Sinne Eeg - Don't Be So Blue

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:13
Size: 112,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:21)  1. Don't Be So Blue
(4:54)  2. Highway One
(4:42)  3. The Writing on the Wall
(3:36)  4. Last Ride
(5:12)  5. Goodbye
(5:32)  6. Down on West Fuxing Lu
(5:55)  7. The Sound of Music
(5:38)  8. The Streets of Berlin
(5:39)  9. My Favorite Things
(2:38) 10. Time to Go

Sinne Eeg’s distinctive vocals have earned her a loyal and rapidly growing fan base in her native country of Denmark and around the world. Considered the preeminent jazz vocalist in Scandinavia, Sinne has already made her mark in Japan, China, and throughout Europe with her exquisite live performances and award-winning studio recordings. Face The Music, released in 2014, earned her the Danish Music Award (Denmark’s Grammy) for Best Jazz Vocal CD, along with the Ben Webster Prize (for which Sinne was the sole female recipient for the last 30 years), and the Prix du Jazz, awarded by France’s Academie du Jazz.As a singer she is influenced by Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan, but with her personal touch of soft darkness, Sinne keeps the Scandinavian melancholy settled in her music.“Eeg shows she’s steeped in tradition but pushing it in her own direction… with technique and sensitivity aplenty” Downbeat by Fred Bouchard.

“Eeg proves to be an expert in the art of inflection. She stresses a lyric in unexpected yet appropriate ways, demonstrates unerring intonation and pitch control, and shows herself to be an impressive improviser and communicator. Her vocals are never overbearing, but there’s no doubt about the fact that she’s in the driver’s seat.” All About Jazz by Dan Bilawsky  http://sinnemusic.com/about/

Personnel:  Bass – Morten Toftgård Ramsbøl;  Drums – Morten Lund (2);  Piano – Jacob Christoffersen ;  Vocals – Sinne Eeg

Don't Be So Blue

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Julie London - Our Fair Lady

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:46
Size: 74,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:53)  1. The Days Of Wine And Roses
(2:49)  2. Call Me Irresponsible
(2:23)  3. Theme From "A Summer Place"
(3:11)  4. As Time Goes By
(2:41)  5. More
(2:28)  6. Charade
(2:26)  7. Never On Sunday
(2:56)  8. An Affair To Remember
(2:39)  9. Wives And Lovers
(1:59) 10. Fascination
(2:12) 11. Boy On A Dolphin
(3:02) 12. Second Time Around

Julie London spent most of the 1960s recording middle-of-the-road vocal pop albums of varying degrees of worth before returning to West Coast jazz with a vengeance on 1965's All Through the Night. Recorded the same year as that excellent Cole Porter tribute, the bland Our Fair Lady comes off like corporate payback for a quick jazz rebellion. The arrangements on this release are lifeless, and though she projected a sexy, confident image on album covers, Julie London was always better at singing torch songs of unrequited love then whispering winking, come-hither tracks like "Never on Sunday" or kitsch songs such as "Theme From a Summer Place." While Our Fair Lady seems like a stopgap release, the balance between jazz and upscale pop was achieved on London's next release, the fine For the Night People. ~ Nick Dedina https://www.allmusic.com/album/our-fair-lady-mw0000848727

Our Fair Lady

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Nicola Conte & Spiritual Galaxy - Let Your Light Shine On

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:40
Size: 146,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:46) 1. Uhuru Na Umoja
(5:27) 2. Ogun
(4:51) 3. Cosmic Peace
(5:11) 4. Universal Rhythm
(6:11) 5. Mystic Revelation of the Gods
(4:57) 6. Let Your Light Shine On
(6:54) 7. Space Dimensions
(2:06) 8. Tribes from the Unknown
(7:20) 9. Me Do Wo
(4:47) 10. Essence of the Sun
(4:44) 11. Love Power
(5:21) 12. Afro Black

One of the best parts of Let Your Light Shine On is how it plucks out musical threads from throughout the galaxy (more on that later) and knits them together into truly groovy, soulful cloth. But music is only one of many real good things this set has going on. Light is the first album by internationally-renown Italian DJ, composer, guitarist, bandleader and producer Nicola Conte for Germany's esteemed jazz label MPS Records. "For me, when it comes to European labels, MPS has always been leading the way," Conte explains. "'Jazz Meets the World on MPS,' that was their motto. It wasn't about exploiting trends, it was about genuine artistic expression."

Recorded in Conte's hometown of Bari (Italy) and in Johannesburg (South Africa), Light orbits around Conte's Spiritual Galaxy, a truly global ensemble comprising musicians from Italy, Sweden, and Finland, joined on this recording by soloists Theo Croker (trumpet) and Logan Richardson (alto sax) from the US, and British singer Zara McFarlane, with several local musicians jumping into the Johannesburg sessions.

This colorfully talented troupe shines their collective Light on American, African, European and intergalactic soul, weaving instrumental and vocal threads into a powerfully peaceful state of music and mind. "You could call it spiritual or cosmic Afro-jazz. I could also agree with calling it Afro-soul," Conte suggests. The opening "Uhuru Na Umoja" and subsequent traditional "Ogun" quickly demonstrates this band's Western dexterity with African culture, as their keyboards, guitars, bass and drums all link up and lock down with the vocals in masterful design. An instrumental "Mystic Revelation of the Gods" percolates Afro-beat like rich, dark, steaming hot coffee: Flute flutters above like a songbird overseeing ensemble horns that keep pinwheeling around the drummer's circular rhythm, which echoes drummer Michael Shrieve's jazz drum sound in Santana's Latin-rock context.
"Space Dimensions" opens up a window into the musical alternative universe of Sun Ra: As the breathless female vocal drifts in and out like floating clouds, the spacey lyrics naturally connect Sade with Sun Ra through the music's structure and lush production and nurture an organic flower of truly global and truly beautiful music. The follow-on two-minute drum jam "Tribes from the Unknown" extend Spiritual Galaxy's connection to Sun Ra's Arkestra. And oh this title track: A limber groove simply but soulfully repeating the refrain, "Let your light shine on...Let us live in peace..." There is something genuinely yet indescribably beautiful about this music the words, the instrumentation, and the vocals. Even the best writing/words couldn't do this one justice. Please just listen.

"We are connected by a higher force," Conte mused upon this set's release. "I don't want to sound like a hippie, but perhaps the light comes out of the universe. At the same time, it also comes out of ourselves."~ Chris M. Slawecki https://www.allaboutjazz.com/let-your-light-shine-on-nicola-conte-mps-review-by-chris-m-slawecki

Personnel: Nicola Conte: guitars; Bridgette Amofah: lead and backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12); Carolina Bussico: lead and backing vocals (1, 3, 7, 12); Zara McFarlane: lead and backing vocals (2); Zoe Modica: lead and backing vocals (6, 10); Gianluca Petrella: trombone, Mini Moog; Logan Richardson: alto saxophone; Magnus Lindgren: tenor saxophone, flutes; Theo Croker: trumpet; Pietro Lussu: piano. Vox organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Fender Rhodes; Luca Alemanno: double bass, electric bass; Teppo Makynen: drums, percussion; Abdissa Assefa: congas, percussion; Tommaso Cappellato: drums (5); Nduduzo Makhathini: Fred Rhodes; Tumi Mogorossi: drums; Tlale Kakhene: percussion (8); Seby Burgio: organ (9, 11); Mike Rubini: baritone saxophone (9).

Let Your Light Shine On

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Sal Valentinetti - The Voice EP

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 19:19
Size: 44,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:28) 1. The Way You Look Tonight
(3:06) 2. Sway
(3:07) 3. More
(3:15) 4. Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
(2:54) 5. You Make Me Feel So Young
(3:27) 6. Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

Sal “The Voice” Valentinetti, Heidi Klum’s unforgettable 2016 Golden Buzzer recipient and finalist of America’s Got Talent, is an Italian-American crooner known best for his flawless vocals, larger than life personality, and his heart of gold. Born August 26, 1995, Sal was raised in the small town of Bethpage, New York where he still resides today. From a very young age Sal was influenced by his grandmother to love the musical genius of the classic crooner sounds of Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.

At the young age of fifteen Sal realized the hidden talent he possessed and began performing his flawless tribute to the great Frank Sinatra across New York. In 2016, Sal made his debut on Season 11 of the NBC hit show “America’s Got Talent.” That night, The 20-year-old college student went from delivering Pizzas for his cousin’s restaurant, to delivering what’s considered one of the best performances in AGT history.

Before long, the world would come to know and admire him as “Sal the Voice”. Since racking up over 350 million views worldwide with his captivating AGT audition, the celebrated charismatic crooner has been invited to appear in hundreds of sold out solo performances on stages around the world.

From Madison Square Garden in NYC, to opening for Jay Leno in Las Vegas, to selling out the legendary NYCB Theater at Westbury like all of the greats before him; it’s safe to say that Sal is only getting started. https://salthevoiceny.com/about-sal/

The Voice EP

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