Mary Stallings - I Waited For You

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:46
Size: 141,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:40)  1. Where Or When
(6:16)  2. Love Dance
(5:27)  3. I Waited For You
(6:33)  4. Blues In My Heart
(5:58)  5. Dedicated To You
(2:58)  6. It's Crazy
(6:07)  7. Serenade In Blue
(6:42)  8. But Not For Me
(5:38)  9. I Wanna Be Loved
(6:38) 10. Only Trust Your Heart
(3:46) 11. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do

Mary Stallings joined Concord Jazz's roster with I Waited for You, an outstanding CD that posited the question, "Where has this fine singer been all this time?" Indeed, it was most regrettable that an artist of Stallings' caliber had done so little recording over the years when she should have been documented extensively. Carl Jefferson, the late founder of Concord, obviously felt that way, and he did right when he produced her Concord debut. Jefferson united Stallings with the quartet of pianist Gene Harris, whose earthy soul-jazz style complements Stallings' robust, Carmen McRae-influenced vocals beautifully on everything from the fast, exhilarating "It's Crazy" to the intimate ballad singing of "Serenade in Blue," "Dedicated to You," and Ivan Lins' "Love Dance." Harris described I Waited for You as Stallings' "coming-out party" it's too bad the party didn't take place until 1994. ~ Alex Henderson http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-waited-for-you-mw0000119978

Personnel: Mary Stallings (vocals); Gene Harris (piano); Ron Eschete (guitar); Luther Hughes (bass); Paul Humphrey (drums).

I Waited For You

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Ron Carter Quartet & Vitoria Maldonado - Brasil L.I.K.E.

Styles: Vocal, Latin Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:18
Size: 93,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:08)  1. They Can't Take That Away from Me
(2:50)  2. There Will Never Be Another You
(3:26)  3. Night and Day
(3:26)  4. I Only Have Eyes for You
(2:33)  5. How High the Moon
(2:09)  6. Adoro O Teu Sorriso
(2:59)  7. All of Me
(3:34)  8. Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours (I Wish You Love)
(2:23)  9. Georgia on My Mind
(3:04) 10. Someone to Light up My Life
(4:15) 11. Lugar Comum
(2:07) 12. Because You Make Me Dream
(3:17) 13. Saudade

Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and  influential bassists in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums to his credit, he has recorded with many of music's greats: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons. In the early 1960s he performed throughout the United States in concert halls and nightclubs with Jaki Byard and Eric Dolphy. He later toured Europe with Cannonball Adderley. From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the classic and acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. He was named Outstanding Bassist of the Decade by the Detroit News, Jazz Bassist of the Year by Downbeat magazine, and Most Valuable Player by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In 1993 Ron Carter earned a Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Group, the Miles Davis Tribute Band and another Grammy in 1998 for Call 'Sheet Blues', an instrumental composition from the film 'Round Midnight.

In addition to scoring and arranging music for many films, including some projects for Public Broadcasting System, Carter has composed music for A Gathering of Old Men, starring Lou Gosset Jr., The Passion of Beatrice directed by Bertrand Tavernier, and Blind Faith starring Courtney B. Vance. Carter shares his expertise in the series of books he authored, among which are Building Jazz Bass Lines and The Music of Ron Carter; the latter contains 130 of his published and recorded compositions. Carter earned a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School in Rochester and a master's degree in double bass from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He has also received four honorary doctorates, from the New England Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, and was the 2002 recipient of the prestigious Hutchinson Award from the Eastman School at the University of Rochester. Most recently he was honored by the French Minister of Culture with France's premier cultural award--the medallion and title of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, given to those who have distinguished themselves in the domain of artistic or literary creation and for their contribution to the spread of arts and letters in France and the world. Carter has lectured, conducted, and performed at clinics and master classes, instructing jazz ensembles and teaching the business of music at numerous universities. He was Artistic Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Studies while it was located in Boston and, after 18 years on the faculty of the Music Department of The City College of New York, he is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus although, as a performer, he remains as active as ever. http://roncarter.net/JazzMaster/about-jazz-bass-master-ron-carter/

Personnel:  Vitoria Maldonado (vocal); Ron Carter: baixo acústico (bass); Renee Rosnes: piano; Rolando Morales-Matos: percussão (percussion); Payton Crossley: bateria (drums) with special guests:  Roberto Menescal (guitar); Marcos Mincov (English horn); Toninho Ferragutti (accordion); Omar Izar (harmonica); Randy Brecker (flugelhorn); Proveta (alto sax)  – with Ruria Duprat’s ‘Brasilian Orchestra’

Brasil L.I.K.E.

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Charlie Hunter & Bobby Previte - We Two Kings

Styles: Guitar, Holiday
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:17
Size: 90,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:01) 1. Joy To The World
(3:14) 2. Deck The Halls
(2:46) 3. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
(2:59) 4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
(3:22) 5. Hark The Herald Angels Sing (Feat. Curtis Fowlkes)
(3:54) 6. We Three Kings
(4:10) 7. The First Noel (Feat. Curtis Fowlkes)
(2:58) 8. Good King Wenceslas
(3:40) 9. Angels We Have Heard On High
(2:46) 10. Jingle Bells
(3:06) 11. Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Feat. Curtis Fowlkes)
(3:13) 12. Silent Night

A Christmas record from two master musicians that will shake, rattle, and roll your holiday.

Beautifully arranged, brilliantly played, and unlike any other version of these great songs, We Two Kings re-imagines the classic carols as surf, country, metal, jazz, and beyond. With the exception of guest trombone player Curtis Fowlkes, Previte and Hunter play all the instruments guitars, basses, drums, pianos, organs, and all manner of percussion. A stunning tour-de-force that takes you on a wild, fun and sometimes hilarious musical journey of joy, We Two Kings is a record that you will never want to be without during the holiday season. Hear these classics like you have never heard them before on We Two Kings. https://bobbyprevite.bandcamp.com/album/we-two-kings

Personnel: Charlie Hunter - guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion; Bobby Previte - drums, percussion, keyboards, sampling; Curtis Fowlkes- trombone

We Two Kings

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Woong San - Who Stole the Skies

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:22
Size: 124,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:22) 1. All In A Dream
(6:09) 2. Rain Bird
(5:13) 3. I'm Not A Butterfly
(5:58) 4. Canadian Blues
(5:16) 5. Who Stole The Skies
(5:18) 6. Today
(5:30) 7. Spread Your Wings
(4:13) 8. Four Weeks
(5:21) 9. Song For A Clown
(5:57) 10. Sonnima

Asian jazz diva Woongsan releases 10th full album! A masterpiece that shows artistic achievement as much as the weight of the number '10'! Ungsan 10th [Who Stole the Skies]

Jazz diva Woongsan is releasing a monumental 10th album. As a singer-songwriter, this album, which I put more effort into than ever before, is a masterpiece that not only wrote/composed almost all of the songs, but also showed the side of my career as a vocalist. In this album, especially in the fusion of ours (Korean traditional music, folk songs) and jazz, we present original and high-quality music.

In 'It's a Dream', a reinterpretation of a Namdo folk song, 'The Clown' written by Ungsan, 'Ganadara Blues', 'Guests', and the remake number 'Four Four Weeks', Woongsan is a jazz vocalist who perfects the traditional skills of pansori. Not only does he digest it well, he also shows excellent emotional acting. While there are modern psychedelic rock numbers like 'I'm Not a Butterfly (Written/Composed by Woongsan)', 'Who Stole The Skies' is a fusion jazz number with a modern sensibility that shows another texture.

Like the monumental 10th album, the best musicians paid tribute to their brilliant performances. Korea's leading saxophonist Lee Jeong-sik, blues guitarists Charlie Jung and Choi Woo-jun (SAZA), unrivaled organist Sung Ki-moon, bassist Shin Dong-ha, pianist Kang Jae-hoon, and drummer Lim Ju-chan's fantastic performances, composer and producer Jamie Soul, and keyboards active in New York and Boston The sound idea provided by the performer, Sang-Hyun Park, KTG, makes you feel the joy of appreciation on all tracks.
https://www.kpopalbums.com/products/woong-san-who-stole-the-skies-10th-album

Who Stole the Skies

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