Various - Jazz From Catalonia

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:25
Size: 131.4 MB
Styles: Vocals, Latin jazz rhythms
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[1:19] 1. Os Meus Shorts - Akars
[2:08] 2. David Mengual Free Spirits Big Band - El Resumen
[5:06] 3. The Gramophone Allstars Big Band - Scambalena
[3:42] 4. Celeste - Tengo Una Debilidad
[2:39] 5. Marcel·lí Bayer - I, Mentrestant, En Claudi S'abraçava Al Seu Daguerrotip
[4:10] 6. Ignasi Terraza Trio - Imaginant Miró
[5:52] 7. Nu-Roots - Take 15
[7:46] 8. A La Big Bom Band - Fantasia En Blau
[3:44] 9. Bernat Font Trio - Smiling Woo
[4:46] 10. Roger Mas Group - Vegetarian Barbecue
[2:32] 11. Los Mambo Jambo - La Caza
[4:23] 12. D.O. New Ensemble - Correcaminos
[9:12] 13. Albert Sanz - Dolphin's Blues

The aim of this compilation is to give visibility to the music sector in Catalonia and show the vitality of the Catalan record labels. To this end, the CDs are distributed in different fairs where the Department of Culture attends, as well as among international professionals interested in the music produced in Catalonia. The song selection is made by professionals (journalists, programmers, music critics, etc.) based on simple criteria such as quality and internationalization capacity of the different musical ideas. All three discs contain information about each group, as well as the contact details of the record labels and their respective management offices.

Jazz From Catalonia

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The Gramophone Allstars - Just Delightin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:52
Size: 82.1 MB
Styles: Ska, Jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:38] 1. In A Mellow Tone
[3:45] 2. Gettin' Hot
[3:17] 3. A Night In Tunisia
[2:58] 4. Taronja
[2:59] 5. Oh, No, Not My Baby
[3:01] 6. Mumps' Invasion
[2:58] 7. A Song For Pauleta
[4:34] 8. Round Trip
[2:53] 9. The Memphis Train
[2:14] 10. Vietnam
[3:18] 11. Makin' Love With Loneliness
[0:10] 12. What An Equinox

THE GRAMOPHONE ALLSTARS band was born in 2007 in Barcelona and their musical proposal is a mixture of ska music and jazz, but also keeping a close eye on styles like rocksteady, soul and boogaloo. All this musical universe can be found in their concerts. They also use the name of "SIDE B" for the shows in which the band experiments with diferent formats, new arrangements or curious sceneries.

Their first album entitled Just Delightin' (Silver Bullets-Brixton Records, 2008) features twelve tracks – eight own penned compositions and four covers – that display the most prominent styles practiced by Jamaican musicians during the sixties: ska, ska-jazz, rocksteady, reggae and a bit of soul and latin stuff. Although we are talking about a very young band, their members have long experience in the Jamaican music scene of Catalonia as well as playing other music styles such as jazz, fusion, rock, pop and funk.

Just Delightin'

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The Gramophone Allstars Big Band - Jazzmaica

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:07
Size: 96.4 MB
Styles: Reggae, Funk, Jazz
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[5:05] 1. Scambalena
[4:28] 2. Color Him Father
[3:29] 3. Miracles
[5:30] 4. Can't Get Enough
[1:30] 5. Wise Two
[5:49] 6. Sophisticated Babylon
[4:53] 7. I Wish
[4:35] 8. (When) Twistin' I Love Him So
[2:29] 9. If You Can Want
[4:15] 10. Funky Kingston

The Gramophone Allstars publica el seu quart disc, ‘Jazzmaica’, on busca el punt de trobada entre la música afroamericana dels seixanta i els ritmes jamaicans. El grup, ampliat ara fins al format de big band, explora i reescriu el camí recorregut dècades enrere pels músics de l’illa caribenya en descobrir per les emissores nord-americanes els hits del soul, el funk o el rhythm & blues. Aquestes són ara les matèries primes del projecte ‘Jazzmaica’: temes clàssics de Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke o Ray Charles al costat d’altres referents potser menys reivindicats com The Winstons, Jackson Sisters o Smokey Robinson. Els seus temes prenen una nova dimensió gràcies als sorprenents arranjaments, en clau jamaicana i amb la potència d’una big band. Tot un repte musical que, amb 15 músics sonant alhora, eleva a la màxima potència l’energia i l’explosivitat d’unes cançons que van néixer amb l’objectiu de fer ballar. ‘Jazzmaica’ representa l’aposta més ambiciosa en la trajectòria de The Gramophone Allstars. Una personalitat musical que ja s’ha plasmat en els discos ‘Just delightin’ (Silver Bullets, 2008), ‘Simbiosi’ (Liquidator, 2010) i ‘Levitant a la deriva’ (Liquidator, 2011). Sis anys de treball intens que els ha dut a tocar al principal festival europeu de l’escena jamaicana, el Rototom Sunsplash, a fer de backing band del reconegut Mr. T-Bone o a penjar un soldout en la presentació del darrer disc a l’Auditori de Barcelona.

Jazzmaica

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