Barbara Knight & The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra - Night & Day

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:37
Size: 102,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:10)  1. The Song Is You
(4:11)  2. Bewitched
(2:50)  3. Bye Bye Blackbird
(5:06)  4. Night And Day
(2:45)  5. Just In Time
(4:33)  6. When You Wish Upon A Star
(4:04)  7. They All Laughed
(2:38)  8. Perdido
(5:17)  9. Like A Lover
(3:26) 10. Teach Me Tonight
(2:20) 11. Just One Of Those Things
(3:12) 12. This Lullaby

Barbara Knight is Northeast Ohio's premier big band jazz singer. She is known for captivating an audience with her tantalizing voice and is recognized by jazz bands and musicians as a truly gifted singer with dynamic stage presence and an intimate knowledge of her repertoire. Her enchanting renditions of the jazz classics will delight you while her melodic vocals will lure you into the song and make listening a truly magical experience. Experience the magic as you discover vocalist Barbara Knight in this exciting debut CD, "Night and Day".

“Barbara Knight's jazz style beautifully combines power and poise. She's a singer's singer, swinging on "Perdido," seductive on "Like a Lover," mysterious on her namecheck tune, "Night and Day," welcoming on "Just in Time." Both queenly and friendly, Knight is particularly comfortable with standards. But she's not afraid to be modern, either. "Night and Day," her CD with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, effectively demonstrates how well Knight and her favorite backup work together. This lush album is a honey, proving how persuasive mainstream jazz can be. Credit Barbara Knight for making the reminder so resonant.” ~ Carlo Wolff, jazz reviewer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and contributor to Billboard online, Goldmine and the Boston Globe.

“There’s a rightness about this CD that is hard to define, one that I haven’t heard on anything I’ve ever been on except this. It’s just on another level. Wow!” ~ Jack Schantz, musical director of Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

“Barbara Knight's "Night And Day" is a refreshing change of pace. Knight shows us her love of the songs she sings, by actually just singing them. No self indulgent, vocal exercises on this session. Just Barbara's warm, crystal clear voice bringing life to a collection of very hip charts. What a delight!” ~ Dan Polletta, jazz host, WCPN - FM 90.3

“Barbara Knight sings with confidence and affection. Her interpretations of the great standards are straight from the heart of the music." ~ Tony Mowod, executive producer / jazz host, WDUQ - FM 90.5 http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bkwtcjo

Night And Day

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Adela Dalto - Exotica

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:32
Size: 128,0 MB
Art: Front

(1:09) 1. Dawning
(6:07) 2. Moon And Sand
(4:51) 3. And When The Clouds Fade Away
(4:51) 4. Dreams Of Paradise
(4:17) 5. Summer Passion
(5:04) 6. Brazilian Summer
(4:06) 7. Chora Coracao
(4:32) 8. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
(1:50) 9. Sol Do Meio Dia
(4:19) 10. Pobre De Mim
(3:22) 11. Coração Vagabundo
(4:06) 12. Waiting For Him
(6:53) 13. Afro Sambas

Adela Dalto has been immersed in the highest levels of creative Latin and Brazilian music and has mixed the sophisticated elements of this music with American jazz. Her Latin jazz repertoire also includes her original compositions, combining beautiful vocal sounds with fiery rhythms. She has performed around the world with her musical group including the U.S., Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Japan, China, Indonesia and Egypt. One of her first performances was as a backup singer for Celia Cruz, and she has since performed with some of the top Latin jazz artists including Arturo O'Farrell, Mario Bauza's AFRO CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA and Carlos "Patao" Valdez. Her recordings include world class musicians such as Chucho Valdez, David Sanchez, Jerry Gonzalez, David Valentin, Ray Vega and Claudio Roditi. She has collaborated on albums with Mario Bauzá, Lee Konitz, and Aloisio Aguiar.

As a Latin Jazz vocalist, recording artist and songwriter, with a successful career that spans over 30 years, her performance has been described as "A sublime melding of Latin and jazz styles Dalto is sensuous and spellbinding." (Mark Holston, JAZZIZ). https://elusivedisc.com/adela-dalto-exotica-single-layer-stereo-japanese-import-sacd/

Musicians: Adela Dalto, vocals; Aloisio Aguiar, piano, marimba, celeste, percussion; Romero Lubambo, guitar; David Finck, bass; Portinho, drums; Waltinho, percussion, voice; Mauricio Smith, flute; Jimmy Cruz, percussion, wooden flute; Cidinho Teixeira, accordian

Exotica

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Wayne Shorter - Introducing

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:00
Size: 151,6 MB
Art: Front

( 5:35)  1. Blues A La Carte
( 4:40)  2. Harry's Last Stand
( 9:41)  3. Down In The Depths
( 6:49)  4. Pug Nose
( 6:00)  5. Black Diamond
( 4:27)  6. Mack The Knife
( 5:43)  7. Blues A La Carte (alternate take)
( 4:59)  8. Harry's Last Stand (alternate take)
(10:18)  9. Down In The Depths (alternate take)
( 7:43) 10. Black Diamond (alternate take)

Also known as Blues A La Carte, this Vee Jay disc has tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter's first session as a leader and it shows that, even at this early stage, Shorter was far along toward developing his own sound. Teamed up with trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb, the six selections (five of which are Shorter originals) capture the young tenor shortly after he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The music is essentially hard bop and, although none of these Shorter tunes caught on, the music is quite enjoyable. A special treat is the one standard of the date, a swinging version of "Mack The Knife." ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/introducing-wayne-shorter-mw0000036851 

Personnel: Wayne Shorter: Tenor Saxophone; Lee Morgan: Trumpet; Wynton Kelly: Piano; Paul Chambers: Bass; Jimmy Cobb: Drums.

Introducing

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