Ike Moriz - Blue Moon

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:19
Size: 126.6 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:41] 1. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
[4:02] 2. Blue Moon
[4:08] 3. Besame Mucho (Lounge Mix)
[4:01] 4. This Love Of Mine
[2:59] 5. Learning The Blues
[2:43] 6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[3:53] 7. What A Wonderful World
[4:29] 8. There Is No Greater Love
[5:14] 9. Isn't It Romantic
[2:00] 10. Blue Skies
[3:03] 11. Summertime
[2:50] 12. Mean To Me
[3:37] 13. Blue Velvet
[2:48] 14. Strangers In The Night
[2:32] 15. Nowhere Man
[4:13] 16. From Russia With Love (Bonus Track)

Since returning from touring Europe at the end of 2009 where Ike also shot the music video for STARRY NIGHT (youtube) he has now completed his 8th studio album entitled ‘Blue Moon’. The album contains 16 smooth & jazzy crooners/torch songs from well known hits like ‘What a Wonderful World’, ‘Besame Mucho’ and ‘Summertime’ to jazzy adaptions of John Lennon’s ‘Nowhere Man’, Elvis Presley’s ‘Blue Moon’ and Dean Martin’s ‘Mean To Me’. It ends with a bonus track, namely Ike’s version of the famous James Bond movie title hit song ‘From Russia With Love’. Like on his previous Jazz/Swing albums Ike has once again recorded with multitalented SA navy big band leader Willie van Zyl (saxophones, clarinet) and UK pianist A.McPike.

Blue Moon

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Ike Moriz - At Last

Size: 118,6 MB
Time: 50:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues/Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. The Devil Is Real In Your Mind (3:11)
02. To Cape Town (2:38)
03. Smooth And Nice (4:31)
04. At Last (3:49)
05. Forevermore (2:56)
06. Senorita Blues (3:16)
07. This Could Be Love (3:21)
08. It Ain't Necessarily So (4:12)
09. Think I'm A Millionaire (3:49)
10. Until Their Lights Are Out (Alien Blues) (2:58)
11. Hound Dog (2:46)
12. Disillusion Blues (4:26)
13. Georgia On My Mind (3:30)
14. These Eyes Are Not Yours (2:55)
15. You Are My Sunshine (2:26)

Ike Moriz takes the Blues to South Africa & brings it back to the world with a fresh new face! Since releasing his latest album in 2012, South Africa's international singing sensation Ike Moriz has written exciting new material in the blues rock genre for his 14th studio album to date - the title: 'AT LAST'. Moriz has taken the blues 'To Cape Town' - his home of choice (and the title of one of his new songs) at the southernmost tip of Africa where he rounded up some of the best musical talent the country has to offer to create his version of classic blues. Inspired by his recent marriage, the birth of his daughter and his tour through Southern Europe & Northern Africa, he has crafted an array of songs reflecting these experiences of the past 2 years.

The album opens with a song that already sounds like it could be a classic blues standard: 'The Devil Is Real In Your Mind'. Minimalist, clear & strong lyrics with a highly dynamic arrangement to get Ike's message across. The song is followed by the aforementioned 'To Cape Town', an upbeat blues folk/rock song about arriving in Ike's hometown - one of the most beautiful cities in the world. If you are looking for Ike's typical tongue-in-cheek stories, then look out for 'Think I'm A Millionaire', 'Disillusion Blues' and 'Until Their Lights Are Out (Alien Blues)'.

Besides his original songs we can also find a couple of covers in fresh new arrangements like Horace Silver's classic jazzy 'Señor Blues' with slightly altered lyrics to fit ike's message, as well as Gershwin's Porgy & Bess rebel 'It Ain't Necessarily So'. Moriz also breathes new life into the 1952 Elvis hit 'Hound Dog' and Hoagy Carmichael's standard 'Georgia On My Mind' with the incredibly gifted navy big band leader Willie van Zyl on saxophone and clarinet. The CD ends on a high note with a song that most parents have sung to their children: 'You Are My Sunshine' by Oliver Hood.

The general theme of the album can be summarised with the words 'At Last'. Have a listen to find out why!

At Last

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