Naomi & Her Handsome Devils - Live at the Uptown Swingout

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:50
Size: 131,4 MB
Art: Front

(0:10) 1. Intro
(2:49) 2. Gone so Long
(5:10) 3. Sweet Sue
(3:18) 4. Let Yourself Go
(4:39) 5. Mood Indigo
(4:50) 6. Love
(3:04) 7. I Hear Music
(4:39) 8. Blues in My Heart
(3:27) 9. Heartaches
(3:00) 10. Boot Heel Drag
(3:52) 11. Am I Blue
(2:48) 12. I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby
(3:41) 13. I'll Never Be Free
(3:10) 14. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
(2:56) 15. Wishing and Crying for You
(4:25) 16. Dinah
(0:44) 17. Outro

The long awaited third album from what can only be called a swing revival supergroup is finally here. Recorded last summer at the Minneapolis Uptown Swing Out, this live take on Naomi and Her Handsome Devils is already being played at DJ'd events and dance classes all over the world. An instant hit, but how could it miss. The front line is Jonathan Doyle from Seattle, Gordon Au from New York City, and Charlie Halloran from New Orleans. The rhythm section is Jake Sanders from Chicago, Jared Engel out of Brooklyn, Dalton Ridenhour from Missouri but now in New York, and Josh Collazo from LA. If you've been reading this paper awhile those are all names you've heard before, either as leaders or members of the best traditional jazz and swing groups going. Past albums have included Mike Davis and Adrian Cunningham. This is what is called on the festival circuit a reunion band but the Handsome Devils reunite a number of times a year at major swing events on at least three continents. The Devils are led by Naomi Uyama a vocalist easily their match in musicality. She's also an international swing dance champion and an instructor with a great sense of what dancing crowds want.By Joe Bebco https://syncopatedtimes.com/naomi-her-handsome-devils-live/

Personnel: Naomi Uyama - vocals; Jake Sanders - guitar; Jonathan Doyle - tenor sax and clarinet; Gordon Au - trumpet; Charlie Halloran - trombone; Jared Engel - bass; Dalton Ridenhour - piano; Josh Collazo - drums

Live at the Uptown Swingout

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The Syd Lawrence Orchestra - Live In Dublin

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:55
Size: 148,6 MB
Art: Front

(1:47) 1. Evening Serenade
(3:48) 2. Strike Up the Band
(4:19) 3. Splanky
(3:21) 4. My Kind of Town
(3:57) 5. You're Driving Me Crazy
(2:31) 6. Bye Bye Blues
(2:57) 7. Holiday for Trombones
(4:29) 8. On the Sunny Side of the Street
(5:14) 9. Sing, Sing, Sing
(3:17) 10. Skyliner
(6:14) 11. Phil the Fluter's Ball / Molly Malone / Galway Bay / The Rose of Tralee / The Rakes of Mallow (Piper's Patrol) / When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
(3:52) 12. Elmer's Tune
(6:35) 13. Too Little Time
(3:06) 14. Trumpet Blues and Cantabile
(4:42) 15. Moonlight Serenade
(1:49) 16. In the Mood
(1:48) 17. Irish National Anthem

Born 26 June 1923, Shotton, Flintshire, Wales, died 5 May 1998, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. As a child Lawrence studied violin but began playing cornet with a brass band. In 1941, he became a professional musician, playing dance music but then entered the Royal Air Force. During his military service he became a member of the RAF Middle East Command Dance Orchestra. After the war, he played with, among others, Ken Mackintosh and Geraldo. In 1953, he joined the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra, where he remained for 15 years. Towards the end of his stint with the orchestra Lawrence formed a rehearsal band, playing the kind of dance music and swing popularized in the late 30s and 40s by American bands, especially that led by Glenn Miller. Over the next few months Lawrence found that his rehearsal band was attracting a growing audience which was especially appreciative of the Miller music he had transcribed from records. In 1969, he made the decision to form a full-time professional band. Although in its original concept the band played highly derivative music, it was done with such spirit and enthusiasm that he successfully retained an audience for concerts and records. https://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Syd-Lawrence.html

Live In Dublin

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Laura Benanti - Laura Benanti

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:12
Size: 102,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:15) 1. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
(3:46) 2. Someone You Loved
(4:13) 3. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
(3:08) 4. Sucker
(3:48) 5. The Boy From...
(4:24) 6. Go Slow
(3:35) 7. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
(3:51) 8. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
(4:00) 9. Lose You to Love Me
(3:56) 10. Wives and Lovers
(5:10) 11. The Party's Over

LAURA BENANTI, the Tony® Award-winning actress and singer from Broadway, film and television, and best-selling author, will release Laura Benanti, her debut studio album for Sony Music Masterworks, on October 23, 2020. Comprised of contemporary covers (Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi and Lose You to Love Me by Selena Gomez), jazz influenced torch songs (What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? by Michel Legrand and The Party's Over by Jule Styne and Betty Comden) and comedic takes on songs such Burt Bacharach's Wives and Lovers and Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk by Rufus Wainwright the Laura Benanti album features a selection of memorable tracks that fans of Laura s previous releases from stage and screen will surely enjoy.~ Opiniones Editoriales https://www.amazon.com/Laura-Benanti/dp/B0863TFXT7

Laura Benanti

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Professor Cunningham And His Old School - The Lockdown Blues

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:48
Size: 87,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:28) 1. Lockdown Blues
(3:40) 2. A Quarantine Love Song
(5:03) 3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(2:21) 4. It's Alright
(3:52) 5. Sittin' at Home, Drinkin' Alone
(3:53) 6. Over in the Gloryland
(3:46) 7. Six Feet is Too Far From You
(3:41) 8. I'm Broke and She's Gone
(3:19) 9. Lindy Hopper's Lament
(4:41) 10. Gimme a Sheet of that Sweet TP

Given the uncommon position in which the world found itself owing to the global coronavirus pandemic, it was only a matter of time before "socially distanced" albums such as this one, recorded by Australian-born "Professor" Adrian Cunningham's septet "in bedrooms around the world," in April 2020, were bound to emerge. More specifically, in bedrooms in NY state, Vitoria and Girona, Spain, which loosely qualifies as "around the world." The idea came to Cunningham during a socially-distanced stroll through New York's Central Park, when the tune "It's Alright" popped into his head, an anthem of positivity during uncertain times. After recording that song with the band, it was suggested to Rachel Domber at Arbors Records that perhaps a full album might be recorded that way. Once Domber gave the green light, plans for The Lockdown Blues were set in motion.

There were some obstacles to sidestep. For example, pianist Alberto Pibiri lives near a train station on Long Island, and needed to schedule his recordings around the train schedule, while in Manhattan, trumpeter Jon Challoner had to deal with the sounds of ambulance sirens passing by his apartment. Meanwhile, in Spain, drummer Marti Elias had to record virtually in secret to circumvent that country's strict lockdown policy. After that, much of the work of collating the various tracks and sending them to recording engineer Bill Moss for mixing and mastering was in the hands of Cunningham who says he "worked like a mad scientist into the wee hours of the morning" for many weeks.

Cunningham's hard work paid off. Lockdown Blues sounds like it could have been recorded in one bedroom, not many, with all hands on deck. That is as true for the vocal tracks (four) as it is for the instrumentals (six), even including spirited background vocals on "Over in the Gloryland." Professor Cunningham's "Old School" is engaging from the outset, as "Lockdown Blues" summons memories of swing sessions from well over half a century ago, up to and including impressive solos by Cunningham (tenor sax), trombonist Dani Alonso and guitarist John Merrill. Cunningham handles the vocals, starting with the groovy "Quarantine Love Song" and including "It's Alright," "Gloryland" and "I'm Broke and She's Gone." His style is informal and unmannered, the results generally agreeable.

It is the instrumentals, however, that summon the most ardent applause. Besides "Old School," they include four more of Cunningham's original compositions "Sittin' at Home, Drinkin' Alone," "Six Feet Is Too Far from You," "Lindy Hopper's Lament," "Gimme a Sheet of That Sweet Sweet T.P."and the Duke Ellington staple, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." Even with their echoes of an earlier era, they are consistently bright and pleasing, as are the solos by Alonso, Merrill, Challoner, bassist Jim Robertson and Cunningham himself (tenor on most numbers, clarinet on the ballad "Six Feet" and the bluesy closer, "Gimme a Sheet"). This is tasteful and happy jazz played as it should be by seven able craftsmen whose interplay is far more cozy than the liner notes suggest.~ Jack Bowers https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-lockdown-blues-professor-cunningham-and-his-old-school-arbors-records

Personnel: Adrian Cunningham: saxophone; Jon Challoner: trumpet; Dani Alonso: trombone; John Merrill: guitar; Alberto Pibiri: piano; Jim Robertson: bass; Marti Elias: drums; Kevin Congleton: percussion.

The Lockdown Blues

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