Linda Oh - Walk Against Wind

Styles: Vocal, Post Bop
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:33
Size: 146,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:48) 1. Lucid Lullaby
(3:44) 2. Firedancer
(6:57) 3. Speech Impediment
(3:55) 4. Perpluzzle
(7:28) 5. Walk Against Wind
(6:51) 6. Ikan Bilis
(4:16) 7. Mother Reason
(4:54) 8. Mantis
(6:38) 9. Deepsea Dancers
(6:42) 10. Midnight
(4:15) 11. Western

On the exquisite Walk Against Wind bassist Linda May Han Oh showcases her unique compositional style that rivals, artistically, her mastery over her instrument and her improvisational prowess. These 11 originals express various motifs reflecting Oh's diverse influences yet a delightfully dark poetry imbues all of them, giving the album its thematic unity. The intensely cinematic "Speech Impediment," for instance, has a languid melody and shimmering refrains. Oh's Lilting, wordless vocals echo saxophonist Ben Wendel wistful lines. As the tempo picks up the tune becomes crisper and more hypnotic. Wendel and guitarist Matthew Stevens exchange thrillingly dissonant lines over drummer Justin Brown's thunderous beats and Oh's thumping bass. Brown's dynamic solo ushers in the concluding head.

Brown opens the atmospheric "Ikan Bilis" with his haunting drumming that endows the music with a primal spirituality. Pianist Fabian Almazan makes a guest appearance as he and the other band members contribute their respective introspective musings. The individual instrumental voices coalesce into a mystical and memorable ensemble performance that has an undercurrent of subtle funky rhythms. Almazan's chiming keys and Stevens' resonant notes mix in with Oh and Brown's percolating cadence to buoy Wendel's warmly wailing tenor.

Another guest, Korean traditional percussionist Minji Park, adds an Eastern touch to the expectant "Mantis" with her exotic janggu & kkwaenggwari. Oh takes center stage with complex and lyrical extemporization that is intriguingly crepuscular. Wendel's yearning, fiery phrases thrillingly contrast with the contemplative serenity of the rest of the track. The pensive and dramatic "Deepsea Dancers" demonstrates Western Classical hints especially in the melodic fragments that are its building blocks. Stevens and Wendel alternate eloquent spontaneous monologues that are sometimes stimulatingly angular and at others elegantly fluid. Oh's muscular reverberations and Brown's soft thuds and brushing add an element of tension to the overall mood.

Walking Against Wind is a mature work that perfectly balances different musical elements. The prewritten and the spontaneously created seamlessly meld and miscellaneous inspirations fuse into a singular and sublime whole. It is Oh's best release to date and, hopefully, a sign of what is to come next.~ HRAYR ATTARIAN https://www.allaboutjazz.com/walk-against-wind-linda-oh-biophilia-records-review-by-hrayr-attarian.php

Personnel: Linda May Han Oh: bass, voice; Ben Wendel: saxophone; Matthew Stevens: guitar; Justin Brown:drums; Fabian Almazan: piano (2, 6, 10); Minji Park: janggu & kkwaenggwari(8).

Walk Against Wind

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Milt Jackson - The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson

Styles: Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:18
Size: 88,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:46)  1. The Cylinder
(3:02)  2. Makin' Whoopee
(4:50)  3. Alone Together
(4:29)  4. Tenderly
(4:03)  5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
(3:38)  6. Nuages
(3:40)  7. Deep in a Dream
(4:39)  8. I'm a Fool to Want You
(3:45)  9. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
(3:23) 10. Tomorrow

Vibraphonist Milt Jackson's enormous capacity for invention percolates throughout the sumptuous settings on the "with strings" date, The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson. Jackson and the large string section, masterfully arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones, mesh beautifully. Equally critical, the rhythm section is superbly integrated in the arrangements, underpinning the billows of violins and cellos with a distinct jazz pulse. 

Above all, Jackson is himself, bringing his consistently flawless phrasing and subtle, but ever-present, blues feeling to his role as featured solist. Bassist Milt Hinton, drummer Connie Kay, guitarist Barry Galbraith, and pianist Jimmy Jones make up the rhythm section for this 1960 session. ~Jim Todd https://www.allmusic.com/album/ballad-artistry-of-milt-jackson-vibrations-mw0000666544

Personnel: Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Quincy Jones (conductor); Don Hammond (flute); Romeo Penque (reeds); Gloria Agostini (harp); Jimmy Jones (piano); Barry Gailbraith, Chuck Wayne (guitar); Bill Crow, Milt Hinton (bass); Connie Kay (drums).

The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson

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Ann Crumb, Harry Allen & His All Star Jazz Band - Live at Islamorada's Festival by the Bay 1998

Styles: Vocal, Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:57
Size: 159,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:32) 1. Blues in the Night
(4:04) 2. I'm Gonna Go Fishin
(4:41) 3. Lover Man
(4:10) 4. Come Rain or Come Shine
(7:46) 5. Lover Come Back (Instrumental)
(6:46) 6. Soon It's Gonna Rain
(6:36) 7. Ruby
(3:16) 8. I'm a Stranger Here Myself
(7:35) 9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Instrumental)
(4:44) 10. Cry Me a River
(2:26) 11. Deedles' Blues
(3:51) 12. All Right, Ok, You Win (I'm in Love with You)
(8:24) 13. Sent for You Yesterday (Instrumental)

Elizabeth Ann Crumb (May 25, 1950 – October 31, 2019)"Ann Crumb Passes Away from Ovarian Cancer" broadwayworld.com, November 1, 2019 was an American actress and singer.

Career: The daughter of composer George Crumb and mother Elizabeth Crumb, pianist, and sister of composer David Crumb, she made her Broadway debut in 1987 as a member of the original cast of Les Misérables. Her other Broadway credits include Chess, Anna Karenina, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1993, and Aspects of Love, as Rose Vibert, a role she originated in the West End.

Crumb toured in the title role of Evita and appeared in numerous regional theatre productions staged by the Guthrie, Coconut Grove Playhouse, and Tennessee Repertory Theatre, among others. Her television credits include the daytime soaps As the World Turns, The Guiding Light, and Another World, and the primetime dramas Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She was in pre-production for a mini-series entitled The Road to Saint Lazarre in which she was to portray famed spy Mata Hari.

Crumb's recordings include A Broadway Diva Swings, a concert version of Nine with Jonathan Pryce and Elaine Paige, and Unto the Hills, in collaboration with her father. Her forthcoming jazz CD is entitled Goodbye Mr. Jones.

Personal life: Crumb was committed to the cause of animal rescue and adoption. In December, 2009, she co-ordinated a “doglift” of over 50 dogs, all slated for euthanasia at shelters in the Midwest to no-kill rescues in the Northeast where homes could be found for them. Crumb was born in Charleston, West Virginia. https://www.muziekweb.nl/en/Link/M00000266118/POPULAR/Ann-Crumb

Live at Islamorada's Festival by the Bay 1998

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Massimo Faraò, Barbara Raimondi - Life's a Lesson

Styles: Piano, Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:05
Size: 102,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:02) 1. Social Call
(4:15) 2. Tangerine
(4:28) 3. Skylark
(3:01) 4. Life's a Lesson
(3:51) 5. But Not for Me
(3:30) 6. I'll Be Seing You
(4:50) 7. Jitterbug Waltz
(5:04) 8. Stocholm Sweetnin'
(5:55) 9. Poinciana
(4:03) 10. Londonderry Air - Oh Danny Boy

Barbara Raimondi was born in Savona and has been working in the music field for over twenty years, having started very young as a self-taught person.Subsequently she moves to Turin, where she will enroll at the Jazz Center, following the Singing and Harmony Courses held by Francesca Oliveri and Luigi Tessarollo. He will attend the Jazz Center for two years and, on his return to Liguria, he will perfect his vocal technique with an opera teacher, expanding his knowledge in speech therapy. Later he attended seminars held by internationally renowned Italian and foreign musicians, first of all the American singer Rachel Gould, professor of modern singing at the Royal Jazz Conservatory in The Hague, Holland. He has collaborated with numerous recording studios, lending his voice for the creation of pop and commercial music pieces (Italian singer-songwriters, dance and acid jazz songs) and has participated as the only vocalist in the theatrical tour '95 - '96 of Roberto Vecchioni.

She then approached the jazz world, collaborating with musicians such as: Andrea Pozza, Luigi Bonafede, Emanuele Cisi, Giampaolo Casati, Paolo Porta, Garrison Fewell, Giorgio LiCalzi, Luciano Milanese, Roberto Rossi, Peggy Stern, Rob Sudduth, Claudio Chiara, Furio By Castri, Roberto Regis. In 2000 he released his first CD as a soloist entitled "VITA DA ALTOPARLANTE" for the Philology label: the work was made with his 4etto, composed by Riccardo Ruggieri on piano, Alessandro Maiorino on double bass and Enzo Zirilli on drums and avails itself of the prestigious collaboration of Emanuele Cisi on tenor and soprano saxophone. In August 2000 he participated in the "Mediterranean Noises" Festival in Roccella Ionica called in a project by Enrico Pieranunzi, a "Jazz Operina" dedicated to the Beatles and Miles Davis written by Pieranunzi on commission from the Festival.

In 2002 he also began to tackle a contemporary classical repertoire, collaborating with the vocal ensemble "The Dream of Polifilo" directed by Maestro Oto Perillo, with whom concerts were held at the Abbey of Staffarda, at the Church of Savigliano and in the Basilica. by Superga, performing Georgy Ligeti's Lux Aeterna and a piece by Enrico Correggia. Subsequently she worked with "The Ensemble Coro di Torino" on the realization of two concerts that were held in June 2003 for Enrico Correggia's seventieth birthday and, in 2004, she was one of the protagonists of the composer's multimedia work "Hoffmaniana" Austrian Thomas Deszy, produced by the Bregenzer Festspiele (AT) and replicated in Vienna in spring 2005.Still in the musical-theatrical field he participates in the show "Requiem for Rita Atria" with Valter Malosti and Furio Di Castri and also proposes his jazz reworking of Giorgio Gaber's songs with pianist Silvia Cucchi.

In 2005 his second recording work was released in collaboration with his historic quartet and prestigious guests, such as guitarist Sandro Gibellini, musician of great melodic and harmonic sensitivity; the disc is mainly composed of unreleased songs of his own composition and bears the title TOO NOISE. The third cd was released in January 2009, COUPLING JUDGMENT for the Dodicilune label, previewed at MITO - Settembre Musica in Turin and at the Turin Film Festival in November 2008. The disc features very illustrious collaborations, by Marco Pereira to Enrico Pieranunzi, Mario Rosini, Furio Di Castri, Luigi Bonafede, Riccardo Fioravanti among others. In 2010 he published his fourth album, CONTIGO EN LA DISTANCIA, a project that, together with Roberto Taufic and Enzo Zirilli, revisits the traditional Latin American repertoire in a jazz style: music of great emotional communication proposed with a new language. Barbara Raimondi is currently professor of modern singing at the Civic School of Turin and the Conservatories of Brescia and Trento; it also carries out private teaching activities, also holding in-depth seminars, both vocal and more purely jazz.~Translate by Google http://www.jazzontheroad.net/artista.asp?n=254

Personnel: Massimo Faraò - piano; Barbara Raimondi - vocal ; Claudio Chiara - alto sax; Nicola Barbon - bass

Life's a Lesson

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