Kathy Lyon - A Song for You

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:12
Size: 169,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:12) 1. How Dare You
(4:45) 2. My Foolish Heart
(4:45) 3. Perfidia
(4:32) 4. (I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone
(3:59) 5. Hit the Road to Dreamland
(5:41) 6. Here's to Life
(3:24) 7. Close Your Eyes
(5:40) 8. Still Got the Blues
(4:16) 9. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
(6:49) 10. The Nearness of You
(4:20) 11. He's Not There
(3:10) 12. The Best Is yet to Come
(7:13) 13. This Masquerade
(5:29) 14. When I Fall in Love
(4:51) 15. A Song for You

Some time back Kathy toured with the USO entertaining American troops abroad. At that time the money was slim and you had to pay for your own hotel. However the money was not the motivating factor for Ms. Lyon. She wanted to deliver the American sound personally to our troops serving in other lands. The first person experience in and of itself was pay enough. As she performed on those stages she could feel the welcomed reception of the songs.

Kathy Lyon would go on to become an experienced jazz festival performer and graced the stages at such notable events as the Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival, Roswell Jazz Festival, Jazz By The Bay Festival, and closer to home the Pensacola Jazz Festival. Her professional abilities also extend beyond her performances as she creates original songs as well. To date Kathy has released four albums with the latest being available now, Nothin’ But Love.
https://www.pumpitupmagazine.com/jazz-vocalist-kathy-lyon-releases

A Song for You

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Jeremy Pelt - The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse

Styles: Vocal, Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:52
Size: 116,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:30) 1. …For Whom I Love So Much
(5:19) 2. Slow Hot Wind
(3:04) 3. If I Ruled the World
(4:38) 4. I Can't Escape from You
(6:08) 5. There'll Be Other Times
(4:57) 6. Don't Love Me
(6:40) 7. Blues in Sophistication
(4:33) 8. Two Different Worlds
(4:25) 9. When She Makes Music
(4:34) 10. Two for the Road

Playing jazz is a lot like love itself, it is as much about poignancy as it is about joy, whether we listen to a torch song or read a love poem by Shelley, we experience their creator's pain or we share in their euphoria.

And it is Jeremy Pelt's understanding of this dichotomy of passion and restraint that makes this album so compelling. The set list is as all-encompassing as a love affair - from the straight-ahead feeling of "I Can't Escape from You" to the breathless stillness of his muted trumpet on "There'll Be Other Times." His sly, half-valve effects on "Blues in Sophistication" show an impish delight while Henry Mancini's "Slow Hot Wind" throbs with an ever so discreet Latin feel.

This may be considered a "with strings" record but Pelt does not allow it to descend into a vibrato-laden string sound. There is an unusually classical feel to this album with the string quartet supporting, reinforcing and commenting on Pelt's playing rather than sugar-coating it. Buddy Rich once said, "Jazz should be treated the same as classical music." He was right. He "got it" and, as evidenced herein, so does Jeremy Pelt.

Personnel: Jeremy Pelt: trumpet, vocal; Victor Gould: piano; Buster Williams: bass; Billy Hart: drums; Chico Pinheiro: guitar (track 10 only), String Ensemble arranged & conducted by David O'Rourke

The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse

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Eric Reed - Black, Brown, and Blue

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:44
Size: 156,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:17) 1. Black, Brown, and Blue
(4:02) 2. Lean on Me
(3:15) 3. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
(4:57) 4. Peace
(6:36) 5. Search for Peace
(9:29) 6. Christina
(5:03) 7. Infant Eyes
(5:40) 8. Cheryl Ann
(5:22) 9. Along Came Betty
(7:59) 10. Variation Twenty-Four
(5:42) 11. One for E
(3:58) 12. Pastime Paradise
(3:18) 13. Ugly Beauty

2023 release. Think of the songwriters whose work comprises the canon of jazz standards, and names like George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter immediately come to mind. On his new album, Black, Brown, and Blue, pianist/composer Eric Reed argues for a revision of that canon to focus on Black and Brown composers, songwriters whose work originates within the jazz realm rather than on the Broadway stage.

Black, Brown, and Blue features music written by jazz masters like Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson, Horace Silver, Buddy Collette, and Buster Williams, along with jazz-conversant pop/R&B songwriters Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers. In addition, Reed and his bandmates on this thrilling session - bassist Luca Alemanno and drummer Reggie Quinerly - each contribute a new piece of their own.By Editorial Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Brown-Blue-Eric-Reed/dp/B0BRVL686B

Personnel: Eric Reed - piano; Luca Alemanno - bass; Reggie Quinerly drums; Calvin B. Rhone - vocals on “Lean on Me”; David Dautghtry - vocals on “Pastime Paradise”

Black, Brown, and Blue

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Lafayette Harris, Jr. - Swingin' Up in Harlem

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:12
Size: 115,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:52) 1. Swingin' Up in Harlem
(4:49) 2. Living for the City
(4:15) 3. Teach Me Tonight
(6:31) 4. The Nearness of You
(6:08) 5. Stardust
(3:40) 6. St. Thomas
(5:41) 7. Over the Rainbow
(4:49) 8. It's All in the Game
(5:36) 9. Solitude
(4:46) 10. Nat's Blues

In the grand tradition of jazz piano trio records, Lafayette Harris returns to the Van Gelder studios for 'Swingin' Up In Harlem', covering a wide spectrum of tunes by composers ranging from Hoagy Carmichael to Stevie Wonder.

Harris' sympathies have always been wide-ranging, as one would imagine from his stints with Max Roach, Donald Byrd, Ernestine Anderson and others. His style of playing keeps one foot rooted in the rich history of jazz piano and the other is knee-deep in contemporary and modern jazz resulting in an album of personal, memorable renditions with subtle colours and elegant nuances.

You need a first-rate rhythm section for a trio recording and bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash bring the insight that only their decades of experience can give. The album also boasts the participation of saxophonist Houston Person, this time in the producer's chair. If tasteful, effortless piano playing is to your liking, then you will certainly find great pleasure in the joy, humour and exuberance of Lafayette Harris Jr
https://www.propermusic.com/scd2203-swingin-up-in-harlem.html

Personnel: Lafayette Harris Jr: piano; Peter Washington: bass; Lewis Nash: drums

Swingin' Up in Harlem

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