Sarah Lancman - Parisienne

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:38
Size: 103,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:24) 1. Et ainsi va la vie
(5:06) 2. Tokyo song
(4:15) 3. C'était pour toi
(4:03) 4. Parce que
(5:06) 5. A new start
(3:31) 6. Dis-le moi
(3:07) 7. Ton silence
(4:31) 8. The moon and I
(6:25) 9. l'Hymne à l'amour
(4:15) 10. I love you more than I can sing
(0:51) 11. Index - l'hymne à l'amour

Born in 1989, Sarah Lancman is a French vocalist, pianist and songwriter based in Paris. Starting at the tender age of seven, she began classical piano studies at the Conservatoire du Centre in Paris. Many years later, whilst she was completing her Bachelor's degree in composition, jazz piano and singin at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU), she also won First Prize in the International Shure Voice Competition in Montreux (Switzerland) in 2012, chaired that year by Quincy Jones.

Sarah has toured in her home country of France and Turkey many times and has performed in other European countries such as Switzerland and Spain. In 2016, she was invited by The Jazz Foundation of America to perform in New York as one of three “Rising Stars” from being a prior Montreux Jazz Festival winner.

Sarah also toured in Japan and South Korea in 2018. She was managed by music label Jazz Eleven for five years to 2021 and just created her own company Unlimited Music France in September 2022 for producing her new album.

She returns with a sixth album, "Le pouvoir des mots" (The Power Of Words) borrowing a majestic sweetness in which she reconnects with her love of the piano by singing on original compositions inspired by the world of Michel Legrand, Charles Aznavour as well as that of the musical comedies of the 60s, thus mixing her love for Jazz & the Chanson tradition on arrangements signed by Philippe Maniez. Accompanied by the prestigious Quatuor Hanson and special guests, Belgian-New Yorker guitarist Jeanfrancois Prins, as well as the rising jazz star, the saxophonist Louis Billette, this new opus will be released in spring 2023 : May 26TH 2023
https://londonjazznews.com/2020/04/16/sarah-lancman-parisienne/

Parisienne

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Antonio Zambrini - Pinocchio E Altri Racconti

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:56
Size: 123,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:53) 1. In cerca di cibo
(5:44) 2. La madre
(5:25) 3. Equinozio
(5:19) 4. Il prete bello
(6:28) 5. Lucignolo
(6:02) 6. Geppetto
(4:38) 7. Giovedì
(4:46) 8. Notte italiana
(3:56) 9. Zazie dans le métro
(7:40) 10. Moby Dick

Antonio Zambrini, pianist and composer from Milan, has drawn the attention of the critics with his cd ""Antonia e altre canzoni", 1998, Splasc(h) Records; this was favourably reviewed on several specialized magazines, in Italy and abroad, and was selected as one of the best Italian first works by the jury of the "Django d'or" prize, patronized by the French and the Italian musical critics. Thanks to its success, on "Musica Jazz" magazine (January '99), Antonio Zambrini was classified by critics at the second position in the 1998 list of the best new talents of italian jazz.

His second cd "Forme semplici", 2000, and the last one, "Quartetto", 2001, were furtherly voted in several categories in the critics referendum on "Musica Jazz", where Zambrini was confirmed as one of the best emergent talents also for the years 2000 and 2001.

Recently, Zambrini has been invited as guest star in different musical broadcastings by Radio3 RAI ("Invenzione a due voci", "Jazzclub", "Radio3suite"). His piece "Crevalcore", from the cd "Antonia...", is present also in the last compilation of the most representative signature tunes of Radio Popolare (Raccolta differenziata, Sensible Records). His piece "Antonia" has been inserted in the tribute cd for the 20 years of "Le Scimmie" jazz club, side by side with pieces by musicians like Enrico Rava, Paul Motian, Franco D'Andrea, Massimo Urbani...

His compositions are performed by some important new jazz musicians like Stefano Bollani, in Italy, and John Law, an emergent talented English pianist, who has even dedicated to Zambrini his last Cd "The Moment".

Antonio Zambrini studied guitar, flute, composition and piano; he graduated in Choir Conduction at the Conservatorio of Padua and in Jazz Music at the Conservatorio of Parma. He studied at the Jazz Music Seminars in Siena both as flutist and pianist, but he eventually preferred piano for pursuing his musical career. He performed with different groups in several Italian jazz clubs and festivals, like "Clusone Jazz" (1995, '97 and '99), the "Jazz Italiano" Festival at Finale Ligure ('95), "Saudades" in Milan ('95), Varese Festival at Giardini Estensi in '95 and 2002, the "Parma Jazz-Frontiere" International Festival in '96, "Eurojazz" at Ivrea in '97, Berchidda Festival in '97, "Estate Jazz" in Cagliari ('97), the '98 Musical Season of the Piccolo Regio Theatre in Turin, the '98 and '99 Villa Celimontana International Festival in Rome, JVC Festival in Turin ('98), "Ah Hum Jazz Fest", Milan, (2001-2002), "Free" Jazz Festival, Milan (2002), etc.

Among others, he performed with Claudio Fasoli, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Enrico Rava, Mark Murphy, Tiziano Tononi, Gabriele Mirabassi, Emanuele Cisi, Stefano D'Anna, Roberto Bonati, Andrea Dulbecco, Giorgio Licalzi, Bruno De Filippi, Javier Girotto…

He collaborates constantly with the Cineteca Italiana, Milan, for the improvised live sonorization of silent movies festivals.

He teaches in several different music schools; since 1999, he directs a summer course of improvisation and ensemble music by the "Stages Internazionali di Orvieto" (Orvieto International Stages).

In dicember 2002, at Piccolo Teatro Studio in Milan, together with the italian singer Lucia Minetti, Zambrini has composed and performed the music of "Concerto per la pace" (Concerto for peace). In 2003 he was invited to play at Berlin for two festivals: "Italian Jazz player" and "Jazz composers night". His new CD "Due colori" ("Abeat Records") is going to be released.
http://www.jazzitalia.net/artisti/antoniozambrini_eng.asp

Pinocchio E Altri Racconti

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Junior Mance Trio & Eric Alexander - Groovin' Blues

Styles: Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:46
Size: 150,0 MB
Art: Front

( 7:16) 1. Night Train
( 7:03) 2. BlueBerry Hill
( 7:02) 3. Blues in the Closet
(11:14) 4. Lonely Avenue
( 4:04) 5. Blue 'n' Boogie
( 9:46) 6. I Got My Mojo Workin
( 7:53) 7. All Blues
( 6:15) 8. Bag's Groove
( 4:10) 9. America The Beautiful

Junior Mance was well-known for his soulful bluesy style, but was also expert at playing bop standards. He started playing professionally when he was ten. Mance worked with Gene Ammons in Chicago between 1947 and 1949, played with Lester Young (1950), and was with the Ammons-Sonny Stitt group until he was drafted. He was the house pianist at Chicago's Bee Hive (1953 to 1954), worked as Dinah Washington's accompanist (1954 and 1955), was in the first Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1956 to 1957), and then spent two years touring with Dizzy Gillespie (1958 to 1960).

After a few months with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Johnny Griffin group, Mance formed his own trio and was primarily a leader. He led sessions for Verve, Jazzland, Riverside, Capitol, Atlantic, Milestone, and Polydor, among other labels. In the '80s, Mance joined the faculty at the New School in New York City, teaching as part of their Jazz program. He also continued to record, issuing his last album, For My Fans, It’s All About You, in 2015, one year before he retired from music. Junior Mance died on January 17, 2021 in his home in Manhattan after a struggle with Alzheimer’s disease; he was 92 years old. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/junior-mance-mn0000252026/biography

Personnel: Junior Mance - piano; Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone; Chip Jackson - bass; Idris Muhammad - drums,

Groovin' Blues

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Peggy Connelly - Peggy Connelly

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:37
Size: 85,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:15) 1. That Old Black Magic
(3:19) 2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
(2:30) 3. Trav'lin' Light
(2:11) 4. Ev'ry Time
(4:27) 5. It Never Entered My Mind
(3:00) 6. Why Shouldn't I
(2:47) 7. Gentleman Friend
(2:55) 8. What Is There To Say
(2:44) 9. He Was Too Good To Me
(2:41) 10. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
(2:26) 11. Fools Rush In
(3:16) 12. Alone Together

Peggy Connelly (September 25, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was a singer and actress. Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She had a career as a singer and actress, starting with local dance bands (the first Harvey Anderson's) in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. In 1956 she recorded an album of standards, Peggy Connelly with Rusell Garcia – That Old Black Magic, for Bethlehem Records, reissued by Fresh Sound on Russell Garcia's Wigville Band. She also recorded two albums with The New Christy Minstrels. In 1957 she married Dick Martin. They divorced in the early 1960s. Connelly appeared in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), Houseboat (1958), and the television show Take a Good Look with Ernie Kovacs. She moved to Europe in the early 1970s and worked as a single act until the mid-1990s, when she, Sarah Tullamore and Wendy Taylor formed a trio called The Jazzberries. The Jazzberries played extensively in Paris and throughout Europe until they disbanded in 2000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Connelly

Personnel: Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano; Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Giuffre; Bass – Max Bennett; Drums – Stan Levey; Guitar – Al Hendrickson; Soprano Saxophone – Russ Cheever; Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman; Trumpet – Pete Candoli, Stu Williamson

Peggy Connelly

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