Sunday, February 12, 2023

Rossana Casale - Jazz in me

Styles: Vocal, Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:37
Size: 136,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:18)  1. Every Time We Say Good-bye
(5:05)  2. Good Morning Heartache
(5:05)  3. Don't Explain
(7:26)  4. My One And Only Love
(5:05)  5. Just Friends
(5:28)  6. How Long Has This Been Going On
(1:57)  7. My Funny Valentine
(7:03)  8. Summertime
(5:27)  9. You Don't Know What Love Is
(2:06) 10. But Not For Me
(9:32) 11. Blue Monk

The New York-born daughter of an American father and an Italian mother, Rossana Casale has grown into one of Italy's most adventurous musicians. Her songs have been featured in such Italian films as the Pupi Avati-directed movie Una Gita Scolastica, while she toured with Teatro dell'Opera Raffaele Paganini in the musical comedy An American in Paris. She recorded an Italian version of "Someday, My Prince Will Come" for the restored edition of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Moving to Italy as a youngster, Casale temporarily lived in Venice before settling in Milan. A background singer for Italian group Albero Motore, in 1972 she enrolled at the Conservatory G. Verdi in Milan, where she studied vocals, percussion, and electronic music. Casale's 1982 debut single "Didin" was followed by the Italian pop albums Casale in 1984 and Aspettarti in 1985. She appeared at the Fest di San Remo in 1986 singing the Italian pop ballad "Destiny."

Veering toward jazz in the late '90s, Casale performed at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. Her first jazz album, Incoerente Jazz, was released in 1989. Although she has continued to explore the jazz realm, Casale continues to defy categorization. Her 1991 album Lo Strato Naturale represented a shift toward atmospheric jazz. A meeting with African group Toure Kunde sparked an interest in world music. Together with her quartet, featuring Riccardo Zegne, Luciano Milanese, Carlo Atti, and Luigi Bonafede, Casale continues to perform jazz standards by such American songwriters as Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk. In 1994, they recorded the album Jazz in Me in a whirlwind, four-day session.
By Craig Harris http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rossana-casale-mn0000363589/biography

Personnel:  Vocals – Rossana Casale;  Contrabass – Luciano Milanese;  Drums – Carlo Milanese (tracks: 6), Luigi Bonafede;  Guitar – Sandro Gibellini (tracks: 3);  Piano – Andrea Pozza (tracks: 6), Riccardo Zegna;  Saxophone – Carlo Atti;  Trumpet – Marco Tamburini (tracks: 11);  Violoncello – Bruno Briscic (tracks: 8, 11)

Jazz in me

The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band - 2 albums: Cookin' At The Corner Vol 1 / Vol 2

Album: Cookin' At The Corner Vol 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:36
Size: 150.2 MB
Styles: Swing, Contemporary jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:13] 1. Cookin' At The Corner
[4:57] 2. It Might As Well Be Spring
[3:21] 3. Bennie's From Heaven
[4:06] 4. Cute
[5:36] 5. Satin Doll-Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[3:50] 6. Agua De Beber
[3:55] 7. Lullaby Of Birdland
[5:31] 8. Stardust
[3:29] 9. Smack Dab In The Middle
[5:16] 10. The Shadow Of Your Smile
[3:11] 11. The More I See You
[3:35] 12. What A Difference A Day Makes
[6:54] 13. Compared To What
[2:22] 14. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
[5:14] 15. I Do Love You

Les DeMerle's 4th recording for Origin is another swinging affair that further cements his reputation as one of the most dynamic drummers in jazz. Recorded live in front of an enthusiastic audience, the band sizzles on 15 tunes including classics such as "Cute," "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid," and the soul hit "Compared to What." With vocalist Bonnie Eisele, they caress standards "The Shadow of Your Smile," "The More I See You," and "Stardust," and they define future standards including the title cut "Cookin' at the Corner" by pianist Mike Levine.

Album: Cookin' At The Corner Vol 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:32
Size: 134.0 MB
Styles: Swing, Contemporary jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[5:07] 1. In A Mellow Tone
[3:45] 2. Our Love Is Here To Stay
[4:55] 3. You Don't Know Me
[3:56] 4. Work Song
[4:38] 5. Caravan
[3:17] 6. I'm Beginning To See The Light
[3:12] 7. S'wonderful
[5:01] 8. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
[2:55] 9. Let's Fall In Love
[2:56] 10. How High The Moon
[5:11] 11. Autumn Leaves-Les Feulles Mortes
[4:28] 12. Black Orpheus-Manha De Carnaval
[3:21] 13. All Around The World
[2:40] 14. I Want You To Be My Baby
[3:02] 15. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

“Cookin’ At The Corner, Volume Two is the real deal capturing a live jazz set in a real jazz club packed with loyal jazz fans. The music is hot and sweet, swinging and soulful. The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band is tight and grooves hard with creativity and passion giving each tune the perfect color and shade to create the ultimate jazz rainbow. Listen and relax as the music invites you in. Enjoy the sounds. Welcome to the club.” ~Scott Yanow

“The electricity on the first night of Cookin’ At The Corner, Volume One really transfers here on Volume Two as the music swings and gyrates to the up-tempo nature of the album’s fifteen standards. DeMerle and his trio really cook…with incredible instrumentals. Eisele delivers…enchanting performances and… exciting vocals…on another fiery session of great music.” ~Edward Blanco

Cookin' At The Corner Vol 1, Vol 2

Cyrus Chestnut - The Dark Before the Dawn

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:20
Size: 131,7 MB
Art: Front

(7:30)  1. Sentimentalia
(3:27)  2. Steps of Trane
(6:19)  3. The Mirrored Window
(4:42)  4. Baroque Impressions
(2:36)  5. A Rare Gem
(4:09)  6. Call Me Later
(5:36)  7. Wright's Rolls and Butter
(2:53)  8. It Is Well (With My Soul)
(5:36)  9. Kattin'
(4:58) 10. Lovers' Paradise
(3:06) 11. My Funny Valentine
(6:22) 12. The Dark Before the Dawn

Cyrus Chestnut's The Dark Before the Dawn is a mature, versatile album. Chestnut and his trio members Steve Kirby (bass) and Clarence Penn (drums) provide their fortunate listeners with a little bit of everything on this collection. Chestnut pays homage to John Coltrane, and his brilliant "Giant Steps," on the lightning fast "Steps of Trane," and gives J.S. Bach a swinging, 21st century twist on the interesting "Baroque Impressions." "My Funny Valentine" is slow and spacious and represents Chestnut's best ballad playing to date. Mix in originals such as the confident "Sentimentalia," the pretty "The Mirrored Window," the playful "Call Me Later" and the show-stopping "Kattin'." Kirby lays down a rock-solid musical foundation and Penn generates the rhythmic fire, but it is Chestnut who breathes life and soul and meaning into these tunes. He has the unique ability to make complicated music both approachable and enjoyable. The listener won't realize it, but will eventually notice their toes tapping and their fingers snapping to this recommended set. ~ Brian Bartolini https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-dark-before-the-dawn-mw0000125513

Personnel: Cyrus Chestnut (piano); Steve Kirby (bass); Clarence Penn (drums).

The Dark Before the Dawn

John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard And Live At The Village Vanguard Again!

Album: Live at the Village Vanguard

Styles: Hard Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz
Year: 1966
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:37
Size: 84,0 MB
Art: Front

(13:48) 1. Spiritual
( 6:40) 2. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
(16:09) 3. Chasin' the Trane

Review: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltrane_%22Live%22_at_the_Village_Vanguard

Personnel: John Coltrane — soprano and tenor saxophone; Eric Dolphy — bass clarinet on "Spiritual"; McCoy Tyner — piano on side one; Reggie Workman — bass on side one; Jimmy Garrison — bass on side two; Elvin Jones — drums

Live at the Village Vanguard

Album: Live At The Village Vanguard Again!

Styles: Hard Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz
Year: 1966
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:41
Size: 97,1 MB
Art: Front

(15:11) 1. Naima
( 6:08) 2. Introduction To My Favorite Things
(20:21) 3. My Favorite Things

Live at the Village Vanguard Again! is one of the more hotly contested albums in John Coltrane's catalog. Released less than a year before his death, the original recording showcased his new quintet with Alice Coltrane, piano; Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Garrison, bass; and Rashied Ali, drums. Additional percussion on the date was provided by Emanuel Rahim. The three selections here are what survive from a much longer tape. Coltrane's signature ballad "Naima" opens the album and goes on for over 15 minutes.

One of the most iconic tunes in his repertoire, the treatment it is given here is radical. While the melody is referenced in the beginning, Coltrane moves it aside fairly quickly to concentrate on improvisation. His tenor solo (heard in the left channel) begins in earnest a minute-and-a-half in. He gradually deconstructs the various phrases in the lyric to blow passionately through them. By the time Sanders begins his (overly long) tenor solo (right channel), the abstraction becomes total. His intensity and ferocity are simply more than the ballad calls for. Even when Coltrane returns to solo again, and gradually winds it down, he has to begin at that hot peak. "Naima" is a different tune when all is said and done. "My Favorite Things" is in two parts. The first six minutes belong to a gorgeous, imaginative solo by Garrison.

The tune's familiar theme is not stated by Coltrane until after the mode is introduced; then bits and pieces of the melody are brought in until they become however briefly the whole head line. It disappears quickly even though referenced occasionally throughout Coltrane's solos. His soprano solos are intense but utterly beautiful. His playing is pure passion and creative imagination, ever aware of the shimmering block chords played by Alice.

Ali skitters propulsively around them, driving insistently until he's allowed to let loose when Sanders and his tenor begin their violent wail that simply disregards the entire tune save for one quote near the end to bring Coltrane back in. Sanders screams through his horn throughout his solo, and when Coltrane rejoins him, it's to meet him and try to rein him in; it leaves the listener exhausted after its 25-minute run. Live at the Village Vanguard Again! is certainly not for Coltrane newcomers, and may indeed only hold value for his most ardent followers despite its many qualities.By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-village-vanguard-again%21-mw0000652602

Personnel: John Coltrane – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute; Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, flute; Alice Coltrane – piano; Jimmy Garrison – bass; Rashied Ali – drums; Emanuel Rahim – percussion

Live At The Village Vanguard Again!