Saskia Laroo - It's Like Jazz

Styles: Trumpet Jazz, Bop
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:57
Size: 110,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:41) 1. Ya Know How We Do
(6:09) 2. If Ye Got It Ye Get It
(5:20) 3. It's Like Jazz
(5:10) 4. Pocee (The Black and White Monster)
(3:21) 5. Jazzparty
(3:15) 6. Drop That Horn
(5:47) 7. Where You Going M'Am
(4:13) 8. Sunday Afternoon
(4:11) 9. Hipfunk D
(4:15) 10. Ya Know How We Do [Radio Edit Two]
(0:32) 11. Jazzparty [Reprised]

The debut album from Dutch female trumpet master combines the hippest elements of jazz & acid jazz with beefy, bottom heavy hip hop breakbeats, trancy house grooves, latin flavors, R&B & the rapping talents of Poetic Voice, Mac Maestro & QF Da Funkee P - flute (Ronald Snijders), sax (Hans Dulfer & Benjamin Herman), keys (Rob Gaasterland, also co-production, recording& editing) & vocals (Johnny Kelvin) round out the mix. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/album/its-like-jazz-saskia-laroo

It's Like Jazz

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Saskia Laroo - Really Jazzy

Styles: Jazz Funk, Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:48
Size: 132,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:46)  1. Jazzn'Jamz
(4:16)  2. Courtesy To Coltrane
(4:07)  3. Really Jazzy
(4:05)  4. Up The Mountain
(5:15)  5. Same Song
(5:37)  6. Munchin'
(4:21)  7. Kumpa
(5:13)  8. Big Blues
(5:29)  9. Night Garden
(6:19) 10. Funky Roads
(4:26) 11. Jealousy
(4:46) 12. Go For It

Saskia Laroo, hailed by American public and press at large as “Lady Miles of Europe”, is one of the few women trumpet stylists, blowing for more than three decades. Born July 31, 1959 in Amsterdam, she began on trumpet at age 8, never dreaming of becoming a professional musician. That all changed when Saskia, turned 18, after briefly majoring in Mathematics at University of Amsterdam switched her focus to a career in music. 

She worked extensively in various groups from this point, primarily on upright bass, though eventually, on both bass and trumpet. Saskia Laroo combines today's music by uncontrived romps into new styles, eagerly limned as “nu jazz” or “swingin' body-music” a vivacious blend of hip-hop, jazz, salsa, funk reggae, and world, that many other artists dare not venture. Her artistry and her groove ring vibrantly and free on her four albums journeying us through the music she has absorbed and plays from heart and soul. http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/saskialaroo

Personnel: Saskia Laroo (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, upright bass, programming); Warren Byrd (vocals, whistling, piano, grand piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Franklin Lacey (vocals, trombone); Ronald Wright (vocals, drums); MC Phantom, MC Firestorm (rap vocals); Zoran Jager (guitar); Stewlocks (harmonica, didjeridu); Robin Koerts (electric bass); Rob Gaasterland (programming)

Really Jazzy

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Saskia Laroo - Sunset Eyes 2000

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:45
Size: 139,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:01)  1. Nothing But The Truth
(5:04)  2. Moving In
(6:12)  3. There Is No Greater Love
(5:30)  4. Sunset Eyes
(6:56)  5. Cheek To Cheek
(5:38)  6. Don't Touch Me
(4:56)  7. The Blue Sombrero
(3:43)  8. I Got It Bad
(4:24)  9. Wheelin' And Dealin'
(7:35) 10. Blue Bossa
(4:40) 11. Sunset Eyes Latin

In 1999, Dutch trumpeter Saskia Laroo traveled to Los Angeles, where she joined forces with tenor sax great Teddy Edwards and recorded her fourth album, Sunset Eyes 2000. Any album that prominently features Edwards (who she co-led the session with) is at least noteworthy, and to be sure, the tenor veteran is in good to excellent form on this hard bop date. Laroo's previous straight-ahead album, Jazzkia, was essentially a tribute to Miles Davis, one in which her love of Davis' legacy was so strong that it drowned out any individuality. Laroo doesn't sound distinctive on Sunset Eyes 2000 either, but even so, her solos on this album are likable and competent. Recalling Miles Davis in the '40s and '50s, Laroo is a very lyrical player, and Edwards can certainly be quite lyrical and melodic himself. But while Edwards favors a big, fat tone and swings hard and passionately, Laroo is much more subtle, restrained, and economical (as was Davis). Edwards' confident, focused solos on both standards and his own compositions make Sunset Eyes 2000 worth the price of admission, and singer Ernie Andrews' inspired guests spots on "Don't Touch Me" and "Sunset Eyes" aren't anything to complain about either. Sunset Eyes 2000 falls short of being a gem, but it's a satisfying, decent effort that bop fans will enjoy. ~ Alex Henderson   http://www.allmusic.com/album/sunset-eyes-2000-mw0000253668

Personnel : Saskia Laroo (trumpet); Ernie Andrews (vocals); Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone); Art Hillary, Wendell Williams, Gerrick King. Personnel: Saskia Laroo (trumpet); Ernie Andrews (vocals); Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone); Art Hillary (piano).

Sunset Eyes 2000

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