Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Eileen Mager - Songs of Life

Styles: Vocal 
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:22
Size: 173,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:05)  1. Darest Thou Now, O Soul
(4:36)  2. What God Doeth, That Is Rightly Done
(3:32)  3. High O'er the Lonely Hills
(4:49)  4. The Butterfly
(1:51)  5. Yes, That's the Way Things Are
(3:00)  6. Birdsong
(3:17)  7. Ridente La Calma
(3:55)  8. Gospel Blues
(2:01)  9. Juba: Ev'rytime I Feel the Spirit
(2:03) 10. From Far, From Eve and Morning
(4:24) 11. Laudate Dominum
(2:30) 12. An Die Musik
(4:32) 13. Recordare
(2:10) 14. Widmung
(3:19) 15. Yih'yu L'ratson
(2:53) 16. Adon Olam
(2:58) 17. Avinu Malkeynu
(3:40) 18. I Vow to Thee, My Country
(3:00) 19. Psalm 23
(2:31) 20. 4 Songs for Voice and Violin, Op. 35: I. Jesu Sweet
(1:03) 21. My Soul Has Nought but Fire and Ice
(1:23) 22. I Sing of a Maiden
(2:18) 23. My Leman Is So True
(2:08) 24. Ain't That Good News?
(2:18) 25. For I Will Consider My Cat, Jeoffry
(1:56) 26. How Joyful Is My Heart

A WORD ABOUT "SONGS OF LIFE" Eileen Mager

All of my life, I've been fascinated by and often humbled by the extraordinary strength and resilience of the human spirit. Our capacity for love, humor, spirituality, and joy, often in spite of whatever reverses and downright horrors and tragedies life may dish out. We are inspired by life's challenges, each other, all of nature, our connection with our Deity, the beauty that surrounds us, music, and life itself. These songs express those sources of inspiration. We begin with "Darest Thou Now, O Soul" a challenge to one's own soul to walk out "toward the Unknown Region" to take on life's adventure. We continue with songs expressing a lifetime of experiences and responses to them responsesliturgical songs, and a Benjamin Britten song which has perhaps the oddest expression of faith and worship I have ever encountered "For I Will Consider My Cat, Jeoffry." It all concludes with Bach's song of reconciliation with the spiritual, "Wie freudig ist mein Herz" ("How Joyful Is My Heart"). I was assisted in this project by some wonderful musicians and friends: pianist/organist Ellen Brown, bassoonist John Friedeman, flutist Lisa Tharp, and violinist Jim Apperson. "Songs of Life" is, to say the least, an eclectic collection. But then, isn't life a mixed bag as well? I hope you enjoy them...More https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/emager7

Songs of Life

James Walsh Gypsy Band - Muscle Shoals '79

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:41
Size: 81,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:49) 1. I've Got The Feelin'
(2:46) 2. Looks Like You Got Down In Love
(3:39) 3. Lie To Me
(3:20) 4. The Caves Of Altamira
(3:34) 5. It's Over Now
(3:30) 6. Where Do We Get Off
(2:42) 7. This Time The Feelin' Is Right
(4:11) 8. Alabama Eyes
(3:32) 9. Lovin' You
(3:34) 10. Just Like Fallin' In Love

The soaring, sometimes harrowing vocals of singer/guitarist James Walsh reveal an obvious debt to the unrestrained raw passion of the late Jeff Buckley. In the late '90s, Walsh read that one of his favorite artists was a Buckley fan. Out of curiosity, Walsh purchased a Buckley record and became an admirer himself, eventually listening to similar artists such as Tim Buckley (Jeff's father), Van Morrison, and Neil Young.

Those influences eventually helped carve the sound and confessional lyrics of his band, Starsailor, named after a Tim Buckley LP. Walsh formed Starsailor in Wigan, England, with James Stelfox (bass), Ben Byrne (drums), and Barry Westhead (keyboards) in 2000. Walsh took piano lessons when he was 12, and by the time he met Stelfox and Byrne in college, he already had songs written. After two Top 20 hits in England with "Fever" and "Good Souls," Starsailor released their critically acclaimed first album, Love Is Here, in the U.K. in 2001. By Michael Sutton https://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-walsh-mn0001926207#biography

Personnel:
James Walsh Gypsy Band :
James Walsh : Lead vocals & Keyboards
Richard Jorgensen : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo, Trumpet & Vocals
Deone Johnson : Trumpet, Solo Flugelhorn & Vocals
Todd Hansen : Trombone, Bass Trombone & Vocals
Bob Jones : Bass & Vocals
Jim Behringer : Lead Guitar & Vocals
Scott Fronsoe : Bass & Vocals
Ernie LaViolette : Drums & Percussion

Additional Musicians :
Tower Of Power Horns
Emilio Castillo : Tenor Saxophone
Lenny Pickett : Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone & Tenor Saxophone
Stephen 'Doc' Kupka : Baritone Saxophone
Greg Adams : Trumpet & Flugelhorn


Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
Barry Beckett : Keyboards
Roger Hawkins : Drums
David Hood : Bass
Jimmy Johnson : Guitar

Muscle Shoals '79

Bill Barron Quartet - Live at Cobi's, Vol.1 (1987-1988), Vol.2 (1985)

Album: Live at Cobi's, Vol.1 (1987-1988)

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:44
Size: 159,9 MB
Art: Front

(13:01) 1. This One's for Monk
(12:15) 2. Easy Does It
(10:54) 3. Confirmation
( 9:44) 4. Row House
( 5:52) 5. Angel Eyes
( 8:40) 6. Voyage
( 9:18) 7. Until Further Notice

Live at Cobi's is a live album by saxophonist Bill Barron which was recorded in 1987 and 1988 and released posthumously on the SteepleChase label in 2005.

In JazzTimes Chris Kelsey wrote "Straightahead tenor players who regularly stretch themselves and break a sweat in the process are too few and far between these days. That’s what makes a record by someone like the late Bill Barron so attractive. Barron had no such problems cutting loose. He possessed an original voice-not revolutionary, but unique in its way."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Cobi%27s.

Personnel: Bill Barron – tenor saxophone; Fred Simmons – piano; Santi Debriano – bass; Ben Riley – drums


Album: Live at Cobi's, Vol.2 (1985)

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:28
Size: 161,5 MB
Art: Front

(11:22) 1. September 1979
(15:37) 2. Spring Thing
( 8:50) 3. What's New
(14:57) 4. Interpretation
( 8:23) 5. Tragic Magic
(11:18) 6. Cherokee

Way more than just a part 2 to the first set of material from Bill Barron at Cobi's in New York because although this set, like that one, is previously unreleased it was recorded three years before the first volume, and also features a completely different lineup, a quartet with brother Kenny Barron on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, and Ben Riley on drums! With a lineup like that, the session has a tightness that's really great a sense of dynamic energy that matches Barron's studio sessions from the same later years of his life and which, like those sides, hangs beautifully in a space between angular modernism and straighter soulful expression!

The Bill Barron of these years is one who barely misses a step from the brilliance of his early 60s experiments with Ted Curson and there's still plenty of that young fire here in these recordings, possibly even deepened nicely with age. Bill is playing both tenor and soprano sax, and titles include "Spring Thing", "September 1979", "Interpretation", "Tragic Magic", and "What's New". © 1996-2024, Dusty Groove, Inc.
https://www.dustygroove.com/item/427806/Bill-Barron-Kenny-Barron:Bill-Barron-Live-At-Cobi%27s-Vol-2

Personnel: Bill Barron – tenor saxophone; Kenny Barron – piano; Cecil McBee – bass; Ben Riley – drums

Live at Cobi's, Vol.1, Vol.2

Avalon Jazz Band, Tatiana Eva-Marie - Paris

Styles: Vocal, Jazz Band
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:01
Size: 103,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:26) 1. Swing rêverie
(4:32) 2. Les oiseaux de Paris
(3:02) 3. Place blanche
(3:07) 4. Belleville
(3:17) 5. Utrillo
(3:20) 6. Paris je t'aime
(3:08) 7. Chanson pour Guillaume
(3:23) 8. Le petit cheval
(3:20) 9. Romance
(3:13) 10. Paris au mois de Septembre
(3:20) 11. Bébert d'Anvers
(3:25) 12. Venez donc chez moi
(3:22) 13. Quel temps fait-il à Paris?

Tatiana Eva-Marie and the Avalon Jazz Band represent Parisian culture and bohemian spirit in New York City.
This swing band performs French jazz songs, old classics with a hot twist and American standards,celebratingFrance,lovemusic.music
https://avalonjazzband.bandcamp.com/

Tatiana Eva-Marie is a Swiss-born vocalist based in Brooklyn who sings 1930s-style swing and gypsy jazz. She moved from Paris to New York City in 2011, and formed the Avalon Jazz Band in 2014 with violinist Adrien Chevalier. Her singing has been compared to the jazz vocalists Cyrille Aimée and Cécile McLorin Salvant. Her band opened for vocalist and pianist Norah Jones. She is the daughter of musicians Louis Crelier and Anca Maria, and she grew up in France and Switzerland. Eva-Marie was a finalist on the first season of the television show Music Explorer (fr), a musical competition show in France, in 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Eva-Marie

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