Chiara Pancaldi - I Walk A Little Faster

Size: 105.6 MB
Time: 45:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Vocal
Art: Front

(4:25) 1. Wouldn't It Be Loverly
(4:50) 2. Show Me
(5:50) 3. Wild Is The Wind
(5:01) 4. Crazy He Calls Me
(6:01) 5. I Walk A Little Faster
(3:33) 6. I Cried For You
(4:04) 7. Don't Be On The Outside
(5:25) 8. Get Out Of Town
(5:57) 9. A Flower Is A Lovesomething

This record is the result of musical encounters between Chiara Pancaldi, a young and passionate Italian Jazz singer, and the great piano player Cyrus Chestnut. The result is a brilliant, swinging, and warm record with one of the greatest rhythm sections of the worldwide Jazz scene!

I Walk A Little Faster

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Chiara Pancaldi - Precious

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:30
Size: 97,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:28) 1. Better to Grow
(4:32) 2. Nothing but Smiles
(4:59) 3. Urban Folk Song
(4:20) 4. Adeus
(3:30) 5. Precious
(6:03) 6. The Distance Between Us
(5:03) 7. Songs Don't Grow Old Alone
(5:02) 8. You and I (We Can Conquer the World)
(4:28) 9. Our Time

We listened to Chiara Pancaldi on the 16th of February at Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall with Roberto Tarenzi on piano, Darryl Hall on double bass and Roberto Pistolesi on the drums. Pancaldi was born and raised in Bologna. She started studying classical piano at the age of 10. She did her Master’s Degree on anthropology and jazz at Bologna University and wrote her graduation thesis on Indian classical music. She performed at many festivals and clubs including Padova Jazz Festival, Ancona Jazz Festival, Cantina Bentivoglio Jazz Club and Paradiso Jazz Festival. Some of the artists she has performed with include Cyrus Chestnut, John Webber, Marc Abrams and Jeremy Pelt.

She won the ‘Best Jazz Vocal Album’ award in 2015 with her second album ‘I Walk a Little Faster’, given by Jazz Critique Magazine. She performed tunes from her new album ‘Precious’. She said ‘Good evening’ and ‘Thank you’ in Turkish. She started her performance with her tune ‘Better to Grow’.The evening continued with bassist Darryl Hall’s piece ‘Urban Folk Song’. Hall has been living in France since 2004 and lived in New York for twelve years. During those years he performed with musicians like Mulgrew Miller, Carmen Lundy, Hank Jones, Mary Stallings, Geri Allen. He was the winner of ‘Thelonious Monk International Bass Contest’ in 1996. He loves jazz, gospel, soul, latin and Brazilian music. Considering these, Pancaldi wanted to perform ‘Adeus’ as a bossa, an homage to Brazilian music. Piano player Roberto Taranzi was the main soloist throuhout the concert. He was one of the top eleven piano players at the ‘Thelonious Monk International Piano Contest’ where Herbie Hancock was a member of the jury.

Pancaldi uses her mouth like an instrument, focusing on the ‘le le le lo lo li li’ syllables during her scats. Her scats were like a modern elegy.Pancaldi stated that the album’s title song ‘Precious’ was dedicated to her older son.After a while all songs started to sound alike. I thought of Björk at one point.There were a lot of microphones hanging from above, in different lengths. They resembled an arts installation when looked closely. The spotlights were blue and red.Pancaldi wrote ‘Nothing but Smiles’ about her unhappy times.Drummer Roberto Pistolesi was also born in Italy. He currently lives in Italy, Holland and New York. He joined Stefano Di Battista’s band in 2010 and performed with the band in many festivals, gaining experience. Some of the musiciains he performed with include Francesco Cafiso, Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Rick Margitza and Antonio Faraò. One thing that should be mentioned is that Pancaldi was pregnant and wearing high heels. I think these two factors greatly affected her performance.

She was in command of her body language and had a good stage presence, dancing around the stage through the chords. She also took some rests by the piano. Dr. Rauf Hakan Tüfekçi, the host and creator of the radio show ‘Cazin Büyüsü’ (The Magic of Jazz) at NTV Radio was in the audience. After announcing their latest tune of the night, Pancaldi made some gestures implying that the tune will not be the latest of the night and there will be en encore, which is what happened eventually. They ended the concert with ’The Distance Between Us’ and ‘Songs Don’t Grow Old’, tunes inspired by modern jazz and Brazilian music. https://www.jazzdergisi.com/en/chiara-pancaldi-ve-son-albumu-precious/

Precious

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Joe Sample & Lalah Hathaway - The Song Lives On

Size: 130.5 MB
Time: 56:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

(5:10) 1. The Song Lives On
(5:40) 2. Fever
(5:12) 3. Come Along With Me
(4:45) 4. Living in Blue
(5:48) 5. Street Life
(5:44) 6. When You Life Was Low
(5:42) 7. One Day I'll Fly Away
(4:31) 8. When The World Turns Blue
(5:14) 9. For All We Know
(4:00)10. Bitter Street
(4:57)11. A Long Way From Home

Joe Sample's latest release, The Song Lives On , is appropriately titled. One of the CD's finest attributes is the excellent song selection. The Peggy Lee classic "Fever" is tastefully covered here, and Sample's own "Street Life" is reprised again, but the remainder of the program is new, at least to my ears. Most of the tunes establish an emotional connection with the listener; they're beautiful, pensive, soulful, and often introspective. Titles such as "Living in Blue," "When Your Life Was Low," "When the World Turns Blue," and "Bitter Sweet" convey this theme. Vocalist Lalah Hathaway delivers heartfelt, expressive interpretations on over half of the program. She is a talent I'm looking forward to hearing more of in the future. Joe Sample, as usual, shines on piano with thoughtful, expressive, and sometimes understated solos. The entire CD abounds with good taste and class. ~ Dave Hughes
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=5238#.UwTnhIVQE9c

Personnel: Joe Sample, piano and Fender Rhodes; Lalah Hathaway, vocals; Kirk Whalum, sax; David Delhomme, synthesizers; Michael Thompson, electric guitar; Jay Anderson, bass; Walfredo Reyes Jr., drums; Lenny Castro, percussion.

The Song Lives On

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Claire Austin - Claire Austin Sings The Blues

Size: 60.8 MB
Time: 26:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Vocal
Art: Front

(2:48) 1. The World's Jazz Crazy
(3:16) 2. Down Hearted Blues
(3:58) 3. See See Rider
(2:57) 4. Good Time Flat Blues
(3:17) 5. Careless Love
(3:12) 6. Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out
(3:15) 7. Mecca Flat Blues
(3:36) 8. 'Fore Day Creep

A vocalist who mixed classic blues elements with traditional jazz. She studied piano in Tacoma, then played in night clubs throughout the Northwest. During the mid-'40s, Austin sang in the Midwest. She recorded with Turk Murphy in the early and mid-'50s, and led an all-star group in 1955 and 1956. Austin recorded again for the GHB label in 1966. ~ Ron Wynn https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/sings-the-blues/585963567

Claire Austin Sings The Blues MP3

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Ralph Bowen - Five

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:50
Size: 146,5 MB
Art: Front+ Back

( 9:59)  1. Step Lightly
( 7:46)  2. Baby Girl
( 7:58)  3. First Hiatus
( 9:43)  4. Free Time
( 7:13)  5. Blues Cruz
(12:28)  6. Drowning Man
( 8:40)  7. Rahsaan's Run

A member of Out of the Blue in the 1980s and an oft-employed freelancer in the ‘90s, Canada-born saxophonist Ralph Bowen has been steadily blazing his own path through the mainstream jazz scene. With FIVE, Bowen continues his reinvigoration of the jazz organ group sound, with leanings not toward classic soul-jazz (Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff) but rather towards the more adventurous end of the spectrum (Larry Young), namely hard bop with tinges of fusion. Bowen’s combo, including ultra-modern organ ace Sam Yahel and guitarist Peter Bernstein, burns brightly and intelligently throughout. ~ Mark Keresman http://www.allmusic.com/album/five-mw0000785118
 

Personnel: Ralph Bowen (tenor saxophone); Peter Bernstein (guitar); John Swana (trumpet); Sam Yahel (organ); Dana Hall (drums).

Five

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