Gene Bertoncini - Jobim: Someone To Light Up My Life

Styles: Bossa Nova
Year: 1996
Time: 62:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 143,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:41) 1. Chopin Prelude/How Insensitive
(5:37) 2. Dindi
(3:21) 3. Quiet Night Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
(3:19) 4. Someone To Light Up My Life
(4:45) 5. Triste
(4:45) 6. Double Rainbow (Chovendo Na Roseiro)
(3:55) 7. Crossroads (Caminhos Cruzados)
(5:38) 8. No More Blues (Chega De Saudade)
(5:31) 9. Rome Montage (From The Adventurers)
(6:16) 10. Song Of The Jet (Samba Do Avião).mp3
(4:48) 11. Portrait In Black And White (Zingaro)
(5:04) 12. Once I Loved (O Amor Em Paz)
(5:56) 13. If You Never Come To Me
(4:18) 14. Felicidade

The veteran guitarist's collection of bossa novas by the late Antonio Carlos Jobim demonstrate his gift for counterpoint and improvisation in this all-acoustic masterpiece. Accompanied only by the Latin percussion of John Arruci and Jon Bates, Bertoncini plays an astonishingly uptempo "Corcavado" that seems to have overdubbed guitar lines but doesn't.

Also remarkable is his soft, understated version of "Double Rainbow." Any guitar student or jazz fan will be mesmerized by Bertoncini's crisp playing on "Zingaro.By Ken Dryden
https://www.allmusic.com/album/jobim-someone-to-light-up-my-life-mw0000087917#review

Jobim: Someone To Light Up My Life

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Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 43:57

Size: 100.6 MB

Styles: Standards, Vocal jazz

Year: 1962/1993

Art: Front

[2:42] 1. Save Your Love For Me

[2:17] 2. Never Will I Marry

[2:58] 3. The Old Country

[2:23] 4. Happy Talk

[4:15] 5. The Masquerade Is Over

[2:32] 6. A Sleepin' Bee

[2:13] 7. Little Unhappy Boy

[4:29] 8. Teaneck

[4:55] 9. I Can't Get Started

[5:09] 10. One Man's Dream

[3:56] 11. Never Say Yes

[6:03] 12. Unit 7

An excellent collaboration of the Nancy Wilson voice with the Cannonball Adderley alto sax from the early '60s. While this 1961 recording was the first time Wilson was with Adderley in the studio, it was not the first time they had worked together. After singing with Rusty Bryant's band, Wilson had worked with Adderley in Columbus, OH. (It was there that Adderley encouraged her to go to N.Y.C. to do some recording, eventually leading to this session.) Not entirely a vocal album, five of the 12 cuts are instrumentals. A highlight of the album is the gentle cornet playing of Nat Adderley behind Wilson, especially on "Save Your Love for Me" and on "The Old Country." Cannonball Adderley's swinging, boppish sax is heard to excellent effect throughout. Joe Zawinul's work behind Wilson on "The Masquerade Is Over" demonstrates that he is a talented, sensitive accompanist. On the instrumental side, "Teaneck" and "One Man's Dream" are especially good group blowing sessions. On the other end of the spectrum, Adderley's alto offers a lovely slow-tempo treatment of the Vernon Duke-Ira Gershwin masterpiece, "I Can't Get Started. the listeners on their musical toes, the first couple of bars of "Save Your Love for Me" are quotes from "So What" from the Miles Davis Sextet seminal Kind of Blue session. Given the play list and the outstanding artists performing it, why any serious jazz collection would be without this classic album is difficult to comprehend. ~Dave Nathan

Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley

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Christian Sands - Foot Prints

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:24
Size: 149.7 MB
Styles: Traditional jazz combo
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[4:05] 1. Four
[4:07] 2. Canteloupe Island
[6:19] 3. Wave
[5:26] 4. All Blues
[6:11] 5. Sands Of Eqypt
[4:38] 6. Footprints
[4:49] 7. Ryan's Groove
[4:38] 8. I'll Remember April
[6:08] 9. A Night Intunisia
[5:41] 10. Wind Chimes
[7:35] 11. Maiden Voyage
[5:42] 12. Ain't No Sunshine

Christian Sands has been described as "a dynamic pianist with extraordinary musical maturity beyond his years". He is indeed an accomplished musician with great poise and sophistication. He possesses a warm, unpretentious personality together with an honest, heartfelt approach to playing which keeps him in demand. He has been playing the piano since 4 years old. Age 5 is when he wrote his first musical composition. On this debut recording, he wrote and arranged several of the songs.

Foot Prints

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