Eddie Henderson - So What

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:12
Size: 128.6 MB
Styles: Post bop, Trumpet jazz
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[5:35] 1. Prince Of Darkness
[6:39] 2. On Green Dolphin Street
[8:10] 3. Footprints
[3:59] 4. Well, You Needn't
[6:16] 5. So What
[6:31] 6. Old Folks
[4:45] 7. Someday My Prince Will Come
[7:01] 8. All Blues
[7:11] 9. 'round Midnight

Despite its title, this Miles Davis tribute's focus is not on the classic unit that recorded the track after which the album is named, but on the style and music of the trumpeter's great ‘60s quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. Eddie Henderson's mellifluous sound, meticulous choice of notes and atmospheric use of space clearly place him at the apex of the Miles continuum, and his working quartet with pianist Dave Kikoski and bassist Ed Howard (veterans of Roy Haynes' band) and alternating drummers Billy Hart and Victor Lewis (two players who have thoroughly assimilated Williams' liberated approach to "timekeeping"), augmented by former Davis sideman Bob Berg (in one of his last recordings), do more than justice to this music associated with the late great trumpeter.

The program of nine tunes includes Miles' two most famous compositions (the title track and "All Blues"); two by Shorter ("Prince of Darkness" and "Footprints"), two by Monk ("Round Midnight" and "Well You Needn't"); and three standards: two ballads Davis frequently performed ("Someday My Prince Will Come" and "Old Folks") and the ever-swinging "On Green Dolphin Street." Henderson, a fearless improviser whose sound can be either ethereal and enigmatic or exuberant and extroverted, dominates the proceedings without overshadowing the other members of the quintet’s considerable contributions.

Like Miles, he gives his sidemen plenty of space to express themselves and all rise to the occasion, particularly Kikoski, whose affection for Hancock and his predecessors Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly is dazzlingly displayed in one original improvisation after another. Berg's dark brooding tenor, heard on several tracks, impressively exhibits what Davis heard in him for many years. The unit reproduces the sound of the ‘60s quintet, but asserts each member's own personality while recreating the original compositions, with varying degrees of faithfulness, in their own image – thereby clearly demonstrating the difference between imitation and inspiration. ~Russ Musto

Bob Berg - tenor sax; Billy Hart - drums; Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn; Dave Kikoski - piano; Victor Lewis - drums; Ed Howard - bass.

So What

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Barney Wilen - No Problem

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:54
Size: 157.7 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[7:19] 1. No Problem, No. 1
[4:29] 2. Valmontana
[6:55] 3. Prelude In Blue
[2:51] 4. Au Bar Du Petit Bac
[2:55] 5. Témoin Dans La Ville
[3:12] 6. La Vie N'est Qu'une Lutte
[3:48] 7. Mélodie Pour Les Radio-Taxis
[4:16] 8. Vamp
[5:48] 9. Nuages
[3:44] 10. Minor Swing
[3:30] 11. Ménilmontant
[4:25] 12. Swingin' Parisian Rhythm (Jazz Sur Seine)
[2:43] 13. Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours
[2:42] 14. Epistrophy
[3:36] 15. John's Groove
[6:33] 16. B.B.B. (Bag's Barney Blues)

Thanks to the generous support of his son Patrick Wilen, we are currently digitizing over 200 tapes from the estate of French Jazzman Barney Wilen at Audiomoto studio Berlin. Prepare yourself for an unknown Donald Byrd & Barney Wilen soundtrack, entitled “Jazz In Camera”, produced 1958 in Paris and recently found on stocked away acetate records - available early next year. ~SonoramaBarney Wilen (March 4, 1937 – May 25, 1996) was a French tenor and soprano saxophonist and jazz composer. Wilen was born in Nice; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. He began performing in clubs in Nice after being encouraged by Blaise Cendrars who was a friend of his mother. His career was boosted in 1957 when he worked with Miles Davis on the soundtrack Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud. In 1959, Wilen wrote his two soundtracks Un Témoin Dans la Ville and Jazz sur scène with Kenny Clarke. He wrote a soundtrack for Roger Vadim’s film Les Liaisons Dangeureuse two years later, working with Thelonious Monk. Wilen returned to composing for French films in the 1980s and 1990s. In the mid-to-late 1960s he became interested in rock, and recorded an album dedicated to Timothy Leary. He also worked with punk rockers before returning to jazz in the 1990s. Wilen played with modern jazz musicians until his death in 1996. He died of cancer in Paris at the age 59.

No Problem

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Joe Williams - Prez & Joe: Prez Conference (In Celebration Of Lester Young)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:11
Size: 133.2 MB
Styles: Traditional vocal jazz-pop
Year: 1979/1987
Art: Front

[3:38] 1. You Can Depend On Me
[2:28] 2. When You're Smiling
[4:51] 3. I Never Knew
[3:41] 4. Fooling Myself
[3:34] 5. Lester Leaps In
[4:26] 6. Sometimes I'm Happy
[3:09] 7. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
[3:54] 8. If Dreams Come True
[4:14] 9. Jumpin' At The Woodside
[3:46] 10. Getting Some Fun Out Of Life
[4:04] 11. How High The Moon
[4:25] 12. Just You, Just Me
[3:24] 13. If I Could Be With You
[3:47] 14. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
[4:44] 15. Lester Leaps Again

Dave Pell's Prez Conference was to Lester Young what Supersax is to Charlie Parker. Pell's short-lived group featured harmonized Lester Young solos recreated by three tenors and a baritone; their matchup with singer Joe Williams is quite enjoyable. Since Young was in Count Basie's orchestra when Jimmy Rushing was the vocalist, Joe Williams has a rare opportunity to give his own interpretation to Rushing and Billie Holiday classics like "I May Be Wrong," "You Can Depend on Me," "If Dreams Come True" and "Easy Living." A delightful and swinging date. ~Scott Yanow

Prez & Joe: Prez Conference (In Celebration Of Lester Young)

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Curtis Stigers - Secret Heart

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:55
Size: 128,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:12)  1. How Could A Man Take Such A Fall
(4:53)  2. It's So Hard Living Without You
(4:45)  3. Days Of Wine And Roses
(3:20)  4. Hometown Blues
(6:57)  5. My Foolish Heart
(4:01)  6. You're Driving Me Crazy
(5:00)  7. Secret Heart
(3:29)  8. Down With Love
(5:53)  9. Swingin' Down At 10th & Main
(4:39) 10. Sweet Kentucky Ham
(3:12) 11. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(5:28) 12. Body And Soul

Some people mistake being jazzy for actually singing jazz. Van Morrison, Anita Baker, Sade, and Sting are all jazzy, but they aren't hardcore jazz singers (which isn't to say that they are not capable of singing straight-ahead jazz Baker, in fact, has done it on occasion). In the early '90s, Curtis Stigers embraced jazzy pop/rock. But when his first Concord Jazz release, Baby Plays Around, came out in 2001, it was clear that he was capable of being more than just jazzy Baby Plays Around was definitely an album of straight-ahead acoustic jazz. And the singer continues in that direction on Secret Heart, his second Concord release. Naturally, some elitist bop snobs will view this album with suspicion their attitude is "once a pop singer, always a pop singer." But such thinking is silly. Stigers once again proves that he is quite capable of singing straight-ahead jazz and he demonstrates that having a pop/rock background doesn't mean that you have to stick to pop/rock all your life. As a jazz singer, Stigers isn't mind-blowing. 

But he's enjoyably swinging on familiar standards like "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home" and "My Foolish Heart." These songs definitely fall into the warhorse category they've been beaten to death over the years. But to his credit, Stigers doesn't limit himself to warhorses. He pleasantly surprises listeners by picking Dave Frishberg's "Sweet Kentucky Ham" and he successfully finds the jazz potential in Steve Earle's "Hometown Blues" and Randy Newman's "It's So Hard Living Without You." Secret Heart won't go down in history as the best vocal jazz album of 2002, but it's a respectable effort that makes one glad to see Stigers traveling in a jazz-oriented direction. ~ Alex Henderson  http://www.allmusic.com/album/secret-heart-mw0000217885

Personnel: Curtis Stigers (vocals, tenor saxophone); Anthony Wilson (guitar); Gilbert Castellanos (trumpet); Larry Goldings (piano); Jeff Hamilton (drums).

Secret Heart

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Lee Konitz & Albert Mangelsdorff - Art Of The Duo

Styles: Trombone And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1983
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 40:31
Size: 65,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:05)  1. Hot Hut
(3:17)  2. She's As Wild As Springtime
(5:03)  3. Inclination
(2:04)  4. I Wonder What She's Doing Righ
(4:05)  5. Creole Love Call
(1:55)  6. About Time We Looked At This
(3:16)  7. A-Minor Blues In F
(7:43)  8. Matti's Matter
(2:55)  9. Cher Ami
(2:27) 10. En Passant
(3:39) 11. Bloas

No one has worked harder to elevate the art of the jazz duo than Lee Konitz. His 1967 session, The Lee Konitz Duets, was a seminal statement. This much-later duet session with trombone master Albert Mangelsdorff pales in comparison. Konitz has long espoused the belief that horn players can swing without a rhythm section, yet much of the time Mangelsdorff insists on serving as a faux bass really, tuba player. And when he uses his patented technique of singing into his horn while creating chords, he functions as a very simple guitar player. That said, anything with these two masters on it has its pleasures. Konitz creates tasty lines with souffle-like lightness, and when Mangelsdorff breaks free he provides some gruff, complementary solos. His use of mute on "Creole Love Call" offers a break from the session's monochromaticism. Konitz also brings some fetching originals to the session, notably "A Minor Blues in F" and "Cher Ami," which feature the kind of freewheeling counterpoint that would have been welcomed throughout The Lee Konitz Duets. ~ David Dupont  http://www.allmusic.com/album/art-of-the-duo-mw0000173955

Personnel: Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone).

Art Of The Duo

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Peter Cincotti - Peter Cincotti

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:55
Size: 122,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:18)  1. I Changed the Rules
(4:20)  2. Comes Love
(3:58)  3. Are You the One?
(4:14)  4. Sway
(4:18)  5. Miss Brown
(3:47)  6. Lovers, Secrets, Lies
(3:49)  7. The Fool on the Hill/Nature Boy
(3:45)  8. Ain't Misbehavin'
(4:48)  9. Come Live Your Life With Me
(3:12) 10. Spinning Wheel
(3:20) 11. You Stepped Out of a Dream
(4:07) 12. Rainbow Connection
(3:53) 13. Sal's blues

Inevitably, on his debut album, Peter Cincotti is still in the phenomenon stage of his career. The wonder is that a 19-year-old can play jazz piano and sing at such a professional level, and the issue of how distinctively he does it is one largely to be tabled for the present. Even so, the charm of his work lies in its stylistic openness, which might not be expected of a jazz performer who is older. Cincotti makes no distinction between the kind of pop songs adopted for jazz interpretation in the past and more contemporary pop songs that have not been much used for such treatment. In his liner notes, he says he's always wondered what Blood, Sweat & Tears' hit "Spinning Wheel" would sound like as an instrumental played by Erroll Garner, and so he tries to do it that way, and the answer is it doesn't sound bad at all.

Mixing the Beatles' "Fool on the Hill" with Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy" may not have been his idea, but it is typical of the eclectic approach he takes to music, and it works. And then there's the closing track, "Rainbow Connection," a Muppets theme that winks good-naturedly at Cincotti's youth. His originals are not particularly impressive, and the acknowledged influence of his mentor, Harry Connick, Jr., is obvious, especially vocally, but Cincotti, supported by a good rhythm section (David Finck, bass, and Kenny Washington, drums) and the tenor saxophone of Scott Kreitzer on three tracks, is a promising pianist with a good feel for ensemble playing, and that may assure him a career even after the crowds attracted by his prodigy status and publicity machine subside. ~ William Ruhlmann  

http://www.allmusic.com/album/peter-cincotti-mw0000021508

Personnel: Peter Cincotti (vocals, arranger, piano);Scott Kreitzer (tenor saxophone); David Finck (bass); Kenny Washington (drums).

Peter Cincotti

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Sherman Irby - Big Mama's Biscuits

Styles: Post-Bop, Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:29
Size: 134,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:18)  1. Conversing with Cannon
(3:57)  2. 'Bama
(4:59)  3. Lake Tuscaloosa
(4:50)  4. Big Mamma's Biscuits
(6:12)  5. Passage of Time
(3:57)  6. Too High
(6:02)  7. Aunt Dorothy
(7:03)  8. Take the 'A' Train
(4:34)  9. Call to Order
(6:57) 10. Away from Home
(4:35) 11. We're Gonna Be Alright

Redux. AAJ 's John Sharpe opined a brief and sharp-creased assessment of this record in the November issue. I am chiming in to add some observations, not to try and improve on Mr. Sharpe's commentary. The Heart of the Matter. Irby's performances with Ed Cherry on acoustic guitar reminds me of the Frank Morgan Collaboration Listen to the Dawn. Irby certainly lacks Morgan's "wounded" tone and phrasing, but their approaches with guitar accompaniment are parallel. He transverses the universe of Post Bop using the sextet ("Big Mama's Biscuits"), trio ("Conversing with Cannon"), and duo ("Take the 'A' Train") formats much in the same way that Joe Henderson has on his most recent recordings. This makes for a diverse mix of presentations. This disc never gets boring. 

~ C. Michael Bailey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/big-mamas-biscuits-sherman-irby-blue-note-records-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php

Personnel: Sherman Irby: Alto Saxophone; Gerald Cannon: Bass, Clifford Barbado: Drums; Ed Cherry: Guitar; Dana Murray: Drums; James Hurt: Piano; Roy Hargrove: Trumpet.

Big Mama's Biscuits

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Lea Salonga - Inspired

Styles: Vocal, Stage & Screen
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:01
Size: 128,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:55)  1. Who Are You
(4:45)  2. To Hear You Say You Love Me
(3:52)  3. Two Words
(3:59)  4. Sing
(4:40)  5. Waiting For Love
(5:02)  6. My Foolish Heart
(4:01)  7. Do You Hear It
(4:06)  8. Brian's Song
(4:22)  9. When The Winter's Gone
(5:15) 10. When October Goes
(5:11) 11. Land Of The Loving
(4:47) 12. Promise Me

Inspired is a collection of Lea Salonga's personal favorites, including "To Hear You Say You Love Me" (Jim Brickman), "Do You Hear It" (Lani Macaraeg), "Who Are You" (Bill Cantos), and her official wedding song, "Two Words" (Louie Ocampo). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspired

Inspired

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Billy Butler - Don't Be That Way

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:52
Size: 155.4 MB
Styles: Soul-jazz
Year: 2001/2008
Art: Front

[5:56] 1. Don't Be That Way
[6:09] 2. Jelly Jelly
[6:16] 3. Lullabies In Rhythm
[4:29] 4. Straighten Up And Fly Right
[5:23] 5. You Go To My Head
[3:59] 6. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
[6:07] 7. Blues For Marian
[3:56] 8. Cherry
[5:03] 9. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
[5:27] 10. In The Evening
[8:03] 11. Satin Doll
[6:57] 12. April In Paris

Billy Butler (December 15, 1925 – March 20, 1991) was an American soul jazz guitarist born in Philadelphia.

He played with The Harlemaires, Tommy Flanagan, tenor saxophonist Floyd "Candy" Johnson, Houston Person, organist Harry "Doc" Bagby, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, David "Fathead" Newman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Bill Doggett, King Curtis, Sammy Price, William (Wild Bill) Davison, Dinah Washington, Panama Francis, Johnny Hodges, Norris Turney, Al Casey, Jackie Williams and others.

He also co-wrote, with Bill Doggett, the 1956 R&B hit "Honky Tonk". He was with the Doggett band from 1954 to 1964 and recorded many albums with the organist.

Don't Be That Way

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Ingrid Lucia - Almost Blue

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:24
Size: 122.2 MB
Styles: Jazz-blues vocals
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:25] 1. Sunny Afternoon
[3:12] 2. Hello Summer Goodbye Blue
[2:33] 3. Let Me In
[4:52] 4. This Time The Dream Is On Me
[3:49] 5. Stars Fell On Alabama
[5:00] 6. Please Send Me Someone To Love
[2:55] 7. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
[2:35] 8. Kiss Of Fire
[3:55] 9. Deep Purple
[3:54] 10. Going Back
[3:12] 11. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
[4:09] 12. South Of The Border
[3:09] 13. I Remember When
[3:32] 14. Nightlife
[3:07] 15. Almost Blue

Ingrid Lucia grew up in a traveling family band, gypsy style. She lived in buses, boats and tents for the first eighteen years of her life. She started out as a dancer, by the age of 8 she was singing in the band. Her early years she was traveling with a Mexican Circus, then off to the big time. The Flying Neutrinos were born. Traveling and performing in Nyc, New Orleans and San Francisco. In her teens she lived in New Orleans in the winter months and worked on perfecting her craft. At 18 she and her cousin Todd Londagin left the family band to make it in Nyc. She did that, making her first Cd in one day.(I'd rather be in New Orleans) which features Doc Cheatham. Ingrid Lucia and The Flying Neutrinos next album (Hotel Child) was produced by Tommy Lipuma who has produced Barbara Streisand,Natalie Cole,Dinah Washington,Dr. John, Diana Krall, Miles Davis to name a few. Ingrids third record "Live from New Orleans" was recorded upon Ingrids return to the Crescent City in 2001. "Fortune" 2002 followed that. Ingrid wrote all but two songs on the record. February 2004 Ingrid released her fourth CD "Almost Blue" produced by Tracey Freeman who produces Harry Connicks recordings as well as many others.

Almost Blue

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Freddie Hubbard - Without A Song: Live in Europe 1969

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:31
Size: 159.1 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[11:04] 1. Without A Song
[11:12] 2. The Things We Did Last Summer
[10:36] 3. A Night In Tunisia
[ 9:46] 4. Blues By Five
[10:07] 5. Body And Soul
[12:06] 6. Space Track
[ 4:37] 7. Hub-Tones

Do you listen to the music of great jazz artists differently once they pass away? This newly-issued live date, with bassist Ron Carter, drummer Louis Hayes and the late pianist Sir Sir Roland Hanna, may elicit nostalgia and sadness mixed with a spirit of wonder and startled appreciation of the recently departed trumpet master Freddie Hubbard.

On the title cut the quartet blazes into the 1929 melody, with Hubbard's trademark masculine sass peppering with staccato phrasing and long fluid lines in sympathetic response to Hayes' rhythmic prodding. While comping and improvising Hanna gives equal weight to his right and left hand figures and takes a solo that scintillates. The pianist's chops always demonstrated his European classical training as a young man in Detroit; it's interesting to contrast his approach to that of, say, Herbie Hancock or Dr. Billy Taylor, also equipped with such training early on.

Ron Carter also was trained in the classical idiom, but his particular pizzicato approach within the jazz genre was an innovation. Carter's subtle command is especially evident on the ballads "The Things We Did Last Summer" and "Body and Soul," his signature phrases, big tone, note selection and embellishments of the beat and chords summoning what he calls "the magic and mystery of the music." Hayes opens several of the songs with ferocity and inspires Hubbard and Hanna to heights of double- and triple-time intensity on "A Night in Tunisia" and "Blues by Five," droppin' bombs with hard bop soul. They close out with Hubbard's "Space Track," the most abstract, free-jazz influenced number on the date, and the classic "Hub-Tones," where Hayes takes a brisk solo.

This European date is an essential recording in Hubbard's oeuvre in the beginning of the second decade of his illustrious career, a portrait of the legend right before his CTI period.

Freddie Hubbard: trumpet; Roland Hanna: piano; Ron Carter: bass; Louis Hayes: drums.

Without A Song

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Carter Calvert & The Roger Cohen Trio - Carter Calvert & The Roger Cohen Trio

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:22
Size: 104,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:33)  1. The Best Is Yet to Come
(3:33)  2. Fever
(4:59)  3. Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered
(3:20)  4. You Belong To Me
(3:26)  5. Not While I’m Around
(3:06)  6. Crazy
(2:39)  7. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
(4:30)  8. Send in the Clowns
(3:13)  9. Please Don’t Stop Him
(3:53) 10. Time After Time
(4:24) 11. Memory
(0:42) 12. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
(3:58) 13. Washing of the Water

Stunning New York City singer and actress Carter Calvert has been on Broadway ("It Ain't Nothing But the Blues") and tours (Smokey Joe's Café and Cats) and now she offers her own CD of classics from the great American songbook and beyond, from a powerful run through Roger & Hart's "Bothered and Bewildered" and Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Send In the Clowns" to stretching out Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," a compelling reading of Peter Gabriel's "Washing of the Water" and even deep blues with "Motherless Child." That all said, she makes it more than obvious that jazz singing of the smoky and fiery kind is her true home, as in a smoldering reading of "Fever" and even her cover of country classic, "Crazy," that swings while Calvert simply soars, as she does the sassy "Please Don't Stop Him" (with a killer drum break from Cohen).

Throughout, Jim West (piano), Brian Glassman (bass), and Roger Cohen (drums, leader), have an uncanny chemistry and a smart way with an arrangements. It all comes together in the epic "Not While I'm Around" (Sondheim), a complex, yet elegant arrangement, with a passionate delivery by Calvert (check out the jaw-dropping final note) and an intriguing, ominous percolating outro. Calvert is someone who knows intuitively how to find the heart and center of a song, and her voice is pure pleasure. Surely one of the finest vocalists on the scene, she easily connects with this gorgeous record. Seek out Calvert and crew, and know you won't be disappointed.  http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20130726/sound-advice-carter-calvert-and-the-roger-cohen-trio-offer-american-classics

Musicians: Carter Calvert – vocals, Roger Cohen – drums and percussions, Jim West – piano, and Brian Glassman – acoustic bass

Carter Calvert & The Roger Cohen Trio

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Dave Brubeck, B.B. King - Jazz Café Presents

Styles: Piano And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:56
Size: 88,1 MB
Art: Front

(7:28)  1. Lover Man
(7:07)  2. Blue Rondo a la Turk
(6:24)  3. Ol' Bill Basie
(4:59)  4. The Thrill Is Gone
(5:47)  5. Guess Who
(6:09)  6. Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss

The Dave Brubeck Quartet with clarinetist Bill Smith, bassist Chris Brubeck and drummer Randy Jones, has the most interesting program, utilizing an electronic delay along with Smith's clarinet to add a new touch to "Lover Man," offering an energetic version of "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and introducing a recent work by Brubeck, the very swinging "Ol' Bill Basie" which showcases some fine playing by the leader and some choice bass trombone by son Chris. B. B. King's set is at best average and an odd choice to include on what is predominantly a jazz record. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Personnel:  B.B. King & His Orchestra:  B.B.King vocals, guitar; Edgar Sunigal Jr. saxophone; James Bolden, Calvin Owens trumpet; Joseph Carrier keyboards; Caleb Emphrey, Jr. drums; Leon Warren, Russell Jackson guitar.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet:  Dave Brubeck piano; Bill Smith clarinette; Randy Jones drums; Chris Brubeck bass, bass trombone.

Jazz Café Presents

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Denise Sauter - Just One of Those Things

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:37
Size: 107,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:20)  1. Just One of Those Things
(5:27)  2. Skylark
(4:13)  3. Blue Skies
(5:51)  4. Embraceable You
(3:44)  5. Makin' Whoopee
(6:19)  6. Autumn Leaves
(4:52)  7. The Nearness of You
(3:40)  8. One Note Samba
(3:25)  9. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
(3:41) 10. Two Sleepy People

In her debut recording, Denise and her group of extraordinary musicians bring these beautiful jazz standards to life with a soulful intimacy that will make you feel as if they are being performed exclusively for you.

Passionate and effortless, Denise is able to bring any song to life with her beautiful voice and ability to make a phrase sound as if she is singing directly to you. Her intimate and soulful style is loved by anyone who listens to her perform. Surrounded by the top musicians in her area, this debut recording captures the magic Denise has to share with her audiences. With an expressive sensitivity, Denise makes the words come alive and transports the listener deep into the heart of every song. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/denisesauter

Just One of Those Things

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George Shearing - Continental Experience

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:33
Size: 89,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. Lullaby of Birdland
(2:56)  2. When Your Love Has Gone
(3:03)  3. To a Wild Rose
(2:39)  4. I'll Be Around
(2:54)  5. Think Alone
(6:31)  6. Don't Blame Me
(3:12)  7. The Continental
(3:01)  8. The Nearness of You
(3:00)  9. Roses of Picardy
(2:34) 10. Someone to Watch Over Me
(3:28) 11. East of the Sun
(1:58) 12. We'll Be Together

In spite of the dismal result from The Way We Are, an earlier project for BASF by the George Shearing Quintet & Amigos, this seven-piece group once again recorded for the label but stuck this time to a dozen standards instead of inane '70s pop songs as on the earlier record. While the results are greatly improved, this LP hardly measures up to the level of playing on Shearing Quintet recordings of the '40s, '50s, '60s, or the revived quintet of 2000. Part of the problem is the lack of soloists in addition to the leader and the incessant and generally extraneous Latin percussion. In spite of the very strong mix of songs  including "I'll Be Around," "Don't Blame Me," "East of the Sun," and "The Nearness of You" the rather conservative arrangements make this a relatively rare George Shearing LP one that jazz fans can safely bypass. ~ Ken Dryden  http://www.allmusic.com/album/continental-experience-mw0000882517

Continental Experience

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Cal Tjader - Black Orchid

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:43
Size: 171.0 MB
Styles: Latin jazz, West Coast jazz
Year: 1993
Art: Front

[2:15] 1. Mi China
[3:10] 2. Close Your Eyes
[4:39] 3. Mambo At The M
[2:38] 4. Contigo
[2:27] 5. Bonita
[4:32] 6. The Lady Is A Tramp
[3:23] 7. Black Orchid
[3:43] 8. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
[2:07] 9. I've Waited So Long
[3:25] 10. Out Of Nowhere
[5:19] 11. Cuajira At The Blackhawk
[3:16] 12. I Want To Be Happy
[3:54] 13. The Nearness Of You
[3:48] 14. Pete Kelly's Blues
[3:51] 15. A Minor Goof
[3:20] 16. Undecided
[3:20] 17. Philadelphia Mambo
[4:10] 18. Flamingo
[3:59] 19. Stompin' At The Savoy
[3:18] 20. Laura
[4:00] 21. Lullaby Of Birdland

This CD has all of the music originally on the two LPs Cal Tjader Goes Latin and The Cal Tjader Quintet. Since each album had two sessions apiece, the CD does a fine job of giving one a sampling of the influential vibraphonist's popular Latin jazz groups of the era. Among the key sideman are flutist Paul Horn; Jose "Chombo" Silva on tenor; pianists Lonnie Hewitt, Vince Guaraldi, and Manuel Duran; and Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo on percussion. The music (a mixture of Latinized standards and newer originals) is quite appealing, showing why this infectious blending of bop with Latin rhythms has always been one of the most accessible styles of jazz. ~Scott Yanow

Black Orchid

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Terry Hanck - Always

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:08
Size: 107.9 MB
Styles: Soul-blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:39] 1. Cupid Must Be Stupid
[3:35] 2. The First Time Around
[4:37] 3. Good Good Rockin' Goin' On
[3:32] 4. My Last Teardrop
[2:56] 5. Stingy
[3:47] 6. When I Get My Shit Together
[3:34] 7. Quicksand
[4:21] 8. Always
[5:17] 9. Good Kind Of Lovin'
[3:08] 10. Live To Love
[5:11] 11. Peace Of Mind
[2:26] 12. Deep Fried Twinkies

“Exciting, tenor sax-driven blues and soul. This Chicago native, now based in South Florida, is steeped in those genre’s traditions as a musician, singer and songwriter Hanck’s choice of material and his presentation are impeccable. He starts this album with Elvin Bishop’s “Right Now is the Hour,” and he does it proud. The slow burn of “T’s Groove” is hot enough to cook a thick steak on. Vocally, Hanck drips 1950s soul on the first half of “My Last Teardrop,” then punches it into overdrive. If soul/blues is your bag, grab this." ~Bob Gottlieb

Always

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Jutta Hipp - Jutta's Swing

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:52
Size: 98.1 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[7:39] 1. Wee Dot
[6:13] 2. Violets For Your Furs
[6:20] 3. Almost Like Being In Love
[8:46] 4. Just Blues
[6:49] 5. Down Home
[7:03] 6. Too Close For Comfort

“As Hipp…matured artistically, she had defined her own artistic standards and revolted when pressured to record music she did not like. She also suffered from severe stage fright throughout her career. Thus being the featured artist at a large performance venue was more of a daunting chore for Hipp than a joyful public celebration of her talent.” ~ All About Jazz

The lore of jazz is filled with stories of musicians of prodigious gifts who appeared on the scene in a starburst and disappeared back to whence they came just as quickly; leaving behind perhaps a few recordings and the often faulty memories of those who worked with them. Pianist Jutta Hipp epitomizes these musicians.

Ms. Hipp was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1925. She learned to play the piano as a child, but in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War she studied painting at the Leipzig Kunstakademie. By this time her interest in jazz had begun. When the Soviets took over what would become East Germany in the late ’40’s, she moved with her family to Munich. There, Jutta began to play piano professionally, starting her own group. In the early 50’s, she joined a group led by saxophonist Hans Koller.

Jutta's Swing

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Aurélie Agostini - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:58
Size: 131,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:24)  1. Heartbreaker
(4:58)  2. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
(3:48)  3. Walk On By
(3:14)  4. Je T'attends
(3:10)  5. I Say a Little Prayer
(4:30)  6. These Foolish Things
(2:54)  7. Do You Know
(3:44)  8. Un Ano de Amor
(3:23)  9. A Natural Woman
(4:16) 10. It's Not Unusual
(4:16) 11. Amado Mio
(4:24) 12. I Wish You Love
(5:27) 13. You've Got a Friend
(4:25) 14. That's What Friends Are for

After opera singing studies in the Master Radio France, Aurélie Agostini quickly noticed by professional musicians, began a career as a chorister. In Paris she sails recording studios in television studios. On stage she accompanied the great names of French song as Claude Francois, Mike Brant, Michel Polnareff, Joe Dassin, Mort Shuman and many others. A flawless journey that gives him the opportunity to participate in several musicals with the Grand Magic Circus Jerome Savari and a passage in the Grand Orchestre du Splendid. Today, with the help of his talented musicians, Aurélie Agostini pays homage to some great French composers, English, Americans she loves such as Michel Legrand, Charles Trenet, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Becaud, Nino Ferrer, the bee Gees, Carole King and Burt Bacharach. Aurélie Agostini offers us some key works, it interprets this time as a soloist and in a Jazzy register This gives this album of covers, an original color, emotional and sensitive. ~  Serge André  Translate by google  http://www.aurelie-agostini.com/aurelie-bio-000.html

What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life

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Webster Young - For Lady

Styles: Cornet And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:33
Size: 104,4 MB
Art: Front

(7:03)  1. The Lady
(7:08)  2. God Bless The Child
(7:48)  3. Moanin' Low
(8:58)  4. Good Morning Heartache
(7:15)  5. Don't Explain
(4:18)  6. Strange Fruit

While trumpeter Webster Young pays tribute to Billie Holiday on this, his only studio date as a leader, the set is equally a tribute to Young's musical role model, Miles Davis. Young has Miles' soft-focus tone from the early to mid-'50s and, according to Ira Gitler's liner notes, he is actually playing Miles' cornet on the date. The similarities between the two players make this 1957 session a satisfying companion to Miles' work circa 1951-1953. Young is nicely matched here with tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette, with the two of them using a pleasantly blowsy approach to weave loose, discursive counterpoint around each other. Guitarist Joe Puma distinguishes the set with thoughtful, understated playing that calls to mind Kenny Burrell's own Prestige dates from this period. Pianist Mal Waldron, drummer Ed Thigpen, and bassist Earl May infuse the performances with a cohesive, relaxed swing. 

They give each other lots of space, and Waldron makes astute choices in his chord selection, phrasing, and comping strategies. The tracks comprise five pieces associated with Holiday and one Young original, written in homage to Lady Day. True to Holiday's approach, the mood is world-weary, bordering on bleak, but with breaches of light like those that would briefly suffuse Holiday's songs. "Strange Fruit" is the one track that misses the mark. Where Holiday allowed the stark irony of the lyrics to carry the song, Young's instrumental version labors the point by including an execution squad drum roll. This could have been effective had it been limited to the intro and ending, but when Thigpen's martial snare also crops up midsong it breaks the subtle, macabre atmosphere of the piece. ~ Jim Todd  

http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-lady-mw0000087852

Personnel: Webster Young (trumpet, cornet); Joe Puma (guitar); Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone); Mal Waldron (piano); Ed Thigpen (drums).

For Lady

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