Jacinta - Laurent Filipe Presents a Tribute to Bessie Smith

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:01
Size: 119,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:32)  1. Downhearted Blues
(4:07)  2. Pinchbacks - Take 'em Away
(3:22)  3. Keeps On A-Rainin
(6:44)  4. Sing Sing Prison Blues
(3:19)  5. Jailhouse Blues
(5:49)  6. Baby Wont't You Please Come Home
(4:34)  7. Weepin Willow Blues
(4:01)  8. I Ain´t Got Nobody
(3:01)  9. Cake Walkin' Babies
(6:07) 10. Mama's Got The blues
(4:11) 11. Empty Red Blues
(3:08) 12. He's Gone Blues

Jacinta Brondgeest was born in Oregon, but at six weeks her family relocated to Sydney, Australia. After years of being in bands, in 1997 Jacinta decided to take the solo artist route (with a solo name), writing and performing her own dance music around Australia. Eventually, she started her own record label, Chunky Music, as well, releasing her first album, Sandalwood: Under the Influence, in 2000. The single "Wonderland" had enough play on Australian radio that it landed Jacinta a writing gig for the Australian/Canadian children's television show The Saddle Club. After moving to Austin, TX, to try her luck in the States, in 2005 Jacinta issued her second album, Smokescreen, whose first single, "Sunshine," had its own album of remixes that came out the same year. Destination followed in 2006. ~ Marisa Brown https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/laurent-filipe-presents-a-tribute-to-bessie-smith/id697106071

Laurent Filipe Presents a Tribute to Bessie Smith

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Jacinta - Recycle Swing

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:02
Size: 145,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:21)  1. You Stepped Out of a Dream
(5:05)  2. They Can't Take That Away from Me
(3:26)  3. Yesterdays
(6:18)  4. How Long Has This Been Going On
(4:58)  5. Feeling Good (Radio Cut)
(4:48)  6. I’ve Got the World On a String
(6:45)  7. Prelude to a Kiss
(3:46)  8. Our Love Is Here to Stay
(3:28)  9. Too Darn Hot
(5:47) 10. When Sunny Gets Blue
(3:57) 11. Frim Fram Sauce
(3:43) 12. Everyday I Have the Blues
(5:35) 13. Feeling Good

Singer Jacinta's Recycle Swing is a tribute to Broadway's Golden Era, when cabaret music abounded and the likes of the Gershwins and Leonard Bernstein were getting increasingly popular. Indeed, Broadway had "the world on a string," and so does the jazz vocalist in this remarkable homage which includes, coincidently, the Ted Koehler/Harold Arlen masterpiece "I've Got The World On a String" (1932).

Singer Jacinta's ethereal baritone is the perfect vessel for these iconic songs, accurately conveying the compositions' message and tone whilst never failing to bring something new to the table. Adding Lorenzo Petrocca's guitar to a quintessential jazz trio was a clever move; while it merges with the other instruments in a fitting way, it most definitely adds a fresh touch that is all-pervasive throughout the entire album.

Jacinta is, undeniably, in good company. Accompanied by a panoply of extraordinary musicians including eminent drummer Marcel Gustke, Recycle Swing by and large grasps the Broadway feel. There's no need for colossal arrangements or changes; the music speaks for itself in its simplicity and brilliance, all-embracing and articulate, never turned into something it was not before while remaining as contemporary as ever. 

~ Ana Francisca Gonçalves Pereira  

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=43430#.Uqdud-Iufkc

Personnel: Jacinta: vocals; Lorenzo Petrocca: guitar; Gee Hye Lee: piano; Jens Loh: double bass; Marcel Gustke: drums.

Recycle Swing

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