Art Pepper - Winter Moon

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1980
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:41
Size: 132,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:32)  1. Our Song
(5:21)  2. Here's That Rainy Day
(4:52)  3. That's Love
(5:33)  4. Winter Moon
(5:48)  5. When The Sun Comes Out
(7:00)  6. Blues In The Night
(6:48)  7. The Prisoner (Love theme from 'The Eyes of Laura Mars')
(5:34)  8. Our Song (alternate)
(4:57)  9. The Prisoner (alternate)
(6:13) 10. Ol' Man River

Ever since Artie Shaw and Charlie Parker, most jazz musicians have had a desire to record at least once in their lives with strings, often considering it a prestigious honor. Altoist Art Pepper finally had his chance on this album and fortunately the string arrangements (by Bill Holman and Jimmy Bond) do not weigh down the proceedings. Pepper sounds quite inspired performing seven strong compositions highlighted by Hoagy Carmichael's "Winter Moon," "When the Sun Comes Out" and a clarinet feature on "Blues in the Night." This material (plus four alternate takes and two other songs from the same sessions) is included in the massive Art Pepper Galaxy box set. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/winter-moon-mw0000188534

Personnel: Art Pepper (alto saxophone); Howard Roberts (guitar); Stanley Cowell (piano); Cecil McBee (acoustic bass guitar); Carl Burnett (drums).

Winter Moon

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Steve Dobrogosz - Charts Demos, Pt. 1

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 178:52
Size: 411,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:43) 1. Carolina
(4:47) 2. Grain
(4:43) 3. Rolling Back the Sea
(6:27) 4. Maria of the Roses
(2:21) 5. Seduction
(5:06) 6. In Magic
(5:21) 7. Torch
(3:30) 8. Over the Hill
(5:17) 9. Quail Corners
(5:56) 10. Momentum
(1:41) 11. My
(4:16) 12. Siberia
(2:51) 13. You and I
(6:48) 14. Astronomy
(2:25) 15. Congregation
(3:29) 16. Anyday Now
(4:28) 17. Old Moses
(2:54) 18. Bring That Good News
(4:48) 19. Drawing the Bow
(4:13) 20. The Azures
(5:43) 21. Come Alive
(4:22) 22. Folkmass
(4:07) 23. The Look
(4:21) 24. Desdemona
(2:41) 25. Family
(3:33) 26. Christians and Lions
(3:36) 27. The Hopeless Bottle
(4:19) 28. The Pride
(4:32) 29. The Right Side
(2:37) 30. Welcome
(4:07) 31. Surf
(1:49) 32. Five Red Frogs
(2:25) 33. Sunflowers
(2:33) 34. Raggy
(4:00) 35. When She's Been Near
(3:07) 36. Open Heart
(3:34) 37. American Bible
(3:37) 38. Holyland
(2:53) 39. Limbo
(4:31) 40. Elmer Fudd's Secret Plan
(3:33) 41. The Cavern Clubs
(4:47) 42. Across the Sea
(2:30) 43. Poland
(4:05) 44. Speak
(5:00) 45. Cuernavaca

Steve Dobrogosz composer//pianist (1956 - Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA)

Steve Dobrogosz grew up in the American south (Raleigh, NC), trained as a classical pianist and interested in the popular music of the day. While studyiing at Berklee College of Music in Boston he met his Swedish wife and in 1978 moved to Stockholm, quickly becoming active in Sweden's jazz scene with the Steve Dobrogosz Trio and as sideman with popular Scandinavian jazz groups. In the mid 80s he focused on his main interest, songwriting, and began a series of successful vocal collaborations (see: the “Anthology” album with singer Berit Andersson), while also venturing into choral and orchestral composition.

Dobrogosz’s production (now over 1400 pieces) incorporates a wide spectrum of genres. His oeuvre now includes a 2-hour oratorio of Shakespeare sonnets, a symphony, a choral Requiem and several Masses, an oboe concerto and other Americana, gritty rock piano albums, a pop-jazz songbook, sultry background music, jigs, bluegrass fiddle, 300 jazz charts, music for Spanish guitar, a song cycle, and a book of childrens' rhymes.

His 1982 duo album with singer Radka Toneff "Fairy Tales” was voted all-time Best Norweigian Album in an artists poll. His “Mass” (1992) has been performed in 45 countries and is a staple in international choral repertoire. His 2006-2008 recordings with singer Anna Christoffersson recieved Swedish Grammy nominations and critical acclaim. The Gothenburg Post compared his music to Gershwin and Porter, writing "Dobrogosz's songs are melodic masterpieces, with a harmonic sophistication seldom found in music today.”

"Dobrogosz does not play complicated, but each tone is meaningful and the keyboard is a seamless extension of what must be spirit in conjunction with matter... Steve Dobrogosz plays in an alloy of genres without clichés in a way that is almost shockingly complete"
By Lira Magazine https://www.dobrogosz.com/bio.htm

Charts Demos, Pt. 1

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