The Terry Gibbs & Buddy DeFranco Quintet - Jazz at Dukes Place: Live in New Orleans

Styles: Vibraphone And Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:23
Size: 125,7 MB
Art: Front

( 8:31)  1. Yesterdays
(10:27)  2. Austin Mood
( 3:36)  3. Body and Soul
( 3:56)  4. Blues for Brodie
( 9:34)  5. Love for Sale
( 7:33)  6. We’ll Be Together Again
( 6:48)  7. Samba Wazoo
( 3:54)  8. Air Mail Special

Shot atop the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans French Quarter in the early 1980's for the national television series "Live in New Orleans". Terry Gibbs & Buddy DeFranco teamed up and were joined by Lou Levy on piano, Bob Maize on bass and Ray Mosca on drums, to perform before a live audience in what was then known as Dukes Place. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/terrygibbsbuddydefranco/159264006

Jazz at Dukes Place: Live in New Orleans

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Barney Wilen - Barney Wilen, Jazz Stars

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:35
Size: 183,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:54)  1. The Way You Look Tonight
(4:24)  2. Blue Monk
(5:38)  3. We See
(3:51)  4. Radio Taxi Melody
(4:26)  5. Nature Boy
(6:59)  6. Prelude in Blue
(5:11)  7. My Melancholy Baby
(4:13)  8. Mysterioso
(4:20)  9. Vamp
(4:28) 10. Night in Tunisia
(5:15) 11. Hackensack
(3:15) 12. Life Is One Long Struggle
(4:24) 13. Blue n' Boogie
(5:34) 14. Think of One
(6:49) 15. Let's Call This
(3:48) 16. Minor Swing

Barney Wilen's mother was French, his father a successful American dentist-turned-inventor. He grew up mostly on the French Riviera; the family left during World War II but returned upon its conclusion. According to Wilen himself, he was convinced to become a musician by his mother's friend, the poet Blaise Cendrars. As a teenager he started a youth jazz club in Nice, where he played often. He moved to Paris in the mid-'50s and worked with such American musicians as Bud Powell, Benny Golson, Miles Davis, and J.J. Johnson at the Club St. Germain. His emerging reputation received a boost in 1957 when he played with Davis on the soundtrack to the Louis Malle film Lift to the Scaffold. Two years later, he performed with Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk on the soundtrack to Roger Vadim's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1960). Wilen began working in a rock-influenced style during the '60s, recording an album entitled Dear Prof. Leary in 1968. In the early '70s, Wilen led a failed expedition of filmmakers, musicians, and journalists to travel to Africa to document pygmy music. Later Wilen played in a punk rock band called Moko and founded a French Jazzmobile-type organization that took music to people living in outlying areas. He also worked in theater. By the mid-'90s, he was working once again in a bebop vein in a band with the pianist Laurent de Wilde. Much of Wilen's later work was documented on the Japanese Venus label. ~ Chris Kelsey https://www.allmusic.com/artist/barney-wilen-mn0000117853/biography

Barney Wilen, Jazz Stars

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Howard Alden - Concord Jazz Guitar Collective

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:21
Size: 149,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:57)  1. Bittersweet
(4:27)  2. Strictly Confidential
(4:38)  3. String Thing
(6:37)  4. Mating Call
(4:09)  5. Seven Come Eleven
(7:01)  6. Body And Soul
(5:28)  7. Donna Lee
(6:10)  8. Perdido
(4:57)  9. Swing 39
(5:04) 10. Four Brothers
(4:27) 11. Song D'Autumne
(5:22) 12. Ornithology

The Concord Jazz Guitar Collective was a 1995 project that united Howard Alden with fellow guitarists and Concord artists Jimmy Bruno and Frank Vignola. For Concord, a three-guitar date was hardly unprecedented; back in 1974, the label had brought Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd, and Herb Ellis together as the Great Guitars. Despite the fact that they all play the same instrument, Alden, Bruno, and Vignola prove compatible on this outing, which also employs Jim Hughart on upright bass and Colin Bailey on drums. Although Bruno tends to be more aggressive and forceful than Alden, he can be quite lyrical when he wants to; and while Alden isn't as hard a player as Bruno, he definitely swings. The two have a strong rapport on uptempo numbers like Charlie Parker's "Ornithology," Sam Jones' "Bittersweet," and Benny Goodman's "Seven Come Eleven," as well as on more relaxed performances like Django Reinhardt's "Song D'Autumne" and the standard "Body and Soul." Vignola, meanwhile, also proves to be an asset. Though not all of his 1990s output for Concord was memorable, he's a talented guitarist; and on Concord Jazz Guitar Collective, the presence of Alden and Bruno encourages Vignola to work hard and put that talent to use instead of wasting it. This is a CD that lovers of hard-bop guitar playing will appreciate. ~ Alex Henderson https://www.allmusic.com/album/concord-jazz-guitar-collective-mw0000646483

Personnel:  Howard Alden, Jimmy Bruno (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 8, 10, 12), Electric Guitar – Frank Vignola (tracks: 8, 10, 12),  Acoustic Guitar – Frank Vignola (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 11), Jimmy Bruno (tracks: 2, 6, 9, 11); Bass – Jim Hughart (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12); Drums – Colin Bailey (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)

Concord Jazz Guitar Collective

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Didier Lockwood - Lockwood: Chansons Pour Enfants

Styles: Violin Jazz
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:53
Size: 103,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:24)  1. Le Roi Dagobert
(2:18)  2. A La Claire Fontaine
(2:30)  3. Frère Jacques
(1:30)  4. Zebulon Dance
(2:55)  5. Sur Le Pont D'avignon
(2:05)  6. Quand L'oiseau S'endort
(2:08)  7. Il Était Un Petit Navire
(2:50)  8. En Passant Par La Lorraine
(2:28)  9. Gentil Coquelicot
(3:22) 10. Alouette
(2:48) 11. J'ai Du Bon Tabac
(2:43) 12. Nous N'irons Plus Au Bois
(2:28) 13. Au Clair De La Lune
(2:18) 14. Colchiques Dans Les Prés
(2:19) 15. Il Était Un Petit Radis
(2:27) 16. Mon Beau Sapin
(2:19) 17. Cadet Rousselle
(1:52) 18. Bébé Jules

Didier Lockwood (born February 11, 1956) is a French jazz violinist.He was born in Calais and studied classical violin and composition at the Calais Conservatory. However, his brother Francis made him receptive to forms of music other than the classical and he quit his studies in 1972. Didier was entranced by the improvisation of Jean-Luc Ponty on Frank Zappa's King Kong album and took up the amplified violin. He joined the progressive rock group Magma, touring and notable featured on their 1975 Live/Hhaï album. Lockwood was also influenced by Polish violinist Zbigniew Seifert and Stéphane Grappelli, whom he joined on tour. Didier Lockwood in concert (1992)He has also played with Quebecois fusion group Uzeb on their Absolutely Live album. He is famous for exploring new musical environments and for performing various sound imitations on his amplified violin, such as seagulls or trains. On July 23, 1982, in Montreux, Switzerland, he performed in concert with guitarist Allan Holdsworth, drummer Billy Cobham, bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, and keyboardist David Sancious. Didier Lockwood created a string instruments improvisation school, CMDL (Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood), in 2001. He is married to singer Caroline Casadesus Throughout 2006 Didier has been touring with Martin Taylor the Jazz guitarist. In these performances it is noticeable to see that he is very involved in improvisation. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/didierlockwood

Personnel: Violin, Keyboards, Programmed By, Synthesizer, Arranged By, Producer – Didier Lockwood;  Bass, Vocals – Sylvin Marc; Guitar – Jean-Marie Ecay; Keyboards, Arranged By – Francis Lockwood; Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Recorded By – Jean-Pierre Mas; Percussion – Angel Celada; Vocals – Claude Lombard (tracks: 8,9,14,17), Daniel Huck (tracks: 3,10,13), Florence Davis (tracks: 2,5,6,12)

Lockwood: Chansons Pour Enfants

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Natalie Cressman, Ian Faquini - Setting Rays of Summer

Styles: Vocal, Trombone And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:46
Size: 87,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:29)  1. Terê
(2:05)  2. L'aube
(3:06)  3. Lenga Lenga
(4:35)  4. Debandada
(3:32)  5. Setting Rays of Summer
(3:56)  6. Mandingueira
(3:30)  7. My Heart Again Will Rise
(2:53)  8. Uirapuru
(4:14)  9. Museu Nacional
(5:22) 10. Sereia

Some albums arrive without precedent, a world unto themselves. While bringing to mind the sophisticated, jazz-infused post-Tropicalia songs of Brazilian composers like Guinga, Milton Nascimento, and Marcos Valle, Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini’s unusual duo album Setting Rays of Summer sounds as fresh and revivifying as a clear mountain stream. 007AA guitarist, vocalist, and composer born in Brasilia and raised since childhood in Berkeley, Calif., Faquini is responsible for the voluptuously shaped compositions and lithe but orchestral guitar work. He also possesses a pleasingly reedy voice that blends artfully with Cressman’s bright, translucent singing. She’s a top-shelf trombonist who’s worked with such diverse artists as Peter Apfelbaum and Phish’s Trey Anastasio, and is utterly at home in MPB (musica popular brasileira), the omnivorous Brazilian movement that emerged out of bossa nova and Tropicalia at the end of the 1960s. Cressman contributes lyrics to three of the 10 pieces, one in Portuguese and two in English, including the wistful title track that encapsulates the album’s evocation of brief epiphanies, fleeting pleasures, and enduring memories. 

Iara Ferreira provides the Portuguese lyrics for four songs, including the levitating ballad “Debandada,” rendered as a delicately intertwined duet, and the surging samba “Mandingueira.” Rogerio Santos wrote the lyrics for “Lenga Lenga,” which has an infectious hook worthy of a standard, and the dreamy “Uirapuru,” a lovely sigh of a song. The melody of Faquini’s instrumental piece “Museu Nacional” echoes the exquisite melancholy of Jobim’s “O Amor em Paz,” delivered with burnished intensity by Cressman’s trombone. Faquini made a vivid first impression with his 2016 debut Metal na Madeira featuring Rio-based vocalist Paula Santoro; that album featured his originals set to an array of Northeastern rhythms. The expert songcraft on display throughout Setting Rays is more than impressive, but what stands out most is the way that trombone, guitar, and two voices conjure a fully realized realm. ~ Andrew Gilbert https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/natalie-cressman-ian-faquini-setting-rays-of-summer-cressman-music/

Personnel:  Natalie Cressman: Trombone and Vocals; Ian Faquini: Guitar and Vocals

Setting Rays of Summer

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