Chris Botti - The Best Tunes For Languid Evenings

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:35
Size: 183,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:59)  1. A Thousand Kisses Deep
(4:22)  2. When I Fall In Love
(5:10)  3. Lisa
(4:14)  4. Back Into My Heart
(5:08)  5. She Comes From Somewhere
(4:21)  6. The Look
(5:31)  7. La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
(4:06)  8. Estate
(5:00)  9. Irresistible Bliss
(4:33) 10. If I Could
(4:57) 11. Cinema Paradiso
(5:02) 12. The Look Of Love
(4:38) 13. To Love Again
(5:08) 14. Ever Since We Met
(5:03) 15. All Would Envy
(3:00) 16. Hallelujah
(4:16) 17. When I See You

Though best known as a contemporary jazz performer, trumpeter Chris Botti made his initial splash on the pop music scene. A native of Oregon, he started playing at the age of ten, and began performing professionally while still in high school. After studying in the prestigious Indiana University music program under noted jazz educator David Baker, Botti relocated to New York, where he served with saxophonist George Coleman and trumpet great Woody Shaw. In 1990, Botti was asked to join Paul Simon's band, where he remained for the next five years. Finally, in 1995, he recorded his solo debut, First Wish, a record combining the sounds of contemporary pop-jazz with the textures of art rock. After scoring the 1996 film Caught, Botti resurfaced in 1997 with his second LP, Midnight Without You, which was followed by Slowing Down the World in 1999. Two years later, he was a featured soloist on Sting's Brand New Day world tour, and that time allowed Botti to rediscover old musical passions and create new ones. Recorded in Los Angeles, 2001's Night Sessions captured such jazzy pop. That muse was explored further in 2003 with A Thousand Kisses Deep, and to a lesser extent on the more traditional orchestral jazz of 2004's When I Fall in Love. That record was his first Top 40 entry, and it was followed by the number 18 hit To Love Again: The Duets in 2005. Another Top 40 placement, Italia, followed in 2007, with the live album Chris Botti in Boston following in 2009. In 2012, Botti returned with the studio album Impressions. Focusing on his love of melody, Impressions features Botti collaborating with such artists as jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, guitarist Mark Knopfler, country singer Vince Gill, composer/pianist/producer David Foster, and more. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-botti-mn0000105329/biography

The Best Tunes For Languid Evenings

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Solveig Slettahjell - Good Rain

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:13
Size: 106,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:27)  1. Where Do You Run To
(5:21)  2. Another Day
(5:28)  3. Don't Look Back
(2:18)  4. Colour Lullabye
(4:18)  5. Flawless
(4:25)  6. We Were Indians
(1:59)  7. Do Lord
(6:34)  8. My Oh My
(4:07)  9. Good Rain
(4:19) 10. Moon
(1:53) 11. PS I Love You

This fourth release by Norwegian vocalist Solveig Slettahjell and the Slow Motion Quintet offers another magical experience. On Good Rain, these creative and busy musicians expand the musical language that they began to explore on their previous release, Pixiedust (Curling Legs, 2005). In addition to Slettahjell, the group includes trumpeter Sjur Miljeteig, formerly of the jazz-pop-electronica outfit Jaga Jazzist and one of the leaders of the art-rock group Friko; keyboardist Morten Qvenild, who leads In The Country and Susanna and the Magical Orchestra; bassist Mats Eilertsen; and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen. The quintet flirts with pop and art-rock and even trip-hop, aiming to position the jazz vocalist as an artist again within a popular form, but avoiding banalities and without giving up its intelligent elitist aroma. Slettahjell is faithful to her "slow motion" concept, conscious of every detail and nuance of each phrase, and her natural, leisurely alto shines throughout the eleven songs. The sonic palette of the ensemble is much more varied, enveloping Slettahjell's warm vocals with sounds that recall productions by such art-rock sonic explorers as David Sylvian or Talk Talk. The sensitive playing of all players adds vibrant layers that caress and reinforce the massages of the poetic songs. 

All the songs revolve around the theme of belief, often an abstract and secular one in Slettahjell, empowering herself after a failed relationship, or in nature and they offer some consolation, quite often sounding melancholic. The goal? "To be lonely in a good way," as she sings in Qvenild's "Another Day." Slettahjell's innocent and modest narration of life happiness, despair, fate and hope succeeds in creating a peaceful intimacy capable of touching and melting even the greatest cynic. Slettahjell seeks some calmness and reconciliation in "Where Do You Run To," faith in her lone self in "Another Day." She trusts fate in "Don't Look Back," draws hope from dreams in "Colour Lullabye," and strongly convinces about the joys of lovemaking on "We Were Indians." Her beautiful a cappella version of V.O. Fossett's gospel song "Do Lord" serves as an introduction to the dark, anguished, modern gospelish "My Oh My," penned by Miljeteig. On the Peder Kjellsby-penned "Good Rain" she refers to "the rain washing the stains of / Another broken day." As on Pixiedust, Slettahjell beautifully interperts another poem by Emily Dickinson, "The Moon." The playful, minimalist version of Johnny Mercer's "P.S. I Love You," the last song on this release, offers some hopeful closure. Beautiful. 

~ Eyal Hareuveni   http://www.allaboutjazz.com/good-rain-solveig-slettahjell-curling-legs-review-by-eyal-hareuveni.php

Personnel: Solveig Slettahjell: vocals;  Sjur Miljeteig: trumpet;  Morten Qvenild: piano, keyboards;  Mats Eilertsen: bass;  Per Oddvar Johansen: drums.

Good Rain

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The Johnny Nocturne Band - Wild & Cool

Styles: Jazz, Swing, Big Band

Year: 1997

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 44:50

Size: 104,6 MB

Art: Front

(3:03)  1. Lemon Twist

(3:12)  2. New Kind Of Mambo

(4:31)  3. Tu Ma Qui Te (Hey! Joli Blon)

(4:37)  4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

(4:20)  5. Hey, Mister Jessie

(4:23)  6. A Pound Of Blues

(4:19)  7. At My Front Door

(3:26)  8. By The River Ste. Marie

(4:23)  9. Cha-bootie

(4:38) 10. After The Lights Go Down Low

(3:53) 11. Little Slam

With a solid four-horn frontline that reads and solo in the fine old-time tradition of the territory bands of yore, the Johnny Nocturne Band come to the plate with their third album full of jazz heavily laced with blues. Leader and saxophonist John Firmin keeps his troops swinging throughout this 11-song set, working like a fine, precise machine regardless of the musical setting. Swing, bop, and blues with strong attachments to melody are the signposts here, and the playing on Bobby Troup's "Lemon Twist," "Tu ma qui te (Hey! Joli Blon)," "After the Lights Go Down Low" and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" are among the numerous highlights. ~ Cub Koda  http://www.allmusic.com/album/wild-and-cool-mw0000035541

Personnel:  John Firmin (tenor saxophone, clarinet);  Brenda Boykin (vocals);  Anthony Paule (guitar);  Rob Sudduth (baritone saxophone);  Bill Ortiz (trumpet);  Marty Wehner (trombone);  Henry Salvia (piano);  Alex Baum (bass);  Kent Bryson (drums).

Wild & Cool

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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Cosmic Funk

Styles:  Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion
Year: 1974
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:10
Size: 85,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:39)  1. Cosmic Funk
(6:11)  2. Footprints
(6:58)  3. Beautiful Woman
(8:16)  4. Sais (Egypt)
(5:03)  5. Peaceful Ones
(4:01)  6. Naima

As Dean Rudland points out in Ace's 2014 reissue of Lonnie Liston Smith's 1974 set Cosmic Funk, Smith himself views this LP as a transitional effort, capturing him between his pioneering work with Miles Davis' electric group and the exploratory Expansions. This suggests it perhaps isn't a cohesive album and, true enough, it's a record where the good ideas are sometimes suggested rather than developed. Much of the record showcases the smooth vocal stylings of Smith's brother Donald, who leads on a vocal version of John Coltrane's "Naima," lends a bit of a supper club vibe to "Beautiful Woman," croons through "Peaceful Ones," and dives into the thick, overlapping grooves of the title track. That opening song is one of the few tracks that emphasizes funk, otherwise the cosmic reigns, as the group usually getting spacy all the while never quite leaving the earth. Although the group is quite lively on a relatively straight-ahead reading of Wayne Shorter's "Footprints," the album is distinguished by the spaces that lie between funk and bop, the periods where Smith and company start to float, then pull themselves back. ~ Thomas Erlewine  http://www.allmusic.com/album/cosmic-funk-mw0000172115

Personnel: Lonnie Liston Smith (piano, electric piano, percussion); Donald Smith (vocals, piano, flute); George Barron (soprano saxophone, flute, percussion); Al Anderson (electric bass); Art Gore (drums); Lawrence Killian (congas, percussion); Doug Hammond, Andrew Cyrille, Ron Bridgewater (percussion).

Cosmic Funk

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Mike Fageros Organ Trio - On The Loose

Size: 141,5 MB
Time: 61:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz: Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. Close Your Eyes ( 7:06)
02. Just for Then ( 6:33)
03. Invitation ( 6:48)
04. One Step Ahead ( 7:02)
05. Angel Eyes ( 6:45)
06. Minority (10:04)
07. Love for Sale ( 5:57)
08. Just for Then (Alternate Version) (11:25)

The CD "On the Loose" is guitarists Mike Fageros aka (The Unknown Guitarist) 6th CD to date. His selection of fellow sidemen Pat Bianchi/Hammond and Carmen Intorre Jr/Drums takes the music to a new level. The tracks are all live with no overdubs in an open setting in the studio so as to increase the listeners perception that he or she might just be in a jazz club with their eyes closed catching a set. What you are about to hear is pure unabashed jazz in the guitar/organ/drums trio setting with incredible musical interaction between the players. The arrangements were done by Mike with help from his friend and fellow guitarist, Clint Strong on Close Your Eyes and Love for sale.

Whether you are looking for straight ahead bop, funk, standards, 6/8 or a ballad, "On the Loose" covers it all and we believe in recording "the old school way" with you the listener in mind. No isolation booths, everything in real time, just an honest blowing session with some truly incredible and soulful moments!

The story behind the session is an interesting one. Guitarist Mike Fageros had always loved the way Pat Bianchi and Carmen Intorre Jr swung so hard when they toured with legendary guitarist Pat Martino. With this in mind, Mike's first choice for sidemen was obvious. When the decision was made to record, Carmen's home town of Buffalo was selected using the facilities of Audio Magic and Mike drove in from Detroit to make it happen.

Special appreciation is given to Pat Martino for the use of "Just for Then" as well as guitarist Clint Strong for helping with the arrangenents on Close Your Eyes and Love For Sale.

Thanks to Marc.
On The Loose

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Simone Waddell - My Romance

Size: 122,1 MB
Time: 53:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (3:21)
02. God Bless The Child (5:18)
03. You've Changed (5:08)
04. Seven Days (5:54)
05. You Don't Know What Love Is (6:07)
06. Summertime (5:36)
07. Meditation (4:30)
08. Lover Man (4:53)
09. Love Love Love (5:04)
10. My Romance (3:06)
11. Summertime (Ballad) (4:10)

Simone Waddell is delighted to be bringing some of Sydney’s finest musicians to Foundry 616 to launch her latest album, “My Romance”.

Simone’s voice and music have been described as “world class”, “drenched with soul and feeling” and “utterly amazing”.

Her recent collaboration with the great jazz guitarist Jim Kelly, has produced an album full of stunning jazz tunes with equally exquisite arrangements. “My Romance” is a timeless and quality body of work that has been a total joy for Simone to create. Highlight tunes include “Summertime”, “You’ve Changed” and “Seven Days”.

The late Kerrie Biddell, the matchless Australian singer, was a huge inspiration for the entire album. Kerrie had a beautiful and powerful musical influence on Simone from their first meeting in 1990 which continued and flourished for twenty five years.

After returning to Sydney from successful singing engagements in America, Asia and Europe, Simone was quickly sought after by some of Australia’s most accomplished musicians as a solo performer and/or backing vocalist for both live and studio work.

Her recent schedule includes touring with powerhouse singer and Grammy Award nominee Taylor Dayne, and touring with Max Pellicano from the incredibly popular show Elvis to The Max.

Simone performed to an extremely appreciative crowd as a featured artist at the Manly Jazz Festival last year and has planned a wonderful night for the Foundry of stunning ballads, swinging standards, unique arrangement and even some special guests.

With her warmth, musicality and depth of feeling, Simone takes you on an unforgettable journey through each song.

My Romance

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Joey Calderazzo - Haiku

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:12
Size: 156,5 MB
Art: Front

( 4:32)  1. Bri's Dance
(10:38)  2. Haiku
( 7:16)  3. The Legend of Dan
(10:02)  4. Chopin
( 5:56)  5. Just One of Those Things
( 8:43)  6. Dienda
( 7:29)  7. A Thousand Autumns
( 4:15)  8. Dancin' for Singles
( 6:50)  9. My One and Only Love
( 2:25) 10. Bri's Dance - Revisited

Until the recording of his new album Haiku, Joey Calderazzo was, he has admitted, frightened by the total exposure of solo piano performance. Indeed, such solo work is daunting to most pianists, particularly in jazz, where the rhythm provided by bass and drums is so integral to the music's movement and swing. Calderazzo, however, exhibits no sign of nerves, and acquits himself nicely on Haiku 's well-balanced and well-recorded program of originals, standards, and one tune each by his sometime boss Branford Marsalis and by his predecessor in the Marsalis band, Kenny Kirkland. In his earlier recordings, it was often said of Calderazzo that, although he was an exciting and imaginative player with excellent technique, he had not yet found his own voice.

Though his playing has deepened with time, this criticism still carries some weight. There is an undeniable familiarity to his work, whether it is the flashes of Chick Corea and Dave Brubeck in the blazing, rollicking "Bri's Dance," Oscar Peterson in the lopsidedly dapper "Just One of Those Things," or Thelonious Monk in the clever stride piece "Dancin' For Singles."Of course, at this late stage in jazz's development, it's probably unfair to expect pure originality from anyone, and there is no denying that with Haiku, Calderazzo has put together a very strong and consistent set with some lovely moments. A particular highlight is his beautiful treatment of "My One and Only Love," which manages to find new things to express in this well-worn standard. Calderazzo's five originals are all well constructed and memorable as well.

Haiku also manages to avoid the curse of solo piano music, a monochromatic sameness that is wearing over the length of an album, by expertly varying tempo and mood to create a seamless flow. This is the ideal album for thoughtful, relaxed listening, and it will surely tickle the fancy of solo jazz piano fans.  ~ Joshua Weiner   http://www.allaboutjazz.com/haiku-joey-calderazzo-marsalis-music-review-by-joshua-weiner.php

Personnel: Joey Calderazzo, solo piano

Haiku

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Meta Roos - Enjoy the Rhythm

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:34
Size: 102,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:46)  1. Enjoy The Rhythm
(3:03)  2. Almost Like Being In Love
(3:23)  3. Someone To Watch Over Me
(2:30)  4. This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
(4:17)  5. At Last
(4:32)  6. Bewitched
(3:47)  7. Rhythm Of The Rain
(3:35)  8. Love For Sale
(3:31)  9. My Baby Just Care For Me
(4:51) 10. This Masquerade
(2:54) 11. The Nearness Of You/ Misty
(3:20) 12. Route 66

Wiveca Margaret "Meta" Roos, born 23 February 1954 in Boda in Dalarna , is a Swedish jazz singer and variety performer. Meta Roos was born and raised in Boda Kyrkby in Boda parish, Dalarna , but lives since 2002 in Bålsta in Uppsala County . She debuted at the age of sixteen when she began singing with various dance bands in Dalarna, the greatest success she achieved with Nippe Sylwéns Band. Since 1984 , she has earned a living as an artist full time. During the 1980s she sang in a dance orchestra Rosary that became popular throughout Europe . Roos played a New Year show in Borlange and came a few years later to Peter Flack in Örebro , where she starred in four revues. Meta Roos has performed as a singer in several films, his debut was in 1994. She sang the theme song A world full of life in the Walt Disney film was the Lion King and made ??Vesslas mother's voice in The Animals of Farthing Wood . She has sung with several famous big bands in Sweden and toured with his own show My life as a singer. Meta Roos is also well known from the popular radio show Tele Chip Arna. Since 2005 she plays the lead role as Noise Britta in Skinnarspelet given in Malung in midsummer. https://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Roos&prev=search

Enjoy the Rhythm

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Jim Rotondi - Four Of a Kind

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:53
Size: 126,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:51)  1. Ruth
(6:32)  2. Falset
(4:31)  3. Blues For BS
(4:25)  4. Love For Sale
(7:51)  5. I See You Brother
(5:16)  6. Minor Adjustment
(6:00)  7. Manteca
(8:52)  8. It's Easy To Remember
(6:31)  9. What Kind of Fool Am I?

A fine hard bop trumpeter, Jim Rotondi has worked with Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton (for six years), Charles Earland, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and One for All. He has also recorded several albums as a leader and many as a sideman. A hard bop stylist who is a logical part of the Lee Morgan-Freddie Hubbard-Woody Shaw tradition without copying any of them, Rotondi is quite fluent in advanced straight-ahead jazz. On Four of a Kind, he performs five originals (including three of his own) and is particularly strong on the four standards including a warm ballad rendition of "It's Easy to Remember" and "Manteca." 

Pianist David Hazeltine also has consistently rewarding spots on both piano and electric piano, while percussionist Jason Hann expands the group to a quintet on two numbers. While not groundbreaking, Four of a Kind is an excellent example of modern mainstream jazz of 2007 and is one of Jim Rotondi's better recordings. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/four-of-a-kind-mw0000786076

Personnel:  Jim Rotondi - Trumpet, Fluegelhorn;  David Hazeltine - Piano, Fender Rhodes;  John Webber - Acoustic Bass;  Joe Farnsworth - Drums

Four Of a Kind

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Nils Landgren With Janis Siegel - Some Other Time (A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein)

Styles: Vocal And Trombone Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:07
Size: 121,9 MB
Art: Front

(0:43)  1. Overture-America
(5:21)  2. Some Other Time
(3:43)  3. Cool
(3:15)  4. Maria
(5:07)  5. Somewhere
(4:26)  6. The Story of My Life
(4:29)  7. One Hand, One Heart
(3:57)  8. Something's Coming
(4:42)  9. Lonely Town
(7:13) 10. A Quiet Girl
(4:25) 11. Lucky to Be Me
(5:40) 12. A Simple Song

Hot on the heels of his guest appearance on Mo' Blow's funky Live In Berlin (ACT Music, 2016), trombonist and singer Nils Landgren moves over to Broadway with Some Other Time. As the sub-title makes clear, this is A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein a worthy and at times achingly beautiful tribute, too. Landgren is joined by The Manhattan Transfer vocalist Janis Siegel and by the excellent rhythm section of Jan Lundgren on piano, Dieter Ilg on bass and Wolfgang Haffner on drums. The Bochum Symphoniker, conducted by arranger Vince Mendoza, joins in on a few tracks including "Overture: America" a 42-second introduction that gives the erroneous impression that this album will solely focus on West Side Story. Landgren's light, sweet-toned and often plaintive voice suits the more romantic numbers particularly well. It lacks the undertone of aggression that could have given "Cool" a degree of menace, but the cat-creep rhythm that Lundgren, Ilg and Haffner set down more than compensates it's somehow sexy and slightly menacing at the same time. On the other hand, Landgren's vocal on "Somewhere" is so melancholy that it brings a tear to the eye once again, the rhythm section's empathic performance is superb.

Landgren's trombone playing is a constant pleasure. On "Maria," which gets a fine arrangement from Mendoza, he's swinging and upbeat, on "Somewhere" his playing is gentle and spacious, on "Lucky To Be Me" his solo is brief but replete with good-humored charm. Siegel is an excellent choice of guest vocalist for these songs. Her duet with Landgren on Mendoza's arrangement of "Some Other Time" is the strongest of her appearances but her solo vocal on "The Story Of My Life" and "Lucky To Be Me" run it pretty close. If Some Other Time does have a weakness, it's in the choice of some of the lesser-known numbers. Despite Mendoza's arrangements "A Quiet Girl" and the instrumental "A Simple Song," though pleasant, never really come to life especially when compared to the rest of the program.  ~ Bruce Lindsay  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/some-other-time-nils-landgren-act-music-review-by-bruce-lindsay.php

Personnel: Nils Landgren: vocals, trombone; Jan Lundgren: piano;  Dieter Iig: bass;  Wolfgang Haffner: drums;  Janis Siegel: vocals (2, 6, 8, 9, 11); Members of the Bochumer Symphoniker, conducted by Vince Mendoza.

Some Other Time (A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein)

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Hilary Kole - The Judy Garland Project

Size: 149,3 MB
Time: 65:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (4:12)
02. The Boy Next Door (4:14)
03. Just In Time (2:55)
04. You Made Me Love You (4:59)
05. Stompin' At The Savoy (3:34)
06. The Man That Got Away (4:21)
07. A Cottage For Sale (6:28)
08. I Wish I Were In Love Again (3:13)
09. Look For The Silver Lining (3:41)
10. The Trolley Song (3:27)
11. Get Happy (3:38)
12. Embraceable You (4:33)
13. As Long As He Needs Me (5:19)
14. It Never Was You (4:21)
15. Over The Rainbow (6:01)

A great singer is a method actor. Within each song is a role, a character. And what we refer to as interpretation is acting. The caveat of course is, to ring true and be believable, it has to be real. The actor must reach down to the deepest depths and up to the highest heights of her own experience to deliver a performance that completes the electrical/emotional circuit of truth.

Hilary Kole, on this stunningly fresh collection of performances of songs from the well-worn repertoire of Judy Garland, reveals and brings new life to the emotional core of each tune while revealing herself as a consummate interpreter. A goddess, wielding lightning bolts of electricity and emotion that break through the clouds and reach our very souls. While never attempting to imitate Garland, she succeeds in telling Judy’s story — relaying the joy of falling in love, the hope that love will prevail, the heartbreak when love fails. And most importantly, the gathering of the will and desire to pick oneself up again to give it one more try.

Accompanied by pianist John DiMartino, bassist Paul Gill, and drummer Aaron Kimmel, this album cooks. These are swingin' jazz interpretations, loaded with improvisation and solos, like a late-night set in a smoky Village jazz club. The ballads luxuriate you in washes of tone and texture, then wrap you in vocal and instrumental silks and satins.

The song choices are based on Hilary’s successful live performances of the Judy canon, her “Over the Rainbow” tribute concerts held the world over. It was fresh from a series of these performances in Japan that Hilary came to the studio, bringing the energy and vitality of the live concert hall into the studio on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. With the tape machine rolling, Hilary and the boys performed at a remarkable level of focus and concentration; a well-oiled jazz machine of intricate interplay and in-the-moment flourishes that only those well versed in the language of jazz can provide.

And then, finally the icing on the cake: Hilary Kole’s stunning interpretation of the most famous song of all. The signature tune that followed Judy through her whole life, changing meanings constantly from her teen years through her battles with demons of all kinds. The song that was almost cut from its famous movie because it was “too sad”. The song written in 1939, as World War II was brewing in Europe, the Great Depression was in full swing here at home, and storm clouds were gathering. It is from that starting point that Kole sat with pen to paper and began writing her remarkable string quartet arrangement to that remarkable song. In her equally stunning vocal performance, she embodies every measure of despair — yet every measure of hope — the composers intended. It is a show stopper.

This album is the work of a true artist in every sense of the word. It is an honor and privilege to have captured these performances, and to share them with you now. ~Richard Barone

The Judy Garland Project

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Johnny Boyd - Someday Dreams Of You

Size: 111,1 MB
Time: 48:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. You Found A Way (To Rescue Me) (4:18)
02. Please Make That Happen For Me (4:19)
03. My Foolish Heart (5:43)
04. Prisoner Of Love (4:16)
05. Someday Dreams Of You (4:24)
06. Can't Fight This Feeling (4:48)
07. Moment (3:50)
08. This Heart Of Mine (3:45)
09. Where The Real Love Grows (5:08)
10. There But For You Go I (3:54)
11. My Shining Hour (3:55)

Someday Dreams Of You is Johnny Boyd's romantic new take on the Great American Songbook. Co-produced with industry veteran Oz Fritz (Tom Waits, Bill Laswell, Primus), the new album contains both overlooked treasures and fresh new classics co-written by Johnny himself in the Great American Songbook style.

“I wanted to create an updated Great American Songbook album,” Boyd explains. “The wonderful thing about Great American Songbook compositions is their timelessness – they are rich with real human feelings of love, loss, joy, hope, reflection, etc. These things don’t change with time. People still experience them today. Why not write brand new songs in the classic Great American Songbook style that express these timeless emotions?

“For me, it’s important to create music that successfully blends the old with the new. I’m not interested in providing a history lesson or recreating something that has already been realized in the past. I live in the world today. The challenge for this new album was to take the timeless styles and sounds from classic mid-century recordings I adore and fold them into the way we live today – to create new songs and update old favorites that complement each other in a fresh way. I think we accomplished this.”

Someday Dreams Of You

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Steve Kaldestad with The Mike Ledonne Trio - Straight Up

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:00
Size: 108,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:44)  1. Beautiful Friendship
(5:41)  2. Meaning of the Blues
(5:47)  3. Let It Go
(5:04)  4. Barbados
(5:04)  5. Warm Valley
(5:05)  6. Sweet Siggi
(4:11)  7. Ligia
(8:20)  8. Blues Straight Up

Renowned Canadian saxophonist Steve Kaldestad teams up with an all-star trio from New York featuring Mike LeDonne on piano, John Webber on bass and Joe Farnsworth on drums for a romp through and some underplayed jazz standards and two originals by Steve . “Straight Up” is unapologetically swinging and grooving from the first note. Straight ahead jazz at its finest. http://stevekaldestad.com/audio/details/straightup/

Personnel:  Steve Kaldestad – Tenor Saxophone;  Mike LeDonne – Piano;  John Webber – Bass;  Joe Farnsworth – Drums

Straight Up

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Dee Daniels - Wish Me Love

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:19
Size: 103,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:49)  1. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(4:05)  2. Time After Time
(5:51)  3. God Bless The Child
(4:49)  4. Love Inside
(3:33)  5. Sweet Georgia Brown
(3:55)  6. How Long Has This Been Going On?
(5:06)  7. Tonight I Won't Be Singing No Blues
(4:15)  8. Here's That Rainy Day
(4:51)  9. Love Is Here To Stay
(4:58) 10. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

For singer Dee Daniels, getting to sing with the Metropole Orchestra on this recording must have been the realization of a dream of a lifetime. Influenced by R&B, gospel, and Sarah Vaughan, Dee Daniels (who had spent a period of time living in Holland and Belgium in the 1980s, admiring the Metropole Orchestra from afar), Daniels does her best on eight soulful standards and two of her originals, singing over the huge orchestra with arrangements by Rob Pronk and John Clayton. Best are "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Tonight I Won't Be Singing No Blues," and "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child." Daniels' way of singing has been mined by many but she does it quite well, putting her own brand of soul into each phrase. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/wish-me-love-mw0000647799

Wish Me Love

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Johnny Nocturne Band - Good To The Damn Bone

Styles: Jazz, Swing, Big Band

Year: 2007

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 41:33

Size: 95,5 MB

Art: Front

(4:23)  1. Harlem Nocture

(2:54)  2. Slippin' & Slidin'

(3:15)  3. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

(4:11)  4. The Stuff You Gotta Watch

(5:07)  5. Good to the Damn Bone

(3:04)  6. When Did You Leave Heaven

(2:53)  7. I Can't Stop It

(4:06)  8. Down in the Flats

(3:12)  9. You Don't Know

(3:51) 10. That Cat's Evil

(4:31) 11. The Driver

This Johnny Nocturne CD is unique in that it features all three vocalist that have worked with the band over the years. All the tracks are previously unreleased. Brenda Boykin performs a beautiful rendition of "When Did You Leave Heaven," Kim. Nalley is her usual sassy self with "That Cat's Evil," Ms. Dee comes on with a bluesy take on "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You." Firmin and the band continue with the unique mix of jump blues, small band swing and soul jazz. "Good to the Damn Bone," is the first tenor sax, B-3 instrumental feature by the band. Firmin and Henry Salvia swing through this classic Willis Jackson blues head. This CD is a good introduction to this band if you haven't heard them yet. And a must addition to any previous Nocturne CDs. http://www.johnnynocturne.com/discog.html

Personnel:  John Firmin / Johnny Nocturne: tenor sax and leaser;  Henry Salvia: piano and organ;  Alex Baum: bass;  Anthony Paule: guitar;  Keny Bryson and Terry Baker: drums;  Marty Wehner and Derek James: trombone; Rob Sudduth, Marlo Green and Danny Bittker: baritone sax;  Pete Sembler and Bill Ortiz: trumpet; band and Kurt Pasch: background shouts.

Good To The Damn Bone

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Chris Minh Doky - Cinematique

Styles:  Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:42
Size: 123,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:45)  1. James Bond
(4:48)  2. Goldfinger
(6:12)  3. Nothing to lose
(4:32)  4. Tossed salad & scrambled eggs
(7:40)  5. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
(6:16)  6. My favorite things
(6:21)  7. Sleepless dream
(5:02)  8. Rue Hautefeuille
(6:02)  9. Godfather

Chris comments: "After playing with my acoustic funk band for several year, I missed playing in a more open and loose situation. I wanted to take a break from the funk band. When I joined Michael Brecker's band in 2001, it was not only a huge pleasure playing with these guys, but it also made me realize how much I missed playing straight-ahead. I started doing gigs with the trio again and it was clear from jump that my next album (this one) was going to be a jazz trio album. We began recording this album, the day after getting off the road with Joey and Tain. It was so much fun hanging out with my old friends and it was so easy. Almost all takes are first takes..." Chris offers on Cinematique special brilliant interpretations of film melodies like James Bond and Nothing To Loose. Mesmerizing and captivating is Toots, Joey and Chris intimate revival of Goldfinger. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence originally composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto is a further highlight of this album. Cinematique is an album especially for all lovers of acoustic bass.  http://www.smooth-jazz.de/starportrait/Doky/Retrospective.htm

Personnel:  Chris Minh Doky - Acoustic Bass;  Bireli Lagrene – Guitar;  Larry Goldings – Piano;  Joey Calderazzo – Piano;  Makoto Ozone – Piano;  Bill Stewart – Drums;  Jeff "Tain" Watts – Drums;  Clarence Penn – Drums;  Toots Thielemans - Harmonica

Cinematique

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Wes Montgomery Feat. Eddie Higgins Trio - One Night In Indy

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:57
Size: 96,8 MB
Art: Front

(9:15)  1. Give Me The Simple Life
(5:53)  2. Prelude To A Kiss
(7:12)  3. Stompin' At The Savoy
(8:09)  4. Li'l Darlin
(8:35)  5. Ruby, My Dear
(2:51)  6. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Following the 2012 release of Resonance's archival set Echoes of Indiana Avenue, author, photo journalist, and private collector Duncan Schiedt approached the label to see if they'd be interested in releasing a live tape of Wes Montgomery he owned. It was a 1959 set where the guitarist sat in with the Eddie Higgins Trio, then featuring drummer Walter Perkins (and also an unknown bassist). Resonance arranged for the rights and released One Night in Indy in 2016. Montgomery's star was just beginning to rise he recorded two sessions for Riverside in 1958 and Higgins established himself as an attraction on the Chicago circuit but, at this time, they were essentially operating on the same level of stardom and, appropriately enough, this date showcases them equally, with Montgomery's rich runs nicely accentuating the elegance of Higgins. If the audio is a little rough at times the set was recorded on a homemade recorder in 1959, after all  the performances never are: even when the tempo starts cooking on "Stompin' at the Savoy," this music rolls easy and the appeal is that mellow yet lively interplay, as each leader seems to want nothing more than to play off of the other. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine  http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-night-in-indy-mw0002836451

Personnel:  Wes Montgomery – guitar;  Eddie Higgins – piano;  Walter Perkins - drums

One Night In Indy

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Diane Schuur - Love Walked In

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:18
Size: 83,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:15)  1. Love Walked In
(3:20)  2. Time After Time
(4:04)  3. Say It Isn't So
(3:05)  4. Blue Gardenia
(4:50)  5. Never Let Me Go
(3:51)  6. Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You
(4:00)  7. Sunday Kind Of Love
(3:36)  8. How Deep Is The Ocean
(2:36)  9. You're A Sweetheart
(4:35) 10. I Wanna Be Loved

This set of ten concise standards (which totals in at around 36 minutes) finds Diane Schuur singing in prime form. The interpretations are straightforward, without much improvising, although Schuur is quite soulful, showing the influence of late-period Dinah Washington (whose hit "Blue Gardenia" she revives). The excess of Schuur's early years is gone, and in its place is a warm, contented voice that sounds best on such ballads as "Say It Isn't So" and "How Deep Is the Ocean," as well as the swingers "Love Walked In" and "You're a Sweetheart." There are occasional short solos for trumpeter Jack Sheldon, trombonist Andy Martin and the tenor of Pete Christlieb, but this is very much Schuur's show. A fine effort. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-walked-in-mw0000186323

Personnel: Diane Schuur (vocals); Pete Christlieb, Gary Foster (saxophone); Jack Sheldon, Wayne Bergeron (trumpet); Andrew Martin (trombone); Richard Todd (French horn); John T. Johnson (tuba); Assa Drori (concert master); Michael Wofford (piano); Philip Upchurch (guitar); John Patitucci (bass); John Guerin (drums).

Love Walked In

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Houston Person, Ron Carter - Now's The Time

Styles: Saxophone Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:35
Size: 113,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:25)  1. Bemsha Swing
(5:09)  2. Sping Can Really Hang You Up The Most
(5:03)  3. Einbahnstrasse
(4:55)  4. Memories Of You
(6:47)  5. Quiet Nights
(6:38)  6. If You Could See Me Now
(3:50)  7. Now's The Time
(7:11)  8. Since I Fell For You
(3:35)  9. Little Waltz

In the 1990s, Houston Person kept the soulful thick-toned tenor tradition of Gene Ammons alive, particularly in his work with organists. After learning piano as a youth, Person switched to tenor. While stationed in Germany with the Army, he played in groups that also included Eddie Harris, Lanny Morgan, Leo Wright, and Cedar Walton. Person picked up valuable experience as a member of Johnny Hammond's group (1963-1966) and became a bandleader in the following years, often working with the late singer Etta Jones. A duo recording with Ran Blake was a nice change of pace, but most of Houston Person's playing has been done in blues-oriented organ groups. He recorded a consistently excellent series of albums for Muse, eventually switching to HighNote Records for 2006's You Taught My Heart to Sing, 2007's Thinking of You, and 2008's Just Between Friends, which featured bassist Ron Carter. 

Released in 2012, Naturally, recorded at the famed Van Gelder Recording Studio, teamed Person with Cedar Walton on piano, Ray Drummond on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums. He quickly returned with the similarly inclined 2013 effort Nice 'n' Easy, followed a year later by The Melody Lingers On. In 2015, Person delivered the rootsy and soulful Something Personal. ~ Scott Yanow  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/houston-person/id15404793#fullText

Ron Carter (born Ronald Levin Carter, May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on over 2,000 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history. Carter is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on that instrument. Some of his studio albums as a leader include: Blues Farm (1973); All Blues (1973); Spanish Blue (1974); Anything Goes (1975); Yellow & Green (1976); Pastels (1976); Piccolo (1977); Third Plane (1977); Peg Leg (1978); and A Song for You (1978). He was a member of the Miles Davis Quintet in the early 1960s, which also included Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and drummer Tony Williams. Carter joined Davis's group in 1963, appearing on the album Seven Steps to Heaven and the follow-up E.S.P.. Carter also performed on some of Hancock, Williams and Shorter's recordings during the sixties for Blue Note Records. He was a sideman on many Blue Note recordings of the era, playing with Sam Rivers, Freddie Hubbard, Duke Pearson, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Horace Silver and many others. He was elected to the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2012. In 1993, he won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Group and another Grammy in 1998 for "an instrumental composition for the film" Round Midnight  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Carter

Personnel:  Houston Person (Saxophone);  Ron Carter (Bass).

Now's The Time

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Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra - 1947-1949

Styles: Piano Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:16
Size: 155,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:18)  1. Far Cry
(3:17)  2. Serves Me Right
(3:15)  3. You Can't Tell Who's Loving Who
(3:06)  4. Li'l Dog
(3:21)  5. I Don't Care Who Knows
(3:11)  6. I'm Tired Of Crying Over You
(2:50)  7. You Had Better Change Your Ways
(2:12)  8. If I Ever Find You, Baby
(2:34)  9. It Was Swell Knowing You
(3:10) 10. Somebody's Knocking At My Door
(3:08) 11. Someone So Sweet As You
(2:49) 12. Pullamo
(3:03) 13. As I Love You
(2:15) 14. Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
(3:04) 15. Lovely In Her Evening Gown
(2:50) 16. Down Yonder
(2:51) 17. Because - Part 1
(2:44) 18. Because - Part 2
(2:45) 19. That's What My Baby Says
(3:05) 20. Keep Me Close To You
(3:04) 21. Tell Me What They're Saying
(3:15) 22. Shake 'Em Up

The Buddy Johnson Orchestra was one of the few big bands that were able to stay together during the second half of the 1940s. They did that by featuring the vocals of Ella Johnson and Arthur Prysock, leaning towards R&B at times and hinting at (but not outright playing) bebop. This CD has the music from Johnson's last three sessions of 1947 and his three 1949 dates; the 1948 recording strike caused a gap. 

There were no major soloists in the band, but the musicianship was high, the vocalists (heard along with Buddy Johnson himself on all but four numbers) were excellent and there was plenty of spirit. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/1947-1949-mw0000618350

Personnel: Buddy Johnson (vocals, piano); Ella Johnson, Arthur Prysock (vocals); Al Robinson (clarinet, alto saxophone); Harold "Geezil" Minerve (alto saxophone); Purvis Henson, David Van Dyke (tenor saxophone); Willis Nelson, Frank Royal (trumpet); Don Cole, William Harrison, Bernard Archer, Julius Watson, Steve Pulliam (trombone); Emmanuel Simms (drums).

1947-1949

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