Stan Getz Quartet - Stan Getz Quartet At Birdland

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:29
Size: 136.2 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[6:21] 1. Airegin
[8:36] 2. Wildwood
[5:45] 3. Where Do You Go
[9:20] 4. Autumn Leaves
[6:21] 5. Jordu
[7:05] 6. When The Sun Comes Out
[6:38] 7. Yesterday's Gardenias
[7:13] 8. Woody'n You
[2:06] 9. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

These previously unreleased 1961 live performances from Birdland, show Getz bringing his tenor saxophone mastery to new heights in a truly stunning comeback.

It wasn’t only music lovers who crowded Stan Getz’ club performances in New York when he returned to the US in January 1961 after more than two years away in Europe. The young tenor, who had long since extended the already legendary and unorthodox Lester Young line into something of his own, represented an approach that contrasted with the revolutionary turmoil in the jazz of the time. And it was against that background that these unreleased performances were recorded and broadcast live at Birdland during Getz’ quartet engagement in the fall of that year with Steve Kuhn, Jimmy Garrison and Roy Haynes.

It was a quality group and, with Getz then at a sublime peak of emotional and intellectual balance allied to unfailingly melodic inventiveness, the quartet explored a stimulating program of jazz standards and ballads with a gripping blend of strength, delicacy and subtly nuanced dynamics. Suffused with the leader’s eloquent tenor, the sheer beauty of the music often caused a hush to fall over the audience, who must by then have realized that, revolution or not, they were indisputably in the presence of one of the greats.

Stan Getz (tenor sax); Steve Kuhn (piano); Jimmy Garrison (bass); Roy Haynes (drums). Recorded live at Birdland, November 11 and 18 (#5-9), 1961. Note: While you may notice slight imperfections in the sound of these recordings, inherent to the source tapes, they do not subtract at all from the top level performances within.

Stan Getz Quartet At Birdland

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Eugene Berger - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:37
Size: 95.3 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:43] 1. Neverland
[4:54] 2. Organic Light
[3:11] 3. Olympic Love Games Award
[4:05] 4. Quad Core
[3:58] 5. Chrome
[3:37] 6. Funkissimo
[4:45] 7. Fire, Water And Brass Pipes
[4:38] 8. In The East Of Nowhere
[4:18] 9. Triple Core
[3:22] 10. Postscriptum

Eugene is a professional guitarist, studio and recording artist, composer,song arranger, music producer and a guitar teacher. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Eugene began as a classically trained violinist, graduating from one of the most selective and competitive music schools for exceptionally gifted children. At around twelve years of age he developed a strong passion for guitar, and he applied his strong knowledge of music theory, as well as his perfect pitch and excellent technique, to quickly pick up the instrument. Eugene's extensive childhood concert experience helped him to consistently win the first prize in all city competitions, held for young electric guitarists, by the age of sixteen. He played in various rock bands, toured Russia and much of Europe with the band that he started when he was seventeen, and produced his own records. He quickly became a highly respected musician for his versatility, advanced technique, rich tones, and accurate and precise performance.

In 1992, Eugene followed his family and settled in Tel-Aviv, Israel. He continued playing in bands, ranging from metal to classic rock music, and once again he developed another aspect of his musical career. He became a producer, record engineer, arranger and studio guitarist; he produced many albums for artists with a variety of different styles, and he nurtured the careers of emerging singers and wrote songs for them. He played in commercials and in TV shows, and for the past ten years he has been a guitarist at the renowned drama theater Gesher in Tel-Aviv. As a seasoned musician with a deep knowledge of guitars and guitar equipment, he has been a consultant to a musical instruments distribution company for fifteen years. As a dedicated guitar teacher, Eugene developed his own unique method for improving finger velocity and hand synchronization, which will be published in the near future.

Eugene Berger

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Ike Moriz - Blue Moon

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:19
Size: 126.6 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:41] 1. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
[4:02] 2. Blue Moon
[4:08] 3. Besame Mucho (Lounge Mix)
[4:01] 4. This Love Of Mine
[2:59] 5. Learning The Blues
[2:43] 6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[3:53] 7. What A Wonderful World
[4:29] 8. There Is No Greater Love
[5:14] 9. Isn't It Romantic
[2:00] 10. Blue Skies
[3:03] 11. Summertime
[2:50] 12. Mean To Me
[3:37] 13. Blue Velvet
[2:48] 14. Strangers In The Night
[2:32] 15. Nowhere Man
[4:13] 16. From Russia With Love (Bonus Track)

Since returning from touring Europe at the end of 2009 where Ike also shot the music video for STARRY NIGHT (youtube) he has now completed his 8th studio album entitled ‘Blue Moon’. The album contains 16 smooth & jazzy crooners/torch songs from well known hits like ‘What a Wonderful World’, ‘Besame Mucho’ and ‘Summertime’ to jazzy adaptions of John Lennon’s ‘Nowhere Man’, Elvis Presley’s ‘Blue Moon’ and Dean Martin’s ‘Mean To Me’. It ends with a bonus track, namely Ike’s version of the famous James Bond movie title hit song ‘From Russia With Love’. Like on his previous Jazz/Swing albums Ike has once again recorded with multitalented SA navy big band leader Willie van Zyl (saxophones, clarinet) and UK pianist A.McPike.

Blue Moon

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Machito - Mucho Machito

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 38:38

Size: 88.4 MB

Styles: Salsa, Latin jazz

Year: 2010

Art: Front

[2:31] 1. Adiós

[3:24] 2. Holiday Mambo

[3:03] 3. Bongo Fiesta

[3:00] 4. Mambo Mucho Mambo

[3:15] 5. Negro ñañamboro

[3:20] 6. Ay, Que Mate

[2:56] 7. Tin Tin Deo

[2:47] 8. Wild Jungle

[2:30] 9. Óyeme

[5:51] 10. Ring-A-Levio

[2:54] 11. Conversación

[3:02] 12. Kenya

Machito played a huge role in the history of Latin jazz, for his bands of the 1940s were probably the first to achieve a fusion of powerful Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz improvisation. At its roaring best, the band had a hard-charging sound, loaded with jostling, hyperactive bongos and congas and razor-edged riffing brass. Machito was the front man, singing, conducting, shaking maracas, while his brother-in-law Mario Bauza was the innovator behind the scenes, getting Machito to hire jazz-oriented arrangers. The son of a cigar manufacturer, Machito became a professional musician in Cuba in his teens before he emigrated to America in 1937 as a vocalist with La Estrella Habanera. He worked with several Latin artists and orchestras in the late '30s, recording with the then-dominant Latin bandleader Xavier Cugat. After an earlier aborted attempt to launch a band with Bauza, Machito founded the Afro-Cubans in 1940, taking on Bauza the following year as music director where he remained for 35 years. After making some early 78s for Decca, the Afro-Cubans really began to catch on after the end of World War II, appearing with -- and no doubt influencing -- Stan Kenton's orchestra (Machito played maracas on Kenton's recordings of "The Peanut Vendor" and "Cuban Carnival") and recording some exciting sides for Mercury and Clef. Upon Bauza's urging, Machito's band featured a galaxy of American jazz soloists on its recordings from 1948 to 1960, including Charlie Parker (heard memorably on "No Noise"), Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, Howard McGhee, Buddy Rich, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Mann, Curtis Fuller and Johnny Griffin. Playing regularly at New York's Palladium, Machito's band reached its peak of popularity during the mambo craze of the 1950s, survived the upheavals of the '60s and despite the loss of Bauza in 1976, continued to work frequently in the '60s, '70s, and early '80s when the term "salsa" came into use. The band recorded for Pablo (in tandem with Gillespie) and Timeless in its later years, and was playing Ronnie Scott's club in London in 1984 when Machito suffered a fatal stroke. A documentary film by Carlo Ortiz, Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy, was released in 1987. ~bio by Richard S. Ginnell

Mucho Machito  

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Cyrus Chestnut - Cyrus Chestnut

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:47
Size: 137,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:02)  1. Miss Thing (feat. James Carter)
(7:55)  2. Strolling In Central Park
(8:36)  3. Sharp (feat. James Carter & Joe Lovano)
(4:22)  4. Summertime (feat. Anita Baker)
(6:38)  5. The Journey (feat. James Carter)
(4:42)  6. Elegant Flower
(3:36)  7. Nutman's Invention #2
(3:40)  8. My Favorite Things (feat. Anita Baker)
(6:25)  9. Any Way You Can (feat. Joe Lovano)
(5:00) 10. Mother's Blues
(3:45) 11. Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Joined by several important guests, Cyrus Chestnut proves once again that he is among the brightest, post-bop players of his generation. For this effort, his trio includes legends Ron Carter on bass and Billy Higgins on drums. Joining them are all-stars Lewis Nash (drums on two tracks), James Carter (alto on three tracks), Joe Lovano (tenor sax on two tracks), and two significant appearances by vocalist Anita Baker. This album is very good as well as very solid, with no tracks that clearly stand above the rest. Nash and Baker appear together on the album's only two standards: the slow, sexy "Summertime" and the bright, scat-filled "My Favorite Things." Carter's virtuoso brilliance dominates "Miss Thing" and "The Journey." Lovano contributes his unique intensity to "Any Way You Can" and joins Carter for the impressive two-horned workout "Sharp." 

As for the leader, he continues to demonstrate the rare ability to generate soul from the percussive piano. Though his versatility and technical facility is plainly evident, it is this emotional gift which sets him apart. He can play loud and fast; he has developed a lighter, more delicate touch on the ballads; he imparts elements of both blues and gospel in his sound; and he writes his own music. Cyrus Chestnut is recommended the album and the musician. ~ Brian Bartolini  http://www.allmusic.com/album/cyrus-chestnut-mw0000042218

Personnel: Cyrus Chestnut (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Anita Baker (vocals); James Carter (alto saxophone); Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone); Ron Carter (bass); Billy Higgins, Lewis Nash (drums).

Cyrus Chestnut

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Fawn Fritzen - Bedroom Voice

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:33
Size: 93,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:16)  1. Life So Sweet
(3:51)  2. Cry Me a River
(3:25)  3. I'm a Fool for You
(4:12)  4. If It Be Your Will
(5:33)  5. Black Coffee
(4:08)  6. You Don't Know What Love Is
(4:20)  7. The Gentle Rain/ Sanfter Regen Fällt
(4:51)  8. Under My Skin
(2:06)  9. Tout doucement
(3:15) 10. Hushabye Mountain
(1:31) 11. Sad Song

Fawn Fritzen is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and vaudevillian living in Whitehorse, Yukon. Known for her powerful belt and simmering torch songs, she turns to her softer side in her debut album, singing songs of love, loss, and even lust. When the time came to choose a university program, Fawn knew she would not pick music. Good female voices were a dime a dozen, and the music industry is a cutthroat arena. It was years before she realized that her voice was not just another nice voice. Although she developed her powerful belting voice in amateur theatre productions while studying Commerce in Ottawa, it wasn’t until she moved to Whitehorse almost a decade later that she started her professional career as a singer. She joined Whitehorse’s Big Band as pianist in 2007, and her growing love of jazz quickly drove her to find venues to sing in. It didn’t take long for people to sit up and take notice the new singer, and she soon had a busy music schedule as a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger. In 2012, she had the singular opportunity to add “vaudevillian” to her professional resume when she joined the cast of the Frantic Follies, a 44-year-old vaudeville show, as the leading lady. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fawnfritzen

Bedroom Voice

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Coleman Hawkins - Today And Now/Desafinado

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:07
Size: 172,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:22)  1. Go Li'l Liza
(4:44)  2. Quintessence
(4:38)  3. Don't Love Me
(4:11)  4. Love Song From 'Apache'
(9:49)  5. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
(5:30)  6. Swingin' Scotch
(4:29)  7. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
(5:45)  8. Desafinado
(2:49)  9. I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover (Jazz Samba)
(5:24) 10. Samba Para Bean
(3:55) 11. I Remember You
(5:57) 12. One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)
(4:08) 13. O Pato (The Duck)
(4:49) 14. Un Abraco No Bonfa (An Embrace To Bonfa)
(2:29) 15. Stumpy Bossa Nova

This remastered two-fer combines tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins' 1963 releases Today and Now and Desafinado. Originally, these LPs were released separately on Impulse. Today is a straight-ahead date with pleasant renditions of the standards "Go Li'l Liza," "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," and "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet." Desafinado is an attempt to match Brazilian rhythms with standards such as "I Remember You," "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (Jazz Samba)," and the title track. Both sessions are enjoyable, relaxing, and breezy. While new liner notes are absent, Impulse had the good taste to restore the original packaging: front and back cover art and liner notes. ~ Al Campbell  http://www.allmusic.com/album/today-and-now-desafinado-mw0002164758

Personnel: Bass – Major Holley; Drums – Eddie Locke; Piano – Tommy Flanagan; Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins

Today And Now/Desafinado

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Christian Tamburr - Voyage

Styles: Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:12
Size: 120,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:36)  1. That's All
(4:25)  2. A Team
(5:56)  3. Summertime
(6:42)  4. I Won't Give Up
(6:26)  5. Voyage
(5:10)  6. Libertango
(4:54)  7. It Rained Again Tonight
(4:15)  8. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
(4:23)  9. The Day Before Tomorrow
(4:19) 10. Wonderwall

Christian Tamburr is an internationally touring vibraphonist and pianist, accomplished on drums as well as world and orchestral percussion. Downbeat Magazine recognized him with the “Outstanding Solo Jazz Performer” award and the “2013 Critics Choice Top Rising Star” award on vibraphone. He currently leads the critically acclaimed Christian Tamburr Quintet around the world, with recent performances in Shanghai, China and Doha, Qatar as an Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Christian is the developer and director of Ignite the Arts, a touring educational outreach program, designed to help inspire and revitalize the arts in public schools. He is on staff as the 2014 ‘Artist in Residence’ at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. Christian is currently the Musical Director and featured musical performer for Vegas Nocturne, a Spiegelworld Production based in Las Vegas. 

Christian has performed on vibraphone as special guest with pianist Dave Brubeck, as a solo percussionist with Michael Feinstein, and opened for Harry Connick Jr. He has performed private concerts for NBA basketball legend Michael Jordan, and was hired to entertain at the highly publicized surprise birthday party for actress Julia Roberts in New York City. Christian’s first album “Move” was released as a part of a Starbucks Gift Set available around the US. From 2006 till 2008 Christian toured as pianist and musical director for Julio Iglesias. He joined Cirque du Soleil in 2009 as an assistant composer and musical director for a new show in Macau, China. Christian first started performing jazz at the age of 14, now 33, he has had the opportunity to tour and perform with many of the jazz legends including, Clark Terry, James Moody, Bunky Green, Kenny Barron, Benny Green, Milt Hinton, Bucky Pizarelli, Tal Farlow, Nicolas Payton, Billy Drummond, Matt Wilson, Eric Marienthal, Marcus Printup, Nicolas Payton, Mark Murphy, Clint Holmes, and Rene Marie. 

Over the past 8 years, Christian and his group have performed at some of the most prestigious venues around the world including The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington DC), Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center (NYC), The Blue Note (NYC), Ravinia (Chicago), The Brubeck Institute (Stockton, CA) Yoshi’s Jazz Club (Oakland, CA), Pizza Express Dean Street (London), Olympia Theater (Paris), Jazz at the St. Regis (Doha, Qatar), The Central (Shanghai, China), Motion Blue (Tokyo), Monte Casino (Cape Town, South Africa), The Bellagio Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), The North Sea Jazz Festival (Amsterdam), The Atlanta Jazz Festival, The San Jose Jazz Festival, The Chandler Jazz Festival, and the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. Since 2006, Christian has produced “The Jazz at Sea” music spotlight, performing and featuring some of the top names in jazz onboard Regent and Oceania Cruises. Christian works as a producer, arranger, and composer in many genres. 

His music can be heard on TV, full-length motion pictures, and on-stage productions around the world. Famed magicians Penn and Teller hired Christian as a consultant to write and teach them music for their stage show in Las Vegas. As an educator and lecturer, Christian travels to High Schools and Colleges presenting workshops and master classes on performance, composition, arranging, and music business. He also presents leadership and teambuilding workshops to executives at Fortune 500 Companies highlighting unique attributes found both on stage and in a corporate environment. The Christian Tamburr Quartet, Trio, and Duo project recordings include: Move 2006, Arrivals 2007, Traveling South 2008, Conversations 2011, and Places 2012 released under Tamburr World Wide Productions. Christian is endorsed by Receptor Muse, Pro-Mark Sticks and Mallets, and plays exclusively Musser Vibraphones. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/christiantamburr12

Voyage

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Red Rodney - Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (2-Disc Set)

Red Rodney was a brash young trumpeter who had the mark of greatness before narcotics cut short his career. His lowest point came in January 1953, when a judge in Chicago sentenced him to Leavenworth for five years. Rodney was released on parole in March 1955, having served two years of his sentence, and shortly thereafter he recorded an album for Fantasy (tracks #1-12).

His luck ran out again in November 1955, and he was sentenced to serve the remainder of his term at the Lexington, Ky., federal narcotics hospital. His release on June 5, 1957 was something of an event among aficionados, and the results of his recording contract with Signal (tracks #13-15 on CD-1, and #1-3 on CD-2), are proof of just how much he still had to offer to jazz. He got hooked again for a while after that, until early 1959, when he made a new and brief—but successful—comeback to the scene, cutting a new LP, this time for Argo.

Remarkably, the three stunning albums included in this set were made while Red was living on borrowed time, between one incarceration and the next. “I can only repeat what Bird said” he once explained about addiction. “‘Don’t do as I do, do as I say.’”

CD 1, tracks #1-12 from "Modern Music From Chicago" (Fantasy 3-208).
CD 1, tracks #13-15 & CD 2, tracks #1-3 from "Red Rodney: 1957" (Signal S 1206).
CD 2, tracks #4-11 from "Red Rodney Returns" (Argo LP 643).

Personnel on "Modern Music From Chicago": Red Rodney (tp, vcl on #1), Ira Sullivan (ts on #1-5, 7, 8, 10-12, tp only on #6), Norman Simmons (p), Victor Sproles (b), Roy Haynes (d). Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago, IL, June 8 [#1-10] and 27 [#11-12].

Personnel on "Red Rodney: 1957": Red Rodney (tp), Ira Sullivan (ts, tp), Tommy Flanagan (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Philly Joe Jones (d on CD 1, #13-15), Elvin Jones (d on CD 2, #1-3). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackenshack, New Jersey, on November 22, 1957 [CD 1, #13-15] and November 24, 1957 [CD 2, #1-3].

Personnel on "Red Rodney Returns": Red Rodney (tp), Billy Root (ts), Danny Kent (p), Jay Cave (b), Frank Young (d). Recorded at Reco-Art Studios, Philadelphia, Pa, February 16 & 17, 1959.

Album: Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:33
Size: 156.9 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2011

[ 3:09] 1. I Love The Rhythm In A Riff
[ 3:07] 2. Taking A Chance On Love
[ 3:12] 3. Dig This
[ 5:48] 4. Red Is Blue
[ 2:53] 5. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
[ 4:10] 6. On Mike
[ 3:54] 7. The Song Is You
[ 4:17] 8. You And The Night And The Music
[ 4:39] 9. Laura
[ 3:44] 10. Daddy-O
[ 3:38] 11. Hail To Dale
[ 3:37] 12. Jeffie
[10:49] 13. Star Eyes
[ 5:30] 14. You Better Go Now
[ 6:01] 15. Stella By Starlight

Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (Disc 1)

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Album: Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:46
Size: 139.1 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[5:07] 1. Red Arrow
[5:56] 2. Box 2000
[4:51] 3. Ubas
[6:33] 4. Shaw Nuff
[6:02] 5. Red Hot And Blue
[6:05] 6. I Remember You
[4:20] 7. 5709
[5:41] 8. Whirlwind
[6:10] 9. Jordu
[5:28] 10. Shelley
[4:27] 11. Two By Two

Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (Disc 2)

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Ellen Vanderslice - Let's Pretend

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:10
Size: 110.3 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[5:27] 1. Let's Pretend
[2:34] 2. Living A Dream
[3:43] 3. Down At The Goodwill
[3:17] 4. One Little Kiss
[4:19] 5. One More Time To Say Goodbye
[4:05] 6. They Can't Take That Away From Me
[4:55] 7. The Probability Of Love
[4:16] 8. Come On Back, Anytime
[4:37] 9. I'm Not Susceptible To Love
[3:05] 10. Why Am I The Last To Know
[4:31] 11. All That's Missing Is You
[3:16] 12. Sweet Elusive One

One of two CDs released 12/3/2011, this one features Ellen herself singing 11 numbers from the Ellen Vanderslice songbook, plus one Gershwin tune! Ellen is accompanied by some of Portland's finest jazz musicians. Phil Baker, bass, also produced the album. The piano chair is split between Tony Pacini and Greg Goebel. Mike Horsfall, who co-wrote many of the tunes, plays vibes. With Neil Masson on drums and Lee Wuthenow on tenor sax, these numbers sound great.

Let's Pretend

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Dusko Goykovich - Samba Do Mar

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:02
Size: 137.4 MB
Styles: Latin jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[6:37] 1. Samba Do Mar
[5:39] 2. Jim's Ballad
[6:04] 3. Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
[7:59] 4. Insensatez
[6:00] 5. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (Arr. For Trumpet, Guitar, Double Bass And Drums)
[3:47] 6. The Fish
[6:35] 7. Quo Vadis
[5:04] 8. Love And Deception
[5:32] 9. Danca Comigo
[6:40] 10. Sunset

Born in 1931 in Jajce (Bosnia, SFR Yugoslavia), Dusko Goykovich studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade from 1948 to 1953. As a youth he played with several jazz and dixie bands, mostly for dancing audiences and eventually on parties at the embassies of the capital. When the 18-year-old joined the Radio Big Band of Belgrade, he was considered a talented young jazz man who also can read music. When he left the band five years later, he had grown into a fine big band player and featured soloist. Dusko went to Germany where he quickly became an integral part of its uprising young jazz scene. In 1956 he made his first record as a member of the Frankfurt All-Stars.

After a short stint in the big band of Munich’s Max Greger, Dusko stayed for four and a half years with Kurt Edelhagen’s band, then Europe’s leading jazz orchestra. Francy Boland, Claus Ogermann, Jerry van Rooyen and Rob Pronk were among the arrangers who worked for Edelhagen. In addition to being the band’s premier trumpet soloist, Dusko performed with such as Stan Getz and Chet Baker. It came as no surprise when in 1958 he was invited to play with the Newport International Youth Band at the Newport Jazz Festival. Other members of the Newport band included Albert Mangelsdorff, Ronnie Ross, George Gruntz, and Gábor Szábo.

Following the performance at Newport, Dusko’s trumpet became very popular in Europe. In 1961 the Berklee School of Music offered the 29-year-old a grant for studying composition and arrangement in Boston where Herb Pomeroy was to become one of his teachers. Looking forward to writing his own arrangements for his great love, the big band, Dusko concentrated on his studies at Berklee so exclusively that he regrettingly turned down offers by Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Benny Goodman to join their bands. While at Berklee Dusko (now also on flugelhorn) recorded with the Berklee School Quintet and Orchestra including fellow students such as Gary Burton, Mike Gibbs, Sadao Watanabe, Steve Marcus, Mike Nock, and Dave Young.

When he had just finished his studies and prepared his return to Germany, Dusko received a call from Canadian bandleader Maynard Ferguson offering him Rolf Ericson’s place (who had just left to join Ellington). Of course, Dusko accepted. Ferguson, a virtuoso trumpeter himself, featured him as a second trumpet soloist and even used some of his big band arrangements. When Ferguson’s band split in 1964, Dusko joined Woody Herman and stayed with him for a year. It was his work for Herman that founded Dusko’s international reputation as an outstanding big band player and soloist. “Woody Herman encouraged me a lot,” Dusko recalls. “He not only accepted my big band charts (with a single exception), but also recorded all of them.”

Samba Do Mar

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Bob Wilber - Bob Wilber & The Three Amigos

Styles: Clarinet And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:41
Size: 162,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:01)  1. Limehouse Blues
(6:10)  2. Tampa Bay Trot
(2:58)  3. Jubilee Stomp
(4:00)  4. Passport to Paradise
(4:17)  5. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
(5:56)  6. Black and Tan Fantasy
(6:32)  7. Bernfest '96
(4:31)  8. The Mooche
(5:59)  9. Avalon
(4:19) 10. In an Old Deserted Ballroom
(3:42) 11. Basie-issimo
(4:46) 12. Blue Horizon
(3:08) 13. The Best Things in Life Are Free
(3:56) 14. Willow Weep for Me
(5:20) 15. Isotope Rag

The Three Amigos is not a table-hopping Mariachi band, but an ever-cruising all-star jazz combo, so dubbed during a gig in Mexican waters when they first played together. Don’t let the Alaskan wolf jackets throw you off, they are mementos from another cruise destination, the 49th state. If luxurious cruise ships come to mind, you’ve got the picture. This particular journey took the Amigos to a Florida studio where the eight world-class Amigos led by Bob Wilber strut their stuff, whether as soloists or tight ensemble players, backed by a swinging rhythm section, fresh from the Third Arbors Invitational Jazz Party. As these notes are written, the Amigos are getting ready to gear up for a round trip Jazzdagen -sponsored cruise from Los Angeles to Mexico. The Alaskan wolf jackets will be held in reserve. http://www.arborsrecords.com/recordtemplate.html?ProductID=19424

Personnel: Bob Wilber-soprano sax, clarinet; Pieter Meijers-soprano sax, clarinet; Antti Sarpila-soprano sax, clarinet; Rossano Sportiello-piano; Bucky Pizzarelli-guitar; John Cocuzzi-vibes; Nicki Parrott-bass; Eddie Metz Jr-drums

Bob Wilber & The Three Amigos

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Anne Burnell - Blues In The Night - Songs By Harold Alden

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:12
Size: 140,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:09)  1. Blues in the Night
(3:38)  2. A Woman's Prerogative
(5:18)  3. Happiness is a Thing Called Joe
(5:09)  4. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
(5:35)  5. Last Night When We Were Young
(5:19)  6. Over the Rainbow
(5:48)  7. Stormy Weather
(5:24)  8. Paris is a Lonely Town
(4:03)  9. Come Rain or Come Shine
(5:39) 10. I'll Wind
(6:43) 11. The Man That Got Away
(4:22) 12. Happy With the Blues

Despite having chosen Arlen songs with primarily sad lyrics, Anne Burnell's CD is not one of those collections of laments which "cry" out to be listened to with a pint of whiskey and a quart of self-pity. She does not wallow in melodrama, and the light, jazzy arrangements keep things sunny enough, despite the foreboding musical weather forecast: "Stormy Weather," "Ill Wind" and "Come Rain Or Come Shine." She seems to be "Happy With The Blues," a 1961 tune with a lyric by Peggy Lee (it also served as the title of a biography of Harold Arlen - sadly, his biographer Edward Jablonski died about a year before the centennial kicked off). Known as Anne Pringle before her marriage to pianist Mark Burnell, who plays solidly on the CD and co-produced it with her, the singer is based in Chicago.

Ms. Burnell has a likeable, sincere, unpretentious quality but does not always sound comfortable and in the center of the note. It's odd, because when she's on target, she is fine and in sync with the big picture of the arrangement and the musicians. She phrases naturally and easily, rarely losing the story of the lyric, even when she and the players are also going for a jazz lick. Count Basie Band alumnus Bob Ojeda provides the tasteful arrangements and is a major asset, featured in trumpet solos. More variety in vocal and instrumental colors and tempi would have been welcome. "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe" is more thoughtfully done than some of the others, and wins favor by including the verse, and is one of three tracks with the welcome, prominent addition of solo violin. The band is strong here, but his CD can't be wholeheartedly recommended, even though its heart is clearly in the right place. http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/mar1505.html

Award winning Jazz vocalist Anne Burnell, formerly Anne Pringle, releases her new CD "Blues in the Night: songs by Harold Arlen" as part of this great American composers centennial celebration.
Harold Arlen wrote "Stormy Weather", Come Rain or Come Shine", "Over the Rainbow" and many more. With arrangements by Count Basie Band veteran, Bob Ojeda, the CD features some of jazz's all time great performers including Ojeda on trumpet, former Frank Sinatra trombonist Bill Porter, and Chicago's own legendary violinist Johnny Frigo. Anne Burnell performs at festivals and clubs including the 2004 Chicago Humanities Festival, and five consecutive years at Chicago's largest music festival, The Taste of Chicago. She performed with her husband, pianist/vocalist Mark Burnell throughout Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York and toured internationally in Amsterdam, Italy, and Paris. "She can send shivers down your spine" - Chicago Tribune"I could listen to her for hours"- NBC Chicago  http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7171541&style=music

Blues In The Night - Songs By Harold Alden

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Coleman Hawkins - At Ease

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:33
Size: 95,4 MB
Art: Front

(6:07)  1. For You, For Me, Forevermore
(3:31)  2. While We're Young
(5:08)  3. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
(3:59)  4. Mighty Like A Rose
(4:38)  5. At Dawning
(5:25)  6. Trouble Is A Man
(6:05)  7. Poor Butterfly
(6:36)  8. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)

In this crazy run-around world where we never really have time to stop and appreciate all the good things in our lives, it is pretty hard to make time for Coleman Hawkins. But that is precisely why it is so important to do so. They really never invented a saxophone player better than him, and very few musicians have ever gotten closer to what jazz is supposed to be.  At Ease with Coleman Hawkins, originally released in 1960, is like a 42-minute journey into Zen simplicity, with a touch of sexy swagger on the side. Many people today have forgotten just how good the Bean was at this stage of his career. But just because none of the work here is as revolutionary as his work in the 1920s, '30s or '40s doesn't mean these songs aren't full of beauty and invention. His work here on "Then I'll Be Tired of You" starts off kind of sleepy, all loopy Dean Martin phrases, and then gets slightly more beboppy as things go on, until he sounds like Sonny Rollins or someone like that. (Funny quotation work in this solo too!) And there's no mistaking his majesty on the ancient chestnut "At Dawning" or his predatory stroll through the just-as-ancient "Poor Butterfly." But At Ease is not just all pretty notes and assurance. 

Hawkins was smart to have bopper Tommy Flanagan as his pianist here you can hear the two push each other on the opener, "For You, For Me, Forevermore," generations teaching each other how to cook. Flanagan's beautiful intro on "Mighty Like a Rose" ends up presaging his pretty solo two minutes later. And the rhythm section stars throughout. Osie Johnson's drumming is always amazing, but Wendell Marshall deserves special marks for his bass line at the start of "I'll Get By." This recording isn't fiery or out there, but it's about as solid as one can be, and it proves (for about the millionth time) the mastery of Coleman Hawkins. So what's not to love? ~ Matt Cibula  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/at-ease-with-coleman-hawkins-coleman-hawkins-prestige-records-review-by-matt-cibula.php#.VFkQdcmHmtg
 

Personnel: Coleman Hawkins: tenor saxophone; Tommy Flanagan: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

At Ease

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Christian Tamburr - Places

Styles: Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:21
Size: 117,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:08)  1. Eleanor Rigby
(6:17)  2. Body and Soul
(6:54)  3. Sailing Serenity
(6:46)  4. Places
(6:08)  5. Phantoms
(5:22)  6. You and the Night and the Music
(4:08)  7. Flower Waltz
(4:50)  8. Chu's Blues
(5:42)  9. La Carretara

Composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Christian Tamburr has mastered the art of musical communication, expression and creativity. Without the luxury of vocals, instrumentalists must rely on a pallet of notes, rhythms, sounds and phrasing to tell their story. Making a connection of feeling and emotion is the challenge. Mr. Tamburr kicks open that door and confidently gives the listener a platform to feel the emotion and react. His music expertly begins an engaging conversation. All the listener needs to do is accept it and join in. The music veers clear of dictating the feeling so it can go in its own direction. The conversational musician which Mr. Tamburr has become produces an easy and natural attraction. His instrument, the vibraphone, requires an intense sensitivity demanded by few instruments employed in a jazz context. It takes years of getting to know the inner workings and personality of the vibraphone for a master to coax out the elusive beauty. He/she must use dynamicsl, textures and note blends all controlled by the colorfully yarn-wrapped mallets. The work to achieve a beautiful sound must be appreciated. The result is like no other instrument and worth serious investigation. Again, Christian Tamburr has put in the time and is “one” with his instrument. Music selected for “Places” includes something for everyone. Getting things started is a burning version of the mysterious Beatle classic “Eleanor Rigby”. 

The rhythm section builds a supportive, controlled pace for the soloists to present their own improvisational interpretations always showing respect for composer, John Lennon. Nice curious opening! Most every jazz musician has done a version of “Body and Soul.” This quartet plays with the melody and rhythm in a way that ensures interest is captured. Never “mailing it in” on this often overplayed composition listen to the hide and seek approach that at the end of the day is really swinging and respectful of its roots. The first original composition “Sailing Serenity” glides gently as a genuinely relaxed melody with a light yet driving rhythm section keeping all afloat. Each round of the musical form deals an intensified amount energy until passing solo duties from vibraphone to piano only to start anew. Peacefully intense!The title composition “Places” jumps eagerly with a playful meter keeping things bouncing and energetic. The rhythm section drives and encourages Mr. Tamburr to elevate his playing ultimately relinquishing front line duties to Eric Reed’s piano which capably picks up and maintains a masterfully musical solo without hesitation. Beautifully swinging composition. Good jazz ensembles know when to slow things down to catch its musical breath. Choosing the Kenny Baron composition, “Phantom” does just that. This eerie yet romantic ballad showcases the color and clarity of another combined vibraphone/piano interlude. Enough said, just listen when you need a cleansing from a stressful day. Prefect prescription! “You the Night and the Music” begins with a clean, musical introduction with the drums Tamburr is coaxed to enter. 

A “cat and mouse” game ensues until the bass and piano joining in to make this 1934 Arthur Schwartz composition truly simmer. Very nice feature of the entire ensemble and especially drummer Greg Wyser-Pratte. All good jazz quartets have a waltz or two in their bag. Christian Tamburr does not go to the standards bag here. Instead he offers his own composition, “Flower Waltz.” By this time, the quartet is finishing each other’s musical sentences. They fit light a favorite pair of jeans. Chu’s Blues gives it up for ultra-supportive bassist John Shifflett, who gets some front time on this fun up tempo blues. Tamburr takes over and tap dances on the vibraphone with his own joyride only to again turn over control to pianist Eric Reed who builds his own message. Playfully trading fours with Wyser-Pratte ends this fun blues by sending it back to the melody for a final call. Swinging indeed. Why not end with the powerful and emotionally charged ballad La Carretara written by Rafael Ferro and previously recorded by Julio Iglesias on his 1996 album of the same name. Fitting as Christian Tamburr served as Mr. Iglesias’ Musical Director for many years. Just try to find where the piano ends and the vibraphone begins. This is a fine example of pure ensemble playing. So, take some time to get away either on a trip or with the close of your eyes. When you do, put Christian Tamburr’s CD “Places” on your packing list. See for yourself if you don’t end up in places you might not have dreamed of, whether close to home or far away. ~ Bruce Pulver  http://jazztimes.com/community/articles/29137-with-christian-tamburr-s-places-cd-listen-and-escape-to-wherever-you-want-to-go

Personnel: Christian Tamburr (vibraphone); Eric Reed (piano); Greg Wyser-Pratte (drums).

Places

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Jonny Henderson - Where Did I Leave My Keys

Size: 133,4 MB
Time: 57:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Jazz: Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. The Heist (5:17)
02. Shotgun Lazy (5:07)
03. Jibba Jabba (5:18)
04. Dustbowl (5:25)
05. Sweet Chilli Groove (5:26)
06. Slumdog (7:06)
07. The Old Pram Swerve (4:50)
08. Make Me An Offer (4:32)
09. I Gotta Call Miles (4:52)
10. North View (9:31)

"Where Did I Leave My Keys?" is Jonny Henderson's debut album as a leader, featuring ten groove-laden instrumentals that you just can't help moving to. Laced with funk, jazz, blues and soul, this album takes the Hammond organ work Jonny is known for with bands like the Matt Schofield Trio and throws a variety of other vintage sounds into the mix: Wurlitzer and Rhodes electric pianos, Clavinet and even a touch of Melodica.

Featuring:
Jonny Henderson - Hammond Organ, Electric Pianos, Clavinet, Melodica
Daisy Palmer - Drums
Denny Ilett - Guitar (tracks 2, 5 & 8)
Simon Law - Rhythm Guitar (tracks 5 & 10)
Gary Alesbrook - Trumpet (tracks 7 & 10)
Andy Kinsman - Saxophone (tracks 7 & 10)

Where Did I Leave My Keys

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Lania - Deja Vu EP

Size: 55,1 MB
Time: 23:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Stories (3:39)
02. Time (4:45)
03. Didn't You Know (7:26)
04. What If (4:17)
05. Chocolate (3:30)

Lania is a jazz band from Austria with a psychedelic guitar, atmospheric tracks and a great singer, Stefanie Fettner, leading the band through the compositions.

Deja Vu

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Ron Hawking - The Song Is You

Size: 82,7 MB
Time: 35:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. You Make Me Feel So Young (2:21)
02. The Coffee Song (2:00)
03. The Song Is You (2:31)
04. It Was A Very Good Year World On A String (5:00)
05. Come Rain Or Come Shine (2:45)
06. The Lady Is A Tramp (2:55)
07. The Way You Look Tonight (3:05)
08. My Funny Valentine (2:33)
09. Witchcraft (3:06)
10. I've Got You Under My Skin (3:25)
11. Ring-A-Ding-Ding (2:14)
12. Angel Eyes (3:06)

Ron Hawking is a big band vocal artist that knows how to swing in the best of that tradition. In his latest CD album release "The Song Is You" he opens with "You Make Me Feel So Young" and closes with the jazz classic "Angel Eyes, and everything in between is pure pleasure. Ron Hawking is an award winning singer and entertainer that was honored at this year's Chicago Music Awards . He has self-produced and starred in the long running hit musical "His Way" a tribute to Frank Sinatra that ran for over 7 years. He also created and starred in the critically acclaimed show "Ron Hawking Celebrates The Men & their Music"...a salute to the legendary singers, songwriters and performers that have touched all of our lives.
Ron has performed at New York's Carnegie Hall, as well as, many other prestigious theaters and arts centers across the country.
He's currently promoting a reprise of his critically acclaimed show, "His Way", that will celebrate Sinatra's centennial birth year in a tour for 2015.

The Song Is You

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Abdullah Ibrahim - The Song Is My Story

Size: 104,5 MB
Time: 39:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Piano Jazz
Art: Front

01. Celestial Bird Dance (1:15)
02. Threshold (3:21)
03. Open Door Within (3:45)
04. Unfettered Muken (1:50)
05. Spiral Mist (2:13)
06. Just Arrived (3:26)
07. Kalahari Pleiades (6:08)
08. For Coltrane, Pt. 1 (0:54)
09. Twelve By Twelve (1:38)
10. Shadows Lean Against My Song (1:49)
11. The Song Is My Story (1:29)
12. Marinska (2:13)
13. African Dawn (0:36)
14. Eclipse At Dawn (1:58)
15. Phambili - Looking Ahead (1:38)
16. For Coltrane, Pt. 2 (4:25)
17. Children Dance (0:32)

The charismatic Abdullah Ibrahim is South Africa's most distinguished pianist and a world-respected master musician. He releases the solo piano album 'The Song Is My Story' to celebrate his 80th birthday, 2014 also marks 20 years since the end of apartheid.

Abdullah Ibrahim visited Sacile, Italy in the summer of 2014, played on the legendary "Fazioli" grand piano and visited the workshop where these pianos are crafted. There is a concert hall in Sacile with fantastic instruments, which sound as if they were created especially for Ibrahim. He recorded this CD there, a mixture of free improvisations and performances of his classic compositions such as a "For Coltrane" and "African Dawn". Fortunately, professional films were shot during those days, so 'The Song Is My Story' also includes a DVD with concert excerpts, as well as conversations with Abdullah Ibrahim.

Ibrahim explains his approach to creating music in the liner notes: "There are people who can only play if they have sheet music. But we others improvise without knowing where we are headed. This makes us free. We don't fear situations that we don't know. We have a song, rhythm, harmony and pitch, and then we start to play with that, turn everything upside down...We jazz musicians are not afraid of letting things take their course. "

Personnel: Abdullah Ibrahim (piano)

"The humble high priest of international jazz." - The Guardian

The Song Is My Story

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Ana Velinova - December Wishing EP

Size: 50,4 MB
Time: 21:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (4:12)
02. December Wishing (3:31)
03. Snowfall (4:56)
04. Find Someone To Love (3:58)
05. Peace (5:00)

A Different Kind of Holiday Jazz Album: In times of great global turmoil, Ana Velinova offers a different kind of holiday album with a selection of songs on universal themes of Peace, Unity and Love. Backed up by the extraordinary talents of Marc Seales on piano, Jeff Johnson on bass, and Byron Vannoy on drums, Velinova pays tribute to Horace Silver with 'Peace' and also features her original compositions 'December Wishing' and 'Find Someone To Love.' With this special holiday production Velinova aims to inspire people from all social and spiritual backgrounds.

December Wishing

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