Chris Byars - On the Shoulders of Giants

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:53
Size: 149,4 MB
Art: Front

( 6:10) 1. Big Red
( 4:34) 2. Keeper
( 7:18) 3. Closer
(10:19) 4. Nashville
( 6:15) 5. Arizona
( 5:54) 6. Philadelphia
(10:09) 7. Ste. Phanourios
( 8:46) 8. Third Culture Kid
( 5:25) 9. Moscow

Saxophonist Chris Byars always has a great way of putting together a set of horn players and here, his tenor is matched with alto from Zaid Nasser, bass clarinet from Stefano Doglioni, and trombone from John Mosca all given piano-less accompaniment from the duo of Ari Roland on bass and Phil Stewart on drums! At some level, the music maybe echoes specific 50s modern modes some west coast, some Gerry Mulligan styles but there's also a much more contemporary vibe to the recording, one that comes partly from the mostly original material by the leader. The tunes bristle with a nice assortment of colors, and never overstate their inventiveness and titles include "Nashville", "Arizona", "Keeper", "Moscow", "Third Culture Kid", and "Philadelphia". © 1996-2022, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/947779/Chris-Byars:On-The-Shoulders-Of-Giants

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone – Chris Byars; Alto Saxophone – Zaid Nasser; Bass – Ari Roland; Bass Clarinet – Stefano Doglioni; Drums – Phil Stewart; Trombone – John Mosca

On the Shoulders of Giants

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Cory Weeds Quartet - Just Coolin'

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:32
Size: 125,2 MB
Art: Front

( 6:48) 1. Just Coolin'
( 6:20) 2. Beep Durple
( 6:08) 3. Chicken N' Dumplins
( 6:10) 4. Bitter Sweet
(11:01) 5. We Three
( 6:03) 6. Street Scenes
( 5:41) 7. Vendetta
( 6:16) 8. Night Walk

In the summer of 2021 Cory Weeds put together the quartet on this recording for a gig at Frankie’s Jazz Club in Vancouver, BC. It was one of those nights where everything came together in every aspect. Club was packed with an appreciative and enthusiastic audience, the band was fired up and ready to go and Cory's dear friend and supporter of jazz Yvonne DeTroye was at her usual perch taking in the festivities. When the band was packing up, she approached Cory to tell him how wonderful the band sounded AND that should he ever decide to record she would be more than happy to lend financial support. Around this time, Weeds had just taken the Presidents role at The Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund and started thinking about how he could use this recording as a fundraiser. After 18 months of a pandemic the fund was basically depleted and needed to increase its fundraising efforts and create some awareness. Yvonne donated to the FMJF to produce this 8 track set and 100% of the proceeds from the sales (in all formats) benefit The Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund.

Thank you to Will and Norah Johnston for opening up their beautiful home to record in, the FMJF Board of Directors for their patience and for understanding the vision and Sheldon Zaharko for capturing the sound of the band so brilliantly. Special thanks to Tilden, John and Jesse for the incredible musicianship that they always display. It’s such an incredible pleasure to make music with this group. Extra special thanks to Yvonne DeTroye as she continues to make jazz dreams come true for so many of us and there are not enough words to express appreciation for all that you do for the jazz community. In existence since 1993 The Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund has been dedicated to offering financial assistance and educational opportunities for jazz students in British Columbia. In addition to providing several yearly scholarships to BC’s most promising young jazz instrumentalists, the FMJF hosts public, free admission workshops by some of the world’s most renown jazz artists. https://coryweeds.bandcamp.com/

Personnel: Cory Weeds – tenor saxophone; Tilden Webb – piano; John Lee – bass; Jesse Cahill - drums

Just Coolin'

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George Cables Trio - Cables Fables

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:00
Size: 151.1 MB
Styles: Piano jazz, Post bop
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[ 6:23] 1. In Walked Bud
[ 5:47] 2. Lullaby
[ 8:34] 3. Waltz For Debbie
[ 6:30] 4. Helen's Song
[12:00] 5. Over The Rainbow
[ 5:44] 6. Just Friends
[ 8:13] 7. Con Alma
[ 6:28] 8. Sweet Rita Suite
[ 6:18] 9. All The Things You Are

Known for his outstanding work as a sideman with Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, and Frank Morgan, George Cables is also a first-rate leader who has primarily recorded for European and Japanese jazz labels. This 1991 session for Steeplechase with two in-demand musicians, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, finds the pianist at the top of his game, with an aggressive approach to "In Walked Bud," a playful treatment of Bill Evans' "Waltz for Debby," and an intense setting of Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma" that is beautifully set up by his drummer. The pianist is also a strong composer, offering his delicate ballad "Lullaby" (a favorite of Frank Morgan, especially on duo dates with Cables), the buoyant Latin-tinged "Helen's Song," and the gently swaying "Sweet Rita Suite." Cables is no slouch playing standards, including a spacious, extended take of "Over the Rainbow" and a driving "All the Things You Are," which detours into Afro-Cuban licks with regularity. ~Ken Dryden

Cables Fables

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Sylvia Vrethammar - Chateau Sylvia

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1979
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:47
Size: 101,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:53) 1. Shoo Shoo Baby
(2:55) 2. In A Mellow Tone
(5:16) 3. Thank You Man For Playing That Song Tonight
(2:31) 4. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
(3:02) 5. The Way We Were
(2:10) 6. Blackbird
(2:58) 7. Exclusively For Me
(2:18) 8. Chattanooga Choo-Choo
(3:52) 9. (I Stayed) Too Long At The Fair
(3:34) 10. Higher And Higher
(3:36) 11. A Song For You
(3:54) 12. Basin Street Blues
(4:41) 13. The Sun And The Water

Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born 22 August 1945, Uddevalla, Sweden), is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar, an education official, and Britta Vrethammar, a musical education teacher, specializing in the piano. In 1969, she released a Swedish-language cover version of Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man", entitled "En lärling på våran gård". Vrethammar is also fluent in English. In the 1970s, she occasionally appeared as guest singer with the Bert Kaempfert orchestra, singing in English. After a series of tribute concerts in Germany in 2006 and 2008, where she returned to the bandleader's music with ex-Kaempfert trombonist Jiggs Whigham and other former orchestra members (playing as the HR Big Band), in 2012 she recorded numbers from the tours.

She is perhaps best known for the 1974 song, "Y Viva España," an English adaptation of the Dutch language "Eviva España," first recorded by the Belgian singer Samantha (Christiane Bervoets). It reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1974, spending over six months in the charts. The song also peaked at number #67 in Australia in 1975. She was known in the UK and Australia simply as Sylvia Globally her version alone sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She took part in Melodifestivalen 2002, singing "Hon är en annan nu". She participated again in Melodifestivalen 2013 in the hope of representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 which was held in Malmö. She sang her song "Trivialitet" in the fourth semifinal, which was also held in Malmö. She came seventh and was therefore eliminated from the contest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Vrethammar

Chateau Sylvia

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