Nina Simone - The Diva Series

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:38
Size: 136,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:35) 1. I Put A Spell On You
(3:08) 2. He Ain't Comin' Home No More
(2:31) 3. I Loves You, Porgy
(4:56) 4. Mississippi Goddam
(3:10) 5. Tell Me More And More And Then Some
(4:06) 6. Love Me Or Leave Me
(2:37) 7. See-Line Woman
(6:59) 8. Wild Is The Wind
(4:26) 9. Four Women
(3:08) 10. Don't You Pay Them No Mind
(4:15) 11. Lilac Wine
(2:46) 12. Either Way I Lose
(2:45) 13. The Gal From Joe's
(4:21) 14. Don't Explain
(4:03) 15. I Love My Baby
(2:44) 16. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Nina Simone spent time recording with Verve or the associated Philips during the mid-'60s, so her entry in the label's 2003 The Diva Series focuses on that period, when she had an R&B hit with "I Put a Spell on You" and recorded many live albums. Though it is much longer than Verve's previous attempts, it certainly doesn't qualify as a solid compilation of Simone's career.

A few career-defining songs like "I Loves You, Porgy" are presented in live versions which, fine as they are, don't rate with the studio recordings. For what it is, The Diva Series is a solid label wrap-up, including rarer material like "Wild Is the Wind" as well as a few classics like "Mississippi Goddam" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." By John Bush
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-diva-series-mw0000027107

The Diva Series

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Sant Andreu Jazz Band - Jazzing 11 vol.1

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:14
Size: 184,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:11) 1. Don't Forget This Life Is For You
(4:37) 2. Don't Explaint
(6:01) 3. Construçao
(4:29) 4. Lil Darlin
(4:20) 5. Teardrops From My Eyes
(4:40) 6. Smoke In Your Eyes
(4:38) 7. Let's Call It Love
(4:21) 8. I Only Have Eyes for You
(4:55) 9. You don't know what love is
(4:53) 10. Moten Swing
(5:02) 11. Blame It on My Youth
(5:20) 12. You and the Night and the Music
(5:45) 13. Blues does always win
(5:25) 14. Embraceable You
(4:38) 15. Afrodisia
(4:53) 16. Don't Play That Song

And we have reached 15 years of existence. Some of the musicians who are part of this new Jazzing were not even born when the project, with more than 60 musicians between the ages of 6 and 21 years old, was started. None of the musicians who were part of the first recording, Jazzing 1 of 2009, is part of the current Sant Andreu Jazz Band (although in this new work, representation of the year 2020, we can find two musicians who were present that year: the Motis sisters, who in this case appear as special guests).

All these years are reflected on the one hand in 21 cd's (11 jazzings, some of them with several volumes) as well as in the 18 Joan Chamorro presents and in Ramon Tort's film A film about kids and music, from 2011.

In the text of Jazzing 1 I spoke of a dream come true. What can I say now, a few years later? That this dream is still alive. That there is still, on my part, if not more, the same illusion as in the beginning. That young people are leaving, but the orchestra remains and continues to be a motivation and a source of learning and inspiration for those who are entering and also for many other musicians who, seeing our work, are motivated and work in the same line as we do. I can only say thank you, once again, for having the opportunity to live this dream, and to share it with so many people around the world. Thousands of fans know the names of each and every one of the members who are or have been in the orchestra and, once they leave, follow their individual careers.

Those followers know our extensive repertoire, they have all our records, they know the different versions of the songs, they know the details, the ins and outs. They are followers of our history, a history that after 15 years has become the history of thousands of people. The Sant Andreu Jazz Band, a dream come true and based on the fact that what is really important is the present, the path, and not the goal.

Jazzing 11 vol.1

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Harry Allen - 007 Songs

Styles: Stage & Screen
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:25
Size: 159,5 MB
Art: Front

(0:25) 1. The James Bond Theme
(5:20) 2. Surrender
(5:10) 3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
(2:53) 4. You Only Live Twice
(7:19) 5. From Russia With Love
(7:24) 6. Nobody Does It Better
(4:11) 7. Goldeneye
(6:18) 8. We Have All The Time In The World
(6:05) 9. Goldfinger
(4:28) 10. All Time High
(5:34) 11. For Your Eyes Only
(7:08) 12. Thunderball
(3:03) 13. Moonraker
(2:00) 14. The James Bond Theme

Gene Lees writes, "Stan Getz was once asked his idea of the perfect tenor saxophone soloist. His answer was, 'My technique, Al Cohn's ideas, and Zoot's time.' The fulfillment of that ideal may well be embodied in thirty-year-old Harry Allen."

BMG recording artist Harry Allen has over twenty recordings to his name. Three of Harry's CDs have won Gold Disc Awards from Japan's Swing Journal Magazine, and his CD Tenors Anyone? won both the Gold Disc Award and the New Star Award. His recordings have made the top ten list for favorite new releases in Swing Journal Magazine's reader's poll and Jazz Journal International's critic's poll for 1997, and Eu Nao Quero Dancar (I Won't Dance), the third Gold Disc Award winner, was voted second for album of the year for 1998 by Swing Journal Magazine‚s reader‚s poll.

Harry has performed at jazz festivals and clubs worldwide, frequently touring the United States, Europe, and the Far East. He has performed with Rosemary Clooney, Ray Brown, Hank Jones, Frank Wess, Flip Phillips, Scott Hamilton, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Kenny Burrell, Herb Ellis, John Pizzarelli, Bucky Pizzarelli, Gus Johnson, Jeff Hamilton, Terry Gibbs, Warren Vache, and has recorded with Tony Bennett, Johnny Mandel, Ray Brown, Tommy Flanagan, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Kenny Barron, Dave McKenna, Dori Caymmi, Larry Goldings, George Mraz, Jake Hanna, and Al Foster, among others.

Harry is featured on many of John Pizzarelli's recordings including the soundtrack and an on-screen cameo in the feature film The Out of Towners starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. He has also done a series of commercials for ESPN starring Robert Goulet.

Harry was born in Washington D.C. in 1966, and was raised in Los Angeles, CA and Burrillville, RI. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music in 1988 from Rutgers University in New Jersey, and currently resides in New York City.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/harry-allen/

007 Songs

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Conte Candoli & Lee Morgan - Double Or Nothin'

Styles: Post Bop, Cool Jazz
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:56
Size: 108,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:38) 1. Reggie Of Chester
(5:11) 2. Stablemates
(4:43) 3. Celedia
(5:44) 4. Moto
(4:43) 5. The Champ
(7:49) 6. Blues After Dark
(5:55) 7. Wildwood
(4:00) 8. Quicksilver
(4:09) 9. Bye Bye Blues

Rare recordings produced by Howard Rumsey with his incredible Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars and Charles Persip's Jazz Statesmen.

"There was only a short week in which to record, so we made a date for a double session at Liberty's fabulous new studios... Lee Morgan and Frank Rosolino flipped into some original dance steps at the sound of the playbacks. It was a happy date."
https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/conte-candoli-lee-morgan-albums/2427-double-or-nothin-.html

Personnel: Lee Morgan, Conte Candoli (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Benny Golson, Bob Cooper (ts), Wynton Kelly, Dick Shreve (p), Red Mitchell, Wilfred Middlebrooks (b), Charles Persip, Stan Levey (d)

Double Or Nothin'

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