Astrud Gilberto - The Diva Series

Styles: Vocal, Bossa Nova
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:39
Size: 139,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:19) 1. Agua de Beber
(1:51) 2. Bim Bom
(3:39) 3. Tu Mi Delirio
(5:24) 4. The Girl From Ipanema
(2:42) 5. On My Mind
(2:38) 6. Misty Roses
(1:56) 7. Manha de Carnival
(2:25) 8. Non-Stop To Brazil
(2:55) 9. I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do
(4:14) 10. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
(2:26) 11. Eu e Voce (Me And You)
(2:24) 12. The Gentle Rain
(2:39) 13. So Nice (Summer Samba)
(2:24) 14. Berimbau
(3:05) 15. Once Upon A Summertime
(3:12) 16. All That's Left Is To Say Goodbye
(2:42) 17. Dindi
(2:41) 18. Stay
(1:34) 19. Canoeiro
(3:09) 20. A Certain Sadness
(3:06) 21. Canto de Ossanha (Let Go)

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian canary with the voice like honey and diction that defied belief, has been compiled many times on Verve, but rarely as well as on her entry in 2003's The Diva Series.

A 21-track of her prime decade, the '60s, this one includes all of the classics associated with her: "The Girl From Ipanema," "Agua de Beber," "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)," "So Nice (Summer Samba)," and "Dindi." Not all of her LPs have been reissued on CD (in the States), so the compilers also added tracks that may surprise a few Gilberto fans, like "Eu e Voce" and "Canto de Ossanha (Let Go)." By John Bush https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-diva-mw0000595313

The Diva Series

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Sant Andreu Jazz Band - Jazzing 9 Vol.3

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:42
Size: 166,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:12) 1. Nobody Else But Me
(5:01) 2. Portrait of Jenny
(4:25) 3. Louisiana Fayry Tale
(3:35) 4. Dizzy Atmosphere
(6:39) 5. Insensatez
(5:45) 6. Peggy's Blue Skylight
(4:14) 7. Crescendo Date
(3:05) 8. The Preacher
(5:39) 9. Billie’s Bounce
(5:14) 10. Round About Midnight
(2:59) 11. Cute
(3:07) 12. Deeper
(3:59) 13. What's New
(5:38) 14. I Could Write a Book
(7:03) 15. Rejoice

We are celebrating the 13th anniversary of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, through which around 60 musicians (currently 24) have passed, with this new jazzing, the ninth, in three volumes. Jazzing 9 (vol.3) (Temps Record, 2020).

At the same time we continue with the Joan Chamorro presents series, of which we have just published the 11th by Alba Armengou and the 12th by Carla Motis, and of which we are currently recording for the following ones, by Jan Domenech and Joana Casanova, and we already have others in mind.

I never imagined that we would be here, but here we are, with more enthusiasm than ever, with more happiness than ever, seeing how our way of working, our methodology and our philosophy is admired and required from all parts of the world.

Something as simple as falling in love with music through listening to it, feeling like musicians from the first moment, giving us the opportunity to enjoy from the first day, singing melodies that are inside us and incorporating new ones based on listening to the greats like Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, and a long etcetera.

Jazz is universal and has no frontiers, no ages, nor is it one for a few. Jazz belongs to everyone, it's popular, and if young people are given the opportunity to get to know it and are told "You can also play and enjoy", the rest will come. To improvise is to create, it is to feel that you can develop your own voice, and nowadays that has an incalculable value, in a society that tends to the unification of ideas and thoughts.

The members of the SAJB are unique individuals, as we all are, and that is important when facing education.Thank you, Nicolás, once again, for teaching me so much in such a short time.
https://discmedi.com/en/disco_new/10733/sant-andreu-jazz-band/jazzing-9---vol.-3

Jazzing 9 Vol.3

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String Of Pearls - Gems

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:13
Size: 117.3 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals, Vocalese
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:44] 1. It's Sand, Man
[3:12] 2. Forty Second Street
[2:40] 3. Girl Talk
[2:36] 4. Professor Bop
[3:25] 5. It Don't Mean A Thing
[3:25] 6. One Note Samba
[2:46] 7. Nice Work If You Can Get It
[2:48] 8. Straighten Up And Fly Right
[4:39] 9. I Hear Music
[2:41] 10. A String Of Pearls
[2:41] 11. Crazy People
[2:59] 12. Smack Dab In The Middle
[3:44] 13. Teach Me Tonight
[2:33] 14. South American Way
[2:50] 15. Sermonette
[2:38] 16. Glow Worm
[2:44] 17. Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia

STRING OF PEARLS is a female jazz vocal trio that performs vintage "girl group" music and modern vocal jazz with style, sass, and superb musicality. The group’s repertoire ranges from the 1930s sounds of the Boswell Sisters and Andrews Sisters to Brazilian, bebop, and pop music. String of Pearls has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Avery Fisher Hall, Town Hall, the JVC Jazz Festival, the Cape Cod Jazz Festival, the Provincetown Jazz Festival, and in clubs and concert halls in France, Germany, and Japan. In the New York area, the “Pearls” have recently been on the bill at The Metropolitan Room, Sweet Rhythm, The Blue Note, and many other clubs and festivals.

String of Pearls is comprised of singers Susan Halloran, Jeanne O’Connor, and Holli Ross. Sue, Jeanne, and Holli were all working as professional solo singers in New York when they were brought together to perform a 20-minute set at a nostalgia-oriented concert. The singers immediately loved their special “blend” and began to expand their repertoire. They created authentic transcriptions of tunes by the likes of the Boswell and Andrews Sisters, and began to commission and create original arrangements. And, Jeanne and Holli both began to contribute lyrics to songs by contemporary jazz composers for the groups to sing, plus new lyrics to older standards like “Girl Talk” and Glen Miller’s “String of Pearls.”

The “Pearls" have delighted audiences and critics with their superb musicality, sophisticated arrangements, swing, and charming stage show. Says legendary jazz singer Jon Hendricks, “I am often asked what the future of vocalese will be. Right now, it is resting comfortably in the hands of three lovely girls – String of Pearls. String of Pearls has produced a version of vocalese that is, to me, breathtaking in its beauty, startling in its simplicity and overpowering in its swing, without which, as friend Edward Ellington so aptly says, ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing.’" And Michael Bourne, jazz DJ and host of the popular “Singers Unlimited” at WBGO-FM in Newark, says, "String of Pearls shows an authentic and affectionate spirit with an extraordinary kaleidoscope of group singing styles, from the Boswells to the bossas. They sound good. They look good. Pearls of great price indeed."

Gems

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The Brothers Candoli Sextet - 2 For The Money

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:23
Size: 80,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:41) 1. Splanky
(2:59) 2. Soak Yo' Sally
(3:43) 3. Ah-Lue-Cha
(2:37) 4. Riffs For Rosie
(4:42) 5. Caravan
(2:34) 6. Take The ''A'' Train
(3:18) 7. Doodlin'
(4:32) 8. Willow Weep For Me
(3:09) 9. Blueing Boogie
(3:04) 10. Richard Diamond's Blues

One of the harder to find 50s sessions from LA jazz brothers Pete & Conte Candoli a twin-trumpet album with rhythm from Jimmy Rowles on piano, Howard Roberts on guitar, Max Bennett on bass, and Frank Capp on drums! The tracks are a clean extension of mid 50s LA cool jazz blown with a bit more edge, and perhaps a looser feel than some of the brothers' earlier work and nicely swinging overall.

Titles include "Splanky", "Riffs For Rosie", "Doodlin", "Blueing Boogie", and "Richard Diamond's Blues". © 1996-2023, Dusty Groove, Inc.
https://www.dustygroove.com/item/365385/Brothers-Candoli-Pete-Conte-Candoli-:2-For-The-Money?filterfield=veryrecent&sort_order=date_added

Personnel: Trumpet – Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli; Bass – Max Bennett; Drums – Frank Capp; Guitar – Howard Roberts; Piano – Jimmy Rowles

2 For The Money

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