Diana Bray - Diana Bray

Size: 117,8 MB
Time: 50:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Kiss Of Fire (2:19)
02. Night And Day (3:56)
03. Autumn Leaves (6:06)
04. In Walked Bud (8:59)
05. The Very Thought Of You (5:07)
06. Straighten Up And Fly Right (2:34)
07. I'm Beginning To See The Light (3:29)
08. Whatever Lola Wants (2:41)
09. Deed I Do (4:04)
10. Kiss Me Honey Honey (2:19)
11. Sway (3:44)
12. Slap That Bass (5:04)

Personnel:
Vocals: Diana Bray
Saxophones: Tony Bray
Trumpet: Rick White
Trombone: Urlican Williams
Piano: Angelo Lembesis
Bass: Evan Arredondo
Drums: Mike Koenning

The one thing that has always been constant in my life is music. I came from a musical background. I was always singing in church, school choir, or jamming with friends. My mom tells me that I started singing when I was just three years old. Even then I would spend hours and hours every day singing and listening to music on the radio. Melody’s always came easy to me. I listened to every single instrument being played in the song realizing that each one had it’s own special thing to do. And it all came together like magic. Even though I have continued to make music my life, it still feels like magic to me when I get to sing with my current band. It IS a great band and that is because I work with some of the best musicians in Austin. When we step on that stage for your event, we bring it all with us. All the heart and soul and experience. We take great pride in delivering the best for you. That’s what we would want, so that’s what we give to you.

My career as a working singer has taken me all over the world. I’ve performed in dozens of casinos in Las Vegas, Laughlin, Lake Tahoe, and Reno. I sang for six years on cruise ships for both Princess and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. I have traveled from one end of the country to the other to sing in clubs and on concert stages. I’ve even sang back up for Eddie Holman. How cool is that?

Diana Bray

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Debbie Kirkland - Coming From Blue

Size: 99,9 MB
Time: 42:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Kissing You (4:03)
02. Xuxu Bird (4:34)
03. I Want To Be Romanced (3:44)
04. A Wish (2:45)
05. I Saw Miles (4:29)
06. River Song (2:21)
07. Canto De Janaina (5:35)
08. Sophisticated Lady (4:32)
09. Blue With You (5:12)
10. Where Love Goes (5:35)

You’ll find “Coming From Blue” in the jazz vocal section but, this sojourn soundtrack is a fusion of music across the kaleidoscope. “It is really reflective of who I am” the lady states of her sophomore album. “I’m not just one thing.”

The only jazz “standard” here among primarily original material is Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady”. She sings it as a homage to where she studied in High School,

The Duke Ellington School For The Performing Arts. Never one to do anything predictable, Debbie renders it in 5/4 and adds to the writing in the song that reveals Duke’s actual inspiration behind the song which is far different than what the later added lyrics by Mitchell Parish convey. Listen, then Google.

The root of “Coming From Blue” is the nakedly confessional waltz “Blue With You” the most aching and depths plumbing vocal of the album and this set’s oldest original, which Debbie started writing the lyrics for in 2000. Things take an upswing artistic turn when the kismet of a shared attorney in Manhattan introduced Debbie to Preston Vismale, the Musical Director of the Harlem Gospel Choir. “Preston and I wrote the majority of the songs over time and it was both of our intentions to record these songs with this band. Although it took years to accomplish, lucky for us the guys were all around when I finally found the space to get this project off the ground.” Out of the partnership in writing emerged the jubilant “River Song”, the voodoo-spun reflection “I Saw Miles” (as in Miles Davis) and the dreamy meditation “A Wish”. All the while, love was the chant, the truth and the light in the new songs like “Kissing You”, “I Want To Be Romanced” and the infectious violin-spiced “XuXu Bird” (pronounced koo koo), highlighted by flirtatious song-closing conversation between Debbie’s voice and French superstar percussionist Mino Cinelu of Weather Report and Miles Davis fame. “Canto Do Janaina” is about the Orisha Yemenya (from Nigeria’s Yoruba religion).

“Whether incapacitating or healing, I always sing about love,” Debbie sighs. “Love is my reason for being on the planet.”

Which brings us to the epic finale “Where Love Goes”, a duet with Steve Washington – lyrics as if torn from a musical theater libretto and an arrangement buoyed by the cinematic sweep of strings as if from a black and white Hollywood movie. Filled with lived-in perspective, it’s the album’s most recent composition Kirkland has penned. “I wrote the song in minutes. People can love each other but, become confined by their limitations. You look around and think, who’s really living their life and who is making due?”

Time alone and time with all the creative people she invited into this very personal work of art illuminate Debbie Kirkland’s “Coming From Blue” with existential authenticity and musical mastery. “ I didn’t want to come back to music,’ Debbie explains. “I wanted it to come back to me, organically. I didn’t have a song to sing during a dark period in my life. It came back and now I give it to others.”

“My title represents a resurrection after going through the process of life,” Kirkland concludes. You have to trust that no matter what hand you’re dealt, you’ll come out stronger on the other end. Keep the faith.”

Coming From Blue

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Phil Woods, Barcelona Jazz Orquestra - Our Man Benny

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:46
Size: 132.2 MB
Styles: Big band, Saxophone jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:33] 1. Blue Five Jive
[5:01] 2. Souvenir
[6:09] 3. Easy Money
[6:36] 4. Movin' Uptown
[2:41] 5. Sunset Glow
[6:24] 6. My Man Benny
[6:01] 7. People Time
[3:35] 8. Rompin' At The Reno
[5:25] 9. Summer Serenade
[5:09] 10. Going' On
[6:07] 11. Just A Mood

Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He studied music with Lennie Tristano, who influenced him greatly, at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Juilliard School. His friend, Joe Lopes, coached him on clarinet as there was no saxophone major at Juilliard at the time. Although he did not copy Charlie “Bird” Parker, he was known as the New Bird, a label which was also attached to other alto players such as Sonny Stitt and Cannonball Adderley at one time or another in their careers.

In the mid-’50s, Woods began to front his own bands. He got major exposure after Quincy Jones invited him to accompany a 1956 State Department-sponsored world tour with the big band of Dizzy Gillespie. In 1959 Woods traveled Europe with Jones’ band; in 1962 he participated in Benny Goodman’s Russian tour. After moving to France in 1968, Woods led the European Rhythm Machine, a group which tended toward avant-garde jazz. He returned to the United States in 1972 and, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish an electronic group, he formed a quintet which was still performing, with some changes of personnel, in 2004. As his theme, Woods used a piece titled “How’s Your Mama?” Woods earned the top alto sax player award almost 30 times in Downbeat magazine’s annual readers’ poll. His quintet was awarded the top small combo title several times.

The Barcelona Jazz Orquestra –Barcelona’s international big band- directed by Dani Alonso, is made up by some of the best jazz specialists in Catalonia. Considered as one of the best big bands in Europe, they regularly perform in prestigious festivals accompanying big names such as Benny Golson, Frank Wess, Ann Hampton Callaway and Tony Hadley. They have recorded with Phil Woods, Nicholas Payton and Jesse Davis as special guests. BJO regularly performs at the legendary Apolo concert hall with a repertoire of jazz and swing that transforms the room known as Paral·lel Savoy in Barcelona.

Our Man Benny 

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Joe Giglio - Sound Scape

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:11
Size: 179.0 MB
Styles: Guitar/Saxophone jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[ 7:34] 1. Hope Fiends
[10:59] 2. Love For Sale
[ 7:51] 3. M. Jones
[ 7:43] 4. Carla-La
[10:58] 5. Distant Belles
[ 9:34] 6. Whoa Nellie!
[ 4:33] 7. Trickle Up
[ 9:29] 8. 'round Midnight
[ 9:26] 9. Blues Guise

Joe Giglio: guitars; Jimmy Halperin: saxophones.

Guitarist Joe Giglio and saxophonist Jimmy Halperin are part of the current, albeit small, group of musicians that are keeping pianist Lennie Tristano's singular approach to improvisation alive. Halperin studied with Tristano and both musicians had a long association with pianist and Tristano pupil Sal Mosca. Sound Scape is an effective meeting that intimately documents the excitement of creating complex structures from the inside out.

The majority of these compositions, save for an elegant reworking of Monk's "'Round Midnight," utilize the harmonic structure of standards, sans melody, as jumping off points for improvisation. A tribute to Mosca, "Love for Sal" has guitar and sax coming together in an almost eerie piano fashion while "Carla-La" pays homage to the pensive side of vocalist Carla White. Giglio just doesn't draw on bop guitarists but also channels Eddie Lang/Django Reinhardt on the swinging "Mr. Jones" and is conversant with a variety of styles on both acoustic and electric axes. He has a wonderfully delicate touch and timbre, with a knack for knowing when to lay back and let Halperin blow.

Halperin's tone is likewise impressive and, alternating between soprano and tenor, he dazzles with both speed and creativity. The most notable aspect of Sound Scape, however, is the collective improvisation. With nine tunes that, with the exception of solo guitar piece "Trickle Up," typically run past seven minutes, there are plenty of opportunities for incredible congruence. This makes for a chamber-like atmosphere that is all the more apparent given the decision to exclude bass and drums. Sound Scape shines as a penetrating and detailed look into joint improvisation in its purest and most advanced form. ~Elliott Simon

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Rosemary Clooney - The Concord Jazz Heritage Series

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 60:16

Size: 138.0 MB

Styles: Jazz vocals

Year: 1998

Art: Front

[2:58] 1. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)

[4:39] 2. Sophisticated Lady

[4:50] 3. Like Someone In Love

[4:19] 4. I'll Be Seeing You

[2:51] 5. Fascinating Rhythm

[4:49] 6. The Summer Knows

[3:11] 7. The Continental

[2:24] 8. God Bless The Child

[3:46] 9. Hello Young Lovers

[3:34] 10. More Than You Know

[3:58] 11. My Romance

[3:26] 12. Thank Heaven For Little Girls

[4:42] 13. When October Goes

[4:25] 14. Rules Of The Road

[2:43] 15. The Coffee Song

[3:31] 16. White Christmas

Rosemary Clooney's hookup with the Concord label (which began in 1977) resulted in a renaissance in her career and to her being featured in much more jazz-oriented settings than in the past. This 1998 sampler of her Concord years is at its strongest when it features material from her earlier Concord projects, ones that often found her joined by tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton and cornetist Warren Vaché (although the latter is only on three of the CD's fourteen selections). Less interesting are a few later tracks (including an insipid "Thank Heaven for Little Girls") that show the gradual and inevitable decline in Clooney's voice, finding her backed by an orchestra. This set of the Concord Jazz Heritage Series is very much a mixed bag, highlighted by "I Cried for You," "I'll Be Seeing You," "Fascinating Rhythm" and "God Bless the Child" (taken as a duet with pianist Nat Pierce). ~Scott Yanow

The Concord Jazz Heritage Series 

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Santi De La Rubia Trio - Broken Line

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:02
Size: 148.9 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[ 7:43] 1. Broken Line
[ 5:25] 2. Abril
[ 8:17] 3. Mt
[10:14] 4. Lush Life
[ 6:20] 5. Green Soda
[ 5:12] 6. Ashwagandha
[ 6:22] 7. Marta
[ 6:42] 8. Hendo's World
[ 8:42] 9. East Of The Sun

Santi de la Rubia - Saxo Tenor; Marc Cuevas - Contrabaix; Roger Gutiérrez - Bateria.

After numerous performances in different national and international jazz festivals and a long recordings career as sideman, Santi de la Rubia releases his first album as a leader, Broken Line. Alongside Roger Gutiérrez on drums and Marc Cuevas on bass presents a proposal of contemporary jazz with an energetic influence Hard Bop.

Winner of the 1st Barcelona Jazz Competition and the International Jazz Competition of Granada with his first album "Afinke", in which he collaborates with Jordi Berni trio. Selected for the Catalan Jazz Tour of 2008, in which he shared a poster with Perico Sambeat trio in Paris and London, finalist in the International Competition of Getxo 2008 with Josep Tutusaus Sextet and 2nd prize in the "I International Competition of Jazz of Almería" of 2014 with "CJ Quintet". He has collaborated with musicians like Tom Harrell, Jorge Rossy, Joan Monné, Martín Leiton, Ernesto Aurignac, Jaume Llombart, Perico Sambeat, Roger Mas, Jordi Berni, Albert Vila, Giulia Valle, among others.

This album is the result of a collaboration between the label UnderPool and L'Estival de Jazz d'Igualada, which offers an anual production of "La Carta Blanca a ...", proposed to a musician in each edition of L'Estival. It is literally a carte blanche to a consolidated musician, but without an album as a leader,. From the result l'Estival de Jazz to the collaborative work with the record company Underpool, which will edit the album. In this case Broken Line from Santi de la Rubia Trio. (Translated from Spanish.)

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Organissimo - Alive & Kickin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:16
Size: 174.6 MB
Styles: Organ jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[ 7:25] 1. Stomp Yo' Feets
[ 7:13] 2. Señor Buffe
[ 5:15] 3. Smokin' Section
[ 6:54] 4. If Not Now, When
[ 7:20] 5. Jimmy Smith Goes To Washington
[ 6:01] 6. Clap Yo' Hands
[10:42] 7. Groovadelphia
[ 7:03] 8. Blessed Relief
[18:19] 9. Pumpkin Pie

Jim Alfredson: HammondSuzuki XK3/XK System, Leslie 3300, synthesizers; Joe Gloss: guitar; Randy Marsh: drums.

The title of Organissimo's first live recording, Alive & Kickin', is a great description of how a guitar/organ trio live record should sound. Just about everything on this set comes homegrown by this Michigan trio: organ player Jim Alfredson met guitarist Joe Gloss in a Michigan State University (MSU) jazz class; the duo eventually became a trio completed by drummer Randy Marsh, whose experience playing for organists Jimmy Smith and Shirley Scott proved invaluable to the band's soulful yet freestyle jamming sound.

Most of Alive & Kickin' was recorded at MSU, with two additional tracks recorded at one of Organissimo's favorite nightspots in Grand Rapids, MI. Even so, music from Louisiana—more specifically, from New Orleans—plays a prominent part in the opening "Stomp Yo' Feets," which combines with the subsequent "Clap Yo' Hands" to create complementary party jams of sophisticatedly syncopated Crescent City organ funk. "Clap Yo' Hands" also serves to bridge the tail-whipping trilogy that closes this this set. "Jimmy Smith Goes to Washington" kicks it off: Alfredson's organ sound testifies to the power of gospel truth, and then paints this groove in bright splashes and waves of color using every shade in his pallet and every corner of his canvas; Gloss' guitar bridges that funky gap between soul and bebop, and Marsh tumbles through his own unaccompanied breaks. In "Clap Yo' Hands," Marsh pounds out a torrid go-go beat behind the organ break to further drive the trio to their final soul-jazz destination, "Grooveadelphia." ~Chris Slawecki

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Richard Koch Quartett - Wald

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:29
Size: 97.3 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[6:21] 1. Moped
[4:19] 2. Mond
[5:25] 3. Jan+erna
[6:13] 4. Wald
[9:05] 5. Regen
[5:01] 6. Wolpertinger
[6:01] 7. Der Herbst

Richard Koch (Trompete); Michael Hornek (Klavier); Andreas Lang (Bass); Andi Haberl (Schlagzeug).

The compositions of Richard Koch come from the fields of soul, pop, jazz and salon music and are based on the experience that things can best be brought to the point with simple means. The musicians of the quartet have a lot of experience as solo performers as well as members of bands of different genres. They do not serve the styles of the pieces, but always play them as if they had invented them themselves. (Translated from German.)

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Arnett Cobb & Eddie 'LockJaw' Davis - Blow Arnett Cobb

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:34
Size: 89,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:44)  1. When I Grow Too Old To Dream
(5:11)  2. Go Power
(7:02)  3. Dutch Kitchen Bounce
(5:42)  4. Go Red, Go
(8:20)  5. The Eely One
(5:32)  6. The Fluke

Arnett Cobb's debut for Prestige and his first recording as a leader in three years (due to a serious car accident in 1956) is an explosive affair. Cobb is matched up with fellow tough tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, and there are plenty of sparks set off by their encounter. With organist Wild Bill Davis, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Arthur Edgehill keeping the proceedings heated, Cobb and Davis tangle on a variety of basic material, alternating uptempo romps such as "Go Power" and "Go Red Go" with slightly more sober pieces highlighted by "When I Grow Too Old to Dream." 

This is a great matchup (reissued on CD through the OJC imprint) that lives up to its potential. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/blow-arnett-blow-mw0000110414

Personnel: Arnett Cobb (tenor saxophone); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone); Strethen Davis, Wild Bill Davis (organ); Arthur Edgehill (drums).

Blow Arnett Cobb

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Jill Barber & Matthew Barber - The Family Album

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:41
Size: 96,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:53)  1. I Must Be in a Good Place Now
(2:48)  2. Song to a Young Seagull
(3:34)  3. One True Love
(4:19)  4. The Sweeter the Dawn
(3:17)  5. Today
(4:28)  6. Summer Wages
(4:16)  7. The Partisan
(3:44)  8. Big Picture Window
(3:27)  9. Grandpa Joe
(4:22) 10. If I Needed You
(3:29) 11. Comes a Time

Brother and sister singer-songwriters Matthew Barber and Jill Barber always knew they’d make an album together. Growing up outside Toronto in the 1990s, they shared not only a left-handed guitar (older brother Matthew got the first one) but also a passion for music that fuelled their respective artistic careers. Two different paths were carved, but never did they diverge so much that they might not meet up again. Eventually they did and The Family Album was born. Produced by Matthew and Jill themselves, The Family Album is a folk record. It’s a record that enthusiastically harkens back to sibling singers of yesteryear, but also one that is not afraid to paint from a broad palette of both traditional sounds and contemporary flourishes. There are just enough hooks and plenty of licks. The vocals are up front, the harmonies are simple, the performances are live and the exquisite band is laid-back. Mixed by Grammy-winner Michael Piersante, the record is warm and full of textures. https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/14683

Personnel:  Jill Barber – vocals;  Matthew Barber – vocals, acoustic guitar;  Julian Brown - upright bass, keyboard bass;  Robbie Grunwald - piano, organ, wurlitzer, accordion;  Drew Jurecka - violin, mandolin, bass clarinet;  Dean Stone – drums, percussion;  Joey Wright – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, banjo.

The Family Album

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Tom Scott - Apple Juice

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1981
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:37
Size: 100,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:14)  1. Apple Juice
(4:16)  2. Gonna Do It Right
(6:34)  3. We Belong Together
(4:25)  4. So White And So Funky
(7:16)  5. Gettin' Up
(6:12)  6. In My Dreams
(9:38)  7. Instant Relief

Although a bit streaky, this is one of Tom Scott's better recordings of the 1980s. A live set with guitarists Eric Gale (whose bluesy playing is a strong asset) and Hugh McCracken, keyboardist Richard Tee, electric bassist Marcus Miller, drummer Steve Gadd and percussionist Ralph MacDonald, Scott sounds fine when playing tenor, although his decision to use the anonymous-sounding lyricon on some numbers is a mistake. Also on the minus side are Dr. John's cameo appearance singing "So White and So Funky," the repertoire in general (which includes four forgettable Scott originals), and some of the less imaginative rhythms. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/apple-juice-mw0000465613

Personnel: Tom Scott - saxes,lyricon;  Eric Gale - electric and acoustic guitars;  Hugh McCracken - electric guitar;  Richard Tee - keyboards;  Marcus Miller - bass;  Ralph McDonald - percussion;  Steve Gadd - drums;  Dr.John - vocals(4)

Apple Juice

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Jimmy Rowles - Weather in a Jazz Vane

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:59
Size: 114,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:37)  1. The Wind And Rain In Your Hair
(2:56)  2. The Breeze And I
(2:45)  3. When The Sun Comes Out
(3:30)  4. Throwin' Stones At The Sun
(3:37)  5. Heat Wave
(4:18)  6. Let It Snow
(5:09)  7. Winter Weather
(4:42)  8. Some Other Spring
(5:11)  9. Too Hot For Words
(3:51) 10. Throwin' Stones At The Sun (Take 3)
(3:57) 11. Throwin' Stones At The Sun (Take 4)
(4:21) 12. Let It Snow (Take 3)

The focus is on Jimmy Rowles's piano throughout this relaxed and well-rounded reissue of an Andex session. Rowles is joined by trumpeter Lee Katzman, valve trombonist Bob Envoldsen, Bill Holman on tenor, altoist Herb Geller, bassist Monty Budwig and drummer Mel Lewis for renditions of nine superior standards, all of which have references to seasons, weather or the sun in their titles. Highlights include "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair," "When the Sun Comes Out," "Some Other Spring" and Rowles's spontaneous vocal (his first on record) on "Too Hot for Words."~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/weather-in-a-jazz-vane-mw0000036696

Personnel: Jimmy Rowles (piano); Herb Geller (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Bill Holman (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Lee Katzman (trumpet); Bob Enevoldsen (valve trombone); Mel Lewis (drums).

Weather in a Jazz Vane

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The Gellers (Herb & Lorraine Geller) - Two Of A Kind: Complete Recordings 1954-1955 (2-Disc Set)

CD1 #1-4: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), John Simmons (b), Roy Harte (d). Recorded in Hollywood, July 4, 1954; CD1 #5-12: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), Curtis Counce (b), Lawrence Marable (d). Recorded in Hollywood, August 6, 1954; CD1 #13-20 / CD2 #1-5: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), Red Mitchell (b), Mel Lewis (d). Recorded in Hollywood, April 20, 21 & 26, 1955; CD2 #6-9: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Eldridge 'Bruz' Freeman (d). Recorded in Hollywood, August 14, 1955; CD2 #10-13: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), Red Mitchell (b), Eldridge 'Bruz' Freeman (d), Conte Candoli (tp), Mel 'Ziggy' Vines (ts). Recorded in Hollywood, August 19, 1955; CD2 #14-17: Same personnel but Leroy Vinnegar replaces Red Mitchell. Recorded in Hollywood, August 22, 1955.

The Gellers met in Los Angeles in 1950 and were married in New York, shortly after Herb had quit the Claude Thornhill orchestra. They stayed together for eight years, but these are the only recordings Herb did with Lorraine. They formed an exceptional tandem and their playing carried a distinct sound, a harmonic quality that was neither his or hers. This CD wants to recover that feeling because, although she passed away a mere three years after the present sides, one thing remains certain: Herb and Lorraine Geller were two of a kind.

Album: Two Of A Kind: Complete Recordings 1954-1955 (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:20
Size: 161.0 MB
Styles: Saxophone/Piano jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. It's Swell Of You
[2:40] 2. Everything I've Got Belongs To You
[3:05] 3. Mad About The Boy
[2:42] 4. I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze
[3:24] 5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
[2:48] 6. Kahagon
[3:22] 7. Breaking Through The Sound Barrier
[2:52] 8. Happy Go Lucky
[4:04] 9. A Room With A View
[2:55] 10. Sleight Ride
[2:55] 11. Silver Rain 2
[6:52] 12. Alone Together
[3:01] 13. If I Were A Bell
[4:53] 14. Bewitched
[3:46] 15. The Answer Man
[3:56] 16. Cherokee
[2:50] 17. The Heather On The Hill
[5:10] 18. Suppertime
[3:17] 19. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
[2:48] 20. Patterns

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Album: Two Of A Kind: Complete Recordings 1954-1955 (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:27
Size: 170.4 MB
Styles: Saxophone/Piano jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[5:15] 1. Two Of A Kind
[3:10] 2. Love
[4:02] 3. Arapahoe
[4:57] 4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
[5:17] 5. Blues In The Night
[3:22] 6. Days I Never Knew
[3:29] 7. Domestic Harmony
[2:58] 8. Love Is Like A Turtle
[5:47] 9. Sweet Vinnegar
[4:25] 10. Outpost Incident
[5:01] 11. Rockin' Chair
[3:08] 12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
[5:24] 13. Crazy She Calls Me
[4:22] 14. Owl Eyes
[3:40] 15. Gin For Flugelhorns
[4:31] 16. Tardi At Zardi's
[5:31] 17. Von Mae

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Thilo Wolf Big Band - Satt (2-Disc Set)

CD 1 - Thilo Wolf Big Band - Latin Grooves: feat. Wolfgang Haffner, José Cortijo, Doug Bickel, Norbert Nagel ... Komp. und Arr.: Thomas Zoller und Thilo Wolf. CD 2 - Thilo Wolf & the RIAS Big Band - Swinging Originals: Die RIAS Big Band spielt die Musik von Thilo Wolf feat. Jeff Hamilton, Gregoire Peters, Dan Gottshall, Torsten Maaß ... Arr.: Jörg Achim Keller, Thilo Wolf, Thomas Zoller

Thilo Wolf, born in 1967, works as pianist, composer and arranger. He is leader of his own formations, the “Thilo Wolf Big Band”, the “Thilo Wolf Jazz Quartet“ and the "Groove Selection". His first love is pulsating, swinging Jazz but he is also open for crossover projects. He combines classical music and jazz through concerts together with the classical “Berliner Saxophone Ensemble”, the “Windsbacher Knabenchor” (Windsbacher Boys Choir) and his Jazz Quartet and in multiple collaboration with the Nuremberg Symphonic Orchestra.

Album: Satt (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:24
Size: 113.1 MB
Styles: Big band
Year: 2012

[3:27] 1. Huevo Duro
[2:44] 2. Coco Loco
[3:47] 3. Guajira In My Soul
[4:00] 4. Pepe Cortisona
[2:47] 5. Sambalo Lek
[4:04] 6. Guantanamera
[4:08] 7. Bird's
[4:45] 8. Veracruz
[3:25] 9. Recitando
[3:26] 10. La Paloma
[4:00] 11. Jajita
[4:21] 12. Blue Cha Cha
[4:25] 13. Reflections On Masacote

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Album: Satt (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:38
Size: 122.8 MB
Styles: Big band
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:27] 1. Melange Au Jazz
[3:19] 2. Hot Struck
[5:31] 3. A Little Jazzy Tune For Toots
[4:36] 4. The Quarrymen
[4:56] 5. January Moments
[5:37] 6. No No Blues
[3:17] 7. Riffifi
[5:09] 8. Les Sacristians
[4:08] 9. The Butler
[4:17] 10. Serenade For Romance
[5:34] 11. Another Sunburn
[2:42] 12. Klarinettenmuckl Blues

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Miss Tess - When Tomorrow Comes

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:37
Size: 110,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:19)  1. Honeysuckle Rose
(3:31)  2. When Tomorrow Comes
(3:52)  3. Comes Love
(2:53)  4. Yes Mother
(3:13)  5. Sugar In My Bowl
(5:58)  6. Caravan
(5:09)  7. Stars Fell On Alabama
(5:10)  8. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
(3:31)  9. Lullaby Of The Leaves
(4:29) 10. Mood Indigo
(3:32) 11. Love Me Or Leave Me
(1:55) 12. Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Miss Tess is a young songwriter, guitarist, and accomplished jazz singer currently involved in the thriving Boston music scene. She first began her performing career in Charm City (ah beloved Baltimore), but has since moved to Boston and found a new happy home in the jazz/roots/folk scene. She is making the scene with help from her band, “Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade”, in which she is accompanied by upright bass, sax/clarinet, drums, and a lead guitarist. Dig this swingin’ show!  Miss Tess is the Modern Vintage Queen. Her melodies and lyrics are very real and current, yet definitively infused with reveries of 20s and 30s swing, jazz, and blues. Fans are often surprised to learn that most of the songs are original. You can tell that she is an old soul would who has spent a lot of time listening to the wistful melodies of classic jazz and blues. “My dad told me that when I was only 2 years old, I used to fall asleep listening to his big band practice going on right under my room in the basement. Now I can sleep through anything- haha.”  "When Tomorrow Comes" is her second album consisting mostly of jazz standards and a few originals, with some high-profile jazz musicians from the dc area (Steve Abshire-guitar, John Jenson-trombone, Robert Redd-piano, Ralph Gordon-bass, Rusty Mason-sax, Steve Larrance-drums, Nate Leath-fiddle, Berklee grad). https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/misstessmusic

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Joe Henderson - The Elements

Styles: Saxophone And Flute Jazz
Year: 1974
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:52
Size: 97,0 MB
Art: Front

(11:07)  1. Fire
( 9:58)  2. Air
( 7:32)  3. Water
(13:13)  4. Earth

This is one of the odder Joe Henderson recordings. The four lengthy selections not only feature the great tenor-saxophonist but the piano and harp of Alice Coltrane (during one of her rare appearances as a sideman), violinist Michael White, bassist Charlie Haden, percussionist Kenneth Nash and Baba Duru Oshun on tablas. The somewhat spiritual nature of the music (Henderson's compositions are titled "Fire," "Air," "Water" and "Earth") and the presence of Alice Coltrane makes these Eastern-flavored performances rather unique if not all that essential: an early example of world music in jazz. This recording has been reissued as part of Henderson's eight-CD Milestone box set. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-elements-mw0000087334 

Personnel:  Joe Henderson - tenor sax, flute, alto flute;  Alice Coltrane - piano, harp, Tambura, harmonium;  Charlie Haden - bass;  Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums (1, 4);  Kenneth Nash - narrator (4), flute (3), congas, North African Sakara Drum, bells, gong, percussion;  Baba Duru Oshun - percussion, Tabla;  Michael White - violin

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Arnett Cobb - Party Time

Styles: Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:22
Size: 85,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:48)  1. When My Dream Boat Comes Home
(3:57)  2. Lonesome Road
(4:20)  3. Blues In The Closet
(5:55)  4. PartyTime
(5:14)  5. Flying Home
(6:52)  6. The Slow Poke
(5:14)  7. Cocktails For Two

Tenor saxophonist Arnett Cobb, who was inactive between 1957 and 1958 due to a serious auto accident, recorded three strong albums for Prestige during the first half of 1959. This CD reissue is the only one of the trio that features Cobb as the only horn and backed by a pianist (Ray Bryant) instead of an organ player. 

With bassist Wendell Marshall, drummer Art Taylor and Ray Barretto on conga completing the group, most of the focus is on Cobb's tough yet flexible tenor. Such songs as "When My Dreamboat Comes Home," "Blues in the Closet" and a remake of "Flying Home" make this the definitive Arnett Cobb album from the era. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/party-time-mw0000177104

Personnel:  Arnett Cobb - tenor saxophone;  Ray Bryant - piano;  Wendell Marshall - bass;  Art Taylor - drums;  Ray Barretto - congas

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Red Garland - Alone With The Blues

Styles: Piano Jazz 
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:26
Size: 104,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:27)  1. In The Evening
(4:24)  2. Blues In The Closet
(6:03)  3. Chains Of Love
(6:39)  4. Tired
(5:08)  5. Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)
(5:51)  6. Trane's Blues
(6:59)  7. Wee Baby Blues
(4:52)  8. Cloudy

?Red Garland mixed together the usual influences of his generation (Nat Cole, Bud Powell, and Ahmad Jamal) into his own distinctive approach; Garland's block chords themselves became influential on the players of the 1960s. He started out playing clarinet and alto, switching to piano when he was 18. During 1946-1955, he worked steadily in New York and Philadelphia, backing such major players as Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Roy Eldridge, but still remaining fairly obscure. That changed when he became a member of the classic Miles Davis Quintet (1955-1958), heading a rhythm section that also included Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. After leaving Miles, Garland had his own popular trio and recorded very frequently for Prestige, Jazzland, and Moodsville during 1956-1962 (the majority of which are available in the Original Jazz Classics series). The pianist eventually returned to Texas and was in semi-retirement, but came back gradually in the 1970s, recording for MPS (1971) and Galaxy (1977-1979) before retiring again. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/red-garland-mn0000882950/biography

Personnel:  Red Garland (piano).

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Ann Richards - I'm Shooting High

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:30
Size: 69.8 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1958/2005
Art: Front

[1:30] 1. I'm Shooting High
[2:44] 2. Moanin' Low
[2:31] 3. Nightingale
[3:29] 4. Blues In My Heart
[2:44] 5. I've Got To Pass Your House To Get To My House
[2:41] 6. Deep Night
[2:16] 7. Poor Little Rich Girl
[2:59] 8. Should I
[2:03] 9. I'm In The Market For You
[2:22] 10. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (For Somebody Else)
[2:59] 11. Lullaby Of Broadway
[2:05] 12. Will You Still Be Mine

Ann Richards, only in her early twenties at the time, had already sung with Charlie Barnet and would always be closely associated with Stan Kenton (whom she married and later divorced). Her life was short, but she did record a few albums as a leader, including this one, her debut. Backed by an unidentified big band conducted by Brian Farnon and arranged by Warren Barker, Richards displays an appealing voice and a swinging style. She was best at this point on upbeat material, so the highlights include "I'm Shooting High," "Poor Little Rich Girl" and "Will You Still Be Mine." ~Scott Yanow

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Richard Galliano - New York Tango

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:41
Size: 118.3 MB
Styles: Avant garde, Accordion jazz
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[5:16] 1. Vuelvo Al Sur
[4:16] 2. Soleil
[4:05] 3. New York Tango
[5:10] 4. Ten Years Ago
[4:16] 5. Fou Rire
[4:56] 6. Sertao
[4:12] 7. A L'encre Rouge
[5:39] 8. Blue Day
[3:49] 9. Perle
[4:04] 10. To Django
[5:54] 11. Three Views Of A Secret

Accordion – Richard Galliano; Bass – George Mraz; Drums – Al Foster; Guitar – Biréli Lagrène. Recorded 11 -13 June 1996 at Clinton Recording Studios (New York).

A fascinating amalgam of personalities and styles, this 1996 release from Franco-Italian accordion virtuoso Richard Galliano achieves a wholly original musical synthesis. Bracketed by an opening track from tango ace Astor Piazzolla and a concluding piece from Jaco Pastorius, the session finds the common ground in such seemingly disparate choices. With nine Galliano originals in between, the result is a cohesive, uncompromising set of performances and an essential work in the leader's discography. The players with Galliano are a combination of Europeans and Americans equally at home in jazz and European folk music. Erstwhile Django Reinhardt prodigy Bireli Lagrene is a key contributor. Having emerged from his mentor's shadow in the late '80s, Lagrene reveals the range of his spectacular talents as a simpatico accompanist, a precise and articulate ensemble player, and a spellbinding soloist. Underscoring his evolution from his gypsy roots, Lagrene, on Galliano's "To Django," actually plays in a Wes Montgomery style or, more accurately, in the style of two or three Wes Montgomerys or Montgomery via Lenny Breau. Czech bassist George Mraz blends with and complements Lagrene so that the pair operates as an actual string section, not merely as bass and guitar. This stellar roster of talent is rounded out by modern drum legend Al Foster, who brings power, subtlety, and a jazz pulse to swing the whole affair. Throughout, the leader is a source -- as a writer, player, and soloist -- of romantic melodies, bright and melancholy, as well as sheer exuberance and technical dazzle, as he taps into the full polyphonic power of his accordion. Listeners who have yet to venture into jazz accordion will find a compelling introduction to the instrument with this set. ~Jim Todd

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