Friday, August 28, 2020

Judy Niemack, Wolfgang Köhler - Sing Your Song

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz 
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:05
Size: 129,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:16)  1. My Old Man
(6:00)  2. Isn´t It Romantic?
(6:13)  3. Lost in the Stars
(3:29)  4. Sing Your Song
(4:57)  5. One for My Baby
(4:55)  6. Eagle Poem
(4:38)  7. Where Love Has Gone
(6:16)  8. The Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig´s Tune)
(2:55)  9. Asphalt Nightmare
(6:51) 10. Lonely House
(4:29) 11. I´m All Smiles

A talented and adventurous singer, Judy Niemack has long had an underground reputation in jazz, although she finally received more recognition for her abilities. She sang regularly in school, starting at age seven in a church choir, and at 17 decided to become a professional singer. After meeting Warne Marsh the following year, Niemack became dedicated to jazz. She attended Pasadena City College, had several years of classical study, and also attended the New England Conservatory in Boston and the Cleveland Institute of Music, in addition to private lessons with Marsh. She moved to New York in 1977, and the following year made her recording debut, By Heart, for Sea Breeze. She returned in 1988 with Blue-Bop.

Since that time, Niemack has freelanced with many top jazz musicians (including Toots Thielemans, James Moody, Lee Konitz, Clark Terry, Kenny Barron, Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano, and Eddie Gomez, among others), has written lyrics to other musicians' compositions (in addition to writing songs of her own), and has toured Europe regularly. In addition, she has been a top jazz educator, teaching throughout Europe. A colorful improviser, Niemack has continued to recorded as a leader, delivering such albums as 1990's Long as You're Living, 1992's Straight Up, and 1996's Night and the Music. In 2003 she delivered About Time, featuring her husband, Jeanfrançois Prins, on guitar; Eddie Gomez on bass; and David Friedman on vibraphone. What's Going On? appeared on Temps in 2007, followed by In the Sundance in 2009. Niemack paired with pianist Dan Tepfer for Listening to You in 2017.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/judy-niemack-mn0000248476/biography

Wolfgang Köhler (born October 15, 1960 in Hofgeismar ) is a German professor of jazz and jazz pianist . As a piano player in the group “ Just Friends ”, Köhler undertook several tours from 1978 to 1991 through the German-speaking countries. From 1980 he studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin with Walter Norris and others. Since then he has played with numerous well-known artists such as Jiggs Whigham , Randy Brecker , Herb Geller , Benny Bailey , Gitte Hænning , Nigel Kennedy , John Marshall and Ack van Rooyen . From 1982 to 1986 he was a member of the RIAS dance orchestra and later also a pianist in several talk shows. He is repeatedly invited to productions as a soloist in the successor orchestra, the RIAS Big Band .Wolfgang Köhler composed two theater revues (in collaboration with the playwright Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg ) and several film scores, including for the ZDF children's series “Karfunkel”. Since 1999 he has been professor for jazz piano at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin . Since 2005 he has been playing with Tahsin Incirci in the “Duo Divan” alongside his professional activity. Since 2000 he has been a band leader with the “Allan Praskin Wolfgang Köhler Quartet”. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_K%C3%B6hler_(Pianist)

Sing Your Song

Eddie Higgins - Anticipation

Styles: Piano Jazz 
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 85:17
Size: 197,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:36)  1. Falling in Love with Love
(5:27)  2. Somewhere over the Rainbow
(5:17)  3. Zarac
(5:02)  4. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
(4:30)  5. I'll Be Loving You
(4:32)  6. Night in Tunisia
(7:00)  7. You Leave Me Breathless
(4:24)  8. Satin Doll
(3:44)  9. Strike up the Band
(6:30) 10. Prelude to a Kiss
(4:07) 11. Getting Sentimental over You
(7:14) 12. Foot's Bag
(4:41) 13. Tangerine
(5:57) 14. Spring Is Here
(4:53) 15. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
(4:08) 16. Blues for Big Scotia
(3:06) 17. You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To

Born and raised in New England, Eddie (Haydn) Higgins started his professional career in Chicago, while studying at the Northwestern University Music School. For twenty years Eddie worked at some of Chicago's best known jazz clubs, including the Brass Rail, Preview Lounge, Blue Note, Cloister Inn and Jazz Ltd. His longest and most memorable job was at the London House, where he led the house trio for twelve years, playing opposite the biggest jazz stars of the 50's and 60's, including Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Errol Garner, George Shearing, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans and many others. During his stay in Chicago, Eddie recorded a number of albums under his auspices and many more as a sideman with a wide variety of musicians, ranging in style from Coleman Hawkins to Wayne Shorter, Don Goldie to Freddie Hubbard, Jack Teagarden to Al Grey. Eddie's versatility is well-known: he has backed singers, done studio work as both pianist and arranger and worked in every jazz medium from Dixieland to Modern Jazz.

In 1970, Eddie moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and began spending winters in Florida and summers on Cape Cod, where he plays local clubs and enjoys sailing and tennis. Since the early 1980's, Eddie has traveled widely on the jazz festival circuit and has performed frequently in Europe and Japan. His releases on the Japanese “Venus” label have earned him number one in jazz sales on more than one album. In 1988, Eddie and jazz singer/pianist/artist Meredith d'Ambrosio were married and have become a popular team at clubs and festivals, as well as recording for Sunnyside Records.In recent years, Eddie's recording activity has become even more prolific and attention to his play has grown to be more widely recognized. He has received praise from such as Nat Hentoff and Gary Giddons. Attempts to describe his style are exemplified by the following: To these tributes, I would add that Eddie's play can be extraordinarily moving. Listen to his treatment of Brazilian themes on “Speaking of Jobim” and solo work on the album “Time On My Hands,” the latter which achieves an almost unparalleled marriage of style, composition and audio fidelity. You would think it was being played in a cathedral. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/eddiehiggins

Anticipation