Clark Terry - Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band Live!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:10
Size: 98.8 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz, Bop, Swing
Year: 1976/2007
Art: Front

[7:48] 1. Una Mas
[4:23] 2. Nefertiti
[4:34] 3. Take The A Train
[6:06] 4. Randi
[5:21] 5. Mumbles
[5:42] 6. Sheba
[9:11] 7. Cold 'tater Stomp

No question that Clark Terry assembled a terrific band back in 1974, when this was recorded, to take on tour throughtout the midwest. Jimmy Heath, Phil Woods, Richard Williams (tp), and Duke Jordan (p) are all first-rate musicians, and the band certainly knows how to wail. Arnie Lawrence (as) sounds like he's going to jump right out of his shoes during his solo on UNA MAS. RANDI is a pretty Phil Woods composition, on which Phil solos nicely. The ever-present MUMBLES is here (getting a bit stale after 10 years in the book). Best on the CD is TAKE THE A TRAIN, which contains excellent solos by Woods and Terry. The long 12-bar blues COLD TATER STOMP gets better in the second half after the somewhat uninspired trombone solo by Janice Robinson. All in all, a good performance at Wichita that April 21st. ~Bomojazz

Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band Live!

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Karen Shivers - Precious Love

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:14
Size: 170,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:07)  1. Reflections
(4:52)  2. Love for Sale
(5:29)  3. That's All
(5:17)  4. Our Day Will Come
(6:28)  5. Which Road
(5:03)  6. Monk's Dream
(6:51)  7. Precious Love
(6:07)  8. Invitation
(5:37)  9. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(4:48) 10. Secret Love
(6:27) 11. You Go to My Head
(5:51) 12. My Romance
(5:12) 13. Nice Work If You Can Get It

Seattle based jazz vocalist Karen Shivers, is considered a ‘natural’; she has a wide-vocal range that is powerful, warm and rich. She is a singer steeped in the ‘classic’ vocal style of Sarah Vaughn and Carmen McRae. In 2008, Karen won the Seattle/Kobe Japan Sister City Female Jazz Vocalist Competition. Karen’s sophisticated approach to songs includes a mixture of attitude, verve and soul. The ever-increasing recognition of Karen’s talent has created opportunities for her to open for such world renowned jazz vocalists as: Ms Dianne Reeves and Ms Ernestine Anderson.

Born in St. Louis, MO., Karen is the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman and an elementary school teacher. Karen was the first African American woman elected to office in Kitsap County, WA, and served as a Central Kitsap School Board member in Silverdale, WA. She attended UPS Law School, but left it to be a Caregiver when her mother became terminally ill. After her mother’s death, she decided to pursue what she had always loved to do, singing jazz. Karen developed her singing style while working along side jazz pianist Bob Nixon, former pianist for Pulitzer-winner Charles Mingus and Ernestine Anderson.  http://seattlejazzscene.com/?p=1199

Personnel:  Karen Shivers, vocals; Bill Anschell, piano; Doug Miller, bass; Greg Williamson, drums; Dave Peterson, guitar; Larry Barilleau, percussion.

Precious Love

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Laura Leon - Changing The Pace

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 26:27
Size: 60,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:16)  1. Samba
(4:30)  2. Two True Blues
(3:15)  3. Gumbo Limbo
(3:24)  4. The Kiss
(2:44)  5. Tango Ultimo
(5:03)  6. Laura's Dream
(3:12)  7. Pavanne
(1:00)  8. Samba Reprise

A fantastic collection of seven Latin, jazz and blues piano pieces, composed by Steven Rosenhaus, Eric Ewazen, Astor Piazzolla and Morton Gould. Each of these works was originally composed as a solo piano work. Shifting from 'classically' composed, Laura transformed them with arrangements in collaboration with Grammy award-winning tenor saxophonist Richie Cannata, Nicki Parrott on bass, Adam Snyder on drums, and the internationally renowned Brazilian percussionist Cafe. Changing the Pace features Rosenhaus' Samba and Two True Blues, Eric Ewazen's Gumbo Limbo from his A Suite from the Cloud Forest, and Morton Gould's toe-tapping and full-of-swing Pavanne, which has been adored since it first came on the music scene in 1938. Astor Piazzolla's Tango Ultimo takes the tango to a whole new level. Imani Mosley's review of a recent performance Laura gave of Samba and Two True Blues at Queens College's Lefrak Concert Hall stated: "The piece was delightfully blissful, the first, light and airy and the second, soft and jazzy. It sounded perfect for a concert hall and yet it had the air of belonging somewhere else as well, like somewhere in the Village." Laura Leon has been heralded for the special touch she brings to both her solo and collaborative performances at the piano. She has broadened the spectrum of American music and where it can be experience and has brought composers and their works to audiences, beyond traditional concert venues to new settings and special events. 

Embracing American contemporary repertoire in a unique way, The New Music Connoisseur has called her performances"an even blend of fine technique, intelligence and passion." The Knight News' wrote: "I found myself captivated by the sound of the piece with its rich chords and the performances of Ms. Leon." Laura has received wide acclaim and recognition for her performances and recordings of a wide roster of American composers-including Peter Schickele, William Bolcom, Hugo Weisgall, Leo Kraft, Steven Rosenhaus, and Eric Ewazen. Performances include Heifer's International Bee Day Celebration, The White House/Capitol Hill's Days of Remembrance, and Weisgall's The Golden Peacock with the soprano Emily Duncan-Brown. She has conceived and collaborated on several live performance multimedia works--Found in Nature and PRO.JECT. She was the music director for, and performed on the soundtrack of the 2006 Emmy-award winning documentary The Hidden Life, which aired on PBS. More.. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lauraleon

Personnel:  Laura Leon, piano; Richie Cannata, saxophone; Nicki Parrott, bass; Adam Snyder, drums; Cafe, percussion.

Changing The Pace

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Hot Club Of Cowtown - Rare And Unreleased

Styles: Retro Swing
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:42
Size: 84,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:36)  1. Dinah
(3:13)  2. Besame Mucho
(3:01)  3. All I Want is You
(3:35)  4. Rosetta
(2:11)  5. Bitter Creek Breakdown
(2:37)  6. Paper Moon
(2:54)  7. Ragtime Annie
(2:41)  8. You're Getting To Be a Habit With Me
(2:53)  9. Cotton Eyed Joe
(2:51) 10. Love is the Drug
(5:17) 11. Avalon
(2:48) 12. Dance Away

Western swing revivalists Hot Club of Cowtown formed in San Diego, CA in 1996; originally a duo pairing singer/violinist Elana Fremerman and singer/guitarist Whit Smith, a subsequent move to Austin, TX made room for the addition of bassist Billy Horton. Signing to Hightone, the trio issued its debut album, Swingin' Stampede!, in the fall of 1998; the follow-up, Tall Tales, appeared a year later. New bassist Matt Weiner joined Smith and Fremerman for 2000's Dev'lish Mary. Ghost Train came two years later in 2002, and it showed the group focusing more on original material and cutting back on the amount of covers. Continental Stomp followed in 2003, with Wishful Thinking arriving in 2009, and in 2011, the Hot Club finally surrendered to the obvious and released a tribute to Bob Wills, What Makes Bob Holler (the album was actually released in November of 2010 in the U.K.). ~ Jason Ankeny & Steve Leggett, Rovi  https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/hot-club-of-cowtown/id39261566#fullText

Rare And Unreleased

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Gil Evans - The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix

Styles: Jazz, Post-Bop
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:22
Size: 179,9 MB
Art: Front

( 4:09)  1. Angel
( 5:03)  2. Castles Made Of Sand - Alternate Take
(10:09)  3. Up From The Skies - Alternate Take
( 3:22)  4. Gypsy Eyes - Alternate Take
( 6:33)  5. Crosstown Traffic
(11:30)  6. Medley
(10:37)  7. Up From The Skies
( 7:28)  8. 1983 - A Merman I Should Turn To Be
( 5:01)  9. Voodoo Chile
( 3:43) 10. Gypsy Eyes
( 6:33) 11. Little Wing
( 4:07) 12. Angel - Alternate Take

This CD reissue (which adds additional material to the original LP program) is much more successful than one might have expected. Jimi Hendrix was scheduled to record with Gil Evans' Orchestra but died before the session could take place. A few years later, Evans explored ten of Hendrix's compositions with his unique 19-piece unit, an orchestra that included two French horns, the tuba of Howard Johnson, three guitars, two basses, two percussionists and such soloists as altoist David Sanborn, trumpeter Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Billy Harper on tenor, and guitarists Ryo Kawasaki and John Abercrombie. Evans' arrangements uplift many of Hendrix's more blues-oriented compositions and create a memorable set that is rock-oriented but retains the improvisation and personality of jazz. [This album was re-released in 2002 on the Bluebird label with four bonus tracks from the same sessions] ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gil-evans-orchestra-plays-the-music-of-jimi-hendrix-mw0000212756

Personnel: Gil Evans (arranger, piano, electric piano, celeste); Howard Johnson (arranger, tuba, clarinet, bass clarinet); David Horowitz (arranger, electric piano, organ, synthesizer); Trevor Koehler (arranger, soprano & tenor saxophones, flute); Tom Malone (arranger, trombone, bass trombone, flute, piccolo, synthesizer); "Hannibal" Marvin Peterson (vocals, trumpet); David Sanborn (soprano & alto saxophones, flute); Billy Harper (tenor saxophone, flute); Lew Soloff, Ernie Royal (trumpet, flugelhorn); Peter Gordon (French horn); Warren Smith (vibraphone, marimba, chimes, gong, percussion); John Abercrombie, Ryo Kawasaki, Keith Loving (guitar); Michael Moore (bass); Herb Bushler (electric bass); Sue Evans (drums, tympani, congas, cow bell); Bruce Ditmas (drums, tabla, cuica); Tony Williams (drums).

The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix

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Kenny Burrell - Weaver Of Dreams

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:45
Size: 77.3 MB
Styles: Bop, Guitar jazz
Year: 1961/2001
Art: Front

[2:07] 1. I'll Buy You A Star
[2:24] 2. Weaver Of Dreams
[2:49] 3. The More I See You
[2:53] 4. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
[2:01] 5. A Fine Romance
[3:01] 6. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
[2:34] 7. The Blues Is Awful Mean
[3:25] 8. That Old Feeling
[2:05] 9. If I Had You
[3:54] 10. Hootchie-Koo
[4:15] 11. Afternoon In Paris
[2:11] 12. Like Someone In Love

KENNY BURRELL, guitar (also vocals on 1-9 & 12);
(5, 6) & (8): BOBBY JASPAR (ts, fl), WENDELL MARSHALL (b), BOBBY DONALDSON (d). TOMMY FLANAGAN out. New York, October 18, 1960.

Consummate musical taste, fluid technique, emotional warmth, clarity of ideas and tone, and refusal to compromise his artistic principles to passing fads are Burrell hallmarks that have made him among the most highly respected of all jazz guitarists.

Weaver Of Dreams

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Hal McKusick, Eddie Bert, Ronnie Woellmer, Milt Hinton, Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli, Charlie Mariano, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Holman, Stay Levey, John Murtaugh & Marly Flax - The Compositions Of Bobby Scott

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:48
Size: 173.6 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:12] 1. Betty
[3:45] 2. Moon Tan
[4:05] 3. Aunt Sarah
[4:04] 4. Cerebellum
[3:33] 5. Dot
[3:59] 6. The Creed
[2:55] 7. The Tablecloth Stomp
[2:55] 8. A Parable
[2:52] 9. Kwan Youen
[2:31] 10. The Wig
[2:37] 11. Count Bill
[2:14] 12. Wigwam
[3:35] 13. Sally's Pound Cake
[4:20] 14. Every Woman
[5:11] 15. Woodville
[4:16] 16. Myrt
[4:10] 17. Box Car Blues
[5:01] 18. The Good Ship Linda
[3:00] 19. The Old Man
[6:24] 20. Theme Iii

After an impressive debut as a pianist in 1953, Bobby Scott was 17 when, a year later, he conducted the first of a series of three genuinely creative albums dedicated to his own works, all now compiled on this CD. A man of many moods, bursting with creativity, his compositions are full of a fine feel for harmonic textures and melodically interesting lines.

But also among the outstanding aspects of these sessions are the soloists given ample scope by the writing; Hal McKusick, Eddie Bert, Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Charlie Mariano, Bill Holman, Jimmy Giuffre, Marty Flax and the little known Ronnie Woellmer and John Murtaugh are prime examples of the best of the East and West Coast jazzmen of the era. With Scott also shining as pianist on the second and third dates, this collection is a unique portrait of his precocious talent.

Personnel on #1-5: Bobby Scott, conductor; Ronnie Woellmer, trumpet; Eddie Bert, trombone; Hal McKusick, alto sax; Al Epstein, baritone sax; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums. Recorded in New York City, November 1954

Personnel on #6-12: Bobby Scott, piano & conductor; Conte Candoli, trumpet; Frank Rosolino, trombone; Charlie Mariano, alto sax; Bill Holman, tenor sax; Jimmy Giuffre, baritone sax; Max Bennett, bass; Stan Levey, drums. Recorded in Hollywood, January 1955

Personnel on #13-20: Bobby Scott, piano; John Murtaugh, tenor sax; Marty Flax, baritone sax; Whitey Mitchell, bass; Howie Mann, drums. Recorded in New York City, October 1956

The Compositions Of Bobby Scott

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Audrey Morris - The Voice Of Audrey Morris (Remastered)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:05
Size: 82.6 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:56] 1. I Never Mention Your Name
[3:15] 2. It's Always You
[2:57] 3. How'dja Like To Love Me
[3:16] 4. On Your Toes Glad To Be Unhappy
[3:18] 5. What More Can A Woman Do
[2:48] 6. Bittersweet If Love Were All
[2:38] 7. Blue Turning Grey Over You
[2:28] 8. If You Could See Me Now
[3:31] 9. I Go For That
[3:10] 10. St Louis Woman I Wonder What Became Of Me
[3:09] 11. You Irritate Me So
[2:34] 12. My Old Flame

Chicago pianist and vocalist Audrey Morris specializes in jazz ballads, as she got her start in music in the early to mid-'50s when such albums as Bistro Ballads and The Voice of Audrey Morris were originally issued. Not much was heard from Morris throughout the '60s and '70s, but she returned in the '80s with her own record label, Fancy Faire, and began releasing albums once more -- including 1984's Afterthoughts and 1989's Film Noir, plus such '90s releases as 1997's Look at Me Now and Round About. ~bio by Greg Prato

The Voice Of Audrey Morris (Remastered)

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Andy Cowan - Troubadour Nights

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:29
Size: 115.6 MB
Styles: Soul-blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
[3:53] 2. Pacing The Cage
[3:49] 3. Motherless Child
[2:46] 4. In My Life
[3:56] 5. I'm Your Man
[3:22] 6. Finally Home
[4:33] 7. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
[4:24] 8. One
[3:21] 9. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
[3:32] 10. To Love Somebody
[4:05] 11. Ruby's Arms
[2:57] 12. Don't Let It Bring You Down
[3:50] 13. Guilty
[2:51] 14. Til There Was You

One of Australia's Most Experienced and Talented Singer/Songwriter/Pianists in the Soul-blues-rnb Idiom, Andy Has Been Described Justifiably as the "King of the Keys". He Ripples, Rolls and Rocks Through Original Compositions with Passionate and Soulful Vocals, Wrapping the Audience in his Energy and Weaving an Emotional and Spellbinding Magic. His New Album "Troubador Nights" is a Collection of Andy's

Interpretations of his Favourite Songs Including the First Single "Don't Let it Bring Me Down", to Love Somebody, Guilty and Motherless Child.

Troubadour Nights

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André Previn Quartet - Previn's Touch

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:05
Size: 176.5 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:38] 1. Let's Get Away From It All
[3:18] 2. Moonlight In Vermont
[3:07] 3. It Happened In Sun Valley
[3:14] 4. Serenade To Sweden
[3:26] 5. Island In The West Indies
[2:30] 6. Flying Down To Rio
[2:49] 7. Honolulu
[3:42] 8. How Are Things In Glocca Morra
[3:20] 9. On A Slow Boat To China
[3:25] 10. London In July
[2:56] 11. San Francisco
[2:23] 12. Sidewalks Of Cuba
[2:40] 13. Let's Get Away From It All
[3:23] 14. Moonlight Becomes You
[3:06] 15. It's Easy To Remember
[3:44] 16. Invitation
[2:52] 17. Let's Fall In Love
[3:04] 18. I Fall In Love Too Easily
[3:28] 19. Too Late Now
[4:08] 20. Laura
[3:18] 21. You Are Too Beautiful
[3:01] 22. It Could Happen To You
[2:03] 23. When You Wish Upon A Star
[2:09] 24. My Foolish Heart
[3:10] 25. But Beautiful

Andre Previn kept his feet in two camps -- the Hollywood celluloid cosmos where he was musical director at MGM and the LA jazz scene in which he ventured out to play in clubs with a small combo. Two LPs from 1955/56. "Let's Get Away from It All" themed around holiday destinations while the follow-up "Hollywood at Midnight" is made up of favourite standards. On both the prodigiously talented pianist gives his own personal touch to familiar tunes. ~John Chadwick

With Al Hendrickson (guitar), Red Mitchell/Carson Smith (bass), Irv Cottler/Shelly Manne (drums).

Previn's Touch

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Marty Elkins - Fuse Blues

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:10
Size: 133,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:47)  1. Day In, Day Out
(5:59)  2. Born to Be Blue
(2:54)  3. Soon
(4:08)  4. Never Never Land
(3:15)  5. You're Blase
(4:26)  6. Stars Fell On Alabama
(6:58)  7. Moonray - No Moon At All
(3:41)  8. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
(4:25)  9. As Long as I Live
(3:36) 10. When Your Lover Has Gone
(4:50) 11. We'll Be Together Again
(5:12) 12. Fuse Blues
(4:54) 13. There's No You

Whitebread in a Good Way. Marty Elkins swings her ass off. In a gentle sort of way, I might add. She has got a Betty Carter delivery that is just inside of the ballpark of the boldness of Carter. Elkins is very exact, taking some chances vocally, but only those she is confident of claiming. This is no mean criticism, Marty Elkins is Anita O'Day without the hyperkinetic scat. There is nothing to not enjoy (double negatives and all). Gosh, I can really find little wrong with this disc. Elkins has done her homework and she is accomplished in all corners of her craft. "Day In, Day Out" is a straight-ahead romp, "Stars Fell on Alabama" is almost colloquial and "In The Wee Small Hours" sounds as if it could have been included in the score of The Wizard of Oz with "Over The Rainbow". 

Most outspoken in the rhythm section is Greg Skaff on guitar. He makes all things mellow, providing a plush bedrock rhythm. Herb Pomeroy played his tasteful trumpet and Houston Person, his tenor saxophone. But the true star here is Elkins. She is a unique talent. ~ C.Michael Bailey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/fuse-blues-marty-elkins-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php

Personnel: Marty Elkins: Vocals; Herb Pomeroy: Trumpet; Houston Person: Tenor Saxophone; Tardo Hammer: Piano; Greg Skaff: Guitar; Dennis Irwin: Bass; Mark Taylor: Drums.

Fuse Blues

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Vic Juris, Dave Stryker, Tony Purrone - Jam Session, Vol. 2

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:54
Size: 139,2 MB
Art: Front

( 7:33)  1. Billie's Bounce
( 8:04)  2. Strikezone
( 9:03)  3. Who Cares
( 5:43)  4. Subway
( 9:00)  5. Bluebird
( 9:31)  6. Twenty Five J-P-S (Juris)
(10:57)  7. Wee

Whether he's leading his own group, Blue to the Bone, or playing as a sideman to great jazz musicians like vocalist Kevin Mahogany, guitarist Dave Stryker's style has strong blues and soul-drenched undercurrents. Stryker was raised in Omaha, NB, but has made New York City and suburban northern New Jersey his home since 1980. Stryker began playing guitar at age 10, and by the time he was 12, he'd discovered the blues. He learned to play from listening to records, and recalled the first record he bought as a youngster was Cream's Disraeli Gears. That legendary recording showcases the talents of a young Eric Clapton. Within months, Stryker was paying attention to Freddie King, Albert King, and B.B. King, and the innovative ways that all three guitar greats were making blues accessible to white audiences. (One could credit innovative promoters like Bill Graham, too, for Graham often paired blues musicians with rock acts in his '60s and '70s concerts in San Francisco and New York.) 

By the time Stryker was in high school, he began paying more attention to jazz, but, having been raised in the '60s, he paid as much attention to then evolving blues-rock guitarists like Johnny Winter as he did to serious jazz improvisers like Miles Davis. Brother Jack McDuff, the late Hammond B-3 organist, gave Stryker his first big break when he had the chance to go on the road with his group in 1984. He spent the next two years traveling all over the U.S., Canada, and Europe with McDuff's blues-heavy soul-jazz group. In 1986, he met saxophonist Stanley Turrentine at a club in Harlem. Stryker spent the next decade touring with Turrentine, where he really got his chops together, coming into his own as a unique guitar player with his own distinctive approach.

Stryker has recorded more than a dozen releases under his own name. For blues fans, two for the Denmark-based SteepleChase Records are worth seeking out: Blue to the Bone a 1996 release, and Blue to the Bone III, a 2002 release. Both recordings showcase his playing, as well as that of his bandmates, in a variety of genres: blues guitar-based swing music, New Orleans funk, soul-jazz, and blues-rock. He pays homage to his guitar influences on both recordings, including Freddie King and legendary vocalist Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf.  Stryker credited his time on the road with two old school veteran musicians, McDuff and Turrentine, as being "the kind of education that's just not available anymore. A lot of guys never get that chance and it was a really good opportunity." Given his strong résumé and abilities as a bandleader and composer, there's no reason to expect that Stryker will be slowing down his prolific pace of recording anytime soon. 

Fans of blues-based jazz can hear Stryker's playing on recordings by Kansas City-based vocalist Kevin Mahogany for Warner Bros., but they can also explore Stryker's jazzier dimensions with recordings like his tribute to trumpeter and composer Davis, Shades of Miles. Bio ~ https://itunes.apple.com/br/artist/dave-stryker/id14652775#fullText

Personnel: Dave Stryker, Tony Purrone, Vic Juris (guitar); Keith Copeland (drums)

Jam Session, Vol. 2

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Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - Chops

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1979
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:31
Size: 116,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:00)  1. Have You Met Miss Jones?
(5:27)  2. In Your Own Sweet Way
(5:07)  3. Oleo
(5:35)  4. Lover Man
(5:10)  5. L5 Blues
(4:31)  6. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(5:14)  7. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
(6:00)  8. Tricrotism
(4:49)  9. Old Folks
(3:34) 10. Yardbird Suite

The word "chops" is a major understatement when describing the talents of guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Their duo Pablo date (which has been reissued as a CD in the OJC series) is as exciting and full of inventive interplay as one would hope. Pass and Pedersen play an ad-lib blues, nine jazz standards including a three-quarters version of "Lover Man," plus "Oleo," "Quiet Nights," "Tricrotism," and "Yardbird Suite." Pass in particular sounds stimulated during this session and comes up with some of his hottest playing.

 ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/chops-mw0000104426

Personnel: Joe Pass (guitar); Niels-Hennings Orsted Pedersen (bass).

Chops

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John Scofield - Flat Out

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:10
Size: 117,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:54)  1. Cissy Strut
(4:00)  2. Rockin' Pneumonia
(5:54)  3. Secret Love
(7:38)  4. All The Things You Are
(4:48)  5. In The Cracks
(4:35)  6. Softy
(4:42)  7. Science And Religion
(7:00)  8. The Boss's Car
(5:54)  9. Evansville
(3:40) 10. Flat Out

Guitarist John Scofield's final in a long series of releases for Gramavision (he would soon sign with Blue Note) finds him looking ahead toward his future directions. His sidemen organist Don Grolnick, acoustic bassist Anthony Cox, and either Johnny Vidacovich or Terri Lyne Carrington on drums join him for standards including "Secret Love" and "All the Things You Are," some New Orleans R&B grooves (most notably on "Rockin' Pneumonia"), and a variety of Scofield's originals. The funk element heard on most of his earlier recordings is downgraded in favor of swinging in spots, and despite his trademark distorted tone, Scofield plays some solos that are almost boppish. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/flat-out-mw0000199244

Personnel: John Scofield (guitar); Johnny Vidacovich, Terri Lyne Carrington (drums).

Flat Out

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Paula Gardin - Two Of Cups

Size: 142,1 MB
Time: 61:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Two Of Cups (3:55)
02. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (6:11)
03. Estate (4:22)
04. 27 (5:51)
05. Love Me Them Leave Me (4:44)
06. Mean To Me (5:05)
07. I Think You're Lying (5:48)
08. Baby Don't Go (4:59)
09. Too Many Miles (5:34)
10. Once In A While (4:54)
11. Les Parapluies De Cherbourg (4:36)
12. The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (5:19)

Paula Gardin is a Canadian Jazz singer/songwriter from the Toronto area. She is a passionate and powerful performer whose music reflects her life experiences. Her latest album, “Two of Cups”, after the tarot card symbolizing love, was released December 9th, 2014 at the Jazz Bistro in Toronto to a sold out audience, which led to an encore performance on January 29th, 2015. The CD is an ode to being loved and being left, with five angsty and emotional originals, and seven romantic, yet deep classic jazz tunes. The CD features Nancy Walker on piano, Kieran Overs on bass, Kirk MacDonald on saxophone and Steve Heathcote on drums.

Recorded at the Juno award-winning Drive Shed in Toronto, and engineered by Juno award-winner John “Beetle” Bailey, “Two of Cups” is already garnering airplay on JazzFM91.1 radio in Toronto and several stations in the United States and Europe.for Spendel on his production “Cool Street”, which was recorded in New York in 1992.

Two Of Cups

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Christoph Spendel - Back In Town

Size: 166,3 MB
Time: 71:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Electronic, Chill Out
Art: Front

01. Back In Town (5:45)
02. Late Summer (5:27)
03. City At Dark (4:41)
04. Electric Spring (4:21)
05. Ibiza Calling (6:40)
06. Kid Books (6:10)
07. Rainy Sunday (5:10)
08. Secret Place (5:23)
09. Winter Dub (4:12)
10. Silent Circus (5:24)
11. Lights Of Yaiza (5:59)
12. Playa D'en Bossa (Nova) (6:24)
13. The Silence Of St. Rafael (6:04)

Christoph Spendel - German jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, arranger, producer, music professor and music journalist has omitted nothing in his thirty year career in the different styles of jazz, rock, Latin, classical and modern ambience Music.

He received his first lessons at the age of five from his mother, a music teacher and pianist. He continued his studies at the Robert Schumann Institute in Duesseldorf with Prof. Bernhard Roderburg and at the Folkwankhochschule in Essen with Prof. Irma Sehlbach-Zucca. Spendel's professional career began in the Duesseldorf scene with the band Jazz Track, who performed live in 1975 at the Berlin Jazz Festival at the Philharmonic. That same year he received the Cultural Award by the city of Duesseldorf. Later he worked with leading German musicians such as, Albert Mangelsdorff, Klaus Doldinger, Christof Lauer, Wolfgang Schlüter, Manfred Schoof, Michael Sagmeister, and many more. American musicians such as Lee Ritenour, Don Grusin, Alphonze Mouzon, Airto Moreira, Jim Pepper, Miroslav Vitous and Eddie Harris invited him to tour and record productions in Germany. In the nineties, he spent five years in New York. During this time he was a permanent member of the Fusion Band "Special EFX". During this time, he performed as a regular at the famous jazz club "Blue Note" and various tours led him through concert halls and jazz clubs in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Montreal, Panama and many more. During this time Spendel also worked with musicians such as Chuck Loeb, Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, Michael Urbaniak, Jeremy Steig, Dave Samuels, Lenny White, Steve Kahn and Dave Valentin, to mention only a few. The rhythm section of the cult band "Weather Report" with drummer Omar Hakim, bassist Victor Bailey and percussionist Mino Cinelu played for Spendel on his production “Cool Street”, which was recorded in New York in 1992.

Back In Town

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Leni Stern - Kindness Of Strangers

Size: 121,7 MB
Time: 52:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals, Guitar Jazz
Art: Front

01. I Call You ( 4:34)
02. Rescue My Heart ( 5:10)
03. La Soledad ( 3:54)
04. Kindness Of Strangers ( 5:02)
05. Carry Me ( 5:18)
06. You Won't Forget Me ( 6:08)
07. Vedo Il Tuo Viso (I See Your Face) (18:53)
08. Resonance ( 3:33)

Originally from Germany, guitarist/ vocalist /composer/ orchestrator LENI STERN is a formidable woman: uncompromising artist, businesswoman, cancer survivor and social advocate.

She is also one of the foremost female musicians performing today.

In her 15-year recording career, Leni has been recognized five consecutive times as the Gibson Female Guitarist of the Year and her new album, Kindness of Strangers - released on her own label - may be the work that catapults her to well-deserved recognition as one of the most complete, affecting musicians performing today.

Kindness Of Strangers is Leni's first full-length album of new material in three years and finds her achieving yet another new artistic level: orchestrator. Featuring eight new songs, framed in a lush orchestral setting, the music astounds the listener with both its beauty and its meaningful impact. The album's centerpiece, the epic mini-concerto "Vedo Il Tuo Viso (I See Your Face)," was commissioned for the Agosto 2 festival held annually in Bologna, Italy. The festival commemorates a neo-facist terrorist attack in a train station which left 85 people dead - mostly children - and more than 160 seriously injured.

As Leni writes in her liner notes, "I wrote the song when I discovered the story of Marco, a six-year- old who had half of his face ripped apart by the explosion. He grew up to be a famous painter... Marco's father sent me a pile of books that had been written over the years about the events of August 2nd. Among them was a transcript from the trial that showed...photographs of most of the victims along with a list of names. Some 80 little faces lay over my scoring paper as I wrote the last movement by setting their names to music. This piece is dedicated to them."

The CD also features the new songs, "I Call You", "Rescue My Heart", "Carry Me", "Resonance", and the title track "Kindness Of Strangers," which Leni wrote after encountering a homeless man on Madison Avenue in her hometown of New York City. This is music in the vein of Pat Metheny's "Secret Story", Gil Evans' work with Sting, as well as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell.

Then again, Leni Stern belongs in her own category.

Kindness Of Strangers

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Peter Asplund - Aspiration

Size: 145,6 MB
Time: 62:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz: Trumpet Jazz, Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. The Meaning Of The Blues (8:50)
02. The Song Is You (2:55)
03. A Sleepin'bee (7:07)
04. Waltz For Debby (4:43)
05. Get Happy (4:50)
06. My Way (6:26)
07. Someone To Light Up My Fire - This Happy Madness (5:10)
08. That Old Black Magic (7:00)
09. Yesterday I Heard The Rain (4:52)
10. Come Rain Or Come Shine (6:03)
11. Brotherhood Of Man (4:48)

Personnel:
Peter Asplund (SE): Trompete & Flügelhorn
Anke Helfrich (D): Piano
Hans Andersson (SE): Bass
Johan Löfcrantz Ramsay (SE): Drums

Peter Asplund, Swedish jazztrumpetplayer, singer and composer, born in 1969.

Peter got his education at the Royal academy of music in Stockholm, where he also has been teaching jazztrumpet and ensam- ble playing. After six cd's under his own name, Golden records and grammy nominations, Peter has developed a very personal approach to both his dynamic, energy-filled trumpet playing and his melodic compositions.He has been described as "a fantastic musician who always plays straight from the heart".

He has undertaken many long tours involving clubs, concert halls and festivals in Sweden, as well as playing in U.S.A, Canada, England, Germany, Australia, Poland, Switzerland, former Jugo- slavia, Romania, Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, and naturally, the rest of Scandinavia.
Peter can be heard playing not only with his own tributed group "Peter Asplund Quartet", as soloist with diffrent big bands and trios.Together with saxophonist Magnus Lindgren, he is also the leader of the "Blue House Jazz Orchestra, the Stockholm concert halls own big band.

Peter often appears as guestsoloist behind many popular Swe- dish artists both on stage and in the recording studios, especially with the Swedish popgroup Bo Kaspers Orkester. Well worth noting is also the project Peter Asplund – Martin Sjöstedt Dektet- te "Plays the music of Marty Paich and Mel Tormé, where Peter sings Mel Tormé.

Aspiration

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Kyoko Satoh & Her Little Orchestra - Everlasting

Size: 122,6 MB
Time: 53:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz New Age
Art: Front

01. Hope ( 8:37)
02. Metamorphose Part 1 (10:07)
03. Metamorphose Part 2 (10:59)
04. Metamorphose Part 3 ( 6:29)
05. Metamorphose Part 4 (10:33)
06. Yuyake Koyake ( 6:18)

Kyoko started playing the alto saxophone when she entered Yokohama National University. She participated in the jazz club activity at the University and learned jazz theory and how to play the alto saxophone on her own. Later she began to take private lessons with Atsushi Ikeda, one of the great jazz saxophonists in Japan. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts from the University. After her graduation, she entered Berklee College of Music as the Berklee scholarship student, also supported by the Rotary Foundation (Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship).

At Berklee, she was a jazz composition major and mainly studied composition and arranging under the tutelage of such great teachers as Ted Pease, Greg Hopkins, and Phil Wilson (Grammy nominee). Also, she studied saxophone with Frank Tiberi, George Garzone and Shannon LeClaire, performance with Dave Santoro, Ed Tomassi, and Hal Crook, and conducting with Valerie Taylor. She has received two awards from Berklee, the "Toshiko Akiyoshi Award" and the "Woodwind Department Achievement Award" in recognition of outstanding performance and composition abilities. She appeared in some Jazz Festivals including the JVC Jazz Festival.

After graduated from Berklee, she moved to New York City, she played many gigs, offered compositions/arrangements for various styles of bands, instructed from teenagers to elderly people in both New York and the Boston area. Now she is very active as a performer and composer in Tokyo, leading her own orchestra and small group.

Everlasting

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Scott Hamilton & Friends - Blues, Bop & Ballads

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:15
Size: 147.1 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:51] 1. I Mean You
[8:05] 2. Blue Harlem
[7:02] 3. Rhythm Riff 127
[5:45] 4. Skylark
[5:27] 5. Wabash
[6:29] 6. Fish Market
[5:25] 7. Answer Me (My Love)
[6:24] 8. Stuffy
[7:45] 9. Smile
[7:58] 10. Good Bait

Big-toned tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton leads a swinging small group session that concentrates mostly on songs that didn't receive much attention in the 1990s. "Answer Me (My Love)" is a potent ballad feature for the leader that reveals the influence of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, while Hamilton also has fun with lively riff tunes like his own "Rhythm Riff #127," and Hawkins' "Stuffy." Trumpeter Greg Gisbert is outstanding throughout the date, while trombonist Joel Helleny and guitarist Duke Robillard only appear on three tracks each, but make valuable contributions with their solos. This delightful CD stands up well to repeated listening, and is one of Scott Hamilton's best recordings. ~Ken Dryden

Blues, Bop & Ballads

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