Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Shorty Rogers - Just A Few 1951 - 1956

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:55
Size: 185,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:03)  1. Moton Swing
(5:48)  2. Isn't It Romantic
(2:50)  3. Four Mothers
(5:33)  4. Dickie's Dream
(3:02)  5. Over The Rainbow
(6:13)  6. The Lady In Red
(4:16)  7. Just A Few
(6:15)  8. My Heart Stood Still
(5:23)  9. Blues Way Up There
(4:17) 10. Blues Way Down There
(4:23) 11. Easy
(5:02) 12. Not Really The Blues
(5:29) 13. Baklava Bridge
(7:25) 14. Clickin' With Clax
(4:49) 15. Twelfth Street Rag

The music of Shorty Rogers mixes an old-school swing vibe (thanks to a stint with Woody Herman's orchestra) and the subtle, Miles Davis-influenced sound of small-ensemble cool that was popular on the West Coast in the '50s and '60s. With his considerable skills as an arranger and a trumpeter, Rogers was one of the West Coast's true stars.  Just a Few: 1951-1956 collects some of Rogers's early recordings. While he was adept at interpreting standards and blues, Rogers was also a fine composer in his own right, and Just a Few features a handful of his first self-penned tunes, including the title track and "Baklava Bridge." As usual, Rogers's band is top notch, making this set a fine sampler not only of the band leader's early career, but of '50s West Coast jazz in general. https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-a-few-1951-1956-mw0000603209

Just A Few 1951 - 1956

Barbara Dennerlein - My Moments: Live On Hammond & Pipe Organ

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2016
Time: 71:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 166,0 MB
Art: Front

( 9:49) 1. Blues In The Pipeline (Live)
( 7:33) 2. Sensitivity
( 5:04) 3. Black And White
( 5:34) 4. Southern Funk
(10:04) 5. Frog Dance
( 9:11) 6. Fantasia Acusticum
( 6:48) 7. Blues In The Pipeline
(11:34) 8. Symphony In Minor
( 6:01) 9. Get It On

Barbara Dennerlein: Internationally celebrated Hammond & Pipe Organ virtuoso.
Her CDs have won numerous awards, including the German Record Critics Award. Her CD "Take Off" (Verve/Universal) even reached number 1 in the jazz charts and was the best-selling German jazz album of the year. Barbara Dennerlein belongs to the small circle of German artists of international repute. On her recordings and in her concerts, she stands out as a member of a new generation of jazz musicians, and is regarded by her peers and her audiences alike as one of the leading representatives of her instruments: the legendary Hammond B3, and the mighty pipe organ.

It is an awe-inspiring experience to watch Barbara live on stage. As the most important and most successful German jazz export, she is familiar with large international festival stages and intimate clubs alike. A list of venues where she has wowed audiences is as varied as it is long: the "Blue Note" and the "Sweet Basil" in New York, "Ronnie Scott's Club" and the "Jazz Café" in London and the "Blue Note" in Tokyo; Philadelphia, Berkley, San Jose, San Diego; the Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, and Victoria jazz festivals; European festivals in The Hague, the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, the Molde Jazz in Norway, the Arhus Jazz Festival in Denmark, the Maastricht-Kortrijk Festival in Belgium, the Vitoria Festival de Jazz in Spain, and German festivals in Berlin, Frankfurt, Leverkusen, Nuremberg, Vilshofen, Burghausen, Freiburg, Hamburg, Hanover and many others. Besides her nearly endless live performances, Barbara has made numerous appearances on both domestic and international radio and TV.

Both with her own "Bebab" group and solo, Barbara is equally celebrated by critics and audiences alike on both sides of the Atlantic. The name "Bebab" is a play on "Bebop" and "Barbara" and indicates something unique for which there is no established term, no pigeonhole. She knows the value of tradition but is also at home in modern jazz, in the here and now. She is one of the few musicians who can make the connection between different styles and audiences, building bridges between the musical past and present. She is just as familiar with the grooves of youth culture as with the listening experiences of a generation that grew up with the Hammond organ boom of the fifties.

Swing, bebop, blues, soul, latin and funk - for Barbara there are no rigid boundaries, only fluid transitions. Audiences are captivated by her talent, her absolute mastery of the instrument, her taste, and not least, her warm personality. The B3, it would seem, is a seamless extension of herself. She understands better than anyone how to exploit her instrument to the full, creating a sound and a musical style that is unmistakably "Barbara Dennerlein". Her brilliant technique has breathed new life into the venerable Hammond organ, an instrument long neglected in modern jazz. She can rightfully claim to have paved the way for the organ's current renaissance in jazz.

Born in Munich in 1964, she fell in love with one sound at an early age. While others were practicing "Für Elise" or strumming "All You Need Is Love" on the guitar, Barbara was fascinated by the sound of the Hammond organ.
More.....https://www.barbaradennerlein.com/e/biografie.php

My Moments: Live On Hammond & Pipe Organ

Gabrielle Stravelli - Beautiful Moons Ago

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2024
Time: 55:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 129,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:30) 1. Did I Remember
(4:36) 2. June Night
(3:32) 3. You Say You Care
(5:29) 4. That Ole Devil Called Love
(5:57) 5. Messin' around
(3:23) 6. So Far so Good
(6:17) 7. Day Dream /You Stepped out of a Dream
(4:32) 8. With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair
(6:11) 9. Let's Begin / I'm Beginning to See the Light
(3:41) 10. Beautiful Moons Ago
(3:12) 11. They All Laughed
(4:55) 12. I Walk a Little Faster

Vocalist and songwriter Gabrielle Stravelli blends musical traditions with a modern, genre-bending sensibility. The rhythmic swing of jazz frames her original compositions while as an actor and storyteller she reinterprets the Great American Songbook as well as works by contemporary artists as varied as Willie Nelson, Chick Corea and John Fogerty. Unexpected, highly individual choices are her trademark.

Pick Up My Pieces: Gabrielle Stravelli Sings Willie Nelson,” released in 2019, is a jazz and blues exploration that mines Nelson’s catalog, from his earliest works to his most recent. The album’s release was celebrated with a sold out concert at the iconic Birdland Jazz Club and the album has received unanimous accolades from critics for All About Jazz, The Midwest Record, and a featured write-up in The Wall Street Journal.

“Dream Ago” released in 2017 is another creative leap, featuring original material and earning a rare five-star review from DownBeat Magazine. “Dream Dancing” the album’s opening track, was placed on the Spotify editorial playlist “Women of Jazz” and has been streamed over 25,000 times. Gabrielle and her trio showcased the album with a headlining performance at the 2018 WBGO Jazz on the Mountain Festival, and in performances at major venues throughout the country, in addition to touring in Italy and Norway.

Gabrielle is a master vocal teacher for the National YoungArts Foundation and is faculty for Singnasium, the Kaufman Center's Lucy Moses Special Music School and the U. S. Department of State as a Jazz Ambassador. While touring in the U.S., Gabrielle has conducted masterclasses at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (her alma mater), Loyola University Maryland, Wayne State in Detroit and the South Florida Conservatory of Music in Hollywood.

Since 2015 she has toured internationally with the “American Music Abroad” (AMA) program, performing and teaching throughout Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In 2019, Gabrielle and her quintet headlined the Providencia Jazz Festival in Santiago, Chile, the Las Condes Jazz Festival and the 10th Annual Semana Internacional de Jazz en la Patagonia. She appeared at the 2019 Kota Kinabalu Music and Dance Festival in Malaysia, the 2016 Eleuthera All That Jazz Festival in the Bahamas, the 2013 Maree Sonore Festival in Venice and the 2013 Kastav Cultural in Croatia. Gabrielle has toured the United States with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performing his masterwork Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration. She was chosen by world-renowned jazz pianist Fred Hersch to premiere his song cycle, Rooms of Light, at Montclair University PAC. In 2020, she was honored with the Bistro Award for Outstanding Recording (“Pick Up My Pieces”); the 2019 Broadway World Cabaret Award for Best Jazz Vocalist; the 2015 MAC Award for Best Female Vocalist; and the 2015 Bistro Award as a Jazz Vocalist. Gabrielle holds a BFA from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/gabrielle-stravelli/

Beautiful Moons Ago

Charles McPherson - Reverence

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 44:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 103,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:24) 1. Surge
(9:10) 2. Blues for Lonnie in Three
(7:03) 3. Come Rain or Come Shine
(7:28) 4. Dynamic Duo
(7:30) 5. Old Folks
(7:00) 6. Ode to Barry

Legendary alto saxophonist Charles McPherson makes his Smoke Sessions debut with an inspired new album, Reverence, dedicated to his lifelong mentor and friend Barry Harris.

These thrilling performances were captured in front of a live audience at Smoke Jazz Club and feature his quintet of Terell Stafford, Jeb Patton, David Wong, and Billy Drummond and represent the first of a series of live recordings scheduled for release to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Smoke Sessions Records and the 25th anniversary of Smoke Jazz Club.

McPherson certainly reveals why he's been held in such reverence for the last 60 years. The set is a showcase for McPherson's gifts as both composer and soloist and bridges his deep and far-reaching exploration of the full jazz spectrum.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reverence-Charles-McPherson/dp/B0CVTWTX8Q

Reverence