Shirley Horn - You're My Thrill

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:21
Size: 123,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:47)  1. You're My Thrill
(2:37)  2. The Best Is Yet To Come
(5:06)  3. Solitary Moon
(2:59)  4. Sharing The Night With The Blues
(4:48)  5. I Got Lost In His Arms
(3:38)  6. The Rules Of The Road
(4:39)  7. My Heart Stood Still
(1:59)  8. You'd Better Love Me
(5:14)  9. The Very Thought Of You
(2:46) 10. Why Don't You Do Right
(7:44) 11. All Night Long

With the swanky midnight mood of their previous collaboration Here's to Life in mind, Shirley Horn and arranger Johnny Mandel go at it again a move that is sure to send her legions of latter-day fans into blissful orbit. This time, though, the six sophisticated string-laden ballads are interspersed with five relatively short, swinging numbers with just Horn, her trio, and various instrumental guests. As a result, you get a better balanced album, not weighted too much in one direction or another. Mandel's orchestrations are paragons of subtlety, sometimes creeping almost imperceptibly like a slow moving fog upon Horn's trio. Like his singer, Mandel respects the value of silence and space; they're a well matched pair, their different ideas of timing dovetail together neatly. Though some of us would have wanted Horn and her jazzmen to stretch out more on the small group tracks, they do serve effectively as breathers, or intermezzos, in between the languorous collaborations with Mandel. 

In lieu of the participation of Wynton Marsalis (who contributed to Here's to Life), Carl Saunders offers some soulful trumpet obbligato work on "Solitary Moon." Guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Brian Bromberg also appear on the small group tracks Malone even does a soft focused rockabilly thing on "Why Don't You Do Right?" while bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams stoke the rhythm in Horn's trio. Another worthy stylish outing for Horn. ~ Richard S.Ginell  http://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-my-thrill-mw0000000163

Personnel: Shirley Horn (vocals, piano); Russell Malone, Dorival Caymmi (guitar); Carl Saunders (trumpet); Alan Broadbent (piano); Steve Williams (drums, percussion); Steven Schaeffer (drums).

You're My Thrill

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VA - Dorival Caymmi Centenario

Size: 132,0 MB
Time: 56:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Brazilian Rhythms
Art: Front

01. Caetano Veloso & Chico Buarque - O Que E Que A Bahiana Tem (4:19)
02. Nana Caymmi - Sargaço Mar (3:33)
03. Caetano Veloso - Saudade Da Bahia (3:45)
04. Gilberto Gil - Rosa Morena (3:24)
05. Caetano Veloso - Dora (4:15)
06. Danilo Caymmi - Vatapa (3:08)
07. Caetano Veloso - Joao Valentao (3:51)
08. Mario Adnet - A Vizinha Do Lado (3:46)
09. Caetano Veloso - A Lenda Do Abaete (3:20)
10. Gilberto Gil - Samba Da Minha Terra (3:18)
11. Caetano Veloso - Sabado Em Copacabana (4:00)
12. Chico Buarque - Marina (4:08)
13. Danilo Caymmi - Nem Eu (4:32)
14. Dori Caymmi - O Bem Do Mar (3:46)
15. Nana Caymmi, Danilo Caymmi & Dori Caymmi - Cançao Da Partida (3:11)

Dorival Caymmi (born April 30, 1914 in Salvador, Bahia - August 16, 2008, Rio de Janeiro) is considered to be one to the most important songwriters in Brazilian popular music. The son of an Italian immigrant and a black Bahian woman, he has a distinctive style of his own and is the writer of many classic songs. The sambas, such as ‘O Samba Da Minha Terra’, have become standards of Música Popular Brasileira. He also wrote ballads celebrating the fearless fishermen of Bahia, including Promessa de Pescador and O Vento.

Although his songs celebrate the people of Bahia and he himself is enshrined in the popular Brazilian imagination as the archetypal Bahian, he moved to Rio de Janeiro to find fame in the 1930’s and never moved back to Bahia.

He became a contemporary and sometimes rival of composer Ary Barroso and enjoyed a lifelong friendship with Bahian author Jorge Amado. Dorival Caymmi first achieved success in the late 1930s with Carmen Miranda, for whom he composed ‘O Que é Que a Baiana Tem?’. He recorded for five decades, both singing solo with his own guitar accompaniment, and backed by bands and orchestras. In the 1960s many of his songs were covered by bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto, and he collaborated with Antonio Carlos Jobim. Among the many musicians heavily influenced by Dorival Caymmi are Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil.

Dorival Caymmi passed away at age 94 on August 16, 2008 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, of multiple organ failure.

Dorival Caymmi Centenario

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