Thursday, April 20, 2023

Die Drei Damen With Lisa Wahlandt, Andrea Hermenau & Christiane Ottl - Venus in The Backyard

Styles: Vocal, Post Bop
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:16
Size: 111,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:08) 1. Count on me
(3:01) 2. Wanderer
(4:02) 3. Love yourself
(3:45) 4. Time after time
(3:59) 5. Venus in the backyard
(2:38) 6. Old country
(4:13) 7. Dat dere
(4:02) 8. Embrace
(2:57) 9. Price tag
(2:55) 10. For the longest time
(3:36) 11. One for my baby
(3:18) 12. Here comes the sun
(4:36) 13. Calling you

The three ladies are charming again! They sing about Venus in the backyard, who wears a sparkling smile on her lips, about the warming embrace that makes the world a magical place, or about the wanderer whom she would love to accompany as she walks through the beauties of this earth. The three ladies playfully mix jazz with pop music in a playful, playful way. "Venus in the Backyard", the third CD of the Drei Damen sounds airy, like a breeze, but also earthy-grooving and winking-swinging, and in the slim cast with three voices, piano and bass. Since 2013, singer Lisa Wahlandt, pianist Andrea Hermenau and bassist Christiane Öttl have thrilled their audience with jazzy songs.

After the debut album 2014 and the excursions to Bavarian and German on "Dream Farther" in 2016, the master musicians have now focused on English-language hits and each of them has contributed to "Venus in the Backyard" an own composition. From the classic "One for my Baby" from the 40s to George Harrison's "Here comes the sun" to Cindy Lauper's 80s hit "Time after Time" to Bruno Mars' "Count on me" from 2010.

Their interpretations of familiar songs are like fresh air treatments for these hits. Brilliantly transparent is the band sound, clear and pure, the voices merge, with precisely articulated text. Wahlandt, Hermenau and Öttl prove a fine hand in their song selection. Songs that have a story and tell. Current pop songs are freed from the excessive production ballast and come as weightless chansons therefore, Jesse J's "Price Tag" about. Ed Sheeran's "Love Yourself", on the other hand, gets really groove-tailwind through casual Fender Rhodes sounds and the body percussion of guest musician and drummer Gabriel Hahn.

Back to the Jazzwurzeln the three ladies is in Bobby Timmons "Dat Dere". Here, saxophonist Mulo Francel from Quadro Nuevo as a guest may unpack his wonderfully creaky tenor saxophone sound. Playfulness, the highest musicality and an intimate band feeling are the secrets of the Three Ladies.By Editorial Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Backyard-WAHLANDT-ANDREA-HERMENAU-CHRISTIANE/dp/B07GW2R798

Venus in The Backyard

Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience - Made For Her

Styles: Vocal, Big Band
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 26:20
Size: 60,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:22) 1. Sing Me Anything
(3:04) 2. Multiplied By Two
(3:06) 3. All Because Of You
(3:11) 4. This Old Man
(3:21) 5. Losing You
(3:19) 6. Say Goodnight
(3:07) 7. Multiplied By Two (Remix)
(2:47) 8. Love Me Tender (Live)

I'm surrounded by influential women in my life. My mom had four sisters - I have two - and growing up I enjoyed three great aunts who were like grandparents to me. Too, I started the Big Band Experience with an incomparable ally, Michelle, who has worked tirelessly by my side (Okay, actually I am usually running to catch up with her).

And now, I am lucky to be surrounded by three daughters and a beautiful partner in my wife, Mary, who not only supports me at hundreds of shows (with three girls in tow and a career of her own), but who also creates videos and brainstorms the next great ideas with me. Each track on this album was made as an homage to those around me. And the thread that clearly connects each song is HER.
https://musicconnection.us/UPC/760137565116

Shaun Johnson & The Big Band Experience are: Shaun Johnson - Lead Vocals (Saint John’s University); Aaron Moe – Alto Saxophone (Chair of the Music Department, Normandale Community College); Jeff Carver – Trumpet (Buena Vista University); David Stamps – Trombone (Assistant Professor of Jazz/Composition, Gustavus Adolphus College); Ronny Loew – Tenor Saxophone (Berklee College of Music); David Stanoch – Percussion (Percussion Faculty, McNally Smith College of Music); Theodore Brown – Piano (Music Education/Opera, Xavier University); Jim Bierma – Bass (Professor, University of Minnesota)

Made For Her

Mark Soskin - Empathy

Styles: Contemporary Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:36
Size: 156,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:27) 1. Saints And Sinners
(4:32) 2. Three Flowers
(5:00) 3. Waltz For Zoe
(5:30) 4. In a Silent Way
(6:04) 5. Shadow Dancing
(5:09) 6. Small Victories
(5:56) 7. Little Fingers
(5:33) 8. Breathless
(6:55) 9. Wanderlust
(5:25) 10. Better Time
(6:36) 11. Fuchsia
(5:23) 12. Empathy

Empathy is the perfect title for this intimate session from pianist Mark Soskin and bassist Jay Anderson a set that's spare, but never sleepy or too relaxed as the players really understand each other well enough to swing at most moments, even when gentle as they make their way through a batch of material that was mostly penned for the record by Soskin. His tunes include "Fuchsia", "Better Times", "Little Fingers", "Small Victories", "Shadow Dancing", and "Waltz For Zoe"all beautiful numbers with a vibe that's as poetic as their titles balanced by nice takes on "Three Flowers" and "In A Silent Way". © 1996-2023, Dusty Groove, Inc.

Empathy

Elizabeth Shepherd - Three Things

Styles: Vocal, Bop
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:03
Size: 85,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:16) 1. Time
(3:50) 2. Call Up My Scene
(3:06) 3. Thank You
(4:12) 4. Three Things Remain
(3:30) 5. Guests
(5:02) 6. Right Now
(4:02) 7. Vernon Morning Star
(3:10) 8. Move On
(1:33) 9. Wild Geese
(4:16) 10. All You Need

Definitely, the novelties that are appearing have sincerely summer flavors. And it's not the singer Elizabeth Shepherd who will contradict your columnist. Like jazz with its satellites, let's say that Three Things is a sumptuous record with urban and poetic atmospheres that will reach a vast audience, like those who frequent Osheaga and Sonic Islands while we're at it.

Cradled by a bewitching voice, sometimes synthesized with "pretty electronic loops" that don't spoil the sauce, Three Things is part of a current that combines both current R&B and light techno. Even if we prefer the pure blue note, why not?. These new well-calibrated trends are completely up to date, creating perfect atmospheres when the sun has come. In twelve tracks, everything can be consumed easily and we strongly recommend: Time, All You Need, Wild Geese and of course the flagship track: Three Things.

Elizabeth has cooked up a different album for us that is also her most innovative and accomplished work to date, with enigmatic sound samples and sounds all tied together in a musical groove that sounds more like Kendrick Lamar than Diana Krall. For the better part of two decades, she distinguished herself and stood out as a songwriter. The rhythmic complexity remains, but Three Things reveals that Elizabeth's relationship with music has changed, in part due to the isolation caused by the pandemic. By Christopher Rodriguez https://sortiesjazznights-com.translate.goog/three-things-delizabeth-shepherd/

Musicians: Elizabeth Shepherd – vocals, keyboards, samples, synthesizers; Michael Occhipinti – guitar, banjo; Mark Rainey – vocals; Erik Hove – alto saxophone; Chris Gestrin – organ, synthesizers; Jasper Hoiby – bass, looper, synthesizers; Rémi-Jean LeBlanc – bass; Samuel Joly – percussion, tambourine, synthesizers; Mark Nelson – drums; Colin Kingsmore – drums

Three Things