Camille Thurman - Waiting for the Sunrise

Styles: Vocal And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:01
Size: 117,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:26)  1. I Just Found out About Love
(6:32)  2. Some of These Days
(3:24)  3. Tarde
(7:42)  4. After You've Gone
(4:45)  5. September in the Rain
(5:04)  6. The Nearness of You
(3:04)  7. Easy to Love
(5:43)  8. I'm on Your Side
(7:22)  9. World Waiting for the Sunrise
(3:59) 10. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)

Saxophonist, flutist, and vocalist Camille Thurman is a soulful performer with a warm sound that she applies to both acoustic jazz standards or more contemporary R&B-influenced songs. A native of Queens, New York, Thurman began playing music at a young age and honed her skills while attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts. However, after high school she earned a degree in Geological & Environmental Science from Binghamton University before returning to pursue her music career in New York City. In 2013, she caught the public's attention after placing third in the Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition. That same year, she released her debut album, Spirit Child, on Hot Tone Music. A year later, she returned with Origins. An in-demand performer, Thurman has shared the stage with such luminaries as Chaka Khan, Benny Golson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Alicia Keys, Nicholas Payton, Russell Malone, and many others. She is a 2015 Martin E. Segal Award recipient recognizing Young Outstanding Artists and a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award. In 2017, she made her Chesky Records debut with Inside the Moment. ~ Matt Collar https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/waiting-for-the-sunrise/1402200392

Personnel:  Camille Thurman: Voice and Tenor Saxophone;  Cecil McBee: Bass;  Jack Wilkins: Guitar;  Steve Williams: Drums;  Jeremy Pelt: Trumpet

Waiting for the Sunrise

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Carmen Lundy - Fade To Black

Styles: Vocal
Time: 56:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 130,8 MB
Art: Front

(8:06) 1. Shine a Light
(3:31) 2. So Amazing
(5:39) 3. Daughter of the Universe
(3:19) 4. Ain't I Human
(5:19) 5. Lonesome Blue Butterfly
(4:41) 6. Spell of Romance
(7:15) 7. Say Her Name
(5:21) 8. Transition (To A Promised Land)
(3:49) 9. Privacy
(5:51) 10. Reverence
(3:45) 11. Rest In Peace

Fade To Black is Carmen Lundy’s 16th album and one of her most personal to date. Grammy® Nominated for her previous album Modern Ancestors, these 11 original songs, written and arranged by Carmen Lundy, were conceived during the challenging months of the pandemic and reflect this time of great loss, sorrow, healing, and hope for a brighter, more inclusive future for us all. Tackling the difficult social issues of our time while also musing on the joys of love and relationships, this stunning set of songs takes us on an emotional journey that culminates in the extraordinary hymn-like ballad titled “Rest In Peace”.

Carmen Lundy explains, “I approached the writing of this work from being in this moment in time not necessarily looking back, but observant of the times we live in NOW. Traditional Jazz composition involves understanding its evolution and the spirit of improvisation. In this complete oeuvre, I wanted to explore different approaches to harmonic progressions, extended forms, and subtle rhythmic concepts while providing plenty of space for the lyrics and melodies to sing and tell stories without necessarily feeling the need to represent preconceived ideas about vocal jazz, harmonies and rhythms.” This project was funded in part by a New Jazz Works grant from Chamber Music America (CMA). All songs written and arranged by Carmen Lundy (Carmen Lundy Publishing/BMI).
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Personnel: Carmen Lundy: vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, horn arrangements, backing vocals. Julius Rodriguez: piano. Matthew Whitaker: organ, keyboards, string arrangements, programming. Kenny Davis: acoustic bass, electric bass. Curtis Lundy: acoustic bass. Terreon Gully: drums. Andrew Renfroe: guitar. Wallace Roney Jr.: trumpet. Giveton Gelin: trumpet. Camille Thurman: tenor saxophone. Morgan Guerin: tenor saxophone.

Fade To Black

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Camille Thurman - Origins

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:09
Size: 143,5 MB
Art: Front

(8:23)  1. Forward Motion
(3:40)  2. A Change of Mind
(5:56)  3. Indigo Moments
(6:06)  4. Origins
(4:46)  5. The Dreamweaverer
(1:30)  6. Anna's Joy
(4:01)  7. In Duetime
(5:46)  8. Kindred Minds
(1:10)  9. Felix's Groove
(5:54) 10. Jitterbug Waltz
(7:01) 11. Pursuit wth a Purpose
(4:58) 12. Please be Kind
(2:53) 13. Revisiting the Past

Camille Thurman may have started as a vocalist, but on her Hot Tone debut, Origins, the flexes her breath, blowing through every instrument that transmits wind. Thurman rides the wave created by bassist/vocalist Mimi Jones, creator of Hot Tone Records with the release of her Balance (2014). A third artist makes a trio in this flood of music in drummer/percussionist Shirazette Tinnin who released her recording Humility at the same time. These three women have much to do with one another and each other's recordings. For Thurman's part, both her vocals and flute and reeds playing become ubiquitous. But it is on her own Origins that Thurman spreads a wide smile, revealing a broad and deep stylistic palette that goes a long way in blurring those said stylistic lines. Thurman reveals herself gradually on Origins. First off is a spikey hard bop original, "Forward Motion" featuring her big tenor sound (tipping a hat to Dexter Gordon and Sonny Stitt). Performed in as a tenor trio, "Forward Motion" is a lengthy rumination of the place of each instrument in the trio, both temporally and stylistically. Half regimented, Half free jazz and half 21st century bop, the piece sets the tone of the recording. Thurman loosens the laces after this definitive statement, producing a more contemporary and homogenous sound that sets up a jazz suite of sorts that directly signals a new and more integrated sound, one shared with Thurman by Jones and her Balance. "A Change of Mind" is a vocal feature where Thurman displays her sturdy, soul-infused voice singing mock vocalese over her own composition. Her tenor saxophone is colored more by Ben Webster by way of Michael Brecker, with a vermouth trace of John Coltrane. Thurman is at once serious and playful, weaving well calculated scat among her lyrics. This title cut is a complex bit of sleight-of-hand directed by pianist Luis Perdomo to a double time 4/4 solo section that is as much trad mainstream as it is 21st Century. Thurman covers and arranges Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz," making it an off time relative of Sonny Rollins' "St. Thomas." Origins is finely produced and engineered to provides as shiny and sleek a sound as possible without sounding over-produced, a danger ubiquitous in modern recording. The presence of drummer Shirazette Tinnin adds a complicated organicness to the recording, one maintained and promoted by bassist Corcoran Holt and drummer Rudy Royston. This musical collaboration begins to redefine what "organicness" means in jazz, showing a drift or evolution toward the more refined and precise. This is jazz taking up where post-bop left off and heading in a melodic and probing direction. ~ C.Michael Bailey https://www.allaboutjazz.com/origins-camille-thurman-hot-tone-music-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php

Personnel: Camille Thurman: saxophones, flutes, vocals; Enoch Smith, Jr.: piano; Luis Perdomo: piano, Corcoran Holt: bass; Rudy Royston: drums; Shirazette Tinnin: drums and cajon; Brandee Younger: harp.

Origins

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Camille Thurman - Inside The Moment: Recorded Live At Rockwood Music Hall

Size: 113,8 MB
Time: 49:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (7:22)
02. Sassy's Blues (7:40)
03. Road Song (6:12)
04. Detour Ahead (7:43)
05. Nefertiti (7:43)
06. Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (7:41)
07. Cherokee (4:50)

The world of Jazz has been graced by many great female vocalists through the decades -- Ella Fitzgerald, Sara Vaughan, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, to name just a few. Chesky Records is excited to introduce a name we feel will one day be in their company...Camille Thurman. On her Chesky Records debut, Thurman shows her versatility with stunning performances on both saxophone and vocals.

The multi-talented Camille Thurman is an award-winning composer, a formidable saxophonist, and a second-place winner of the prestigious Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition. She has performed with artists ranging from Dr. Billy Taylor, George Coleman, Lew Tabackin, and George Benson, to Chaka Khan, Alicia Keys, and Missy Elliot. She recently made her Jazz at Lincoln Center debut during the Generations in Jazz Festival, leading a killer quartet as she sang, played, and showcased original compositions and some classics. She also recently gave an improvised scatting performance during Battle of the Big Bands that brought down the house in The Appel Room.

The inaugural release of the new Virtual Audio Series from Chesky Records, this album was recorded in front of a live audience at Rockwood Music Hall in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, using a single binaural microphone. This technique places the listener in the middle of a live show. If you didn't know any better, you'd swear you can smell the perfume of the young lady seated to your left.

MQA is an award winning technology that delivers the sound of the studio. The Master MQA file is fully authenticated and is small enough to stream, but also being backward compatible, so you can play MQA music on any device.

Imagine being present at the original studio performance of your favorite recording artist. Every nuance, every subtlety, every tiny drop of emotion delivered to your ears.

Inside The Moment

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