Cecilia Coleman - Words of Wisdom

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:36
Size: 149,9 MB
Art: Front

(9:14)  1. Speak No Evil
(5:22)  2. Alma
(8:06)  3. Words of Wisdom
(6:28)  4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(4:51)  5. I'll Get By
(4:55)  6. Hallucinations
(8:18)  7. Posie
(8:00)  8. Nature Boy
(5:19)  9. Well You Needn't

This obscure set has the debut of pianist/composer Cecilia Coleman, an excellent improviser based in Los Angeles during the first half of the 1990s. Most of the music, recorded in 1990 and 1992, showcases Coleman in a trio with bassist Eric Von Essen and drummer Kendall Kay, including such songs as Wayne Shorter's "Speak No Evil," "Polka Dots and Moonbeams," Bud Powell's "Hallucinations," and "Well You Needn't." Trumpeter Oscar Brashear is featured on "I'll Get By," while Brashear and tenor saxophonist Benn Clatworthy make the band a quintet on "Alma," one of three Coleman originals on the disc. But overall, the main purpose of this obscure disc was to introduce Cecilia Coleman, particularly as a pianist, and she rises to the occasion, displaying a great deal of potential.

 ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/words-of-wisdom-mw0000118442

Personnel: Cecilia Coleman (piano); Benn Clatworthy (tenor saxophone); Oscar Brashear (trumpet); Kendall Kay (drums).

Words of Wisdom

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Anita Wardell & Benn Clatworthy - If You Never Come To Me

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:02
Size: 128,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:29)  1. If You Never Come To Me
(6:15)  2. Spring Is Here
(5:55)  3. I Wish You Love
(3:42)  4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(7:13)  5. I Get Along Without You Very Well
(4:22)  6. I'll Be Seeing You
(7:38)  7. I'm A Fool To Want You
(4:22)  8. Love Came On Stealthy Fingers
(6:54)  9. Weaver Of Dreams
(4:08) 10. Falling In Love With Love

Anita Wardell's singing is exciting and breathtaking. She is noted for her mesmerizing and captivating vocal improvisations and vocalese lyrics to instrumental solos. Anita is a musician who uses the voice as her instrument, displaying precision and agility, mixed with heartfelt emotion. Singer Norma Winstone praised her “unexpected vulnerability, which makes her reading of the ballads both beautiful and touching. Her honesty shines in this well-chosen collection of songs.” Bebop pioneer, Mark Murphy, proclaimed Anita, “a gift from Australia”, adding “What hits me, is how expressive her ballad singing is. Then she has the courage to scat a ballad or two, not unlike a young lady disciple of the Ben Webster school.” Born in Guildford, UK, Anita moved to Australia with her family as a child. Anita's formative years were spent soaking up the Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter classics. She also explored her father's collection of big band albums by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many more. During her teens, she started to get to grips with the complexities of modern Jazz when she discovered Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. At the same time she learned her vocal craft from greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Murphy, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Jon Hendricks and Eddie Jefferson. 

After attending secondary School she completed her degree in Music at the Adelaide University. In 1990, Anita relocated back to the UK where she studied at the Guildhall school of music and drama.  Anita's recording career began in 1995 with her CD,Why do you Cry? featuring pianist Liam NobleIn 1998 she released Straight Ahead with international star pianist Jason Rebello. Japan's most popular jazz publication, Swing Journal, gave its endorsement, writing, “she's the real thing who can fluently scat and vocalese!” Her longstanding musical relationship with pianist Robin Aspland started with the release of Until The Stars Fade in 2001 also featuring the exciting US drummer Gene Calderazzo and Jeremy Brown on bass. Jazzwise Magazine called her “energetic and inventive” while The Guardian proclaimed her “a model of the Jazz singer’s art”, highlighting her clarity, improvisational skills and emotional resonance. In 2004 she teamed up with tenor saxophonist, Benn Clatworthy, and recorded If You Never Come to Me. Anita was signed to Proper Records in 2006 and recorded Noted (2006) and Kinda Blue (2008). Her latest album, The Road, is due for release in summer 2013. Anita received the prestigious BBC Jazz Award for Best of Jazz category in 2006. This, coupled with the release of Kinda Blue has propelled Anita into the major artist arena. She has guested on many local and international recordings.  http://m.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=2420

If You Never Come To Me

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