Lluís Coloma Trio - 7 Nights At Central

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:47
Size: 157.5 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[ 5:04] 1. Hurricane's Boogie
[ 4:14] 2. African Gospel
[ 3:58] 3. Coloma's Boogie
[ 4:51] 4. Sleeping
[ 3:51] 5. Betsy's Silent Movie
[ 4:26] 6. Campi Qui Boogie
[ 3:51] 7. Bumble Boogie
[ 8:05] 8. Darkness Dance
[ 4:58] 9. Longhair's Tribute
[ 6:35] 10. The Spirit Of The Blues
[13:02] 11. Cromatic Boogie
[ 5:46] 12. Georgia On My Mind (Bis)

Lluis Coloma (p), Manolo Germán (b), Marc Ruiz (d).

"This CD includes twelve tracks recorded during a week of concerts at Café Central in Madrid. Seven nights wrapped up by a unique atmosphere and the warm audience of one of the most magic places where we have played. With Marc and Manolo, I have shared more than eight years playing concerts, living experiences, traveling, rehearsing, laughing... which make this CD full of complicity and feeling. A honest taste of our music." ~Lluis Coloma

7 Nights At Central

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Lluís Coloma, Carl Sonny Leyland - Telling Our Stories

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:19
Size: 145.0 MB
Styles: Blues-jazz piano, Boogie woogie
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Boogie Boogie Gallop
[4:34] 2. Swipesy Cakewalk
[5:28] 3. Rolling Tumbleweeds
[4:24] 4. Detour Through Melancholia
[4:43] 5. Destroying The Boogie
[5:05] 6. Trembling Blues
[5:41] 7. Avalon
[4:54] 8. After Glowers
[3:03] 9. Good Gravy Rag
[5:37] 10. Hindustan
[3:39] 11. It's A Brand New Boogie
[5:27] 12. Swanee River Boogie
[3:14] 13. Your Cheating Heart
[4:13] 14. Sun's Gonna Shine On Pretty Redwing Someday

Lluís Coloma (p), Carl Sonny Leyland (p & vcl).

Lluís Coloma and Carl Sonny Leyland first met nearly 20 years ago at the Boogie Woogie Festival in LaRoquebrou, France. After that initial meeting, their paths crossed on numerous occasions and a mutual admiration and close friendship developed.

Now, they have the opportunity to present this collection of duet recordings. Considered to be two of the most original and creative pianists in the blues and boogie genre, Carl Sonny & Lluís know the tradition intimately, but are not afraid to introduce new elements which they incorporate in a truly organic and natural way. While these two players and composers each have their own very defined and personal sounds, they join together seamlessly here for a musical conversation filled with creativity, spontaneity, and virtuosity.

Carl Sonny Leyland & Lluís Coloma present in these recordings an innovative mix of tradition and modernity that will transport the listener to unexpected places full of magic and complexity.

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Bob Seeley, Lluis Coloma - International Boogie Woogie Explosion

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:58
Size: 153.3 MB
Styles: Piano blues, Boogie woogie
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:24] 1. Sixth Avenue Express
[4:51] 2. Suitcase Blues
[4:04] 3. Bumble Boogie
[5:46] 4. Yancey Special
[3:58] 5. Boogie Woogie Dream
[5:54] 6. Taboo
[4:03] 7. Strange Cargo
[2:44] 8. The Honeydripper
[3:56] 9. Cuttin' The Boogie
[4:46] 10. Lux's Boogie #2
[4:06] 11. Black And Blue
[3:43] 12. The Fives
[4:01] 13. Oh Lady Be Good
[3:02] 14. Honky Tonk Train Blues
[5:04] 15. Chicago Flyer
[3:29] 16. Yesterdays

Bob Seely a.k.a. 'The Spider' Seeley (piano right channel), Lluís Coloma a.k.a. 'Machine Gun Fingers' Coloma (piano left channel). Recorded live at Café Central, Madrid, Spain, 26-28 August, 2011.

"Boogie woogie has sometimes been described as limited and repetitive. Not so this set though! It had me hooked right from reading the sleeve notes, a wonderful, detailed interview with Detroit pianist Bob Seeley, who met Meade Lux Lewis (one of the original Boogie Woogie Trio) back in the 40s, and who left his mark on the young man as the four Lewis tracks here testify. The younger Spanish blues and boogie ace Lluís Coloma has come to my attention many times over the last few years and I can confirm that he is one excellent musician so put Coloma and Seeley together for a four-handed boogie fest and the expected fireworks sure do happen on this live set recorded in Madrid in 2011. The basses roll like thunder, but these guys can also slow it down and think outside the box (try Taboo).

Bob Seeley describes boogie-woogie as nothing but happy blues and thats just how I felt after listening to this. If youve ever been unsure about boogie, buy this CD. Recommended? You bet!" ~Norman Darwen

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Lluis Coloma - Lonely Avenue

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:35
Size: 141.0 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:06] 1. Goin' To Malaysia
[3:46] 2. Rolling Left Hand
[3:44] 3. Lonely Avenue
[6:06] 4. The Ball
[4:25] 5. The Spirit Of The Blues
[5:15] 6. Early Days
[4:25] 7. Magda
[3:13] 8. Jumping Fives
[5:30] 9. New Blues
[4:56] 10. Slow Sunset Blues
[4:17] 11. Yancey Meets Booker
[4:13] 12. Tea At Dawn (Part 1)
[7:31] 13. Tea At Dawn (Part 2)

Lluis Coloma (p, org), Manolo German (b), Marc Ruiz (d), Pep Pascual (as), Dani Perez (ts), Natxo Romero (ts), Joan Chamorro (bs), R.M. Gera (g), Manuel Quintana (conga). Recorded at Rosazul Studio, Barcelona, June 15th to 18th, 2006.

From his beginning this outstanding Catalan pianist has been developing a personal touch and an incredible left hand offering powerful performances full of virtuosity and creativity, where he breaks up the piano with hot and tasty organ Hammond B3 tunes. Being one of the most requested piano players in Spain and considered an specialist, he has lectured on the history of Blues and Boogie Woogie piano, being one of the few pianists in Spain able to recreate the primitive styles of this genre.

Lluís Coloma plays his own compositions in a performance full of power, dynamics and honesty. His music evokes the New Orleans pianists sound going trough Barrelhouse style to Chicago, cradle of electric Blues. In his new album, Lluis Colomas trio is accompanied by four saxophonists, a guitarist and a percussionist. His music is a pure boogie-woogie jazz.

Lonely Avenue

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Lluís Coloma - Rockin' My Blues In Chicago

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:06
Size: 89.5 MB
Styles: Blues/Jazz piano
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:11] 1. Vicksburg Blues
[2:53] 2. Chicago Breakdown
[2:37] 3. Marie
[2:40] 4. How Long Blues
[2:45] 5. Shreveport Farewell
[3:15] 6. St. Louis Blues
[2:51] 7. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
[3:51] 8. After Hours
[2:36] 9. Izy Mae
[2:32] 10. Honky Tonk Train Blues
[2:38] 11. Yancey Special
[3:27] 12. St. James Infirmary
[3:46] 13. I Keep On Drinking

Lluis Coloma (piano solo). Special appearance: Barrelhouse Chuck (vocal on #13). Recorded, mixed & mastered at Steve Yates recording Studio, Chicago, November 15,16 & 17, 2010. Produced by Barrelhouse Chuck.

If pianist Lluís Coloma is not the only practitioner of a genre that might be called "Latin boogie-woogie," he must be the major one. He demonstrates what that means at the outset of his sixth album, Rockin' My Blues in Chicago, on "Vicksburg Blues," in which he introduces an unusually syncopated left-hand pattern, and he reminds listeners of his Spanish roots in his version of "St. Louis Blues" by employing a tango rhythm. Elsewhere on a solo piano album devoted to standards of ragtime, stride, boogie-woogie, and blues, he can be more traditional. His version of "How Long Blues," for instance, presents it as a conventional slow piano blues, and his "Shreveport Farewell" shows a mastery of form in its ragtime playing, while "Chicago Breakdown" uses a typical boogie-woogie rhythm, nothing fancy. But Coloma does introduce his own embellishments into "St. James Infirmary," playing some cascading runs in the right hand. And throughout, he always keeps his rhythm playing lively, focusing on movement rather than the beat. This album represents his treatments of the classics in his field, and he manages to put his own individual stamp on them. ~William Ruhlmann

Rockin' My Blues In Chicago

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