Friday, May 14, 2021

Lela Kaplowitz - To One

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:29
Size: 135,5 MB
Art: Front

( 4:04) 1. Liila
( 4:39) 2. Human Tapestry
( 5:03) 3. You Gave Me the Wings
( 4:27) 4. Everything Is Possible
( 4:42) 5. Love Is All There Is
( 3:59) 6. 300 Years of Silence
( 5:12) 7. Dreamland
( 4:32) 8. You Will See
( 5:44) 9. With Every Breath
( 5:58) 10. Love Prayer
(10:05) 11. Chant to One

Lela Kaplowitz gives something artistic to the world. It makes people look at the ordinary things in a new way. It stimulates them to see with a new perspective. Lela’s flood of creativity changes people’s lives for the better and raises beauty out of ordinary daily life. Lela’s mission is to stimulate, to entertain, to show beauty. She is a success because she loves her calling.

Lela began professionally singing at 16. She studied vocal improvisation with Sheila Jordan at the Jazz Conservatorium in Graz, Austria, and later in New York with world-renowned jazz musicians like Jay Clayton, Mark Murphy, Barry Harris, and Kate McGarry.

She also attended the Berklee Summer Music Workshop in Perugia, Italy, and studied at the New School in New York. Lela continues to study at Berklee Music online and with acclaimed vocal coach Dot Todman from LA.

She performed and recorded with prominent musicians and during the five years of her life in New York City, Lela was heard and seen at the most prominent places of the American musical history. In Europe, she travelled and performed in most prominent European jazz clubs and festivals.

In 2009, Lela won the title “Lady Summertime” at the one of the largest female vocal jazz competitions in the world in Kaajani, Finland. She recorded a few albums and appeared on several as a guest vocalist

On September 19th 2019she performed at the world renowned Carnegie Hall in New York City promoting her newest album “To One” published by Parma Recordings.

A piece of that concert's spirit she will bring to Lisinski and share with her audience. https://www.lisinski.hr/en/events/lela-kaplowitz-br-to-one/

On her concert she will be backed by a four-piece ensemble: Joe Kaplowitz –piano, organ; Elvis Penava – guitar; Vladimir Samardžic – bass; Dado Marinkovic – drums

To One

Doc Cheatham & Rosemary Galloway - Chu Chu Wa Wa

Styles: Vocal, Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:05
Size: 115,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:57)  1. Smokey Mary
(5:26)  2. You're a Sweetheart
(5:58)  3. Under the Moonlight Starlight Blue
(4:11)  4. Two Time Man
(4:09)  5. Quinn And Sonic
(3:23)  6. Eccentric
(5:05)  7. A Shine On Your Shoes
(4:56)  8. Judy
(5:14)  9. Just An Old Manuscript
(3:26) 10. Baby It's Cold Outside
(4:14) 11. Chu Chu Wa Wa

Doc Cheatham was without question the greatest 90-year old trumpeter of all time; in fact, no brass player over the age of 80 had ever played with his power, range, confidence, and melodic creativity. Most trumpeters fade while in their 60s due to the physical difficulty of their instrument, but Cheatham did not truly find himself as a soloist until he was nearly 70. Doc Cheatham's career reaches back to the early '20s, when he played in vaudeville theaters backing such traveling singers as Bessie Smith and Clara Smith. He moved to Chicago, recorded with Ma Rainey (on soprano sax), played with Albert Wynn, subbed for Louis Armstrong (his main idol), and had his own group in 1926. After stints with Wilbur DeParis and Chick Webb, he toured Europe with Sam Wooding. Due to his wide range and pretty tone, Cheatham worked as a non-soloing first trumpeter with McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Cab Calloway throughout the 1930s. 

He spent time with Teddy Wilson's big band, and was with the commercially successful Eddie Heywood Sextet (backing Billie Holiday on some recordings). In the 1950s, Cheatham alternated between Dixieland (Wilbur DeParis, guest spots with Eddie Condon) and Latin bands (Perez Prado, Herbie Mann). He was with Benny Goodman during 1966-1967, but it was not until the mid-'70s that Cheatham felt truly comfortable as a soloist. Duet sets with pianist Sammy Price launched his new career, and until his death in 1997, he recorded fairly prolifically including dates for Sackville, New York Jazz, Parkwood, Stash, GHB, Columbia, and several European labels. Cheatham was also a charming singer whose half-spoken, half-sung vocals took nothing away from his chance-taking trumpet flights. Bio ~ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/doc-cheatham/id130548#fullText
 
Personnel: Doc Cheatham (vocals, trumpet); Rosemary Galloway (vocals); Jane Fair (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Jim Galloway (soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone); Sarah McElcheran (trumpet); Norman Amadio (piano); Don Vickery (drums).