Charlie Byrd Trio - Au Courant

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:56
Size: 133,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:03) 1. This Can't Be Love
(3:33) 2. My Romance
(5:38) 3. St Louis Blues
(4:32) 4. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
(3:26) 5. There'll Be Some Changes Made
(5:06) 6. If You Never Came To Me
(4:04) 7. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
(3:06) 8. Avalon
(3:11) 9. Emily (Theme from The Americanization of Emily)
(4:24) 10. There's A Small Hotel
(4:09) 11. Blue Room
(4:18) 12. Have You Met Miss Jones?
(5:12) 13. Willow Weep For Me
(4:12) 14. Days Of Wine And Roses

That old Django Reinhardt buff Charlie Byrd actually gets something resembling the drive of the Hot Club Quintette on this CD at times, but with unusual means. With Charlie on acoustic guitar and brother Joe Byrd on bass, Charlie's longtime drummer Chuck Redd shifts over to the vibraphone, and the three independent voices tumble intricately all around each other in a collection of standards.

While not absolutely impeccable in technique, Byrd continues to get around his instrument in a swinging manner, and Redd proves to be a more than serviceable performer on the vibes. Inevitably (for Byrd), the Brazilian influence surfaces on tracks like "On a Clear Day," Jobim's "If You Never Came to Me," and Rodgers/Hart's "There's a Small Hotel," all of which bring us gently back to 1962. A modest yet pleasing experiment for the Charlie Byrd collector. By Richard S. Ginell
https://www.allmusic.com/album/au-courant-mw0000032148

Au Courant

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Martial Solal - Solo Piano: Unreleased 1966 Los Angeles Sessions Vol.1, Vol.2

Martial Solal - Solo Piano: Unreleased 1966 Los Angeles Session. Vol.1

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2017
Time: 66:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 153,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:03) 1. Groovin' High
(5:53) 2. Scrapple From The Apple
(3:46) 3. I Can't Get Started
(8:54) 4. Night In Tunisia
(5:44) 5. Ornithology
(4:31) 6. Yardbird Suite
(4:18) 7. Embraceable You
(4:38) 8. Now's The Time
(6:12) 9. Lover Man
(4:40) 10. Blue Monk
(5:01) 11. Billie's Bounce
(5:30) 12. 'Round Midnight
(3:22) 13. Un Poco Loco

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Martial Solal - Solo Piano: Unreleased 1966 Los Angeles Session. Vol. 2

Year: 2018
Time: 53:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 122,6 MB

(3:36) 1. Pennies From Heaven
(2:44) 2. Blues Martial
(3:54) 3. Fig Leaf Raf
(3:45) 4. Exactly Like You
(4:13) 5. Ain't Miss Behavin'
(4:13) 6. Begin The Beguine
(4:02) 7. Ah Non
(3:16) 8. But Not For Me
(7:21) 9. Suite 105
(3:07) 10. Kansas City Stomp
(3:21) 11. La Chaloupee
(5:07) 12. Everything Happens To Me
(4:23) 13. Un Poco Loco

In June 1966, invited by the shrewd American producer and author Ross Russell, Martial Solal traveled to Los Angeles to record these forgotten and unreleased solo piano sessions. Russell, who had launched the legendary label Dial Records back in 1946 to record Charlie Parker, had spent several years away from the jazz scene after shutting Dial down in 1949. When he decided to return to the jazz record business, he organized a series of recordings at Glendale’s Whitney Studio, which had a wonderful Steinway. Unfortunately, Russell’s new project didn’t come to fruition, and so Solal’s recordings never saw the light.

Now we can finally hear them in two CD volumes. They show Martial Solal at his best, his incontestable talent, dazzling virtuosity and invention, but also his good taste and sense of humor in the execution. The originality of his conception, paired with his elegant control and technique, put him on a par with the great American pianists.
https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/martial-solal-albums/6692-solo-piano-unreleased-1966-los-angeles-session-volume-2.html

Personnel: Martial Solal-Piano

Solo Piano: Unreleased 1966 Los Angeles Session. Volume 1, Volume 2

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Barbra Lica - Imposter Syndrome

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 20:54
Size: 48,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:03) 1. Girls Like Me
(3:13) 2. The Ghost Of Me
(3:03) 3. In 40 Years
(2:38) 4. Blue Monday
(3:35) 5. Take Care Of You
(2:50) 6. What Do You Say
(2:28) 7. Sour Women

Barbra Lica is a Juno-nominated artist singer-songwriter based in Toronto. A seasoned act on the North American club and festival circuits, Barbra has performed everywhere from New York City’s legendary Birdland to Toronto’s prestigious Koerner Hall. She has also headlined at festivals across the continent including Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Vancouver International Jazz Festival and Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, and opened for the likes of Christian McBride, Pat Metheny, Bob Dorough, and Terence Blanchard.

Barbra’s debut album That’s What I Do (Triplet / Universal Jazz Japan) was released to widespread acclaim in 2012, ranking her in Canada’s Top 5 Jazz singers on the CBC, as well Top 5 up-and-coming Toronto jazz artists on blogTO. Shortly after, her band made their Japanese debut live at the Tokyo International Jazz Festival in 2015 for over a thousand Japanese fans Her first album with Justin Time Records, I’m Still Learning, was released September 2016 and subsequently nominated for a 2017 Juno Award in the category of “Best Vocal Jazz Album”. Her subsequent project, You’re Fine (Justin Time Records) marked the introduction of Folk an Americana elements to her repertoire and has amassed over 4.9 million streams to date on Spotify.

In addition to writing for herself, Barbra has written cuts for such artists as jazz crooner Matt Dusk (Entertainment One/Universal), rising J-Pop singer Harumi (Sony Music Japan), and Taiwanese pop recording artist, Morrison Ma (Universal Music Group/X Entertainment).

She is currently promoting her first self-produced EP Imposter Syndrome (released October 2022) with generous support from FACTOR, as well as her new chamber orchestra project featuring all-original music arranged for 14 instruments plus voice. https://barbralicamusic.com/media/

Imposter Syndrome

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Lara Louise - Alone Together

Styles: Vocal, Guitar Jazz
Year: 2022
Time: 47:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 109,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:35) 1. Alone Together (Feat. Grant Levin)
(3:18) 2. La Complainte De La Butte
(3:33) 3. Jardin D'hiver
(3:03) 4. C'est Si Bon (Feat. Mads Tolling)
(3:18) 5. Golden Earrings (Feat. Grant Levin)
(2:50) 6. You Belong To Me
(2:38) 7. It Had To Be You (Feat. Colm Ó Riain)
(3:55) 8. Besame Mucho
(2:52) 9. Petite Fleur
(2:31) 10. Norwegian Wood
(3:44) 11. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
(4:20) 12. Brothers In Arms
(4:23) 13. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
(3:14) 14. Gloaming Song

Lara Louise was born and raised in the city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Listening to Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, she taught herself how to play guitar. Later, she became influenced by jazz and bossa nova singers such as Madeleine Peyroux, Carla Bruni, Frank Sinatra and Astrud Gilberto, and was particularly drawn to French jazz. All these different influences make for a tasteful variety of classic songs, tied together with her unique style and voice.

After studying philosophy in the Netherlands, Lara moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently, she plays a lot of venues and private events. Either solo or with multi-intrumentalist and producer Gawain Mathews. Together they also record songs on a regular basis, which can be found on all the main streaming platforms or on CD.
https://lara-louise.com/bio

Alone Together

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