Jan Lundgren Trio - Plays The Music Of Victor Young

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:51
Size: 139.3 MB
Styles: Bop, Piano jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:49] 1. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You (With Stacey Kent)
[5:19] 2. A Weaver Of Dreams (With Johnny Griffin)
[5:44] 3. Song Of Delilah
[2:36] 4. Golden Earrings
[5:02] 5. A Hundred Years From Today (With Deborah Brown)
[3:56] 6. Street Of Dreams (With Stacey Kent)
[4:41] 7. Sweet Sue (Just You)
[3:59] 8. Love Letters
[6:21] 9. Stella By Starlight (With Deborah Brown)
[6:19] 10. When I Fall In Love (With Johnny Griffin)
[5:35] 11. Alone At Last
[4:37] 12. Beautiful Love (With Deborah Brown)
[2:47] 13. My Foolish Heart (With Stacey Kent)

Pianist Jan Lundgren is a jazz musician much in the mold of such '60s icons as Dave Brubeck and Horace Silver. Lundgren's measured and crisp technique give him an edge in bringing challenging, modern jazz to a wider more populist audience. He plays in an "in" style reminiscent of many late-'50s to early-'60s musicians but always seems to be able to add a harmonic nod toward the future. Similarly, Victor Young, one of the most prolific Hollywood composers during the 1940s, produced some of the most performed songs in jazz history. These "standards" with their unique combination of hummable melodies over complex harmonic arrangements fit perfectly with Lundgren's style. This immensely listenable session opens with a gorgeous rendition of "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" featuring vocalist Stacey Kent. Kent has a sweet, sprightly, utterly irresistible voice that is the perfect introduction to the rest of this well-paced album. Juxtaposed to Kent's light, swinging approach is adventurous vocalist Deborah Brown who combines the best improvisatory abilities of Betty Carter and Ella Fitzgerald. Brown joins Lundgren and bandmates, bassist Mattias Svensson and drummer Rasmus Kihlberg on songs such as "Stella By Starlight" and "Beautiful Love." Rounding out the disc is the legendary tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin who brings his ruddy, warm sound to the up-tempo "A Weaver of Dreams" and "When I Fall in Love." ~Matt Collar

Plays The Music Of Victor Young

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Deborah Brown - For The Love Of Ivie: A Tribute to Ivie Anderson

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:39
Size: 120.5 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[5:59] 1. Mood Indigo
[3:16] 2. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[7:10] 3. Your Love Has Faded
[4:13] 4. I'm Satisfied
[3:19] 5. Solitude
[3:17] 6. Black Beauty
[3:30] 7. It Was A Sad Night In Harlem
[4:13] 8. All God's Chillun
[5:16] 9. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
[5:29] 10. My Old Flame
[3:38] 11. I'm Checkin' Out, Goom-Bye
[3:09] 12. Stormy Weather
[0:03] 13. That's The Version

Ivie Anderson was Duke Ellington's mainstay singer from 1931 to 1942, melding the depth of Billie Holiday with the sophisticated attitude of Lena Horne. Deborah Brown is one of the finest modern jazz vocalists ever to grace live venues and recording studios. In common with Anderson, she is a musician's vocalist, having played with the likes of Slide Hampton, Cedar Walton, Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Michel Legrand, Toots Thielemans and Roy Hargrove, amply showing the respect in which she is regarded by the players, as well as her great adaptability. With For The Love Of Ivie , Brown takes Anderson's repertoire in a modern direction—swinging, scatting, and crooning with a group of outstanding European musicians, its core consisting of drummer Eric Ineke's Jazz Xpress, one of the continent's best groups.

Well-recorded and mastered, with sensitive and responsive instrumentalists, the recording tastefully transcends Anderson and the Duke, mirroring the many moods and idioms of jazz, from blues, Latin and swing to bebop and beyond, with Brown delivering her typically disciplined yet lively and swinging interpretations. Few singers, if any, can match her unwavering precision, timing, vocal technique, and synchronization. Throughout this album, she sings intelligently, with resonant voice, and controlled expression of emotion, backed up with lively accompaniment and solos that pleasingly frame Brown's voice. It's all together a moveable jazz songfest.

In addition to the Ellington classics like "Mood Indigo," "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing," and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," the album includes Billy Strayhorn's "Your Love Has Faded," featuring superb trombone work by Bart Van Lier, and standards like "My Old Flame" and "Stormy Weather." An instrumental version of Ellington's "Black Beauty" shows off the sidemen's talents, while Brown's artful rendition of the lovely blues-oriented ballad, "It Was a Sad Night in Harlem," is a dark horse number. Brown grew up in Kansas City (where she now resides), spent time in New Orleans, and was later based in Holland, where she mentored students such as JD Walter. Harking back to the days of swing and bebop, this album reflects Brown's KC roots enhanced by the European experience.Topping off the album's high quality are excellent liner notes, session photographs, and a precious photograph of Ellington and Anderson with band members, at what appears to be a train station in The Hague, Netherlands.

A great way to listen to this album is to pair it off with Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (EPM, 1996). In particular, Anderson's melancholic version of "Mood Indigo" includes a signature solo by Ben Webster, and contrasts sharply with Brown's Latin-spiced rendition. It's also fun to contemplate which of them merits the seven-second exclamation, "That's the Version!" which Brown tacked onto her CD. ~Vitor L. Schermer

Deborah Brown: vocals, piano; Benjamin Herman: alto saxophone; Bart Van Lier: trombone; Sjoerd Dijkhuizen: clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone; Rik Mol: trumpet, flugelhorn; Rob Van Bavel: piano; Eric Ineke: drums, cymbals, percussion.

For The Love Of Ivie: A Tribute to Ivie Anderson

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Kluvers Big Band (Feat Deborah Brown) - Live In Tivoli

Styles: Jazz, Big Band, Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:14
Size: 133,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:19)  1. Centerpice
(5:36)  2. Always And Forever
(5:30)  3. I Love Being Here With You
(5:33)  4. After Pertubation
(3:11)  5. Errand Girl
(3:21)  6. Got The Jitters
(5:56)  7. Don't Go to Strangers
(8:08)  8. My Favorite Things
(5:38)  9. Atonal
(5:35) 10. Never A Care
(5:21) 11. Make Up Your Mind

In November 1997 we released "Live In Tivoli", one of the orchestra's regular partners singer Deborah Brown is the featured soloist. The CD was recorded during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in 1996 and contains a varied repertoire of eminent events. Translate by google  http://www.aarhusjazzorchestra.dk/aarhus-jazz-orchestra-cd.php

Kluvers Big Band: Jens Chr. Jensen, Marc Berstein (alto sax); Lars Møller (tenor sax); Michael Lund (baritone sax); Kurt Holm, Torben Sminge, Henrik Hou Jørgensen, Lars Schuster (trumpet); Knud Schwaner, Nikolai Pedersen, Niels Jacob Nørgaard, David Springfield (trombones); Lisbeth Iversen (piano); Søren Addemos (guitar); Jens Jefsen (bass); Morten Lund (drums); Steen Råhauge (percussion); Deborah Brown (vocal)

Live In Tivoli

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Deborah Brown - Jazz 4 Jazz

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 65:53
Size: 150.8 MB
Styles: Vocals, Standards
Year: 1988/1993/2000
Art: Front

[5:03] 1. Little Esther
[4:24] 2. Denise
[6:30] 3. Finally
[4:55] 4. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[8:05] 5. Embraceable You
[7:42] 6. Since I Fell For You
[7:31] 7. I Thought About You
[3:06] 8. My Romance
[3:26] 9. What Is This Thing Called Love
[5:08] 10. When We Were One
[2:53] 11. Bebop
[7:03] 12. When I Fall In Love

A pleasing and swinging singer who has not become famous in the United States despite her talents, Deborah Brown is in top form on this 1993 reissue of a set recorded in 1988 for the tiny Reaction label. Accompanied by a top-notch trio of American expatriates (pianist Horace Parlan, bassist Red Mitchell, and drummer Ed Thigpen), Brown swings her way through such songs as "It Don't Mean a Thing," "I Thought About You," "My Romance," and Dizzy Gillespie's "Bebop." This CD starts out a little unusual with one song apiece by Parlan, Thigpen, and Mitchell, tunes that give Deborah Brown an opportunity to show how creative a singer she is, before she tackles the well-known standards. Happily, Brown has remained active in Europe into the 21st century. Recommended. ~Scott Yanow

Jazz 4 Jazz

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Deborah Brown & The Eric Ineke Jazzxpress - For The Love Of Ivie

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:28
Size: 120,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:59)  1. Mood Indigo
(5:29)  2. My Old Flame
(3:37)  3. I'm Checkin' Out, Goom-Bye
(3:07)  4. Stormy Weather
(3:16)  5. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
(7:09)  6. Your Love Has Faded
(4:13)  7. I'm Satisfied
(3:19)  8. Solitude
(3:17)  9. Black Beauty
(3:30) 10. It Was A Sad Night In Harlem
(4:11) 11. All God's Chillun
(5:16) 12. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

Ivie Anderson was Duke Ellington's mainstay singer from 1931 to 1942, melding the depth of Billie Holiday with the sophisticated attitude of Lena Horne. Deborah Brown is one of the finest modern jazz vocalists ever to grace live venues and recording studios. In common with Anderson, she is a musician's vocalist, having played with the likes of Slide Hampton, Cedar Walton, Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Michel Legrand, Toots Thielemans and Roy Hargrove, amply showing the respect in which she is regarded by the players, as well as her great adaptability. With For The Love Of Ivie , Brown takes Anderson's repertoire in a modern direction swinging, scatting, and crooning with a group of outstanding European musicians, its core consisting of drummer Eric Ineke's Jazz Xpress, one of the continent's best groups. Well-recorded and mastered, with sensitive and responsive instrumentalists, the recording tastefully transcends Anderson and the Duke, mirroring the many moods and idioms of jazz, from blues, Latin and swing to bebop and beyond, with Brown delivering her typically disciplined yet lively and swinging interpretations. 

Few singers, if any, can match her unwavering precision, timing, vocal technique, and synchronization. Throughout this album, she sings intelligently, with resonant voice, and controlled expression of emotion, backed up with lively accompaniment and solos that pleasingly frame Brown's voice. It's all together a moveable jazz songfest.In addition to the Ellington classics like "Mood Indigo," "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing," and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," the album includes Billy Strayhorn's "Your Love Has Faded," featuring superb trombone work by Bart Van Lier, and standards like "My Old Flame" and "Stormy Weather." An instrumental version of Ellington's "Black Beauty" shows off the sidemen's talents, while Brown's artful rendition of the lovely blues-oriented ballad, "It Was a Sad Night in Harlem," is a dark horse number. 

Brown grew up in Kansas City (where she now resides), spent time in New Orleans, and was later based in Holland, where she mentored students such as JD Walter. Harking back to the days of swing and bebop, this album reflects Brown's KC roots enhanced by the European experience. Topping off the album's high quality are excellent liner notes, session photographs, and a precious photograph of Ellington and Anderson with band members, at what appears to be a train station in The Hague, Netherlands. A great way to listen to this album is to pair it off with Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (EPM, 1996). In particular, Anderson's melancholic version of "Mood Indigo" includes a signature solo by Ben Webster, and contrasts sharply with Brown's Latin-spiced rendition. It's also fun to contemplate which of them merits the seven-second exclamation, "That's the Version!" which Brown tacked onto her CD. ~ Victor L.Schermer  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/for-the-love-of-ivie-a-tribute-to-ivie-anderson-deborah-brown-challenge-records-review-by-victor-l-schermer.php#.U-6wkmNryKI
 

Personnel: Deborah Brown: vocals, piano; Benjamin Herman: alto saxophone; Bart Van Lier: trombone; Sjoerd Dijkhuizen: clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone; Rik Mol: trumpet, flugelhorn; Rob Van Bavel: piano; Eric Ineke: drums, cymbals, percussion.

For The Love Of Ivie

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