Bridget Maynes - In The Key Of Swing 1

Styles: Vocal Jazz, Swing

Year: 2002

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 59:38

Size: 137,4 MB

Art: Front

(4:29)  1. Four

(3:47)  2. Come Fly with Me

(5:27)  3. I Was Telling Him About You

(3:15)  4. Lullaby Of Birdland

(5:08)  5. Stay Awhile

(3:20)  6. That Old Black Magic

(4:36)  7. Never Let Me Go

(4:04)  8. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My B

(4:36)  9. Girl Talk

(5:05) 10. Falling In Love With Love

(3:46) 11. Almost Like Being In Love

(5:44) 12. My Dreams Of You

(3:52) 13. I Just Found Out About Love

(2:22) 14. The Song Is You

It's finally here. It has been 10 years since the release of "In The Key Of Swing" so we decided it was time for our newly released CD "In The Key Of Swing 2.". This CD is a dynamic blend of jazz & swing tunes.

Phoenix born & raised Bridget Maynes has finally released the long awaited CD "IN THE KEY OF SWING 2!" With her pianist/arranger Auggie Mendoza,they have created a newly released dynamic jazz/swing CD which includes such tunes as "You Hit The Spot", "I'll Remember April" & beautifully sung jazz ballads such as "Guess Who I Saw Today" & "If I Had You". https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/bridgetmaynes2?

In The Key Of Swing

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Paul Desmond, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson, Jerry Fuller - Live At Bourbon Street

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1975
Time: 79:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 181,8 MB
Art: Front

( 7:18) 1. Wendy
(11:23) 2. Wave
( 8:59) 3. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
( 9:40) 4. Nancy
( 9:28) 5. Manha de Carnaval
( 7:18) 6. Here's That Rainy Day
(10:35) 7. My Funny Valentine
( 7:09) 8. Take Five
( 7:32) 9. Line for Lyons

When the Dave Brubeck Quartet broke up in 1967, Paul Desmond worked sporadically playing live dates, probably in part due to his substantial royalty income from his hit composition "Take Five." When Jim Hall was unavailable to play with Desmond in Canada, he recommended guitarist Ed Bickert who, like Hall, is a brilliant accompanist with the kind of musical E.S.P. that Desmond had with Brubeck.

Bassist Don Thompson (who is also a fine pianist and vibraphonist) and drummer Jerry Fuller round out this solid quartet, which worked off and with Desmond when he played in Canada during the remainder of his life. These sessions, drawn from several nights at Bourbon Street in Toronto during the fall of 1975, are intimate performances enjoyed by attentive audiences. The selections include songs that Desmond had recorded with Brubeck or Gerry Mulligan, along with tunes he had played on his own records.

Desmond's cool tone and witty quotes are a treat throughout the album. The toe-tapping blues "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" showcases Bickert's lyrical playing, along the subtly swinging work of Thompson. Desmond playful interpretation of "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" is typical of his recorded work. The most surprising track is the unusual setting of "Take Five," which takes an exotic route near the beginning of the leader's solo, with a droning vamp underneath him.

First released as a two-LP set by Horizon/A&M in 1976, the album wasn't in print long due to the demise of Horizon, though frustrated collectors welcomed the 2000 Verve CD edition, which not only fit all of the music onto a single disc, but added a previously unissued take of Gerry Mulligan's "Line for Lyons" along with the original liner notes by Desmond and his good friend, journalist Doug Ramsey, plus extensive updated notes by Carl Woideck.

This is easily the cream of the crop of Paul Desmond's post-Brubeck recordings as a leader and rivals the studio albums he recorded with Jim Hall; it is unfortunate that Desmond was diagnosed with lung cancer around the time this recording was first issued in 1976, which cut short a brilliant career far too soon. By Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-paul-desmond-quartet-live-mw0000061025#review

Personnel: Paul Desmond, alto sax; Ed Bickert, guitar; Don Thompson, bass; Jerry Fuller, drums.

Live At Bourbon Street

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Oli Silk - In Real Life

Styles: Smooth Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 48:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 112,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:52) 1. Dare To Dream
(3:17) 2. Wait..What?
(6:12) 3. New Horizons
(4:27) 4. Looking Glass
(5:06) 5. Grass-Fed Funk
(5:01) 6. West Beach
(4:12) 7. Actually Actually
(6:37) 8. In Real Life
(4:30) 9. Slim City
(4:40) 10. A Lil' Pick Me Up

No artist from the other side of the pond has had such an impact on smooth jazz in recent times as Oli Silk. Not only is he a fan favorite on tour, but he’s also a bona fide radio darling, scoring three consecutive Billboard #1 singles with his latest album “6,” proving that his music, inspired by his life and surroundings in the UK, resonates and endures with American audiences as well. With ‘In Real Life’, his seventh album on the Trippin N Rhythm label, Silk continues to explore the middle, the sides and the edges of the genre with his signature style that has served him well over the course of his last six albums, and he doesn’t disappoint on this new collection of songs inspired by his life experiences.

As a leading member of the UK Collective, a group of London’s finest musicians, Silk has been the musical director for all the artists from the US performing in Europe, which has helped him hone his musical skills even further. On “In Real Life”, his latest musical chapter, Silk proves once again that his ability to create unique, memorable musical messages is no accident, but that his experience builds on the foundation he has laid in his previous works. It’s a unique ride through the stories he weaves, and he takes you on a satisfying journey full of feelings and moods that are sure to uplift you.https://smoothjazzdaily.wordpress.com/2024/04/27/oli-silk-in-real-life/

The following musicians supported Oli Silk during the recording: Westley Joseph (drums), Orefo Orakwue (bass), Mark James (guitar), Curtis McCain (percussion), Ilya Serov (trumpet), Rebecca Jade (vocals), Marcus Anderson (sax), PJ Spraggins (drums), Gary Honor (flute), Kim Scott (flute), Jordan Rose (drums), Carl Cox (sax) and Shannon Sangindiva Pearson.

In Real Life

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Kenny Garrett & Svoy - Who Killed AI?

Styles: Saxophone, Piano Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 35:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 82,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:54) 1. Ascendence
(5:10) 2. Miles Running Down AI
(5:11) 3. Transcendence
(5:09) 4. Divergence Tu-dah
(3:06) 5. Ladies
(6:15) 6. My Funny Valentine
(6:30) 7. Convergence

Electronic jazz albums are a potentially tricky proposition based on a seemingly contradictory idea that you can create organic, improvisational music in what is usually a more controlled, production-heavy, computer-based style. Saxophonist Kenny Garrett defies such concerns and bridges the gap between in-the-moment improvisation and beat-based productions with 2024's Who Killed AI?. This is Garrett's first all-electronic album and finds him working in collaboration with electronic producer/instrumentalist Mikhail Tarasov (aka Svoy).

A former student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Svoy brings both jazz and classical influences to bear on his work and has garnered acclaim as a solo artist and as a producer for other artists. All of this makes him a perfect collaborator for Garrett, a performer whose work also straddles a wide array of styles, from his early days in Miles Davis' crossover fusion band of the late-'80s to his own heady post-bop, funk, and world music explorations. Together, they craft sonically adventurous tracks that wouldn't sound out of place at a rave, but they also feature plenty of propulsive, harmonically nuanced improvisation. Much of this is due to Garrett's crisp, motivic style and his kinetic lines push nicely off Svoy's textured, groove-based soundscapes.

It's a vibe they leap into on the opening "Ascendence," where Garrett spirals through Svoy's digital buzz and grind like John Coltrane plugging into the Matrix. And while a kind of jazz future shock is the aesthetic at play, they draw upon jazz history, evoking Garrett's time with trumpeter Davis on "Miles Running Down AI," a slippery, acid-soaked wah-wah number that works as a wry nod to "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" off 1969's Bitches Brew. The duo even offer a skittering, EDM-esque rendition of "My Funny Valentine'' that one can only imagine might have made even the Dark Prince of jazz smile.By Matt Collarhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/who-killed-ai--mw0004208055#review

Personnel: Kenny Garrett - Saxophone, Vocal; Svoy - Piano

Who Killed AI?

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