Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Sweet & Lovely: The Best Of

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:12
Size: 109,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:44)  1. Deep Purple
(2:59)  2. Sweet & Lovely
(2:24)  3. Teach Me Tiger
(2:30)  4. Paradise
(2:24)  5. (We'll Always Be) Together
(2:28)  6. Begin the Beguine
(2:30)  7. Whispering
(3:00)  8. Stardust
(2:29)  9. Tea for Two
(2:11) 10. I'm Confessin' That I Love You
(2:59) 11. The Coldest Night of the Year
(2:42) 12. I Love How You Love Me
(3:02) 13. All Strung Out
(2:05) 14. You'll Be Needing Me Baby
(2:42) 15. I Can't Go On Livin' Baby Without You
(3:11) 16. I'm Fallin' for You
(3:44) 17. Why Don't You Do Right?

Seventeen-track anthology focuses mostly on their popular 1963-66 recordings, including "Deep Purple," "Whispering," "Stardust," "All Strung Out," several lower-charting items, and some LP tracks. They milked the "Deep Purple" formula too many times, but this is enjoyably frothy pop, and "All Strung Out" is a genuinely soulful, accurate approximation of Phil Spector's work with the Righteous Brothers. The disc also includes Stevens's 1959 solo single "Teach Me Tiger," a bizarre cover of "I Love How You Love Me" (with battling bagpipes and fuzzy guitars), and one undistinguished track each from 1985 and 1996.By Richie Unterberger http://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-lovely-the-best-of-nino-tempo-april-stevens-mw0000182365

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Melissa Lesnie & Jean-Baptiste Franc - The Wonderful Things To Come: The Songs of JC Hopkins

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:15
Size: 90,3 MB
Art: Front

(0:51) 1. Rainy Afternoon In The Latin Quarter
(3:53) 2. The Wonderful Things To Come
(3:47) 3. Let's Pick Up Where We Left Off
(2:45) 4. Remember When
(3:33) 5. I Will Always Be There For You
(3:06) 6. Gabrielle
(1:54) 7. It's A Lovely, Lovely Thing
(3:14) 8. A Grand Way To Live
(3:39) 9. Not So All Alone
(2:36) 10. The Leaves Are Turning Brown
(3:25) 11. Do You Want to Go to France?
(2:12) 12. I'm Getting Over You
(2:13) 13. Painter Song

The Wonderful Things To Come - The JC Hopkins Songbook. a new album by Parisian vocalist Melissa Lesnie and pianist Jean-Baptiste Franc of original compositions by JC Hopkins: The album features intimate, exclusive interpretations of Grammy-nominated songwriter's unabashedly romantic jazz tunes, performed by Paris-based duo Melissa Lesnie (voice) and Jean Baptiste-Franc (piano), with jazz quartet (William Brunard, double bass and Jonathan Gomis, drums), and additional string quartet arrangements by Daniel Garlitsky.

Based in Brooklyn, the composer and songwriter JC Hopkins has built a career in the entertainment industry on originality and quality, co-authoring songs for Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, and other major singers. His ensemble the Biggish Band has performed with Norah Jones, Jazzemia Horn, Jon Hendricks, Andy Bey and Elvis Costello, among others. In February 2022, Hopkins traveled to Paris to produce an album of his own songs in an intimate setting, Studio Libretto.

World champion of stride piano (2018) Jean-Baptiste Franc was entrusted with the task of recording these songs (many for the first time), alongside Australian-born jazz singer Melissa Lesnie, with whom Franc had already released a first album of standards in 2020. Of the ten songs on the album, some were entirely new compositions written in the wake of the pandemic; others among Hopkins's most beloved hits, such as Painter Song, originally recorded by Norah Jones.

The Wonderful Things to Come is a hope-filled journey through memory, romance, cohabitation and second chances. The JC Hopkins Songbook showcases not only the composer's skill as a lyricist and melodist, but also the talent and tenacity of these Parisian musicians at a time when the City of Lights was reawakening following the pandemic, with many lost souls seeking a soundtrack to a better world they are building for themselves and their communities.By Editorial Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Things-Come-Songs-Hopkins/dp/B0BVBWQM83

The Wonderful Things To Come: The Songs of JC Hopkins

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Teddy Edwards - Steppin' Lightly

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:18
Size: 97,3 MB
Art: Front

(7:23) 1. Steppin' Lightly
(5:16) 2. Lover, Come Back To Me
(4:13) 3. A Little Later
(5:38) 4. Our Love Is Here To Stay
(4:56) 5. Fool Rush In
(4:29) 6. You Don't Know What Love Is
(5:36) 7. The Cellar Dweller
(4:44) 8. Our Last Goodbye

A pioneer hard bopper on the tenor and recognized as one of the masters in the L.A. Central Avenue scene, Edwards leaves a huge legacy of recorded music, stretching from the Forties right through to his death in 2003.

Born in Jackson, Mississippi, on 26th April 1924, Edwards moved to Los Angeles in 1945, first coming to attention the following year when, with trumpeter Howard McGhee's group, he recorded the groundbreaking bebop tune, “Up In Dodo's Room.”

By the end of that decade Edwards was sufficiently well known to front his own bands. In 1949 he was also one of the first members of the Lighthouse All Stars, the group based at the famous Lighthouse Club in Hermosa Beach.

Five years later, in 1954, Edwards was invited to join the Max Roach Quintet, a group that also featured legendary trumpeter Clifford Brown. Edwards' tenor perfectly complemented Brown's eloquent style, a partnership also helped by Teddy's growing talents as a composer. Indeed, the Quintet's recording of Edwards' classic “Sunset Eyes” is a testament to the effectiveness of the relationship.

By the mid-Fifties Edwards was long established as a regular at West Coast festivals and clubs and, over the next few years, he worked with such diverse musicians as Benny Goodman, Les McCann, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Benny Carter, Hampton Hawes, Earl Hines and Gerald Wilson. He also wrote songs for Nancy Wilson, Jimmy Witherspoon and Ernie Andrews.

In 1978 Edwards came to Europe for the first of what became regular visits. Among the dates were festivals in Norway, Holland and Belgium.

Edwards' talents came to the attention of a wider audience when, in 1982, he teamed up with the singer Tom Waits on his Oscar-nominated soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film, “One From the Heart.” Edwards also joined Waits on a tour of Australia and New Zealand that same year. It was the start of a lifetime friendship, a relationship that also included Waits' appearance on Teddy Edwards' 1991 album, “Mississippi Lad.”

Despite recurring illness, Edwards continued to play and record throughout the Nineties. His schedule included European festivals and UK tours as well as shows throughout the United States. A jazz player of unique talent, Edwards will be remembered as a consistently inventive and dexterous musician.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/teddy-edwards/

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