Joe Locke - For The Love Of You

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:41
Size: 134,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:10)  1. Two for the Road
(7:30)  2. Old Devil Moon
(5:58)  3. For The Love Of You
(6:26)  4. Verrazano Moon
(4:54)  5. I Miss New York
(4:54)  6. Birds
(7:56)  7. The Shadow Of Your Smile
(5:21)  8. Cinema Paradiso
(5:21)  9. Pure Imagination
(5:06) 10. Bright Side Up

Honoring various composers, vibraphonist Joe Locke has led his group for three years in an annual gig at Dizzy's Coca Cola Club in New York. Recently Locke decided to record the output with the happy result being For The Love Of You.  Four top-flight musicians are gathered for this gig pianist Geoffrey Keezer, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Clarence Penn. Joining the four, little-known vocalist Kenny Washington - Vocals (not to be confused with the renowned drummer of the same name) is the real star here.

How they all got together is an interesting story. Locke met Washington singing in a small venue in Half Moon Bay, Northern California. He was so impressed with what he heard that he decided to collaborate with him in the future. He got the chance during Mancini week at Dizzy's, an event that honored film composer Henry Mancini. This was the beginning of what became a yearly get-together.

After the first year, the program expanded to include the music of other film-score writers, including Johnny Mandel and Ennio Morricone. In 2009, the scope was widened further, bringing in material from pop-rockers the Isley Brothers and Neil Young, along with standards and Locke originals.

Washington is heard on seven of the ten tracks. He has a smooth tenor voice with a four-octave range. At all times, he respects the lyrics. Each number, whether slow ballad or swing, he stays with the story. In a style akin to Nat "King" Cole, he begins in a mellow mood with Mancini's "Two for the Road." Next the atmosphere warms with a bouncy version of Lane/Harburg's "Old Devil Moon."

The backup from Locke and his crew could not be better. They create a sphere for the vocals to shine while leaving ample space for all to show their solo talents. Three instrumental tracks further emphasize their collective prowess.

A centerpiece of the record is Mandel's "The Shadow of Your Smile." At the start, Penn's up-tempo drumming is effective counterpoint to Washington's leisurely pace. Soon it builds toward an explosive climax. Keezer and Locke further add sparks with torrid solos, and Washington finishes with a coda that vividly shows off his wide range. Of the instrumentals, Morricone's "Cinema Paradiso" is a winner. Mraz's stately bowed-bass opening gives way to dreamy solos by Locke and Keezer. Mraz concludes the piece with a lovely pizzicato flourish.

 ~ Larry Taylor   http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35271#.UlnZ6xDFpEM

Personnel: Joe Locke: vibes; Geoffrey Keezer: piano; George Mraz: bass; Clarence Penn: drums; Kenny Washington: vocals.

For The Love Of You

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Bob James & Howard Paul - Just Friends The Hamilton Hall Sessions 2011

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:23
Size: 106,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:50)  1. Alone Together
(4:17)  2. Autumn Leaves
(5:17)  3. Emily
(2:33)  4. Just Friends
(4:25)  5. Laura
(4:48)  6. Out of Nowhere
(6:44)  7. I Only Have Eyes for You
(4:34)  8. Georgia on My Mind
(3:27)  9. Moon River
(4:22) 10. But Beautiful

Bob James is an integral part of the American music scene, and has influenced generations of players. An auspicious discovery by Quincy Jones in 1962 at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival resulted in his first solo album "Bold Conceptions", and soon after that a 5 year stint as pianist with the legendary Sarah Vaughan. His career has spanned five decades of countless recording sessions and tours with major jazz figures, nearly 40 solo albums, two Grammy awards, and more than twenty years with the iconic contemporary jazz group Fourplay. His solo, duet, trio and collaborative albums have been widely acclaimed, and his original compositions like ‘Angela, Theme From Taxi,’ have become ingrained in the American cultural soundtrack. His collaborations, “The Angels of Shanghai” & most recently "Botero" with Korean jazz guitarist Jack Lee have helped redefine World Music, and his tours have taken him repeatedly around the globe and the to the top of the music charts. For more information visit: www.bobjames.com

Howard Paul is a jazz guitarist who has followed his passion for the instrument well beyond the boundaries of a typical gigging musician. After years of performing professionally while maintaining careers in the military and business, he partnered with the world’s most renowned guitarmaker Bob Benedetto to create Benedetto Guitars, Inc., a jazz guitar manufacturing company base in Savannah, GA. Performing routinely with guitar greats like Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Joe Beck, Jimmy Bruno and many others, performing workshops at colleges, universities and conservatories around the U.S., recording with and supporting many featured artists at clubs and festivals, he has risen to prominence in the jazz guitar world. 

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bobjameshowardpaul

Just Friends The Hamilton Hall Sessions 2011

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Booker Ervin - The Blues Book

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 41:21

Size: 94.7 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 1964/1993

Art: Front

[14:26] 1. Eerie Dearie

[ 6:24] 2. One For Mort

[15:23] 3. No Booze Blooze

[ 5:06] 4. True Blue

Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1993, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). For this CD reissue in his series of Books, Ervin and his quintet (with trumpeter Carmell Jones, pianist Gildo Mahones, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Alan Dawson) perform four very different blues: the speedy "One for Mort," a low-down "No Booze Blooze," the modal "True Blue," and the minor-toned "Eerie Dearie." The consistently passionate Ervin makes each of the fairly basic originals sound fresh and the performances are frequently exciting inside/outside music. ~ Scott Yanow

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 30, 1964.

Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone); Carmell Jones (trumpet); Gildo Mahones (piano); Richard Davis (acoustic bass); Alan Dawson (drums).

The Blues Book

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Nanette Natal - It's Only A Tune

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:35
Size: 109.5 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz vocals
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[5:01] 1. It's Only A Tune
[4:58] 2. The Night Awaits Me
[4:38] 3. How Do You Walk Away From Love?
[6:17] 4. The Dream Is Over
[5:29] 5. You'd Think I Would Have Learned By Now
[4:26] 6. Different Times Different Spaces
[5:30] 7. It Was Now It Was Then
[6:18] 8. Waiting
[4:52] 9. Sweet Vanities

Nanette Natal has long been a major singer, one whose expressive interpretations of lyrics and sharp ability to improvise have made her an important if underrated talent. On It's Only a Tune, she mostly sticks to original ballads plus a couple soulful medium-tempo pieces. Natal wrote all of the music, and her intelligent and often philosophical lyrics make a few of her tunes possibilities to become standards in the future if enough singers hear this set.

Natal's interplay with the horns (each of whom are excellent even if only veteran trombonist Art Baron is well known) is playful and bluesy, adding to the appeal of this excellent set. The one flaw is the lack of liner notes, but the music itself is quite memorable. ~ Scott Yanow

This is an album of romantic ballads, all written by vocalist Nanette Natal. The music is lush in its arrangement and usage of trumpet, trombone and saxophone. The style is reminiscent of the "West Coast cool jazz" period, and it sets a sultry mood.

Nanette Natal (vocals); Nanette Natal; Tim Ferguson (acoustic bass, double bass); Daniel Hovey (guitar); David Brandom (alto saxophone); Rob Henke (trumpet); Mark Patterson , Art Baron (trombone); Vince Cherico (drums, percussion).

Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY (07/2003).

It's Only A Tune

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Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage - Copacabana

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 50:03

Size: 114.6 MB

Styles: Brazilian jazz

Year: 2010

Art: Front

[7:19] 1. Baden

[5:43] 2. Trenzinho Do Caipira

[5:05] 3. Águas Brasileiras

[4:23] 4. Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil)

[2:59] 5. Pantanal

[6:27] 6. Copacabana

[4:53] 7. Saci Pererê

[7:18] 8. I Can See Forever

[5:53] 9. Asa Branca Baião

Nilson Matta is one of the most in-demand bassists for record dates encompassing Brazilian music, in addition to being a leader and also a member of the group Trio da Paz. This is only Matta's third CD under his own name, but it is a truly international session, with Americans Harry Allen (tenor sax) and Anne Drummond (flute), German pianist Klaus Mueller, plus fellow Brazilians Murico Zottarelli (drums) and percussionist Ze Mauricio. Matta composed "Baden" as a tribute to the late Brazilian guitarist/composer Baden Powell, a feature for the rhythm section that delves into a Bach-like fugue. 20th century composer Heitor Villa-Lobos penned "Trenzinho do Caipira ("The Little Train of the Caipira") as a part of his "Bachianas Brasileiras" suite, though this famous theme takes on a very different flavor with Matta's jazzy adaptation, which prominently features Allen and Drummond in the mix. The leader showcases his arco playing in his virtuoso solo masterpiece "Pantanal," at times suggesting a country hoedown à la Aaron Copland. Matta doubles on acoustic guitar in his delightful, easygoing bossa nova "Copacabana," with Allen conjuring the spirit of Stan Getz. Allen contributed the original ballad "I Can See Forever," written with the influence of the saudade style and suggesting a gorgeous sunset on a warm, romantic evening. Copacabana is a memorable date that reveals new facets with each hearing.

Copacabana

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Carolyn Martin - The Very Thought Of You

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:50
Size: 132,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:48)  1. Mean To Me
(5:16)  2. But Beautiful
(4:02)  3. The Very Thought Of You
(4:07)  4. Little Bird
(4:27)  5. My Funny Valentine
(3:06)  6. Until I Met You
(4:36)  7. Imagination
(3:38)  8. I Wanna Be Around (To Pick Up The Pieces)
(4:13)  9. How Long Has This Been Goin' On
(4:34) 10. This Time The Dream's On Me
(3:06) 11. I Thought About You
(2:25) 12. Too Marvelous For Words
(3:49) 13. Something Is The Matter With The Moon
(4:29) 14. These Foolish Things
(3:05) 15. Count Your Blessings

Step back into the past. Imagine a softly lit room, fancifully dressed tables, gentleman in suits and ladies donning their best cocktail dress. As the singer takes the stage, the night falls sweetly quiet. Melodies swirl to the beat of sensuous rhythms and time stands still. Bewitched by the songstress, you helplessly surrender to the mysteries of the night. Welcome to the music of Carolyn Martin. Carolyn enjoyed the simplicities of small-town life as a child, spending most of her days on horseback. Music was a part of daily living; she treasured the old movies and the Frank Sinatra records her parents played for her. “I was inspired as a little girl watching “White Christmas” with Rosemary Clooney. I loved the idea of standing in front of a band, singing beautiful melodies and wonderful lyrics,” said Carolyn. A dreadfully shy teen, Carolyn wanted to sing but chose guitar lessons instead. After a few rounds of accompanying a violinist friend at local restaurant gigs, a fan prodded Carolyn into singing. “When I received my first applause, I was hooked! I started singing every chance I got,” said Carolyn.

Eventually, the lure of the road would sweep the young vocalist away. Carolyn never realized at the time that music would take her places that others only dreamt about. Guest appearances for a president and American troops overseas would be just a few highlights of her career. An in-demand session singer and member of the Grammy nominated Time Jumpers, Carolyn has found herself front and center at Nashville's Opry House, on NPR, and many other exciting opportunities.

Time does fly when you’re having fun. Interestingly enough, Carolyn never took the time to record until The Very Thought of You in 2006. A collection of personal favorites and unique discoveries, this debut release includes gems like “The Very Thought of You” and “Too Marvelous for Words.” Carefully prepared arrangements bring forth the rich vocals that Carolyn Martin fans have known about for years. Carolyn Martin is a singer of a new generation that not only appreciates the music of the past; she has the skills to propel it to the future.  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/carolynmartin

The Very Thought Of You

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Anoushka Shankar - Traces of You

Styles: Vocal, World

Year: 2013

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 56:09

Size: 129,0 MB

Art : Front

(3:35)  1. The Sun Won't Set

(3:37)  2. Flight

(4:54)  3. Indian Summer

(5:05)  4. Maya

(4:38)  5. Lasya

(2:30)  6. Fathers

(4:57)  7. Metamorphosis

(3:33)  8. In Jyoti's Name

(3:40)  9. Monsoon

(3:45) 10. Traces of You

(3:04) 11. River Pulse

(8:17) 12. Chasing Shadows

(4:28) 13. Unsaid

Traces of You, featuring three new songs with Norah Jones! After the great success of her DG debut Traveller which spent 6 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboards World Music chart and received a Grammy nomination, Anoushka Shankar returns with another outstanding recording: Traces of You, featuring three new songs with her half-sister, Norah Jones. Named Best Artist (Songlines Awards 2012) for Traveller its hybridism feels as natural as conversation (The New York Times) sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar has created a strikingly original new album. Produced by British composer and multi-instrumentalist Nitin Sawhney, Traces of You features contributions by Anoushkas longtime associates: tabla genius Tanmoy Bose, flutist Ravichandra Kulur, and percussion wizard Pirashanna Thevarajah. 

Other highlights are a musical exploration of the unique sound of the Hang drum, played by its foremost exponent, Manu Delago. Traces of You draws on Indian classical ragas, Western classical string arrangements, mid-20th century-style lyrics of extended poetry and modern soundscapes. Filmmaker Joe Wright (Atonement, Anna Karenina, Pride & Prejudice) has filmed a music video for the title track, Traces of You, featuring Anoushka and Norah. ~Editorial Review  http://www.amazon.com/Traces-You-Anoushka-Shankar/dp/B00DEFW998

Traces of You

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Mark Knopfler - Privateering CD 1 And CD 2

Styles: Country
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:16 (CD 1)
Size: 103,6 MB (CD 1)
Time: 44:51 (CD 2)
Size: 102,7 MB (CD 2)
Art: Front

CD 1

(3:19)  1. Redbud Tree
(4:01)  2. Haul Away
(5:14)  3. Dont Forget Your Hat
(6:18)  4. Privateering
(4:18)  5. Miss You Blues
(3:31)  6. Corned Beef City
(4:52)  7. Go, Love
(4:53)  8. Hot Or What
(4:26)  9. Yon Two Crows
(4:19) 10. Seattle

CD 2

(5:23)  1. Kingdom Of Gold
(4:00)  2. Got To Have Something
(5:13)  3. Radio City Serenade
(3:36)  4. I Used To Could
(4:14)  5. Gator Blood
(3:26)  6. Bluebird
(4:57)  7. Dream Of The Drowned Submariner
(5:18)  8. Blood And Water
(4:45)  9. Today Is Okay
(3:56) 10. After The Beanstalk

Since officially embarking on a solo career in 1995, former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has been quietly and consistently amassing an unassuming horn of plenty, maintaining his prior outfit's penchant for fusing meticulously crafted English blues-rock with sardonic, radio-ready AOR pop, while introducing elements of traditional folk and country with the effortless gait of an artist who has spent his years as both a student and a professor. On Privateering, his seventh solo outing, Knopfler has crafted his most ambitious and pugnacious collection of songs to date, going all in on a two-disc set that pits all of the aforementioned influences against each other without ever succumbing to the convenience of their architectures. Upon first spin, Privateering feels a little like a garage sale, offering up long cold plates of once warm, late-night porch jams that feel like pre-studio session warm-ups, but the album's stately yet schizophrenic nature, which pits lo-fi, studious, yet ultimately forgettable exercises in rote American blues like "Hot or What" and "Gator Blood" with amiable, highway-ready rockers ("Corned Beef City") and incredibly affecting, spooky folk-pop ballads like "Redbud Tree," "Kingdom of Gold," and the magnificent "Dream of the Drowned Submariner," all three of which owe a couple of polite high fives to Dire Straits songs like "The Man's Strong" and "Brothers in Arms," reveals an artist in complete control of his arsenal. Could the album use some trimming? Sure, but Knopfler is that rare gunslinger who can make even the wildest shot look like it was completely intentional, and his steady voice, mercurial lyrics, and instantly recognizable guitar tone, that latter of which falls somewhere between the rich, lucid beauty of David Gilmour and the Pan-like spell-casting of Richard Thompson, provide just the right amount of ballast to keep a ship as big as Privateering buoyant. 

~ James Christopher Monger 

 http://www.allmusic.com/album/privateering-mw0002397295

Privateering CD 1
Privateering CD 2

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Darin Layne Trio - The Fisherman

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 51:18
Size: 117.5 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:51] 1. Spinning
[3:38] 2. Away
[1:40] 3. The Fisherman
[4:08] 4. Chayenne
[2:21] 5. Early Morning
[5:57] 6. See Five
[3:11] 7. What Is There
[4:01] 8. Big Fatty
[3:46] 9. K.B
[3:45] 10. Mixbeatme
[3:10] 11. Whippit
[4:22] 12. Candy Girl
[2:40] 13. Break Me
[4:41] 14. West

"Austin's Darin Layne and his confident fingers fly across the fretboard, then the next minute he might choose to calmly caress the neck of chosen guitar. His latest CD "The Fisherman" takes a jam-band approach to his signature jazz sound, fusing the styles of Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Grant Green with his own originality" ~Jay Trachtenberg

The Fisherman

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April Hall - Room For Two

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:47
Size: 125.4 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:46] 1. Amazing Love
[2:56] 2. Honeysuckle Rose
[6:13] 3. To Whom It May Concern
[2:36] 4. I Want To Be Happy
[4:57] 5. Black Coffee
[5:09] 6. You've Changed
[2:41] 7. The Best Thing For You
[7:30] 8. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
[3:35] 9. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
[5:30] 10. I Guess I'll Hang Out My Tears To Dry
[3:37] 11. My Baby Just Cares For Me
[6:12] 12. That's All

pril Hall's new jazz album, Room for Two, is a bold and intimate exploration of the art of the duo. Every aspect of it is a duet; the way it was recorded, the improvised album art, the poetry written for each track, and the songs themselves. Room for Two is a homage to the days of vinyl, when albums themselves were works of art. The unique pairings of one voice with one instrument exposes a rich landscape of normally hidden musical subtlety, revealing every detail of the actual performance.

Every duo is different, from the playful call and response on "Honeysuckle Rose" to the deeply honest conversation of "To Whom It May Concern"; from the swinging rhythms of "Amazing Love" to the soulful mingling of melodies on "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You"; but what always stays the same is Hall's masterful interpretation and stunning vocal performance.

April Hall combines her deep roots in southern gospel and blues with an urban soulfulness and sophistication. Her voice, described as "Glorious" by the Boston Globe, is an instrument of astonishing beauty and versatility, capable of ranging from the purest whisper to the most powerful soul-drenched delivery. But her masterful performances are always centered on bringing every song to life through emotional interpretation, playful phrasing, and rock solid rhythm. "The exquisite, soulful vocals of April Hall deliver every lyric with emotion and conviction." ~ Jazz Times Magazine

On this recording she is featured in duets with Gray Sargent on guitar (Tony Bennett), Tim Ray on piano (Lyle Lovett, Jane Siberry), Marty Ballou on bass (Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon), Tom Hall on saxophone (Club d'Elf, Bruce Katz), Les Harris, Jr. on drums (Diana Krall, Paul Broadnax), Mark Poniatowski on bass (Junior Watson, Janiva Magness), Joe Barbato on accordion (Luciana Souza, Kenny Barron), and Marshall Wood on bass (Tony Bennett, Anita O'Day). With original cover illustrations by Lennie Peterson and original poetry selections by James Cudworth.

Room For Two

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Mary Lou Williams - Zoning

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 59:02

Size: 135.2 MB

Styles: Piano jazz

Year: 1974/1995

Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Syl-O-Gism

[4:03] 2. Olinga

[2:07] 3. Medi, No. 2

[4:39] 4. Gloria

[2:22] 5. Intermission

[6:50] 6. Zoning Fungus, No. 2

[3:26] 7. Holy Ghost

[4:56] 8. Medi, No. 1

[4:37] 9. Rosa Mae

[4:55] 10. Ghost Of Love

[6:37] 11. Praise The Lord

[6:35] 12. Gloria 2

[4:22] 13. Play It Momma

All songs written or co-written by Mary Lou Williams except "Olinga" (Dizzy Gillespie) and "Holy Ghost" (L. Gales). Contains 13 tracks, including two previously unreleased tracks. Mary Lou Williams emerged in the early '70s after a long period in which she worked in the Catholic church to resume her always stimulating career as a jazz pianist. On this CD reissue, one of her finest recordings of her later years has been brought back and augmented by two previously unissued performances. Williams performs in duos and trios with bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Mickey Roker, uses Zita Carno on second piano during a couple of the more avant-garde pieces, and also performs some trios with bassist Milton Suggs and Tony Waters on congas. Rather than sounding like a veteran of the 1920s, Mary Lou Williams sounds 40 years younger, shows the influence of McCoy Tyner, and hints at free jazz in spots. An often surprising set of modern jazz. ~ Scott Yanow

Recorded at A&R Studios, New York, New York from January to March 1974. Originally released on Mary Records (M-103).

Mary Lou Williams (piano); Leon Thomas, Sonny Henry (vocals).

Zoning      

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Jackson Browne - The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (2-disc set)

Before this double-disc dose of Jackson Browne's best came along, the influential troubadour's most extensive career summary was the 15-song THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR. This truly definitive anthology contains just about everything on that disc and plenty more. Browne helped define the 1970s singer/songwriter idiom, and that process is carefully documented here, as on the precociously world-weary "These Days" and the soulful, Van Morrison-like "Doctor My Eyes." The collection follows Browne through the years, as he toughens up his sound with more of a rock edge ("Running on Empty," "Boulevard") and adds a sociopolitical edge to his lyrics ("Lives in the Balance," "I am a Patriot"). Through it all, Jackson's humanity and humility, not to mention his lyrical song-craft, shine.

Jackson Browne (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano); David Lindley (acoustic & electric guitars, slide guitar, fiddle); Kevin McCormick (acoustic guitar, bass); Clarence White (acoustic guitar); Jesse Ed Davis (electric guitar); Sneaky Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar); Craig Doerge (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, Mini-Moog synthesizer); David Paich, Elton John (piano); Benmont Tench (Hammond B-3 organ); Jai Winding (organ, synthesizer); Doug Haywood (organ, background vocals); Michael Utley (organ); Leland Sklar, Chuck Rainey (bass); Russell Kunkel (drums, congas); Jeff Porcaro (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); Vonda Shepard, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Glenn Frey, Dan Fogelberg, Don Henley, J.D. Souther, Bonnie Raitt (background vocals).

Album: The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:20
Size: 177.0 MB
Styles: Rock, Folk rock
Year: 2004

[3:18] 1. Doctor My Eyes
[3:23] 2. Jamaica Say You Will
[4:11] 3. Rock Me On The Water
[3:40] 4. Take It Easy
[4:38] 5. These Days
[4:05] 6. Red Neck Friend
[5:56] 7. For Everyman
[4:47] 8. For A Dancer
[6:55] 9. Fountain Of Sorrow
[5:35] 10. Late For The Sky
[6:20] 11. Before The Deluge
[6:01] 12. Your Bright Baby Blues
[5:50] 13. The Pretender
[3:34] 14. Here Come Those Tears Again
[5:35] 15. The Load-Out
[3:23] 16. Stay

The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (Disc 1)

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Album: The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 70:16
Size: 160.8 MB
Styles: Rock, Folk rock
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[4:56] 1. Running On Empty
[3:54] 2. You Love The Thunder
[4:22] 3. Somebody's Baby
[4:53] 4. Tender Is The Night
[4:24] 5. Lawyers In Love
[5:46] 6. In The Shape Of A Heart
[5:38] 7. Lawless Avenues
[4:19] 8. Lives In The Balance
[4:10] 9. I Am A Patriot
[6:04] 10. Sky Blue And Black
[5:15] 11. I'm Alive
[5:39] 12. The Barricades Of Heaven
[4:55] 13. Looking East
[5:56] 14. The Naked Ride Home

The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (Disc 2)

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Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - Steppin' Out

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:41
Size: 143.5 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz, Trumpet jazz, Easy Listening
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:59] 1. Puttin' On The Ritz
[4:13] 2. Jacky's Place
[5:03] 3. Our Song
[4:04] 4. Green Lemonade
[3:29] 5. I Only Have Eyes For You
[4:01] 6. Good Morning Mr. Sunshine
[4:25] 7. Oblivion
[3:29] 8. What'll I Do?
[4:02] 9. Cote D'azur
[2:38] 10. La Vie En Rose
[3:17] 11. It's All In The Game
[4:42] 12. Europa
[3:07] 13. And The Angels Sing
[4:34] 14. Skylark
[3:51] 15. Migration
[4:38] 16. The Lonely Bull

The 16-song set features Alpert on trumpet and vocals, his wife Lani Hall on vocals, Bill Cantos on keyboards, Michael Shapiro on drums and percussion, Hussain Jiffry on bass, Coco Triuisonno on bandoneon, and Ramon Stagnaro on acoustic guitar. The album includes versions of such classics as Puttin' on the Ritz, I Only Have Eyes For You, What'll I Do and La Vie En Rose mixed with originals by Alpert and Jeff Lorber. Closing out the album is a 50th anniversary version of Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' hit The Lonely Bull.

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall produced the bulk of the album, while Puttin’ on the Ritz was produced by Randy “Badazz” Alpert and Herb Alpert. Jacky’s Place, Green Lemonade, Côte d’Azur, and Migration were produced by Jeff Lorber and Herb Alpert, and co-produced by Lani Hall, with additional guitar Paul Jackson Jr.

Steppin' Out

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Xandra Willis - To Be With You

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:32
Size: 113,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:23)  1. My Shining Hour
(4:28)  2. We'll Be Together Again
(3:38)  3. To Be With You
(5:15)  4. As Time Goes By
(4:03)  5. It's All Right With Me
(6:48)  6. Whenever He Comes By
(4:22)  7. That Day
(3:11)  8. I Mean You
(5:08)  9. There Will Never Be Another You
(4:28) 10. In a Mellow Tone
(2:54) 11. My Love Is as a Fever
(2:49) 12. Solitude

Xandra was born in 1972 in Capelle aan den IJssel , where she grew up in a musical family . The love of music is in her genes so it is not surprising that Xandra after highschool opted for the " singing light music " at the Rotterdam Conservatory . In the years that she studied there she was taught by Coco York , Laura de Bekker , Jan Heije and Peggy Larson . Her IVTS technique lessons she got from Alberto ter Doest and Harjo Pasveer . Improvisation classes she attended at Wies Ingwersen . That those lessons of great value have been proved in 1997 when Xandra won the Erasmus Jazz price . The price is awarded to the best jazz student at the Rotterdam Conservatory annually. Then a year later she graduated Cum Laude in 1998 she received in the same year also the Esso price .

After graduating Xandra was guest lecturer at the Rotterdam Conservatory where she to this day is involved as include external expert in singing exams . In addition to her work at the Conservatory has Xandra with various formations in the soul, gospel and pop genre occurred over the world . So they came in response to her first CD called " To Be With You " (2005 ) with various orchestras in Moscow , St. Petersburg , Switzerland , France , Luxembourg and Germany . With her own band she was on the best stages of Netherlands De Doelen and including the North Sea Jazz Festival . Xandra has occurred with the big names in the music world as Michiel Borstlap , Ed Verhoeff , Bart van Lier , Rob Kreeveld and the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra .

With the Amsterdam gospel formation Loud and Proud Xandra still occurs with great regularity at various events . Xandra moved in 2008 to Ridderkerk - Rijsoord where the possibility of bringing home to create a beautiful singing workshop . Besides the pop chancels that Xandra directs and workshops she gives throughout the country , it opened the doors of her Singing Workshop in 2008. Here are individual , dual and group lessons given to amateurs and professionals. In 2009 Xandra and her husband Dirk became proud parents of son Luuk . And who knows , he has been with the same musical genes ..... ! 

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To Be With You

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The Hot Club Of Cowtown - Tall Tales

Styles: Western Swing Revival
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:18
Size: 96,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:11)  1. Draggin' The Bow
(2:43)  2. Emily
(2:44)  3. Darling You & I Are Through
(2:29)  4. I Can't Tame Wild Women
(3:27)  5. When I Lost You
(2:52)  6. You Can't Take It With You
(2:22)  7. Wildcat
(3:30)  8. Always & Always
(2:38)  9. I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You
(1:59) 10. Joe Bob Rag
(3:25) 11. There'll Be Some Changes Made
(2:55) 12. Red Hot Mama
(2:23) 13. Bonaparte's Retreat
(3:03) 14. Polkadots & Moonbeams
(2:31) 15. Sally Goodin'

Kicking in with the instrumental bluegrass fiddle number "Draggin' the Bow," things get hotter when the Hot Club of Cowtown add a heap of period-style originals into their Western swing mix. There's the Bourbon Street sound of "Emily" and "Darling You and I Are Through," and then there are the standards like "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" and "Always and Always." Old-timey country ("I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You" and "Red Hot Mama") is yet another style in the Hot Club's bag of successful tricks, which are authentic yet somehow absolutely fresh -- and something to aspire to for the pack of neo-roots bands. ~ Denise Sullivan http://www.allmusic.com/album/tall-tales-mw0000244152

Tall Tales

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Zaz - Recto Verso

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:21
Size: 103,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. On ira
(2:44)  2. Comme ci, comme ça
(3:10)  3. Gamine
(3:20)  4. T'attends quoi
(2:17)  5. La lessive
(3:44)  6. J'ai tant escamoté
(2:41)  7. Déterre
(3:11)  8. Toujours
(3:04)  9. Si je perds
(2:36) 10. Si
(2:40) 11. Oublie Loulou
(2:53) 12. Cette journée
(3:13) 13. Nous debout
(2:41) 14. La lune

Three years after her masterpiece debut "Zaz", the talented French singer-songwriter releases her sophomore album. 

"Recto Verso" has good potential, it's "sunny", romantic and the vocals by Zaz are exceptional once again, but it lacks freshness at times and inspiration. A decent record but not special enough to become a classic. http://musicourt.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/zaz-recto-verso.html

Recto Verso

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Susie Meissner - I'm Confessin'

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 69:01
Size: 158.0 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:31] 1. Close Your Eyes
[5:27] 2. I'm Confessin'
[3:12] 3. I Love You
[4:56] 4. Just Squeeze Me
[4:07] 5. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
[4:03] 6. Tangerine
[6:25] 7. The Nearness Of You
[4:43] 8. How About You
[5:39] 9. Skylark
[3:36] 10. On A Slow Boat To China
[4:50] 11. Embraceable You
[8:12] 12. Detour Ahead
[4:25] 13. Day By Day
[5:50] 14. A Time For Love

Susie sings and swings with a lush tone and playful rhythm. Growing up in Buffalo, N.Y., Susie surrounded herself in music through piano and vocal lessons, choirs, glee clubs, school musicals, and performances with local professional singing groups. Her grandmother played stride piano and her sheet music from the 20’s and 30’s inspired Susie to look back into the Great American songbook. In her youth, Susie began to explore the world of jazz through the recordings of Ella Fitzgerald, and after witnessing the performances by jazz greats such as Earl “Fatha” Hines, Kenny Burrell and Nancy Wilson, her interest was piqued and she started down the jazz discovery road.

Susie began her early professional career in dinner theatre (earning $7 a night!) where she became smitten with the words and music of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Rodgers and Hart. Susie’s warm and effortless articulation puts an intimate spin on her jazz repertoire.

Meissner’s 2009 debut CD release, “I’ll Remember April,” with trumpet sensation Brian Lynch, features her fresh and intimate vocals in a collection of much-loved jazz and Brazilian standards. Her passion and exuberance for this music is unmistakable, and her CD was chosen by W.R. Stokes of the Jazz Journalist’s Association as “one of the top 20 Jazz Vocal CDs of the year.” Susie’s new release “I’m Confessin’” includes Wycliffe Gordon on trombone, one of the true greats on the jazz scene today. Her natural swing, ability to caress a ballad, and impressive versatility really shine on this recording. Of her appearance at the IRIDIUM in New York City, Joe Lang of Jersey Jazz Journal wrote “she’s as impressive in live performance as she is on her recording.” Susie is scheduled to appear at other top venues in the coming year.

To date, Susie has recorded or performed with Jazz greats including Wycliffe Gordon, Brian Lynch, Joe Magnarelli, John Swana, Freddie Hendrix, Martin Wind, Dean Johnson, Tim Horner, Lee Smith, Byron Landham and Matt Wilson.

Susie Meissner - vocals; Wycliffe Gordon - trombone; John Shaddy - piano; Dean Johnson - bass; Tim Horner - drums; Greg Riley - tenor and soprano sax; Freddie Hendrix - trumpet and flugelhorn; Paul Meyers - guitar.

I'm Confessin' (see comments)

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Ed Reed - I'm A Shy Guy

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:47
Size: 116,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:40)  1. I Just Can't See for Lookin'
(3:05)  2. Baby Baby All The Time
(3:42)  3. Unforgettable
(2:50)  4. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
(3:32)  5. I'm A Shy Guy
(4:47)  6. That's The Beginning Of The End
(3:48)  7. Meet Me At No Special Place (And I'll Be There At No Particular Time)
(4:07)  8. I'm Lost
(3:28)  9. 'tis Autumn
(3:16) 10. It's Only A Paper Moon
(4:50) 11. That Ain't Right
(2:57) 12. I Realize Now
(3:43) 13. This Will Make You Laugh
(2:56) 14. Straighten Up And Fly Right

San Francisco vocalist Ed Reed is a bona fide contemporary of West Coast jazz luminaries: Art Pepper, Frank Morgan, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray and Hampton Hawes. Unlike that august group, Reed remains to tell his story, and by proxy, theirs' in the bargain. Like this same group, drugs (and in the case of Gray, murder) suspended Reed's musical career. Unlike Pepper and Morgan, who staged much heralded late-career comebacks, Reed did not first record until 2007 at age 78. Neither "late bloomer" nor "rising star" adequately describe Reed any more than "senior" or "elderly" do. These terms might apply to mere mortals, but Reed is something else. When he entered the studio to record his debut Ed Reed Sings Love Stories (Blue Shorts Records) he was fully-formed as a singer and performing from a lifetime of anticipating that very moment.

Since Love Stories, Reed has released The Song Is You (Blue Shorts Records, 2008), Born To Be Blue (Blue Shorts Records, 2011) and the present I'm A Shy Guy: A Tribute to the Cole Trio & Their Music. Reed's performance remains at an amazing, even otherworldly, level. Co-producer and jazz vocalist and educator in her own right, Laurie Antonioli reveals of the Cole sessions:

"On the first day of most recording projects, it takes time to get people settled, get the sound right and hopefully you'll get a few tunes out of the deal. This is not what happened with the "Nat" session. On day one, from the very first song it was all there. The sound, the band, the tempos and interaction. But most importantly Ed was in fine voice and was a real pro like Sinatra or something. I think there are at least five first takes from that first day... My involvement, aside from some minor technical things on the vocal end, was simply to say "Let's keep going." The flow was magical and everyone could feel it... The next day the bulk of the recording was finished."

The danger with such sessions is that it all seems too easy and truly exceptional jazz singing, particularly male jazz singing, is anything but. That said, Reed stepped up and made this recording an effortless affair. Supported by a piano-guitar quintet, Reed spins through better and lesser known Cole book inclusions. Bobby Troupe's "Baby Baby All The Time" and Cole's timeless "Unforgettable" join "It's Only A Paper Moon" and "Straighten Up And Fly Right as the better known pieces. "Can't See For Lookin,'" "That's The Beginning of the End" and "Meet Me At No Special Place" represent the pithier and lesser known Cole classics that comprise this excellent collection where Ed Reed sings Cole like Ed Reed and not someone imitating Cole. It is this touch that makes I'm A Shy Guy: A Tribute to the King Cole Trio & Their Music so exceptional. ~ C.Michael Bailey   http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=45434#.UlV4QRBsidk

Personnel : Ed Reed: vocals; Randy Porter: piano; Anton Schwartz: tenor saxophone; John Wiitala: bass; Akira Tana: drums.

I'm A Shy Guy

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Jacqui Dankworth - Live to Love

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:52
Size: 133,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:01)  1. Live to Love
(5:16)  2. Malala
(4:48)  3. We Do Need Love
(4:51)  4. Palladium
(3:48)  5. All Is Quiet
(2:53)  6. Simple As
(5:57)  7. Sweet Devotion
(3:37)  8. It's Tomorrow's World
(4:33)  9. I Took Your Hand
(3:41) 10. A Certain Kind of Eden
(3:13) 11. Someday We'll All Be Free
(3:46) 12. Be Kind
(4:27) 13. Something's Gotta Give
(1:56) 14. It's Tomorrow's World (Reprise)

After 2011's It Happens Quietly, devoted to her late father John Dankworth's favourites, Live to Love – which vocalist Jacqui Dankworth is touring around the UK until December – is a return to her broader, more pop and gospel-inclusive agenda. Dankworth is just as subtle as on It Happens Quietly, but delivers some determinedly personal lyrics here with a renewed clarity and aplomb. Devoted to the power of love, her originals on love's enemies (like violence and greed, as on the anthemic Malala or the eventually gospelly We Do Need Love) are stronger musically than lyrically. But the reverential All Is Quiet (one of three guest spots for the Brodsky String Quartet) and keyboardist Charlie Wood's swinging Simple As are haunting and hip, respectively, while Donny Hathaway's Someday We'll All Be Free is reflectively soulful and Wayne Shorter's Palladium rhythmically bewitching. However, it is I Took Your Hand, featuring the Brodskys and an alternately soaring and sonorous Dankworth on Lorraine Feather's lyrics to an Enrico Pieranunzi melody, that is the standout.  http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/26/jacqui-dankworth-live-to-love-review

Live to Love

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George Braith - Extension

Styles: Soul Jazz
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:32
Size: 86,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:57)  1. Nut City
(7:22)  2. Ethlyn's Love
(6:58)  3. Out Here
(6:39)  4. Extension
(6:03)  5. Sweetville
(4:30)  6. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

Pushing to the side the double sax that became his trademark, George Braith turned in his strongest record with Extension. Largely freed from the restraints of the dueling horns, Braith is able to explore the outer reaches of his music. He still remains grounded in soul-jazz any guitar-organ combo is bound to have soul-jazz roots  but he pushes the music toward adventurous hard bop, often with rewarding results. His compositions are fully realized, with interesting melodic statements and plenty of opportunities for him and mainstays Grant Green on guitar and Billy Gardner on organ to stretch out. And when Braith does reach back for the double-sax technique, such as on the title track, it works because its otherwordly tone is better suited to this searching, adventurous music, than on the more basic fare that dominated Two Souls in One. The double horns do make Cole Porter's "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" sound a little awkward, but even that song is redeemed by excellent solos. Nevertheless, it's the originals, and the way the quartet of Braith, Green, Gardner, and drummer Clarence Johnston executes them, that make Extension the definitive Braith album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine  http://www.allmusic.com/album/extension-mw0000462312

Extension

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