Doc Cheatham - Wishing You Were Here

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:00
Size: 176.3 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[6:29] 1. There's No You
[5:13] 2. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
[4:45] 3. Dinah
[2:58] 4. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
[5:11] 5. Georgia On My Mind
[4:55] 6. The Little Things That Mean So Much
[6:39] 7. Night Train
[1:52] 8. How Much Is Too Much
[5:06] 9. Jadah
[5:58] 10. Tin Roof Blues
[6:06] 11. That's My Home
[4:52] 12. 'round Midnight
[7:39] 13. Drop Me Off In Harlem
[4:22] 14. Where Are You
[4:50] 15. Was It A Dream

One of the very last survivors of the early days of jazz, trumpeter Adolphus “Doc” Cheatham attracted attention from the historically- inclined right up to his death in 1997 at the age of 91. His career recapitulated much of the history of jazz as a whole: he came of age hearing and playing with the New Orleans masters of the music's classic period; he participated in the big band movement that defined jazz in the 1930s; after the Second World War he affiliated himself with popular Latin dance orchestras on one hand and appeared with select, connoisseur-oriented small-group jazz combos on the other. As if defying time, his later recordings and performances were his best, and it was toward the end of his life that he allowed himself more often to step into the spotlight as a soloist.

Wishing You Were Here

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Albert Ammons - Remastered Collection

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:47
Size: 164.4 MB
Styles: Boogie woogie, Piano blues, Swing
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Nagasaki
[2:58] 2. Boogie Woogie Stomp
[3:10] 3. Early Mornin' Blues
[3:12] 4. Mile-Or-Mo-Bird Rag
[2:24] 5. Shout For Joy
[3:36] 6. Boogie Woogie Stomp (Alternative Version)
[3:59] 7. Chicago In Mind
[3:50] 8. Suitcase Blues
[3:40] 9. Boogie Woogie Blues
[4:06] 10. Untitled Ammons Original
[3:19] 11. Bass Goin' Crazy
[4:03] 12. Backwater Blues
[4:05] 13. Changes In Boogie Woogie
[4:09] 14. Easy Rider Blues
[3:13] 15. Woo-Woo
[2:43] 16. Jesse
[2:51] 17. Weary Land Blues (Improvisation)
[4:31] 18. Port Of Harlem Blues (Improvisation)
[4:34] 19. Mighty Blues (Improvisation)
[4:25] 20. Rocking The Blues (Improvisation)

A major inspiration to generations of improvising musicians, Albert Ammons is best remembered as an exciting pianist who inaugurated the Blue Note record label by hammering out blues and boogie duets with Meade "Lux" Lewis, and as the father of hard bop tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons. Born in Chicago on September 23, 1907, he learned the rudiments of piano from his parents and neighbors and began cultivating an ability to play the blues when he was 12 years old. His main influences were Jimmy Blythe, Jimmy and Alonzo Yancey, Hersal Thomas, and Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, who personally encouraged the aspiring pianist.

At the age of 17 Ammons met Meade "Lux" Lewis while they were both drivers for Chicago's Silver Taxicab Company. The two men honed their skills by pounding the ivories on an upright at the depot and by gigging publicly after hours, sometimes doubling up for boogie-woogie piano four hands. By 1934 Ammons was leading his own little group at the Club De Lisa on the South Side. A powerhouse stride pianist who had stylistic traits in common with Fats Waller (the two would have made a formidable duo had anyone ever thought to bring them together), Ammons became strongly identified with the boogie-woogie style after recording "Boogie Woogie Stomp" and "Swanee River Boogie" for Decca with his Rhythm Kings in 1936. Ammons next decided to take himself to New York, where he gigged regularly at Café Society (Downtown and Uptown) with Meade "Lux" Lewis and the Kansas City contingent of Pete Johnson and blues shouter Big Joe Turner.

His final achievements consisted of Decca recordings with Lionel Hampton and a special performance at the White House in the nation's capital for Harry Truman's second-term inauguration. Illness forced Albert Ammons off the scene and when he passed away on December 2, 1949, he was only 42 years old. Tragically, Gene Ammons would follow his father's example by passing away at the age of 49, in 1974. ~bio by arwulf arwulf

Remastered Collection

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Clare Teal - Orsino's Songs

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:33
Size: 113.4 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[4:08] 1. California Dreamin'
[4:12] 2. The Way You Look Tonight
[4:05] 3. Life Plans
[5:05] 4. In The Still Of The Night
[4:05] 5. Let's Not Take A Raincheck
[3:19] 6. Ready For Love To Begin
[5:34] 7. Blues In The Night
[3:41] 8. You Make Me Feel So Young
[2:52] 9. Mountain Greenery
[4:44] 10. I Only Have Eyes For You
[5:30] 11. I Loves You Porgy
[2:13] 12. Who Bought The Car

Clare Teal has proved to be without a doubt, one of the most talented newcomers to hit the Jazz scene in years. Not only a wonderfully gifted singer, but also a very promising, melodic, intuitive and witty writer who's own songs are already being heralded as standards. Orsino's Songs is Clare's second album - the content of which is even richer and exudes more warmth than ever.

Clare is accompanied by her regular band made up of the UK's top mainstream musicians, Martin Litton on Piano; Trevor Whiting on Reeds; Nils Solberg on Guitar, John Day on Bass and Rod Brown on Drums. As well as three very special guests Alan Barnes, Ian Shaw + Malcolm Earl Smith. Martin Litton has excelled himself with the arrangements for this selection of well-known classics and originals. He, like Clare, knows how to reach into the very core of a song and his arrangements display a whole variety of styles and emotions.

Clare puts the success of this harmonious and creative partnership down to the fact that both she and Martin share a birthday and are obviously linked by the 17th moon of Uranus! Orsino's Songs really says it all about Clare. The quality of the performance you on this CD is replicated at every one of her concerts and roadshows. The album is a complete experience from start to finish encompassing all the many facets of her unique talents. It's all there the originality, exuberance, pathos, tenderness and wit.

Orsino's Songs

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Roy Patterson - On A Cloud

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:03
Size: 146.6 MB
Styles: Hard bop, Guitar jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[6:47] 1. A Man From Sung
[9:57] 2. Feel The Sun
[4:33] 3. An Affair To Remember
[4:37] 4. Blame It On My Youth
[7:21] 5. The Very Thought Of You
[7:04] 6. On A Cloud
[8:19] 7. Lullaby For A Sage
[6:56] 8. Hymn For Simon Lewis
[8:24] 9. The Briefcase

Roy Patterson (guitar); Ingrid Jensen (trumpet, flugelhorn); Brian Dickinson (piano); Jim Vivian (bass); Ted Warren (drums). Recording information: Enregistre Au Reaction Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (05/25/1999/05/26/1999).

The quartet again with a guest artist. Contains a mixture of originals and standards in different settings from duo to quintet. Nice quartet rendition of The Very Thought of You (Ray Nobel) and a piano/guitar duet on An Affair to Remember (Harry Warren) dedicated to Bill Evans and Jim Hall.

On A Cloud

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Robert Palmer - The Very Best Of The Island Years

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:19
Size: 181.6 MB
Styles: Blue eyed soul, Contemporary pop rock
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[2:42] 1. Sailing Shoes
[2:25] 2. Hey Julia
[4:22] 3. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
[3:16] 4. Give Me An Inch
[3:19] 5. Which Of Us Is The Fool
[2:31] 6. Man Smart, Woman Smarter
[3:14] 7. Every Kinda People
[3:16] 8. You're Gonna Get What's Coming
[3:11] 9. Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
[3:37] 10. Can We Still Be Friends
[3:12] 11. Jealous
[2:48] 12. Not A Second Time
[4:07] 13. Looking For Clues
[3:55] 14. Johnny And Mary
[3:06] 15. Some Guys Have All The Luck
[3:26] 16. Pride
[4:24] 17. You Are In My System
[3:55] 18. Hyperactive
[3:55] 19. Addicted To Love
[3:23] 20. Discipline Of Love
[3:44] 21. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
[3:07] 22. Sweet Lies
[4:13] 23. Simply Irresistible

Island's 2005 compilation The Very Best of the Island Years is a near-perfect single-disc overview of Robert Palmer's stint at Island Records, which ran from 1974's Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley to 1985's Riptide. This is regarded by fans and critics alike as his peak creative period, and it also contained his best-known hits, including 1978's "Every Kinda People," 1979's "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)," 1980's "Can We Still Be Friends," 1981's "Johnny and Mary" and "Looking for Clues," and, of course, 1986's "Addicted to Love" and 1987's "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On." While he continued to chart into the early '90s, only one song -- 1988's "Addicted to Love" rewrite "Simply Irresistible" -- could hold a candle to those hits, and it's here in a live version that concludes the album. While it would have been nice if the original studio version had somehow made the cut, the rest of this is such a terrific listen, charting Palmer's progression from laid-back New Orleans-styled blue-eyed soul crooner through new wave pop guy through his sleek rock makeover with Riptide, that most listeners won't mind that it's a live version, and choose to simply enjoy the best single-disc Palmer compilation yet assembled (and anybody wanting to dig deeper should turn to 2002's similarly excellent double-disc set Best of Both Worlds). ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Very Best Of The Island Years

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Paul Bley - Blues For Red

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 69:48

Size: 159.8 MB

Styles: Piano jazz, Avant garde jazz

Year: 2010

Art: Front

[8:10] 1. Blues For Red

[7:22] 2. Rear Projection

[5:25] 3. Into The Night

[5:52] 4. Above Board

[6:09] 5. Delirious Boogie

[6:45] 6. Underground

[4:16] 7. Up Hill

[5:25] 8. Latin Thing

[6:26] 9. Downtown

[2:32] 10. Late Night Blue

[4:10] 11. Baby Narrows

[2:57] 12. Capri-Cious

[3:22] 13. Solo Mio

[0:51] 14. Exit

More straight-ahead than many Paul Bley outings, the 14 solo piano vignettes comprising this set reflect the versatility of this wide-ranging performer. There is an emphasis on the blues, and the pianist proves himself a formidable champion of that genre. Fans of Bley's traditional aesthetic should also find something here to admire, as he covers a wide range of styles. While everything is well played, there is a sense of ordinariness on some of the tracks. Nonetheless, Bley is too good a performer not to throw some gems in the pack, and there are flashes of his patented use of space and an occasional energetic cluster. While this is not an album that would serve well as an introduction to this wonderful performer, it will prove particularly rewarding to those who are familiar with the pianist's work and wish to observe some different facets of his playing. ~Steve Loewy

Blues For Red

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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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