Lee Wiley - As Time Goes By

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1991
Time: 64:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 147,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:55) 1. This Is New
(2:52) 2. You're a Sweetheart
(3:22) 3. My Ideal
(2:58) 4. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
(3:50) 5. Who Can I Turn to Now?
(3:12) 6. Can't Get Out of This Mood
(3:32) 7. East of the Sun
(3:01) 8. Limehouse Blues
(3:11) 9. As Time Goes By
(2:46) 10. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
(4:06) 11. Stars Fell on Alabama
(3:10) 12. My Melancholy Baby
(2:59) 13. The Ace in the Hole
(4:05) 14. Someday You'll Be Sorry
(3:06) 15. A Hundred Years from Today
(2:57) 16. Blues in My Heart
(3:13) 17. Maybe You'll Be There
(2:57) 18. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
(2:42) 19. I Don't Want to Walk Without You, Baby
(3:14) 20. Make Believe

Shortly before she slipped completely into obscurity, singer Lee Wiley recorded two albums for Victor. This Bluebird CD has ten of the 12 songs from West of the Moon, nine of the 12 originally on A Touch of the Blues, and a rendition of "Stars Fell on Alabama" taken from a sampler album. Wiley, only 41 at the time of these last recordings, was essentially through with her career despite still being in prime form.

Other than "Stars," Wiley is backed by big bands led by either arranger Ralph Burns or trumpeter Billy Butterfield and mostly performs swing standards, including "You're a Sweetheart," "Can't Get out of This Mood," "Ace in the Hole," "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," and her signature song, "A Hundred Years From Today." An excellent introduction to the work of this unusual and greatly underrated singer.By Scott Yanow
https://www.allmusic.com/album/as-time-goes-by-mw0000270890#review

As Time Goes By

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Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra - Drop Me Off In Harlem

Styles: Swing, Big Band
Year: 1992
Time: 59:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 135,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:09) 1.Smiles
(2:57) 2.Shady Lady
(3:21) 3.That Old Black Magic
(3:10) 4.Oh, Miss Jaxson
(2:42) 5.Things Ain't What They Used to Be
(2:45) 6.The Moose
(2:47) 7.Pow W@ow
(3:10) 8.The Great Lie
(2:22) 9.Drop Me Off in Harlem
(3:16) 10.Gulf Coast Blues
(3:05) 11.Skyliner
(2:31) 12.Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
(2:35) 13.You Always Hurt the One You Love
(2:48) 14.West End Blues
(3:09) 15.Desert Sands
(2:31) 16.E-Bob-O-Lee-Bob
(3:17) 17.Andy's Boogie
(3:06) 18.Dark Bayou
(2:52) 19.Zanesville Zohio ZZZ
(3:29) 20. Lonesome as the Night Is Long

Among big band leaders of the 1930s and 1940s, saxophonist Charlie Barnet stood out for his unswerving devotion to his values, both social and musical. In 1934 his band was the first white group to play at Harlem's Apollo Theatre, and he was devoted to jazz with few concessions to popular taste, making his ensemble an instrument of his arrangers' creativity.

This compilation spans 1942-46, an important period when the band achieved its distinctive variation of the rich Ellington style (apparent in three Ellington tunes heard here) and then went on to become the first big band of modern jazz. "The Moose," written by Ralph Burns and a feature for the young pianist Dodo Marmorosa, is a brilliantly shifting harbinger of bebop, while Dennis Sandole's elusive "Dark Bayou" still sounds harmonically fresh.

There's much to enjoy here, from the jive and bop vocals by "Peanuts" Holland to the soaring lead trumpet of Al Killian and Barnet's own solo contributions.By Stuart Broomer
By Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Drop-Off-Harlem-Charlie-Barnet/dp/B000003N3H

Drop Me Off In Harlem

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Fredrik Kronkvist Feat. Kathrine Windfeld - Open Gates

Styles: Saxophone Jazz, Bop
Year: 2024
Time: 48:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 112,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:05) 1.Devotion
(1:12) 2.Blackbird Mornings Intro
(4:20) 3.Blackbird Mornings
(5:20) 4.Mandala
(5:50) 5.Healer
(7:03) 6.Trane’s Temple
(1:11) 7.Golden Fields Intro
(4:55) 8.Golden Fields
(4:48) 9.Stealth Mode
(5:30) 10.River Indigo
(4:24) 11.Volcano

The powerful and soulful altoman Fredrik Kronkvist is considered one of Europe’s finest alto saxophonists and takes charge whenever he is in the spotlight.
Fredrik is an award-winning saxophonist and he has several albums out as a leader.
Both his writing and improvisational skills are on display when he gives the audience his experience in drawing the heat from a tune with his big sound.

He is leading his own band where he presents a quartet, consisting of musicians from the vanguard of today´s jazzscene. His strong, creative spirit combined with a profound knowledge of the instrument and jazz has made him into one of Sweden’s international jazz stars.
More...https://fredrikkronkvist.wordpress.com/bio/

Open Gates

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