Tom Kubis - Duet

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 73:07

Size: 167.4 MB

Styles: Big band, Contemporary jazz

Year: 2017

Art: Front

[4:19] 1. Jumpin' In

[5:16] 2. An Interesting Choice

[4:54] 3. Fajita Cheetah

[3:38] 4. Falling In Your Footsteps

[4:25] 5. Four All Seaons

[5:24] 6. From This Day

[3:04] 7. Just Like That

[5:03] 8. It's Raining On My Pixie Dust

[5:08] 9. The Few Moments

[4:24] 10. Untold

[4:07] 11. The Passion Of Understanding

[4:14] 12. What The Morning Brings

[4:56] 13. Rise And Shine

[6:19] 14. The Willows

[4:37] 15. Which Way Did The Rain Go

[3:12] 16. White Rain

b. 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA. After studying, Kubis began playing alto, tenor and soprano saxophones with various bands. He also played piano for Bobby Vinton. However, Kubis’ chief interest was in writing and his arrangements were in much demand, especially from big band leaders. He formed his own big band expressly to play his charts and this attracted the attention of Jack Sheldon who became an informal co-leader of the band. Apart from writing for the band, Kubis continues to provide charts for others, including Bill Watrous, the BBC Radio Big Band, and his work is also performed by youth and college bands in the USA and UK. His writing is always lively and entertaining, often difficult but never simply for the sake of being hard to play. His own recording career has been relatively meagre, beginning with Dimitri Pagalidis and only in later years has his own big band been heard and appreciated by fans of contemporary big band music around the world. ~bio from AllMusic

Duet

---

Beppe Capozza - Bluesin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:27
Size: 104.1 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[4:48] 1. Riffin'
[5:42] 2. November Blues
[4:15] 3. Sunny
[3:33] 4. Eric's Tune
[4:23] 5. In My Life
[4:34] 6. Towards & Backwards
[4:51] 7. Envie's Blues
[3:50] 8. Nowhere Man
[4:51] 9. Stones
[4:34] 10. Five On Four

Collaborated with lots af musicians all over the world, as: Siamak Guran (IRAN), Hamid & Reza Moshenipour (IRAN), Pinetop Perkins, Dee Dee Bradley, Coco Bucci, Leslie Heathbourne (Usa), Tosi Poleri in the promotional tour of the CD "Song Neruda", that proposes disguised as musical some of the Odes of the famous Chilean poet.Numerous collaborations as session-man and arranger-producer collaboring with Andrea Alberti, Tony Armetta, Vittorio Sonsini, Mike Appelbaum, Alberto di Giacomo, Claudio Mastracci, Federico Laterza, Sanjay Kansa Banik, Fulvio Maras, Hamid & Reza Moshenipour, Pejman Tayadan, Jimmy Owens, Giulio Capiozzo, with the "Orquesta Cohiba" and "Alma Latina" and many others. Numerous they are besides his collaborations with Jazz Singers in Italy and to the foreign countries: Dee Dee Bradley (USA), Deborah Crivellari (Brazil), Maria Torres (MEXICO), Cristina di Patrizio, Alessia Biondi, Annalisa di Palo, Sarah Isidori (Italy).

Bluesin'

---

Lurlean Hunter - Blue & Sentimental

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:43
Size: 84.1 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1960/2012
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Blue Turning Grey Over You
[2:44] 2. If You Could See Me Now
[3:22] 3. Crazy He Calls Me
[3:13] 4. My Kinda Love
[3:30] 5. Just Imagine
[3:40] 6. Blue & Sentimental
[1:46] 7. The Song Is You
[5:28] 8. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
[3:44] 9. Fool That I Am
[4:03] 10. We'll Be Together Again
[2:07] 11. As Long As I Live

Singer Lurlean Hunter made five albums on her own during the second half of the '50s, starting out as a Lonesome Gal on RCA and winding up still feeling Blue & Sentimental for Atlantic. She was discovered in Chicago where she had been singing in many clubs, including a collaboration with drummer Red Saunders that held forth at the Club DeLisa. Hunter's move to New York City in 1955 was prompted by RCA's interest in recording her. The singer's recording career actually began before she left the Windy City at the behest of indie jazz labels, some of them quite short-lived -- such as Seymour, with a catalog topping out at four releases. The press described Hunter as a "blues thrush" in announcing her interpretations of three numbers actually written by the label's owner, producer and record store owner Seymour Schwartz.

The latter promotional blurb inevitably told some truth about Hunter's stylistic traits, if not her relation to winged fauna. Her recordings were more about rhythm & blues and pop than jazz, yet were done in an era when such sessions often involved fine mainstream jazz players in the accompaniment. The 1956 Night Life, for example, featured pianist Hank Jones and tenor saxophonist Al Cohn. Blue & Sentimental -- with arrangements by the progressive Jimmy Giuffre -- was reissued in 2000 as a split CD also including an album by fellow singer Betty Bennett, a former wife of pianist André Previn. Hunter's final recordings were done in 1964, at which point she was still well under 40 years old. She is known to have died young, although details of this tragedy are murky. In one version of the story she was knocked off by a mobster lover, yet whether anybody was really that mean to Lurlean cannot be completely confirmed. ~bio by Eugene Cadbourne

Blue & Sentimental

---

San Gabriel Seven - Chop Check

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:04
Size: 142.1 MB
Styles: Funk, Contemporary jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[6:12] 1. Chop Check
[5:15] 2. Cause I Told Ya So
[6:40] 3. Beautiful Things
[5:10] 4. Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
[5:03] 5. Sick Of The Blues
[6:43] 6. Grazin In The Grass
[4:48] 7. The Sultan Fainted
[5:55] 8. Mach 2 In G Minor
[5:52] 9. No Moon At All
[6:00] 10. No Funk For You
[4:21] 11. Written In The Wind

Trumpet - Brenda Goforth; Saxes, Flute - Frank Villafranca; Trombone - Jim Lewis; Guitar - Dave Antonio; Keyboard - Dominic Mazzoni; Bass - Peter Kastner; Drums, Percussion - Steve Pemberton. Special appearances:Geo Valle - Bass, "No Moon At All" & "The Sultan Fainted; Jeff Dellisanti - Tenor Sax, "Grazin In The Grass.

The San Gabriel Seven are an instrumental Progressive Funk band with tight horns, a killer rhythm section and great arrangements - both original and clever new takes on familiar jazz standards. We are based in the Los Angeles area but perform across the nation and regularly feature such greats as Bill Watrous, Nick Mancini and Eric Marienthal.

Chop Check

---

Urbie Green - The Persuasive Trombone Of Urbie Green

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:54
Size: 77.6 MB
Styles: Bop, Trombone jazz
Year: 1972/2010
Art: Front

[2:42] 1. At Last
[3:29] 2. Prisoner Of Love
[3:03] 3. Dream
[2:50] 4. I've Heard That Song Before
[2:55] 5. Moonlight Serenade
[2:40] 6. Stairway To The Stars
[2:42] 7. Let's Fall In Love
[2:47] 8. My Silent Love
[2:14] 9. My Melancholy Baby
[2:29] 10. I Had The Craziest Dream
[2:48] 11. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
[3:08] 12. I Can't Get Started

This killer set combines both volumes of master Urbie Green's early-'60s The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green recordings on a single disc. The sessions for these dates took place between 1960 and 1962, and featured two different bands. The first sessions feature cats like Hal McKusick, Milt Hinton, Doc Severinsen, a very young Rolf Kuhn, and Detroit baritone boss Pepper Adams. The track list is impressive as well: Johnny Mercer's "Dream," a romping reading of "I Can't Get Started," and Johnny Burke's "It Could Happen to You." The latter volume keeps Hinton and Severinsen on some tunes but adds the great vibraphonist Eddie Costa, and baritone saxophonist Stan Webb replaces Adams. The program is equally divided between ballads and swinging modern big-band material, including great arrangements of "Skylark" and "I Fall in Love Too Easily." If this weren't enough, to fill out the CD the producers added four numbers from Green's sextet sessions, including "On a Slow Boat to China" and "Poor Soul," with some beautiful interplay between the leader and Costa. It seems Lonehill Jazz always does it right. ~Thom Jurek

The Persuasive Trombone Of Urbie Green

---

Andy LaVerne - Another World, Another Time

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:34
Size: 157,4 MB
Art: Front

(10:33)  1. Spiral
( 4:31)  2. Another World
(10:01)  3. Tallboys
( 7:17)  4. Arizona
( 9:52)  5. Cream Puff
( 9:04)  6. Utah
( 8:26)  7. Straight For Life
( 8:45)  8. Fleur de Lys

Another World, Another Time was conceived by producer Nils Winther as an opportunity for pianist Andy LaVerne to revisit the original compositions in a trio format for his Steeplechase album Another World, recorded just over two decades earlier. The same rhythm section that appeared on the first disc, bassist Mike Richmond and drummer Billy Hart, is once again on hand, though trumpeter Tim Hagans, who occasionally crosses paths with the pianist in the studio, is added for this recording. Although it is doubtful that LaVerne had many occasions to play these songs, as he is a prolific composer, the music sounds fresh without slavishly duplicating the feeling of the earlier trio arrangements. Highlights include the constantly shifting "Tallboys," the lush, slightly bittersweet waltz "Cream Puff," and the pensive "Straight for Life." ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/another-world-another-time-mw0000415908

Personnel:  Bass – Mike Richmond;  Drums – Billy Hart;  Piano, Composed By – Andy Laverne

Another World, Another Time

---

Eden Atwood - A Night in the Life

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:47
Size: 134,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:44)  1. When the Sun Comes Out
(6:04)  2. I've Grown Accustomed to His Face
(5:28)  3. Willow Weep for Me
(6:04)  4. The Folks Who Live on the Hill
(4:40)  5. If I Love Again
(4:36)  6. I Could Have Told You
(5:31)  7. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
(7:48)  8. Medley: Lost in the Stars / So Many Stars
(4:52)  9. You Taught My Heart to Sing
(5:27) 10. Why Did I Choose You?
(3:28) 11. Moon River

Eden Atwood is occasionally reminiscent of Lee Wiley in her ability to bring jazz feeling to lyrics without actually improvising all that much. Atwood really understands the words that she interprets, and even when interpreting well-known tunes (as on this CD, when she sings "When the Sun Comes Out," "The Folks Who Live on the Hill," and "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most"), she makes the music sound quite fresh and timely. Assisted by pianist Jeremy Kahn, bassist Larry Kohut, drummer Joel Spencer, and (on four songs) the fiery tenor of Chris Potter, the young singer shows a great deal of maturity on this session; she takes a song apiece as a duet with each of her rhythm section mates, and even "Moon River" (which has her joined only by bassist Kohut) is a success. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-in-the-life-mw0000085050

Personnel: Eden Atwood (vocals); Chris Potter (tenor saxophone); Jeremy Kahn (piano); Larry Kohut (bass); Joel Spencer (drums).

A Night in the Life

---

Blue Mitchell - The Cup Bearers

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1962
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:47
Size: 101,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:03)  1. Turquoise
(5:28)  2. Why Do I Love You?
(5:41)  3. Dingbat Blues
(6:04)  4. Capers
(6:15)  5. Cup Bearers
(6:43)  6. How Deep Is The Ocean?
(8:31)  7. Tiger Lily

Trumpeter Blue Mitchell and four-fifths of the Horace Silver Quintet (with Cedar Walton in Silver's place) perform a variety of superior songs on The Cup Bearers, including Walton's "Turquoise," Tom McIntosh's "Cup Bearers," Thad Jones' "Tiger Lily," and a couple of standards. The music swings hard, mostly avoids sounding like a Horace Silver group, and has particularly strong solos from Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook and Walton. Excellent hard bop. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-cup-bearers-mw0000110417

Personnel:  Blue Mitchell – trumpet;  Junior Cook - tenor saxophone;  Cedar Walton – piano;  Gene Taylor – bass;  Roy Brooks - drums

The Cup Bearers

---

Mark Lewis - Live and Well

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:33
Size: 114,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:17)  1. I Remember You
(6:12)  2. My Funny Valentine
(5:22)  3. The Day Has Come
(4:20)  4. Solar
(6:09)  5. Misty
(4:41)  6. Lullaby of Birdland
(7:58)  7. Stella by Starlight
(6:14)  8. What is This Thing Called Love
(2:15)  9. Goodbye Pauly (Dedicated to Paul Moen)

Music is a way of life for Mark Lewis. As an instrumentalist, composer, producer, engineer, and teacher, he has earned the reputation of being one of the most dynamic and innovative forces in music today. Mark was exposed to music at an early age. On one side, his grandmother, Elaine Lewis, was a concert pianist while on the other, his grandfather, Ray Street, played saxophone. As a child Mark played on his grandfather's C melody sax, and at the age of ten was given his uncle's old alto to begin his formal musical education. Influenced by his parents' extensive record collection, which included artists like Count Basie, Lester Young, Art Tatum, and Duke Ellington, Mark's playing was soon highly regarded in the school jazz and concert ensembles. His first group was formed at age 14 to play at dances and local sporting events. At South Kitsap High School, Mark played lead alto in the stage band, sang in concert and jazz choirs, played alto clarinet in the concert band, and performed music in school plays. He worked with his own groups professionally while attending Western Washington University and The Cornish Institute of Allied Arts. Some of his most noted instructors included Dr. Edwin La Bounty, Gary Peacock, and Americole Biasini.  Upon moving to Seattle, not far from his birthplace of Tacoma, Mark hooked up with great players like Candy Finch, Art Foxall, Bea Smith, Dee Daniels, and Buddy Catlet to become a regular feature in Norm Bobrow's "Jazz at the Cirque." But even though he was becoming successful in the Seattle area, Mark felt the need to broaden his horizons. Following the advice of Dizzy Gillespie's veteran drummer, Finch, he left Seattle in 1978 with a one-way ticket to Amsterdam, an alto saxophone, and 500 dollars in his pocket.

Rotterdam became Mark’s home base for many years. He toured and played in most of the better clubs throughout Europe with great success, and with some of the finest musicians in Europe. His music is so diverse that in Holland he used three different groups: The Mark Lewis Quartet with Willem Kühne, James Long, and Frans van Grinsven; for neo-bop and experimental works, the Mark Lewis Trio featuring Carlo de Wijs (an organ trio); and for music based on traditional ethnic rhythms, the Mark Lewis International Quintet, featuring musicians from India, Holland, Africa, and South America.  His record company, Audio Daddio, recorded several albums in Rotterdam and Seattle. Artists recorded on the Audio Daddio label include Art Foxall, Vonne Griffin, Al Hood, Art Lande, and David Friesen. Mark frequently traveled back and forth between Europe and the US, recording and promoting Audio Daddio albums, and performing along the way. The last European Audio Daddio recording was “The Rotterdam Session” featuring legendary jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones and tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan. It was the last album Philly Joe Jones recorded before he died. Mark arranged several European tours for American musicians and American tours for Dutch musicians. He worked as a commercial studio musician for Dutch radio and television, and produced an annual Audio Daddio New Music Festival in Rotterdam. He taught improvised music and jazz theory classes at several music conservatories in Holland.

Mark returned to North America and played up and down the West Coast for a year until he was “discovered” by musician/author Ted Gioia. Mark was asked to audition for a record deal in the San Francisco area. At the end of the audition he found out that he was playing for the great tenor saxophone master Stan Getz, who loved his playing. His first album with this record label, “In The Spirit,” reached into the top 40 on the Billboard Jazz Charts and sold over 900,000 copies. During his time in the Bay Area, Mark recorded and/or performed with many top jazz musicians such as pianists Mark Levine and Ted Gioia, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, trumpet player Randy Brecker, and drummer Eddie Moore. He frequently subbed for saxophonists Stan Getz and John Handy. He performed at jazz festivals and opened for Carmen McRae at the Palo Alto Jazz Festival. He was called back to Seattle to perform at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley. Mark also lived for a year and a half in Victoria, British Columbia. His music was very well received throughout British Columbia. He was a fixture at Herman’s Jazz Club in Victoria, and he played for the inauguration of Michael Harcourt, former Premier of British Columbia. As a musician and composer, Mark’s music is filled with sensitivity and change. The musicians involved with his work understand that the music he shares with them represents his life. This can be felt in the way the members of the groups interact to perform concerts that are both intelligent and exciting. Musical technique moves from simplicity to complexity and back again creating textures influenced by bop, blues, classical, and ethnic music. It is music of the moment.

Although Mark performed predominantly original music in Europe, he is also master of a vast repertoire of jazz standards, as well as popular music of the last 50 years. As a teacher, Lewis has helped many people discover their musical potential. He began giving improvised music workshops in 1981 when his bass player, Hein van de Geijn, recommended him to an organization in Nijmegen. Mark now teaches privately in Bremerton, WA, where he lives to be near family. Mark's teaching begins with the physical properties of sound and the ways in which music has developed from them. It is based on understanding and unifying melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic concepts in order to realize music's intention. He shows that through being sensitive to these concepts and developing the needed technique, one’s essence can pass through music more easily. He places much emphasis on listening and being aware of the moment. Mark has to his credit more than twenty album productions, over 1000 compositions, and his own record company and studio. His most recent CD, “Worlds Apart,” is a collection of original compositions and improvisations combining Mark’s soulful alto sax and flute with his own keyboard accompaniment. Mark Lewis is dedicated to creating positive human interaction through the unique music he composes, performs, and records. His standards are high and he is considered by many to be one of improvised music's most important artists. https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/marklewis1

Personnel:  Mark Lewis - Alto Sax;  Bud Schultz – Piano;  Ted Enderle - Acoustic Bass

Live and Well

---

Roma Trio - L'Appuntamento

Styles: Contemporary Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:51
Size: 152,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:35)  1. My Favorite Things
(6:27)  2. Will You Still Be Mine?
(7:53)  3. Estate
(7:45)  4. Stablemates
(5:04)  5. Song For Hara
(4:22)  6. Cherokee
(6:13)  7. Tune Up
(5:32)  8. Come Prima
(5:51)  9. Easy To Love
(7:22) 10. Invitation
(5:42) 11. L'Appuntamento

Following the trios led by Stefano Bollani and Giovanni Guidi, Roma Trio is another splended piano trio from Italy that debuted from Venus Records. The trio consists of pianist Luca Mannutza (b. 1968), bassist Gianluca Renzi (b. 1975) and drummer Nicola Angelucci (b. 1979). They are all up and coming artists who have collectively played with Paolo Fresu, Steve Grossman, Fabrizio Bosso, Marc Johnson and Giovanni Mirabassi.  L'Appuntamento is their first new release in four years, following the 2008 album The Four Seasons. In this collection of American and Italian "standards", the trio dazzles the listener with their passionate lyricism and joyous swing.

Personnel:  Luca Mannutza (piano);  Gianluca Renzi (bass);  Nicola Angelucci (bass).

L'Appuntamento

---

Charles Davis & The Cedar Walton Trio - Blue Gardenia

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:09
Size: 105.7 MB
Styles: Bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[5:30] 1. A Beautiful Friendship
[6:29] 2. Texas Moon
[5:27] 3. Bossa Joe
[5:48] 4. Stranded
[6:11] 5. Shadow Of The Sunset
[5:57] 6. Sabia
[4:38] 7. Blues For Yahoo
[6:06] 8. Blue Gardenia

Charles Davis- baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone; Cedar Walton- piano; Peter Washington- bass; Joe Farnsworth- drums.

Baritone saxophonist Charles Davis started out with Sun Ra in the early 1950s. Along the way, he’s paid his dues in the big bands of Clark Terry, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Illinois Jacquet and Lionel Hampton. He first played “Blue Gardenia” with Dinah Washington in the late ‘50s. As a leader, he’s only issued a few recordings: Dedicated To Tadd (West 54, 1979), Super 80 (Nilva, 1982), and Reflections (Red, 1990).

Now 70, Davis continues to exercise his instrumental voice as soloist; this time out he employs a 50-50 balance between baritone and tenor. The leader’s solo saxophone voice stands sweet and melodic, but the session turns uneven in places due to a few slips of pitch control on baritone. Cedar Walton, Peter Washington and Joe Farnsworth do more than their share to make up for it with a hands-down rock-solid foundation for each piece. On tenor, Davis sends a lovely melodic message that calls upon his vast experience for flavor. “Texas Moon” recalls time he’s spent on the road with Hank Crawford, while “Blues for Yahoo” moves more in the hard bop direction of New York City. Yahoo is the producer’s dog, who must have inherited Charlie Parker’s up-tempo grit. Either that, or he simply reminded Davis of Bird’s unique soul. Blue Gardenia, a solid straight-ahead album, swings with tradition and a true, blues-based spirit. ~Jim santella

Blue Gardenia

---

Katrine Madsen - Gershwin And More (feat. Jan Lundgren & Jacob Fischer)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 50:38

Size: 115.9 MB

Styles: Vocal jazz

Year: 2001

Art: Front

[4:17] 1. It Ain't Necessarily So

[3:38] 2. Do It Again

[4:23] 3. Fascinatin' Rhythm

[3:26] 4. Somebody Loved Me

[3:50] 5. Sweet Lorraine

[5:20] 6. The Man I Love

[3:02] 7. Strike Up The Band

[4:25] 8. Summertime

[4:05] 9. Route 66

[6:03] 10. Tin Tin Deo

[4:11] 11. Nice Work If You Can Get It

[3:51] 12. Straighten Up And Fly Right

Katrine Madsen (born 1972 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish jazz singer. She studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked in Copenhagen on albums with transplanted American jazz artists Ed Thigpen and Richard Boone. In 2002, she founded the Katrine Madsen Sextet and gave their first concert at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

Gershwin And More  

---

Joe Coughlin - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:14
Size: 110.4 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. What A Difference A Day Makes (Feat. Ed Bickert)
[3:44] 2. Everything Must Change
[3:59] 3. Dancing On The Ceiling
[4:33] 4. The Right To Love (Reflections)
[4:18] 5. Sugar On The Floor
[5:09] 6. 500 Miles High
[3:09] 7. You Belong To Me
[5:25] 8. My Mother's Eyes
[4:43] 9. When Sunny Gets Blue
[4:00] 10. Here's That Rainy Day
[5:25] 11. Round Midnight

LAWRENCE (JOE) COUGHLIN (singer, composer) was born on August 23, 1954 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He began playing drums in grade school, switching to vocals in high school when his rock band, Whiteheet, landed a record deal in 1977. He started singing jazz with the Alex Zonjic Quartet in the late ‘70’s, and as a finalist in the 1979 du Maurier Search for Stars competition, came to the attention of Aquitaine Records’ Eleanor Sniderman, who produced and released his debut recording (arranged by Rick Wilkins and featuring musicians Ed Bickert, Don Thompson, Terry Clarke, Bernie Senensky, and Marty Morrell).

Coughlin made his first live appearance at the then-leading Toronto jazz club, Lytes at the Royal York Hotel in May of 1981, with Ed Bickert, Phil Nimmons, pianist Carol Britto, bassist Bill Britto, and drummer Don Vickery. The stellar concert was recorded by the CBC for later broadcast. He released his Second Debut album in 1983, once again backed by some of the country’s finest jazz players: Mark Eisenman, Kirk MacDonald, Ed Bickert, Howard Gaul, and Marty Melanson. He worked with the great Woody Herman Band at the 1981 March of Dimes 30th Anniversary Gala, and opened for Dizzy Gillespie at Leah Posluns Theatre in Toronto in 1983.

Joe Coughlin relocated to British Columbia in 1995, and continues to write, record, and perform from his base there. His 2009 critically acclaimed release “Lowdown West Broadway” was recorded live at Vancouver’s famed Cellar Jazz Club. ~bio from the Canadian Jazz Archives

Joe Coughlin

---

Various - Keep Calm And Go Brazilian

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 91:20
Size: 209.1 MB
Styles: Brazilian jazz, Bossa Nova
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:23] 1. Ituana - Garota De Ipanema (The Girl From Ipanema)
[2:50] 2. Clube Da Bossa - Canto De Ossanha
[2:28] 3. Marta Geraldo & Miko - Irene
[3:45] 4. Banda Do Sul - E Por Causa De Voce (Feat. Aracy Carvalho)
[3:49] 5. Maria Telles - Como Dizia O Poeta
[3:06] 6. Amazonics - Sem Tempo Para Chorar (Feat. Zoca Da Viola)
[3:53] 7. Karen Souza - Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
[2:21] 8. Os Novos Do Rio - Vivo Sonhando
[2:23] 9. Beleza Mourao - Samba De Orly
[3:33] 10. Daniela Coralhes - Tarde Em Itapoa
[4:06] 11. Sao Vicente - Horizonte (Feat. Josi)
[2:54] 12. Lua & Gilberto Mota - Apelo
[2:26] 13. Ivanna Malheiros - Que Maravilha
[2:22] 14. Andrea Santos - E De Manha
[3:43] 15. Os Digitalistas - Samba Para Brilhar (Feat. Lucinha Bandeira)
[3:23] 16. Nova Bossa Ltd. - A Fronteira Do Paraíso
[2:59] 17. Maria Telles - Samba Da Rosa
[3:20] 18. Bahía Sound System - As Cidades
[3:35] 19. Luana São Carlos - A Dança Do Futuro
[2:39] 20. Nove Luas - Tomara
[2:51] 21. Groove Da Praia - Pelo Amor De Amar
[3:31] 22. Celso Mendes Feat Lua - Fotografia
[4:21] 23. Brazil Xxi - Baixo O Sol (Feat. Helida)
[3:17] 24. Os Alquimistas - Águas De Março
[3:45] 25. Miúcha - Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar (Live)
[3:14] 26. Jingo - O Proximo Verao
[4:12] 27. Groove Da Praia - Magico (Feat Cassia)
[2:58] 28. Brazilian Jazz Cuts Vs Style Project - Wave

Lounge is an ambient and elegant sound, which manages to paint a place with luxury time and again; a place to discover unforgettable moments. To select the material for a particular situation is no easy task, and the Keep Calm collection has managed just that.

Keep Calm And Go Brazilian mc
part 1 part 2 zippy

---

David Garfield And Friends - Perform Jazz Standards

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 83:00
Size: 190.0 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[5:39] 1. Bag's Groove
[4:37] 2. Airegin
[8:43] 3. I Remember Clifford
[8:58] 4. Dolphin Dance
[5:18] 5. Giant Steps
[5:29] 6. One Finger Snap
[7:18] 7. Naima
[5:04] 8. Miles (Milestones)
[4:54] 9. All Blues
[7:50] 10. Peace
[7:23] 11. Manha De Carnival (A Day In The Life Of A Fool
[6:03] 12. Nardis
[5:38] 13. Bag's Groove

This classic collections of jazz standards is performed by some of Los Angeles' top jazz musicians, including John Guerin, Chuck Domanico, Abraham Laboriel, Bob Sheppard, Walt Fowler, Terry Trotter, Michael Landau and Brandon Fields. Produced by keyboardist David Garfield, "Recollections" includes contemporary arrangements of such songs as "An Englishman in New York".

Garfield has one of those who's who, what's what resumes that begs the question, what HASN'T he done? Over the span of his career, he's scored and recorded for films ("Annie," "Always" with J.D. Souther), television ("Fame" and its five accompanying "Kids from Fame" recordings), and commercials (Coca Cola, McDonald's, Seven Up). He's produced 25 albums and appeared on close to 80 with such artists as Cher, Boz Scaggs, Larry Carlton, Spinal Tap, The Manhattan Transfer, Keiko Matsui and The Rippingtons; toured with Earl Klugh, Michael McDonald, Nancy Wilson, Oleta Adams/Luther Vandross, and Brenda Russell; was musical director for George Benson (from 1986-90) and Dianne Reeves; appeared on The Tonight Show, Arsenio Hall and Solid Gold; and has composed and recorded over 100 original compositions. At first glance, all of these diverse projects may seem to have little in common with his earliest gigs touring and recording with Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard and Tom Scott. But at age 45, the Chicago born, New York and St. Louis bred Garfield can summarize his entire, admittedly all encompassing career in three simple words: "I make music. That's my mission statement. Things developed slowly over time, till I was playing every different kind of music in unique situations. Always going against the grain, doing music that may not have been the in thing at the time but hanging around until it became popular."

"It all goes back to when I was seven years old, first learning the piano," he adds. "There seemed like a great spiritual connection there, and I felt compelled to keep playing. I started my life playing rock, Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk and started meeting more and more jazz musicians in St. Louis which made jazz a logical second love for me. It's been an incredible education."

Perform Jazz Standards

---

Pat Boone - Pat Boone's Greatest Hits

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:23
Size: 101.6 MB
Styles: Vocal pop
Year: 1962/1993
Art: Front

[2:34] 1. Two Hearts
[2:25] 2. Ain't That A Shame
[3:00] 3. I'll Be Home
[2:36] 4. I Almost Lost My Mind
[2:54] 5. Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
[2:56] 6. Chains Of Love
[2:17] 7. Don't Forbid Me
[1:56] 8. Why Baby Why
[2:14] 9. Love Letters In The Sand
[2:08] 10. Bernardine
[2:13] 11. Remember You're Mine
[2:39] 12. April Love
[2:05] 13. A Wonderful Time Up There
[2:33] 14. It's Too Soon To Know
[1:53] 15. Sugar Moon
[2:40] 16. If Dreams Came True
[2:37] 17. Moody River
[2:32] 18. Speedy Gonzales

Including 18 of his highest charting hits for the Dot label in the '50s and early '60s, this is easily the best basic Boone collection. It doesn't include his hit covers of "At My Front Door" and Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" and "Tutti Frutti," which is perhaps just as well for all concerned. ~Richie Unterberger

Pat Boone's Greatest Hits

---

Richard Elliot - City Speak

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:58
Size: 125,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:29)  1. City Speak
(5:16)  2. Walk The Walk
(4:43)  3. Unspoken Words
(4:50)  4. Amazon
(4:28)  5. I'll Make Love To You
(4:29)  6. Scotland
(4:32)  7. Sweet Surrender
(4:30)  8. Down Hill Run
(5:50)  9. When The Lights Go Out
(5:11) 10. All I Need
(4:34) 11. That's All She Wrote

Although he's called a "smooth jazz" artist, saxophonist Richard Elliot is equally at home with most rock & roll and the kind of classic R&B performed by the group Tower of Power. For five years in the 1980s, he was a big part of the classic R&B band's horn-based sound. The Scottish-born Elliot was raised in Los Angeles, where he quickly became a fan of classic West Coast R&B. Elliot landed his first job while still a teenager with Natalie Cole and the Pointer Sisters. A few years later, he was tapped to record with some of his idols from Motown Records, which had relocated from Detroit to Los Angeles. In the 1970s, he had the chance to record with Smokey Robinson, the Four Tops, and the Temptations. Elliot was later tapped to record with the Yellowjackets on their second album. After touring with Melissa Manchester for a time, he was asked to become a full-fledged member of the Tower of Power horns in 1982. He stayed with the group until 1987 and looks back fondly on those years, since they shaped the style he has today. When he's not playing his over 100 dates a year, Elliot pilots a small aircraft; he was also a partner in PacificNet, an Internet multimedia company that developed websites for the music and entertainment industries. As a solo artist, Elliot debuted with his self-produced City Speak (1996), followed by After Dark (1994), On the Town (1991), Power of Suggestion (1988), Take to the Skies (1989), Trolltown (1986), What's Inside (1990), and Initial Approach (1987), all for Blue Note/Capitol Records. Two albums he had recorded for the now-defunct Enigma label were re-released on Capitol. His 1993 album, Soul Embrace, rocketed to the top of the Billboard contemporary jazz charts. Elliot's 1999 effort, Chill Factor, proved to be his final studio album for Blue Note. 

The label issued The Best of Richard Elliot in 2000. The following year he moved over to GRP, where he debuted with Crush. After a world tour in late 2001 and 2002, he returned with Ricochet in 2003. Produced by keyboardist Jeff Lorber, who also played on the date, the album also featured contributions from guitarist Jonathan Butler, keyboardist Rex Rideout, percussionist Lenny Castro, and others. After parting ways with GRP, Elliot founded ARTizen Music Group with trumpeter Rick Braun. His debut for the imprint was Metro Blue in 2005, which reached number two on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart. Its single, a cover of the Stylistics' "People Make the World Go Round," spent 11 weeks at number one on the Radio & Records airplay chart. Two years later, he and Braun collaborated again on RnR. The title track from the album spent over two months at number one on the smooth jazz chart. Elliot and Braun eventually sold their label to Artistry Music, which is distributed by Mack Avenue. The first album for Artistry was 2009's Rock Steady. Inspired by Elliot's love of R&B, the album featured both originals and covers, including readings of Aretha Franklin's title track and Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up." Musicians Braun, Gerald Albright, and Lorber all made key contributions to the set. As with its two predecessors, Rock Steady charted, spending 40 weeks on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart. Elliot and Lorber teamed again to produce 2011's In the Zone, a collection of nine originals and a striking cover of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)." The album was released in mid-October and marked Elliot's 25th anniversary as a recording artist. 

He then joined saxophonists Dave Koz, Mindi Abair, and Albright for the all-star collaboration Summer Horns, which garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Pop Album. Elliot returned to his own work in 2014 with Lip Service, his first album for the Heads Up/Concord Music Group. Inspired by his love for his wife, the album featured a mix of originals and covers, including reworkings of Brian McKnight's "Anytime," Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man," and a version of the Manhattans' "Shining Star" arranged by fellow Tower of Power alumnus trumpeter Greg Adams. In 2016, Elliot delivered his second album for Heads Up/Concord, the '70s funk and fusion-influenced Summer Madness. Produced by and featuring longtime creative partner Braun, the album also showcased contributions from saxophonist Curt Waylee, bassist Nathaniel Phillips, and others. Included on Summer Madness was a cover of Spyro Gyra's "Cachaca." ~ Richard Skelly & Thom Jurek https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/richard-elliot/id409346#fullText

Personnel:  Bass – Naoki Yanai;  Drums, Percussion – Dave Reinhardt ;  Guitar – Richard Smith; Keyboards – Ron Reinhardt;  Percussion – Luis Conte;  Tenor Saxophone – Richard Elliot

City Speak

---

Steve LaSpina - Destiny

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2011
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 65:43
Size: 121,4 MB
Art: Front

( 7:41)  1. Odd Times
( 8:59)  2. Destiny
( 9:18)  3. Aberration
( 6:37)  4. Beyond
(10:44)  5. Possibility
( 6:13)  6. Up
(10:42)  7. Sunday
( 5:26)  8. Frags

Steve LaSpina has long been one of Steeplechase producer/owner Nils Winther's favorites, as he has been a frequent sideman on record dates and Destiny marks his 12th CD as a leader for the label. This 2010 session features the bassist with the seasoned guitarist Vic Juris (an old friend), plus pianist Klaus Mueller and drummer Matt Kane, interpreting eight of the leader's originals. The tricky "Odd Times" with its demanding switches in time signatures keeps the musicians on their toes, showcasing Kane in an extended solo with the band vamping behind him. "Destiny" is a slow, poignant ballad with a slight bittersweet air, featuring Juris' lush guitar and LaSpina's mellow, spacious bass. The ballad "Beyond" blends a soft samba rhythm with a mysterious theme. The extended work "Possibility" has a tense, brooding air with LaSpina's bright sound prominent. One can almost imagine a breezy walk in the fall afternoon inspiring the exuberant "Sunday," with Juris' intricate guitar solo buoyed by the potent rhythm section. The ballad "Frags" honors a longtime friend of LaSpina's who died the year prior to the record date; Kane provides the perfect accompaniment to the leader and Juris in this intimate performance. Highly recommended. ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/destiny-mw0002150462

Personnel: Steve LaSpina (bass); Klaus Mueller (piano); Vic Juris (guitar); Matt Kane (drums).

Destiny

---

Zaz - Sur La Route

Styles: Vocal

Year: 2016

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 46:10

Size: 111,3 MB

Art: Front

(4:16)  1. On Ira

(4:20)  2. Le Long De La Route

(3:55)  3. Cette Journee

(3:57)  4. Eblouie Par La Nuit

(2:45)  5. Comme Si Comme Ça

(2:38)  6. Si

(5:20)  7. Si Je Perds

(5:23)  8. La Fee

(4:38)  9. Deterre

(5:23) 10. Je Veux

(3:29) 11. Si Jamais J'oublie

Zaz is a French singer with manouches accents whose first eponymous album reached the peaks of the charts in 2010. Born Isabelle Geffroy on May 1, 1980 in Tours in Indre-et-Loire, she sings since her childhood and her voice is often Compared to that of Edith Piaf. In 2010, she signed with the label Play On for the release of her first eponymous album which contains titles produced and written by Raphael. The album meets a good critical success and generates the tube "I want". Word of mouth doing the rest, the album climbs the charts to win the first place six weeks after its release. ~ Jason Birchmeier https://itunes.apple.com/fr/artist/zaz/id67103434#fullText  (Translate by google)

Sur La Route

---

Harold Danko Quintet - Oatts & Perry

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 66:24
Size: 123,6 MB
Art: Front

(10:18)  1. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
( 8:48)  2. Like Sonny
( 8:14)  3. Evol Deklaw Ni
( 6:31)  4. Peace
( 9:11)  5. I Mean You
( 9:04)  6. Unit 7
( 8:01)  7. Tidal Breeze
( 6:13)  8. Don't Get Sassy

Not long after saxophonists Dick Oatts and Rich Perry joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, pianist Harold Danko (who was already in the band) was very impressed with their abilities, and he began to conceive of a record date featuring both men by the early '80s, though it wouldn't come to fruition for another quarter century. Together with his regular rhythm section (bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Jeff Hirschfield), they dove headfirst into a date featuring Danko's intriguing arrangements. The tense, extended workout of "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (the session's only standard) finds both Oatts (alto) and Perry (tenor) departing from conventional approaches and engaging in a live series of exchanges with the leader. John Coltrane's "Like Sonny" (one of his less frequently performed works) lets the quintet reveal its possibilities. Horace Silver's dreamy ballad "Peace" and Thelonious Monk's snappy "I Mean You" also are in good hands, with fine solos all around. It's only natural that the group would explore some of the repertoire of the Jones/Lewis band, with a spirited interpretation of Jones' well-named blues "Don't Get Sassy" and the cheerful, loping ballad "Evol Deklaw Ni." The pianist's one original of the date is the brisk "Tidal Breeze," providing a brief showcase for Formanek and highlighted by the saxophonist's adventurous solos. This rewarding CD is well worth investigating. ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/oatts-perry-mw0000543335

Personnel:  Harold Danko (piano); Dick Oatts (alto saxophone); Rich Perry (tenor saxophone); Michael Formanek (bass instrument); Jeff Hirshfield (drums).

Oatts & Perry

---