Kate Ceberano And Her Sextet - Kate Ceberano And Her Septet Live

Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:17
Size: 126,0
Art: Front

(2:30) 1. Im Beginning to See the Light
(3:53) 2. My Baby Just Cares for Me
(3:03) 3. Midnight Sun
(4:56) 4. Love Me or Leave Me
(3:09) 5. Ill Wind
(5:31) 6. Memory Serves
(3:46) 7. Two Sleepy People
(2:43) 8. Heart
(2:44) 9. Im Hip
(6:16) 10. Lush Life
(2:41) 11. One Note Samba
(2:23) 12. And the Angels Sing
(6:05) 13. Im Afraid the Masquerade Is Over
(4:29) 14. Yeah Yeah

One of Australia's most gifted and versatile performers, Kate Ceberano's music crossed several genres and made her one of the most popular female vocalists of the 1980s and '90s. Ceberano first rose to prominence as the teenage lead singer of Australian funk-pop outfit I'm Talking in 1985. Their debut (and as it transpired, only) album, Bear Witness, produced three hit singles, including "Love Don't Live Here Anymore." I'm Talking disbanded in 1987, and Ceberano released her debut solo jazz album in that same year. Kate Ceberano and Her Septet, featuring her brother Phil and veteran session musicians Alex Pertout and Jex Saarelaht, became a huge hit, and was followed in 1988 by You've Always Got the Blues, which featured Ceberano and Wendy Matthews as vocalists. In 1988 the first single from Ceberano's eagerly awaited first pop album was released. "Bedroom Eyes" became the highest-selling Australian single of 1988 and helped Ceberano win two ARIA awards for best female vocalist in 1988 and 1989. The album, Brave, was released in 1989 and went triple platinum. "Young Boys Are My Weakness" was also released as a single from this disc. Another jazz album called Like Now followed in 1990, then her second pop album, Think About It, appeared in 1991. However, it could not build on the success of Brave and failed to produce a strong single. 1992 saw a stage production of Jesus Christ Superstar open in Australia. Ceberano won the part of Mary Magdalene, and performed alongside John Farnham, Noiseworks frontman Jon Stevens, and former Rose Tattoo lead singer Angry Anderson in the show. The Australian cast album went four-times platinum and Ceberano's song from the production -- "I Don't Know How to Love Him" -- was released as a single. In 1996, another pop album, Blue Box, was released, and this was followed in 1998 with Pash. The '60s-influenced pop of the title track became her biggest hit since "Bedroom Eyes." A best-of collection entitled True Romantic appeared in 1999. ~ Jonathan Lewis https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kate-ceberano-mn0000363528

Personnel: Vocals – Kate Ceberano; Bass – Stuart Speed ; Drums – Peter Jones ; Guitar– Phillip Ceberano; Piano, Arranged By – Jex Saarelaht; Saxophone [Sax] – Robert Bourke; Trombone – Russell Smith ; Vibraphone [Vibes], Percussion – Alex Pertout

Kate Ceberano And Her Septet Live

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Jamie Cullum - The Pianoman At Christmas

Styles: Vocal, Piano, Christmas
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:08
Size: 90,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:14) 1. It's Christmas
(3:30) 2. Beautiful, Altogether
(4:56) 3. Hang Your Lights
(3:04) 4. The Jolly Fat Man
(4:35) 5. The Pianoman at Christmas
(4:15) 6. Turn On The Lights
(3:28) 7. So Many Santas
(2:42) 8. Christmas Never Gets Old
(6:01) 9. How Do You Fly?
(3:18) 10. Christmas Caught Me Crying

With his first holiday-themed album, 2020's The Pianoman at Christmas, Jamie Cullum strikes a festive balance between swinging traditional pop and heartfelt singer/songwriter introspection. It's a balance the singer and pianist has been perfecting ever since breaking through in the early 2000s, moving between urbane re-interpretations of jazz standards and his own lyrical pop/rock originals. It's also a formula that has helped him remain a Top 20 chart regular in the U.K. with albums like 2014's Interlude and 2019's Taller. The Pianoman at Christmas makes the most of these skills as Cullum brings all of his varied experience to bear on a set of original holiday songs. Produced by Greg Wells, the album is a fittingly lush production, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios with a varied mix of big band, orchestral, and small group arrangements. Tracks like "It's Christmas" and "Christmas Never Gets Old" are big swinging numbers that capture a Frank Sinatra fireside sparkle. Similarly vintage-sounding, "Hang Your Lights" is a snappy, minor-key jump blues rhumba in the Louis Prima tradition, while "So Many Santas" crackles with a Las Vegas high-kicking chorus-girl energy. We also get the bluesy, Ray Charles-sounding "Jolly Fat Man" with its wry, nightclub sense of humor. While much of the album evokes the 1950s and '60s golden age of traditional pop, there are more introspective moments as Cullum settles gently into the Billy Joel-esque title track, the ebullient '70s soft-rock anthem "Turn On the Lights," and the dusky, cinematic string romanticism of "Beautiful Together." The Pianoman at Christmas isn't just a great holiday album, it's a great Jamie Cullum album. ~ Matt Collar https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-pianoman-at-christmas-mw0003441306

Personnel: Vocals, Piano – Jamie Cullum; Alto Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Martin Williams (2), Paul Booth (2); Alto Saxophone, Flute – Graeme Blevins, Howard McGill; Backing Vocals – Aisha Stuart, Naomi Miller, Shanna Goodhead; Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Flute – Claire McInerney; Bass [Upright Bass], Electric Bass, Backing Vocals – Loz Garratt; Cello – Bozidar Vukotic, Chris Worsey, Ian Burdge, Tony Woollard; Conductor, Piano, Saxophone, Bells [Sleigh Bells], Tambourine, Backing Vocals – Tom Richards (5); Double Bass – Chris Laurence, Richard Price; Stacey Richard Watton; Drums – Ed Richardson (tracks: 2); Drums, Backing Vocals – Brad Webb; French Horn – Alexei Watkins, Angela Barnes, Laurence Davies, Michael Thompson (2), Richard Bissill; Guitar – Tom VarrallHarp – Hugh Webb; Piano – Ross Stanley; Trombone – Alistair White, Mark Frost, Nichol Thomson, Trevor Mires;Trombone [Orchestral Trombone] – Chris Traves, Dave Stewart (2), Mark Nightingale, Tracey Holloway; Trumpet – Louis Dowdswell, Rory Simmons, Tom Rees-Roberts, Tom Walsh (12); Tuba – Mike Poyser, Owen Slade; Ann Beilby, Helen Kamminga, Julia Knight, Kate Musker, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Reiad Chibah; Violin – Beatrix Lovejoy, Ben Buckton, Ciaran McCabe, Daniel Bhattacharya, Dorina Markoff, Everton Nelson, Jeremy Isaac, Kate Robinson, Marianne Haynes, Max Baillie, Natalia Bonner, Patrick Savage, Rita Manning, Steve Morris, Tom Pigott-Smith; Violin, Leader – John Mills (8)

The Pianoman At Christmas

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