Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro Quintet - Live At Jamboree Barcelona (Feat. Scott Hamilton)

Styles: Vocal,Trumpet And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:20
Size: 175,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:24) 1. Exactly Like You
(6:45) 2. Meditaçao
(6:33) 3. I Fall In Love Too Easily
(4:33) 4. Sun Showers
(7:41) 5. Someday My Prince Will Come
(5:45) 6. Moody's Mood For Love
(6:19) 7. Chega De Saudhade
(7:42) 8. Summertime
(6:25) 9. Lullaby Of Birdland
(5:18) 10. Corcovado
(5:16) 11. All Too Soon
(5:27) 12. My Baby Just Cares For Me
(3:06) 13. This Year's Kisses (Bonus Track)

"A friend recommended Andrea to me, and she's definitely a "comer," someone worth a lot of encouragement. I'm frankly tired of guitar-strumming singer-songwriters who do all "original material" because the harmonies of standards (like "Body and Soul" or "All the Things You Are") are totally beyond their reach. Andrea is taking a far more sophisticated path, reminiscent of Chet Baker -in both her singing and trumpet work- than any other musician.

She was in her early teens when this album was made. Her voice lacks mature body and firm, sustaining breath support both her singing and trumpet- but is nonetheless most pleasant, with clear elocution and precise intonation. And her trumpet work sparkles with note choices that are melodic and "hip." You can only hope she has the right teachers and influences to nurture her undeniable talent. Also, one might hope that she doesn't overdo the guitars. I'm not hearing the support of a firm walking bass or of a drummer with a strong hi-hat clap and ringing ride cymbal. Pianos are on the verge of extinction the reason I go back to Bill Evans and Duke Ellington for the majority of my listening. The presence of Scott Hamilton makes this album a no-brainer.
By Samuel Chell https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/joan-chamorro-andrea-motis-albums/6061-live-at-jamboree-barcelona-cd-dvd-featuring-scott-hamilton.html

Personnel: Andrea Motis (vocal, trumpet & Alto sax), Scott Hamilton (tenor sax), Joan Chamorro (bass), Ignasi Terraza (piano & Hammond organ), Josep Traver (guitar), and Esteve Pi (drums).

Live At Jamboree Barcelona (Feat. Scott Hamilton)

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Ignasi Terraza - Live at the Living Room, Bangkok

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:16
Size: 168,4 MB
Art: Front

(7:29)  1. An Emotional Dance
(4:49)  2. Les dotze van tocant
(4:59)  3. Georgia on My Mind
(6:49)  4. Give Me Another
(7:58)  5. Motherland
(4:21)  6. Waltz for Auro
(4:58)  7. Corcovado
(3:38)  8. Under the Sun
(4:50)  9. Oscar's Will
(7:03) 10. Canco num.6
(4:44) 11. Chega de saudade
(5:49) 12. Blues for Stephanie
(5:42) 13. Liner Notes (by Claudio Cifuentes, Albert Mallofre, Joe Zender)

Pianist Ignasi Terraza has led trios and quartets for twenty years, collaborating with Spain's finest jazz musicians along the way. He's also played with saxophone legends Teddy Edwards, Lou Donaldson and Frank Wess, singer Stacey Kent, and trumpeter Jon Faddis. ...Live at the Living Room, Bangkok documents his trio, over two nights in the Thai capital, and shows just why Terraza has been first-call pianist for top jazz musicians visiting Barcelona. This nicely varied set includes standards, calypso, bossa nova, blues, five Terraza originals and the pianist's arrangements of two Catalan folk songs. Terraza is unashamedly old-school in his conception, influenced by pianist Oscar Peterson's graceful virtuosity, Wynton Kelly's blues, and arguably most of all by Ahmad Jamal's sense of space and dynamics. However, as this wonderful set demonstrates, Terraza is never imitative, personalizing a well-worn standard like Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Corcovado," whose intro he and bassist Pierre Boussaguet imbue with a classical air, the pianist's two-handed dialogue captivating. Jobim and Vinicius De Moraes's "Chega de Saudade" is also dressed in new robes, with a classical lining and swinging four-four time makeover. Terraza balances brilliant technique with a deft touch and an unerringly strong, melodic center.

"An Emotional Dance" is an invigorating example of Terraza's compositional flair, and his ability to solo at breathtaking speed without abandoning the song's melody. Boussaguet and drummer Esteve Pi are seasoned players and provide great support throughout. Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell's "Georgia on My Mind" begins with a delicate piano intro and Pi's brushes. Boussaguet provides leisurely counterpoint to Terraza's soulful playing until the half-way point, when Terraza takes the tune onto another plane by unleashing dizzyingly fast and swirling runs over strong left-hand jangling. The fast-paced workout of "Oscar's Will" draws from stride and ragtime as much as bop. The tuneful "Give Me Another" underlines that Terraza doesn't have to go at a gallop to impress. Terraza makes a very Jamal-influenced trio arrangement of "Les dotze van tocant," a Catalan Christmas carol. Terraza has borrowed from Catalan folk before, with guitarist Miguel Llobet}}'s "El Noi de la Mar" given a jazzy yuletide treatment on Christmas Swings in Barcelona (K Industria, 2003), and he's clearly at home in this terrain. Catalan composer Federico Mompou's lovely "Canco num. 6" veers between softly voiced lyricism and vibrant trio interplay. 

The other Terraza originals include the dancing "Waltz for Auro," with a walking bass and ride cymbal at full tilt, and a calypso of irresistible rhythm and melodic charm, "Under the Sun." Boussaguet's impressive "Motherland," however, carries more dramatic ebb and flow, with Terraza's breathtaking virtuosity once again on show. Former Count Basie bassist John Clayton Jr.'s "Blues for Stephanie" puts a bouncing seal on an excellent set. Five minutes of audio liner notes bear the visually impaired in mind, and run in Spanish, Catalan, English and Thai. It's a nice touch, and symbolic of the inclusive, all-encompassing outlook that Terraza brings to his music. His jazz may be firmly rooted in the tradition, but it contains a whole world of vibrant colors. ~ Ian Patterson https://www.allaboutjazz.com/live-at-the-living-room-bangkok-swit-records-review-by-ian-patterson.php

Personnel: Ignasi Terraza (piano), Pierre Boussaguet (bass), Esteve Pi (drums).

Live at the Living Room, Bangkok

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Toni Solà & Ignasi Terraza Trio - Night Sounds

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:32
Size: 125,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:37)  1. End Of A Love Affair (Redding)
(5:19)  2. You've Changed
(4:30)  3. Just In Time
(5:38)  4. Quintessence
(4:57)  5. Beautiful Love
(4:57)  6. My Romance
(4:32)  7. Afternoon In Paris (Lewis)
(5:24)  8. Ciao, Ciao (Turrentine)
(3:48)  9. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
(4:40) 10. When Sunny Gets Blue
(6:06) 11. Night Sounds Blues

Hard to find Toni Solà recording debut as leader, finally available. Really a collector's item and a must have for Modern Mainstream fans. A job emerged from the collaboration of saxophonist Toni Solà with the trio of Ignasi Terraza. There, Toni’s saxophone, with a warm and sensual sound, will gradually seducing us with his serenity and lyricism.  Accompanied by a magnificent Ignasi Terraza trio who shows, with elegance and authority, a wide range of stylistic resources. We can advise in this record this group’s sweet moment, emphasized by the maturity and training reached after three months of playing the show “Jazz a les fosques” on a daily basis, just before this recording. The repertoire, consisting of little known standards, surprise us nailing the proposal. Night falls, the silence is imposed, the time has come to hear the “night sounds.” http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/night_sounds-cd-5548.html

Featuring: Toni Solà (ts & ss), Ignasi Terraza (p), Manuel Alvarez (b), Oriol Bordas (d)

Night Sounds

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