Jacky Terrasson and Stephane Belmondo - Mother

Styles: Piano And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:31
Size: 102,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:39)  1. Hand In Hand
(4:49)  2. Lover Man
(3:45)  3. La chanson d'Hélène
(5:19)  4. In Your Own Sweet Way
(0:39)  5. Pic Saint-Loup
(5:27)  6. Mother
(2:26)  7. Fun Keys
(1:14)  8. Les valseuses (BOF "Les valseuses")
(3:44)  9. Souvenirs
(4:34) 10. You Don't Know What Love Is
(0:53) 11. Pompignan
(4:49) 12. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
(2:06) 13. Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?

The album "Mother" is a collaboration with pianist Jacky Terrasson and trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo. Of the fourteen securities has an intimate atmosphere to the Impressionist musicality. The inspired dialogue of these two accomplices musicians brings a calm breathing conducive to peace. The collaboration of Jacky Terrasson and Stéphane Belmondo back to their beginnings in the world of jazz, there are nearly thirty years. A time when they already maintained a special musical relationship. They met six years ago for a concert in duo in the southwest of France in Festival of Saint-Emilion. Since they had the opportunity to cultivate their complicity and give birth to a world that belongs to them. "Mother" (Impulse! / Universal) whose output is announced for September 2, is the logical outcome of their reunion. Originally, Jacky Terrasson and Stéphane Belmondo recorded thirty titles to Recall Studios. After listening, they "realized that the ballads sounded beautifully," says the pianist. They therefore decided to keep the "slower songs" for "Mother".  More...translate by google http://www.latins-de-jazz.com/mother-par-jacky-terrasson-et-stephane-belmondo/

Mother

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Stephane Belmondo - Love For Chet

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:38
Size: 144,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:59)  1. You Can't Go Home Again
(5:59)  2. I Remember You
(6:11)  3. Love for Sale
(3:36)  4. La chanson d'Hélène
(5:46)  5. With a Song in My Heart
(6:38)  6. Daddy & I
(5:51)  7. Tarde
(3:55)  8. Seven Steps to Heaven
(5:23)  9. Say It So
(6:05) 10. If I Should Lose You
(5:46) 11. Blame It on My Youth
(2:23) 12. On Green Dolphin Street

Since the 1980s, French trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo has been a well-known figure in clubs, from Paris to New York. He has collaborated with jazz personalities such as Dee DeeBridgewater, Horace Silver and Lee Konitz. Above all, Belmondo knows what jazz is all about: with a profound respect for tradition, he explores new paths in complete freedom. Along with forays into classical music and that of Stevie Wonder, among others, his name remains inextricably linked to the musical experiments of the Belmondo Quintet. Belmondo’s distinctive sound flows naturally, like musical poetry; somewhere between Freddie Hubbard and Chet Baker. The latter needs hardly any introduction. The American trumpeter/singer Chet Baker made his mark on the history of jazz like no other, until passed away before his time in 1988. Belmondo’s fascination with Baker has now inevitably led to the tribute ‘Love For Chet’, to be released in spring 2015. http://www.gentjazz.com/en/concerts/stephane-belmondo-trio/

Personnel:  Stéphane Belmondo (trumpet, bugle), Jesse Van Ruller (guitar), Thomas Bramerie (contrabasse)

Love For Chet

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Keith Brown - Sweet & Lovely

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:29
Size: 148,6 MB
Art: Front

(1:07)  1. Meudon-by Night
(6:01)  2. The Very Thought of You
(5:03)  3. Golden Lady
(5:01)  4. All of You
(7:18)  5. Lady In Jazz
(5:48)  6. Sweet & Lovely
(4:54)  7. What Is This Thing Called Love
(4:50)  8. J Roll
(5:39)  9. Sophisticated Lady
(4:13) 10. Just Friends
(6:56) 11. Stablemates
(7:34) 12. You Don't Known What Love Is

Keith L. Brown is a pianist, composer, bassist and educator. This son of three-time Grammy nominated jazz pianist/composer Donald Brown was born in Memphis, TN and raised in Knoxville, TN. Keith earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 2009 and completed his Masters of Music Degree in May 2011. In 2010, Keith was invited to Meudon, France to record his debut jazz CD entitled “Sweet and Lovely” on the Space Time Records label. CD personnel included Essiet Essiet, Marcus Gilmore, Stephane Belmondo, and Baptiste Herbin. His CD was released world-wide on April 15th, 2011 to rave reviews. Keith’s piano virtuosity has placed him in demand on the international jazz scene. Keith L. Brown began playing piano and bass at an early age. Born into a musical family, both Keith's parents played music and many of his aunts and uncles are exceptionally musically talented as well. His father Donald is a world renowned jazz pianist having performed with many greats and his mother Dorothy is a pianist also and plays various woodwind instruments. Keith first learned to play songs of R&B artists like Stevie Wonder by ear and then started classical piano lessons at 8yrs old. 

Donald Brown nurtured Keith’s musical ambitions by teaching him how to play his original compositions and jazz standards. Keith was also influenced by artists such as Phineas Newborn Jr., James Williams, and Mulgrew Miller. Keith and his brothers, Kenneth (drums) and Donald Brown Jr., were deep into hip-hop and rap music growing up. Keith began to study jazz seriously after he graduated high school. By age 18, Keith was playing piano and bass around Knoxville in a variety of jazz, r&b, funk, and country bands. Since he began playing jazz, at the age of 18, Keith has been fortunate to perform and record with some amazing musicians. Keith has shared the stage with great jazz artist such as Mike Clark, Jeff Coffin, Essiet Essiet, Bill Mobley and his String Orchestra, Billy Pierce, Greg Tardy, Terreon Gully, Warren Wolf, Benny Golson, and Russell Gunn. Keith has also toured with such greats as Bobby Watson, Ray Drummond, and Marvin “Smitty” Smith. In addition, he has also performed with some of the great young musicians of today such as Kenneth Whalum III, Marcus Gilmore, French saxophonist Baptist Herbin and many others. Keith continues to draw inspiration from his roots in R&B, Funk, Classic, Jazz and Hip-Hop and constantly explores new ways of integrating these influences. “I always try to write and perform in a way that is intellectual but that has a strong sense of melody or groove that can touch those who are open enough to listen.” Keith recently completed a new recording project released on August 29, 2015 on the Space Time Record Label. The album features mostly original compositions by Keith and features saxophonist Greg Tardy on tenor, Kenneth Whalum III on tenor and soprano saxophones, Clint Mullican on bass, Jamel Mitchell on tenor saxophone, Mike Seal on guitar, and Grammy Award Winning drummer Terreon “Tank” Gully who also serves as the producer. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/keithbrown

Personnel:  Keith Brown - piano; Essiet Essiet - bass; Marcus Gilmore - drums; Stephane Belmondo - trumpet, flugelhorn; Baptiste Herbin - alto, soprano sax

Sweet & Lovely

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Kellylee Evans - I Remember When

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:07
Size: 106,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:24)  1. My Name Is
(3:48)  2. I Remember When
(3:20)  3. Désolé
(3:45)  4. And So We Dance
(3:45)  5. If I Was Your Woman
(5:42)  6. Lose Yourself
(3:27)  7. Only You
(4:07)  8. Jungle
(4:18)  9. Ordinary People
(3:16) 10. You Got Me
(4:45) 11. Amazing
(2:25) 12. High

For Kellylee Evans fans in her native Canada (and those south of the 49th parallel willing to pay big bucks for import CDs), I Remember When is nothing new. Fifteen months after its Canadian release, the album has finally made its domestic arrival. And patience has its virtues: The U.S. version deletes two of the weaker tracks and adds three stronger originals. Though the disc follows on the heels of Evans’ album-length tribute to Nina Simone, it is closer in sound, spirit and energy to her jazz-soul gem Fight or Flight? from 2007. But scratch the “jazz.” Evans is now a full-fledged soul singer with freshly sharpened hip-hop influences. The album’s backward-glancing title seems odd. With the exception of a wrenching reading of Gladys Knight’s “If I Were Your Woman,” this is a dynamically forward-looking Evans. For additional covers, she draws on an intriguing cross-section of contemporary songwriters, offsetting a caffeinated treatment of Stromae’s “Alors on danse” and astute reading of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” with a prowling take on Kanye West’s “Amazing” and a gorgeous rendition of John Legend’s “Ordinary People.” The eight remaining tracks, all originals, range from the keen self-actualization of “My Name Is” and survivalist fire of “Jungle” to the clever romanticism of the A Tribe Called Quest-inspired list song “You Got Me.” Most impressive, though, is one of the newly added tracks, “Built to Fly,” an homage to the superheroes within us all, artfully built atop Dr. Dre’s “Big Ego’s.”~ Christopher Loudon http://jazztimes.com/articles/138259-i-remember-when-kellylee-evans

Personnel:  Kellylee Evans – vocals;  Eric Legnini - piano, keys, Wurlitzer, compositions;  Boris Pocora - saxophones, flute, bass clarinet;  Raphael Debacker – piano;  Eric Löhrer – guitar;  Sylvain Romano – bass;  Fabrice Moreau – drums;  Stephane Belmondo - bass trumpet, flugelhorn;  Stephane Edouard - percussions

I Remember When

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Denise King & Olivier Hutman - Give Me the High Sign

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:50
Size: 128,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:40)  1. I Lost My Way
(4:06)  2. Don't Overact
(4:54)  3. Mellow Mellow
(4:33)  4. Night Vision
(5:14)  5. I Only Have Eyes for You
(4:54)  6. What Did They Say Today?
(5:49)  7. The Things We Don't Want
(4:18)  8. Can You Do It?
(5:14)  9. Blame It On My Youth
(3:39) 10. Give Me the High Sign
(5:16) 11. Save the Children
(3:08) 12. Daydream

Philly-based vocalist Denise King was doing just fine with her late-blooming career as a lush, soulful interpreter of standards. Then she met French pianist-arranger-composer Olivier Hutman. They initially teamed a dozen years ago in Paris, but it was their delayed reunion in late 2009 that proved the catalyst for King’s advancement to a richer, more rewarding level of artistry. After a couple of European tours, King and Hutman united with bassist Daryl Hall, drummer Steve Williams and saxophonist Olivier Temime to record No Tricks. Under Hutman’s influence, King was transformed, unleashing a looser, more multifaceted sound that suggests Tina Turner by way of Cassandra Wilson, with a hint of smooth Sade sophistication.

Working with the same stellar lineup augmented by trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo, King outdoes herself with Give Me the High Sign. Again there are several stunning standards, including exceptional renditions of “I Only Have Eyes for You,” “Blame It on My Youth” and “Day Dream,” and an understatedly powerful reading of Gil Scott-Heron’s “Save the Children.” More interesting, though, is the potpourri of Hutman compositions, three featuring King lyrics. Venturing from the layered bleakness of “I Lost My Way,” bruised wisdom of “Mellow Mellow” and sassy kiss-off of “Don’t Overact” to the tally of social ills that is “What Did They Say Today?,” King brings her Hutman-ignited sea change to magnificent fruition. ~ Christopher Loudon  http://jazztimes.com/articles/107981-give-me-the-high-sign-denise-king-olivier-hutman

Personnel: Olivier Hutman (piano, keyboards); Denise King (vocals); Olivier Temime (tenor saxophone); Stephane Belmondo (trumpet, flugelhorn); Paulie Jan (keyboards); Darryl Hall (double bass); Steve Williams (drums).

Give Me the High Sign

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