Malia - The Garden of Eve

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:56
Size: 97,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:52) 1. Hope
(3:14) 2. Last Show
(3:31) 3. The Thrill Is Gone
(3:06) 4. Me & My Girlfriend
(2:36) 5. Two Seedlings
(2:55) 6. Lord, I Feel so Bad
(4:04) 7. Restoration
(3:39) 8. Death
(3:54) 9. Freedom at Last
(3:52) 10. Moving Away
(3:55) 11. Honeymoon Is Over
(3:12) 12. Love in Vain

Malawi born vocalist Malia moved to London aged fourteen in 1992. Her soul drenched take on jazz standards, ballads and blues was much in demand on the capital's club scene. Influenced in her early life by Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, she released her first album "Yellow Daffodils" onto the European market to great acclaim in 2002. Now a firmly established artist in both France and Germany following her award as "International Singer Of The Year" by Echo Jazz magazine she is rapidly gaining worldwide recognition ahead of this her seventh album release.

The recording itself could be described as a twenty first century examination of the blues, with a jazz sensibility and even at times, a glance towards country and soul. The vocalist is the main composer on ten of the twelve compositions with a very fresh and individual take to the lyrical content. It does have a stylistic approach that she has not shown previously. If there is one influence in her writing style, it sounds as if some numbers could have come from the pen of Leonard Cohen. There have been very few vocalists with such precise and near perfect diction that have performed in a blues orientated setting with such conviction. The musicians that she has called upon fit perfectly into the mix with Nis Kotting's atmospheric wurlitzer and the telling guitar interludes from Lars Colin being key to the albums success. Malia is above all a story teller, delivering her message clearly and with a refreshing passion across such diverse subjects of Hope, Restoration, Freedom, Love and even Death. Perhaps this album is not one for the jazz purist, but everything about it is of the highest quality and importantly gives more with each listen. ~Jim Burlong https://www.jazzviews.net/malia---the-garden-of-eden.html

Malia (vcl), Nis Kotting (org, wurlitizer, har), Lars Colin (gtr, bs), (Edward Maclean (bs), Tommy Baldu (drs, perc), Reiner"Kallas" Hubert (drs, perc), Joo Kraus (tpt), Stokely Van Daal bkg(vcl)

The Garden of Eve

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Malia - Black Orchid

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:11
Size: 130,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:37)  1. My baby just cares for you
(4:51)  2. Don't explain
(5:03)  3. Baltimore
(2:57)  4. Feeling good
(5:48)  5. Four woman
(3:23)  6. I love you Porgy
(3:14)  7. If you go away
(4:07)  8. I put a spell on you
(4:06)  9. Keeper of the flame
(3:09) 10. He ain't comin' home no more
(2:14) 11. Marriage is for old folks
(7:16) 12. Wild in the wind
(3:21) 13. That's all I want from you
(2:58) 14. I'm going back home

When Malawian vocalist Malia first broke through in the mid-aughts, it was with the dense, production-heavy albums Yellow Daffodils and Young Bones. Overflowing with pop-soul sass, they were filled with both slick originals like “Mr. Candy” and “Richer Than Bill Gates” and inventive covers, including a freeform, funkified “Solitude.” All of which is a far cry from the stark, and stunning, Black Orchid, a fine, sensitive tribute to Nina Simone. Where once Malia was intent on echoing Beyoncé, she now seems to be channeling Billie Holiday or Shirley Horn, her supple voiced slightly scorched, her once fervid delivery affectingly slowed and shadowed. Malia has clearly studied Simone assiduously. Her readings of “Baltimore,” “Wild Is the Wind,” “Feeling Good” and the seismic “Four Women,” though more tenderly presented, are largely honorific mirrors of the originals. But, backed throughout by an understatedly enriching rhythm section-a French trio comprising pianist, organist and vibraphonist Alexandre Saada, bassist and guitarist Jean-Daniel Botta and drummer Laurent Sériés-she mostly steers clear of mimicry, particularly on a slow, erogenous “My Baby Just Cares for Me,” a seductive “I Put a Spell on You” and a “Don’t Explain” that delicately captures the concessive lyric in a way that suggests Peggy Lee at her most meditative. ~ Christopher Loudon https://jazztimes.com/reviews/vox/malia-black-orchid/

Black Orchid

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Malia - Yellow Daffodils

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:39
Size: 109,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:44)  1. Yellow Daffodils
(4:20)  2. My Purple Shoes
(3:29)  3. I Believed In Roses
(3:10)  4. I'm Not Jealous
(2:51)  5. India Song
(4:06)  6. Twinckling little star
(4:29)  7. Lifting You High
(3:47)  8. Angel Kiss
(3:37)  9. Solitude
(3:26) 10. Big Brown Eyes
(4:06) 11. Let It Happen
(3:09) 12. Moon Glows
(3:19) 13. My Purple Shoes [Remix]

A gifted vocalist whose instrument is both strong and sensual, British jazz singer Malia was born into a family of mixed African and English heritage in the small East African country of Malawi, which borders Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Malia had limited exposure to music growing up -- her neighborhood could only pull in two radio stations (one in the native language of Chewa, the other in English), and her father's record collection was dominated by the Beatles. That changed when political unrest forced her family to flee Malawi and relocate to London when Malia was 14 years old. Malia took great interest in the rich musical landscape that surrounded her, immersing herself in the dance-oriented new wave sounds dominating the English music scene. The music of Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday soon came into her life and transformed her worldview, as she was introduced to influential black artists for the first time. Malia soon set her sights on a career in music. After finishing school, Malia took work as a waitress while she organized a band to accompany her, singing ballads and jazz standards in bars and clubs around London. She experienced a breakthrough during a visit to New York City; at a New York café she heard a pop-jazz track sung in French by vocalist Liane Foly that had been produced by Berklee School of Music graduate Andre Manoukian. Malia was entranced by the enticing mix of pop and jazz sensibilities, and she contacted Manoukian to solicit his help. The pair admired each other's musical ideas and potential, and they set to work on Malia's debut album, Yellow Daffodils, released in 2002. Though the release featured English lyrics, Malia gained enormous recognition in France and Germany. Her subsequent releases, Echoes of Dreams (2004) and Young Bones (2007), found favor among jazz fans across Europe thanks to Malia's unique smoky vocal timbre and sensitive interpretations. In 2012, Malia released Black Orchid, in which she interpreted 13 songs associated with the great jazz musician and activist Nina Simone. Malia took a creative detour with her 2014 album, Convergence, a collaboration with Boris Blank from the long-running electronic pop group Yello. For 2017's Malawi Blues/Njira, Malia composed most of the songs in tandem with keyboardist Alex Wilson. Malia has become an international star, often appearing on the soul and jazz charts in Europe and the U.K., as she maintains a busy touring schedule, appearing on some of the Continent's most important stages. ~ Evan C. Gutierrez https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/yellow-daffodils/259985658

Yellow Daffodils

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Malia - Ripples

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:05
Size: 100.9 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. Unfastened
[2:31] 2. Maddy
[3:25] 3. Little Darling
[2:38] 4. After The Love
[4:02] 5. Echoes Of Dreams
[4:00] 6. Little Bee
[2:42] 7. Little Sparrow
[4:56] 8. Mary Mary
[3:53] 9. My Love
[4:51] 10. Unfolding
[3:51] 11. Man In Your Eyes
[3:57] 12. I Miss You

A gifted vocalist whose instrument is both strong and sensual, British jazz singer Malia was born into a family of mixed African and English heritage in the small East African country of Malawi, which borders Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Malia had limited exposure to music growing up -- her neighborhood could only pull in two radio stations (one in the native language of Chewa, the other in English), and her father's record collection was dominated by the Beatles. That changed when political unrest forced her family to flee Malawi and relocate to London when Malia was 14 years old. Malia took great interest in the rich musical landscape that surrounded her, immersing herself in the dance-oriented new wave sounds dominating the English music scene. The music of Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday soon came into her life and transformed her worldview, as she was introduced to influential black artists for the first time.

Malia soon set her sights on a career in music. After finishing school, Malia took work as a waitress while she organized a band to accompany her, singing ballads and jazz standards in bars and clubs around London. She experienced a breakthrough during a visit to New York City; at a New York café she heard a pop-jazz track sung in French by vocalist Liane Foly that had been produced by Berklee School of Music graduate Andre Manoukian. Malia was entranced by the enticing mix of pop and jazz sensibilities, and she contacted Manoukian to solicit his help. The pair admired each other's musical ideas and potential, and they set to work on Malia's debut album, Yellow Daffodils, released in 2002. Though the release featured English lyrics, Malia gained enormous recognition in France and Germany. Her subsequent releases, Echoes of Dreams (2004) and Young Bones (2007), found favor among jazz fans across Europe thanks to Malia's unique smoky vocal timbre and sensitive interpretations.

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