Deni Hines - The Soul Sessions

Styles: Vocal, Soul
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:48
Size: 119,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:12) 1. Memphis Soul Stew / You Got The Love
(5:21) 2. What About Love
(3:25) 3. Rock Steady
(3:44) 4. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
(4:28) 5. I Got Your Back
(5:30) 6. Been So Long
(4:32) 7. Exhale [Shoop Shoop]
(5:02) 8. A Long Walk
(3:58) 9. Runnin'
(2:39) 10. Piece Of My Heart
(3:58) 11. Jesus Children Of America
(2:54) 12. If

Australian singer Deni Hines received an education on the entertainment industry as her mother is Marcia Hines, an expatriate from Boston who has become a legendary performer in her adopted homeland, scoring a string of Top Ten singles there in the '70s. Deni began her own career singing backup for acts like Wa Wa Nee and Peter Blakeley. However, she first gained mainstream, public attention while fronting the Sydney-based act the Rockmelons. The group, with Hines as the frontwoman, notched several Australian hits in 1990, including "Ain't No Sunshine," "That Word (L.O.V.E.)," and "It's Not Over," before she left the band.

Hines spent time performing on-stage with a production of Jesus Christ Superstar prior to pursuing a solo career. Her initial single, "It's Alright," became a Top Ten smash in Australia in 1996, as well as charting in Japan and France, and her full-length debut, Imagination, made her an international star. She moved to the U.K. in order to properly promote the record, re-titled Pay Attention, for release there and toured with the Lighthouse Family and Earth, Wind & Fire. In 1997, a remix album was issued entitled Remix Your Imagination.~Tom Demalon https://www.allmusic.com/artist/deni-hines-mn0000815556/biography

Personnel: Vocals - Deni Hines; Backing vocals: Miss Tery; Keys,Hammond: Michael Rohanek; Keys: Edward Said; Bass: Ralph Marshall; Drums: Aiden Haworth; Guitar: Eric Rasmussen, Chris Kamzelas

The Soul Sessions

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One for All - Invades Vancouver!

Styles: Jazz, Straight-Ahead/Mainstream  
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:44
Size: 155,9 MB
Art: Front

( 8:32)  1. Big G
( 9:04)  2. Up the Middle
( 7:54)  3. Open and Shut
( 7:30)  4. Dear Ruth
(14:12)  5. Nemesis
( 9:27)  6. For Cedar
( 8:04)  7. Moments Notice
( 2:59)  8. Prime Time

While nominally a studio-only group of leaders, One for All here turn in a live set demonstrating that it's good for any band to get in front of people now and then. This by-now long-lived sextet (even the rotating bass chair seems to have settled with John Webber) has a very set idea of what it is as a traditional hard bop small-band jazz ensemble with three horns  saxophonist Eric Alexander, trumpeter Jim Rotondi, and trombonist Steve Davis and rhythm section with pianist David Hazeltine and drummer Joe Farnsworth joining Webber. The tunes are in standard form, with a head followed by several solos handed around the band. Thus, Rotondi's "Big G" opens things with successive Alexander, Davis, Rotondi, and Hazeltine showcases. Webber doesn't get his own solo until Alexander's "Open and Shut," following the saxophonist and Hazeltine. The group pays tribute to Cedar Walton on both his "Dear Ruth" and Hazeltine's "For Cedar," sandwiched around Alexander's lengthy "Nemesis," which allows plenty of room for Farnsworth to solo. Another primary influence is cited in John Coltrane's "Moments Notice," which is, in effect, the closer, since Farnsworth's brief "Prime Time" is the accompaniment to the band introductions. This is a democratic group that allows everybody a say, and they all prove themselves capable; that also means, however, that there isn't that much of a group identity. ~ William Ruhlmann http://www.allmusic.com/album/invades-vancouver%21-mw0002099466
 

Personnel:  Eric Alexander tenor saxophone, Jim Rotondi trumpet, Steve Davis trombone, David Hazeltine piano, John Webber bass, Joe Farnsworth drums

Invades Vancouver!

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Ranee Lee - You Must Believe In Spring

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:50
Size: 141.6 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[5:35] 1. Secret Love
[5:08] 2. Nice And Easy
[5:05] 3. Angel Eyes
[3:26] 4. I've Got The World On A String
[4:09] 5. Au Privave
[4:25] 6. My Baby Just Cares For Me
[7:34] 7. Yesterdays
[5:47] 8. Stolen Moments
[4:58] 9. My Romance
[6:05] 10. Fine And Mellow
[6:12] 11. You Must Believe In Spring
[3:22] 12. What Is This Thing Called Love

"What would you get if you mixed the spirited lilt of Ella Fitzgerald with the sassy sophistication of Sarah Vaughan topped off with the ability to emotionalize a lyric ala Carmen McRae. A dream-like combination for sure, but Ranee Lee comes darn close to realizing it..." She's been around for some time, though she's not nearly as well known as some less talented singers. Perhaps this disc will change that for it presents Lee in her prime, a mature, confident vocalist. The songs here include "Angel Eyes," "I've Got the World On A String" and "Fine and Mellow." Lee's phrasing proves she understands the nuances both in the lyric and the melody line, as does the band, which features stellar vets Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. ~ Deni Kasrel/Jazz Times

You Must Believe In Spring

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