Sant Andreu Jazz Band & Joan Chamorro - Jazzing 9 Vol.2

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:11
Size: 169,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:13) 1. Deeper
(4:26) 2. Meditacao
(5:11) 3. Yearnin’
(7:34) 4. Stardust Shine
(6:30) 5. I'll Be Seeing You
(7:32) 6. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
(3:47) 7. Star Eyes
(5:15) 8. Doodlin'
(5:15) 9. Memories of You
(4:22) 10. As Long as I Live
(5:14) 11. Tricotism
(6:21) 12. Four
(4:30) 13. Doralice
(2:53) 14. Can't You Just See Me

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 18 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.

Twelve years of relentless efforts and love, of magical achievements represented by eight recordings on CD and DVD. Nine albums within the Joan Chamorro presents collection, starred by some of the young talents that emerged from the Sant Andreu Jazz Band to become up-and-coming stars on their own right: Andrea Motis, Eva Fernandez, Magali Datzira, Rita Payes, Marc Martin, Joan Mar Sauque, Elia Bastida and the projected labeled as La Magia de la Veu ("The magic in the voice").

Sant Andreu Jazz Band
Joan Chamorro, direction

Jazzing 9 Vol.2

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Giovanni Mirabassi & Sarah Lancman - Intermezzo

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:02
Size: 89,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:51) 1. Il poeta
(4:41) 2. Estate
(4:50) 3. Parlami d'amore mariù
(3:57) 4. Ah che sarà, che sarà
(3:42) 5. Vedrai, vedrai
(5:27) 6. La canzone di marinella
(5:32) 7. Almeno tu nell'universo
(3:36) 8. Sabato italiano
(3:21) 9. Senza fine

Giovanni Mirabassi remains one of my favorite Jazz pianists. I really love his trio efforts, be it on Terra Furiosa, Live in Toyko, or, probably my preferred one, Architectures.

Mirabassi is Italian, but has been living in Paris for many years. As mentioned above, he trio output (mainly with Gianluca Renzi and Leon Parker) is fantastic, but he’s also collaborated with some excellent singers, e.g. Angela Elvira Herrera Zaparta and Maikel Ante Fajardo on Adelante, and on Sarah Lancman’s previous 2018 albums A Contretemps and Inspiring Love. Both albums only featured Sarah on the title, now we have a recording where both Lancman and Mirabassi share the cover. The two already met in 2015 and have toured together.

Sarah Lancman is a young French singer, who studied in Paris, and has released three albums so far. There is no shortage of excellent Jazz singers today, but still, Lancman has a very recognisable, unique voice. Not suprisingly, she won the first price in a jazz contest hosted by Quincy Jones.

So what do you get? Well, you could argue, is this still Jazz?

You basically get beautiful duos where Mirabassi plays in a very intimate and connected way with Sarah, who singing exclusively in Italian (note the album cover kind of gives it away) on this album.

Every once in a while, Olivier Bogé joins playing the saxophone, with a sound somewhat reminiscent of Stan Getz. So who cares if this is Jazz or not? All of this is just hugely enjoyable, beautiful, intimate music, and really worth checking out
https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/06/07/an-excellent-new-vocal-jazz-album-with-giovanni-mirabassi-and-sarah-lancman/

Personnel: Sarah Lancman : vocal; Giovanni Mirabassi : piano; Olivier Bogé : saxophone

Intermezzo

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Brad Mehldau & Rossy Trio - When I Fall In Love

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:53
Size: 155,3 MB
Art: Front

( 8:48)  1. Anthropology
( 6:34)  2. At A Loss
(14:39)  3. When I Fall In Love
( 8:15)  4. Countdown
( 8:32)  5. Convalescent
(10:24)  6. I Fall In Love Too Easily
( 9:38)  7. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Recorded way back in 1993 in Barcelona, pianist Brad Meldau was a kid just beginning to explore the deep science of the jazz piano trio with Mario and Jordi Rossy. He was also commencing his stint with Josh Redman and backing cats like Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Cobb, and others. His working with this trio reveals a young musician (Meldau was born in 1970) in solid command of the language he is attempting to simultaneously master and deepen. This is a club date and kicks off with an ambitious and wholly successful read of Charlie Parker's "Anthropology." The steaming rhythm leaves Meldau no choice but to careen through the melody as recklessly as a saxophonist.

He inks it note for note and then begins to move through the lower register for sevenths and ninths, playing 16th and even 32nd notes to corral the rhythm section as he moves the scale over first a half, then a whole, and then two and a half steps. A ballad follows, Meldau's own "At a Loss," a bit of melodramatic glissando playing that nonetheless has at its heart an interesting harmonic series of shifts in timbre, moving from a light blue to a darker, richer chromatic that digs into the blues for a stuttering turn at swing before re-entering a balladic frame. The most exciting track on the set is Coltrane's "Countdown," with its rhythmic and mode changes occurring just before the end of each interval, blurring them somewhat and making the solos belled through. This may not be as great as some of Meldau's later trio work, but it is very impressive for such an early date.By Thom Jurek
http://www.allmusic.com/album/when-i-fall-in-love-mw0000046447

Personnel: Piano – Brad Mehldau; Bass – Mario Rossy; Drums – Jordi Rossy

When I Fall In Love

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Katie Noonan - Sweetest taboo

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:59
Size: 142,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:59) 1. Don't dream it's over
(4:21) 2. Blue
(6:03) 3. If I could
(4:45) 4. Just the way you are
(5:22) 5. True colors
(4:32) 6. Electric blue
(5:18) 7. I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)
(5:24) 8. When tomorrow comes
(4:41) 9. Russians
(6:08) 10. Sign your name
(3:53) 11. Take on me
(6:27) 12. Running to stand still

For her 20th studio album, Katie Noonan takes listeners back to where it all began - the iconic pop songs of the 1980s that first ignited her passion for music. From pooling pocket money with her brother to buy the first Crowded House album, to having her mind blown by the incredible video clips of a-ha and 1927, to dancing around in stonewash denim singing Whitney Houston, Billy Joel and Cyndi Lauper songs into a hairbrush mike, these are the singers and the songs that inspired her to pursue a career in music a career that has seen her named one of the greatest Australian singers of all time by the Herald Sun, with five ARIA Awards from 25 nominations across a number of diverse genres.

On this album Katie is joined by four of the finest jazz musicians in Australia Zac Hurren (saxophones), Sam Keevers (piano), Phil Stack (double bass) and Evan Mannell (drums) all fellow babies of the 1970s who grew up with this music as their earliest influences. They put new jazz spins on these classic tunes that reveal just how good the songwriting was, despite the occasional daggy synth effect or over-the-top production. Terence Trent D'Arby's smash hit 'Sign Your Name' is reimagined as a sultry late-night groove, while Whitney Houston's 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' is transformed into a piano ballad that exposes the heartache and longing at the core of what has long been a party-starter.

'Electric Blue' by Icehouse is given an irresistible cha cha makeover, while 'Don't Dream It's Over' and 'True Colors' are stripped right back to their bare bones, with Katie's extraordinary voice taking centre-stage and delivering performances of these songs as raw and moving as you have ever heard them. This is a joyous and heartfelt album, full of surprising and delightful takes on beloved classics. It's an album for that small part of us that is forever leaping around our bedrooms, singing along to the radio, and gazing adoringly at the posters of pop stars on our walls - even if nowadays that's a more accurate description of our children than ourselves! By Editorial Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Sweetest-Taboo-Katie-Noonan/dp/B087RGBSV7

Sweetest taboo

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