Sunday, April 9, 2023

Nara Noïan - Merci Eternal French Songs

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:46
Size: 135,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:30) 1. Et Moi Dans Mon Coin
(4:44) 2. La Bohème
(4:02) 3. Emmenez-moi
(4:14) 4. La Vie En Rose
(4:27) 5. Les Moulins De Mon Cœur
(3:13) 6. Göttingen
(4:10) 7. Mourir D’aimer
(3:28) 8. Padam, Padam
(4:20) 9. Quand Tu M'aimes
(3:54) 10. Les Parapluies De Cherbourg
(5:41) 11. Comme Ils Disent
(5:05) 12. La Mamma
(3:47) 13. Je Sais
(4:06) 14. Je M’voyais Déjà

All her life, Nara has been an artist with all her soul: by her parents, her relatives and the surroundings of her childhood in Armenia, by her studies or by her numerous creations.

Born in January 1971 in Erevan, Nara took from her 14th, both piano and accompanying lessons at the High Academy of Music "Komitas" and stage interpretation at the High Academy of Dramatic Art of Erevan. An outstanding feat! Even more, she gets the same year, in 1990, a first prize in both academies!

It’s in theater that she starts her professional life, since she entered in 1986 as a comedian in the National Theater of Stanislavsk, Erevan. But music followed straight away, as she started teaching in 1988 at the Academy of Ararat, Armenia.

As if it wasn’t enough, she made quite an instant entry in the movies world in 1990. She held the supporting role in the movie "Les Maudits", directed by Keussayantz (studio Armenfilm).

But for Armenia too, France is one of the most influential cultures. She got the leading role, this time in a 1993 Franco-Armenian movie by Mourad Djanibekian (studio M.J.N.) : « Double barrière ».

Nara still had a strong foothold in music, as she was teaching in the Academy "Jardin de Musique" in Courbevoie, France, from 1991 to 1993, then became the principal and teacher at the music school "Monde musical Anna Pavlona" in 1994, in Maison-Alfort, still in France.

1998 is a significant year for Nara: she plays the leading part in the movie "Nostalgie", directed by Frounsé Dovlatian (studio Armenfilm). She receives the women’s performance first prize at the movie festival of Kouibychev, Russia. The movie Nostalgie was projected in Centre Pompidou, within the cycle of "Armenian cinema".

Later, Nara came to Belgium. At first, she was headmistress and teacher at the "Monde de la découverte", an artistic center in Brussels, between 1998 and 2000. Nevertheless, music never left her. She accompanied a certain number of tours: Maria Kern (2000 -2001), le Bernard L’hoir ensemble (2000 -2003), before setting up her own bands.

Composer, it is only natural to find her on many projects: 2 CD’s of Christian Merveille (1,2,3 piano) in 2000 and « Si c’est comme ça » in 2001, and also a CD sponsored by the Chief Representative of the Children’s Rights, Claude Lelièvre in 2002: « Félicien le magicien »

Nara then started her band in 2003, « Bradyaga » (Nomad) (Home Records), performing on stage and ending up in a first CD « Promesses » in October 2005. All her musicians are big names.

Encounters were on the increase: she composed the entire soundtrack (amongst others, verses sets to music) of Jacques Mercier’s poetic show « Passage », created at the Théâtre le Public in Brussels, in 2006. The show runs, with Nara at the piano and the Bradyaga singer Laurence Waters, in the entire French-speaking world with a huge success.

In September 2006, a tour attracted a lot of attention: « Leyla and Majnun », with the singer from Uzbekistan Sévara Nazarkhan (Realworld Records – Peter Gabriel), and the singer from Tunisia Ghalia Benali, under the leadership of Gerry De Mol (Oblomov - …)

Nara has many projects in every artistic field she’s already tackled. Like "Doucha", a repertoire of which the original compositions are inspired from Armenian, Slavic and Oriental music, a threesome on stage with Laurence Waters and Tigran Ter Stephanian.
https://www.last.fm/music/Nara+No%C3%AFan/+wiki…

Merci Eternal French Songs

Isabelle Bodenseh & Lorenzo Petrocca - Jazz à la Flute: Essenza

Styles: Flute And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:19
Size: 120,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:21) 1. Incompabilididade de Genios
(4:07) 2. Secret Love
(6:38) 3. Lonnie's Lament
(5:44) 4. Captain Marvel
(6:25) 5. Time After Time
(5:43) 6. Tico Tico No Fubá
(5:04) 7. Tu si 'na cosa grande per me
(5:12) 8. Waltz for Debby
(3:36) 9. Essenza
(4:25) 10. Birk's Works

One thing is for sure: the duo "Essenza" with Isabelle Bodenseh (flutes) and Lorenzo Petrocca (guitar) may, with its program "Jazz à la flute" full of passionate, virtuosic music played with wit and passion, be one of the most extraordinary in the current jazz scene be counted. Whether it's their own compositions, jazz standards or pieces that are regarded as world cultural heritage, the music always develops in a fascinatingly different way at every concert, because the musical communication between the two instrumentalists is audibly unique and closely interwoven. Already during the first piece, the audience experiences the intensity, devotion and great developmental wealth with which the congenial partners play together. This is how musical adventures emerge from the compositions, which carry both the musicians themselves and the audience away.

The spirited half-French Isabelle Bodenseh (teacher for jazz flute at the Frankfurt University of Music) brings with her a huge pool of sound possibilities thanks to her immense flutist experience in numerous projects, in the field of studio recordings and long study stays in Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Havana (one-year DAAD scholarship). Whether jazz greats like Richie Beirach and Michael Sagmeister or well-known classical ensembles like La Serena or Verquer, Isabelle Bodenseh convinces them all with her stylish and very personal sound.

The enormous experience of Lorenzo Petrocca is proven by worldwide tours and countless CD recordings. In 2001, during a tour of America, he was awarded honorary citizenship by the city of New Orleans. Even today, companions such as Peter Herbolzheimer, Anne Sophie Mutter or Monty Alexander are amazed at his extraordinary development from boxer (1981 Württemberg boxing champion) to top guitarist.Translate By Google https://www-esse--musicbar-ch.

Personnel: Isabelle Bodenseh (Flute), Lorenzo Petrocca (Guitar)

Essenza

Pat Healy - Sings Just Before Dawn · Her Complete Recordings

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:45
Size: 136,3 MB
Art: Front

(0:28) 1. Bobby Troup Introduces Pat Healy
(1:33) 2. I Wish I Were In Love Again
(2:38) 3. Bobby Troup Interviews Pat Healy
(1:42) 4. The Siren Song
(3:47) 5. Don't Ever Leave Me
(3:54) 6. The Siren Song
(3:38) 7. I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?
(1:39) 8. Boys And Girls
(2:47) 9. Naughty But Nice
(3:35) 10. Isn't It A Pity
(4:09) 11. When I Fall In Love
(4:07) 12. Nobody Else But Me
(2:21) 13. Easy Come 
(3:13) 14. Every Time
(3:26) 15. You Never Knew About Me 
(0:22) 16. Bobby Troup Introduces Pat Healy
(2:24) 17. Blue Moon
(3:51) 18. I've Got It Again
(0:55) 19. Bobby Troup Introduces Pat Healy
(1:38) 20. They All Laughed
(0:17) 21. Bobby Troup Introduces The Next Song
(1:40) 22. The Siren Song
(2:00) 23. Ever Since You Went Away (Bonus Track)
(2:30) 24. Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home (Bonus Track)

Miss Pat Healy (1927-2020) was born in Cleveland but at age 22 she settled in Los Angeles. She spent years filling various jobs before having the courage to make impromptu appearances at some local nightclubs. Finally in 1957 spirited by pianist Joe Marino, she quit her job and soon emerged as a praised and applauded singer by the audiences, winning soon her first professional contract as a guest vocalist on the television show Stars of Jazz, backed by the Paul Bley trio. As a consequence of her performance, she was offered to record for World Pacific Records.

On Just Before Dawn, her debut album, Pat sang eleven standard songs, some of them quite unusual, backed by cellist Fred Katz’s intimate approach to arranging and conducting, and by Joe Marino’s quartet. In both settings, she revealed herself as a vocalist with clarity of sound, style, sensitivity, and the ability to sing difficult songs, with the right accompaniment, resulting in this distinctive album, the first and only she recorded.The remaining recordings come from two later appearances of Pat in Stars of Jazz, where she can be heard with the backing of the Keith Williams orchestra, and finally, alone with her favorite accompanist, Joe Marino.By Jordi Pujol
https://www.amazon.com/Sings-Just-Before-Dawn-Recordings/dp/B0BXFSTGF4

Personnel: Pat Healy (vcl), Fred Katz (arr, dir), Paul Horn (as, bcl, fl), Paul Bley, Gerald Wiggins, Joe Marino (p), John Pisano, Howard Roberts (g), Charlie Haden, Hal Gaylor, Richard Von Holberg (b), Lenny McBrowne, Chico Hamilton, Shelly Manne (d)

Sings Just Before Dawn · Her Complete Recordings