Peter Anderson & Will Anderson - A Sax Supreme

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:54
Size: 101,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:16)  1. Let's
(6:36)  2. Walkin'
(5:23)  3. U.M.M.G.
(4:56)  4. Here's That Rainy Day
(1:37)  5. More Than You Know
(2:03)  6. You Go to My Head
(1:45)  7. Love Locked Out
(2:39)  8. Some Other Spring
(4:55)  9. Love Letters
(7:40) 10. Whoops

Peter and Will Anderson (born 27 March 1987) are identical twin American jazz saxophonists and clarinetists, composers and arrangers, and leaders of their own trio and quintet. They have performed at venues including The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Blue Note Jazz. Peter and Will's music has been reviewed and featured in the New York Times, Seattle Times, Washington Post, Jazz Times. In addition, their music was used in HBO's Board Walk Empire. Peter and Will Anderson were born in Washington, DC and raised in Bethesda, MD. They attended Walt Whitman High School and were mentored by many musicians including saxophonist Paul Carr and drummer and vibraphonist Chuck Redd. At age 18, they moved to New York City to attend The Juilliard School from 2005-9 (Bachelor of Music) and 2009-11 (Master of Music). There they studied under many notable artists including Joe Temperley, Victor Goines, Frank Wess, Benny Golson, Kenny Washington, and Joe Wilder. From 2007-09, Peter and Will were both recipients of the Illinois Jacquet Scholarship in Jazz Studies from Juilliard. During their undergraduate studies, they were both selected from an international pool of applicants for the Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead program, which included a residency of performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.More... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Will_Anderson

Personnel: Peter Anderson, tenor sax; Will Anderson Anderson, alto sax; Grant Stewart, tenor sax; Ken Peplowski, tenor sax; Ehud Asherie, piano; Neal Minerm, bass; Aaron Kimmel, drums

A Sax Supreme

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Polly Bergen - Polly Bergen Sings Helen Morgan

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:56
Size: 94,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:34)  1. Don't Ever Leave Me
(4:44)  2. Can't Help Lovin' That Man
(3:24)  3. More Than You Know
(3:27)  4. The Little Things You Used To Do
(3:02)  5. Something To Remember You By
(3:58)  6. What Wouldn't I Do For That Man!
(3:27)  7. Broken Hearted
(4:04)  8. Sand In My Shoes
(3:45)  9. Mean To Me
(3:34) 10. Body And Soul
(4:54) 11. Medley: Why Was I Born?, Bill

Polly Bergen's first album for Columbia stems from her Emmy-winning appearance in The Helen Morgan Story for an episode in the CBS series Playhouse 90. Bergen runs through 11 songs associated with the Broadway torch singer and does excellent readings of Morgan standards like "Can't Help Lovin' That Man," "Don't Ever Leave Me," and "Body and Soul." She has the throaty voice, golden pipes, and wide range to best any star on Broadway, though her delivery is occasionally over-evocative and melodramatic  a common complaint against Broadway actors. Bergen Sings Morgan was reissued in 1999 as a Collectables two-fer also featuring her subsequent Columbia LP, The Party's Over. ~ John Bush https://www.allmusic.com/album/bergen-sings-morgan-mw0000888016

Polly Bergen Sings Helen Morgan

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messenger - Tough!

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:12
Size: 76,8 MB
Art: Front

(7:56)  1. Scotch Blues
(7:25)  2. Flight to Jordan
(5:11)  3. Transfiguration
(6:39)  4. Exhibit A
(5:59)  5. Gershwin Medley

Recorded in 1957 but not released until 1966, drummer Art Blakey's Tough! is a swinging hard bop date. Joining Blakey here is saxophone giant Jackie McLean, along with a stellar group of less-appreciated artists including trumpeter Bill Hardman, pianist Sam Dockery, and bassist Spanky DeBrest. While not as essential as some of Blakey's other Jazz Messengers releases, Tough! certainly holds its own. ~ Matt Collar https://www.allmusic.com/album/tough%21-mw0000874203

Personnel: Art Blakey - drums; Jackie McLean - alto saxophone;  Bill Hardman - trumpet;  Sam Dockery - piano;  Spanky DeBrest - bass

Tough!

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Paolo Birro Trio - Piano Kings

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:02
Size: 132,1 MB
Art: Front

(6:45)  1. Where Or When
(4:58)  2. In The Mood For A Classic
(3:35)  3. Solitude
(5:26)  4. Love Vibrations
(5:02)  5. Voyage
(5:18)  6. September In Rio
(2:18)  7. Tiffany
(6:22)  8. Margot
(3:36)  9. Pastel
(3:55) 10. Bye-Ya
(3:04) 11. King Porter Stomp
(6:38) 12. What Better Fits

Paolo Birro was born in Noventa Vicentina, Vicenza, Italy in 1962.  He completed his classical piano studies at the Vicenza Conservatory with a summa cum laude degree in 1987, afterwhich he devoted himself to the jazz language which had fascinated him from his childhood. In 1992, in trio with Sandro Gibellini e Mauro Negri, he won the first prize for the performing group section at the Barga Jazz International Contest.  In 1996, after the releasing of his first trio album “Fair Play”, he was nominated “Best New Talent” by the critics of  the  magazine “Musica Jazz."  His career has offered him the opportunity to perform with jazz legends such as Lee Konitz, Buddy De Franco, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin and many other internationally-known artists including Scott Hamilton, Gianni Basso, Ruud Brink, Eliot Zigmund, Bobby Watson, Ronnie Cuber, Harry Allen, Tom Kirkpatrick, Charles Davis, Enrico Rava, Erwin Vann, Aldo Romano, Richard Galliano, Robert Bonisolo, Paolo Fresu, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Chuck Israels, Matt Renzi.  As a sideman he has contributed to the recording of over 50 albums by some of the most important jazzmen working in Italy; in particular the artistic relationship with saxophonists Pietro Tonolo, Emanuele Cisi, Claudio Fasoli and the american trumpet player (living in Italy) J Kyle Gregory has been more continuative, as documented in a series of works published by independent labels, including Egea, Splasc(h), Soulnote and Velut Luna. He is a regular member of the Lydian Sound Orchestra directed by Riccardo Brazzale, one of the most critically acclaimed Italian bands in the recent years. As a leader or co-leader  he has released several albums in solo, duo and trio: his last releases include “Sbàndio” (Almar Records), a solo piano performance based on the cultural traditions of his native region in Italy, and “Passion Flower” (Philology) an homage to the music of Billy Strayhorn recorded together with the saxophonist Lee Konitz and “Radiotrio” (Almar Records) with Federico Malaman (el. bass) and Mauro Beggio (drums).  As an educator he has taught Jazz piano, improvisation and ensemble at the ”Civici Corsi di Jazz” (Milan), International Jazz Master Classes at Siena, Jazz Department of the Bologna Conservatory, “Il Suono Improvviso” (Venice), Perugia Classico, Summer stages at Loano, and the Jazzinty Workshop in Novomesto (Slovenia).  He is currently Head of the Jazz Department at the Conservatory of Vicenza. http://www.lydiansoundorchestra.com/birro.html

Personnel:  Paolo Birro(p); Aldo Zunino(b); Alfred Kramer(ds)

Piano Kings

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Roy Ayers - Silver Vibrations

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:58
Size: 101,3 MB
Art: Front

(7:20)  1. Chicago
(7:58)  2. Lots of Love
(6:38)  3. Keep on Movin'
(5:37)  4. Silver Vibrations
(4:48)  5. Smiling With Our Eyes
(5:43)  6. D.C. City
(5:51)  7. Good Good Music

BBE save us from the hell of Discogs prices once again with the first ever reissue of vibes and jazz-funk legend Roy Ayer’s 1983 album ‘Silver Vibrations’. Cut on heavyweight vinyl and with the original artwork (new sleeve notes written by Sean P), the album retains that lush and full organic sound that Ayers championed in the late 70s before the 80s ‘shine’ took over. This is the music that Dr Dre absorbed as a young DJ, the production is big, warm and spacious with a tough punch inside a soft glove. Released in the UK only on Ayers’ own Uno Melodic Records, the album contains tracks from the US album 'Lots Of Love' also released in 1983 but ‘Silver Vibrations’ hosts four exclusive tracks plus extended cuts of three songs with one of the highlights being the evergreen ‘Chicago’, a spooky boogie tempo tune that’s never stopped bumping on knowing dancefloors round the globe. ‘Good, Good Music’ is a pure roller-skating jam, a proper dirty slap bass party-driver, reminiscent more of a late 70s ‘block party’ than a smooth 80s groove. This will still do damage in most places. ‘Lots Of Love’ is cheesy Roy. Loungey disco strings, alto sax, slap (again), but really takes off with Ayers’ abstract vibes playing in the middle section…I wouldn’t necessarily play this one out but could imagine finding myself giggling on a beach to it. Though also carbon-dated in that late 70s disco vibe, ‘Keep On Movin’ has a compelling simplicity and irresistible groove that is pure house music. The production is top notch, check those claps! Title track ‘Silver Vibrations’ heads into the 80s with a low slung rhythm, sparse chords, scratchy synths and smooth vocal refrains, setting the jazz-funk agenda for the coming years. ‘Smiling With Our Eyes’ is jazz in Stevie Wonder world, a yearning lead vocal, gently swinging but with restless chords punctuated by funky, syncopated female counter-voices. Quite lovely. ‘D.C.City’ can’t be compared to anyone else, this is the essence of the man. Roy Ayers as we imagine him, a song of unity, a deep mid-tempo groove, an acknowledged sibling of ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’. Listen to the keys and rhythm section on this then check Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ and there it is. Sublime and worth the record alone. http://www.truthandliesmusic.com/magazine/roy-ayers-silver-vibrations-bbe-records-a-review

Silver Vibrations

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