Martin Jacobsen - Current State

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 67:37
Size: 125,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:54)  1. Witchcraft
(4:10)  2. Backwater
(9:53)  3. Stairway
(8:46)  4. Forest Flower
(5:21)  5. This I Dig Of You
(7:15)  6. Everything I Love
(5:02)  7. Arrival
(7:58)  8. Polkadots And Moonbeams
(6:29)  9. Funk In Deep Freeze
(4:45) 10. Current State

Tenor saxophonist Martin Jacobsen certainly falls into the latter category, a young Danish man seeking his fortune in the niche market foothills that are today’s jazz scene. Like many saxophonists of his generation, Jacobsen admits to a strong Coltrane influence. Though his preferred vintage of Trane isn’t as common, drawing on the saxophonist’s lesser touted Prestige years for inspiration and guidance. The chosen songbook also reflects a deep interest in Fifties hard bop and incorporates a pair of Hank Mobley tunes along with a handful of standards that were favorites for blowing sessions back in the day. Jacobsen opts for only a pair of originals, preferring instead to pack the program with an assortment familiar and lesser-known vehicles by others. His own tunes, the hard swinging “Backwater” and the title track, show him to be a composer of promise. While it’s instructive to hear his interpretations of familiar standards, the presence of only a few of his own pieces leaves the program feeling somehow incomplete. Jacobsen’s colleagues evidence an equal affinity for this balance of blues and bop and guitarist Raney in particular fits beautifully as chief chordal foil. Frenchman Naturel and American Hollander achieve a relaxed, but propulsive rapport and effectively fuel the action. Raney’s lustrous comping frames Jacobsen’s dry cerulean lines on the opening entry “Witchcraft.” The guitarist’s own solo, steeped in bright fleshy single notes, is in turn accented by the steady rhythmic push of Naturel and Hollander. 

Naturel’s elastic arco approach recalls Paul Chambers in the swinging saw-tooth pitch of his tree-felling lines. Charles Lloyd’s “Forest Flower” receives a lengthy reading and the syncopated Latin melody matches Jacobsen’s plush warm tone exquisitely. Raney’s effusive comping weaves with Hollander’s syncopations to create a lush tropical backdrop. The surprise comes with Naturel’s early pizzicato solo, thick and ripe with a succulent fulsome groove. It’s a pleasing trick he repeats on Cole Porter’s “Everything I Love.” The two Mobley tunes, “The I Dig of You” and “Funk in Deep Freeze,” accentuate the quartet’s sterling bop credentials. The four men sound like their having a ball blowing through the blues-plentiful changes and Jacobsen echoes the spirit of the composer, but with a greater urgency and resiliency to his tone. Raney’s cleverly constructed solo on the latter piece is easily his finest of the date. By his astute choice of album titles Jacobsen seems well aware of what makes jazz a vital music. It’s the constant sense of growth and discovery, taking the old and making it new. While this is a fine debut, there’s little doubt that future endeavors will prove even more impressive as the both Jacobsen and the band continue to mature. ~ Derek Taylor https://www.allaboutjazz.com/current-state-martin-jacobsen-steeplechase-records-review-by-derek-taylor.php

Personnel: Martin Jacobsen- tenor saxophone; Doug Raney- guitar; Gilles Naturel- bass; Rick Hollander.

Current State

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Cedar Walton, Jimmy Heath - The Very Best Of Cedar Walton And Jimmy Heath

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:16
Size: 87.6 MB
Styles: Bop, Piano jazz
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[5:06] 1. The Quota
[5:09] 2. Thinking Of You
[4:51] 3. Bells And Horns
[5:44] 4. Down Shift
[4:35] 5. Lowland Lullaby
[6:26] 6. When Sunny Gets Blue
[6:21] 7. Funny Time

One of the most valued of all hard bop accompanists, Cedar Walton was a versatile pianist whose funky touch and cogent melodic sense graced the recordings of many of jazz's greatest players. He was also one of the music's more underrated composers; although he was always a first-rate interpreter of standards, Walton wrote a number of excellent tunes ("Mosaic," "Ugetsu," and "Bolivia," to name a few) that found their way into Art Blakey's book during the pianist's early-'60s stint with the Jazz Messengers. In addition to his many quantifiable accomplishments, Walton is less well known as the first pianist to record, in April 1959 with John Coltrane, the tenorist's daunting "Giant Steps" -- unlike the unfortunate Tommy Flanagan a month later, Walton wasn't required to solo, though he does comp magnificently. Walton was first taught piano by his mother. After attending the University of Denver, he moved to New York in 1955, ostensibly to play music. Instead, he was drafted into the Army. Stationed in Germany, Walton played with American musicians Leo Wright, Don Ellis, and Eddie Harris. After his discharge, Walton moved back to New York, where he began his career in earnest. From 1958-1961, Walton played with Kenny Dorham, J.J. Johnson, and Art Farmer's Jazztet, among others. Walton joined Blakey in 1961, with whom he remained until 1964. This was perhaps Blakey's most influential group, with Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter. Walton served time as Abbey Lincoln's accompanist from 1965-1966 and made records with Lee Morgan from 1966-1968; from 1967-1969, Walton served as a sideman on many Prestige albums as well. Walton played in a band with Hank Mobley in the early '70s and returned to Blakey for a 1973 tour of Japan. Walton's own band of the period was called Eastern Rebellion, and was comprised of a rotating cast that included saxophonists Clifford Jordan, George Coleman, and Bob Berg; bassist Sam Jones; and drummer Billy Higgins. From the '80s onward, Walton continued to lead his own fine bands, releasing numerous albums including The Maestro in 1980, Cedar Walton Plays in 1986, and Composer in 1996, followed a year later by Roots, featuring trumpeter Terence Blanchard and saxophonist Joshua Redman. In 2001 Walton released The Promise Land, his debut for Highnote, which was followed by Latin Tinge in 2002, Underground Memoirs in 2005, and Seasoned Wood with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt in 2008. Walton was joined by saxophonist Vincent Herring on Voices Deep Within in 2009. Herring was also featured along with trombonist Steve Turre on The Bouncer in 2011. Cedar Walton died at his home in Brooklyn on August 19, 2013; he was 79 years old. ~ Chris Kelsey

The Very Best Of Cedar Walton And Jimmy Heath

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Hot Club Roma - Django Mon Amour

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:23
Size: 90.2 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:17] 1. Souvenir De Villingen
[2:51] 2. Django's Tiger
[3:56] 3. Minor Blues
[2:25] 4. Marcia Alla Turca
[3:23] 5. Douce Ambiance
[3:17] 6. Bossa Dorado
[4:16] 7. In A Sentimental Mood
[2:07] 8. Minor Swing
[3:12] 9. Place De Brauch
[3:32] 10. Limehouse Blues
[5:41] 11. Tears
[1:18] 12. Moreno Solo

Moreno Viglione - guitar; Gianfranco Malorgio - rhythm guitar; Emanuele Rastelli - accordeon; Tim Kliphuis - violin; Marco Loddo - bass.

Django Mon Amour

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Barbara Dickson - The Collection

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:18
Size: 151.8 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1987/2007
Art: Front

[3:28] 1. Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes
[4:10] 2. We Were Never Really Out Of Love
[2:31] 3. Now I Don't Know
[3:33] 4. It's Really You
[3:46] 5. January February
[4:13] 6. Hold On
[4:08] 7. Only Seventeen
[3:39] 8. Surrender To The Sun
[3:23] 9. Take Good Care
[3:25] 10. The Long And Winding Road
[3:48] 11. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
[3:10] 12. Run Like The Wind
[4:10] 13. Here We Go
[3:42] 14. Tell Me It's Not True
[3:13] 15. The Crying Game
[3:23] 16. A World Without Your Love
[4:43] 17. As Time Goes By
[3:45] 18. One False Move

As a multi-million selling recording artist with an equally impressive Olivier Award winning acting career, Barbara Dickson OBE has firmly established herself as one of the most enduring and popular artistes in Britain today. Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, Barbara’s love of music was evident from an early age – she began studying piano at the age of five and by twelve had also taken up the guitar. She developed an interest in folk music whilst at school which led to floor spots singing at her local folk club. After relocating to Edinburgh, she went on to combine a day job in the Civil Service whilst steadily pursuing her first love, music, in local pubs and clubs. The watershed moment came in 1968 when, after being refused leave from her job for an overseas singing engagement, Barbara resigned, determined to pursue a career for herself in the burgeoning folk scene of the late ‘60’s.

The next few years saw her gradually ‘paying her dues’ on the Scottish and English folk circuit, steadily building a reputation and working with the likes of Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty, Rab Noakes and Archie Fisher. Early folk albums, which she recorded for Trailer and Decca Records, were well received. Barbara readily admits that she would have been happy to continue her life as a travelling folk musician, but a meeting with an old friend, musician and playwright Willy Russell, in Liverpool in the early 70s was to change the course of her career completely.

Willy offered Barbara the role of the musician/ singer in his 1974 Beatles’ musical ‘John, Paul, George, Ringo… and Bert’, staged at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre. She was on stage throughout the entire performance singing the songs of The Beatles alongside a cast which included Antony Sher, Bernard Hill and Trevor Eve. The show was a huge success and after a sell-out Liverpool season it transferred to London’s West End. After seeing Barbara’s performance in the show, impresario Robert Stigwood, the head of RSO Records, signed her to his label.

The Collection

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The Turtles - Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:25
Size: 115.5 MB
Styles: AM Pop, Sunshine pop
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:53] 1. Happy Together
[2:13] 2. It Ain't Me Babe
[2:18] 3. She'd Rather Be With Me
[2:16] 4. You Baby
[2:31] 5. Elenore
[2:21] 6. Let Me Be
[2:33] 7. She's My Girl
[2:07] 8. Outside Chance
[3:11] 9. You Showed Me
[2:38] 10. Can I Get To Know You Better
[2:46] 11. Story Of Rock And Roll
[3:40] 12. Love In The City
[2:30] 13. Me About You
[2:45] 14. You Don't Have To Walk In The Rain
[2:02] 15. You Know What I Mean
[2:47] 16. Sound Asleep
[2:39] 17. Makin' My Mind Up
[2:21] 18. Grim Reaper Of Love
[2:42] 19. Guide For The Married Man
[1:03] 20. Chevrolet Camaro Commercial

The Turtles, led by the intertwined vocals of Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, sounded initially like a second-tier version of the Byrds when their version of Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me Babe” hit the radio in 1965, but by the time the band called it quits a couple of years later, they had developed into a smooth-sounding, good-natured pop group. This 20-track survey of the band’s history, selected by Kaylan and Volman, hits all the key tracks, including “It Ain’t Me Babe,” a fine version of P.F. Sloan’s “Let Me Be,” the Ray Davies-produced “Love in the City,” and the big pop hits “Happy Together” and “Elenore.” A special treat is a previously unissued Chevrolet Camaro radio commercial that finds the Turtles gleefully hawking cars, complete with a voice cameo from Warren Zevon. ~Steve Leggett

Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits

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The New Morty Show - Mortyfied!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:16
Size: 101.3 MB
Styles: West Coast jazz, Retro Swing
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[4:11] 1. Baby What's Up
[3:28] 2. White Wedding/Rebel Yell Medley
[3:29] 3. Out Of Control
[3:51] 4. 15 Months In Jail
[3:43] 5. Buddah's Bounce
[6:50] 6. Blue Martini
[3:15] 7. In The Groove
[3:48] 8. Shoppin' Mall Mama
[2:50] 9. Knockin' At Your Door
[2:48] 10. Enter Sandman
[5:58] 11. Caldonia

While it seems a paradox to say covers of rock anthems are reinvention, it is when The New Morty Show does it. People say the current swing trend is short lived, but a fresh take on good music, like Mortyfied, is always in style. The band's songs tend to have some unexpected hook, lyrically or musically, that keep you coming back. The New Morty Show seems to dare to ask the question with their covers of "White Wedding" and "Enter Sandman," is it so wrong just to have fun with the music? Some of the album may be a little rough around the edges, but it only seems to enhance the gritty, by-the-seat-of-your-pants attitude the band exudes. The New Morty Show strikes the perfect balance between the over the top Cherry Poppin' Daddies and the sedate Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. This group has an amazing live energy, which I don't think any recording could capture, but this offering comes close. Mortyfied will be a favorite in an collection! ~Amazon

Mortyfied!

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Wycliffe Gordon & Ron Westray - Bone Structure

Styles: Trombone Jazz 
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:58
Size: 144,7 MB
Art: Front

(7:08)  1. Coming is Going...
(4:47)  2. What?!
(4:43)  3. Modern Nostalgia
(4:36)  4. It's Time
(5:18)  5. Rhythm Cone
(5:42)  6. Blooz
(7:36)  7. New Beginnings
(7:38)  8. Esoteric Advent
(4:17)  9. Everyday...
(5:33) 10. Way Back When
(5:36) 11. Mayfest Junction

For this set, the two young trombonists Wycliffe Gordon and Ron Westray provide plenty of fireworks both in their individual solos (which are consistently colorful) and in the ensembles. Teamed up with pianist Marcus Roberts, bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Herlin Riley, Gordon and Westray perform 11 originals that they wrote or co-wrote.

The music sometimes looks toward the swing tradition but also has some post bop and fairly free selections. The extroverted personalities (and occasional humor) of the co-leaders make this often-rambunctious set of strong interest.~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/bone-structure-mw0000185683

Personnel: Wycliffe "Pine Cone" Gordon (trombone, tuba); Ron Westray (trombone); Marcus Roberts (piano); Reginald Veal (bass); Herlin Riley (drums).

Bone Structure

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Miriam Aida - My Kind Of World

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:14
Size: 110,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:52)  1. Big City
(4:24)  2. I Was Doing All Right
(1:20)  3. Intro: If I Had You
(6:05)  4. If I Had You
(3:02)  5. No More
(3:32)  6. What A Difference A Day Made
(3:17)  7. To Say Goodbye
(3:24)  8. My Kind Of World
(3:25)  9. Thou Swell
(2:39) 10. With You I'm Born Again
(4:49) 11. Yesterdays
(4:02) 12. Remember
(3:17) 13. What A Little Moonlight Can Do

Miriam Aïda, born 24 September 1974, is a Swedish jazz singer. Aïda is one of Sweden's most popular jazz singers. She has toured internationally, performing at the Blue Note in Tokyo, in London, Paris, Istanbul, Moscow, Helsinki, Oslo, Palermo, Berlin and across Sweden. She has appeared on Swedish national television. Aïda's music is influenced by many musical traditions, including Latin American, and she attained success with a Brazilian music-inspired album Meu Brasil. She performs with her partner, saxophonist Fredrik Kronkvist, and has since her 2002 debut released five albums with Kronkvist and the Jan Lundgren Trio. She lives in Malmö, where she manages a jazz club named Monk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_A%C3%AFda

The first solo album by the versatile artist Miriam Aïda, one of Swede’s leading jazz singers. Miriam expresses her powerful voice in a swinging soul jazz session. The album includes tunes like the classic “What a Difference a Day makes”, the soulful “Big City”, beautiful ballads and a passionate Bossa Nova. Miriam Aïda shares her deep soul in this wonderful debut that shows us a singer with great timing, jazz feel and a true sensitivity to tell a story with music. https://miriamaida.wordpress.com/music-2/

Personnel:  Vocal -Miriam Aida;  Acoustic Guitar – Mats Andersson;  Bass – Martin Sjöstedt;  Drums – Lars Källfelt;  Flute – Fredrik Kronkvist;  Guitar – Elias Källvik;  Percussion – Måns Block;  Piano – Daniel Tilling;  Saxophone – Fredrik Kronkvist;  Trumpet – Mårten Lundgren

My Kind Of World

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Kim Bock - Flow

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 53:43
Size: 98,6 MB
Art: Front

(8:44)  1. To Part
(5:09)  2. Tip Of The Hat
(5:33)  3. Ellis Island
(6:12)  4. Graceful Motions
(6:43)  5. Yin Yang
(7:34)  6. Different Bag Of Tricks
(8:14)  7. Dial's Waltz
(5:29)  8. True Blues

Kim Bock formed a tenor/organ/drums trio a couple of years prior to this 2010 record date with Soren Moller and Peter Retzlaf, though this is hardly a typical soul-oriented jazz session like many such trios. Instead, Bock and Moller contributed original compositions that fall more into post-bop and modal jazz. Moller's "To Part" proves to be an infectious opener, with Bock's hard-edged tenor and the organist's soft mambo bassline. The organist's engaging "Ellis Island" has a Latin flavor and an air of celebration. Bock's lush ballad "Graceful Motions" is a richly textured work, with Retzlaff's soft brushwork and Moller's understated solo. 

The saxophonist's turbulent "Different Bag of Tricks" is modal jazz as its best, with several surprising twists on the journey, while his "Yin Yang" is an upbeat cooker that seems to glide along in a carefree manner. Throughout the date the musicians seem very much of one mind as they explore each number, making it sound effortless in the process.~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/flow-mw0002106071

Personnel: Kim Bock (tenor saxophone); Soren Moller (Hammond b-3 organ); Peter Retzlaff (drums).

Flow

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Jazz Crusaders - Lookin' Ahead

Styles: Jazz, Big Band

Year: 1962

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 35:39

Size: 83,1 MB

Art: Front

(4:04)  1. Song Of India

(5:00)  2. Big Hunk Of Funk

(2:54)  3. Tonight

(3:58)  4. 507 Neyland

(3:35)  5. Till All Ends

(4:26)  6. Tortoise And The Hare

(3:24)  7. In A Dream

(4:40)  8. Sinnin' Sam

(3:37)  9. The Young Rabbits

The Jazz Crusaders' second recording is most notable for the introduction of Wayne Henderson's "The Young Rabbits," the best-known of the seven group originals which are performed on this LP along with "Song of India" and Leonard Bernstein's "Tonight." The tenor-trombone frontline created by Wilton Felder and Henderson, along with the funky yet swinging playing of pianist Joe Sample, drummer Stix Hooper and bassist Jimmy Bond on this hard-to-find set made the group instantly recognizable and surprisingly popular from the start.~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/lookin-ahead-mw0000891016

Personnel: Jimmy Bond (Bass); Sticks Hooper (Drums); Joe Sample (Piano); Wilton Felder (Tenor Saxophone); Wayne Henderson (Trombone).

Lookin'Ahead

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The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Last Concert

Styles: Cool Jazz, Bop
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 91:19
Size: 210,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:29)  1. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
(5:31)  2. The Cylinder
(7:53)  3. Summertime
(5:42)  4. Trav'lin'
(7:50)  5. Blues in A Minor
(7:29)  6. One Never Knows
(6:45)  7. Bag's Groove
(4:56)  8. Confirmation
(7:38)  9. 'Round Midnight
(5:24) 10. A Night in Tunisia
(5:30) 11. The Golden Striker
(6:37) 12. Skating in Central Park
(6:16) 13. Django
(7:14) 14. What's New?

Not really the last concert ever from the Modern Jazz Quartet but a set that seemed so at the time, given that the group went their separate ways for a number of years! The record's got the combo in really top form very much back to the basics of their early time on Atlantic Records, with a sublime focus on that unique sound that no other group like this could match. 

Milt Jackson's vibes are chromatically aligned in this amazing way with the piano of John Lewis and somehow the live recording seems to bring out even more tones in the bass of Percy Heath, who feels an even stronger presence here than usual. Connie Kay's work on drums are a masterpiece of percussive understatement and titles include "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise", "Summertime", "The Cylinder", "Blues In A Minor", and "One Never Knows". © 1996-2016, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/550655

Personnel:  Bass – Percy Heath;  Drums – Connie Kay;  Piano – John Lewis ;  Vibraphone – Milt Jackson

The Last Concert

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Joe Williams - Nothin' But The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:49
Size: 134.7 MB
Styles: Blues/Jazz vocals
Year: 1983/1992
Art: Front

[5:17] 1. Who She Do
[4:45] 2. Just A Dream
[2:41] 3. Hold It Right There
[5:12] 4. Please Send Me Someone To Love
[4:49] 5. Goin' To Chicago Blues
[3:52] 6. Ray Brown's In Town
[6:55] 7. In The Evening/Rocks In My Bed
[4:40] 8. Alright, Okay, You Win
[7:33] 9. Mean Old World Wee Baby Blues
[5:05] 10. The Come Back
[4:26] 11. Tell Me Where To Scratch
[3:27] 12. Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)

Bass – Ray Brown; Drums – Gerryck King; Guitar – Phil Upchurch; Organ, Piano – Jack McDuff; Saxophone, Leader – Red Holloway; Vocals – Joe Williams; Vocals, Saxophone – Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson.

According to Joe… Enthusiasm coming from every pore! That’s how I’ve felt about this album, right fromt he first day, when Ralph Jungheim hit me with the idea of doing an all-blues album with an all-star blues band. Overseas, jazz is looked on and respected as part of our classical presentation. So, recording the first jazz album on a prestigious American classical label like Delos is a giant step toward broadening our audience here in this country. About this band. I’ve worked with most of these guys before at one time or another, but never expected to work with them all at once! That’s why these dates were such a tremendous experience for me. I don’t remember singing the blues with such verve for a long time! All four sessions were special. For one thing, there wasn’t one note on paper, except for “Ray Brown’s Back In Town,” Red Holloway’s instrumental. All the other tunes were spontaneous, on-the-spot head arrangements, which really only works when you have players with really big ears, all really listening to each other and everybody contributing. You can’t rehearse the blues (not that we needed to) so we nailed most of the tunes on the first take. Another special thing was the relaxed atmosphere we had happening in the studio, with friends dropping in to visit. You know how you can get that magic and electricity going on a live date with a good audience? Well, that’s the feeling we had right there in the studio. There was a lot of love in that room. “Nothin’ But The Blues” captures the magic. It is the blues! – Joe Williams

Nothin' But The Blues

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Sweet Jazz Trio - Live

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:19
Size: 133.5 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[6:19] 1. Gnid
[6:44] 2. I Want A Little Girl
[7:28] 3. It's Allright With Me
[4:36] 4. Oh! Lady Be Good
[2:23] 5. Skylark
[6:45] 6. My Old Flame
[4:38] 7. There Is No Greater Love
[4:38] 8. Ask Me Now
[7:44] 9. Peewee's Blues
[7:01] 10. I'm Beginning To See The Light

Mats Larsson - Guitar; Lasse Törnqvist - Trumpet; Hans Backenroth - Bass.

The pianist Teddy Wilson mentions in his autobiography that the expression "jazz chamber music" was probably first used by John Hammond when describing the music of the Benny Goodman Trio - with clarinet, piano and drums.

Without making any other comparison I would say that the instrumention of the SWEET JAZZ TRIO is even more of a chamber music character, due to the absence of drums, and the velvety and mellow guitar and double bass sound. This becomes apparent when you hear the SWEET JAZZ TRIO live. We can turn the volume down to "almost silence" - as one critic expressed it. Our type of music fits nicely into the intimacy of a room with perfect acoustic conditions. Play the CD and you are inviting the soft sound of the SWEET JAZZ TRIO into your own home!

Live

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Nina Simone - Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:37
Size: 145.6 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[ 2:48] 1. To Be Young, Gifted And Black
[ 3:31] 2. Backlash Blues
[ 3:06] 3. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)
[12:54] 4. Martin Luther King Suite: Why (The King Of Love Is Dead)
[ 6:52] 5. Martin Luther King Suite: Mississippi Goddam
[ 4:32] 6. Revolution, Pt. 1
[ 2:23] 7. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
[ 3:13] 8. Ain't Got No I Got Life
[ 8:46] 9. Westwind
[ 5:53] 10. The Times They Are A-Changin'
[ 9:35] 11. To Be Young, Gifted And Black

Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs of Freedom and Spirit is a textbook case for preparing a compilation by a single artist, thematically. These 11 tracks were recorded between 1967 and 1969, at the split seam in cultural and political history, where the African-American civil rights movement ceded its popularity -- among young people -- to the more visceral and visual Black Power movement. As an artist, Nina Simone was a presence and participant in both. Her influence continues to be an anchor and an inspiration to songwriters and singers from Alicia Keys (who wrote a short liner essay here) to Tracy Chapman, Robinella, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, and Lauryn Hill, to name a few. The compilation contains a smattering of her many songs that deal with struggle, equality, and perseverance. It opens with "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," issued as a single in 1969 (the CD is bookended by this version and a live one at the end). The song itself is timeless; it rings with assertiveness and conviction nearly four decades later. But this is merely the beginning. There are three unedited performances here, all of which were originally cut and reshaped by producers for various recordings. The first of these, "Why (The King of Love Is Dead)," was written by her bassist, Gene Taylor, after hearing that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. The previously issued version was part of the "Martin Luther King Suite." Here, it contains full spoken and sung sections and is nearly 13 minutes long. To call it stunning and revelatory would be an understatement. Ditto the full version of "Mississippi Goddam," which was also part of the aforementioned suite. This is the first time either of these recordings have appeared on CD in full unedited versions. Likewise, "Revolution (Pts. 1-2)" is restored as one tune instead of two as it appeared on To Love Somebody in 1969. A couple of unreleased alternates are fine touches and offer different shadings, colors, and interpretive gestures to their album-issued counterparts: Simone's wonderful read of "Turn! Turn! Turn!," stripped to her voice, piano, and a pair of backing vocalists; and "Ain't Got No/I Got Life," cut for 'Nuff Said!, which contains a horn section. Other tracks here, such as Simone's reading of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free," are strident, forceful, soulful, and deeply moving. Fans will want this comp for the unreleased material and for its thematic slant. Those seeking out Simone for the first time may look to other sources, but this is a side of the artist that was present in everything she ever recorded, and deserves the focus it receives here. In these dark times in the early 21st century, these are songs of hope delivered by a true American original. ~Thom Jurek

Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit

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Jamie Lancaster - Joyride

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:21
Size: 74.1 MB
Styles: Adult Contemporary, Vocal jazz
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:59] 1. It Ain't Over 'til It's Over
[3:12] 2. Boys Don't Cry
[3:33] 3. Billie Jean (with Karen Souza)
[2:55] 4. Girls And Boys
[2:33] 5. Get Here
[3:42] 6. True
[4:12] 7. Joyride
[2:54] 8. I Love Rock N Roll
[3:25] 9. All You Need Is Love
[2:51] 10. China In Your Hand

Joyride

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The Jim Cullum Jazz Band - Honky Tonk Train: The Boogie Woogie Craze

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:19
Size: 112.9 MB
Styles: New Orleans jazz
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[5:10] 1. Narrative New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
[4:47] 2. Jungle Blues
[3:19] 3. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
[2:13] 4. Narrative
[5:26] 5. Jammin' The Boogie
[4:03] 6. Honky Tonk Train
[3:58] 7. Riverwalk Blues
[5:01] 8. Celestial Express
[3:50] 9. Interview
[4:42] 10. Roll 'em
[3:26] 11. Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
[3:17] 12. Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues

This entry in the valuable series of Jim Cullum radio broadcasts ("Riverwalk, Live from the Landing") focuses on the history of boogie-woogie. There is some narration, with excerpts from some historical recordings and lots of exciting piano from Dick Hyman and John Sheridan. Cullum's hot jazz band (a septet with the cornetist/leader, Sheridan, clarinetist Allan Vache and trombonist Mike Pittsley) has several romps, including "Jammin' the Boogie," "Roll 'Em" and "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar." Most intriguing is "Celestial Express," in which Hyman switches to celeste and is joined in a quartet by Vache, guitarist Howard Elkins and bassist Don Mopsick. Fun music that is easily recommended. ~Scott Yanow

Honky Tonk Train: The Boogie Woogie Craze

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The Jazz Crusaders - The Thing

Styles: Jazz, Big Band

Year: 1965

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 35:23

Size: 81,6 MB

Art: Front

(4:41)  1. The Thing

(5:12)  2. Sunset In The Mountains

(3:35)  3. While The City Sleeps

(4:51)  4. White Cobra

(4:43)  5. New Time Shuffle

(6:38)  6. Para Mi Espoza

(5:41)  7. Soul Kosher

The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop, and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group (some live and compilations), 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" (1961–1970). https://www.amazon.com/JAZZ-CRUSADERS-THING/dp/B00C76FSIE

Personnel:  Wayne Henderson – trombone;  Wilton Felder - tenor saxophone;  Joe Sample – piano;  Monk Montgomery - electric bass (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 7);  Victor Gaskin - bass (tracks 1, 4 & 5);  Stix Hooper - drums

The Thing

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Nikki Yanofsky - Nikki

Styles: Jazz, Vocal

Year: 2010

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 46:46

Size: 108,5 MB

Art: Front

(3:33)  1. Take The "A" Train

(2:28)  2. Never Make It On Time

(3:45)  3. I Got Rhythm

(2:52)  4. For Another Day

(5:05)  5. God Bless The Child

(3:23)  6. Cool My Heels

(4:18)  7. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini)

(3:50)  8. Bienvenue Dans Ma Vie

(3:06)  9. First Lady

(2:40) 10. On The Sunny Side Of The Street/Fool In The Rain

(3:22) 11. Grey Skies

(3:11) 12. Try Try Try

(5:08) 13. Over The Rainbow

With Norah Jones choosing to pursue a career as a Bohemian singer/songwriter (and Nellie McKay revealing herself to be too artfully camp to even consider the mainstream), the door was wide open for a singer like Nikki Yanofsky: a bright, cheerful jazz-pop traditionalist happy to sing those old songs once again. And so she does on here 2010 debut, Nikki, produced in tandem by the legendary Phil Ramone and Jesse Harris, the guitarist/songwriter who came to prominence via his work on Jones’ debut Come Away with Me, where he penned her breakthrough hit “Don’t Know Why.” Harris performs a similar function on Yanofsky’s debut, co-writing the bulk of the non-classics here with the assistance of Ron Sexsmith and Yanofsky herself, crafting smooth, assured soft rock that’s of a piece with the sultriness of Come Away with Me (with the notable exception of the cabaret swing of “Bienvenue Dans Ma Vie”). But Nikki Yanofsky is clearly not Norah Jones: she possesses a puppy-dog eagerness that jibes with her 16 years, happy to perform and please. Her status as a show biz kid can occasionally grate whenever she succumbs to scatting, or does a too-cute mashup of “On the Sunny Side of the Street” and Led Zeppelin’s “Fool in the Rain,” she gives the impression of that too-talented, over-coached kid who dominates drama club but there’s also an innate brightness to her persona that is beguiling, particularly when she’s singing those numbers written with Harris and Sexsmith, songs that feel timeless and contemporary and take full advantage of her sunny nature. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine http://www.allmusic.com/album/nikki-mw0001977293

Nikki

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Jeff Cascaro - The Soul Of Jeff Cascaro

Styles: Vocal, Soul
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:11
Size: 115,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:23)  1. I Feel Fine
(3:27)  2. Soul Of A Singer
(5:22)  3. Love Is In The Air
(3:39)  4. The Sun Is Shining For Our Love
(5:57)  5. Love Will Find A Way
(3:56)  6. Follow You, Follow Me
(3:31)  7. Try
(5:57)  8. When She Sings To Me
(8:17)  9. Holler / I'm Talking To You Baby (Live Swr 1 Headphones Concert)
(5:37) 10. Tripping Out (Live Swr 1 Headphones Concert)

Cascaro won at the age of 18 years the national competition Jugend jazzt and since then as a professional musician working. He has master classes with Jay Clayton , Rachel Gould , Marjorie Barnes and Walter Norris through. He has performed with most German radio big bands (including NDR Bigband and RIAS Big Band ) and groups such as the Fantastic Four , the Guano Apes , H-Blockx , the New Rock Conference and Klaus Doldinger Passport. He also worked with Till Brönner , Ute Lemper , Sasha , Joe Sample , Howard Johnson , Georgie Fame , Herb Geller , Bobby Shew , Horst Jankowski and Götz Alsmann together.  Since 2000 he has been a professor in jazz singing at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt . At the talent show Germany seeks the superstar he worked as a vocal coach (including for Thomas Godoj ) with. After albums with the trio of Martin Sasse (Let's Fall In Love!) And the hr-Bigband (The American Songs of Kurt Weill with Silvia Droste ) was published in 2006 his first solo album Soul of a Singer (with Christian von Kaphengst as producer and bassist Ulf Kleiner , piano, Bruno Müller, guitar, Peter Luebke and Roland Peil , drums, and Michael Heupel , flute). In 2008 he was the album Mother and Brother. Translate by Google https://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cascaro&prev=search

The Soul Of Jeff Cascaro

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Martin Jacobsen - At The Jazzhouse

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 63:02
Size: 144,5 MB
Art: Front

( 7:42)  1. Reggie Of Chester
(10:50)  2. Forest Flower
( 8:35)  3. Stairway To The Stars
( 7:40)  4. U. M. M. G.
( 9:56)  5. In A Sentimental Mood
( 9:49)  6. Witchcraft
( 8:26)  7. This I Dig Of You

Although Danish-born Martin Jacobsen considers Paris his home base, the busy saxophonist travels extensively throughout Europe and abroad, performing with such notable jazz performers as David Sanborn. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he began playing the tenor saxophone at the relatively late age 19, driven by a strong urge for musical expression after listening to jazz for about a year, especially the Miles Davis group with John Coltrane of the 1950s. He received a few lessons from fellow tenorman Tomas Franck, but largely taught himself to play. "It isn't always the best way to learn because you can make mistakes, do things wrong and then you have to waste time correcting bad technique. But also, doing it the hard way, you can make discoveries. You definitely find out what is really important." Through the 1990s, Martin worked with a host of talented young jazz players on the Copenhagen scene and was heard with the Bust'n Bloopers Big Band with among others Bob Mintzer and formed his quartet with guitarist Jacob Fischer in 1993. In 1995, he took the advice of saxophonist Bob Rockwell who suggested he move to either New York or Paris. Martin plumped for "Paree" and has since been performing and recording CDs, radio and television shows with Doug Raney, Bobby Durham, David Sanborn, Gil Goldstein, Rick Hollander, Jesse van Ruller, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Antonio Farao, Mark Taylor, Yutaka Shiina and many others.  Martin Jacobsen has his base in Paris, but is a busy traveler in Europe and abroad and has performed in more than 25 countries, including Japan, Italy, England, Germany, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mongolia, Singapore, China, Mongolia, Macedonia, Albania, Scotland, South Korea, Canada, Indonesia, Spain, UAE, Mozambique, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, Lebanon and of cause in Denmark. http://www.martinjacobsen.com/biography.htm

Personnel:  Martin Jacobsen, tenor sax;  Doug Raney, guitar; Jesper Lindgaard, bass;  Rick Hollander, drums

At The Jazzhouse

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