Meredith d'Ambrosio - Lost In His Arms

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:32
Size: 80,2 MB
Art: Front

(1:35) 1. Lost In His Arms
(2:54) 2. Baltimore Oriole
(2:17) 3. Land Where The Good Songs Go
(1:35) 4. In Love In Vain
(3:04) 5. Alone Together
(3:11) 6. It Never Entered My Mind
(1:53) 7. Once In A Blue Moon
(2:29) 8. Blame It On My Youth
(1:22) 9. Rip Van Winkle
(1:49) 10. Everytime We Say Goodbye
(2:34) 11. Never Never Land
(2:46) 12. I Get Alone Without You Very Well
(1:55) 13. Up Jumped Spring
(3:11) 14. Spring Is Here
(1:49) 15. Funny Girl

Meredith d'Ambrosio accompanies herself for the most part on this solo CD. She's got the perfect piano chops to back her soft but always swinging vocals, resulting in an album that often seems like the listener is eavesdropping on an artist performing alone for her own enjoyment. Part of the informal nature of these sessions is that only one of the 15 tracks exceeds three minutes in length, while several end after only a single chorus. The singer is especially effective interpreting wistful ballads like "Blame It On My Youth" and "In Love in Vain." She taps her foot a bit to "Baltimore Oriole" and the gliding treatment of "Up Jumped Spring," and delightfully restores the often omitted verse to "It Never Entered My Mind." She sings a bit more brazenly when Ray Santisi takes her place at the piano (adding bassist Chris Rathburn and an unidentified drummer playing brushes) on the brisk "Alone Together" and a waltz-time "Never Never Land." First released on LP by Spring, these memorable sessions were reissued on CD by Sunnyside in 1994.~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/lost-in-his-arms-mw0000443061

Personnel: Vocals – Meredith d'Ambrosio; Bass – Chris Rathbun; Coordinator [Reissue] – François Zalacain; Guitar – Norman Coles; Piano – 1 to 4, 6 to 10, 12 to 16 (Meredith d'Ambrosio)

Lost In His Arms

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Nancy Sinatra - Nancy In London

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:39
Size: 95,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:47) 1. On Broadway
(2:25) 2. The End
(2:36) 3. Step Aside
(2:41) 4. I Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree
(3:43) 5. Summer Wine
(2:52) 6. Wishin' And Hopin'
(2:10) 7. This Little Bird
(2:18) 8. Shades
(2:31) 9. The More I See You
(2:51) 10. Hutchinson Jail
(3:03) 11. Friday's Child
(2:31) 12. 100 Years
(2:58) 13. You Only Live Twice
(2:26) 14. Tony Rome
(2:41) 15. Life's A Trippy Thing

Although the photo on Nancy Sinatra's third studio solo album shows the sultry singer dolled up in swinging-London mod gear, sitting on a double-decker bus, 1966's Nancy in London doesn't feature Frank's daughter covering any of the fab British Invasion hits hinted at by the album's title and cover art. But that's not to say these recordings suffer the same incongruence as the concept. Her opening rendition of Weil and Mann's "On Broadway" could very well be the best version next to The Drifters' 1963 hit. And her silky voice gives Estelle Levitt's "I Can't Grow Peaches on a Cherry Tree" a texture that's as rich as any of the flawlessly arranged strings here. But it's the uncanny chemistry between Sinatra's ethereal inflections and Lee Hazlewood's cryptic approach to songwriting that makes for the best songs on these records. Add to that the contrast of Hazlewood's gravelly singing, and songs like his "Summer Wine" and "Friday's Child" stand out like flowers growing on a cactus. This version boasts four bonus tracks, including a bookending duet with Frank. https://music.apple.com/us/album/nancy-in-london/148037474

Nancy In London

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Vincent Herring - Preaching to the Choir

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:55
Size: 152,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:00) 1. Dudli's Dilemma
(7:47) 2. Old Devil Moon
(6:53) 3. Ojos de Rojo
(5:56) 4. Hello
(7:37) 5. Fried Pies
(6:03) 6. Minor Swing
(6:26) 7. In a Sentimental Mood
(5:02) 8. Preaching to the Choir
(6:36) 9. Granted
(7:32) 10. You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Vincent Herring can certainly preach with his horn a deeply soulful version of alto sax that gets plenty of room to open up and speak its message here working through a set of long, lovely tracks with really great support! The group's a quartet with Cyrus Chestnut on piano, Yasushi Nakamura on bass, and Johnathan Blake on drums instantly hitting that kind of a groove that really makes Herring sound his best a level of accompaniment he doesn't always get on record but when he does, on a set like this, it reminds us all over again how much we can love his music when it finds the right sound! There's a solidity here that makes the record one of Herring's best in years – and titles include "Dudli's Dilemma", "Ojos De Rojo", "Granted", "Preaching To The Choir", "Minor Swing", "Fried Pies", and "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life". © 1996-2021, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/979454

Personnel: Vincent Herring (alto saxophone); Cyrus Chestnut (piano); Yasushi Nakamura (bass); Johnathan Blake (drums)

Preaching to the Choir

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