Peter Fessler & Peter Weniger - Two In One: The Concert

Size: 137,2 MB
Time: 59:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Black Orpheus (Live) ( 8:07)
02. Wohlauf In Gottes Schone Welt (Live) ( 6:27)
03. Lately (Live) ( 4:57)
04. Nothing Comes From Fighting This Way (Live) ( 4:40)
05. Agora (Live) ( 4:49)
06. Corcovado (Live) (11:22)
07. Apelo (Live) ( 7:42)
08. Berimbau (Live) ( 6:42)
09. Guten Abend, Gut' Nacht (Live) ( 4:41)

Peter Fessler and Peter Weniger are two of the most accomplished and well-known jazz musicians of their generation. They have been playing their diverse music in projects as virtuoso instrumentalists and composers for more than two decades, meeting up with each other time and again along the way.

Now, finally, they are improvising together. Bold and daring to the last note, excitingly fresh, and original in experimentation – it's the new jazz chamber music. Every genre suits them perfectly, allowing them to juggle sounds with their proverbial mastery and to win you over with their creative force.

Two In One

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Peter Fesperanto Fessler - Lovers, Fools And Dreams

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:25
Size: 111,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:25)  1. If You Never Come To Me
(5:02)  2. Strangers In The Night
(4:07)  3. Blue Moon
(4:56)  4. Memories of Moments
(5:21)  5. Hello
(4:15)  6. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
(4:13)  7. Agua De Beber
(4:51)  8. I Remember You
(4:10)  9. My Romance
(4:35) 10. Poinciana
(3:25) 11. I Wish You Love

Born in Cologne, Germany, and at the age of twelve, he began studying jazz guitar with his supporter and mentor Rick Abao. At the age of 20 he crossed the Atlantic for the first time, embarking on a musical journey that would take him into the world of sessions. Upon his return to Europe, Fessler began a concentrated shortstudy of jazz vocal technique at the renowned Cologne Music Conservatory. Soon after, Fessler became the front man and voice of the succesfull TRIO RIO - group (New York-Rio-Tokyo). Since his return to Europe he has continued to tour, performing live on the concert stage and logging numerous television and radio productions along the way. Fessler's voice can be heard by children all over Germany in the title role of the Walt Disney film "Aladdin", the German version. Following the release of his recording "Don't Tell Me", Fessler dedicated his next album-recordings to jazz and latin-jazz repertoire while simultaneously exploring the territory covered by his own compositions. Since his spectacular duet performance with Al Jarreau at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Peter Fessler has been considered the premiere jazz voice of Germany.

Randy Crawford, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Toots Thielemanns, and many other stars also recognize his unique talent and singular ability. As one of the next generation's jazz stars, he has earned his place on the international stage untill today. Fessler's recent recording and his performance as a "solophonic" musician is a breathtaking fusion of voice and classical guitar. He has found the perfect sound asthetic: High emotional, fascinating and virtuoso.

It all started for German-Canadian Peter Fessler in 1987 with the Top 10 hit "New York, Rio, Tokyo" and the band Trio Rio. Even then many of his breezy pop miniatures bore the influence of Bossa Nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim. Today Fessler is regarded without a doubt as the most competent interpreter of modern Brazilian sounds in our European climes. A relocation to San Francisco made a decisive mark on him, promptly expressed in songs with a quintessential California "easy feeling".These years of artistic self-searching in the realms of Latin pop, jazz standards, Bach vocalizing or just the barest guitar accompanying his song miniatures have made him a sound to be reckoned with. Nowadays making his home near Cologne, Germany, the inimitably personal style of multi-voice FESSLER is ranked as the European counterpart to such grand masters as Jon Hendricks, Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin. Bio ~ http://www.mymusicbase.ru/PPB/ppb35/Bio_3548.htm

Lovers, Fools And Dreams

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Peter Fesperanto Fessler & NDR Big Band - I Concentrate On You

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:09
Size: 124,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:57)  1. My One and Only Love
(4:46)  2. You Go to My Head
(5:12)  3. Triste
(5:44)  4. I Concentrate On You
(7:11)  5. Here's to Life
(5:29)  6. My Foolish Heart
(5:21)  7. The Gentle Rain
(4:54)  8. Voices On the Stair
(7:24)  9. Dindi
(3:07) 10. Not Like This

Fessler received with 12 years of his discoverer and mentor Rick Abao the first guitar lessons in jazz and Brazilian music. After leaving school, followed by a longer stay in the USA, where he continued dedicated to the music. The singer with Canadian - Polish - German roots played sessions in clubs, bars and hotels in New York and San Francisco. During this period also first own compositions. Back in Germany began Fessler, whose voice four octaves includes, studying for vocal jazz seminar of the Musikhochschule in Cologne and was from 1983 to 1987 the singer of Trio Rio, a Latin jazz band, in 1986 by the hit New York-Rio Tokyo became known. Then Fessler worked with a trio consisting of Berthold Matschat at the piano, Gunnar Plümer on bass and drummer Matthias hull. In order to realize his own musical ideas further, it drew Fessler for some time back in the United States, where he devoted himself to writing songs and, inter alia, with Sheila E. and Chaka Khan worked.

The renewed return to Germany followed in 1991, the first solo album My songs and various concerts and radio and TV productions. Fessler was the German voice of Aladdin in the same Walt Disney production. Here, the song was created by a True Story, a duet with Sabine Hettlich. After publication of the 1993 album Do not Tell Me is Fessler dedicated mainly a jazz and Latin jazz repertoire and composed his own pieces. On the 2000 album Signatures exclusively own compositions were. Al Jarreau took him at the Montreux Jazz Festival with his guitar as a duet partner on stage.Moreover Fessler Special Guest was with Randy Crawford's 1999's tour. He joined the end of 2003 in Tokyo. With its fusion of voice and classical guitar he has since found a new sound aesthetic. On his album The with you (2010) he interprets German poetry by Miriam Frances, Erich Kastner and Alexander Bragao. On the album Spirit of Christmas (2013) from Pee Wee Ellis, he interpreted the pop classic Last Christmas. Translate by google https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fessler

I Concentrate On You

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Peter Fesperanto Fessler - Fly!

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:57
Size: 96,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:00)  1. Passage
(2:46)  2. Postcard from Brazil
(6:19)  3. Estate
(4:24)  4. Brisa
(3:13)  5. Summer Good Beyes
(3:06)  6. A Ra
(4:40)  7. Tokyo Morning
(4:30)  8. There goes Love
(3:26)  9. October Reverie
(5:28) 10. Funky Bossa

The eminence of German vocal jazz is back! Peter Fesperanto Fessler´s new jazzalbum FLY! will be released in June 2012. Fessler´s trademark melody garlands shine through all the songs, but not every song illustrates improvised jazz. Even people who don´t like jazz will notice the elegant, sophisticated phrasing and will inevitably be drawn into Fessler´s sound cosmos. The German-Canadian artist has been a household name in vocal jazz for more than 30 years now. With stunning ease, he combines different musical worlds, with spheric sound structures as in Tokyo Morning“, Brisa“ and the classic Estate“ as well as through refined rhythmical sections in Postcard from Brazil“, A Ra“ or Funky Bossa“. But he always remains true to his own soundvisions both as a composer and singer. Under the impression of a recent trip to Brazil, he recorded the whole album not only as a singer but played accoustic guitar, too. Deliberately Fessler places reminiscences of Joao Gilberto, Tom Jobim and other masters of Bossa Nova with virtuosity. The name Fesperanto“ is made up from Fessler and Esperanto, kind of his own artistical category and an artistname acquired in an advanced period of Fesslers career. Listen to the trombone-like vocal solo in his own song Brisa“: Far from virtuous scat-vocals you might expect from an artist of his distinction, this singer does not imitate instruments, he has turned himself into a true instrument!

New York, Rio, Tokyo“ turned into a slogan that played an important role in Fessler´s musical journey to the worlds jazz metropolises in the past as in present times. His band consists of true masters of their kind: Danny Gottlieb, drummer legend from the original Pat Metheny Group, accounts for a footing of virtuous ease and creative intensity. This is challenged by the outstanding bassist Decebal Badila, who is even able to playfully double along Fessler´s scat-solo in Joao Donatos A Ra“. A novelty in Fessler´s work, charming guest-voices Kira Wolf (Germany) and Theresa Hott (Brazil) appear in 3 songs. Only the voices of the enchanting choir sections are all sung by the master himself. Postcard from Brazil“ is the outstanding song of this CD and illustrates Fessler’s concept of Fesperanto“. 

Among his own compositions, alongside with There goes Love“ (lyrics by Phyllis Molinrary) and October Reverie“, Tokyo Morning“ forms one of the highlights. The magic sound structure of this song creates a downright symphonic  impression crowned by the sax solo of Friedemann Matzeit (Berlin). Chapeau! All arrangements and compositions were penned in collaboration with guitarrist and producer Ralph Herrnkind. Former fellow students Fessler and Herrnkind met again years later at a studio recording with Jaco Pastorius` sons. That was the initial spark for FLY! 10 songs of amazing melodical beauty, exotic rhythmic sounds and melancholic depth (Estate). A real Fesperanto“ album! http://www.caremusicgroup.de/en/artist/info/artist/Peter%20Fessler.html

Fly!

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Peter Fessler - Eastside Moments

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:49
Size: 116,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:16)  1. All The Things That You Are
(5:16)  2. September Song
(3:24)  3. Shadow Of Your Smile
(2:56)  4. Give Me One More Chance
(3:54)  5. What Now My Love
(6:12)  6. Love And Laughter
(4:59)  7. Remembering
(2:16)  8. Só Danço Samba
(5:16)  9. Oh Sonho
(4:50) 10. Rainbow Songs
(4:36) 11. Dindi
(3:49) 12. Night Song

Although Peter Fessler last usually appeared with his trio and recorded, so it really does not require a band around. Randy Crawford have their sleeper combo better not brought in the past year for their tour of Germany. Fessler it made the American the opening act before namely, how enraptured only with voice and guitar an audience. He creates with his new CD also. Discreetly accompanied by two guests, percussionist Café and Saxer Vincent Henry, it is the acoustic guitar and especially the voice Fesslers standing in the foreground. 

Has the singer demonstrates his last albums again, what extraordinary vocal acrobat he may be, he is setting its focus on the soulful and "conventional" singing the lyrics. No wild tongue twister inserts So, at best occasional disciplined scats. Half of the songs comes from his own pen and fits to choose from the Standards. Fesslers affinity for Brazilian music is unmistakable and makes sure that this disk is at least as good as a caipirinha tastes. © Jazzthing - Christoph Giese -Jazz Thing (11/99) Translate by google http://www.amazon.de/Eastside-Moments-Peter-Fessler/dp/B00002R31D

Eastside Moments

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