Nat Pierce - Fun

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:36
Size: 178,2 MB
Art: Front

( 7:07)  1. Stomp It Off
( 3:01)  2. Seventh Avenue Express
( 4:31)  3. Constance
(10:38)  4. Stompin' At The Savoy
( 2:10)  5. Look Who's In Love
( 2:56)  6. Love Letters
( 3:59)  7. Pepper Green
( 5:47)  8. Blues Yet?
( 1:58)  9. Lazy
( 2:24) 10. Love Look Away
( 5:39) 11. Whaddaya Know?
( 6:09) 12. Moody Chant
( 2:52) 13. You Are Beautiful
( 5:39) 14. Why Not?
( 4:12) 15. After Glow
( 1:58) 16. My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me
( 6:28) 17. Middle Man

Nat Pierce (July 16, 1925 – June 10, 1992) was an American jazz pianist and arranger born in Somerville, Massachusetts, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 1951–1955. Pieces by Pierce were predominantly created for use in big bands. Following schooling at the New England Conservatory and working as an amateur musician in the Boston area, Pierce then led his own band which featured Charlie Mariano from 1949-1951. After working with Woody Herman from 1951–1966 as chief arranger and assistant road manager, Nat took residence in New York City and freelanced with musicians such as Pee Wee Russell, Lester Young, Emmett Berry and Ruby Braff, to name a few. From 1957-1959 Pierce led a band off and on which featured Buck Clayton, Gus Johnson and Paul Quinichette. He recorded with a number of other well-known musicians as well, including Quincy Jones, Coleman Hawkins and Pee Wee Russell. Pierce was noted for his ability to play piano in the Basie style and appeared on many releases by Basie sidemen. Pierce also arranged the music for The Sound of Jazz, a 1954 CBS television special hosted by John Crosby. Pierce died of complications from an abdominal infection in Los Angeles, California. ~ Bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Pierce

Fun

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NYC Jazz Quartett - The Great American Jazz Songbook Vol. 1

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 71:56
Size: 164.7 MB
Styles: Contemporary vocal jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:14] 1. Moonlight In Vermont
[5:54] 2. Cheek To Cheek
[3:30] 3. Fly Me To The Moon
[3:22] 4. You Took Advantege Of Me
[4:17] 5. Blue Moon
[3:50] 6. Honeysuckle Rose
[5:06] 7. Lover Man
[4:05] 8. Mambo Craze
[3:08] 9. One Note Samba
[4:20] 10. How Insensitive
[4:04] 11. That Old Devil Called Love
[2:59] 12. Santa Baby
[3:18] 13. Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend
[3:38] 14. Paris Match
[6:24] 15. What A Difference A Day Makes
[3:23] 16. Why Don't You Do Right
[3:40] 17. My Baby Just Cares For Me
[3:36] 18. As Time Goes By

Jazz/lounge music combo led by vocalist Nashi Young Cho.

The Great American Songbook is a universal term that applies to the songs of Broadway musical theater, Hollywood musicals, and Tin Pan Alley. The era encompasses the period from the 1920s through the 1950s—prior to the dominant emergence of rock and roll. Besides the lasting impact and popularity of this music as originally composed, it also evolved to become the central repertoire of jazz musicians. The standards, as these songs became know as, are just as popular today as they were decades ago.

The Great American Jazz Songbook Vol. 1

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Baden Powell - Love Me With Guitar

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 37:40
Size: 86.2 MB
Styles: Bossa Nova, Samba
Year: 1973/2012
Art: Front

[3:51] 1. Deve Ser Amor
[2:56] 2. Choro Para Metronome
[3:05] 3. Adagio
[2:57] 4. Garota De Ipanema
[3:01] 5. Berimbau
[3:29] 6. Samba En Preludio
[2:25] 7. Chanson D'hiver
[3:26] 8. Samba Triste
[2:30] 9. Berceuse A Jussara
[2:47] 10. Prelude
[3:00] 11. Euridice
[4:06] 12. Bachiana

Baden Powell was considered one of the world's best contemporary acoustic guitar players and one of the most expressive composers of 20th century Brazilian popular music.

Baden Powell was born in the town of Varre-e-Sai (State of Rio de Janeiro) on August 6, 1937, first child of Adelina Gonçalves de Aquino and Lilo de Aquino and was named after the founder of the Boy Scouts, Robert Thompson Baden Powell, of whom Mr. de Aquino was an admirer. The family moved to Rio when the child was four months old and Baden then became a carioca from the São Cristóvão borough. The boy grew up listening to music: his father, a shoe maker by trade and a violinist by calling, held regular get-togethers at home, at which Pixinguinha and Donga, two of Brazil's popular music icons, were always present.

Baden Powell died on 2000. As an acoustic guitar virtuoso, he never forgot his Brazilian musical roots. Baden bridged the gap between classical and modern music.

Love Me With Guitar

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Marilyn Moore - Moody

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:21
Size: 95,0 MB
Scans:

(2:59)  1. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
(2:53)  2. Ill Wind
(2:43)  3. If Love Is Trouble
(3:24)  4. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
(3:36)  5. Born To Blow The Blues
(2:58)  6. Lover, Come Back to Me
(2:53)  7. You're Driving Me Crazy
(3:06)  8. Trav'lin' All Alone
(2:16)  9. I Cried for You (Now It's Your Turn to Cry Over Me)
(3:31) 10. Leavin' Town
(2:51) 11. Trouble Is a Man
(2:08) 12. I Got Rhythm

Singer Marilyn Moore was wed to reedist Al Cohn at the time she recorded her lone LP, the aptly titled Bethlehem session Moody Marilyn Moore, but the scarcity of her studio output and the connubial origins of the session shouldn't be considered a condemnation of her talents. Working with a small but beguiling backing unit including Cohn on tenor and bass clarinet, Milt Hinton on bass, Barry Galbraith on guitar, Joe Wilder on trumpet, Don Abney on piano and Osie Johnson on drums, Moore proves herself a first-rate stylist in the Billie Holiday mode, with a lived-in, seen-it-all authority that lends the music a welcome edge. The arrangements perfectly capture a smoky, late-night atmosphere, but it's Moore's vocals that truly underscore the solitude and heartbreak so essential to the record's potency. ~ Jason Ankeny http://www.allmusic.com/album/moody-marilyn-moore-mw0000521911             

Moody

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Jacintha - Jacintha is her name

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:27
Size: 122,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:32)  1. Willow weep for me
(5:21)  2. The thrill is gone
(6:07)  3. Something cool
(4:06)  4. Don't smoke in bed
(4:03)  5. Light my fire
(4:14)  6. I'm in the mood for love
(5:42)  7. God bless the child
(6:14)  8. Round midnight
(4:05)  9. I'll never smile again
(3:17) 10. Gone with the wind
(4:40) 11. Cry me a river

Dedicated to the great '50s torch song singer and jazz vocalist Julie London, Jacintha Is Her Name was inspired by and includes performances of several of Julie's most well known songs including Cry me A River, I'm In The Mood For Love, Gone With The Wind and others. Arrangements are by 2002 Grammy nominee Bill Cunliffe on piano with BMG recording artist Harry Allen on tenor and Ron Eschete on guitar. ~Editorial Reviews http://www.amazon.com/Jacintha-Name-Dedicated-Julie-London/dp/B000096FTU
 

Personnel: Jacintha (vocals); Harry Allen (tenor saxophone); Holly Hoffman (flute); Bill Cunliffe (piano); Ron Eschete (guitar); Larry Bunker (vibraphone, congas); Derek Oleskiewicz (bass); Larance Marable (drums)

Jacintha is her name

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Nova Banda - Família Jobim

Styles: Bossa Nova
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:46
Size: 93,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:34)  1. Águas De Março
(4:52)  2. O Boto
(6:52)  3. Matita Perê
(2:51)  4. Correnteza
(3:21)  5. Passarim
(4:07)  6. Pato Preto
(3:15)  7. Sabiá
(4:26)  8. Borzeguim
(3:59)  9. Estrada do Sol
(3:27) 10. Chovendo na Roseira

Nova Banda was a group formed in 1984 by Tom Jobim to accompany him during live performances and recordings. In 1985, the group performed live for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York. That same year, Nova Banda played at the Montreux Festival (Switzerland), at the Lincoln Center (New York, NY), and at Constitution Hall (Washington D.C.). In the next year, they performed at the Greek Theater (Los Angeles, CA), and the Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo (Tokyo, Japan), with Gal Costa. In 1987, they recorded Jobim's Passarim and participated in the album's launching shows in several cities such as Rio de Janeiro (Canecão and Teatro Municipal), São Paulo (Palace), Brussels, Belgium (Palais de Beaux-Arts, 1987), and Paris, France (Théatre Grand Rex, 1988). 

In 1990, Nova Banda played at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera (São Paulo) for a huge audience during the commemorative concert in homage to Jobim's and the city of São Paulo's anniversaries, with guest artists Milton Nascimento and Chico Buarque. Also in that year, they played at the San Remo Festival in Italy. In 1991, Banda Nova played in the anniversary of the city of Rio de Janeiro for 70,000 people at Ipanema (Arpoador beach). In the same year, they participated in the concert promoted by the Rain Forest Foundation together with Sting, Elton John, Caetano Veloso, and Gilberto Gil at Carnegie Hall. In 1993, they played for 50,000 people at Ibirapuera park in São Paulo. Nova Banda also participated in the following albums by Jobim: O Tempo e o Vento (soundtrack of the eponymous TV Globo series), Família Jobim, Antonio Brasileiro, and Tom Jobim: Inédito. 

~ Bio https://itunes.apple.com/br/artist/nova-banda/id90385955#fullText

Família Jobim

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Jimmy Smith - Hobo Flats

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1963
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:12
Size: 72,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:43)  1. Hobo Flats - NY Version
(4:53)  2. Blueberry
(3:29)  3. Walk Right In
(4:21)  4. Trouble In Mind
(6:13)  5. The Preacher
(3:03)  6. Medication
(4:27)  7. I Can't Stop Loving You

Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s with his recordings for Blue Note Records. After he moved to Verve Records, though, he began working in more big-band settings, experimenting a bit, although he was always the same Jimmy Smith whose rapid runs on the B-3 careened, stuttered, glided, and flashed all over the place at a frequently breathless pace. This set, recorded in 1963 in New York City, finds him working with arranger and conductor Oliver Nelson in a combined orchestral and big-band setting and what strikes first, aside from the movie soundtrack feel of Nelson's arrangements, is how varied the source material is, ranging from a huge make-over of Gus Cannon's old jug band tune "Walk Right In" to the Latin lilt of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Meditation," the funky hard bop of Horace Silver's "The Preacher," and the relatively restrained country prettiness of Don Gibson's "I Can't Stop Loving You."

Smith bubbles and bounces through all of it at the B-3 while Nelson proceeds to fill every available corner with huge, sweeping orchestral washes and crescendos. The clear highlight, though, is the lead and title track, "Hobo Flats," which moves at a languid but wonderfully funky pace and establishes a groove as wide as the Mississippi River. Smith arguably was at his best in small combos, and at times he gets overwhelmed here by the big cinematic arrangements, but there's plenty to like with this set, even if it's a bit on the atypical side for Smith. It works well more than it doesn't. ~  Steve Leggett  http://www.allmusic.com/album/hobo-flats-mw0000803156

Hobo Flats

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Juana Rodriguez - Speak Low

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:27
Size: 120,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:35)  1. I've Got You Under My Skin
(4:29)  2. Angel Eyes
(2:37)  3. What A Difference A Day Made
(4:14)  4. Le Sourire De Mon Amour
(2:36)  5. Summertime
(4:26)  6. Cry Me A River
(2:48)  7. Speak Low
(2:35)  8. All Of Me
(5:15)  9. Round Midnight
(3:21) 10. Desafinado
(4:58) 11. Lover Man
(2:52) 12. Love Or Leave Me
(3:52) 13. Taking A Chance On Love
(2:40) 14. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
(3:03) 15. Besame Mucho

A musical life had itinerancies jazz singer Juana Rodriguez, started very young in the circuit of Chilean folk music in the early '90s, before becoming a soloist in cosmopolitan places such as Barcelona (2000), where he recorded his first album of standards, Speak Low (2006) and New York (2006), where he continued his work of composition, arrangement and performance in vocal jazz. Juana Rodriguez worked on two lines. In classical singing techniques (with Patricia Herrera and Inés Delano ) and the skill of modern singing (with Arlette Jequier ). From singer Fulanofinally got weapons to get started in the jazz fields and before age 20 in Chile and participated in jam sessions in the jazz club, as well as collaborating with the group pop-soul Bluish or assembly Creole fusion.

The Marraqueta. In 2000 he emigrated to Barcelona, ??linked with musicians from all continents and formed his own Jazztet, considering the prominence Catalan soloists and baritone saxophone as a solo instrument. In her album Speak low Songbook visited parts swing, authors such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Richard Rodgers. Six years later travel to New York for further study of the scat (vocal improvisation) and become the third of the Chilean jazz singer in New York: Claudia Acuña , Alexandra Inzunza and Juana Rodriguez ~ MusicaPopular.cl  Translate by google http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?op=Artista&id=1749

Speak Low

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Herb Ellis - Texas Swings

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:51
Size: 119,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:35)  1. Billie's Bounce
(4:09)  2. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
(5:25)  3. The Old Rugged Cross
(5:18)  4. Country Boy
(5:29)  5. Undecided
(6:47)  6. It Had To Be You
(4:40)  7. Rosetta
(6:15)  8. Blues In G
(5:41)  9. Sweet Georgia Brown
(4:28) 10. America The Beautiful

Texas-born guitarist Herb Ellis teams up with a variety of country musicians on this Justice CD for a set of Western swing-oriented jazz. Essentially an instrumental country date with Ellis as one of the lead voices, the enjoyable set also has Willie Nelson's guitar added on some of the tracks along with steel guitar, two violinists and a standard rhythm section. The twangy sound of the steel guitar may not appeal to everyone but the fairly basic music (mostly swing standards) is played with plenty of spirit. This recording gives Ellis a fresh setting after years in trios and quartets. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/texas-swings-mw0000623644

Personnel: Herb Ellis (guitar); Bobby Bruce, Johnny Gimble (violin); Floyd Domino (piano); Willie Nelson (guitar); Herb Remington (steel guitar); Tommy Alsup (bass); Tommy Perkins (drums).

Texas Swings

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Mark Ramsden - Sing Of Spring

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:26
Size: 173,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:20)  1. Get Carter
(3:14)  2. Lovely Freya
(6:29)  3. Japanese Please
(4:16)  4. Take 5
(4:13)  5. We'll Be Together Again
(5:01)  6. Spring Sing
(6:28)  7. War Baby 2012
(4:40)  8. Tattoos Are Stories Scars Are Reportage
(3:42)  9. The Bride In Sparkly White
(5:07) 10. The Man With The Child In His Eyes
(5:19) 11. Besame Mucho
(5:47) 12. Mr Ramsden Please Don't Dance
(6:07) 13. Zen Mistress Rose
(4:38) 14. My Ketamine Arrest
(5:59) 15. Whenever There Is Me And You

Mark Ramsden (b. Liverpool, 13 July 1956) is a British writer, composer, producer and musician. He studied at Leeds Music College becoming a virtuoso saxophonist and flautist. Since finishing his education he has been active in rock and particularly jazz music, both as a performer and composer.  Much of the 1980s and 1990s saw him playing with artists such as Jimmy Witherspoon, Roy Harper and Bert Jansch as well as partnering jazz musicians such as Steve Lodder, Dominic Ashworth and Jim Mullen. He has also toured with Dudu Pukwana, Loose Tubes, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Grand Union Orchestra, living in Germany and Hong Kong as well as the UK. After meeting Tom Robinson at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982 he joined the TRB, touring extensively with the band, he appeared on the albums Hope and Glory (1984), Still Loving You (1986) and Love Over Rage (1994). He part composed Tom Robinson's top ten hit "War Baby" (1983), writing and playing the distinctive tenor and soprano saxophone parts. In 1995 he composed and recorded the pipe organ and saxophone album Above The Clouds with Steve Lodder (re-released Naxos 1999) in a North London Church. 

His other critically acclaimed work includes Chilled with Jim Mullen and Andy Hamill and Tribute to Paul Desmond with Dave Cliff. Throughout his career as a musician, Ramsden has also been a writer and journalist, working mostly in music commentary and within the fetish scene. He has regularly published fiction and articles for titles such as Skin Two, Latex Extra, Desire and The Erotic Review. He was editor of Fetish Times in the mid-1990s and until 2009 was a regular columnist and astrologer for Forum Magazine. His latest book is the teenager's story War School.[4] He has also recently completed a collaboration with his wife, illustrator Ruth Ramsden, on the Dark Tantra Tarot deck. Mark Ramsden lives and works on the South Coast of England. Bio ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ramsden

Sing Of Spring

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Cinzia Roncelli And Francesco Cafiso - My Shining Hour

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:59
Size: 137,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:53)  1. My Shining Hour
(4:48)  2. Time After Time
(6:15)  3. Fair Weather
(4:06)  4. I'm Old Fashioned
(6:42)  5. Chan's Song
(5:51)  6. So In Love
(6:14)  7. Moon River
(4:50)  8. All or Nothing At All
(3:59)  9. This Can Be Love
(5:39) 10. Skylark
(7:37) 11. Every Time We Say Goodbye

An anthology of classic without borders and age and a large number of excellent musicians Sicilians by birth or artistic election - a "guest" of the speech torrential Francesco Cafiso - ply the recording debut of Cynthia Roncelli , vocalist and teacher seated in Lombardy. Undici tracks that run through much of the history of jazz navigating between notes by Kenny Dorham, with the mellow ballad Fair Weather (so dear to the great Sheila Jordan ), those of Hancock with Chan's Song (drawn from the soundtrack of the famous film by Tavernier , 'Round Midnight), here in the nuanced lyricism; and still slipping nell'intellettualizzato arrangement of So In Love Cole Porter and, almost obligatory, in the melodic cells, with a consistent matrix " blue ", of Moon River by Harry Mancini. On the same middle register, the other executions, without giving or subtract res nova . And this also seem to suffer the elastic vocal talents of goo Roncelli. Translate by Google
http://www.jazzitalia.net/recensioni/myshininghour.asp#.U9M6qvldUrV

My Shining Hour

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George Van Eps & Howard Alden - Keepin' Time

Styles:  Guitar Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:53
Size: 133,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:29)  1. Blue Skies
(6:31)  2. Satin Doll
(6:47)  3. It Had To Be You
(5:04)  4. Body And Soul
(5:24)  5. How High The Moon
(2:17)  6. Honeysuckle Rose
(5:30)  7. I Cover The Waterfront
(2:27)  8. The Chant
(5:28)  9. Willow Weep For Me
(4:05) 10. Kay's Fantasy
(5:26) 11. More Than You Know
(4:21) 12. I Got Rhythm

Guitarists George Van Eps (a veteran of the 1930's) and Howard Alden (36 at the time of this recording) had made three prior CD's before cutting a fine quartet date with bassist Michael Moore and drummer Jake Hanna. The two guitarists can easily be told apart for Van Eps (the inventor of the seven-string guitar) plays some of the most beautiful chords in the world while Alden often contributes single-note solos. Highlights of the disc include Alden's two renditions of Van Eps songs ("The Chant" and "Kay's Fantasy"), Van Eps' two features and such swing standards as "Blue Skies," "How High The Moon," "I Cover The Waterfront" and a duet rendition of "More Than You Know." All of the music is quite relaxed (with nothing over a slow-medium pace) but has plenty of inner fire. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/keepin-time-mw0000188555

Personnel: George Van Eps, Howard Alden (7-string guitar); Michael Moore (bass); Jake Hanna (drums).

Keepin' Time

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Cyrus Chestnut - Midnight Melodies

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:24
Size: 182,7 MB
Art: Front + Back

( 4:54)  1. Two Heartbeats
( 4:09)  2. Pocket Full Of Blues
( 5:10)  3. To Be Determined
( 6:57)  4. Bag's Groove
( 7:15)  5. Hey, It's Me You're Talkin' To
( 7:21)  6. Chelsea Bridge
( 8:32)  7. U.M.M.G.Upper Manhattan Medical Group
( 8:34)  8. I Wanted To Say
( 6:38)  9. Giant Steps
(14:28) 10. Naima's Love Song
( 3:20) 11. The Theme

This nearly perfect piano trio set by Cyrus Chestnut, captured at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club in New York, is his first live recording date. It retains all of the feeling and power of his thrilling live performances but also benefits from Smoke's Steinway B that Cyrus claims is the best piano in the city. “It's just my ticket. We connect. It's warm and it's sharp at the same time with a lot of earth in it. I like clubs like the Jazz Standard or Smoke, where you can sit down at the piano and get down-home, because that's the kind of audience they attract.”http://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/66408/cyrus-chestnut/midnight-melodies

Personnel: Cyrus Chestnut, piano; Curtis Lundy, bass; Victor Lewis, drums

Midnight Melodies

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Carl Fontana - The Great Fontana

Styles: Trombone Jazz
Year: 1985
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 58:42
Size: 108,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:27)  1. Shoutin' On A Riff
(6:23)  2. It Might As Well Be Spring
(5:47)  3. Soon
(6:17)  4. I Thought About You
(5:09)  5. Showcase
(7:14)  6. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
(4:18)  7. Always
(6:02)  8. Expubident
(7:26)  9. What's New?
(5:35) 10. America The Beautiful

Considering his ability and strong reputation, it is very surprising that this was trombonist Carl Fontana's first recording date as a leader. Fifty-seven at the time, Fontana's fluent horn matches well with tenor saxophonist Al Cohn, pianist Richard Wyands, bassist Ray Drummond, and drummer Akira Tana. The CD reissue of the Uptown release expands the original six-song program to ten. An excellent effort from an underrated but talented bop-based trombonist. ~ Scott Yanow  

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-fontana-mw0000204790              

Personnel: Al Cohn - tenor sax, Richard Wyands - piano, Ray Drummond - bass & Akira Tana - drums.         

The Great Fontana

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Joe Gilman Trio - Treasure Chest

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:21
Size: 138.1 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[4:18] 1. Treasure Chest
[6:41] 2. The Enchantress
[9:06] 3. It's All Right With Me
[6:14] 4. New Aftershave
[7:02] 5. A Second Wish
[5:06] 6. Chains
[5:35] 7. Non Compos Mentis
[5:11] 8. Nefertiti
[3:42] 9. Juris Prudence
[7:20] 10. It's Alright With Me

Dr. Joe Gilman is Artist in Residence at the Brubeck Institute, a full-time professor of music at American River College in Sacramento, and an adjunct professor of jazz studies at CSU Sacramento. Joe was the music director of Capital Jazz Project from 1997 to 2011. He has received bachelor's degrees in classical piano and jazz studies at Indiana University, a master's degree in jazz and the contemporary media from the Eastman School of Music, and a doctoral degree in education from the University of Sarasota.

Joe has been the primary pianist with jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson since September 2006, and has also performed professionally with Eddie Harris, Woody Shaw, Marlena Shaw, Richie Cole, Joe Locke, George Duke, Chris Botti, Eric Alexander, Anthony Wilson, Nicholas Payton, Russell Malone, Charles McPherson, Wycliffe Gordon, David "Fathead" Newman, and Slide Hampton, and has recorded with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Frank Morgan, Jeff Watts, Robert Hurst, Tootie Heath, and Larry Grenadier.

Dr. Gilman has twice been an International Jazz Ambassador through the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and USIA, traveling to West Africa in 1999 and East and Southern Africa in 2000. He won the 1998 Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission Emerging Artist Award and the 2000 Sacramento News and Review SAMMIES Critical Achievement award for contribution to the arts community. Joe was the 2001 American River College Student Association Instructor of the Year and was named the first Brubeck Scholar at the 2005 Brubeck Festival. In 2004, Joe won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Gilman's work with students at the Brubeck Institute has produced several CDs - Brubeck Revisited Vols. 1 and 2 (Sunnyside), Wonder Revisited Vols. 1 and 2, Americanvas, and Relativity (Capri) - all recorded with Brubeck Institute fellows. His work with the students at the Brubeck Institute and American River College has resulted in eighteen DownBeat magazine student awards.

JOE GILMAN, piano; BOB HURST, bass; JOE HENDERSON, tenor saxophone on 3, 5, 7,10; TOM PERON, trumpet on 7; JEFF 'TAIN' WATTS, drums

Treasure Chest

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Chris Connor - Now

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 32:03
Size: 73.4 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz, Easy Listening
Year: 1967/2013
Art: Front

[3:03] 1. Goin' Out Of My Head
[2:33] 2. Never On Sunday
[2:46] 3. Autumn
[2:58] 4. Stranger In The Night
[2:15] 5. The Boy From Madrid
[2:41] 6. Love Life
[2:04] 7. You're Gonna Hear From Me
[2:39] 8. The Shining Sea
[3:09] 9. Carnival
[2:14] 10. I'm Telling You Now
[2:46] 11. Nowhere Man
[2:49] 12. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf

This 12 track slightly bossa nova pop Japanese import was released in 1967 under Paramount. The album captures Chris interpreting pop tunes in such a unique way making the song entirely new. Such is the case for the strong tempo changing opening number "Goin Out Of My Mind". You think you have heard it before, but nothing like this, which is why it is among one of my favorites, as well as the subtle, cool captivating "Carnival". "The Boys From Madrid" has a nice laid back "mariachi" sound, followed by the bossa nova infused "Love Life". Chris' rendition of "Never On a Sunday" is light, heady and fun, while "Autum" sets the mood for a cool, crisp, autumn day and is the song that concludes side one of the original album.

Chris gives "You're Gonna Hear From me" meaning, purpose and most of all passion. The song has a nice Broadway show tune feel and makes you wonder what could have happened had Chris had a chance to record a show tune album with her signature. "The Shining Sea" from the movie The Russians are Coming is another example of her ability to record for different genres. Chris puts her own magic touch on the 1963 hit pop song "I'm Telling You Now" originally by Freddy and the Dreamers, as she does with the Beatles 1965 hit "Nowhere Man". Her Latin flavored "Strangers In the Night" is nothing like Sinatra's but works. The album closes with the melodic and whimsical "Who's Afraid" from the motion picture Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

This cd finds Chris at her finest vocally and she sounds like a well-tuned instrument. The liner notes are very sparse and written in Japanese,although there is an English translation. "Now" is definitely a must have for any Chris Connor fan and of course those who just like good, nice easy listening music; perfect music for a quiet intimate evening at home. ~Garby Gable/amazon

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Walter Lang Trio - Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 53:18

Size: 122.0 MB

Styles: Piano jazz

Year: 2005

Art: Front

[3:52] 1. Monsieur Hulot

[5:18] 2. D'afrique

[4:37] 3. Autumn Leaves

[3:45] 4. October Breeze

[4:41] 5. Alone Together

[5:40] 6. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

[8:27] 7. Spring Is Here

[4:31] 8. Casino Estoril

[4:23] 9. Call On Bill

[4:03] 10. Pensao Central

[3:55] 11. Monsieur Hulot (Bonus Track)

You'll oftern hear it said of a jazz record that it pays to give the music your full attention. That's usually good advice; much of the jazz offered up doesn't fall into the "hit you over the head" category. Subtleties and nuance often prevail, which is especially true of piano trio sets. But I've found another tack to take on the initial encounter: I put a disc on as background music and go about my life. The winning sounds refuse to fade into the background; they insist on your attention. They reach out and grab you and say, "Listen to me."

The Walter Lang Trio's Softly As In A Morning Sunrise passes that test. It takes you by the shoulders and spins you around so that you face the speakers and gives you a little shake, the way the best contemporary piano trios—led by the Jarretts and the Mehldaus—do.

The set opens with a quirky, sharp-edged melody, piano alone, joined soon by bass/drums, on the Lang-penned piece "Monsieur Hulot." It's apparent right away that the group cohesion is first-rate, a push/pull, give and take conversation where the players are listening, responding, and complementing each others' remarks.

Seven of the eleven tunes are Lang originals, songs that sound as though they could be classics, especially the aforementioned opener, as well as "Casino Estoril," which churns along of a buoyant momentum; the spicy "Pensao Central"; and the beautifully pensive "Call on Bill." The set is well-paced, with the trio swinging back and forth between extroversion and introversion, working with a fine choice of standard fare that they put their own stamp on with reverence: "Autumn Leaves," "Alone Together," "Spring is Here," and the title tune.

A fine disc that should earn the Munich-based trio some attention on this side of the Atlantic. ~Dan McClenaghan

Walter Lang: piano; Nicolas Thys: bass; Rick Hollander: drums.

Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

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Eileen Mager - Jazzin Around'

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:29
Size: 175,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:42)  1. Sweet Georgia Brown
(3:39)  2. Who Needs Spring?
(1:42)  3. Take Five
(5:47)  4. Autumn In New York
(2:26)  5. Them There Eyes
(3:11)  6. Night In Tunisia
(5:52)  7. Body And Soul
(2:50)  8. Nice Work If You Can Get It
(6:01)  9. Stardust
(3:01) 10. Harlem Hights
(3:03) 11. Best Thing For You
(4:06) 12. You Go To My Head
(3:50) 13. Staighten Up And Fly Right
(5:26) 14. 'Round Midnight
(3:02) 15. Peel Me A Grape
(6:28) 16. Spring Cane Really Hang You Up The Most
(3:23) 17. It's All Right With Me
(4:25) 18. My Funny Valentine
(4:26) 19. How High The Moon

Most of the songs in this new Turn On Records release, "Jazzin' Around," will be familiar to most listeners. "Stardust" and "My Funny Valentine" for example, have probably been heard and loved bhy well over half the planet. Others, like the seductive but funny "Peel Me A Grape" and the playful "The Best Thing For You" are treasures we rarely hear. Two of the songs, "Take Five" and "A Night in Tunisia," are almost always done in the instrumental versions. Most people don't even realize there actually are lyrics for them. "Who Needs Spring" although used in a movie, is largely unknown in the U.S. It was written bhy Ruth Allen and Alan Berry. Alan is a fine British musician with his own jazz band. His sister Ruth is a personal friend of mine whom I met when she was playing a piano bar gig in London, singing lots of great songs - some standards and some her own - and singing them all beautifully. She writes lyrics, and for many songs, the music as well, and they're all very good. "Who Needs Spring" is a special favorite of mine. 

 "Harlem Nights" is a brand new song, written by a new personal friend, Bud Mayer, with words by Steve Princiotta. I met Bud at a party about a week before we recorded this CD, and we got into a mini jam session. At one point, he played the song, showed me the words, and I thought, I've got to include it. So there was a mad scramble, and we got it in. I hope you have as much pleasure out of these great songs as we did in performing them. ~ Eileen Mager  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/emager6
 

Personnel: Eileen Mager (vocals);  Brad Bauder (flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Estelle Brown, Ellen Brown (piano); Bob Graham (double bass); Jimmy Golini (drums); Glenn Brown (trumpet, piano).

Jazzin Around'

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Steve Kuhn - Temptation

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:57
Size: 121,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:13)  1. Temptation
(6:07)  2. Dark Eyes
(6:25)  3. You Better Go Now
(7:47)  4. The Summer Knows
(6:46)  5. Love Is Here To Stay
(3:47)  6. Django
(9:18)  7. A Likely Story
(5:30)  8. I Can't Get Started

Steve Kuhn mixes standards and forgotten gems in these 2001 studio sessions with bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Drummond. Beginning with a tantalizing take of "Temptation" that has a slight Latin undercurrent, Kuhn finds new directions in these timeless pieces. "Dark Eyes" is another gem that has long fallen out of favor, though Kuhn's intricate workout demonstrates that there is plenty of life left in this decades-old warhorse. His treatment of Michel Legrand's "The Summer Knows" (written as theme music for the early-'70s film Summer of '42) is a bit jagged rather than the usual setting as a straight, slow, bittersweet ballad. John Lewis' "Django" has long been a favorite of jazz musicians, and the trio's elegant setting opens with an imaginative improvisation, slowly working into its well-known theme. Kuhn's sole original, "A Likely Story," is a driving post-bop vehicle that never runs out of steam. It's hard to go wrong by purchasing any Steve Kuhn CD, and this is among his best dates.~ Ken Dryden  http://www.allmusic.com/album/temptation-mw0000530382

Personnel: Double Bass – Buster Williams; Drums – Billy Drummond; Piano – Steve Kuhn

Temptation

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Dan Adler - All Things Familiar

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:44
Size: 167,0 MB
Art: Front

(8:05)  1. If I Were A Jazz Man
(7:14)  2. Star Eyes
(5:24)  3. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(5:51)  4. Talia's Waltz
(7:32)  5. All Things Familiar
(6:39)  6. Sivan's Samba
(7:58)  7. Emily
(8:59)  8. Blues For Keren
(8:02)  9. I Love You
(6:55) 10. Bird's Idea

All Things Familiar is a hard-swinging modern bop album led by guitarist Dan Adler. Adler has surrounded himself with a strong ensemble cast for the record, including pianist Richard Samuels, bassist Dmitri Kolesnik, drummer Philip Steward and saxophonist Grant Stewart. The album rests firmly in the jazz tradition without sounding like a carbon copy of an historical recording. The group comes together to lay down tracks that are full of bop vocabulary, deep-pocket swing and highly-creative improvisations. The tunes on the album are a mix of originals written by Adler and arrangements of classic jazz standards. Each arrangement is fresh and not simply a retelling of these often-recorded tunes. A great example of this is Adler's arrangement of "Star Eyes." While all the elements of the original tune are present in Adler's version, he adds a series of dissonant piano voicings under the intro and A sections of the melody that immediately maks the tune his own. Before going too far with the dissonance, Adler brings the tune back into a swing feel with more standard voicings for the bridge, essentially cleansing the sonic palette before returning to the dissonant harmony for the final A section. 

It is moments like these that prevent the album from becoming a blowing session, as each of the standard tunes is approached from a new and unique angle. Adler's playing is consistently solid on every tune. Firmly steeped in the bebop tradition, rarely does a line go by that doesn't exude a deep understanding of the genre's vocabulary. Not that Adler is simply "running lines" in his solos, his playing goes much further than that. While many players will run long lines and phrases taken directly from classic bebop solos, Adler's playing has evolved to the point where he is creating his own new and unique melodic ideas that use elements of bebop vocabulary, but are far from the realm of pure imitation. His solo on "Blues for Keren" is a great example of how Adler takes traditional vocabulary and makes it his own. The solo is full of short bebop motifs that Adler then warps and spins into new phrases that lift his playing to a level where it stands alongside some of the best modern bebop recordings of recent years. All Things Familiar is filled with hard-swinging grooves, twisting and turning bebop based runs and smart and creative melodic interpretations. The rhythm section is tight and they constantly react to cues from the soloists, while throwing some back as well. All of which combine to lay down an album that is as easy to get into musically as it is intellectually engaging. ~ Matthews Warnock 

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/all-things-familiar-dan-adler-self-produced-review-by-matthew-warnock.php#.U9BCwrFryM0
 

Personnel: Dan Adler: guitar; Richard Samuels: piano; Dmitri Kolesnik: bass; Philip Stewart: drums; Grant Stewart: tenor sax.

All Things Familiar

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