Hiromi Kanda - Hiromi In Love

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:13
Size: 107,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:14)  1. That Old Feeling
(3:22)  2. Always Here For You
(3:36)  3. How Deep IS The Ocean
(3:12)  4. I'll Never Smile Again
(4:14)  5. Blue Love
(4:03)  6. Someone To Watch Over Me
(3:27)  7. My Funny Valentine
(2:57)  8. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
(3:26)  9. All The Way
(3:31) 10. When I Fall In Love
(3:16) 11. Cry
(4:03) 12. The Second Time Around
(3:47) 13. Unforgettable

Japanese singer Hiromi Kanda expresses her affection for American pre-rock traditional pop music on Hiromi in Love. She is accompanied by members of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, playing arrangements written and conducted by Matt Catingub (who also contributes alto saxophone, piano, and backup vocals) on a set of standards written by the likes of Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, and Rodgers & Hart, plus a couple of originals in a similar style. Her timbre may remind some listeners of Linda Ronstadt, who made three albums of similar music, though native English speakers probably will feel the same way about Kanda that native Spanish speakers did listening to Ronstadt's albums of Mexican music, in the sense that Kanda sings with a slight Japanese accent throughout. She is certainly comprehensible, and these are much more than karaoke-like performances, but it is impossible to ignore that, for example, in "That Old Feeling," the word "foolish" comes off sounding like "fulitch," or that, in "Cry," "sunshine" is rendered as "sanshan." Thus, English speakers may suppose they are listening to the soundtrack of an old movie set in post-World War II, U.S.-occupied Japan. This probably means that Hiromi in Love will be most successful in Japan itself and the Pacific Rim in general, where Kanda's accent won't be as much of an issue.~ William Ruhlmann  http://www.allmusic.com/album/hiromi-in-love-mw0001959346

Hiromi In Love

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Karin Krog - One on One

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:18
Size: 154,1 MB
Art: Front + Back

(2:35)  1. Blues In My Heart
(3:12)  2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(5:05)  3. These Foolish Things
(2:58)  4. But Not For Me
(6:16)  5. God Bless The Child
(3:22)  6. Just In Time
(3:58)  7. A Song For You
(4:14)  8. Feeling Too Good Today Blues
(5:31)  9. Stardust
(2:02) 10. I Wont Dance
(3:07) 11. Medley: Blue and Sentimental/ Sentimental and Melancholy
(2:49) 12. Scandia Skies
(2:28) 13. I Was Doing All Right
(3:33) 14. I Got The Right To Sing The Blues
(3:05) 15. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
(7:21) 16. John Coltrane`s `A Love Supreme`
(2:31) 17. As You Are
(3:07) 18. Going Home

Not overwhelmed with the song now playing on this album? Be patient, the next track may be something more to your liking. This album is a musical smogarsboard of songs cutting across a variety of vocal genre. The play list runs from the traditional "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child," through Hoagy Carmichael's ultimate standard "Stardust" through John Coltrane's poem-song "A Love Supreme" with a little of 1960s popsters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller thrown in. It would be unkind to say that the singer is simply trying out everything until she finds something she does well. Not so with Karen Krog, one of the finer and more inventive jazz singers of the last three decades. One on One is a compilation of three different recording sessions Krog made as part of a duo performances. Krog and premier bass player Red Mitchell are on the first six tracks, recorded in 1977. Also recorded in the same year, Krog and Swedish pianist Bengt Hallberg are on tracks seven through fourteen. The last four tracks, recorded in 1980, are devoted to Krog's work with Nils Lindberg, Swedish composer and organist. There are not many singers who would risk singing with just a bass or an organ as accompaniment. The vocalist and bass player must have great musical rapport given the limitations of the instrument. As far as an organ goes it, if not delicately played, can overwhelm the vocalist. The fact that it comes off incredibly well is a tribute not only to Krog, but to Mitchell and Lindberg. The Krog/Mitchell sessions are especially haunting. Mitchell plays cello like passages on Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To." His phrasing and articulation seem to be made especially for Krog's vocal inflections and phrasing. Hallberg has been a top performer in Europe for several years and has recorded with Krog before. Lindberg is a composer and, as is evident on the almost sacred rendition of "A Love Supreme," a church organist. This album offers a over an hour of a wide variety of music all showcasing Karen Krog's amazing vocal virtuosity.~Dave Nathan  http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-on-one-mw0000725523

One on One

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Come Shine - With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra In Concert

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:46
Size: 134,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:19)  1. My Funny Valentine
(5:42)  2. Moon River
(4:41)  3. Let'S Do It
(5:23)  4. Memories Of You
(7:51)  5. You Don'T Know What Love Is
(6:54)  6. September Song
(5:34)  7. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
(4:35)  8. Lush Life
(7:39)  9. When I Fall In Love
(4:04) 10. I Like To Hear It Sometime

Live Maria Roggen (born 22 March 1970 in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz singer, songwriter and composer, educated at Foss High School (violin and vocals), sociology and Musicology intermediate at the University of Oslo and Jazz Line at Trøndelag Conservatory of Music (NTNU) (1995–98). Worked as Jazz and singing teacher at the Sund folkehøgskole, Høgskolen in Agder (music conservatory) and at Trøndelag Conservatory of Music (NTNU). Since 2006, Associate Professor of jazz singing at the Norwegian Academy of Music.[1] She is the older sister of the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen from the Norwegian vocal band Pitsj. Roggen first appeared in the duo Tu'Ba with the tuba player Lars Andreas Haug 1994. She helped start the band Wibutee in 1997-2000, and then was the lead singer of the Norwegian jazz band Come Shine 1998-2004. In 2003-08, she appeared with their own lyrics and compositions in the Live Band. In 2007, a solo disc Circuit songs which won Spellemannprisen the Norwegian Grammy Award in the Open class. Since 2004, Roggen has been co-singer and one of the driving forces of the improvisational vocal ensemble Trondheim Voices, for whom she made the compositions. In 2009, Roggen and pianist Helge Lien formed the Norwegian-language duo Live/Lien that performs original music written to texts by Norwegian poets, cover songs and jazz tunes. In addition to her own bands and groups Roggen have sung with, among other Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Trondheimsolistene, Bugge Wesseltoft, Tom Steinar Lund & Trio de Janeiro, deLillos and Leieboerne, and she has since 1996 been a backup singer in the group Young Neils. In 2008 and 2009 she participated in four tribute concerts For Radka together with Arild Andersen, Jon Eberson and Jon Christensen, including in the Norwegian National Opera. In 2006-2009 she sang the tango and jazz compositions in the Atle Sponberg and Frode Haltli s La Fuente. She participated in children's records Magiske kroker & hemmeligheter, (Egmont 2008) and Go'natt, (Jazzland/Universal 2009). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Maria_Roggen

With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra In Concert

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Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:05
Size: 139,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:55)  1. No Love Dying
(3:35)  2. Liquid Spirit
(3:09)  3. Lonesome Lover
(3:31)  4. Water Under Bridges
(3:19)  5. Hey Laura
(3:42)  6. Musical Genocide
(4:08)  7. Wolfcry
(4:58)  8. Free
(4:16)  9. Brown Grass
(3:23) 10. Wind Song
(3:35) 11. The "In" Crowd
(4:47) 12. Movin'
(6:52) 13. When Love Was King
(7:47) 14. I Fall In Love Too Easily

After two solid albums on Motema, both of which earned Grammy nominations, singer and songwriter Gregory Porter makes his Blue Note debut with Liquid Spirit. A singer whose quicksilver vocal style refuses to be caged by either jazz, gospel, or R&B, his warm, inviting baritone utilizes them all when he wishes to. Using the musicians who appeared with him on 2012's Be Good  Yosuke Sato and Tivon Pennicott, saxophones; Chip Crawford, piano; Aaron James, bass, Emanuel Harrold, drums Porter wrote or co-wrote 11 of these 14 songs. There is a dynamite reading of Billy Page's hard-grooving "The In Crowd" that highlights Porter's rhythmic phrasing. Though it's a soul tune at heart, he swings hard. The cover of Max Roach's and Abbey Lincoln's "Lonesome Lover" evokes the soulful post-bop spirit of the original and offers a bracing portrait of the singer's command of his own upper range. Covers aside, the real strength of Liquid Spirit lies in Porter's songs: his lyrics and melodies are as rich as his voice. 

Opener "No Love Dying Here" walks a line between jazz and soul; its life-affirming words are underscored by the effortless conviction and authority in his vocal, while Sato's alto saxophone solo affirms the lyric. The fingerpopping, handclapping gospel groove in the title track is punched up by saxophones and Curtis Taylor's trumpet. The call-and-response between Porter and James' bass is tasty, and one can hear a trace of Donny Hathaway in the singer's commanding, heartfelt delivery. "Hey Laura" is characterized by Porter's relaxed but utterly sincere delivery, and packs a knock-out emotional punch in his protagonist's plea to the object of his affection. "Brown Grass" is a close second in the emotional punch department; it's a love song to be sure, but a sadder one. Porter articulates his protagonist's regrets simply and honestly, and therefore resonantly. For all of his innovative ability to effortlessly combine, shift, and shape various musical genres in his own image, Porter is militantly old school check "Musical Genocide," as he celebrates the music of the past with a popping piano, hard-grooving horns, funky Rhodes, and swelling B-3. 

On the tender ballad "Wolfcry," he is accompanied only by Crawford; it's so hip and melodically rich, it could easily have been sung by a young Nat Cole. The way he and his band move through blues, jazz, gospel, and R&B simultaneously on the declamatory testimonial "Free" is breathtaking. The intro to "Movin'," near set's end, suggests Bill Withers, but Porter quickly shifts it into higher gear with the horns punctuating the ends of his sung lines. While his first two recordings revealed a major new talent with their promise, Liquid Spirit is a giant step forward artistically, and for the listener, an exercise in musical inspiration.~Thom Jurek  http://www.allmusic.com/album/liquid-spirit-mw0002555419

Liquid Spirit

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Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:41
Size: 113.7 MB
Styles: Brazilian jazz
Year: 2000/2006
Art: Front

[2:36] 1. Agua De Beber
[4:30] 2. Meditation
[3:01] 3. Ela E Carioca
[3:53] 4. So Tinha De Ser Com Voce
[5:01] 5. A Felicidade
[4:07] 6. Eu E O Meu Amor Lamento No Morro
[4:06] 7. Falando De Amor
[2:52] 8. A Correnteza
[4:40] 9. O Boto
[2:58] 10. Mantiqueira Range
[4:26] 11. Corcovado
[4:25] 12. Desafinado
[3:02] 13. Aguas De Marco (Waters Of March)

This 2000 release by Brazilian artists Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum features 13 tracks and includes "Agua De Beber" and "Falando De Amor." The Jobim in Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum isn't the late Antonio Carlos Jobim, who was rightly exalted as "The George Gershwin of Brazil" and wrote such well known standards as "Wave," "The Girl from Ipanema," "Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)," "One Note Samba," and "Triste." However, this Brazilian foursome does boast two of Jobim's relatives, including his son Paulo and his grandson Daniel. With Paulo on guitar and vocals, Daniel on piano and vocals, Paula Morelenbaum on vocals, and Jacques Morelenbaum on cello, Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum provides an enjoyable, if conventional, bossa nova CD that isn't unlike the recordings that Joao and Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, and others provided in the early '60s. You won't find a lot of surprises on this tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim -- "Corcovado," "Desafinado," "Agua de Beber," and "Waters of March" are standards that jazz and Brazilian pop artists have recorded countless times over the years, and Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum doesn't bring anything new or out of the ordinary to them. The most chance-taking track is Paolo's "Mantiqueira Range," a jazz instrumental that gives Jaques a chance to let loose on cello. Nonetheless, this is a pleasant and sincere tribute, if a generally predictable one; but because Paula and Daniel sing with such soul and charisma, you're inclined to be forgiving. These artists have a lot of talent; hopefully, they'll take more chances on future albums. ~ Alex Henderson 2000 release by a quartet of musicians who were closest to the late Brasilian master at the time of his death. Members includes Jobim's son, guitarist/vocalist Paulo Jobim, his grandson, pianist/vocalist Daniel Jobim, as well as cellist Jacques Morelenbaum and his wife, vocalist Paula Morelenbaum. This disc is a loving tribute to their lost father and friend and performed with the sort of passion that Jobim inspired in them.

Recorded at Mega Studio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil between April and June 1999.

Paulo Jobim (vocals, guitar); Daniel Jobim (vocals, piano); Paula Morelenbaum (vocals); Jaques Morelenbaum (cello). Additional personnel: Zeca Assumpcao (bass); Marcelo Costa (drums, percussion); Marcos Suzano (percussion).

Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum

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Janis Carnes - Hoagy & Me

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 118:00
Size: 270.2 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. Vagabond Dreams
[2:47] 2. Wha'll They Think Of Next
[4:09] 3. Irresistible
[3:44] 4. Memphis In June
[2:42] 5. Up With Love
[3:25] 6. Moonburn
[3:27] 7. Someday Soon
[4:27] 8. Am I Naive
[2:24] 9. Ooh! What You Said
[3:32] 10. One Morning In May
[5:00] 11. Georgia On My Mind
[4:25] 12. Winter Moon
[1:34] 13. I Walk With Music
[3:49] 14. Be Careful What You Wish For
[2:51] 15. I Get Along Without You Very Well
[3:38] 16. You're Someone Else's Heartache Now
[4:05] 17. Skylark
[2:52] 18. Vagabond Dreams (Inst)
[2:47] 19. What'll They Think Of Next (Inst)
[4:10] 20. Irresistible (Inst)
[3:44] 21. Memphis In June (Inst)
[2:42] 22. Up With Love (Inst)
[3:24] 23. Moonburn (Inst)
[3:27] 24. Someday Soon (Inst)
[4:27] 25. Am I Naive (Inst)
[2:24] 26. Ooh! What You Said (Inst)
[3:32] 27. One Morning In May (Inst)
[5:00] 28. Georgia On My Mind (Inst)
[4:25] 29. Winter Moon (Inst)
[1:34] 30. I Walk With Music (Inst)
[3:49] 31. Be Careful What You Wish For (Inst)
[2:51] 32. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Inst)
[3:39] 33. You're Someone Else's Heartache Now (Inst)
[4:05] 34. Skylark (Inst)

Hoagy Carmichael is one of the most important jazz composers of all time. With hits like "Georgia On My Mind" and "Skylark," Carmichael etched his name in the history of Jazz. This collection, is sung by Janis Carnes (hit songwriter for such artists as Trisha Yearwood, Reba McYntire, Alabama, Steve Wariner, The Whites, and many more) and blends some of Hoagy's finest jazz compositions with some of Carnes' originals. "Hoagy 'n' Me" is brought to life with the definitive, warm, clear vocal stylings of Janis Carnes. Her style is at one moment soft and sensual and the next thick and powerful. Each of the original compositions matches the impact and beauty of the Carmichael standards. This CD celebrates standards that are part of the backbone of jazz and evolves with new songs that yearn to remember the craft of the past and break into the future.

Janis entered the music business with a bang as a hit songwriter for such artists as Trisha Yearwood, Reba McYntire, Alabama, Steve Wariner, The Whites, and many more. Even though Janis' success has been primarily in country music, she has always had a deep connection with jazz and swing music. One of the key hits she wrote (with Rick Carnes and Chip Hardy) was "Hangin' Around," a bluegrass-swing song recorded by The Whites and Dean Martin, which helped bring mainstream awareness to the jazz influenced style. After forming a duo with husband and fellow songwriter Rick Carnes, Janis was signed as an artist to Elektra Asylum by the infamous Jimmy Bowen (one of the most influential figures in the Nashville music scene).

Hoagy & Me

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Johnny Lytle - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 36:49
Size: 84.3 MB
Styles: Vibraphone jazz
Year: 1970/2008
Art: Front

[3:58] 1. Memphis To K.C.
[7:21] 2. Mine
[3:12] 3. Walk A Soul Mile
[3:34] 4. Bag A Bones
[5:44] 5. Babo
[5:33] 6. One For Carter
[3:26] 7. Big Wheel
[3:58] 8. Save Your Love For Me

This LP has never been on CD before, and the original LP was never released outside of Europe. This was one of a series of European-only LPs featuring various jazz musicians. Fans have been clamoring for this album for quite some time. The date of this release is thought to be around 1970.

Johnny Lytle (vibes); Albert Dailey (keys); Chester Thompson (drums). The rest of the musicians are unknown, though instruments include piano, organ, conga, drums, electric guitar, and upright bass. Not every instrument is featured on every track.

What we have is a collection of funky soul-jazz/R&B, much of it with a distinctly down-home feel. "Mine" is somewhat of a departure, as it wades heavily into Cal Tjader-esque Latin-jazz territory, and it's a real pleasure, clocking in at a satisfying 7:20. "Babo" is a uptempo funky mod workout, which has appeared on some funky compilations. "Walk A Soul Mile" is a easy-grooving funk excursion that could have been a contender for a Sanford & Son theme song, and has been confirmed as a Johnny Lytle composition. It's not unlike Organ Combo music which is being played in some bars to this very day. The tracks I've mentioned are fantastic, but in reality every track is a winner. ~Jasper/amazon

Johnny Lytle

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Lisa Lindsley - Everytime We Say Goodbye

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:25
Size: 110,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:58)  1. Nearness of You
(4:24)  2. Don't Explain
(3:48)  3. Alice in Wonderland
(4:55)  4. Inside a Silent Tear
(6:35)  5. The Very Thought of You
(3:08)  6. It's Only a Paper Moon
(8:30)  7. Everytime We Say Goodbye
(3:35)  8. Why Don't You Do Right
(7:29)  9. Girl from Ipanema

The jazz vocals standard repertoire is a durable one because it is populated with well-conceived and finely-crafted songs from the Great American Songbook. Of equal importance are the song's lyrics, cleverly constructed, and the melody, hook-filled. This song collection exists as a mountain to be climbed by any singer who believes him- or herself capable, willing and worthy. It is an assemblage of songs that has flooded the vocals market so that it is hard to separate the truly exceptional from the merely okay because of an unfavorable signal-to-noise ratio.

One way to separate jazz singing wheat from chaff is the presence of elegant simplicity. It is this quality that Lisa Lindsley's debut, Every Time We Say Goodbye, has in copious amounts, due to the fortunate intersection of a music savvy/recording naive singer in Lindsley; the availability of empathetic support in pianist George Mesterhazy and bassist Fred Randolf; and the presence of emotional challenge in the singer's life. The result is a sonic alchemy that is simple and pure a quicksilver and equally elusive.

Lindsley comes to singing later in life than most of her peers. This benefits her in that she has a lifetime of experiences through which to sing these familiar tunes, revealing new elements in the songs. She sings them simply, presenting the melodies in a relaxed and listener-friendly way. Her exquisitely balanced voice is what gives Lindsley license for such straight and compelling interpretation, interpretation that would be banal and boring in less talented voices. Lindsley's take on Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You" is so perfect, and Mesterhazy's arrangement and support so certain and nuanced, that it is hard to believe that such a performance level can be sustained for an entire disc.

But Lindsley manages to do exactly that. "The Very Thought of You," "It's Only A Paper Moon" and the title song all are delivered as in "Nearness," evenly measured, cool with a slight finish of melancholy. Mesterhazy and Randolf fit hand-in-glove in their accompaniment and encouragement. Mesterhazy's experience with another noted singer, the late Shirley Horn, is very evident as he sprinkles all of his playing with the blues; but it is only a distilled whiff that never overpowers the direction of the pieces.  There is always room for more standards recordings, specifically when they are as finely forged as Every Time We Say Goodbye. ~C.Michael Bailey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38833#.UjSpFT8kI5c

Personnel: Lisa Lindsley: vocals; George Mesterhazy: piano, melodica, keyboards; Fred Randolf: bass.

Everytime We Say Goodbye

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Luis Miguel - Mis Boleros Favoritos

Styles: Latin World
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:30
Size: 108,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:31)  1. No Me Platiques Mas
(3:27)  2. La Barca
(3:20)  3. La Gloria Eres Tu
(3:48)  4. No Sé Tú
(3:52)  5. Historia De Un Amor
(3:09)  6. Somos Novios
(3:00)  7. Solamente Una Vez
(3:59)  8. El Dia Que Me Quieras
(3:00)  9. El Reloj
(3:02) 10. Por Debajo De La Mesa
(3:17) 11. Encadenados
(3:03) 12. Sabor A Mi
(3:24) 13. Perfidia
(3:32) 14. Hasta Que Vuelvas

This compilation album reunites on one CD all the greatest boleros from the "Romances" series (six albums, starting with 1989's Romance and ending with 2001's Mis Romances). After four albums in which Luis Miguel recreated the classic tunes from the genre, this album is supposed to close this era. Some of the greatest hits in Spanish, in any genre, are included here, like "No Sé Tú," "Somos Novios," "El Día Que me Quieras," and "Solamente una Vez."

There's only one new song: the bonus track "Hasta Que Vuelvas." The first edition included a bonus DVD with seven videos. For any die-hard fan, this is the only reason to buy this album. If you don't have any of the "Romances" series' boleros, and you are looking for classic songs and good vocal performances, then this is the right album for you.~ Iván Adaime  

http://www.allmusic.com/album/mis-boleros-favoritos-mw0000662437

Mis Boleros Favoritos

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Red On Blue - A Place of Hope and Mysteries

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:55
Size: 103,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:07)  1. A Place of Hope and Mysteries
(5:20)  2. The Last One
(3:22)  3. The Peacock
(3:26)  4. Family Tree
(3:41)  5. Summer Storms
(4:50)  6. Shaky Way
(4:15)  7. Ocean
(4:51)  8. A Certain Feeling
(4:13)  9. Close to You
(3:40) 10. Shaky Way (Radio Edit)
(4:04) 11. The Last One (Radio Edit)

The singer-songwriter Bernadette Kube was born in East Berlin as the child of two artists. Her mother was a classic dancer, her father did pantomime. Most of her turbulent childhood, she spent in the theatre or on the Baltic Sea. Was it the mute art of her parents which drove her to the microphone? The family is still puzzling it over. She did not start singing secretly in the bath, but out loud in Toms Blues Band, a wild Blues group, whose drummer repeatedly fell into his instrument – tactfully indeed but drunk as a skunk. After this excessive time, she recovered with Jazz’n Kids, an old time jazz band. The specific tonality of the older men was thoroughly charming but unalterable. She learnt to be brave and dutiful – musically of course. She devotedly eavesdropped on stories told with the wisdom of age, and she was allowed to go on tour to Italy twice. It is not only her love of handmade pasta which has stood the test of time. She is still firm friends with the older men. It is the film director Michael Schorr („Schultze gets the blues“), who challenged her and brought her into contact with the world of jazz once again. In a short film he cast her as his protagonist’s „the singing girlfriend”. The difficult but appealing art of interpreting standards was part of her programme from then on. She joined the Swinghouse Jazz Band of Wolfgang Riemer. There she learnt how to sing alongside brass and stand her ground against wild pianists. „What, that was too fast? You aint seen nothing yet girl!” At the same time, she studied dramatics and New German Literature in Berlin and Paris. During her studies already, she founded the Bernadette Kube Quartett. By now, she had more than a dozen standards in her repertoire. She appeared in relevant Berlin clubs like A-Trane, b-flat, Grüner Salon, Quasimodo, Schlot and Zapata. When a graphic artist and equally incorruptible jazz expert she was friends with shouted “write something of your own!” in a heated discussion, she took it to heart. And in fact, she started plotting her own songs. In 2006 Bernadette Kube founded Red On Blue. Just a year later, they contributed two songs to the sound track of the film "Schröders wunderbare Welt" (Schröder's wonderful world) by director Michael Schorr a success, which Red On Blue owe to their stylistic experiment in the area of trip hop and downbeat. With Red On Blue Bernadette Kube regularly appears on the Berlin club scene. Gigs with striking large instrumentation were interspersed with duo appearances in an intimate atmosphere. She searches and collects. She seems to be on a journey. She really enjoys this work.~Bio  https://www.facebook.com/RedOnBlue.de/info.

Bernadette Kube – vocals;  Hein Schneider – piano; Marcus Klossek – guitar; Jan Lange – bass; Sascha Bachmann - drums

A Place of Hope and Mysteries

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Michael Feinstein & George Shearing - Hopeless Romantics

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:37
Size: 137,1 MB
Art: Front + Back

(3:01)  1. I Had The Craziest Dream
(3:26)  2. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
(4:23)  3. This Heart Of Mine
(4:01)  4. At Last
(4:13)  5. I'll String Along With You
(4:04)  6. You're My Everything
(4:12)  7. The More I See You
(4:37)  8. Serenade In Blue
(4:37)  9. I Know Why (And So Do You)
(4:11) 10. September In The Rain
(3:43) 11. Shadow Waltz
(3:19) 12. There Will Never Be Another You
(4:45) 13. I Only Have Eyes For You
(3:52) 14. You'll Never Know
(3:05) 15. You're My Everything (Alternate Version)

It's a shame that songwriter Harry Warren's name is not as well known as some of his contemporaries like Cole Porter or Irving Berlin. For whatever reason, writing dozens of hit songs like "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and winning three Academy Awards wasn't enough to get the name recognition he deserved. Hoping to change that, Michael Feinstein pays tribute to the often-ignored composer on Hopeless Romantics, a collection of Warren songs performed by Feinstein and pianist George Shearing. With both musicians quite familiar with the Warren catalog, Feinstein and Shearing decided to focus their attention specifically on Warren's more romantic songs. Therefore, popular upbeat hits like "Jeepers Creepers" and "Lullaby of Broadway" were set aside in favor of softer tunes like "At Last" and "I Only Have Eyes for You." Of course, this approach is a perfect fit for Feinstein, who has crooned thousands of American standards in his subdued cabaret style. The bonus this time around, though, is to have famed jazz pianist Shearing provide the accompaniment. The pairing works fine, especially when Shearing gets to riff a little on slightly more midtempo songs like "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me," but no matter how impeccable and gorgeous Shearing's work is, the album's low-key approach leaves little room for him to shine. Even one of Shearing's most famous snappy songs, "September in the Rain," is reduced to a maudlin ballad. It still works, but the magic of this pairing is something that would be more appreciated in a concert setting where each performer has room to move. As it is, working within the romantic theme and the confines of the studio provides little variety in either tone or tempo. But rising above it all are Warren's songs, and it is beneficial that Feinstein resurrects beautiful yet forgotten tunes like "Shadow Waltz." Of course, Feinstein is pitch-perfect and squeezes every ounce of good sentimentality out of each lyric, much in the way he did on his brilliant 2003 disc, Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb. This collection, however, is a little too quiet and mannered, but Feinstein and Shearing still do a great service by bringing these tunes back to the forefront. After hearing Hopeless Romantics, the name of Harry Warren should remain imbedded in the listener's memory.~ Aaron Latham  

http://www.allmusic.com/album/hopeless-romantics-mw0000168692

Hopeless Romantics

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Frank Vignola Trio With Lynn Clapp - Franklynn Swing

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:07
Size: 105.6 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz, Easy listening
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:50] 1. Franklynn
[4:49] 2. I've Found A New Baby
[3:52] 3. Georgia On My Mind
[4:01] 4. Hot Toddy
[3:41] 5. I'm Confessin'
[4:01] 6. The Nearness Of You
[5:28] 7. Moon Glow
[3:41] 8. Beaumont Rag
[3:30] 9. Undecided Now
[4:03] 10. Wabash Blues
[4:05] 11. Main Street Breakdown

The making of this CD is the fulfillment of a life long dream. While at the 2009 Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention (CASS) In Nashville, I , along with all the other guitar enthusiasts, got excited and pumped about music/guitars. Great impromptu jam sessions crop up everywhere! After the Friday night show, Frank, Vinny, Gary and I met up in the hotel lobby and began playing. We enjoyed ourselves and entertained others who sometimes joined in on an instrument or just joined in the groove. When we finally broke up the party at 3 a.m., Frank said we ought to record this! So, we did. ~Lynn Clapp

Special thanks to Frank Vignola, Vinny Raniolo, Gary Mazaroppi, Scott Rouse, Ricky Scaggs Recording Studio, Broadway Sound, Todd McCoig and AMG Media, Jean-Phillippe, and Art Wachter.

Franklynn Swing

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Carolyn Leonhart - Chances Are: The Romantic Music Of Robert Allen

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:36
Size: 127.3 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:33] 1. Chances Are
[5:04] 2. I Don't Regret A Thing
[3:43] 3. Come To Me
[4:44] 4. You Are Never Far Away From Me
[3:22] 5. Everybody Loves A Lover
[6:16] 6. Meantime
[4:07] 7. It's Not For Me To Say
[3:41] 8. Play For Keeps
[4:13] 9. It Could Have Been Worse
[6:02] 10. No Such Luck
[3:59] 11. Teacher, Teacher
[2:47] 12. I'm Loving You A Lot
[2:57] 13. Moments To Remember

2008 release from one of the most accomplished and versatile singers of her generation. Leonhart is best known to the wider world as having performed with the reformed Steely Dan and as a member of the trip-hop group Wax Poetic. This album focuses on her interpretations of the songs of Robert Allen, the songwriter who died in 2000 and wrote many hits for Perry Como and Johnny Mathis.

Carolyn Leonhart (vocals); David Andrew Mann (saxophone); Tony Kadleck (trumpet); Clint DeGanon (drums).

Chances Are: The Romantic Music Of Robert Allen

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k.d. lang - Watershed

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 38:54
Size: 89.1 MB
Styles: Contemporary country
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. I Dream Of Spring
[2:51] 2. Je Fais La Planche
[3:26] 3. Coming Home
[3:27] 4. Once In A While
[3:38] 5. Thread
[4:26] 6. Close Your Eyes
[4:17] 7. Sunday
[3:30] 8. Flame Of The Uninspired
[3:37] 9. Upstream
[3:07] 10. Shadow And The Frame
[2:30] 11. Jealous Dog

WATERSHED is the first album K.D. Lang has ever produced by herself, and as such, it sounds like a culmination of nearly every sound the Canadian singer-songwriter has ever explored in her career, save the manic rockabilly cowpunk of her debut album, 1987's ANGEL WITH A LARIAT. The lush, torchy feel of 1992's INGENUE and the jazzier direction of her later albums are the most obvious touchstones for the warmth and intimacy of WATERSHED, with the wistful opener "I Dream of Spring" and the cocktail lounge balladry of "Sunday" the most obvious standouts in that category. Elsewhere, the country-tinged sway of the harmony-heavy "Flame of the Uninspired" and the semi-rustic banjo-led folk of "Jealous Dog" recall the sound of SHADOWLAND and ABSOLUTE TORCH AND TWANG, while the gentle Brazilian pulse of "Upstream" and the minimalist electronics of "Shadow and the Frame" point towards new areas of exploration. One of Lang's finest and most self-assured records, WATERSHED is an essential listen.

Recording information: Art Kitchen; Glenwood Studios; Jungle Room; The Hut.

k.d. lang (vocals, guitar, banjo, harp, piano, keyboards, percussion, drum programming); Ben Mink (guitar, acoustic guitar); Greg Leisz (guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar); Teddy Borowiecki (guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, vibraphone, programming, drum programming); David Piltch (guitar, acoustic bass, electric bass, drums, percussion, programming, drum programming); Grecco Buratto, Bryan Sutton (guitar); Noam Pikelny (banjo); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Danny Frankel (drums, percussion); Lynne Earls (programming, drum programming).

Watershed

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Alan Moorhouse Orchestra - Come Swing With Me

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:31
Size: 90.5 MB
Styles: Swing, Easy Listening
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:05] 1. Bolero
[3:21] 2. Charmaine
[2:30] 3. Come Swing With Me
[2:56] 4. Dance Ballerina Dance
[2:12] 5. Here And Now
[3:00] 6. Lorraine
[3:02] 7. Love Is Blue
[2:30] 8. Black Satin Ribbons
[2:27] 9. Boom Bang A Bang
[2:54] 10. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
[2:14] 11. Edelweiss
[2:18] 12. Gentle Persuasion
[2:41] 13. I Don't Know What To Do
[2:23] 14. Little People
[2:49] 15. A Man Without Love

Come Swing With Me

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Sylvia Syms - Then Along Came Bill: A Tribute to Bill Evans

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:19
Size: 140,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:25)  1. Like Someone in Love
(4:38)  2. My Romance
(5:05)  3. A Sleepin' Bee
(5:16)  4. I Believe in You
(5:42)  5. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(5:22)  6. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
(3:37)  7. How About You?
(4:00)  8. The Touch of Your Lips
(5:11)  9. My Foolish Heart
(4:51) 10. But Beautiful
(5:18) 11. Nobody Else But Me
(3:28) 12. After You, Who?
(3:17) 13. Lucky to Be Me
(2:04) 14. Waltz for Debby

Sylvia Syms sang everything from cabaret to pop and jazz during her long career, and this tribute to the pianist Bill Evans, recorded nearly a decade after his death and just a few years prior to her passing at the age of 79, is a fine effort. Accompanied by Evans' longtime bassist Eddie Gomez, Evans' final drummer Joe LaBarbera, pianist Mike Renzi, and several guests who recorded with the late pianist on occasion, Syms brings out the essence of each of the 14 songs, though only one is an Evans' composition. 

Syms, who often described herself as a saloon singer and counted Frank Sinatra among her admirers, has a slightly smoky voice with a touch of vibrato due to being in her late seventies, but she knows how to make the most of her pipes. Renzi wisely doesn't attempt to mimic Evans' style at the keyboard, while the guests include flugelhornist Art Farmer, harmonica player Toots Thielemans, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and drummer Grady Tate (who spells LaBarbera on four tracks). Among the highlights are the soft bossa nova treatment of "The Touch of Your Lips," the playful rendition of "A Sleepin' Bee," and the touching finale of "Waltz for Debby."~Ken Dryden  

http://www.allmusic.com/album/then-along-came-bill-a-tribute-to-bill-evans-mw0000676814

 

Then Along Came Bill: A Tribute to Bill Evans

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Lynne Arriale Trio - Arise

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:16
Size: 117,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:04)  1. Frevo
(6:29)  2. American Woman
(5:58)  3. Arise
(6:35)  4. Lean on me
(4:54)  5. Esperanza
(5:15)  6. Change the world
(5:34)  7. The fallen
(5:55)  8. Upswing
(5:30)  9. Kum ba ya

Pianist Lynne Arriale continues to grow as a pianist and as an individualist with each recording. Arise is her strongest set to date. Her well-rounded program is highlighted by the blues "American Woman," the sensitive ballad "Arise," and a Latin romp during "Esperanza," but each of the nine selections (which include four of her originals) is rewarding. On the slower material, Arriale sometimes sounds a little like Keith Jarrett, but she has her own voice on the blues and the more intense pieces. Her close interplay with bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Steve Davis results in the three musicians often thinking as one. This is an excellent effort, making one look forward to Lynne Arriale's continuing musical growth.~ Scott Yanow  

http://www.allmusic.com/album/arise-mw0000023617

Arise

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Jim Rotondi - The Move

Styles: Jazz

Year: 2010

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 61:11

Size: 140,1 MB

Art: Front

(7:26)  1. Progress

(6:26)  2. Blues For KD

(5:47)  3. Julie Ann

(6:23)  4. The Coat

(6:44)  5. For Cedar

(9:05)  6. Too Late Now

(9:04)  7. DH

(4:54)  8. The Look Of Love

(5:18)  9. I Wish I Knew

During his 13-year association with Criss Cross, which includes six prior leader dates and another five with the nonpareil hard bop collective One For All, trumpeter Jim Rotondi has consistently maintained high standards of excellence in his playing and writing. The Move is no exception - Rotondi's strong sextet, all long-time colleagues (Ralph Bowen, tenor sax; Mike DiRubbo, alto sax; David Hazeltine, piano; John Webber, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums), play the stimulating charts with heat, creative spirit, and deep craft, each member stamping themselves as personal voices in the mainstream jazz timeline.~Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/The-Move-Jim-Rotondi-Sextet/dp/B002ZXZJQU

The Move

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Lino Patruno - Bix Lives (Feat. Dick Sudhalter)

Size: 143,4 MB
Time: 62:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: New Orleans Jazz
Art: Front

01. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (5:51)
02. It Had To Be You (6:48)
03. Royal Garden Blues (6:30)
04. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll (5:16)
05. If We Never Meet Again (4:30)
06. Honeysuckle Rose (3:55)
07. At The Jazz Band Ball (7:20)
08. Smiles (4:42)
09. Neverthless (4:26)
10. The Love Nest (4:32)
11. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (4:47)
12. Linger Awhile (3:45)

Lino Patruno has been in show-biz for many years. His experience ranges from concert jazz performances, studio recordings, TV and cabaret actor, theatre and cinema, to bandleader, film music composer,jazz festival organizer and television presenter.
Lino Patruno began his career in the first of the jazz bands active in Milan in the 50’s.
Among the bands he led,are the notable “Riverside Jazz Band” in the 50’s and 60’s and the “Milan College Jazz Society” in the 70’s.

His greatest success came about, however, in his participation in the TV show “Portobello”.
With Pupi Avati, he wrote the screenplay of the film “Bix” which represented Italy in the 1991 Cannes Festival, producing the soundtrack arranged by Bob Wilber.
Among the International Festivals in which he has taken part, we remember that of Sanremo (Italy) in 1963, that of Nice (France) in 1976 and 1977, Breda (Holland) in 1978, in Switzerland (Lugano, Lucern, Bern), in Italy (Pompei, Palermo), Dusseldorf (Germany), all in the 80’s, and in USA (Davenport-Iowa and Libertyville-Illinois) in the 90’s.
Lino Patruno lives in Rome, where he is also involved in cinema. Among the films in which he has taken part, we remember “Amarcord” directed by Fellini, and “ The Last Days of Mussolini” directed by Carlo Lizzani with Rod Steiger and Henry Fonda, and among the sound-tracks he has composed: “Guerra di Spie” directed by Duccio Tessari with Jean Rochefort and Marisa Berenson, “Crimson Dawn” directed by Marcello Aliprandi with Franco Nero, of which he was also Producer.

Bix Lives

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Boots Randolph - A Whole New Ballgame

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 58:57
Size: 135.0 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:09] 1. I'm Beginning To See The Light
[5:40] 2. Billy's Bounce
[3:18] 3. I'll Be Seeing You
[4:08] 4. Take Me Out To The Ballgame
[3:31] 5. Candy
[6:16] 6. Basically Blues
[4:33] 7. 'round Midnight
[3:53] 8. Dream Dancing
[3:49] 9. Stompin' At The Savoy
[5:55] 10. Cry Me A River
[5:09] 11. L-O-V-E
[3:38] 12. You'll Never Know
[3:43] 13. I'll Walk Alone
[1:10] 14. Nature Boy

Boots Randolph will always be best-known for his cornball pop hit "Yakety Sax" and for his association with country music, but he has long loved swinging jazz. Years ago he recorded an effective jazz album with Richie Cole called Yakety Madness! Randolph's huge tone, influenced by Illinois Jacquet, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Coleman Hawkins, perfectly fits into the idiom, and on A Whole New Ballgame, he performs no-nonsense jazz. Although the occasional synthesized strings of keyboardist Jason Webb sounds a little cheesy in spots, Randolph is heard throughout in top form. He displays very impressive technique, knows the songs well and swings hard without going too over the top. The rhythm section is fine in support, with pianist Steve Willets and guitarist Roddy Smith having solo space, but Randolph is the main show, really blowing up a storm on "L-O-V-E," an up-tempo "Take Me out to the Ballgame" and "Basically Blues." Recommended. Unfortunately, Radolph died about a month after this was released. ~ Scott Yanow

Recording information: The Groovhouse, Nashville, TN (02/2006-04/2006).

Boots Randolph (tenor saxophone); Boots Randolph; Mark Stallings (Hammond b-3 organ); Jason Webb (keyboards); Tim Smith (bass guitar); Ray VonRotz (drums, drum, percussion); Roddy Smith (guitar); Steve Willets (piano).

A Whole New Ballgame

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