Steve Kuhn - Childhood Is Forever

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:18
Size: 85,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:04)  1. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
(6:52)  2. Spring Can Really Hang You The Most
(5:06)  3. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
(3:45)  4. The Meaning Of The Blues
(5:52)  5. All That's Left
(5:10)  6. I Waited For You
(4:26)  7. Eiderdown

Steve Kuhn has had an interesting career. A talented jazz pianist, he has worked in many types of settings through the years. He began classical piano lessons when he was five, studied with Madame Chaloff, and accompanied her son, baritonist Serge Chaloff, on some gigs when the pianist was 14. He freelanced in Boston as a teenager, graduated from Harvard, and moved to New York where he worked with Kenny Dorham's group (1959-1960). Kuhn was the original pianist in John Coltrane's Quartet, playing for two months before McCoy Tyner succeeded him. He was with the bands of Stan Getz (1961-1963) and Art Farmer (1964-1966), lived in Europe (1967-1970), and then returned to the U.S. in 1971. Kuhn doubled on electric piano in the 1970s, recorded for ECM, and co-led a group with Sheila Jordan in the latter part of the decade. After a period playing commercial music, he formed an acoustic trio in the mid-'80s, which has been his main vehicle ever since. Steve Kuhn has recorded as a leader for Impulse (1966), Contact, MPS, BYG, Muse, ECM, Blackhawk, New World, Owl, Concord, and Postcards. ~ Bio  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/steve-kuhn/id994171#fullText

Personnel:  Steve Kuhn – Piano;  Steve Swallow – Bass;  Aldo Romano - Drums

Childhood Is Forever

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The Gypsy Queens - Lost In The Music

Styles: Vocal, Big Band
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:46
Size: 75,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:30)  1. Do You Saint-Tropez
(3:21)  2. Losing Myself In the Music
(4:22)  3. Parole Parole
(3:53)  4. Only Trying To Fall In Love
(3:11)  5. Sunny
(3:05)  6. Jamaica Farewell
(2:53)  7. I Wonder
(2:57)  8. Almost Like Being In Love
(3:14)  9. O'Sarracino
(3:16) 10. Mi Mundo

Formed in 2001 by Italian-born busker Didier Casnati, the Gypsy Queens originally eked out their living by performing in bars, cafés, and squares in Southern France. It wasn't until the outfit started playing at the prestigious La Petite Maison restaurant in Nice that they would become noticed by the music industry. A popular haunt of the stars Rod Stewart, Elton John, and Bono being regular customers the group started playing private parties thrown by the restaurant’s A-list clientele. 

While playing their usual slot at La Petite Maison in 2010, the group now made up of Manuel Polin (drums), Jay Metcalf (saxophone), Jason King (contrabass), and Anders Klunderud (guitar), with Casnati leading on vocals and guitar caught the ear of London Records boss Nick Raphael, who was on holiday with his wife. Signing to London, the group headed off to Los Angeles to record its debut album with producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell). The self-titled album was released at the end of 2012 and featured guest appearances from Madeleine Peyroux, Graham Nash, and Booker T. Jones. ~ Bio  https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/the-gypsy-queens/id564841403#fullText

Lost In The Music

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Ella Fitzgerald - Rhythm Is My Business

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:35
Size: 95.2 MB
Styles: Standards, Vocal jazz
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[2:49] 1. Rough Ridin'
[2:42] 2. Broadway
[3:31] 3. You Can Depend On Me
[2:39] 4. Runnin' Wild
[2:41] 5. Show Me The Way To Get Out Of This World
[2:49] 6. I'll Always Be In Love With You
[2:33] 7. Hallelujah, I Love Him So
[4:59] 8. I Can't Face The Music
[2:35] 9. No Moon At All
[4:52] 10. Laughin' On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)
[4:07] 11. After You've Gone
[2:34] 12. Taking A Chance On Love
[2:38] 13. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

Organist Bill Doggett had a rare chance on this album to write swinging charts for a big band. Ella Fitzgerald is in the spotlight throughout, mostly singing swing-era songs along with a couple of newer pieces, such as "Hallelujah I Love Him So" and "No Moon at All." "I Can't Face the Music" is the longest performance at 5:01, and all but three of the other selections are under three minutes, so there is no real stretching out. However, Ella's voice was in its prime, and the charts are excellent. ~Scott Yanow

Rhythm Is My Business

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Benny Carter, Bill Coleman, Henri Chaix Orchestra & Quintet - The Three C's

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 72:23

Size: 165.7 MB

Styles: Swing, Saxophone jazz, Piano jazz

Year: 2003

Art: Front

[5:06] 1. Swingin' In November

[6:54] 2. Easy Money

[7:04] 3. I Can't Get Started

[5:53] 4. Titmouse

[6:10] 5. Body And Soul

[8:05] 6. 's Wonderful

[3:46] 7. March Wind

[4:31] 8. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

[3:45] 9. N'embrassez Pas Ma Femme

[3:11] 10. Idaho

[3:43] 11. Blue Turning Grey Over You

[3:30] 12. Caravan

[3:03] 13. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street

[3:35] 14. Honeysuckle Rose

[4:00] 15. I've Found A New Baby

Musical archeology is fascinating, especially if you dig what's dug from long-forgotten archives. Thanks to Canadian label Sackville, three sessions that took place in Switzerland in the '50s and '60s shed some enjoyable light on world traveler Benny Carter, expatriate Bill Coleman and Swiss native Henri Chaix (pronounced "shecks"), a first-rate stride pianist who obviously idolized Fats Waller. Behold The Three C's, nearly 73 minutes of nostalgic swing, divided evenly between the two Americans: Chaix's nine-piece band backing Carter's alto sax and Chaix's quintet supporting Coleman's trumpet and vocals.

Notes are sparse and vignettes are few. Considering the material at hand, the album literally cries out for more historical background. Not surprisingly, Carter is the elegant standout in four originals and three standards, the highlight being "'S Wonderful," not only for Chaix's paean to Fats with a wonderful solo, but the organic way an "arrangement" takes shape after Carter exchanges fours with (apparently) tenor Michel Pilet. Coleman flexes his chops (muted trumpet and vocal) most effectively on "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" and "I've Found a New Baby." ~Harvey Siders

The Three C's

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Daniel Smith - Smokin' Hot Bassoon Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:34
Size: 111.2 MB
Styles: Jazz
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:10] 1. Night Train
[4:55] 2. Hummin'
[4:11] 3. Better Get Hit In Your Soul
[4:14] 4. Back At The Chicken Shack
[4:10] 5. What'd I Say
[4:16] 6. Blue Seven
[4:08] 7. Señor Blues
[3:55] 8. Hallelujah I Love Her So
[2:42] 9. C Jam Blues
[2:54] 10. Eddie's Blues
[5:37] 11. Moanin'
[3:18] 12. Mamacita

Recorded by Grammy Award winning Tom Lazarus, this recording brings the cutting edge, critically acclaimed “greatest bassoon player of the generation” (New York Daily News) into a plethora of tasty tunes arranged perfectly for him and an extremely talented lineup of musicians…

One of today’s leading pioneers of the bassoon with many critically acclaimed award winning recordings and live performances, Daniel Smith’s repertoire spans music ranging from Baroque concerti to jazz, ragtime and crossover. He is the only bassoon soloist who has performed and recorded over the years in both the jazz and classical fields. Daniel Smith’s unique career has been profiled in numerous publications. In the USA, his career was highlighted on PBS’s “All Things Considered” while in the UK, BBC 4 showcased his career along with BBC2 featuring his music for their ‘signature tune’.

JazzWeekly says: ”…Incredible Chops….a force to be reckoned with!”

Smokin' Hot Bassoon Blues

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Jimmy McGriff - Blue To The Bone

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:18
Size: 101.4 MB
Styles: Soul-jazz-blues
Year: 1988
Art: Front

[ 6:26] 1. Ain't That Funk For You
[ 5:11] 2. For All We Know
[10:18] 3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[ 9:03] 4. Secret Love
[ 7:43] 5. Hangin' In
[ 5:34] 6. After The Dark

Bill Easley »» Saxophone; Al Grey »» Trombone; Jimmy McGriff »» Hammond B3; Bernard Purdie »» Drums; Melvin Sparks »» Guitar.

McGriff with Bill Easley on sax, Melvin Sparks on guitar, Bernard Purdie on drums, and Al Grey on trombone. The trombone is not that often found in the small-organ combo format and may not appeal to everyone. Smooth, yet funky. ~Michael Erlewine

Blue To The Bone

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Joyce Hurley - Off The Record

Styles: Vocal, Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:56
Size: 119,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:19)  1. A Night In Tunisia
(4:55)  2. That's All
(3:00)  3. Sometimes I'm Happy
(5:44)  4. September In the Rain
(2:47)  5. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
(4:08)  6. Shaker Song
(5:01)  7. Fine and Mellow
(3:27)  8. Thou Swell
(2:56)  9. Peel Me a Grape
(2:50) 10. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
(1:35) 11. Blues for Mr. Smirnoff
(4:44) 12. Ode To Billy Joe
(5:23) 13. Fast Car

I've been described as "a multi-talented musician with wide performing experience as a singer, pianist and composer." My eclectic musical styles are based firmly in classical training, and offer audiences a range from jazz standards through smooth jazz through Latin to pop. More recently I have been touring with several groups in Europe.  In Bulgaria, I have done several tours with Ivan Iankov and a chamber orchestra, promoting his composition of music set to Shakespeare sonnets.  We have performed at concerts all over Bulgaria, recorded at the Bulgarian National Television, Radio and Recording House, ( the biggest studio I have ever seen ), and completed a CD, “How Like a Winter”. I also had the opportunity to perform with this constellation in the Oslo Concert Hall for hundreds of world diplomats honouring the welcome of Bulgaria into the European Union. I have also toured extensively in the Czech Republic, with a jazz trio I frequently perform with all over Europe.  It is the “Joe After Trio”, and I began performing with them on the Color Cruise Line, out of Norway.  We have also recorded a CD, “From Chicago to Ostrava”. We have performed on Czech National TV and radio, and continue to work regularly together.

I also work closely with a Stockholm based group, the DreemTeem.  Zak Kieth, guitar, Derek January, bass, and Fredrik Hellberg, drums, are all a vital part of the Stockholm music scene. Recently I have had the honour of performing a series of gospel concerts with the Halmstad Gospel Choir.  That honour was magnified when they performed one of my original compositions. I have also been writing the music for a stage musical, which I hope one day will come to life on the stage. As for the piano bar scene my main gig for me  it is mainly centered in Norway, Sweden (Stockholm Grand Hotel and Casino Cosmopol), and the Costa Cruise Lines. Travelling with Costa, I am on my way to fulfilling one of my goals to see the world. From basic piano studies at the Detroit Art Center Music School, I went on to obtain a Bachelor of Music Degree in piano performance from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Music Degree in theory and composition from the University of South Carolina in conjunction with the University of Sydney in Australia. I also completed other post-graduate studies at the Conservatory of New South Wales, Australia.

I've entertained as a solo pianist and vocalist all over the world, beginning in Chicago, where I played in some of the city’s finest hotels and restaurants such as the Hilton, Radisson and Marriott, as well as Eugene’s and Sage’s, among others, before entering the international circuit.Since then, I've performed widely in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. I've also played on a variety of cruise ships including the Birka Princess and those of the Silja, Viking, Color Line and Stena lines. I've performed with various groups in jazz clubs and festivals throughout Scandinavia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Russia and the United States. In 1996, I performed with Phil Collins and Ray Glover in Zermatt and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as with Glover at a series of pre-Montreux Jazz Festival galas in Bern, Geneva and Zurich. In 1999, I performed at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Other notable collaborations include drummer Ed Thigpen, bassist Mads Winding and percussionist Master Henry Gibson.

And, in January 2001, Deep Purple's Jon Lord and The Spencer Davis Group's Pete York sat in with my trio when we performed in Zermatt. I've had extensive TV and radio coverage. In Sweden, I provided the music for a Channel 1 documentary about Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, and I've been a featured guest on Hasse Andersson’s program on Channel 2 and on Channel 4’s morning talk show. You may also have heard me on one of many radio programs in Europe and the United States. In 1996, I served as music consultant for the movie, “Sånt är Livet,” from British producer Colin Nutley, and provided vocal coaching to his wife, Swedish actress Helena Bergstrom. And, in May 2002, I shot a scene with internationally known classical pianist Per Tengstrand for his upcoming documentary film, "The Big and the Small World." http://joycehurley.com/index.php/en/menu/bio

Off The Record

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Rebecca Parris - My Foolish Heart

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:30
Size: 141,1 MB
Art: Front

(7:33)  1. My Foolish Heart
(8:37)  2. The Shadow of Your Smile
(5:36)  3. Lover Man
(6:04)  4. Yesterday I Heard the Rain
(5:33)  5. Never Let Me Go
(6:00)  6. When October Goes
(7:50)  7. Body and Soul
(8:18)  8. Crazy He Calls Me
(5:54)  9. If You Could See Me Now

Rebecca Parris gives a masters class in singing ballads very slow and very well. Miles Davis once heard Shirley Horn perform a ballad that had been in his band's book for many years. He said in that sandpaper voice of his, "Man, you sing that so slow." On My Foolish Heart, Boston-native Rebecca Parris, provides nine studies in the slow ballad, all sung with a voice that is quite unforgettable.  Ms. Parris' voice is deep, not unlike that of actress Kathleen Turner (whom she also physically resembles). It is smoothly resonant reminding me of Johnny Hodges playing alto in the low register. In the jazz vocals realm, her voice most closely resembles Shirley Horn's, sans the cigarettes and 40 years experience (not implying that Ms. Parris is any kind of vocal slouch). Ms. Parris' selection of ballads is predictable, but her capability and delivery are not. She basically deconstructs and then reconstructs "Lover Man" and her "Body and Soul" reveals what Coleman Hawkin's must have been thinking during his solo of his 1939 recording of the same.

Ms. Parris' phrasing is perfectly elastic without being brassy. Her dynamic range and ear are sure. "Crazy He Calls Me" is taken at a very slow tempo, effectively conveying a tired sardonic sarcasm rather than defeat. The disc highlight is the closer, Tadd Dameron's "If Your could See Me Now." This piece death-defying in its tempo and is sung by Ms. Parris beautifully. Her support is tasteful with little soloing, choosing instead to showcase her considerable talent. John Mayall once remarked that the hardest music to play was a slow blues. I amend that to include the slow jazz ballad and Rebecca Parris performs them effortlessly. ~ C.Michael Bailey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/my-foolish-heart-rebecca-parris-koch-international-jazz-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php 
 

Personnel:  Rebecca Parris: Vocals;  George Mesterhazy: Guitar, Keyboards;  Scott Steed: Bass; Matt Gordy: Drums;  Paul McWilliams: Piano.

My Foolish Heart

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Sadao Watanabe - Sadao Watanabe Plays Ballads

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:47
Size: 102,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:01)  1. Here's That Rainy Day
(4:10)  2. My Foolish Heart
(4:10)  3. I Thought About You
(4:08)  4. Old Folks
(1:48)  5. Spring Is Here
(2:45)  6. Little Girl Blue
(2:25)  7. That's All
(3:13)  8. They Say It's Wonderful
(3:51)  9. My Romance
(5:11) 10. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
(3:11) 11. Once Upon A Summertime
(2:34) 12. A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
(4:14) 13. It's Easy to Remember

Sadao Watanabe has long had a split musical personality. He alternates excellent bebop dates with pop albums. Watanabe learned clarinet and alto in high school, and in the 1950s he moved to Tokyo, joining Toshiko Akiyoshi's bop-oriented group in 1953. When the pianist moved to the U.S. in 1956, Watanabe took over the band. He attended Berklee during 1962-1965 and had the opportunity to work with Gary McFarland, Chico Hamilton, and Gabor Szabo. However, throughout his career Watanabe has remained mostly based in Japan, where he is a major influence on younger players. He has recorded steadily through the years, most notably with Chick Corea in New York (1970) and with the Galaxy All-Stars (1978). Watanabe's bop records are inspired by Charlie Parker, and his pop dates by Brazilian-flavored music. Bio ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sadao-watanabe-mn0000282544/biography

Personnel: Sadao Watanabe (alto saxophone), Masabumi Kikuchi (piano), Masanaga Harada (bass), Masahiko Togashi (drums).

Sadao Watanabe Plays Ballads

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Lee Morgan - The Best Of Lee Morgan

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1988
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:23
Size: 166,0 MB
Art: Front

( 6:21)  1. Ceora
(10:24)  2. The Sidewinder
( 5:29)  3. Speedball
( 9:23)  4. A Night In Tunisia
( 5:32)  5. Since I Fell for You
(10:23)  6. The Rumproller
( 7:06)  7. I Remember Clifford
( 8:44)  8. Mr. Kenyatta
( 8:59)  9. Cornbread

Curious listeners who encounter Lee Morgan for the first time through this single-disc anthology will come away mightily impressed, even inspired, but they will be hearing only the first part of the story. The album picks up on his teenage whiz kid days circa 1957, then jumps ahead to his renaissance in 1963-1965 as the high priest of hard bop boogaloo. Besides showcasing Morgan's brash, crackling, infinitely expressive trumpet playing, the album does a good job of emphasizing his abundant, still-underrated gifts as a composer with "The Sidewinder," of course, but also the strikingly lovely bossa nova "Ceora" and the near standard "Speedball." 

With its three bonus tracks, "I Remember Clifford," "Cornbread," and especially "Mr. Kenyatta," the CD version adds compelling corroborating evidence of Morgan's originality. The major hang-up, alas, is that the album cuts off the time line at 1965, thus leaving out Morgan's gradual move away from boilerplate hard bop toward modal, progressive explorations that reached an exciting peak on 1970's Live at the Lighthouse. The selections included here will no doubt satisfy those who would want to keep this tremendous talent locked into a single airtight box and frankly, it would be difficult to dispute any of the choices on their own terms. But the rest of Morgan's tragically aborted evolution deserves representation on a set like this. ~ Richard S. Ginell  http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-lee-morgan-mw0000198488

The Best Of Lee Morgan

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Rickie Lee Jones - The Devil You Know

Styles: Vocal, Pop/Rock
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:25
Size: 97,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:28)  1. Sympathy for the devil
(3:53)  2. Only love can break your heart
(4:27)  3. Masterpiece
(6:31)  4. The weight
(2:18)  5. St. James infirmary
(3:12)  6. Comfort you
(5:17)  7. Reason to believe
(3:44)  8. Play with fire
(3:54)  9. Seems like a long time
(2:36) 10. Catch the wind

Rickie Lee Jones' The Devil You Know is a collection of classic rock cover songs that follows the intimate and excellent Balm in Gilead. Jones has performed covers since she began singing in dive bars in Los Angeles in the 1970s. They've made steady appearances in her recording career: Girl at Her Volcano (1983), Pop Pop in 1991, and It’s Like This (2000). Jones is a truly gifted interpreter. She takes songs inside herself, pulls them apart, reveals previously hidden meanings, and imbues them with new shades of meaning while transforming them into something of her own. Ben Harper, who collaborated with her on Balm in Gilead, produced the set. He gets it exactly right: the instrumentation is sparse, leaving lots of space for Jones' voice at the forefront. Ultimately, The Devil You Know is about Jones' voice and the journey it takes through these songs. So intimate are these proceedings, the listener may feel she is eavesdropping. In Jones' voice, "Sympathy for the Devil" is no longer a swaggering statement of rebellion, but an exposed view of the heart of the being who boasts. Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" sheds the innocence of the original and imparts experience, wisdom, and scars from love's battlefield without bitterness or cynicism, only tenderness. Her reading of Van Morrison's "Comfort You" is proof. 

She takes the songwriter's sense of want and expresses it as a pure intention in spite of its cost. The two seeming oddities here Harper's original "Masterpiece" and the standard "St. James Infirmary" add striking depth and dimension. The former is obviously modeled on Morrison's Astral Weeks period and as such, Jones gives it that anchor. Her take on the latter tune strips away the decades of nostalgia and brings it right back to the blues. Her emotive resonance brings back the depth of emotion the song was meant to convey. Jones' version of Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe" and Ted Anderson's "Seems Like a Long Time" both appeared on Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story. Jones adds a different kind of authority to both. Her voice, while less grainy, is more world-weary, more broken, but more convincing in its resolve. Between them is the Rolling Stones' "Play with Fire," its refrain is a warning (once more stripped of its boast), an act of simple, dark truth-telling. With its restrained arrangements and spacious production, The Devil You Know allows Jones' enigmatic voice the room it needs to rise and deliver these songs, not from rock & roll history, but from her heart, marrow, and bones. ~ Thom Jurek  http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-devil-you-know-mw0002404588

Personnel: Rickie Lee Jones (vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, background vocals); Ben Harper (guitar, organ, vibraphone, drums, percussion, background vocals); David Lindley (violin); Larry Goldings (piano, organ); Jesse Ingalls, Jamie Elman (piano); Chris Joyner, Jason Yates (organ); D.J. Bonebrake (vibraphone).

The Devil You Know

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Rebecca Kilgore - Make Someone Happy

Size: 146,0 MB
Time: 63:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (3:47)
02. Don't Let It Bother You (3:52)
03. Something To Remember You By (6:14)
04. Good Morning, Life! (3:06)
05. My Very Good Friend, The Milkman (3:14)
06. Small Fry (4:01)
07. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries (3:30)
08. Come Back To Me (3:23)
09. Make Someone Happy (3:47)
10. They All Laughed (3:31)
11. It's Wonderful (4:12)
12. Between 18th And 19th On Chestnut Street (4:33)
13. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (3:07)
14. Too Late Now (4:46)
15. By Myself (2:38)
16. You're A Lucky Guy (3:35)
17. Loch Lomond (2:22)

Rebecca Kilgore is one of America's leading song stylists and is passionate about preserving the vocal jazz of the 30s and 40s, an era which she feels remains unsurpassed in its high quality songwriting and heartfelt lyrics. Her mission is to learn every song from that era, and to swing in the process. With 32 recordings bearing her name, she is well on her way.

Her singing has been enriched through her many associations with jazz greats, especially composer/pianist Dave Frishberg with whom she recorded several CDs in the 1990s. In addition, she has sung at Carnegie Hall at the invitation of Michael Feinstein.

She has become a regular at jazz parties, jazz festivals and jazz cruises throughout the U.S. and Europe. Rebecca has been a frequent guest on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, as well as Riverwalk Jazz, and a guest on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion.

Make Someone Happy

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Curtis Fuller - Remastered Collection Vol. 3

Size: 127,2 MB
Time: 54:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Fuss Budget (Remastered 2015) (7:45)
02. Oatmeal Cookie (Remastered 2015) (4:37)
03. Da-Baby (Remastered 2015) (7:30)
04. Down Home (Remastered 2015) (4:02)
05. C.T.A. (Remastered 2015) (5:05)
06. When Lights Are Low (Remastered 2015) (6:53)
07. (I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone (Remastered 2015) (5:48)
08. Bongo Bop (Remastered 2015) (7:46)
09. Bit Of Heaven (Remastered 2015) (5:22)

Curtis DuBois Fuller (born December 15, 1934, Detroit) is an American jazz trombonist, known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributor to many classic jazz recordings.

Fuller's Jamaican-born parents died when he was young; he was raised in an orphanage. While in Detroit he was a schoolfriend of Paul Chambers and Donald Byrd, and also knew Tommy Flanagan, Thad Jones and Milt Jackson. After army service between 1953 and 1955 (when he played in a band with Chambers and brothers Cannonball and Nat Adderley), Fuller joined the quintet of Yusef Lateef, another Detroit musician. In 1957 the quintet moved to New York, and Fuller recorded his first sessions as a leader for Prestige Records.

Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records first heard Fuller playing with Miles Davis in the late 1950s, and featured him as a sideman on record dates led by Sonny Clark and John Coltrane; Fuller's work on the latter's Blue Train album is probably his best-known recorded performance.[citation needed] Fuller led four dates for Blue Note, though one of these, an album with Slide Hampton, was not issued for many years. Other sideman appearances over the next decade included work on albums under the leadership of Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan and Joe Henderson (a former room mate at Wayne State University in 1956).

Fuller was also the first trombonist to be a member of the Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet, later becoming the sixth man in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1961, staying with Blakey until 1965. In the early 1960s, Fuller recorded two albums as a leader for Impulse! Records, having also recorded for Savoy Records and Epic after his obligations to Blue Note had ended. In the late 1960s, he was part of Dizzy Gillespie's band that also featured Foster Elliott. Fuller went on to tour with Count Basie and also reunited with Blakey and Golson. In 2007 Fuller was named an NEA Jazz Master.

Fuller continues to perform and record, and is a faculty member of the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) School of Jazz Studies (SJS)

Remastered Collection Vol. 3

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Peter Glessing - Dixie Sessions

Size: 132,3 MB
Time: 57:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz: Dixieland
Art: Front

01. Bourbon Street Parade (4:17)
02. Basin Street Blues (4:50)
03. Stranger On The Shore (5:01)
04. All Of Me (3:03)
05. Summertime (6:16)
06. Sweet Georgia Brown (3:57)
07. C'est Si Bon (4:10)
08. Cabaret (5:06)
09. St. Louis Blues (4:14)
10. Oh When The Saints (3:52)
11. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (5:49)
12. Indiana (Bonus Track) (6:19)

Peter Glessing, born in Frankfurt in 1960, discovered, by the time he was 12, the fascination of jazz itself. Thrilled by a music that stands out because of the scope for Individual tone and improvisation, he first learned the clarinet.

Two years later, he was already an autodidact through "Learning by Hearing" a the tenor saxophone himself. Particularly influential he was by the Texas tenor style of Illinois Jacquet and Arnett Cobb, Peter Glessing developed his own, unmistakably energetic playing style over the years. This offers a virtuoso, refined elaborate recognition and handle technology combined with his versatile tone.
Peter Glessing works intensively with jazz from the 30s to 60s his preference being the "standards" to reinterpret well known songs into a new listening experience. He lives extroverted, rousing performance, preferred 'Head Arrangements "(as from the 50s with Jazz at the Philharmonic, or the smaller formations of Count Basie and Lionel Hampton usual) and always goes back to the limits of what is possible musically.

In early 1976, the ARD become interested in him, followed by other television appearances on ZDF and private broadcasters. In 1980 Peter Glessing played several concerts with the legendary cornet player "Wild Bill" Davisson and jammed in 1988 with Clark Terry and Earl Warren. In 1990 he went on tour with Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners. Peter Glessing was and can be heard in numerous clubs and at many festivals, eg in Burghausen or as a clarinetist at the Frankfurt La Vida New Orleans band at the Jazz Festival Davos and the Plöner Jazz Festival.

In addition to his own projects, Peter Glessing plays regularly with Eddie Kold- Larry Watkins Blues Band, as a guest soloist with the Brass Time Big Band, the Old Jazz Allstars Union or the international "Tribute to Ray Charles" project of Slovenian Soul Entertainers "Perry" Perich.

Dixie Sessions

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Audrey Bernstein - Alright, Okay, You Win

Size: 100,5 MB
Time: 41:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Too Close For Comfort (Feat. Tom Cleary, John Rivers, Ray Vega & Geza Carr) (2:39)
02. Comes Love (Feat. Tom Cleary, Geza Carr & John Rivers) (3:59)
03. Deed I Do (Feat. Tom Cleary, John Rivers, Geza Carr, Ray Vega & Michael Zsoldos) (2:48)
04. Detour Ahead (Feat. Tom Cleary, John Rivers & Geza Carr) (5:19)
05. Alright, Okay, You Win (Feat. Tom Cleary, John Rivers, Geza Carr, Ray Vega & Michael Zsoldos) (3:16)
06. Our Love Is Easy (Feat. Joey Sommerville, Tom Cleary, John Rivers & Geza Carr) (6:18)
07. Oh The Money (Feat. Joe Capps, Tom Cleary, John Rivers & Geza Carr) (3:02)
08. The Waters Of March (Feat. Joe Capps, Tom Cleary, John Rivers & Geza Carr) (3:45)
09. You Don't Know What Love Is (Feat. Tom Cleary, John Rivers & Geza Carr) (4:57)
10. You Made Me Love You (Feat. Michael Zsoldos, Tom Cleary, John Rivers & Geza Carr) (3:00)
11. I Want A Sunday Kind Of Love (Feat. Joe Capps) (2:50)

Audrey has always possessed an exceptional talent for bringing people together. Entertaining is at the constant core throughout her life and diverse careers: fabulous party promoter, chic baker, lifestyle guru, World Cup Snowboard Champion, and finally, as her true calling, a singer. Before her arrival on today's jazz scene, Audrey was a fixture in the New York and Los Angeles social scenes. She successfully attracted some of the most diverse and star-studded crowds and media attention to her many creative projects, like the Bluebird Bakery, high class events, intimate soirees, and her lifestyle website, oh-audrey.com. Audrey has entertained and mingled with musicians, fashionistas, and all sorts of talented artists, becoming a tastemaker herself and the go-to-girl for lavish corporate events, style trends, party-planning, and general lifestyle knowhow. She has also been interviewed on many top national publications, TV shows, and websites for her lifestyle and entertaining advice. Now based out of a small ski village in Vermont, Audrey has embraced the roots of her entertaining spirit, singing. Pulling from her decades of unique experiences, she fuses together her love of music, cooking, and entertaining into a totally new, yet perfect experience you’d expect from Oh Audrey.

Known for her wonderful phrasing, clear voice (hints of Julie London, Anita O'Day, and Chet Baker), exceptional musicality, and her beguiling stage presence (a pinch of Marilyn, a dash of Frank), Audrey Bernstein makes time sparkle.

With her beautiful debut album, AUDREY BERNSTEIN LOVES BLUE, released in 2013, Audrey has been gaining fans around the globe. At the same time, diligently working at her craft: rehearsing, preforming, recording, booking shows, and preparing for her highly anticipated second album, ALRIGHT, OKAY, YOU WIN, coming June 2015.

Already garnering great reviews, Audrey’s upcoming album is on its way to becoming a jazz classic. If you have the chance to hear her perform live, don’t miss it! With her newly acquired confidence, Audrey is hitting the high notes -- literally! Her innovative improvising is like a shining star bursting into outer space. It will leave you breathless -- and madly in love.

Audrey combines the best things in life, her passion for music, food, friends, and entertaining. Her new album, ALRIGHT, OKAY, YOU WIN, releases on June 1st, 2015, with an iTunes presale starting May 18th. It features world class musicians like Ray Vega of the famous Vega Brothers and the award-winning Joey Sommerville.

Alright, Okay, You Win

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Giuseppe Bassi & Domenico Sanna - Just You, Just Me

Size: 146,5 MB
Time: 62:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz: Piano Jazz
Art: Front

01. Humboldt Street #63 (6:17)
02. Ciro Chi (7:29)
03. Lush Life (7:13)
04. Zhong Kui Blues (5:55)
05. Isfahan (5:49)
06. NYC Subway Love Song (5:31)
07. Too Close For Comfort (5:28)
08. Reginella (3:00)
09. Just You, Just Me (5:53)
10. Cattiva's Lullaby (5:33)
11. Day Dream (4:45)

Double Bass – Giuseppe Bassi
Piano – Domenico Sanna

«For 10 years, I’ve never had an urge to make CD as leader. I needed an encounter. Then, I met Domenico Sanna. I talked about my favorite music and shared all with him. To remember such our encounter, we decided to enter into studio, in duo, in which the swing, melodies, interplays can be more intimate and crystallized. I hope people don’t care absence of drums, instruments developed for, and with jazz. We played some standards and our compositions, where swing combines with our sentiments totally set free. We hope that attentive and disengaged listeners could enjoy every moment of this CD, played by heart.» Giuseppe Bassi

Giuseppe Bassi (Bari 1971)
He studied at the Conservatory of Music N. Piccinni in Bari, graduating in music theory, he studied privately with bassists in jazz world renowned as Ray Brown, Dave Holland, Christian McBride.
Bassi lived in New York city for about four years.
His concert career began in 1988, but starting from 1990 it became assiduous and constant.
He performed in fact in 1991 in the prestigious and historic jazz club “Strange Fruit” in his town Bari. With Roberto Ottaviano, he began to frequent the most important stages of festivals and jazz clubs most representative of all Italy.
Giuseppe Bassi, has performed and recorded with some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world including: Lew Tabackin, Bill Mays, Don Friedman, Bobby Durham, John Hicks, Jed Levy, Joe Magnarelli, Helen Sung, Mark Soskin, Bill Goodwin, Billy Drummond, Greg Osby, John Hicks, Mal Waldron, David Liebman, George Garzone, Tony Scott, Harold Danko etc…
He has played and recorded with all the most important and representative jazz musicians in Italy: Enrico Pieranunzi, Dado Moroni, Francesco Cafiso, Roberto Gatto, Fabrizio Bosso, Stefano Bollani, Gianni Basso, Dino Piana, Franco Cerri, Maurizio Giammarco, Gegè Telesforo, Rosario Giuliani, Roberto Ottaviano etc…

Just You, Just Me

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Lawrence Brown - Slide Trombone

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:45
Size: 125.3 MB
Styles: Mainstream jazz, Trombone jazz
Year: 1955/1999
Art: Front

[3:52] 1. Rose Of The Rio Grande
[5:56] 2. Caravan
[4:16] 3. Down The Street, 'round The Corner Blues
[3:17] 4. Where Or When
[5:35] 5. Just One Of Those Things
[3:53] 6. Ill Wind
[3:03] 7. You Took Advantage Of Me
[7:14] 8. Blues For Duke
[3:45] 9. Just As Though You Were Here
[4:36] 10. Autumn In New York
[4:51] 11. Time After Time
[4:21] 12. For All We Know

Lawrence Brown played trombone off and on with Duke Ellington's orchestra for nearly 40 years. Surprisingly, he only led two albums of his own in his entire career, a set for Impulse in 1965, and this album for Clef (now Verve). Heard either as part of a quintet with tenor saxophonist Sam "The Man" Taylor or with a nonet that includes tenor saxophonist Al Cohn and pianist Hank Jones, Brown is in excellent form on the reissue. The music (not too shockingly) often sounds as if it were an Ellington small group, including such numbers as Brown's longtime feature "Rose of the Rio Grande," "Caravan," "You Took Advantage of Me," and "Blues for Duke." The original LP program is joined by two previously unreleased performances ("Time After Time" and "For All We Know"). Excellent mainstream swing of the 1950s. ~Scott Yanow

Slide Trombone

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Veronica Mortensen - Catching Waves

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:01
Size: 116.8 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:41] 1. Enjoy The Ride
[3:43] 2. This Might Be Cool
[4:52] 3. Where There's A Will
[4:12] 4. Simple Sense Of Being
[3:41] 5. Sing You A Love Song
[3:42] 6. November Rain
[4:18] 7. A Toast Of Mine
[3:54] 8. Like A Winding Road
[4:33] 9. Lucky
[3:27] 10. This Is Not A Love Song
[5:04] 11. Beneath The Sun
[4:49] 12. Don't Say A Word Now

Veronica Mortensen - vocal; Mads Bærentzen - piano & rhodes; Kristor Brødsgaard - bass; Anton Eger - drums & percussion; Peter Asplund - trumpet; Niels HP - percussion.

Born in Aarhus (Denmark), singer VERONICA MORTENSEN was raised by her mother in Athens, Greece. At the age of 20, she moved back to Denmark to pursue a singing career – a natural choice, being the daughter of 2 musicians. She started her own soulband, a mini-bigband playing Aretha Franklin covers and Motown-classics, and soon after joined the more experimental acidjazzband Virtual Fantasy.

Veronica Mortensen graduated from Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus in the summer of 1996 and took her Diploma exam from Rythmic Conservatory of Copenhagen in 1998. She has performed on several albums and TV-shows, both as a lead singer and as a background vocalist. She also has appeared in rockmusicals like “A tribute to the Blues Brothers”, “Another Brick In The Wall” and “Hair” playing in both Copenhagen and Paris.

Catching Waves

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Doug Raney Quartet - Back In New York

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:16
Size: 133.4 MB
Styles: Bop, Guitar jazz
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[ 9:15] 1. I'm Old Fashioned
[ 6:58] 2. For Heaven's Sake
[ 7:58] 3. The Touch Of Your Lips
[ 7:08] 4. Skylark
[10:31] 5. All Or Nothing At All
[10:11] 6. I Wanna Talk About You
[ 6:12] 7. Get Out Of Town

The quartet featured in this 1996 recording session for Steeplechase was put together on the spot in New York, just for this date, though Doug Raney and his rhythm section quickly made themselves sound as if they were a regular working group. Raney's approach to the guitar is often spacious on ballads, never too busy on up-tempo numbers, and always focused around the melody. Accompanied by pianist Michael Weiss, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Kenny Washington, the quartet's head arrangements of the seven standards on the CD seem to come together effortlessly. The intimate approach to "Skylark" starts slowly, but gives way to a brisk, more complex development of its theme. The rhythm section swirls behind Raney in a driving rendition of "All or Nothing at All," and also features a fine solo by Weiss. Of particular interest is Raney's careful development of "I'm Old Fashioned." Highly recommended. ~Ken Dryden

Back In New York

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Roland Hanna - Impressions

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:40
Size: 122.9 MB
Styles: Hard bop, Piano jazz
Year: 1978/2007
Art: Front

[4:30] 1. I Love You
[7:39] 2. Lover, Come Back To Me
[7:32] 3. Body And Soul
[4:48] 4. Impressions
[5:32] 5. The Lonely Ones
[6:00] 6. What A Difference A Day Made
[4:36] 7. Drinkin' Wine Slowly
[9:02] 8. All Blues
[3:58] 9. Isn't It A Pity

Sir Roland Hanna was busy in the recording studios during the late '70s, as a number of different labels recognized his tremendous chops in a wide range of styles. Most of this Black & Blue CD is devoted to a trio session with bassist Major Holley and drummer Alan Dawson, kicking off with a brisk take of Cole Porter's "I Love You" and Sigmund Romberg's "Lover, Come Back to Me." Although "Body and Soul" is all but owned by tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins for his famous 1939 record, Hanna turns in a whirlwind solo piano interpretation that stands on its own merit. John Coltrane's "Impressions" is not typically heard in a piano trio setting, but it works wonderfully with Holley's driving bass and Dawson's inventive percussion in support of the leader's furious solo. Hanna's blues-drenched "The Lonely Ones" sounds like the perfect closing timepiece, though the CD reissue of this track is marred by wowing in the master tape. This reissue adds two bonus tracks, a gospel-influenced take of Miles Davis' "All Blues" and the Gershwins' "Isn't It a Pity," taken from an unrelated trio date with bassist George Duvivier and drummer Oliver Jackson. Recommended. ~Ken Dryden

Impressions

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