Monday, March 21, 2022

Adela Dalto - Blue Bossa

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:31
Size: 113,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:52) 1. Blue for you
(3:56) 2. Freedom jazz
(3:48) 3. A Brazilian affair
(4:22) 4. Into the night
(4:39) 5. Emorio
(5:15) 6. Love me with your heart
(3:36) 7. Una manana
(3:10) 8. I'll remember your name
(5:16) 9. The days of wine and roses
(5:21) 10. Agua de Beber
(5:14) 11. Summertime

Adela Dalto was born in Texas to Mexican parents, and grew up in Gary, Indiana. She wed the late Latin jazz pianist Jorge Dalto, and has claimed her own ground as a powerful R&B and jazz vocalist. Having honed her skills through years of performing in small New York clubs, her rise to international stardom was boosted by her involvement with her husband's group, the InterAmerican Band. She was featured soloist on the tune "Ease My Pain," from the group's 1985 album, Urban Oasis.

Dalto has performed with such top-ranked New York-based Latin musicians as Jerry Gonzalez, Hilton Ruiz, and Mauricio Smith's Latin Jazz Orchestra, and was a featured vocalist with Mario Bauza's AfroCuban Orchestra and Carlos "Patato" Valdes's AfroJazzia Ensemble. She continues to perform with her own band at such New York nightspots as the Blue Note, S.O.B.'s and Birdland.~ Craig Harrishttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/adela-dalto-mn0000930650/biography

Personnel: Lead Vocals – Adela Dalto; Backing Vocals – Adela Dalto, Daniel Ponce, Doris Eugenio, Paulinho Boca, Rodrigo Seins; Bass – Nilson Matta, Sergio Brandao; Cavaquinho – Sergio Brandao; Drums – Portinho, Ricky Sebastian; Flugelhorn – Charlie Sepulveda; Guitar – Romero Lubambo; Percussion – Café, Charles Negrita, Frank Colon, Nicky Marrero; Percussion, Trumpet – Jerry Gonzalez; Piano, Keyboards – Aloisio Aguiar; Saxophone – Dick Oates; Trombone – Tom Malone

Blue Bossa

David Leonhardt Trio - Explorations

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:37
Size: 138,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:03) 1. Whispers Of Contentment-Shouts Of Joy
(3:25) 2. While My Guitar Gently Sleeps
(5:40) 3. Your Song
(4:05) 4. Iberian Lament
(4:47) 5. Sunshine Of Your Love
(4:13) 6. Late Night Blues
(4:26) 7. Winter Waltz
(5:51) 8. Fire And Rain
(4:36) 9. Peace
(6:40) 10. The Dawn Over Morocco
(4:37) 11. Yesterday
(5:09) 12. Explorations

David Leonhardt has always been a jazz pianist first, while enamored with the realm of contemporary popular songs. This duality is reflected in this set of standards, originals, and rearrangements of well-known hit tunes. While one wonders if there is a real need to do numbers out of the repertoire of the Beatles, Elton John, Cream, and James Taylor, Leonhardt and his trio do them with a modified flair and at times a thoughtful repast. The extraordinary bassist Matthew Parrish and hot drummer Alvester Garnett help Leonhardt greatly in lifting all of these tracks to a higher interpretive level. The originals of the pianist are, to say the least, interesting. "Whispers of Contentment, Shouts of Joy" is a definitive spirit song, lovely in its Zen-like invention. "The Dawn Over Morocco" sports impending heavy dramatic modality leading to a brighter day, the title track is a free bop true to its title, and "Winter Waltz" a quicker ice skating number reminiscent of a Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown tune.

"Late Night Blues" is pretty straitlaced, and "Iberian Lament" organic, pretty, and pensive. The trio does a splendid, sprinting version of the Jerome Kern standard "Yesterdays" moving quickly from sideline to sideline, and a gorgeous, near-perfect interpretation of Horace Silver's "Peace." Then there's the block chords and light Brazilian take of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," a waltz to the 4/4 saccharine "Your Song," a hard bopping and scattershot but barely recognizable "Sunshine of Your Love," and off-melody phrases but otherwise true to form "Fire & Rain." As honest, balanced, and flexible a musician as there is in jazz, Leonhardt and this truly excellent trio needs to be heard by a general populist mainstream audience, and likely stretch these tracks out in more intimate live performances.~ Michael G. Nastoshttps://www.allmusic.com/album/explorations-mw0001445560

Personnel: David Leonhardt (piano); Matthew Parrish (contrabbasso); Alvester Garnett (batteria).

Explorations