s. On Fine & Dandy he showcases his relaxed, melodic manner of playing on a well-chosen selection of tunes including David Grisman's composition "Tango for Django," the charming waltz "Caravene Rabouine," and Lafertin's own homage to Django Reinhardt, "Aurore." Lafertin is joined by Tim Kliphouse, an excellent fiddler who plays with considerable panache. The flurry of impeccably executed notes on lively tunes like "How High the Moon" and "Charleston" show that Lafertin and Kliphouse have technique to burn, but they reveal their true command of the music on the slower selections such as "I Can't Get Started." Fine & Dandy is state-of-the-art Gypsy jazz from one of the finest musicians to ever pick up a Selmer guitar. ~ Michael Simmons - Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Fine-Dandy-Lafertin-Quintet-Kliphouse/dp/B00008US1H

Personnel: Fapy Lafertin - guitar; Tim Kliphouse - violin; Simon Planting - double bass; Jan Brouwer - rhythm guitar; Reinier Voet - rhythm guitar

Fine & Dandy

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Heather Masse - Many Moons

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 23:57
Size: 55,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:25)  1. Moon River
(5:12)  2. Moon Medley
(3:51)  3. Our World
(4:57)  4. Secret Love
(4:31)  5. Stars

New York-based singer song-maker Heather Masse grew up in rural Maine and began singing at an early age. Having taken a degree in Jazz Voice from the New England Conservatory of Music, Heather is steeped in the jazz tradition, which informs her distinct approach to singing music of all sorts. She is a member of the acclaimed Juno-award winning Canadian band “The Wailin' Jennys”, and has performed at 100s of venues across the country including appearances on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. She has performed with the renowned contemporary bluegrass band "The Wayfaring Strangers," and has appeared at venues including NPR's World Cafe, and Boston's Symphony Hall, sharing the stage with the Boston Pops Orchestra. In 2006, she recorded an eponymous album with the Boston-based group "Joy Kills Sorrow" a modern string band that finds it home in the cracks between bluegrass, jazz, old-time, and pop styles as well as a self-released EP Tell Me Tonight, a collection of original songs performed with her own Brooklyn-based outfit “Heather and the Barbarians.” Heather’s rich, soulful, voice elegantly moves through numerous styles organically and with sincerity- A quality learned from some of her early influences disparate as Ray Charles, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, and Chet Baker. Heather’s newest project, The Heather Anne Band plans to record a full-length album of Heather’s original songs and music this coming winter. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/heathermasse

Many Moons

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Matt Dennis - Dennis, Anyone?

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:29
Size: 96,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:41)  1. Where Do We Go From Here?
(2:56)  2. The Land Of Danger
(3:18)  3. Old Uncle Fud
(2:55)  4. Relax
(3:32)  5. I'm The Boy Who Takes Her Home
(3:27)  6. Devil Talk
(3:22)  7. That's How Close I Want To Be To You
(3:32)  8. Too Late For Love
(3:08)  9. Enchanted Memory
(3:15) 10. A Thousand Years Ago
(3:02) 11. Bless You, Little Sleepyhead
(5:15) 12. Show Me The Way To Get Out Of This World (Cause That's Where Everything Is)

Matt Dennis' first live LP, recorded in Hollywood in 1955 and also including a dozen Dennis compositions, doesn't have quite the songwriting firepower of Sings and Plays Matt Dennis. Instead of "Violets for Your Furs" and "Angel Eyes," listeners get "Old Uncle Fud" and "Bless You, Little Sleepyhead." Still, Dennis is just as suave and sentimental (though not as humorous), singing clever ballads like "I'm the Boy Who Takes Her Home" and the unexpectedly optimistic "Where Do We Go From Here?." A few do fall flat, including one ("That's How Close I Want to Be to You") whose references to then-current events and obscure personalities barely made it out of the '50s. Also, it's difficult to escape the fact that many of Dennis' performances are nearly identical. Undoubtedly an entertaining performance for a night out during the mid-'50s, Dennis, Anyone? exists for digital-age listeners as an interesting curio of lounge-act finesse. ~ John Bush https://www.allmusic.com/album/dennis-anyone-mw0000215634

Personnel:  Piano, Vocals – Matt Dennis; Bass – Ray Leatherwood; Drums – Alvin Stoller; Guitar – Bill Pitman

Dennis, Anyone?

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Billy Eckstine - Broadway Bongos and Mr. B

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:26
Size: 75,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:22)  1. From This Moment On
(2:06)  2. I Could Write a Book
(2:49)  3. If Ever I Would Leave You
(2:57)  4. I've Got You Under My Skin
(3:06)  5. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
(2:45)  6. Tonight
(2:24)  7. Stranger in Paradise
(2:17)  8. Get Out of Town
(2:56)  9. Old Devil Moon
(2:45) 10. On the Street Where You Live
(2:44) 11. There's a Small Hotel
(3:09) 12. Something I Dreamed Last Night

Broadway, Bongos and Mr. B is a 1961 studio album by the American singer Billy Eckstine. It was arranged by Hal Mooney, and marked Eckstine's return to Roulette Records. The album features Latin tinged arrangements of popular Broadway show tunes, with a percussion section of xylophones, marimbas and bongos. In their July 1961 review of Broadway, Bongos and Mr. B, Billboard magazine wrote that "This is one of the best albums made by Billy Eckstine in many years", and that he was "singing with confidence again in his own style". The review concluded that it was "A strong new album that could help win back many of Mr. B's fans". This was the third of Eckstine's Mercury Records albums to use the same photograph of him. It had previously graced the covers of Billy's Best! (1958) and Billy Eckstine's Imagination (1958). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway,_Bongos_and_Mr._B

Personnel:  Billy Eckstine - vocals; Hal Mooney - arranger, conductor

Broadway Bongos and Mr. B

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Mike LeDonne - Partners in Time

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:31
Size: 123,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:04)  1. Lined with a Groove
(6:34)  2. My Funny Valentine
(8:33)  3. Saud
(6:46)  4. Lament
(7:30)  5. Recovery Blues
(4:36)  6. Here's That Rainy Day
(7:39)  7. N.P.S.
(5:46)  8. Bopsolete

Mike LeDonne is on piano this time around not his more-familiar Hammond organ and he's working in a really fantastic trio with Christian McBride on bass and Lewis Nash on drums! Both players have made lots of wonderful records over the years, but there's something really special about this one as if LeDonne's bold approach to the piano seems to unlock even more energy in their rhythms maybe in part because Mike's always partially tuned to the needs of a bassist, which he sometimes handles with his feet on the pedals of the Hammond. Obviously, that's not the case this time around but he does often play in these bold, blocky ways that are perfect for Nash and McBride to augment on titles that include "Saud", "Lined With A Groove", "Recovery Blues", "Here's That Rainy Day", "NPS", and "Bopsolete".  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/921006/Mike-LeDonne:Partners-In-Time

Personnel: Piano – Mike LeDonne;  Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride; Drums – Lewis Nash

Partners in Time

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