George Shearing Quintet - Latin Lace

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:50
Size: 72,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:31)  1. The Story Of Love
(2:45)  2. Serenata
(2:05)  3. Tu, Mi Delirio
(2:50)  4. Cali Mambo
(2:52)  5. Rondo
(2:45)  6. To The Ends Of The Earth
(2:42)  7. The Moon Was Yellow
(2:33)  8. Wonder Struck
(2:09)  9. Sand In My Shoes
(2:59) 10. Mambo Caribe
(1:51) 11. It's Not For Me To Say
(2:42) 12. Mambo #2

The second of pianist George Shearing's full-length Latin albums once again finds his quintet (with vibraphonist Emil Richards, guitarist Toots Thielemans, bassist Al McKibbon and drummer Percy Brice) being joined by the exciting congas of Armando Peraza. Most of the easy-listening melodies are from south of the border, but even the ones that aren't (such as "The Story of Love," "The Moon Was Yellow" and "It's Not for Me to Say") are given a Latinized treatment. This is nice (if rather safe) music but the LP is long out of print.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/latin-lace-mw0000891823

Personnel:  George Shearing – piano; Toots Thielemans – guitar; Al McKibbon – double bass; Armando Peraza – congas; Emil Richards – vibraphone; Percy Brice – drums; Dave Cavanaugh – producer

Latin Lace

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Adrian Raso - Gypsybilly King

Styles: Guitar Jazz, Gypsy Swing
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:57
Size: 117,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:35)  1. Eric the Baker
(3:27)  2. One Last Time
(5:17)  3. Tres Pistoleros
(3:12)  4. Once Upon a November
(4:11)  5. St. James Infirmary
(3:13)  6. Bobolobo
(3:23)  7. The Gypsybilly King
(3:34)  8. Catch the Devil By It's Tale
(4:36)  9. Dark Waltz
(5:17) 10. Playa La Ropa
(3:08) 11. Beelzebaby Swing
(3:25) 12. Emilja's Waltz
(3:33) 13. Allumette

A journey from dusty desert roads, to deep south swamps, from Parisian rooms to bars in Prague. Zegna pinstripe suit, black Biltmore Eleganza fedora and Ted Baker tie: Adrian Raso is a sharply dressed man. The Toronto guitarist cuts a raffish figure, as he plays observers might just imagine him having succumbed to the old blues myth of selling his soul so to become a master musician. Raso defiantly blends a vast musical vocabulary that sees his supple guitar technique reference Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy jazz stylings and Brian Setzer rockabilly licks, whilst his diverse songwriting channels Johnny Cash’s ghost and deep south voodoo - drawing a clear line through these disparate yet similar musical-sociological traditions. Cutting his teeth playing tough Toronto dive bars, Raso came to realise he preferred forging his own path. Having released several solo albums in Canada, Raso’s 2014 collaboration with superstar Romanian brass band Fanfare Ciocarlia “Devil’s Tale’” ( Asphalt Tango Records ) secured his international reputation. Never before had East met West so successfully, the album, one of the first to combine Balkan/ Gypsy style rhythms with Mediterranean music, charted #1 on the World Music Charts and earned wide critical praise and a myriad awards. In 2019 Raso released his follow up and 10th studio album aptly titled “Gypsybilly King”. Blending furious Rockabilly guitar with influences ranging from Country Western, Romanian Hora, deep south Blues and Italian Tarantella. Raso seamlessly moves us from a smoky room in Paris to an after-hours bar in Prague, before quietly taking us down a dusty road in Texas, until finally settling in the dark streets of New Orleans. Mixed and mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer Bob St. John, the album also features collaborations with the likes of Prince’s drummer Michael Bland, The Stray Cats bassist Lee Rocker, along with multiple members of Del Bel. https://theadrianraso.bandcamp.com/releases

Gypsybilly King

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