Sherry Dyanne & Michiel Borstlap - Lady Sings The Blues: The Music Of Billie Holiday

Size: 117,5 MB
Time: 50:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Blues Vocals
Art: Front

01. God Bless The Child (Live) (4:20)
02. Body And Soul (Live (3:48)
03. Cry Me A River (Live) (7:09)
04. 24 Hours A Day (Live) (3:01)
05. Loverman (Live) (8:28)
06. Lady Sings The Blues (Live) (3:05)
07. Love For Sale (Live) (3:24)
08. Now Baby Or Never (Live) (2:37)
09. Solitude (Live) (3:13)
10. I Love You Porgy (Live) (5:06)
11. Me Myself And I (Live) (2:44)
12. Strange Fruit (Live) (3:20)

Dutch jazz-singer Sherry Dyanne is one of the most intriguing vocalists who is able to perform true renditions of the repertoire of Billie Holiday. Together with master pianist she toured extensively. This album is beautiful showcase of their love for Billie Holiday.

Sherry Dyanne is a soul and jazz singer with a very distinctive retro sound. This sound teleports you to the days of Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, home cooked apple pie and nostalgic jazz clubs. Sherry has a stunning live reputation and has now released her first album 'Sing me a song'. This debut hosts a selection self-written, beautiful songs and long forgotten tracks from yesteryear. Sherry's love for authenticity in life and music, has succeeded in creating a timeless atmosphere on this heartfelt album.

Lady Sings The Blues

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Michel Sajrawy - Yathrib

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:33
Size: 132,9 MB
Art: Front

(0:27) 1. Intro
(4:55) 2. Yathrib
(5:38) 3. Al-Ein
(9:35) 4. In Memory of Om Kalthoum
(6:31) 5. Flying Carpet
(4:49) 6. Four Commandments
(9:17) 7. Father
(8:43) 8. Spiritual Oasis
(7:33) 9. Karm Al-Sheikh

The nine tracks presented on Yathrib not only attempt to bridge Arabic traditional composition forms, western jazz idioms and progressive rock, they also bridge the cultural differences (Christian, Muslim and Jewish) of the ten players involved, led by amazing guitarist Michel Sajrawy, who also composed each of the pieces. The core ensemble is a quartet of electric and acoustic guitars, drums, electric and string bass, and oud, but they are frequently joined by additional players on violin, viola, jarra, rabab, tabla, rek, and other percussion.

Every one of these cuts is very impressive, each in its own unique way, whether it involves one of the expanded lineups taking a jazz inspired flight, or the core quartet rocking out in some odd time signature with surprise changes at every hairpin turn. There are plenty of subtle microtonal flights herein as well, especially when the violinists come into play. Oud player Darwish Darwish is a flat-out monster on his instrument, though (being the newest member) he's only featured on a few of the pieces. Regardless of where the music goes, bassist Valery Lipets and amazing drummer Ameen Atrash are right there, providing a tasty framework and guiding the other players along to whatever may come next. Those looking for unusual kaleidoscopic fusion in a cross-cultural sense would do well to check this out; it's nothing short of awe-inspiring. By Peter Thelen
http://www.expose.org/index.php/articles/display/michel-sajrawy-yathrib.html

Yathrib

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Kurt Rosenwinkel - Berlin Baritone

Styles: Straight-ahead/Mainstream
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:06
Size: 104,4 MB
Art: Front

(1:28) 1. Peace Please
(6:23) 2. Just Chillin
(4:54) 3. First Impression
(8:30) 4. Feelin the Blues
(7:40) 5. Under it All
(3:56) 6. Mellow D
(5:23) 7. Life of a Flower
(4:30) 8. Zarathustra
(2:18) 9. Metro City

Berlin Baritone is a uniquely intimate release, even in Rosenwinkel’s prolific discography, as listeners get to hear Rosenwinkel discover the timbral world of his new instrument with reverence and curiosity. In this stripped-down and intimate recording, you can hear just how deep and intuitive Rosenwinkel’s playing is.

His taut harmonic inventiveness is still intact, as is the tenderness of his touch, and his improvisational instincts are so sharp they feel almost indistinguishable from composed pieces. It’s as close as many of us will get to hearing Rosenwinkel play for you in his home, unguarded and reveling in the joy of playing his guitar.

The album opens with “Peace Please”, a short and plaintive improvisation that showcases Rosenwinkel at his most delicate and minimalist. There’s “Mellow D”, a breathtaking meditation on counterpoint that owes as much to Bach as George Van Eps. But of course, as much as Rosenwinkel has studied the music of others, he is of course, at this point in his career, most like himself, and his own sensibilities shine bright in the dense otherworldly harmonies of “Zarathustra” and the pianistic chord clusters of “Life of a Flower”.

Kurt Rosenwinkel: “When the instrument provides such a deep world of sound and beauty I find it is easy to lose myself in the music. I find the deeper range of the baritone to be more satisfying on its own than a normal guitar. It is a bit harder to play compared to a regular guitar. But that just leads to different musical things… I think the one who really inspires me on this instrument is definitely George Van Eps. He played a seven-string guitar with that deep bass sound.”https://jazzbluesnews.com/2022/12/02/cd-review-kurt-rosenwinkel-berlin-baritone-2022-video-cd-cover/

Berlin Baritone

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Rosemary Clooney - Love and Learn

Styles: Vocal

Year: 2022  
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:59
Size: 80,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:02) 1. Harbor Lights
(2:47) 2. I Get A Kick Out Of You
(2:34) 3. Love And Learn
(2:12) 4. Always Together
(2:49) 5. When I Sing
(2:54) 6. Goodbye Blues
(2:31) 7. It Just Happened To Happen To Me
(2:18) 8. Mountain Greenery
(2:21) 9. Anyone For Love
(2:30) 10. Witchcraft
(2:02) 11. Time For Love
(2:40) 12. You Got
(2:05) 13. I Love You (My Every Thought Is You)
(2:07) 14. You Ol' Son Of A Gun

A new album from Hindsight Records, Rosemary Clooney "Love and Learn", has been released. The latest project from the label’s Reimagined Series was produced by John F. Forbes and executive produced by Thomas Gramuglia.

“This album is the combination of Rosemary Clooney in her prime, Buddy Cole’s colorful keyboards and John Forbes’ orchestrations, which makes Love and Learn both an excellent introduction to her beautiful singing, and a welcome addition for her longtime fans,” expressed Scott Yanow.

 “Rosemary Clooney has become one of my favorites of all of the singers that I’ve worked with in this series,” shared producer John F. Forbes. “She has a deep resonance in her voice that really touches my heart and for many other listeners. It is easy for me to feel an emotional connection to her with her voice. She has a beautiful tonality, her phrasing is wonderful, and everything that she sings is warm.” He continued and said, “My Dad was a big theater organ fan, as was I. Buddy Cole’s organ was going to be in the mix of these performances with Rosemary Clooney and, rather than fighting it, I embraced it and orchestrated around his sound. I considered this a bit of a balancing act for his trio, which was different than the usual piano trio, and led itself to more orchestration than on the other projects. I used a bassless chamber ensemble that included a few cellos, alto flute, oboe, piccolo, and every now and then, a trumpet. I also added vibes on a couple of songs, although most of the vibes one hears is due to the stops Cole used on the organ, which sound great.”

Session musician Buddy Cole played piano, celeste, harpsichord and organ. The Reimagined Series additional production was recorded, mixed and mastered by John Forbes at Forjam Studios. 

https://www.eastportlandblog.com/2022/12/03/rosemary-clooney-love-and-learn-released-by-hindsight-records/

Jazz journalist Scott Yanow expressed.. “This album is the combination of Rosemary Clooney in her prime, Buddy Cole’s colorful keyboards and John Forbes’ orchestrations, which makes Love and Learn both an excellent introduction to her beautiful singing, and a welcome addition for her longtime fans.”

Love and Learn

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