Patricia Barber - Monday Night: Live At The Green Mill, Vol. 3

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:45
Size: 160,1 MB
Art: Front

( 8:07)  1. In Your Own Sweet Way
( 4:49)  2. Romanesque
( 5:09)  3. Fotografia
( 8:49)  4. Crash
( 4:58)  5. I Could Have Danced All Night
( 4:19)  6. The Thrill Is Gone
( 4:12)  7. Moon River
( 5:06)  8. You Gotta Go Home
( 6:31)  9. Stay With Me
( 4:32) 10. Orpheus (Sonnet)
(11:09) 11. Groovin' High

I have been blessed to have a weekly Monday Night gig at The Green Mill, one of the hippest jazz clubs in the world in one of the most exciting cities in the world, Chicago.  enormous thanks to Dave Jemilo for keeping this Chicago treasure alive and for letting me a part of it.  Also, thanks to our soundman here Chris Grabowski who increasingly is recognized for his very special "live" sound recordings.  On this, the third "Live from the Green Mill " download, you'll hear not only the music, but the soft landscape of the club and the city. Larry Kohut is on acoustic bass, Jon Deitemyer is on drums and Jim Gailloreto is on tenor saxophone. The recording is exceptional.  I suggest you get one of the better sound file downloads, close your eyes and time travel to this Monday Night at the Green Mill.  http://www.patriciabarber.com/store/monday-night-live-green-mill-volume-3

Musicians:  Patricia Barber - piano, vocals;  Jim Gailloreto - sax;  Larry Kohut - bass;  John Deitemyer - drums;  Tom Hipskind - drums.

Monday Night: Live At The Green Mill, Vol. 3

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Eric Essix - The Isley Sessions

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:28
Size: 162,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:19) 1. Hello It's Me
(6:02) 2. For the Love of You
(6:31) 3. (At Your Best) You Are Love
(5:33) 4. Footsteps in the Dark
(6:47) 5. Make Me Say It Again Girl
(4:24) 6. I Once Had Your Love (And I Can't Let It Go)
(5:26) 7. Let Me Down Easy
(4:56) 8. Caravan of Love
(6:58) 9. Voyage to Atlantis
(3:33) 10. It's Only Me
(4:38) 11. Caravan of Love (Radio Edit)
(4:38) 12. Hello It's Me (Radio Edit)
(4:39) 13. Footsteps in the Dark (Radio Edit)

The Isley Brothers were one of Eric Essix’s favorite bands as a teenager growing up in the seventies. The group enjoyed a lengthy string of hits throughout the decade, beginning with songs from the landmark "3+3" album, where brother’s Ernie, Marvin and cousin Chris Jasper joined the already established vocal trio.

"To say I am a fan of the Isley Brothers and their music is an understatement," Eric says. “When Ernie Isley exploded onto the scene with his brothers, it was like nothing I had ever heard before. Ernie was so much like Jimi Hendrix - who I idolized - and was featured in a soul/r&b band while playing rock guitar licks. For me at that time, it was the best of all worlds and I instantly identified with the music and the sound! It was an important time that really shaped who I would later become as an artist."

When Herbie Hancock released River: The Joni Letters (which won 2 Grammys in 2007), Eric was intrigued by the way Hancock interpreted Joni Mitchell's mostly pop songs in a traditional jazz setting. “I still listen to that album regularly because it is such an amazing tribute to Joni’s music,” Eric says. “It made me want to do a similar project one day. Then I happened to be on the Soul Train Cruise in early 2014 playing with the great Peabo Bryson and got to see Ernie and Ronald Isley perform. In one portion of the show, Ronald was pouring out his soul on some of their classic ballads, and right then I knew this was the music I wanted to explore.”

Although the album begins with Todd Rundgren's, Hello It's Me, the Isley's soulful version of that song in 1974, resonated with Eric and "I just felt like I had to include it in this collection," he says. Kaleah Wooten, daughter of the album's producer, Kelvin Wooten, lends a beautiful background vocal treatment to the songs refrain which mirrors the Isley Brothers original arrangement. Other standout moments from The Isley Sessions come courtesy of singer and jazz keyboardist, Frank McComb who puts his personal stamp on Footsteps In The Dark and Nashville's newest rising star, Jason Eskridge, who contributes a staggering vocal arrangement and performance on Caravan Of Love. The rest of The Isley Sessions features Eric ‘s well defined, signature guitar sound on hit ballads like I Once Had Your Love, Voyage To Atlantis, Let Me Down Easy and Make Me Say It Again. With the skill of a 26 year veteran recording artist who has released 21 albums over his career, Essix respectfully interprets the Isley’s familiar melodies on the guitar and, at the same time, effortlessly makes each one of these musical gems his own with thoughtful arrangements and solid performances.

Personnel: Eric Essix – Guitars (Arranger, Executive Producer); Kelvin Wooten – Piano/Bass/Percussion (Producer); Marcus Finnie – Drums

The Isley Sessions

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Chris Oatts Group - Personalities

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:24
Size: 168,8 MB
Art: Front

(8:08) 1. Alley Birds
(7:16) 2. Dragon Night
(8:34) 3. Building Blocks
(8:39) 4. Shade of Jade
(5:54) 5. Jean's Scene
(8:41) 6. Bewitched
(6:00) 7. Philly Smash Tune
(5:32) 8. Not While I'm Around
(7:10) 9. Sweet Prince
(7:25) 10. Personality

Philadelphia based saxophonist, composer and educator Chris Oatts has been hailed as “a force to be reckoned with,” by All About Jazz. Chris has performed, recorded, or toured with the likes of Seal, Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, Chelsea Reed and the Fair Weather Five, The Philly Pops, Terell Stafford, Wycliffe Gordon, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and The Temptations.

Born into a musical family, Chris is the nephew of alto saxophone icon Dick Oatts with whom he studied at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father Jim played trumpet with Stan Kenton, Machito, and the jazz rock group Chase while his two triplet brothers and multiple other family members are musicians as well. Chris’ grandfather Jack Oatts is credited by the Iowa Jazz Educators Hall of Fame for starting the first high school jazz band in the state of Iowa. Chris continues to perform with his grandfather’s Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone to this day.

In 2017 Chris released his debut album as a leader entitled First Quintet, a record of original compositions featuring a band of Philadelphia’s finest musicians.

Chris is also the founder of South Philly Big Band, a group steeped in the tradition of Thad Jones and Mel Lewis that commissions new works from Philadelphia composers. SPBB has performed shows with Walt Weiskopf, Ignacio Berroa and Gary Smulyan and in December 2017 released a Christmas EP of new imaginations of Christmas classics entitled, SPBBXMAS.

His latest recording project, Personalities presents both quintet and nonet ensemble settings and features Chris’ mentor and legendary jazz trumpeter Terell Stafford on the BCM&D label. Alongside a collection of Philadelphia and New York’s most in demand musicians, Personalities offers listeners fresh arrangements of familiar standards in addition to unique and personal original compositions.

Chris is a dedicated and active music educator in the Philadelphia area, teaching at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania since 2013. Additionally, he has been a faculty member in the Boyer School of Music at Temple University since 2017. He teaches Music Composition, Production, Theory, Improvisation, Instruction of Saxophone, Flute and clarinet, as well as directing large and small ensembles.https://www.chrisoatts.com/bio

Personnel: Chris Oatts: alto and soprano saxophones, leader; Terell Stafford: trumpet; Tim Brey: piano; Sam Harris: bass; Anwar Marshall: drums.

Personalities

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