Monday, September 28, 2020

Doug Ferony - Doug Ferony: In Concert

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:45
Size: 183,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:00) 1. Anything Goes
(3:01) 2. Come Fly With Me
(3:39) 3. Beyond the Sea
(3:40) 4. Times of Your Life
(3:35) 5. It Had To Be You
(2:14) 6. Too Marvelous For Words
(2:42) 7. Jailhouse Rock
(2:21) 8. Love Potion #9
(3:41) 9. Fire and Rain
(2:40) 10. I Ain't Got You
(3:03) 11. Smack Dab In the Middle
(5:33) 12. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
(3:40) 13. Theme From Godfather/That's Amore
(3:15) 14. Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes
(3:05) 15. God Bless America
(3:21) 16. Lady Is A Tramp
(4:42) 17. You Will Be My Music
(3:26) 18. That's Life
(6:08) 19. Crazy
(2:31) 20. Doug's Joke
(4:45) 21. My Way
(4:31) 22. New York, New York

When Doug Ferony sings, his warm voice, high musicianship, enthusiasm, and sincerity make the music he performs infectious and joyful, even when he is interpreting a touching ballad. It is always obvious that he loves timeless standards and has the voice and phrasing to make them sound fresh and relevant. While he makes no secret of his love for the singing of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin and Bobby Darin, he does not feel compelled to merely copy his predecessors and instead displays a sound of his own within the tradition of first-class singing.His career has included a variety of accomplishments. When I was very young,, remembers Doug, my parents played Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett and Dean Martin records around the house in addition to Rosemary Clooney and Ella Fitzgerald. I remember being very impressed by Frank Sinatra at an early age. While growing up, he played drums for a time, inspired by Buddy Rich. However by the time Doug was in high school, he knew that he wanted to pursue a career in singing.

In 1985, Doug Ferony moved to Los Angeles where he studied voice with Howard Austin and started gigging. He also went to acting school and began working in films. Through the years he has appeared in many major motion pictures including Back To School, GoodFellas, Spiderman II, and The Brave One in addition to such television series as Law & Order and The Sopranos. But singing before audiences has been his main love. Doug spent much of the 1990s in New York and fondly remembers performing three nights a week with a trio at the World Trade Center during 1995-96, singing regularly at the Supper Club with his big band, and with a piano duo at Tavern On The Green. Doug currently performs all over the country including at supper clubs, casinos, racetracks, cruises and concerts, and he recently worked a show at the Paramount Center for the Arts with veteran singer Al Martino. Some of Doug's performances include the Westchester Country Club, Empire City/Yonkers Raceway, the C-Note Jazz Club, The Arthur Ashe US Open, and on the Las Vegas Strip at the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino.

Doug has many popular recordings such as I'm In Love With A Girl (title track featured in the film, "Mr. Vincent), This One's For You, Time After Time, It's Christmas, I Ain't Got You, and America's Greatest Songs. Lovers is intimate and thoughtful, says Doug. I wanted this to be a nice easy-listening candle-lit romantic CD. I've recorded a lot of uptempo swing in the past so this is a change of pace." "What I enjoy most about standards and swing is that I can understand and relate to the lyrics. I pride myself in doing justice to lyrics and I try to bring a lot of passion and fun to the music". Doug Ferony succeeds on all levels throughout Lovers, making the classic songs and vintage lyrics sound as if they were written specifically for him to communicate to today's listeners.~ Scott Yanow Author of ten jazz books including The Jazz Singers, Swing, Trumpet Kings, Jazz On Film, and Jazz On Record 1917-76 https://dougferony.com/bio

Doug Ferony: In Concert

Sant Andreu Jazz Band - Joan Chamorro presenta Jan Domènech


Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:23
Size: 160,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:14) 1. Fables Of Faubus
(3:53) 2. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
(6:41) 3. Secret Love
(4:24) 4. Farol de Barra
(2:50) 5. Prom To Prom
(6:35) 6. We'll Be Together Again
(4:20) 7. September In The Rain
(4:00) 8. The Touch Of Your Lips
(4:55) 9. Status Quo
(6:41) 10. On a Clear Day
(4:33) 11. In My Life
(4:22) 12. Without a Song
(2:58) 13. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
(5:54) 14. It’s De-Lovely

Jan Domènech, at the age of 12, joined the Young Cats (the youngest of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band). That was 2010. The following year he was already part of the Band, and he played various songs at the concert at the Palau de la Música in 2011, of which there are many sequences in the director Ramon Tort's film, “A film about kids and music) and where Jan appears on several occasions. As of that year, little by little, his presence in the SAJB became more important, sharing the position of pianist, mainly with Marc Martín. Jan's evolution has been continuous since those early years. His passion for music and his desire to learn has led him to become a pianist who has assimilated the tradition (through listening to pianists such as Red Garland, Teddy Wilson, Duke Ellington and Oscar Peterson) and who continues his search for more contemporary sounds (through Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersh and those who have been their teachers directly: Ignasi Terraza and Marco Mezquida).Jan has been part of my project between 2010 and 2019.

We can hear his evolution as a soloist in the recordings of songs like Jordu (2015), Three and One and Triste (2016), Count Bubba. (2017) Shinny stokings (2018), Land End (2019) and many others, especially in recent years. That continuous evolution and that total dedication to jazz are the reasons why I propose to make a presentation CD (the 14th of the collection). In it we have the presence of renowned international soloists such as Scott Hamilton, Dick Oatts, Joe Magnarelli, with the voices of Andrea Motis, Joana Casanova and Alba Armengou. In several of the songs we have David Xirgu on drums.
His colleagues in the SAJB also have an important presence in the new job, as has been customary in recent CDs. About to turn 15 years of the project, I am proud and extremely happy to be able to have this new "Joan Chamorro presents" and see how Jan Domènech, little by little, is taking his place in the Catalan jazz scene. Congratulations, Jan, and may jazz music continue to be as important to you as it has been until now, filling your life with hope and pleasure, and may you continue to share it with all of us. https://santandreujazzband.bandcamp.com/album/joan-chamorro-presenta-jan-dom-nech

Joan Chamorro presenta Jan Domènech