Susie Arioli - Spring

Size: 108,0 MB
Time: 45:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Loverboy (3:51)
02. Mean To Me (4:19)
03. Dearest Darling (3:50)
04. Can't Say No (3:22)
05. Evenin' (3:37)
06. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (3:11)
07. I'm The Caring Kind (3:30)
08. Me, Myself And I (4:08)
09. Spring (2:37)
10. Someone Else (4:54)
11. Travelin' Light (3:53)
12. After You're Gone (4:42)

Canadian Jazz singer from Montreal and multiple Juno-Award nominee Susie Arioli, presents another spectacular rhythm-based recording on Spring, a spectacular blues and soul-influenced vocal project combining four fresh originals with a selection of vibrant standards for a very spicy and rousing good time. Under the direction of multi-instrumentalist/arranger and multiple Juno-Award winner Don Thompson, Arioli fronts a nine-piece ensemble that, on various occasions, sounds like a big band machine. With this superb support, the songstress delivers warm ballads, moving blues and soul-infused rhythms along with an array of swinging orchestrations.

The rousing original "Loverboy" opens the date in swinging style as the vocalist leads the music with the able assistance of a five-piece horn section consisting of tenor saxophonist Phil Dwyer, altoist Andy Ballantyne, baritone saxophonist Shirantha Beddage, trombonist Kelsley Grant and featured trumpeter Kevin Turcotte, who provides a hot solo here with nice guitar work in the background by Reg Schwager. The Turk/Ahlert jazz standard "Mean to Me" follows with Arioli voicing the lyrics against the backdrop of drummer Terry Clarke's splashing cymbal accents accompanying Thompson's piano lines and vibraphone solo work marking this tune, one of the best of the disc. Incidentally, Thompson and Clarke have a long history of collaborating together on musical projects.

The soulful and bluesy elements of the album come into play on such tracks as "Dearest Darling," "Can't Say No," "Evenin' "and on Earl King's "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights." The original title track is a beautiful soft number which demonstrates the singer's talents as a writer. The Johnny Mercer/Trummy Young standard "Travelin' Light," allows Arioli an opportunity to showcase her vocal treatment of ballads with her original "Someone Else" displaying the light sounds of Brasil on a gorgeous bossa nova featuring Thompson on a sweet vibe solo.

The singer turns on the charm and gets back into the swing on such lively pieces as "I'm the Caring Kind," "Me, Myself and I" and the sizzling finale "After You're Gone," completing another attention-deserving recording certain to make Susie Arioli's Spring, a jazz vocals album for all seasons that lovers of the style and jazz audiences in general, are bound to enjoy and spin often. ~by Edward Blanco

Personnel: Susie Arioli: vocals; Don Thompson: piano, vibraphone; Terry Clarke: drums; Neil Swainson: bass; Reg Schwager: guitar; Phil Dwyer: tenor saxophone; Kevin Turcotte: trumpet; Andy Ballantyne: alto saxophone; Shirantha Beddage: baritone saxophone; Kelsley Grant: trombone.

Spring

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Dave Dwyer & The L.A. Cruisers - LA Groovin'

Size: 100,6 MB
Time: 39:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Blues
Art: Front

01. La Groovin' (4:41)
02. Fretzel Logic (6:09)
03. Bayridge Blues (4:31)
04. Santa Monica Sunset (4:46)
05. A Storm Is Coming (5:40)
06. Sittin' On The Beach (3:54)
07. Skunk's Skank (4:31)
08. One Final Word (5:33)

LA Groovin’ is a “Concept Album”, born out of my time spent in both Los Angeles and New York during the mid 1990’s.

After my Band 1927 decided to take a 1 Year hiatus, I decided to move to the US to explore other musical avenues and was lucky enough to be able to live and work with my good friend Jeff Baxter (Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan) in Bel Air, and soak up the sights and sounds of the West Coast American music culture that had influenced much of my Career.

This Album is a celebration of my time in America, all the sights and sounds, and the many wonderful people that I met, and the fabulous musicians that I worked with during that 6 month period.

The title track LA Groovin’ was inspired by the excitement a young Aussie guitar player felt at first landing in Los Angeles, and the closing track One Final Word encapsulates my feelings of leaving my musical “Promised Land”. The rest are the stories in between.

I hope you enjoy LA Groovin’ as much as I did living my American Musical Dream. ~Dave Dwyer

LA Groovin'

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Candy Dulfer - Crazy

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:16
Size: 129,6 MB
Art: Front

(0:52)  1. Stop All That Noise
(4:07)  2. Crazy
(4:00)  3. Hey Now
(4:21)  4. Flame
(4:03)  5. Good Music
(3:30)  6. Complic8ed Lives
(0:35)  7. Calling Next Door
(4:14)  8. Electric Blue
(4:14)  9. In Or Out
(4:04) 10. I Do
(4:07) 11. Rocket Rocket
(5:38) 12. No End
(0:26) 13. Open Up
(4:50) 14. Please Don't Stop
(6:08) 15. Too Close

Candy pushes the whole musical experience to the edge once again on her new recording, Crazy. The 15-song set includes numerous tracks co-written and produced by multi-instrumentalist Printz Board whose mile-long list of credits includes musical director for the Black Eyed Peas for more than a decade, as well as work with a broad range of artists: Macy Gray, Mariah Carey, Sergio Mendes Gomez, Katy Perry,Burt Bacharach and dozens more. When saxophonist Candy Dulfer steps onto the stage or into the studio, everything is immediately up for grabs and anything can happen. 

This sexy, high-energy vibe seemingly out-of-control, yet always carefully calculated is a direct result of her consistently hot and sweet confection of jazz, funk, R&B, soul, pop, techno and more. It's a no-holds-barred recipe that has served her and her worldwide fan base well since her earliest recordings at the start of the 1990s. ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Candy-Dulfer/dp/B006GVNIDI

Personnel: Candy Dulfer (vocals, alto saxophone).

Crazy

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Carmen Bradford - With Respect

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:15
Size: 122,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:52)  1. Even Steven
(4:08)  2. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini)
(4:58)  3. Look Who's Mine
(5:10)  4. High Wire
(4:47)  5. Finally
(3:52)  6. Maybe Now
(4:12)  7. Little Esther
(4:43)  8. Ain't No Use
(4:43)  9. Was I In Love Alone
(5:53) 10. He comes to Me for Comfort
(5:53) 11. Nature Boy

Carmen Bradford is a belter, a singer not afraid to show off her emotions or to occasionally go over the top. She toured with Count Basie's Orchestra for nine years but somehow never achieved much fame, only recording on a very irregular basis as a singer despite her strong musicality and powerful pipes. This set is a fine all-around showcase, featuring her with a variety of small groups including ensembles with either Cedar Walton or Donald Brown on piano. Among the other prominent players are vibraphonist Steve Nelson, guitarist Dori Caymmi, saxophonist Charles Owens, and (on a closing duet version of "Nature Boy") guitarist Michael O'Neill. Although it probably was not the best idea to perform "You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" (since Ella owns it), Bradford sounds particularly strong on the more recent and obscure material, including Chick Corea's "High Wire," Cedar Walton's "Even Steven," and Red Mitchell's "Finally." Since she has not recorded all that often since this period, With Respect is still Carmen Bradford's definitive recording. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/with-respect-mw0000174309

Personnel:  Vocals – Carmen Bradford;  Bass – James Leary, Robert Hurst;  Drums – Ralph Penland;  Flute, Saxophone – Charles Owens;  Guitar – Dori Caymmi , Michael O'Neill, Wali Ali;  Percussion – Bill Summers;  Piano – Cedar Walton, Donald Brown;  Vibraphone – Steve Nelson

With Respect

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Tal Farlow - Autumn In New York

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1954
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:44
Size: 82,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:12)  1. I Like To Recognize The Tune
(3:29)  2. Strike Up The Band
(5:06)  3. Autumn In New York
(4:25)  4. And She Remembers Me
(3:25)  5. Little Girl Blue
(4:59)  6. Have You Met Miss Jones
(5:13)  7. Tal's Blues
(4:50)  8. Cherokee

A generally relaxed date (only "Cherokee" is uptempo), Tal Farlow's pretty tone and tasteful improvising style are the main reasons to search for this disc. Pianist Gerry Wiggins, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Chico Hamilton offer quiet and swinging support of the great guitarist, who performs two originals ("And She Remembers Me" and "Tal's Blues"), plus six superior standards. All of Farlow's Verve releases of the '50s are recommended. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/autumn-in-new-york-mw0000347284

Personnel:  Tal Farlow – guitar;  Gerry Wiggins – piano;  Ray Brown – bass;  Chico Hamilton – drums

Autumn In New York

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Kenny Barron - Book Of Intuition

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:10
Size: 138,4 MB
Art: Front

(7:54)  1. Magic Dance
(5:30)  2. Bud Like
(6:02)  3. Cook's Bay
(6:34)  4. In the Slow Lane
(6:55)  5. Shuffle Boil
(4:09)  6. Light Blue
(5:09)  7. Lunacy
(5:59)  8. Dreams
(4:43)  9. Prayer
(7:11) 10. Nightfall

Kenny Barron, the 72-year-old Philadelphia-born virtuoso, is the kind of jazz pianist whose resources are familiar and much-covered by mainstream swing players, but whose joyfully extravagant execution is a rarity today. That quality transforms this trio set from being a canter through a smooth-jazzy assortment of soft ballads, Latin smoochers and glossy swing. Barron has absorbed an encyclopaedia of jazz methods from a life on the road with legends such as Ella Fitzgerald and Stan Getz, and it pours out in these tracks. Magic Dance, with its glistening chords and Latin-jazz tick, sounds smooth at first but unleashes an impulsive torrent. Ballads such as In the Slow Lane display his impeccably light touch and Thelonious Monk’s Shuffle Boil isn’t Monkishly lateral but swings furiously. The jangling Lunacy is a collective bustle prodded by bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake, while Nightfall is delicate drift through slow chords. There might be too many notes for some on this record, but it’s almost all affectingly musical just the same.  http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/03/kenny-barron-trio-book-of-intuition-review-joyful-extravagance-of-execution

If you have been vaguely wondering what happened to wholehearted, outgoing jazz piano in the grand manner, just listen to this album’s opening track, Magic Dance. It has everything – attractive melody, unbuttoned swing, virtuosity and enough rhythmic sleight-of-hand to keep you wide awake. Among the dozen or so most admired pianists in jazz today, Kenny Barron strikes me as the one who wears his mastery most comfortably. From a languid piece such as Dreams, to Thelonious Monk’s fiendishly tricky Shuffle-Boil, there’s a gentle firmness to his playing. In some mysterious way he makes the piano sound bigger too. Bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake follow every move with seamless subtlety. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/06/kenny-barron-trio-book-of-intuition-review

Personnel:  Kenny Barron – Piano;  Kiyoshi Kitagawa – Bass;  Johnathan Blake – Drums.

Book Of Intuition

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Shirley Scott - Queen Of The Organ

Styles: Jazz, Hard Bop
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:03
Size: 164,0 MB
Art: Front

(7:34)  1. Just In Time
(9:59)  2. Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
(9:39)  3. Mean, Angry, Nasty, And Low Down
(9:11)  4. Can't Buy Me Love
(8:52)  5. Like Blue
(8:16)  6. Cute
(8:28)  7. Rapid Shave
(7:50)  8. That's For Me
(1:08)  9. The Theme

This CD reissue brings back all of the music previously put out on the two-LP set The Great Live Sessions with the exception of one number ("Shirley's Shuffle") left out due to lack of space; with over 70 minutes of music, one cannot complain too much about the omission. Overall, this is a pretty definitive live set featuring organist Shirley Scott, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Otis "Candy" Finch, one of the great soul-jazz combos of the 1960s. In addition to a swinging "Just In Time" and Duke Ellington's "Squeeze Me, But Please Don't Tease Me," the set mostly features obscurities and originals, plus a surprisingly effective version of the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love." The musicians sound quite heated and consistently inspired. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/queen-of-the-organ-mw0000617897

Personnel: Shirley Scott (organ), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Otis "Candy" Finch (drums).

Queen Of The Organ

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Ernestine Anderson - Big City

Styles: Jazz, Vocal

Year: 1983

File: MP3@224K/s

Time: 39:43

Size: 64,3 MB

Art: Front

(3:36)  1. All I Need Is You

(4:31)  2. Street Of Dreams

(4:07)  3. Spring Is Here

(3:33)  4. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

(4:28)  5. I'll Never Pass This Way Again

(4:40)  6. Big City

(4:44)  7. All Blues

(4:58)  8. Welcome To The Club

(5:03)  9. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

This well-rounded set features vocalist Ernestine Anderson on a few classics (including "Street of Dreams," "All Blues" and "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"), plus some newer material (including a surprisingly successful version of "The 59th Street Bridge Song"). She is accompanied by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Monty Budwig and drummer Jeff Hamilton, giving listeners a strong example of her singing. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/big-city-mw0000653934

Personnel: Ernestine Anderson (vocals); Hank Jones (piano); Jeff Hamilton (drums)

Big City    

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Enrico Rava - Chanson

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:49
Size: 131,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:18)  1. Diva
(3:03)  2. Could Be a Tango
(1:51)  3. Bellflower
(2:22)  4. Balls
(4:26)  5. Autoritratto
(2:17)  6. Que Reste -T-Il De Nos Amours
(1:57)  7. Palami D'Amore Mariu'
(3:28)  8. What's New
(2:08)  9. My Crazy Valentine
(3:20) 10. Blue in Green
(4:40) 11. The Door Without the Door
(3:18) 12. Question
(5:14) 13. Giselle
(2:58) 14. Feuiles D'Automne
(3:31) 15. Parks
(7:49) 16. Spleen

This hugely popular trumpet player (born in Trieste, Italy in 1939) almost single-handedly brought Italian jazz to international attention. He began playing Dixieland trombone in Turin, but after hearing Miles Davis, switched instruments and embraced the modern style. Other key meetings were with Gato Barbieri, with whom he recorded movie soundtracks in 1962, and Chet Baker. He began to play with Steve Lacy; he also teamed up with South African expatriates Louis Moholo and John Dyani and recorded The Forest and the Zoo (ESP) live in Argentina. In 1967, he moved to New York, playing with Roswell Rudd, Marion Brown, Rashied Ali, Cecil Taylor, and Charlie Haden. In a brief return to Europe, Rava recorded with Lee Konitz (Stereokonitz, RCA) and Manfred Schoof (European Echoes, FMP). From 1969 to 1976, he was back in New York, recording Escalator Over the Hill with Carla Bley's Jazz Composers' Orchestra. After his first album as a leader, Il Giro del Giorno in 80 Mondi (Black Saint), he began to lead his own pianoless quartets and quintets. His recorded output numbers 100 records, 30 as a leader.

ECM has reissued some of his essential recordings of the '70s, like The Pilgrim and the Stars, The Plot, and Enrico Rava Quartet, while Soul Note and Label Bleu published CDs by his innovative Electric Five (in reality a sextet, as he always excludes himself from the count), which includes two electric guitars. With keyboard master Franco D'Andrea and trumpeter Paolo Fresu, Rava recorded Bix and Pop (Philology) and Shades of Chet, tributes to Bix Beiderbecke and Armstrong, and to Chet Baker, respectively. Also of note are Rava, L'opera Va and Carmen, gorgeous readings of opera arias. In 2001, he created a new quintet with young talents Gianluca Petrella, Stefano Bollani, Rosario Bonaccorso, and Roberto Gatto, and toured with old friends Roswell Rudd and Gato Barbieri, releasing Easy Living with them in 2004 on ECM. Three years later, after Bollani, who had struck out as a solo player, was replaced by Andrea Pozza, The Words and the Days came out. In 2007, Rava and pianist Stefano Bollani released The Third Man on ECM. Rava followed the released in 2009 with New York Days, a collection of moody originals with a film noir tinge, backed by a band that included Bollani, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Paul Motian. Rava broke in a new all-Italian quintet for Tribe, which was issued by ECM in the fall of 2011. Its members included trombonist Gianluca Petrella, pianist Giovanni Guidi, bassist Gabriele Evangelista, and drummer Fabrizio Sferra. Guitarist Giacomo Ancillotto also guested on the set, expanding the lineup on various selections. Rava made a wide left turn for 2012's On the Dance Floor. Amazingly, the trumpeter only became aware of pop singer Michael Jackson's music after his death, and he became obsessed with it. The album, his tribute to what he considers the late singer's contribution to 20th century music, was recorded with Parco della Musica Jazz Lab at the Rome Auditorium; it is entirely comprised of Jackson's material. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/enrico-rava-mn0000182392/biography

Chanson

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Enrico Rava & Paolo Fresu - Shades of Chet

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:47
Size: 134,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:28)  1. Doodlin'
(9:55)  2. My funny Valentine
(5:18)  3. Anthropology
(7:27)  4. Retrato em branco e preto
(7:03)  5. Doxy
(7:34)  6. You can't go home again
(7:15)  7. Line for Lyons
(3:29)  8. Strike up the band
(5:14)  9. Donna

Trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava is one of the Italian musicians even more internationally acclaimed jazz. Born in Trieste in 1939, Rava has learned to play by himself under the influence of Miles Davis and Chet Baker. In the 60s he moved first to Rome, where he began playing with musicians as Gato Barbieri and Steve Lacy, and then in Buenos Aires and New York. During his long career Rava has collaborated with major names in jazz (John Abercrombie, Lee Konitz, Pat Metheny) and pop music (Gino Paoli, Ornella Vanoni) and has also published numerous discs of their group leader. 

~ Mariano Prunes  https://itunes.apple.com/it/artist/enrico-rava/id6473819#fullText

Personnel: Enrico Rava - trumpet, fluegelhorn;  Paolo Fresu - trumpet, fluegelhorn;  Stefano Bollani – piano;  Enzo Pietropaoli - double bass;  Roberto Gatto - drums

Shades of Chet

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Marilyn Scott - Innocent Of Nothing

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:48
Size: 133,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:57)  1. Round & Round
(6:13)  2. 'Round Midnight
(4:44)  3. Icebox
(5:40)  4. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
(4:22)  5. Moods
(5:30)  6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(5:54)  7. Share It
(5:34)  8. The Wilderness
(4:49)  9. A Flame
(5:08) 10. A Change
(4:53) 11. Walking With Stranges (Bonus Track)

Throughout her career, singer Marilyn Scott has straddled a line between traditional jazz vocals and the poppier side of fusion. Innocent of Nothing tilts slightly toward the latter, with catchy R&B-based tunes like "Icebox" and "Round and Round" alongside an oddly overwrought version of Bob Dylan's "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" that brings Scott Walker's melodramatics to mind. However, Scott's jazz side reasserts itself on her challenging take on the Thelonious Monk standard "Round Midnight," which Scott approaches with the rhythmic fearlessness of Jeanne Lee or indeed Monk himself. Throughout, producer and bandleader George Duke keeps the emphasis on Scott's vocals, using the tropes of contemporary smooth jazz (lots of fretless bass and electric piano, that sort of thing) while never letting the album devolve into soulless background music prettiness, even on lightweight tunes like "A Flame." In terms of Scott's vocal technique, Innocent of Nothing is something of a step back from 2004's Nightcap, a masterful collection of standards that features some of Scott's finest singing, but as a whole, this album shows that interesting work can still be done in the oft-maligned field of jazz-pop. ~ Stewart Mason  http://www.allmusic.com/album/innocent-of-nothing-mw0000529680

Personnel: Marilyn Scott (vocals); George Duke, John Beasley, Patrice Rushen, Russell Ferrante (keyboards); Jimmy Haslip, Brian Bromberg (bass instrument); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums).

Innocent Of Nothing

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Maynard Ferguson - In Jazz We Trust

Styles: Trumpet Jazz

Year: 2015

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 116:47

Size: 268,5 MB

Art: Front

( 3:11)  1. Easy to Love

( 3:30)  2. Pork Pie

( 3:47)  3. Dancing Nitely

( 3:46)  4. Moonlight in Vermont

( 2:41)  5. Love Me or Leave Me

( 3:30)  6. Never You Mind

( 2:54)  7. Dream Boat

( 3:02)  8. Maiden Voyage

(15:44)  9. Somebody Loves Me

( 2:58) 10. The Way You Look Tonight

(16:06) 11. Our Love Is Here to Stay

( 3:26) 12. The Lamp Is Low

( 2:37) 13. Hymn to Her

(14:08) 14. Night Letter

( 3:13) 15. Wildman

( 3:55) 16. Egad, Martha

(16:51) 17. Air Conditioned

( 3:15) 18. King's Riff

( 4:56) 19. Can't We Talk It over?

( 3:07) 20. Willie Nillie

When he debuted with Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1950, Maynard Ferguson could play higher than any other trumpeter up to that point in jazz history, and he was accurate. Somehow he kept most of that range through his career and since the 1970s has been one of the most famous musicians in jazz. Never known for his exquisite taste (some of his more commercial efforts are unlistenable), Ferguson nevertheless led some important bands and definitely made an impact with his trumpet playing. After heading his own big band in Montreal, Ferguson came to the United States in 1949 with hopes of joining Kenton's orchestra, but that ensemble had just recently broke up. So instead, Ferguson gained experience playing with the big bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, and Charlie Barnet. In 1950, with the formation of Kenton's Innovations Orchestra, Ferguson became a star, playing ridiculous high notes with ease. In 1953, he left Kenton to work in the studios of Los Angeles and three years later led the all-star "Birdland Dreamband." In 1957, he put together a regular big band that lasted until 1965, recorded regularly for Roulette (all of the band's recordings with that label are on a massive Mosaic box set) and performed some of the finest music of Ferguson's career. Such players as Slide Hampton, Don Ellis, Don Sebesky, Willie Maiden, John Bunch, Joe Zawinul, Joe Farrell, Jaki Byard, Lanny Morgan, Rufus Jones, Bill Berry, and Don Menza were among the more notable sidemen.

After economics forced him to give up the impressive band, Ferguson had a few years in which he was only semi-active in music, spending time in India and eventually forming a new band in England. After moving back to the U.S., Ferguson in 1974 drifted quickly into commercialism. Young trumpeters in high school and colleges were amazed by his high notes, but jazz fans were dismayed by the tasteless recordings that resulted in hit versions of such songs as the themes from Star Wars and Rocky and much worse. After cutting back on his huge orchestra in the early '80s, Ferguson recorded some bop in a 1983 session, led a funk band called High Voltage during 1987-1988, and then returned to jazz with his "Big Bop Nouveau Band," a medium-sized outfit with which he toured the world up until his death from kidney and liver failure on August 23, 2006. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/maynard-ferguson-mn0000397042/biography

In Jazz We Trust 

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McCoy Tyner - Song for My Lady

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1972
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:29
Size: 102,0 MB
Art: Front

(12:59)  1. Native Song
( 8:13)  2. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
( 7:33)  3. Song for My Lady
( 4:29)  4. A Silent Tear
(11:13)  5. Essence

The early '70s were an exciting recording period for this artist, whose initial forays outside the classic quartet of John Coltrane were just a bit too mellow, as if he was thinking, "Whew! Now I can relax." This was one of several for the Milestone label that burned energetically, although in terms of the pianist's overall career this concentrated thrust of stamina was simply a passing phase. He is captured here a few years before he settled into elder statesman status and began barely breaking a sweat on-stage. The emphasis here is often on pure power, the presence of a non-funky Alphonze Mouzon on drums something of a signature in band attitude. 

The nimble and fleet Calvin Hill is on bass, and Sonny Fortune is present on reeds during a stint of several years with Tyner. What really makes the album special is the enlarged ensemble that creates two of the album's most extended tracks. "Native Song" and "Essence" add flugelhorn, violin, and conga, and the fine-tuning skill of Tyner the arranger becomes present, turning the lineup of three lead instruments into something nearly symphonic. Violinist Michael White is more than a bit overpowered by Tyner, as one would expect, but it is the opposite case in terms of fireworks between brass player Charles Tolliver and the boss. Tolliver fronted a band named Music Inc. during this period who also played hard, heavy, and unrelenting jazz, pianist Stanley Cowell coming on strong with many Tyner-ish-influenced moves. It is a great meeting of the minds, as two players with sympathetic approaches toward the post-Coltrane jazz language engage in high-powered dialogue.

The program is quite typical of some of Tyner's best albums for this label and Blue Note before that. All but one of the tracks are originals, featuring lovely melodies that either wash through a ballad mood or become anthems for rocket launchings, Mouzon splattering away on his cymbals like a happy child. The one standard, "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," gets a liftoff worthy of Coltrane. This is quite a fine collection of tracks and one of Tyner's six best albums. ~ Eugene Chadbourne  http://www.allmusic.com/album/song-for-my-lady-mw0000198817

Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano, percussion); Sonny Fortune (soprano & alto saxophones, flute); Charles Tolliver (flugelhorn); Michael White (violin); Calvin Hill (bass); Alphonse Mouzon (drums); Mtume (congas, percussion).

Song for My Lady

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Nigel Price Organ Trio - Live!

Size: 143,1 MB

Time: 61:50

File: MP3 @ 320K/s

Released: 2009

Styles: Jazz: Guitar Jazz, Hammond Organ

Art: Front

01. Bock To Bock (8:58)

02. Jingles (7:50)

03. My Favourite Things (9:47)

04. Angel Eyes (7:34)

05. Mozambique (7:25)

06. S.O.S. (6:15)

07. When Sunny Gets Blue (7:33)

08. Cottontail (6:24)

A former soldier, guitarist Nigel Price is probably best known in musical circles for his work as a member of the long running JTQ led by organist James Taylor. Price has also played with a host of leading British names in the jazz field in settings ranging from mainstream to acid jazz and funk. He has a particular affinity for the Hammond organ trio and this unpretentious, swinging live recording features Price in his favourite musical context accompanied by organist Pete Whittaker and drummer Matt Home.

This album is the follow up to the trio’s 2005 offering “Fool’s Gold” and was recorded live during a tour of club venues in Spring 2009. The locations are the Milestones Jazz Club in Lowestoft, Dereham Jazz Society and the famous Bull’s Head in Barnes. Informative liner notes are provided by fellow guitarist Jim Mullen, a musician who also lead his own combo in the organ trio format.

Price has a particular fondness for the compositions of the late Wes Montgomery, a guitarist who frequently worked with organ trios and two of Wes’s tunes are featured here (“Jingles” and “S.O.S.”).However the programme kicks off with a tune by Wes’s brother Buddy Montgomery, “Bock To Bock”. A “minor key swinger” as Mullen describes it, this is a fine opener with Price’s lazily swinging guitar paced by Home’s metronomic drums. Whittaker colours in the spaces and also takes a fine solo himself, racing his Hammond from a whisper to a roar.

Brother Wes’s boppish classic “Jingles” fairly surges along with Price, as elsewhere playing some dazzling runs, Whittaker matches him with some fiery keyboard work and Home enjoys a series of exhilarating drum breaks.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “My Favourite Things” has become a regular item in the jazz canon since John Coltrane liberated it from “The Sound Of Music.” The trio’s version begins languidly with Price leisurely stating the theme above Home’s gently propulsive brush work. The piece really takes off with Whittaker’s organ solo as Home switches to sticks before Price returns with a coruscating solo above Home’s crisp drumming and Whittaker’s organ growl. At one point there’s even the clanking of bottles to remind us that this is all being recorded live in a pub, The Bull’s Head at Barnes no less.

“Angel Eyes” by Earl Brent and Matt Dennis represents the gentler side of Price’s playing with quietly elegant chord based soloing above sympathetic brush work and restrained Hammond accompaniment. Whittaker’s rhapsodic Hammond breaks away mid tune before the trio end again in ballad mode.
Price’s “Mozambique” is the only original tune on the record. It’s full of clipped, funky rhythms and phrases, jazzy guitar runs and grooving Hammond. Both front line instrumentalists contribute fiery solos as Home drums up a storm behind them.

The energy levels are maintained on a breakneck version of Wes Montgomery’s “S.O.S.” with Home featuring alongside Price and Whittaker in a series of explosive drum breaks that are even more dazzling than before.

“When Sunny Gets Blue” by Jack Segal and Marvin Fisher is a lush ballad and a quicksilver version of Duke Ellington’s “cottontail” takes the album storming out. Price’s choppy chording and slippery bebop inspired lines impress on the Ellington piece with Whittaker replying in kind with some characteristically fiery Hammond as Home really rattles the tubs.

There’s nothing particularly new or surprising on on this album but then that isn’t the aim of Price and his colleagues. Quite simply they’re playing the music they love to play and, as Mullen observes, keeping the spirit of Wes Montgomery alive. Mullen also refers to the great organ combos of Jack McDuff and Jimmys Smith and McGriff.

All fans of this format will find much to enjoy here. This is unpretentious swinging fun played with skill and verve.

Live!  

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Maartje Meijer - Inner Circle

Size: 102,7 MB
Time: 41:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Floating (3:04)
02. Wouldn't You (5:05)
03. So Small (5:00)
04. Als Ik Rennen Mag (4:49)
05. The Sun Is Gone (4:45)
06. Father, Mother (6:00)
07. She's Leaving Home (4:30)
08. Because It's You (3:00)
09. Just For Show (5:02)

Amsterdam based singer, pianist and composer. Maartje released her debut album Virgo in 2013 and is currently working on her 2nd album. This will be released in January 2016. Release concerts will take place at the Bimhuis, Lantaren Venster, Paradox and Tivoli/Vredenburg and many other stages. The Band: Maartje Meijer (vocals & piano), Maarten Hogenhuis (alto sax), Joris Roelofs (bass clarinet), Tobias Nijboer (double bass) & Joan Terol Amigo (drums).

Maartje has studied Jazz Vocals and later on Jazz Piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In her masters degree she focused on arranging and took lessons from Jörg Achim Keller, chef conductor NDR Bigband. Her thesis was on counterpoint writing and polyphony in modern music. She finished both degrees (piano BA and vocals MA) in 2012 and has performed in many groups ever since.

As a bandleader she has performed at many festivals (Jazz in Duketown, Jazzy Huiskamers, Cutting Edge Jazz Festival, NEU/NOW Festival Talinn, Estonia) and at many venues (Bimhuis, Lantaren Venster, Bird, Beauforthuis). Together with Eric Vaarzon Morel & Jesse van Ruller they’ve hit many Dutch stages (Concertgebouw, Beauforthuis, Lantaren Venster) with their flamenco-jazz crossover.

As an arranger and composer, Maartje is very active for several bands and choirs. She writes regularly for New Amsterdam Voices, and wrote for ensembles like The Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw, G-Star and Frommermann. Go to ‘Arrangements’ to read more about her writing work for other groups & ensembles.

Inner Circle

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Marcus J - Passion Speaks Louder

Size: 99,4 MB
Time: 36:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Smooth Jazz, Soul, R&B
Art: Front

01. January 27th (4:23)
02. In Time Of Need (4:08)
03. Traveling Down I-24 (4:04)
04. Olivia (4:36)
05. Sleepless Night (3:06)
06. Over And Over (3:13)
07. Dreams (4:15)
08. Sax In The Rain (4:35)
09. Passion Speaks Louder (4:04)

Marcus Johnson is an alto saxophonist rising through the ranks of the Smooth jazz scene. As a product of the great musical city of Nashville, Tennessee, Marcus developed his passion for music at a young age by beginning to play the saxophone at the age of 10. Nashville’s wide range of musical styles and traditions inspired him to develop a unique sound that draws from jazz, R&B, funk, blues, soul and gospel.
This contemporary jazz artist also comes from a musical family and found great joy listening to his many musical family members.
In 2010, at twenty-two years old, Marcus graduated from college with a degree in Economics and Finance and landed
a job on Wall Street.
While in NYC, Marcus immediately regained his inspiration for the music scene, specifically jazz. One week, Marcus decided to take a week off, head down to Philadelphia and study under Grammy Award winning producer Elite and the famed Quad Studio who has produced music for hip hop icons such as:
2015 Academy Award-winning hip- hop artist Common (“Glory”)
Def Jam’s Jada Kiss
Grammy Award-winning Artist Nas
Grammy 2014 “Best New Artist” J. C

Passion Speaks Louder

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Raffaela Siniscalchi Quartet - Waitin' 4 Waits

Size: 183,8 MB
Time: 78:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Folk, Vocals
Art: Front

01. Clap Hands (4:46)
02. San Diego Serenade (Feat. Gabriele Coen) (5:42)
03. Jockey Full Of Bourbon (Feat. Antonello Salis, Gabriele Mirabassi, Michele Rabbia) (4:31)
04. Drunk On The Moon (6:22)
05. Raindogs (3:35)
06. All The World Is Green (Feat. Gabriele Mirabassi) (4:59)
07. Broken Bicycles (Feat. Antonello Salis, Michele Rabbia) (7:59)
08. Chocolate Jesus (3:29)
09. The Briar And The Rose (Feat. Alessandro Gwis) (6:12)
10. Ice Cream Man (Feat. Antonello Salis) (3:50)
11. You Can Never Old Back Springs (Feat. Massimo Pirone, Marco Loddo) (4:48)
12. Telephone Call From Instanbul (Feat. Alessandro Gwis, Antonello Salis, Michele Rabbia) (4:11)
13. Alice (Feat. Gabriele Coen, Domenico Capezzuto, Adriano Coen) (6:36)
14. Clap Hands (Bamboo Version) (4:19)
15. Lullaby (3:50)
16. Jockey Full Of Bourbon (Quartet Version) (3:38)

"Waitin'4Waits"
Travel in music Tom Waits

Step Siniscalchi- voice
Massimo Antonietti - guitar
Giovanna Famulari - cello
Andrea Colella -bass

Which may be the need 'to do a tribute to American songwriter crazier the last forty years and perhaps even more' imitated? The primary motivation is that Tom Waits is a kind of magic door like Alice in which go to discover new music things. A different approach has definitely characterized Waits outset and gradually going forward has made a real elf investigator without borders. Its lightness led him always to draw the big basket music as you do with small games without precluding any road passing through the songwriting more classic jazz beginnings until more refined and intimate and romantic smoky and sensual coming to trial extreme . Sing a song of Tom Waits is a journey of extraordinary new discoveries 'cause behind three incredible things' "Torbato" lie fascinating melodies and harmonies never granted full of stimuli. So the choice was to enter into each song as you enter a Luna-Park from children to discover a part of perhaps forgotten. ~google translation

Waitin' 4 Waits

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Mirei - Small Parts

Size: 99,5 MB
Time: 37:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. All We’ll Ever Need (3:41)
02. Time Was Not My Friend (4:24)
03. Pixies (3:53)
04. Morning Comes In Peace (4:42)
05. Finally Free (2:35)
06. Where Are You Going (4:29)
07. Stranded (5:00)
08. Small Parts (4:14)
09. Haven (1:24)
10. Langtan (2:50)

Mirei is a duo concistent of Johanna Edberg (singer & pianist) and Natalie Migdal (singer & violinist) where beautiful compositions and sincere lyrics intertwine. With their four instruments, Johanna and Natalie share a personal moment with the audience and gives insight to their world. Natalie’s roots in classical art music and Johanna’s background in jazz gives Mirei a unique expression where music and improvisation is the focal point. One performance is not like the other and time after time you’ll get fascinated by how this intimate group can astound you.

Since the debut in 2012, Mirei’s success story has moved fast. They’ve performed at Fasching, Södra Teatern, Stockholm Jazz festival & Skansen among others. Mirei has also played in different venues around Europe and got highlighted by PSL, Swedish Television’s music blog. Mirei’s debut album will be released on Havtorn Records the 11th of March 2016.

Small Parts

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Herbie Hancock - Then and Now - The Definitive Herbie Hanckock

Styles: Piano Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:03
Size: 179,1 MB
Art: Front

(7:54)  1. Maiden Voyage
(5:27)  2. Cantaloupe Island
(5:50)  3. Wiggle Waggle-
(7:40)  4. Chameleon (Edit)
(5:52)  5. St. Louis Blues
(4:16)  6. Chan's Song (Never Said)
(5:26)  7. River
(4:52)  8. Don't Explain
(5:07)  9. All Apologies
(6:28) 10. Watermelon Man
(4:10) 11. Rockit (Live)
(5:39) 12. River (Live)
(9:15) 13. Maiden Voyage (Live)

The idea of collecting tracks off several of jazz legend Herbie Hancock's albums from the influential '60s Blue Note years through to his Grammy-winning 2007 album River is a nice idea that doesn't quite come together on Verve's Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock. Obviously designed to showcase the whole of Hancock's career post his 2007 Grammy win for River: The Joni Letters, Then and Now doesn't really give you the full picture. With only five tracks devoted to his '60s/'70s recordings (arguably his most essential and defining period), there's just not enough "then" here to really qualify this as a "definitive" collection. Not to mention that Then and Now basically ignores Hancock's '70s recordings, opting for merely an "edit" of "Chameleon" and the album version of "Watermelon Man," which comes out of chronological order near the end of the collection. Add in that you only get a live version of "Rockit" and you're left with less a definitive view of Hancock's career and more of a thumbnail sketch. ~ Matt Collar  http://www.allmusic.com/album/then-and-now-the-definitive-herbie-hancock-mw0000798281

Personnel: Herbie Hancock (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, ARP synthesizer); Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica); Damien Rice, Joni Mitchell, Lisa Hannigan (vocals); Eric Gale, Billy Butler , Lionel Loueke (guitar); John Scofield (electric sitar); Vyvienne Long (cello); Bennie Maupin (alto flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, saxello, tenor saxophone); Joe Henderson (alto flute, tenor saxophone); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Bob Sheppard (soprano saxophone); George Coleman (tenor saxophone); Arthur Clarke (baritone saxophone); Eddie Henderson, Ernie Royal, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Newman, Johnny Coles (trumpet); Ray Alonge (French horn); Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (trombone); Paul Jackson (marimbula, bass instrument); Dave Holland, Jerry Jemmott, Marcus Miller, Ron Carter, Shane Fitzsimons, Alex Al (bass instrument); Harvey Mason, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tomo, Tony Williams, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bernard Purdie (drums); George Devens, Bill Summers (percussion);

Then and Now The Definitive Herbie Hanckock

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Nancy LaMott - Come Rain Or Come Shine: The Songs of Johnny Mercer

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:42
Size: 105,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:07)  1. Moon River
(3:59)  2. Accentuate the Positive
(3:48)  3. That Old Black Magic
(3:06)  4. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
(6:18)  5. The Days of Wine and Roses/Whistling Away the Dark
(5:31)  6. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(4:10)  7. Talk to Me Baby
(6:05)  8. Autumn Leaves/When October Goes
(5:41)  9. Hit the Road to Dreamland
(3:54) 10. P. S. I Love You

As an interpreter, Nancy LaMott shunned extremes. Whatever clouds may have darkened the sky, she always sounded as if they couldn't possibly lead to a thunderstorm--only a gentle rain that would eventually becomes, well, shine. And so her tribute to lyricist Johnny Mercer typically avoids emotional extremes, exploring instead subtle in-betweens. The low-key version of "Moon River" that starts things off is indicative of this album's subdued mood. LaMott was well aware she wasn't a swinger, so her take on finger-snapping classics such as "Accentuate the Positive" (instead of the song's usual spelling "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate") and "That Old Black Magic" is sensitive rather than jazzily buoyant. Her minimalist approach reaps maximum rewards on "P.S. I Love You" and "On the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe," on which she basically engages in duets with carefully selected instruments (an acoustic guitar and a stand-up bass, respectively). ~ Elisabeth Vincentelli  http://www.amazon.com/Come-Rain-Or-Shine/dp/B000005AAT

Come Rain Or Come Shine: The Songs of Johnny Mercer

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