Betty Lee - Live At Cafe Liberal

Size: 163,5 MB
Time: 70:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Sunrise (3:45)
02. Detstvi (3:14)
03. Blue Skies (4:03)
04. Volny (3:52)
05. Swing Me (3:59)
06. Cheek To Cheek (4:45)
07. Past (3:25)
08. Lemon Tree (4:36)
09. Pristi (3:42)
10. It Must Be Something Psychological (2:34)
11. Sambo Carlo (4:06)
12. Vanek (5:52)
13. Whatever Lola Wants (4:22)
14. Sen (3:51)
15. Island Blues (5:08)
16. Fronta Na Rozdil (3:23)
17. Hmm Hmm (5:22)

Betty Lee (Alžbeta Pažoutová) has been interested in music since her childhood. After studies at Prague Conservatory (acting, singing and dancing) she visited New York. During a few months of listening to New York jazz and meeting great musicians, Betty Lee also recorded her debut CD "I Wish You Love".

Currently Betty lives in Prague. She sang with Cosmic People band and Betty Lee Quartet. Now she has author's jazz/pop band - Betty Lee Song Project / BLSP. And Electronic, modern project Atomic Gigolo, also original songs.

Live At Cafe Liberal

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Jan Smigmator - Time To Swing

Size: 102,0 MB
Time: 43:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Hello Young Lovers (2:01)
02. Time To Swing (3:06)
03. Come Rain Or Come Shine (5:14)
04. Nice 'n' Easy (3:01)
05. Quando, Quando, Quando (4:31)
06. In The Midle Of The Night (3:07)
07. Come Fly With Me (2:55)
08. Crazy Dream (3:23)
09. The Lady Is A Tramp (3:11)
10. A Piece Of Music (3:55)
11. Swing Is Back (4:49)
12. Za Svým Snem Jít (4:26)

Jan Smigmator (1986) is a jazz and swing singer, who has adopted the legacy of easy listening vocalists such was Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Mel Tormé and the living legend Tony Bennett.

His style, phrasing and love for jazz and swing music make him one of the artists of this genre in our country. In 2008 Jan successfully finished his music studies at the Prague conservatory in singing (department of pop music and jazz). During his studies he had performed with jazz musicians and orchestras! In 2005 he became a soloist of the legendary Václav Hybš Orchestra with whom he had performed dozens of concerts around Czech Republic.

Jan’s greatest love is singing with big bands; you could catch him as a vocalist of Big Band Polná, West Big Band, Sváta Cech Czech Summit Big Band, Kolín Big Band, Moravia Big Band and also an often guest of Karel Vlach Orchestra, Czech Radio Big Band, Rudolf Mazac Kentonmania Big Band or small bands like Adam Tvrdý Trio, Metropolitan Jazz Band, Bonus Orchestra or Polydor sextet.

Jan Smigmator also performs with his Swinging trio, great gutarist Milan Kašuba and Josef Vejvoda Trio. Jan’s repertoire is very wide, he sings songs from the golden swing era to jazz standards and evergreens to the contemporary pop music.

Time To Swing

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Martina Fiserova - Shift

Size: 101,8 MB
Time: 38:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Silver Streams (5:12)
02. Crater (2:55)
03. Song For Brian (3:13)
04. Cold (3:44)
05. Misunderstanding (2:24)
06. Invisible Blood (3:55)
07. And Fly! (3:03)
08. My Wind (3:09)
09. Chasm (3:11)
10. Silver Moon (4:33)
11. Closer (3:22)

A resident of New York City, Martina Fišerová is an experienced singer and musician from Prague, Czech Republic. She has performed with Impuls, Laco Deczi & Celula New York, Phishbacher Trio, Jan Korínek, Bharata Rajnošek and many others, mostly on the Prague jazz scene and also internationally. Fišerová supported the Czech rock star singer Kamil Strihavka as his backing vocalist for several years while leading her own original acoustic band, and was also honored to join the renowned chanson singer Hana Hegerová in concert. In the fall of 2010, Martina joined the Prague Conservatory Jazz Orchestra (under the leadership of Milan Svoboda), to perform her original songs in Taiwan and Vietnam. In 2011 she took part in creating CD "Ty Lidi" ("These people"), the debut album of bassist Jaryn Janek. In 2012, Blue Season Art Agency released her jazz oriented debut CD "Clearing Fields" recorded with Grammy nominated New York City organist Brian Charette, who is also featured on her second album "Shift", released in 2015. Shift was recorded both in Europe and in the USA and contains eleven original songs written by Martina.

Personnel:
Martina Fišerová: vocals, guitars, tone lyres, slate xylophone, bronze metallophone, keyboard
Brian Charette: piano, hammond B3, keyboards
Dano Šoltis: drums (except for track 5)
Tomáš Baroš: double bass on tracks 1,2,3,6
Jaroslav Janek: bass guitar on track 4
Andrea Valentini: drums on track 5
Michal Matejka: guitar (and a stone) on track 11

Shift

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Rudy Linka - Czech It Out!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:36
Size: 120.4 MB
Styles: Post bop, Guitar jazz
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[5:17] 1. Old And New (Orleans)
[5:56] 2. Just On Time
[4:16] 3. Uptown Express
[7:15] 4. How Deep Is The Ocean
[4:05] 5. Traveler
[5:11] 6. Welcome To The Club
[5:45] 7. Folk Song
[7:20] 8. At This Point
[7:26] 9. Love Letters

Guitarist Rudy Linka covers a lot of ground on his Enja CD, ranging from straightahead standards and a boppish blues to some dry originals worthy of John Scofield, a bossa nova and "Old & New (Orleans)" which combines parade rhythms with a funky blues. Linka's interplay on this trio set with bassist George Mraz and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith is impressive as is the leader's low-volume yet high-intensity solos. ~Scott Yanow

Czech It Out!

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Adam Tvrdy & Brian Charette Project - Suspicious Activities

Size: 116,1 MB
Time: 49:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. Five For Blues (7:01)
02. Serenity (5:11)
03. A Prayer (7:35)
04. Norwegian Wood (6:09)
05. Charm Of November (6:29)
06. It Could Happen To You (7:05)
07. Airy Icons (5:32)
08. Suspicious Activities (4:39)

Trio Jazz with a progressive, contemporary sound featuring Adam Tvrdy, guitar, Brian Charette, Hammond organ and Petr Mikes, drums.

Suspicious Activities

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Free Tenors - Fellowship

Size: 108,0 MB
Time: 46:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Neo-Bop
Art: Front

01. Cervene Jablcko (4:35)
02. Passion Dance (6:50)
03. Erzherzog Johann Jodler (5:26)
04. Fellowship (4:38)
05. Magic Transition (5:30)
06. What Am I Here For (5:38)
07. All The Things (5:53)
08. Kaleidoskop (5:04)
09. Hit Hat (2:26)

Personnel:
Harry Sokal – Saxophone (A)
Bernhard Wiesinger – Saxophone (A)
Ondr(ej Štverác(ek – Saxophone (CZ)
Tomáš Baroš – Bass (CZ)
Marián Ševc(ík – Drums (SK)

FreeTENORS takes you on a musical adventure with phenomenal musicians from three countries — Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia. Harry Sokal — the founder of the band — is one of Europe’s greatest saxophonists. With the idea of forming a band of three saxophones, Sokal began collaborating with Ondr(ej Štverác(ek and Bernhard Wiesinger, two young colleagues from the Czech and Austrian jazz scene.
This ensemble embodies musicians who are searching for a fresh, unconventional, unprecedented approach to the standard jazz form. After the opening of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Harry Sokal was one of the first in Austria to seek like-minded musicians in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. With Tomáš Baroš on double-bass and Marián Ševc(ík on drums, he found the best in their craft and musicianship. They create one of the most remarkable jazz rhythm sections, intensifying the freeTENORS’ colourful, thrilling sound and musical cohesiveness.
The virtuosity and musical skill of these world class musicians inspire their audience to reach greater heights of perceptive listening and to explore a deeper love of jazz.

Fellowship

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