Matt Dusk - Two Shots

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:39
Size: 128,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:29) 1. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
(3:35) 2. Miracle
(4:06) 3. Cold As Ice
(5:32) 4. Lonely Road
(3:43) 5. The Theme From Loaded Gun
(4:00) 6. Don't Go Looking
(2:50) 7. Fly Me To The Moon
(3:22) 8. Please Please Me
(4:15) 9. Precious Yours
(5:43) 10. Always
(4:03) 11. Every Mother's Son
(5:15) 12. Five
(4:40) 13. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad (Hot Nugget Remix)

The big-label bow of this Toronto-born, classically trained pretender to the contemporary crooner crown comes bundled in a shrewdly frank marketing gambit. Dusk scored a recurring role on the reality series Casino as a young, wannabe showroom headliner. As with virtually every ambitious retro-pop male vocalist since Harry Connick, Jr., the musical touchstone here is Sinatra, from the album's title track (an 80th-birthday gift from U2 to the Chairman himself, who never recorded it) to a rhythmically sprightly take on "Fly Me To the Moon."

But what noses the 24-year-old Dusk ahead of his rat-packaged competitors here is a promising understanding of the canon that goes deeper than mere ring-a-ding-ding trappings. While his bold, downbeat recasting of the Beatles' "Please Please Me" falls short of its ambitions, songs like "Lonely Road," "Every Mother's Son," "Always" and "Five" (the latter two tellingly co-written by the singer himself) have a reflective, autumnal tone that gratifyingly echo Sinatra's own period of willful, introspective reinvention in the mid-1950s. By Jerry McCulley
https://www.amazon.com/Two-Shots-Matt-Dusk/dp/B000255LHA

Two Shots

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Gunhild Carling & The Carling Big Band - Harlem Joy

Styles: Swing, Vocal
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:48
Size: 160,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:30) 1. Fire Alarm
(3:11) 2. Ascona
(3:28) 3. Bix Radio Rhythm
(3:38) 4. Stompin’ At Herräng
(3:47) 5. Come Home To Me Blues
(2:53) 6. Trixter
(3:29) 7. Springtime In St. Paul
(2:11) 8. Big Apple
(5:01) 9. When Dreams Come True
(3:10) 10. Linger
(2:56) 11. Shake, Shout And Shuffle
(4:00) 12. Harlem Ghost Story
(3:00) 13. Bag Pipe Blues
(4:05) 14. I Remember Oslo
(3:31) 15. Saturday Night Walk
(1:54) 16. Harlem Joy
(3:42) 17. Rhythm Queen
(2:47) 18. Parlemo Sea
(3:47) 19. Amour’s Empire
(3:38) 20. Blue In My Heaven

2015 live release by the Swedish jazz multi-instrumentalist. 2014 was the year of success for Gunhild Carling. Tour across Sweden, Let's Dance on national TV, a highly acclaimed appearance in Central Park in New York City for tens of thousands of people, voted the most popular person in the south of Sweden 2014 and numerous of national television appearances. This live recording was made during Gunhild Carling Big Bands Jazz Varieté tour in January 2014.
By Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Harlem-Joy-GUNHILD-CARLING-BAND/dp/B00VK611MY

Personnel: Gunhild Carling - vocal, trumpet, trombone, bag pipe, harp (9), recorder (5);Max Carling - tenor sax, clarinet, violin (9); Mattias Carlsson - alto, flute, bass flute; Peter Wilgotsson - alto sax; Hakan Ekvall - baryton sax, tenor sax; Hans "Cooling" Carling - trumpet; Erik Berndalen - trumpet, vocal (15); Henrik Johnson - trombone; Goran Abelli - trombone; Svempa Lunderquist / Singe Magnusson - piano; Aina Carling - banjo; Ull Carling - drums, vocal (10), trumpet (10); Mattias Uneback / Goran Schelin - bass; Jenny Deurell - vocal (17)

Harlem Joy

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John Coltrane - The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 67:09
Size: 153.7 MB
Styles: Standards, Post bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1975/1991/2012
Art: Front

[5:22] 1. Soul Eyes
[3:43] 2. What's New
[5:29] 3. Welcome
[3:13] 4. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
[5:15] 5. My Little Brown Book
[9:03] 6. Wise One
[5:25] 7. Lush Life
[2:22] 8. Alabama
[4:54] 9. My One And Only Love
[4:09] 10. After The Rain
[4:13] 11. In A Sentimental Mood
[5:39] 12. Dear Lord
[8:16] 13. I Want To Talk About You

"Gentle" is a relative term, for while this collection of material is mostly pitched at a slower set of tempos and a more lyrical frame of mind, John Coltrane was no less passionate in a ballad as he was in a roaring frenzy. Originally issued on two LPs, and now as an excellent value on a single CD, The Gentle Side draws nine tracks from the legacy of the classic Coltrane quartet (with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones), adding a pair of tracks each from his collaborations with Duke Ellington and Johnny Hartman. You can say all you want about how a collection like this disregards the musical flow of the original albums -- which is true -- and still be caught up helplessly in the staggering emotional power of this man's playing. Even when heard in this context, performances like "After the Rain" and "Welcome" remain breathtaking in their spiritual beauty, and the combination of Coltrane's eloquence and the warm, masculine baritone of Hartman can still break your heart with their most-likely-untopped interpretation of "My One and Only Love." Above all, if you know anyone who has resisted Coltrane because of the fearsome reputation of his more agitated music, lay this CD on them. ~Richard S. Ginnell

The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane

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Simone Kopmajer - With Love

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:18
Size: 144,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:15) 1. The Look of Love
(4:40) 2. How Wonderful You Are
(5:36) 3. Until It's Time for You to Go
(4:46) 4. I Can't Make You Love Me
(2:31) 5. Opposites Attract
(4:36) 6. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
(3:01) 7. Cold Cold Heart
(3:16) 8. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
(5:06) 9. For Once in My Life
(4:06) 10. Take It All In
(5:15) 11. Everything Happens to Me (feat. Sheila Jordan)
(4:52) 12. Tell It Like It Is
(4:38) 13. You Don´t Know Me (feat. John Di Martino)
(4:33) 14. Over the Rainbow

Simone Kopmajer’s new album “With Love“ was produced by John Di Martino, Reinhardt Winkler & herself.

The trio brought Simone’s vision of an intimate but rich sound to a point. Wonderful string arrangements played by Grammy Winning NY string quartet are surrounding her subtle vocals. “With Love” is a mix of old time classics, love songs and for the very first time two original compositions, definitely Kopmajers most romantic album in her incredible career on which she is proving again her different facets as a musician and vocalist.

Accompanied by Harry Allen, John Di Martino, Boris Kozlov, Reinhardt Winkler, Gottfried Gfrerer & Wesley Amorim , Simone Kopmajer turns her sensual vocals to songs like “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart“ (Bee Gees), “Cold Cold Heart“ (Hank Williams and the legendary “Over the rainbow“.

Another highlight on the album are the guest appearances of jazz legend Sheila Jordan and John Di Martino. With love is a must have for every fan and fan to be! http://www.simonekopmajer.com/bio

Personnel: Simone Kopmajer: Vocals; Harry Allen: Tenor Saxophone; John Di Martino: Piano; Boris Kozlov: Bass; Reinhardt Winkler: Drums; Wesley Amorim: Guitar; Gottfried Gfrerer: Guitar; Sheila Jordan: Vocals; Sara Caswell: First Violin; Tomoko Akaboshi :Second Violin; Benni von Gutzeit: Viola; Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf: Cello

With Love

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