The Puppini Sisters, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra - Dance Dance Dance

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:24
Size: 102,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:30) 1. 9 to 5
(3:47) 2. I Wanna Dance With Somebody
(2:39) 3. Sing Sing Sing
(4:16) 4. Shallow
(3:37) 5. Dance Dance Dance
(2:51) 6. Ba Ba Baciami Piccin
a (3:20) 7. Jealousy
(3:44) 8. Dancing Queen
(3:17) 9. Mack the Knife
(3:54) 10. I Put a Spell On You
(2:45) 11. Puttin' On the Ritz
(3:39) 12. Groove Is In the Heart
(2:59) 13. Don't Fence Me In

Three simple words define gorgeous close harmonies, impeccable fashion sense and trailblazing re-workings of pop and classic songs… The Puppini Sisters! Often copied, never equalled, this truly original trio, founded in 2004 by Marcella Puppini and featuring Kate Mullins and Emma Smith, seamlessly blend elegance and sophistication with a touch of retro and turn it into a must have lifestyle.

With five unprecedented albums under their waist-cinching belts, including the fastest selling UK jazz album of all time, Betcha Bottom Dollar, and fans such as Prince Charles and Michael Bublé, its no wonder everybody wants a piece of them in some way or another; whether it is one of their inimitable albums, tickets to their exhilarating live shows or an exclusive and innovative item of merchandise, it all adds to the Puppini experience. So come and join the worldwide followers of this inspirational band and check out their new online shop below, to help bring Puppini retro chic to your life! https://www.thepuppinisisters.com/

Dance Dance Dance

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The Puppini Sisters - Betcha bottom dollar

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:36
Size: 115,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:06)  1. Sisters
(2:37)  2. Mr. Sandman
(2:29)  3. Boogie woogie bugle boy
(3:36)  4. Java jive
(2:19)  5. Bei mir bist du schön
(3:37)  6. Wuthering heights
(2:35)  7. Jeepers creepers
(4:04)  8. I will survive
(2:37)  9. Tu vuo fa l'americano
(2:56) 10. Heart of glass
(3:09) 11. Sway
(2:16) 12. Panic
(2:57) 13. Heebie jeebies
(3:11) 14. In the mood

From the first strains of the opening track, "Sisters," it's clear that Betcha Bottom Dollar is not a typical debut album. But then the Puppini Sisters are not a typical pop act, at least not in the 21st century. Their close, three-part harmonies are reminiscent of the vocal groups of the 1930s and 1940s, and particularly the Andrews Sisters. But rather than sounding like an anachronism, the Puppini Sisters merely demonstrate the timelessness of some of these songs. Betcha Bottom Dollar is fresh, fun and vibrant, blowing the dust off of cobwebby classics like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Mr. Sandman". Elsewhere, they also put their own unique stamp on more recent hits, with varying results. 

While Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" fail to get things swinging, Blondie's "Heart of Glass" and the Smiths' "Panic" are both injected with a fresh new (old?) sound. Much credit must also be given to producer Benoit Charest, who manages to employ a whole host of instrumentation and orchestration, whilst never forgetting to put the voices of the Puppini Sisters front and centre. It might be easy to dismiss the Puppini Sisters' debut as another novelty album, but their intentions and love for the style like their voices themselves are crystal clear. ~ Robert Burrow https://www.amazon.com/Betcha-Bottom-Dollar-Puppini-Sisters/dp/B000O1715

Betcha bottom dollar

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The Puppini Sisters - The Rise And Fall Of Ruby Woo

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:11
Size: 110,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:41)  1. Spooky
(2:42)  2. Walk Like An Egyptian
(3:32)  3. Old Cape Cod
(4:29)  4. Soho Nights
(4:31)  5. I Can't Believe I'm Not A Millionaire
(4:48)  6. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
(3:33)  7. Could It Be Magic
(5:38)  8. Jilted
(3:38)  9. Crazy In Love
(3:15) 10. It's Not Over (Death or the toy piano)
(4:16) 11. And She Sang
(4:03) 12. We Have All The Time In The World

On record you can't see the many costume changes into stunning '30s vintage dresses, or be impressed by the trio's mugging or musical chops Marcella Puppini plays piano and accordion and Stephanie O'Brien plays credible jazz fiddle. This leaves the vocalizing, and while the trio isn't half bad, its members are not spectacular or particularly adventurous singers. On their second album they follow the template of their first. There are a couple of standards including "It Don't Mean a Think If It Ain't Got That Swing," and contemporary numbers "Spooky," "Walk Like an Egyptian"  delivered in '40s vocal trio-style arrangements. Fine as far as it goes, but the joke is wearing thin. The Puppini Sisters' salvation is clearly in their original material. All three Sisters write solid tunes; the sooner they can come up with a full album's worth of original tunes, the better their career prospects will be. Puppini's "I Can't Believe I'm Not a Millionaire" is a blues full of arch humor, and her "Jilted" sounds like it would have been a natural for Peggy Lee, a sultry, sexy tune with a strong hook and a great lyric. O'Brien contributes "Soho Nights" a jump tune with a strong vocal arrangement, a perfect evocation of the era they obviously love. Kate Mullins may be the strongest writer of the three. 

Her "It's Not Over (Death or the Toy Piano)" is another song in the big-band mode, but its complex melody and inventive lyric make it one of the album's strongest tracks. https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-rise-fall-of-ruby-woo-mw0000491579

The Rise And Fall Of Ruby Woo                 

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Seal - Standards

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:46
Size: 95.6 MB
Styles: Standards, Vocal
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:34] 1. Luck Be A Lady
[2:54] 2. Autumn Leaves
[2:54] 3. I Put A Spell On You
[3:14] 4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
[4:29] 5. Anyone Who Knows What Love Is
[3:42] 6. Love For Sale
[4:30] 7. My Funny Valentine
[3:11] 8. I've Got You Under My Skin
[4:29] 9. Smile
[3:04] 10. I'm Beginning To See The Light
[4:39] 11. It Was A Very Good Year

Seal: vocals, guitar; Randy Waldman: piano; Greg Fields: drums; Chuck Berghofer: bass; The Puppini Sisters: vocals (10).

It shouldn't be a surprise that Seal would take on the American songbook, with a baritone that was made for classics like "Autumn Leaves" and "Love for Sale." Born Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel in Paddington, England, the singer, guitarist and composer rose to fame with his global hits, and Grammy-winning songs, "Crazy" and "Kiss From a Rose," both from his first self-titled album (Warner Music UK, 1991). That albumand a number of subsequent Seal releases were produced by Trevor Horn of The Buggles and Yes. Seal had previously released two albums dedicated to soul classics but Standards is Seal's first foray into the jazz world.

Seal recruited a number of musicians who would bring additional jazz-legitimacy to this project. Pianist Randy Waldman toured with Frank Sinatra and worked with George Benson and The Manhattan Transfer; Greg Fields also played drums with Sinatra and with The Count Basie Orchestra. Bassist Chuck Berghofer played with Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper and others.

Seal's arrangements are not especially innovative but that's an advantage in that the interpretations shine solely on his extraordinary vocal ability. Especially rewarding is "I Put a Spell on You," first made popular by its writer Screamin' Jay Hawkins and later by Nina Simone. Seal offers a beautiful version of "Smile," a hit for Nat "King" Cole in the mid-1950s, the song was written by Charlie Chaplin in 1936, for the soundtrack to his movie Modern Times. Seal gives new life to Duke Ellington's "I'm Beginning to See the Light" and Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin" and includes an outlier, "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is," co-written by Randy Newman and Jeannie Seely.

To add to the aura of authenticity, Seal recorded a good portion of the album in the studios where the original classics were captured, including Capitol Records in Los Angeles and Sinatra's United Studios. During his career, Seal has sold more than thirty-million albums and those who appreciate his popular music legacy are not likely to crave a shift to crooner status. Be that as it may, Annie Lennox and Lady Gaga have successfully taken on standards and Seal is, arguably, a more comfortable fit in this genre. Standards never feels like a pop star cross-over and it would be a welcome treat if Seal chose a follow-up with less ancient material. ~Karl Ackermann

Standards 

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The Puppini Sisters - The High Life

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 43:48

Size: 100.3 MB

Styles: Vocal, Swing

Year: 2016

Art: Front

[3:45] 1. Is This The High Life

[3:07] 2. Accentuate The Positive

[2:29] 3. It Ain't What You Do

[3:18] 4. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

[3:13] 5. We Love To Bebop

[3:37] 6. Changes

[2:37] 7. Rapper's Delight-Chandelier Mash Up

[2:25] 8. Tico Tico

[2:51] 9. Work It

[2:56] 10. Tennessee Waltz

[3:56] 11. Material Girls Medley

[3:11] 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

[3:15] 13. Liar Liar

[3:04] 14. Hit The Road Jack

The Puppini Sisters' fifth studio album, The High Life, is the trio's first with Emma Smith joining original members Marcella Puppini and Kate Mullins. Aside from new membership, the vocal group stays the course, offering more of their close-knit, three-part harmonies on versions of big-band classics, a couple of original songs, and swing era-inspired rearrangements of more contemporary hits. The trio holds a few surprises in its selections of the latter, such as a medley of the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" and Sia's "Chandelier," and a fluid cover of Missy Elliott's "Work It." Their take on "Rapper's Delight" works especially well, riding the original's natural swing. The bass-driven medley eases back and forth between the rap classic and 2014's "Chandelier" with scatting and melodic percussion, and proves to be a highlight of The High Life. Not as much fun is their David Bowie cover, a piano-led, rim-clicking arrangement of "Changes" that comes off more like an exercise than a reinvention. They're back in form on "Material Girls Medley," though, which includes pieces of several female-led, money-themed songs, including Meghan Trainor's "Dear Future Husband" and Rihanna's "Bitch Better Have My Money." All of the above are worked into the set list alongside expectedly capable versions '30s and '40s classics, such as Arlen-Mercer's "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," and the even earlier Brazilian work with many versions including a film appearance by Carmen Miranda, "Tico Tico" (aka "Tico-Tico No Fubá"). Ultimately, as on past albums, the Puppini Sisters thrive on the original tunes, which were written with their distinct delivery in mind. "Is This the High Life" employs a clarinet, piano, bass, and drum combo to support a rhythmic melody that slides between solo vocals and full three-part harmony, and for a taste of the women at their most Andrews Sisters, don't miss "We Love to Bebop." ~Marcy Donelson

The High Life 

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Michael Buble - Christmas

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 51:43
Size: 118.4 MB
Styles: Holiday
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:25] 1. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
[2:50] 2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
[2:39] 3. Jingle Bells
[3:36] 4. White Christmas
[2:51] 5. All I Want For Christmas Is You
[1:59] 6. Holly Jolly Christmas
[3:51] 7. Santa Baby
[3:50] 8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
[3:07] 9. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
[3:46] 10. Silent Night
[3:41] 11. Blue Christmas
[3:17] 12. Cold December Night
[4:24] 13. I'll Be Home For Christmas
[3:59] 14. Ave Maria
[4:23] 15. Mis Deseos Feliz Navidad

Except for a 2003 EP, Michael Bublé hadn't released a holiday album until 2011's Christmas, which coincided with a television special on NBC, A Michael Bublé Christmas. The album was produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica, and featured duets with Shania Twain, the Puppini Sisters, and Thalía, among others. Along with holiday favorites ("Silent Night," "Jingle Bells," "White Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"), Christmas also features "Cold December Night," an original from Bublé. Special editions included three bonus tracks and an exclusive ornament within extended packaging.

Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Germano Studios, New York, NY; Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; LionShare Studios, Los Angeles, CA; The Warehouse, Vancouver, B. C., Canada.

Christmas

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