Sant Andreu Jazz Band - Jazzing 8 Vol.3

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:28
Size: 182,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:08) 1. Groove Marchant
(4:01) 2. I Let a Song Go out My Heart
(4:29) 3. Cool Blues
(4:27) 4. Grey Flannel
(3:59) 5. My Blue Heaven
(4:04) 6. Joy Spring
(2:38) 7. Prity Trix
(4:21) 8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(5:50) 9. Three and One
(3:24) 10. Black and Tan Fantasy
(3:01) 11. Minor Swing
(3:57) 12. Easy Living
(4:18) 13. Whisper Not
(4:57) 14. Spaceman Twist
(3:12) 15. Tishomingo Blues
(3:34) 16. Baby, You've Got What It Takes
(5:45) 17. Poor Butterfly
(7:14) 18. Moanin

Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together children between 6 and 21 years old, around a classic jazz repertoire with lots of swing, which gained the public and sold-out some of the most important music auditoriums in Spain.

Jazzing 8 Vol.3

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Chet Baker - Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions In Holland Disc 1, Disc 2

Album: Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions In Holland Disc 1
Styles: Trumpet And Vocal Jazz
Year: 1979
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:57
Size: 112,6 MB
Art: Front

( 9:13) 1. Beautiful Black Eyes
(10:02) 2. Oh, You Crazy Moon
( 6:10) 3. The Best Thing For You
(16:09) 4. Blue Room
( 7:21) 5. Down

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Album: Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions In Holland Disc 2
Time: 42:50
Size: 98,8 MB

(10:51) 1. Blue Gilles
( 8:36) 2. Nardis
( 5:39) 3. Candy
( 6:55) 4. Luscious Lou
( 5:34) 5. My Ideal
( 5:13) 6. Old Devil Moon

Let us bring sexy back to jazz. Not that it has been misplaced but, in a world where a teenager with a horn can flawlessly navigate "Giant Steps," what seems to be the missing is the seductive element of jazz. We are undoubtedly reminded of the sensuous experience of the music which has always been reflected in the music of Chet Baker as evidenced by these newly discovered sessions from Holland in 1979. Jazz detective Zev Feldman has unearthed more unreleased music from Baker, just as he did with the Chet Baker Trio Live In Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984 (Elemental Music, 2022).

These sessions were studio-recorded for the Dutch radio program Nine O'Clock Jazz, and unheard until now. They comprise two sessions. The first from April 10th features Baker with his regular pianist Phil Markowitz, Belgian bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, and American drummer Charlie Rice. The second outing from November 9th finds the trumpeter with a pick-up band of Dutch musicians, pianist Frans Elsen, bassist Victor Kaihatu, and drummer Eric Ineke.

Baker's music always had a sense of fragility about it. Like the music (and life) of Billie Holiday there was a delicacy and vulnerability with his expression of sound. That sensitivity is on display in his singing and playing. The April 10th session opens with Wayne Shorter's "Beautiful Black Eyes" performed as a luscious bossa-nova. Baker's tone is tender and unblemished here and throughout.

Yes, there had been and would be sessions where Baker falters. Just not here. He sets his horn aside on three tunes, giving us his delicate vocals along with irresistible scatting. A master of the unhurried pace, he takes Miles Davis' "Nardis" at a crawl, but then dashes through "The Best Thing For You" with unexpected speed. The same is true of a brisk take on "Old Devil Moon," where he seems a bit sideways with his pick-up band. Nonetheless, the playing is beyond competent and the sound captured here is outstanding.By Mark Corroto
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/blue-room-the-1979-vara-studio-sessions-in-holland-chet-baker-jazz-detective-deep-digs-elemental-music

Personnel: Chet Baker: trumpet and vocals; Jean-Louis Rassinfosse: bass, acoustic; Victor Kaihatu: bass, acoustic; Charlie Rice: drums; Eric Ineke: drums

Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions In Holland Disc 1, Disc 2

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Julie Budd - Child of Plenty

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1968
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:04
Size: 69,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:07) 1. All's Quiet on West 23rd Street
(2:51) 2. Black is Black
(2:32) 3. Child of Plenty
(2:12) 4. People Are Strange
(2:16) 5. New Hope
(2:23) 6. Yesterday's Sunshine
(3:05) 7. Little Toy Store
(3:05) 8. Whistle A Tune
(2:54) 9. Georgie Porgie
(3:05) 10. Fly, Little Bird
(2:32) 11. Follow Your Dream

This one might already be known to many people on here but it wasn’t known to me. Another blind buy (based on seeing there was a cover of “People Are Strange” and the totally cool photo of Julie on the back) and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. The cover of People Are Strange is, well, strange.

 Sort of slightly psych but also to me it also sounds sort of disjointed-Broadway as well. It’s hard to describe so take a listen for yourselves. My favorite track on here is the first one: “All’s Quiet on West 23rd street”. The intro is banging, and when her voice comes in it’s just right to my ears. I suppose this could be considered pop, but to me it seems that there is something else going on.

Apparently Budd was a child prodigy sort of singer cut her first album when she was 14 or so. She still seems to be around and has a website, but truthfully she seems to have gone the diva singer route which I find much less interesting than what’s on here. Oh, and here’s that photo of her from the back cover. http://waxidermy.com/blog/julie-budd-child-of-plenty/

Child of Plenty

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Conte Candoli & Lou Levy - West Coast Wailers

Styles: Trumpet And Piano Jazz
Year: 1955
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:04
Size: 94,9 MB
Art: Front

(8:19) 1. Love Come Back To Me
(4:19) 2. Comes Love
(3:39) 3. Lover Man
(3:29) 4. Pete's Alibi
(5:54) 5. Cheremoya
(5:00) 6. Jordu
(5:28) 7. Flamingo
(4:52) 8. Marcia Lee

Trumpeter Conte Candoli and pianist Lou Levy had only occasional opportunities to work as leaders before this 1955 session they recorded together for Atlantic Records. Both made the most of the chance, fronting a quintet that also included tenor saxophonist Bill Holman, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Lawrence Marable.

The group got out of the gate quickly (following a contemplative piano intro, that is) on a quickstep bop reading of the Sigmund Romberg operetta tune "Lover Come Back to Me," which quickly established that a commonplace of jazz ensembles would hold no matter whose name is in large print on the cover, it's the group that's performing, and other people will get their chance to shine, too.

While the rhythm section contented itself with supporting (though Marable often made his drums noticeable), Holman got more solo time than his sideman credit would indicate, at least on this track. Levy and Candoli got to make their statements up front, of course, but this was really a five-headed beast and, from the sound of forceful bop compositions like Candoli's "Pete's Alibi," it's one that should have been given more of a hearing than just one album. By William Ruhlmann
https://www.allmusic.com/album/west-coast-wailers-mw0000558663

Personnel: Conte Candoli - trumpet; Lou Levy - piano; Bill Holman - tenor saxophone; Leroy Vinnegar - bass; Lawrence Marable - drums

West Coast Wailers

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