Saskia Laroo - It's Like Jazz

Styles: Trumpet Jazz, Bop
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:57
Size: 110,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:41) 1. Ya Know How We Do
(6:09) 2. If Ye Got It Ye Get It
(5:20) 3. It's Like Jazz
(5:10) 4. Pocee (The Black and White Monster)
(3:21) 5. Jazzparty
(3:15) 6. Drop That Horn
(5:47) 7. Where You Going M'Am
(4:13) 8. Sunday Afternoon
(4:11) 9. Hipfunk D
(4:15) 10. Ya Know How We Do [Radio Edit Two]
(0:32) 11. Jazzparty [Reprised]

The debut album from Dutch female trumpet master combines the hippest elements of jazz & acid jazz with beefy, bottom heavy hip hop breakbeats, trancy house grooves, latin flavors, R&B & the rapping talents of Poetic Voice, Mac Maestro & QF Da Funkee P - flute (Ronald Snijders), sax (Hans Dulfer & Benjamin Herman), keys (Rob Gaasterland, also co-production, recording& editing) & vocals (Johnny Kelvin) round out the mix. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/album/its-like-jazz-saskia-laroo

It's Like Jazz

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Noah Preminger - Songs We Love

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:18
Size: 148,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:12) 1. Satellite
(5:30) 2. Kiss Me
(3:58) 3. Bird
(2:31) 4. Meditation For NW
(4:22) 5. Burning Man
(5:02) 6. If You Could, Would You
(3:34) 7. Landslide
(6:34) 8. Len
(4:45) 9. Marcie
(5:04) 10. Still Crazy After All These Years
(5:30) 11. Don't Know Why
(3:13) 12. Things
(4:11) 13. Hallelujah
(4:45) 14. Call And Answer

Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, jazz saxophonist Noah Preminger has been making a name for himself in the music community. Noah's playing and his group's concepts are influenced by genres ranging from classic to contemporary jazz, from hard rock to ambient music. He has performed extensively all over the northeast at venues such as the Hi-Hat (Providence), Scullers, Jordan Hall, Ryles Jazz Club (Boston), Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the Village Vanguard, Cornelia Street Cafe, Smalls Jazz Club (New York City), The Bushnell (Connecticut), Upstairs jazz club, L'absynthe (Montreal) and Twins Jazz club and Bossa Project (D.C.).

Noah has had the opportunity to perform and work with Dave Liebman, John McNeil, Steve Davis, Nat Reeves, Dave Douglas, John Mastroianni, Joel Frahm, Dave Holland, John and Bucky Pizzarelli, Marvin Stamm, Jim McNeely, Phil Grenadier, Roscoe Mitchell, Bob Nieske, Cecil McBee, Bob Moses and others. As of recently, Noah has been an important member of other groups including his own Noah Preminger Sextet, the Dana Lauren Quintet, Low Road (with Eric Lane-pianist and Ruth Lepson-poet), the Bridget Kearney Group and the Nick Sanders Quintet. Noah earned his BM at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Noah's debut album, Dry Bridge Road, is now available on the Nowt Records label. You can purchase a copy at: http://www.nowtrecords.org/albums/noah-preminger-dry-bridge-road The band includes: Russ Johnson- trumpet, Ben Monder- guitar, Frank Kimbrough- piano, John Hebert- bass, Ted Poor- drums and Noah Preminger-saxophone. The album was produced by John McNeil and recorded at Park West Studios in New York. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/noah-preminger

Songs We Love

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Kenny Shanker - Vortex

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:53
Size: 128,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:47) 1. Vortex
(4:51) 2. Lulu's Back In Town
(5:33) 3. Winter Song
(5:57) 4. Hunter
(7:05) 5. Ramble
(5:45) 6. Nightfall
(5:06) 7. The Duke
(5:25) 8. Cinnamon
(5:32) 9. Midnight Snack
(4:47) 10. Autumn Leaves

Kenny Shanker returns with a new and exciting collection of music designed to pull the listener into a satisfying aural “vortex,” whether through original compositions or reinterpretations of well-worn standards. The acclaimed and eclectic saxophonist sounds at the top of his game on Vortex, his third full-length outing on Wise Cat Records. Brimming with creativity, expressivity and vitality, Shanker is joined on Vortex by a lineup of longtime collaborators, including guitarist Daisuke Abe, pianist Mike Eckroth, bassist Yoshi Waki and drummer Brian Fishler. Trumpeter Bill Mobley adds color and flair to three of the tracks on the record.

After a brief opening line, Eckroth, Shanker, Mobley and Abe all take solos on the swirling original title track, which opens the album (and that you can hear via the player below). Collectively, the sound offers a modern take on the fabled post-bop tradition but is also peppered with more than a pinch of Afro-Cuban influence. This deep cut, upbeat and joyful, is the perfect way to open an album that testifies to the eclectic experience gathered by Shanker over the years, both as a bandleader in his own right and as a collaborator with the New World Symphony, Richard Bona, David Benoit, Shelly Berg and Lage Lund, among many others.~ Matt Micucci https://www.jazziz.com/exclusive-track-kenny-shanker-vortex/

Personnel: Kenny Shanker - Alto Saxophone; Soprano Saxophone; Bill Mobley - Trumpet; Daisuke Abe - Guitar; Mike Eckroth - Piano; Yoshi Waki - Bass; Brian Fishler - Drums

Vortex

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