Sarah Lancman - Inspiring Love

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:48
Size: 116,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:12)  1. Inspiring Love
(5:00)  2. Behind the Clouds
(2:19)  3. On the Other Side of the World
(6:18)  4. J'ai voulu partir
(4:17)  5. Never Say That You Love Me
(6:33)  6. The Gift
(4:26)  7. Reste là
(4:01)  8. Qui ?
(3:46)  9. Mysterious Lane
(3:37) 10. Talk to Me
(4:14) 11. Our Secret

“She is really the great new voice of Jazz“ this is what Quincy Jones said to Sarah Lancman when she won the Grand Prix of the International Competition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2012. 17 gold Records, Music awards, Django d’or, Grand Prix de l’Académie du Jazz Django Reinhardt, no need to introduce the italian pianist  Giovanni Mirabassi. They are now accomplices of their new album “Inspiring Love” released since November 18 whose 10 original compositions were recorded in New York, high place of this music. More... https://couleursjazz.fr/sarah-lancman-4tet-the-sunside-paris-december-26/

“Sarah Lanchman has the purity of Julie London and the depth of Shirley Horn. She is the hope and Jazz singer we all expected “~ Wendy Oxenhorn, Executive Director of the Jazz Foundation of the United States of America.

Personnel:  Sarah Lancman – voice ; Giovanni Mirabassi – piano ; Gianluca Renzi – doublebass ; Gene Jackson – drums ; Alex Sipiagin – trumpet and flugelhorn.

Inspiring Love

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Kristin Berardi & James Sherlock - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out

Size: 84,9 MB
Time: 36:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Change Partners (3:20)
02. Tangerine (3:16)
03. If I Only Had A Brain (4:01)
04. Embraced I (5:07)
05. The Bass (3:27)
06. Budgie (3:51)
07. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (3:54)
08. Charade (4:16)
09. Like A Lover (4:55)

Originally from Koumala, a tiny country town in North Queensland, jazz vocalist Kristin Berardi made National headlines when she won the Montreux Jazz Festival’s International Vocal Competition in 2006.

In 2007 Kristin was the recipient of the Music Council of Australia/Freedman Fellowship which allowed Kristin to commission some of the worlds most dynamic young composers to arrange her compositions for the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra.

The Kristin Berardi Band led by Kristin Berardi was the 2008 debut release. The group performs Berardi’s original compositions, showcasing her stunning voice.

2011 and Kristin Berardi Meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra is the exciting new collaboration representing many of the finest, dynamic, young improvisers in Australia, with Berardi as guest vocalist.

Kristin’s warmth and incredible vocal control have made her a favourite with Australian, European and NY audiences and has established a reputation as Australia’s finest young singer.

Kristin lectures in jazz voice at the Australian National University in Canberra and has held the position of guest lecturer in jazz studies at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music for the past five years.

Kristin’s debut duo release with master guitarist James Sherlock was short listed for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album at the renowned Bell Awards.

Career Highlights:
Winner 2012 National Jazz Awards (Voice)
Winner 2012 Australian Jazz Bell Awards Best Jazz Vocal Album
Winner 2007 Music Council of Australia Freedman Jazz Fellowship
Winner 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival / Shure International Vocal Competition
3rd Place 2005 National Jazz Awards (Voice)
Invited to record in NYC (2004) with Jim Pugh and Kenny Werner

Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out

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Eric Reed - Reflections Of A Grateful Heart

Size: 112,6 MB
Time: 48:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Piano Jazz
Art: Front & Back

01. I Love The Lord (4:20)
02. In Case You've Forgotten (3:56)
03. Changed (3:33)
04. Psalm 8 (5:24)
05. 'tis So Sweet (2:25)
06. Hymn (1:16)
07. New Morning (5:44)
08. This Day (4:24)
09. God Cares (2:30)
10. Prayer (6:59)
11. Spiritual (3:12)
12. I Love You Lord Today - We Praise You Lord (4:30)

I have been tough on Eric Reed...
Eric Reed has never shied away from being tough on critics. Los Angeles times columnist Robert Hilburn always advised never becoming too close to an artist and Eric Reed may well be the poster child for why I should have listened to Bob. Personal feelings aside, Reflections Of A Grateful Heart is the finest offering from Reed since Dancing Monk and easily the creative apex of his stellar career. Eric Reed is a man of passion and conviction and occasionally this seems to have derailed some releases that wound up as self indulgent sonic flat lines that were pretty much done before they ever really got started.

Solo piano is the equivalent of tap dancing in a lyrical minefield. This stellar solo piano effort embraces the musical DNA that is Eric Reed, a soulful and soul filled spiritual offering that is an intimate self portrait of the visceral being that is Eric Reed. "I Love The Lord" from Richard Smallwood is not just reinvented but deconstructed and elevated to an organic level that gives the composition new life. The original composition "New Morning" encapsulates the prolific talent of an artist that has seemingly been lingering in that second tier of pianists for far too long.

Eric Reed first rose to prominence thanks to Wynton Marsalis.
Leader or accompanist?
Reflections Of A Grateful Heart shows the promise that Reed has never perhaps lived up to in terms of critical recognition but then again Reed doesn't care about that. The artistic integrity of Eric Reed is certainly unchallenged, provided ego and arrogance can be kept in check this could be that start of something big.

A stellar release!

Reflections Of A Grateful Heart

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