George Colligan - Small Room

Styles: Piano Jazz 
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:52
Size: 163,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:51)  1. I Love Music
(7:25)  2. Afterthought
(6:28)  3. Exile's Gate
(4:35)  4. Elves
(6:10)  5. The Dolphin
(6:02)  6. When Your Lover Has Gone
(4:49)  7. Small Room
(4:21)  8. Rule's End
(3:37)  9. Voyage
(5:29) 10. Quincy
(6:37) 11. Some Other Time
(5:22) 12. Caravan
(4:59) 13. Only Trust Your Heart

Time out for a personal pitch regarding one of the most imaginative up-and- coming pianists on the contemporary jazz scene. Thirty-year-old New Jersey native, George Colligan has compiled quite a resume, what with offers for sideman gigs from Gary Thomas, Lee Konitz, Freddy Cole, Billy Hart, and Steve Wilson, not to mention a magnificent spate of recording activity that includes two sessions as a leader for Fresh Sound and another baker's dozen for SteepleChase. Problem is that very few outside the immediate circle have any familiarity with Colligan at all, and that's a shame because he's such a stimulating player. While his past efforts for SteepleChase have put him in either trio (please check out Activism ) or large group settings (sample The Newcomer ), the recently-issued Small Room is a tour-de-force for Colligan's talents as a solo pianist. A virtual textbook on developing a set, the thirteen selections performed here bring out many sides of Colligan's personality and keep the attention level at peak performance. Along the way, you'll find everything from the mainstream swing of Kenny Barron's "Voyage" to more exploratory cuts such as "Afterthought" and Gary Thomas' "Exile's Gate." The lush romantic side also beams through with radiant takes of "Some Other Time" and "Only Trust Your Heart." Clocking in at a tad bit over seventy minutes, Small Room was recorded in Denmark by SteepleChase owner and producer Nils Winther in 1998 and the overall recording quality is absolutely grand- focused, yet not too dry. As someone who as a rule typically avoids solo discs, the highest compliment I can give this set is that I never once reached for the remote and that's saying a lot! ~ C.Andrew Hovan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/small-room-george-colligan-steeplechase-records-review-by-c-andrew-hovan.php

Personnel: George Colligan – piano

Small Room

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Ken McIntyre - The Complete United Artists Sessions (Disc 1), (Disc 2)

Album: The Complete United Artists Sessions  (Disc 1)

Styles: Flute, Oboe, Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:16
Size: 159,7 MB
Art:

( 7:25)  1. Miss Ann
( 7:31)  2. Lois Marie
( 5:04)  3. Chittlin's And Cavyah
( 6:15)  4. Permanentity
( 4:50)  5. Tip Top
( 3:23)  6. Kaijee
( 5:39)  7. Reflections
( 5:07)  8. Say What
( 4:21)  9. 96.5
(10:09) 10. Arisin'
( 3:28) 11. Laura
( 5:59) 12. Speak Low

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Album: The Complete United Artists Sessions  (Disc 2)

Time: 66:01

Size: 152,0 MB

( 5:26)  1. Cosmos

( 6:49)  2. Sendai

( 6:57)  3. Undulation

(10:36)  4. Turbospacey

( 7:08)  5. Bootsie

( 7:46)  6. New Time

( 7:22)  7. Naomi

( 8:49)  8. Someday

( 5:03)  9. Mercedes

Ken McIntyre, a very underrated multi-reedist, developed fairly original styles on alto, flute, bass clarinet, oboe and bassoon. He made two fairly well-known sessions for New Jazz in 1960 and recorded for SteepleChase from 1974-78. However, McIntyre's pair of United Artists records from 1962-63 (his only dates as a leader during 1961-73) have been long overlooked. This double CD from 1997 has all of the music from the original LPs, plus eight previously unreleased cuts. All of the selections except "Laura" and "Speak Low" are McIntyre compositions. The advanced hard bop originals (which show the influence of the avant-garde) tend to be complex, sometimes using tricky time signatures, and lack memorable melodies, but they swing.

The leader mostly plays his dry-toned alto, with a bit of flute and oboe, and with the exception of a few spots by pianist Jaki Byard, the backup musicians are mostly supportive and do not stand out. One set has McIntyre and a pianoless rhythm section joined by a dozen strings. His string writing is inventive and shows some otherwise unrealized potential. The other selections are either with a quartet or a quintet (the latter with trombonist John Mancebo Lewis). This obscure but stimulating set grows in interest with each listen. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-united-artists-sessions-mw0000024851

Personnel: MAKANDA KEN MCINTYRE (flute, alto saxophone, oboe); JOHN MANCEBO LEWIS (trombone); JAKI BYARD, ED STOUTE (piano); AHMED ABDUL-MALIK, RON CARTER, BOB CUNNINGHAM (bass); WARREN SMITH, LOUIS HAYES, BEN RILEY, EDGAR BATEMAN (drums); 13-piece string orchestra

The Complete United Artists Sessions (Disc 1),(Disc 2)

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Jimmy Hamilton - In A Sentimental Mood

Styles: Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:49
Size: 83,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:26)  1. I've Got The World On A String
(2:49)  2. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
(2:17)  3. Tempo De Brazilia
(4:23)  4. The Nearness Of You
(5:11)  5. Blue Room
(2:32)  6. Ain't She Sweet
(2:55)  7. I Didn't Know About You
(3:35)  8. Taj Mahal
(5:15)  9. In A Sentimental Mood
(3:24) 10. After You've Gone

Jimmy Hamilton was for a quarter-century a mainstay of jazz's most important large ensemble, the Duke Ellington Orchestra. On clarinet, Hamilton was a model of polished, cool style and substance, while his less often featured work on tenor saxophone allowed him to reveal funkier inclinations. Hamilton was hired by Ellington as the replacement for Barney Brigard in 1943, and he stayed on with the Duke until 1968. Prior to joining Ellington, he had worked with Lucky Millinder, Jimmy Mundy, and most noticeably Teddy Wilson's sextet (1940-1942) and Eddie Heywood; Hamilton also recorded “Gloomy Sunday” with Billie Holiday. While he was featured primarily as a clarinetist, where he employed a cool smooth tone, he sometimes turned to the tenor on which he was a little rougher and raucous. When Jimmy took the job with Duke he actually had another offer on the table from Count Basie. Basie wanted him to perform only on tenor sax, however, and Jimmy wanted the chance to perform on clarinet, as well. Jimmy also commented that he was a great fan of Ellington's compositions and that Duke was sure to challenge him with new material. He was certainly right about that! Duke and Billy Strayhorn wrote many featured parts for Jimmy's clarinet and tenor sax improvisations (Air-conditioned Jungle, Deep Purple, and Bluebird of Delphi; to name a few). After leaving Ellington, Hamilton moved to St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, where he taught music in public schools. Jimmy and his Quartet (with his wife, Vivian on piano) had a weekly radio show (WSTX AM radio station) from1971 to ‘77 which broadcast their Friday night gig, live from the Holger Danske Hotel in Christiansted, St. Croix. 

That broadcast made them fans all throughout the Caribbean. He did return to the U.S. to play with John Carter’s Clarinet Summit in 1981 and 1985, and gigged a bit in New York during 1989-1990, but was otherwise little heard from in his later years. Hamilton did not record much as a leader, but did put together some fine sessions as his two sessions recorded two weeks apart in 1961 for Swingville (Prestige's mainstream offshoot), they spotlight Hamilton on both clarinet and tenor. “It's About Time!” offers a host of tuneful, loose blues, some of whose titles indicate the participants' collective sense of humor (”Stupid But Not Crazy,” “Nits and Wits”), while “Can't Help Swinging” balances four bluesy originals with an equal number of top-notch standards. The sextet finds Hamilton joined on the front line by fellow distinguished Ellingtonians Clark Terry and Britt Woodman, and both dates are graced by Tommy Flanagan's piano. Hamilton went on to do a live recording in 1985 from the Virgin Islands. This date “Rediscovered at the Buccaneer,” finds Hamilton playing clarinet and alto in prime form with a quartet also including pianist Gary Mayone, bassist Joe Straws and drummer Delroy Thomas. Hamilton performs five lazy love songs and five tunes associated with Duke Ellington. These would be his last recordings. Jimmy Hamilton passed in Sept. 1994. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/jimmyhamilton

Personnel:  Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton; Bass – Aaron Bell; Drums – Sam Woodyard; Horns [Baritone] – Britt Woodman, Dave Wells, Mitchell Wood; Piano – Jimmy Rowles; Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves; Trumpet – John Anderson

In A Sentimental Mood

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Jules Day - Jules Day

Styles: Vocal Jazz 
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:53
Size: 89,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:56)  1. Hope Avenue & Despair
(3:23)  2. How Will I Ever Know
(4:43)  3. Days That End In Y
(3:38)  4. Get It Right
(3:14)  5. Only You
(4:14)  6. Don't Tell The Sun
(4:18)  7. Say You Will
(3:50)  8. Leave The Love To Me
(3:57)  9. Right On Time
(3:35) 10. Midnight Lullaby

Jules Day is creating quite a buzz as she bursts onto the L.A. jazz scene with a voice and stage presence that belie her 22 years of age. Jules’s young jazz career has experienced a meteoric rise with regular appearances at Southern California’s top jazz venues including Hollywood’s Catalina Bar & Grill and Culver City’s The Jazz Bakery. Jules recently found herself not only on the cover of the L.A. Jazz Scene monthly newspaper, but the subject of an in-depth article by publisher Myrna Daniels. Daniels, in the article, noted that she had seen several singers go on to find great success and predicted, “I think Jules Day will one day belong to that select circle of performers.” 

Don Heckman, jazz critic for the Los Angeles Times, reviewed Jules’s Hollywood performance as “having the vibe, the enthusiasm, and the sheer irresistibility of a star in the making.” Heckman wrote, “At 21, Day has the blond and slender look of a youthful Diana Krall, but the resemblance stops there. Unlike Krall, whose vocals have always worked best when they flow from her piano playing, Day is a stand-up singer, intimately immersed in her songs, digging into their inner meaning with a constantly surprising sense of emotive maturity.”Jules was honored to open the Temecula Smooth Jazz Festival with the enviable position as the only female vocalist on the roster.
When it comes to jazz, this Minneapolis native is the real deal with industry roots that include her grandfather, Kyle Peterson, founding the Twin Cities Jazz Society.

"I grew up with jazz musicians popping in and out of the house,\" remembers Jules, \"And the voices of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, June Christy to mention a few were a part of my early memories.\" Immediately upon graduating from an arts magnate high school in St. Paul, Jules relocated to Los Angeles upon being invited to be a member of an internationally renowned music ensemble. Less than a year later, an offer to record her debut CD was too much to resist and Jules spent the remaining teenage year hard at work inside a recording studio. As a complete package, Jules seems to have it all, but the ace up her sleeve is her extremely palatable and soulful voice with its flawless pitch, remarkable intonation, and subtle phrasing that can put the most inattentive crowd on the edge of their seats. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/dayjules

Jules Day

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Eddie Palmieri - The History Of Eddie Palmieri

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:40
Size: 110,1 MB
Art: Front

(6:40)  1. Café
(5:43)  2. Bilongo
(5:42)  3. Cuídate Compay
(3:52)  4. Sujétate La Lengua
(2:45)  5. Conmigo
(4:10)  6. Tirándote Flores
(3:13)  7. Lázaro Y Su Micrófono
(5:59)  8. Justicia
(3:22)  9. Bomba Del Corazón
(6:09) 10. Viejo Socarrón

History is one of those great 1970s compilations that has just enough perspective to get it right. Material is drawn from both Tico and Alegre albums, and wide varieties of rhythm, tempos, and style are represented, but not too wide. Salsa fans will find much of interest. "Cuidate Compay" and "Conmigo" in particular are hot dance tracks which still sound fresh and infectious. It may not be correct to call the album a "history" of Eddie Palmieri, but it is a great slice of his best work from the 1960s. It is, at least, a history until Harlem River Drive. History serves well as an introduction to the "Sun of Latin Music, " but even longtime Palmieri fans may want it in addition to the originals or other compilations. ~ Tony Wilds https://www.allmusic.com/album/history-of-eddie-palmieri-mw0000727993

Personnel: Piano – Eddie Palmieri ; Vocals – Ismael Quintana

The History Of Eddie Palmieri

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Dennis Coffey - Dennis Coffey

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:39
Size: 89,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:53)  1. 7th Galaxy
(2:15)  2. Don't Knock My Love
(3:40)  3. All Your Goodies Are Gone
(5:26)  4. I Bet You
(3:15)  5. Miss Millie
(3:54)  6. Somebody's Been Sleeping
(2:08)  7. Plutonius
(3:59)  8. Knockabout
(2:28)  9. Only Good For Conversation
(4:17) 10. Space Traveller
(3:19) 11. Don't Knock My Love (part 2)

Too rarely, some small justice gets meted out in the music biz; in the 21st century, legendary Detroit guitarist and Motown Funk Brother Dennis Coffey is getting some. Hip-hop and electronic music fans have long sought his seminal recordings for Sussex and his voluminous session dates. His appearance in the 2002 film Standin' in the Shadows of Motown, his autobiography Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars, and three different late-2000s compilations re-upped his profile. Dennis Coffey, the guitarist's debut for Strut, places his guitar front and center in a multi-generational group of musicians from Detroit and elsewhere. Coffey lays his trademark psychedelic soul wah-wah-and-fuzz guitar to 11 tracks. Some new; others being new versions of legendary jams he played on. The set opens with ultra-funky instrumental orgy "7th Galaxy" (with ex-Big Chief guitarist Phil Durr and Motor City session gods Rayse Biggs and David McMurray on horns, and a rhythm section of session masters bassist Tony “T-Money” Green, drummer Nate Winn, and percussionists Larry Fratangelo and Dennis Sheridan). Other instrumentals include the moody groover "Space Traveler" (with Deadstring Brothers' Jim Simonson on bass and Eric Hoegemeyer on drums), the big horn and guitar burner "Miss Millie" (with Milwaukee's Kings Go Forth), and the wah-wah bass and percussion blowout "Knockabout."These tracks are on a par with Coffey's legendary "Scorpio" and his Black Belt Jones soundtrack. The vocal tracks are no less spectacular. There is the Parliaments' "All Your Goodies Are Gone," with soulster Mayer Hawthorne, and Funkadelic's "I Bet You," featuring the Detroit Cobras' Rachel Nagy and the Dirtbombs' Mick Collins. Fanny Franklin of Orgone lends her voice to a sultry cover of Wilson Pickett's slow-burning "Don't Knock My Love." Rodriguez's venomous "Only Good for Conversation" features Paolo Nutini in a knockout performance, and the Bell Rays' Lisa Kekaula offers a boiling, raw read of Holland-Dozier-Holland's eternal, "Somebody's Been Sleeping" (Coffey played on the 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) original. "Plutonius," a cosmic funk jam, is another Coffey original sung by Herschel Boone and includes a ripping guitar solo by, Durr, and groove alicious B3 by Detroit keyboard master Luis Resto. 

The album is co-produced to maximum kinetic effect by Al Sutton and Hoegemeyer at Detroit's Rust Belt Studio. Dennis Coffey is overflowing with inspiration and the molten pathos, passion, humor, volume, grit, and nasty grooves that Detroit is famous for. As an artist, Coffey, at 70, is at the top of his game as a guitarist and composer; he proves that he can not only hold his own with the youngbloods, but push toward a new level. This self-titled offering is monster; a masterpiece of tough, psychedelic soul. ~ Thom Jurek https://www.allmusic.com/album/dennis-coffey-mw0002110283

Dennis Coffey

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Edmundo Ros - The Latin World Of Edmundo Ros Vol 2

Styles: Latin
Year: 1970/2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:46
Size: 67,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:49)  1. Aquarius
(2:23)  2. Corcovado
(2:05)  3. Cumana
(2:10)  4. Carnival
(2:14)  5. La Golondrina
(2:00)  6. Spanish Flea
(2:22)  7. Good Morning Starshine
(2:16)  8. Mambo Number Five
(2:49)  9. What A Difference A Day Made
(3:10) 10. Felicidade
(2:19) 11. The Laughing Samba
(2:04) 12. La Cucaracha

Bandleader Edmundo Ros was the living embodiment of Latin music in World War II-era Britain. The toast of London's high society, he effectively introduced the rhumba and samba to the U.K. shores. Born December 7, 1910, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, to a Scottish father and an African-Venezuelan mother, Ros spent much of his childhood in military school, playing percussion in the military band. The experience was otherwise miserable, however, and at 17 he ran away to Caracas, where he served as tympanist in the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. A decade later Ros migrated to London, where he briefly studied classical music before pursuing popular music full-time, backing Fats Waller and singing with Don Marino Barreto's Cuban band prior to forming his own five-piece rhumba outfit in 1940. After scoring a hit with 1941's Parlophone release "Los Hijos de Buda," Ros became a sensation, attracting the cream of London society to his appearances at the lavish Coconut Grove. When the defendant in a high-profile divorce case implicated Ros as a catalyst for his marriage's demise, the bandleader made national headlines, and the sex scandal only made him more popular, and he even taught then-Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret to dance. After a long residency at the West End club the Bagatelle, Ros in 1951 acquired the former Coconut Grove site on Regent Street and renamed the venue Edmundo Ros' Dinner and Supper Club. He also made regular appearances on BBC radio, and his albums for the London label's Phase 4 imprint (including the space age pop classics Rhythms of the South and Arriba!) sold briskly. His biggest hit, "The Wedding Samba," even crossed over to the U.S. Top Five, selling three million copies in the process. After Parliament legalized gambling in 1965, attendance at Ros' club quickly nosedived, and he sold the business as soon as possible. He retired to Alicante, Spain, a decade later, returning to London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on January 8, 1994, for one final farewell performance leading the BBC Big Band with Strings. Ros was also awarded the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 New Year's Honours List. ~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/artist/edmundo-ros-mn0000182902/biography

The Latin World Of Edmundo Ros Vol  2

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Chuck Hedges - Just for You

Styles: Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:46
Size: 180,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:07)  1. Overcomer
(7:09)  2. Beseme Mucho
(6:26)  3. I've Got the World On a String
(4:19)  4. I Want to Be Happy
(4:15)  5. Satan Takes a Holiday
(4:35)  6. All of Me
(5:24)  7. Thanks for the Memory
(3:05)  8. Blue Bossa
(4:54)  9. Somebody Love Me
(6:53) 10. Squeeze Me
(5:06) 11. The Best Thing for You Is Me
(5:54) 12. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
(5:14) 13. Limehouse Blues
(4:05) 14. A Closer Walk With Thee
(5:15) 15. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To

Chuck Hedges has provided jazz fans with another remarkable performance. Chuck and The Milwaukee Connection, have been growing together for many years now. This album brings to you a sense of what it’s like to hear them live at jazz festivals and in nightclubs. Listening them live is the only way to get a better sense of their vitality, musicianship and swinging excitement. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/hedges6

Just for You

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Linda Calise - La Vie

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:12
Size: 86,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:51)  1. La Vie En Rose (feat. Ben Powell)
(4:01)  2. I Wish You Love
(5:33)  3. Good Morning Heartache
(3:04)  4. Dream a Little Dream
(5:10)  5. Poetry Man
(4:34)  6. Since I Fell for You
(2:57)  7. They Can't Take That Away from Me
(4:18)  8. The Water Is Wide
(3:39)  9. La Vie En Rose (Remix)

This is the amazing debut CD of artist Linda Calise, "la Vie" is a compilation of songs from the American Songbook with a French Flavor featuring a stunning version of La Vie En Rose.

"Calise sings the french lyrics with warm sophistication"...JazzTime.com

La Vie is a compilation of favorite Songs of the Artist, the album has a real french flair to it but most of the material is straight from the American Songbook. The title track of "La Vie En Rose" features Jazz violinist Ben Powell (Calise is featured vocalist on Powells latest CD "New Street", along with Gary Burton and Julian Lage). Several of the Tracks including" La Vie En Rose", "I Wish You Love", "Good Morning Heartache" and "Since I Fell For You" were arranged by Producer Joe Carrier, featuring lush strings recorded at WGBH Fraser Hall in Boston MA. On a personal note, Calise's Father is from the Montreal area in Quebec Canada and "La Vie" was recorded in memory of Calise's Mother, who used to sing the song to her in french as a child. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/lindacalise

La Vie

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Buddy Collette - Jazz Loves Paris

Styles: Saxophone, Flute And Clarinet Jazz 
Year: 1958/2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:26
Size: 98,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:22)  1. I Love Paris
(2:26)  2. Pigalle
(3:56)  3. La Vie en Rose
(2:52)  4. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
(1:25)  5. Mam'selle
(3:12)  6. C'est Si Bon
(2:22)  7. Domino
(2:39)  8. Song from 'Moulin Rouge' (Where Is Your Heart)
(4:43)  9. The Last Time I Saw Paris
(2:33) 10. Under Paris Skies
(3:27) 11. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (take 1 - alternate)
(1:30) 12. Mam'selle (take 2 - alternate)
(5:16) 13. The Last Time I Saw Paris (take 3 - alternate)
(3:38) 14. La Vie en Rose (take 1 - alternate)

Buddy Collette (switching between alto, tenor, flute and clarinet) performs ten songs associated with Paris on this 1958 session originally cut for Specialty. The CD reissue adds four alternate takes to what is still a brief program. Collette utilizes the tuba of Red Callender in some of the ensembles quite colorfully and there is solo space for trombonist Frank Rosolino, guitarist Howard Roberts and bassist Red Mitchell; Bill Douglass or Bill Richmond contribute tasteful support on drums. Such melodies as "I Love Paris," "La Vie En Rose," "C'est Si Bon" and the "Song from 'Moulin Rouge" are given concise but swinging treatment on this likable date. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-loves-paris-mw0000269780

Personnel: Buddy Collette - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet; Frank Rosolino - trombone; Howard Roberts - guitar; Red Mitchell - bass; Red Callender - tuba, bass; Bill Douglas, Bill Richmond, - drums

Jazz Loves Paris

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Charles McPherson Quartet - Love Walked In

Styles: Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:01
Size: 120,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:43)  1. Love Walked In
(5:00)  2. The Song Is You
(4:44)  3. I´ll Take Romance
(5:24)  4. Nature Boy
(6:23)  5. Someone to Watch over Me
(4:13)  6. Bud Like
(7:32)  7. Embraceable You
(5:34)  8. Lover
(7:23)  9. Dancing in the Dark

Charles McPherson returns to the forefront of the jazz scene with Love Walked In, an album where the wisdom of this veteran and essential saxophonist is evident. Accompanied by a luxurious group of musicians that includes Bruce Barth on piano, Jeremy Brown on bass and Stephen Keogh on drums, McPherson offers a repertoire consisting mostly of jazz classics. 

This he does from his own vision, with all the weight that can be contributed to music by someone who comprises part of great jazz history and has been featured in some of its most remarkable pages. http://www.quadrantcorner.com/en/product/love-walked-in/

Personnel: Charles McPherson, Alto Sax; Bruce Barth, Piano; Jeremy Brown, Bass; Stephen Keogh, Drums

Love Walked In

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Houston Person - I'm Just a Lucky So and So

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:33
Size: 128,0 MB
Art: Front

(8:08)  1. Willow Weep for Me
(4:56)  2. Wonder Why
(5:48)  3. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry
(6:58)  4. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
(6:04)  5. Who Can I Turn To
(3:31)  6. Day by Day
(4:55)  7. Alone with Just My Dreams
(4:54)  8. Song for a Rainbow
(5:02)  9. I Want to Talk About You
(5:12) 10. Next Time You See Me

Houston Person is definitely a lucky so and so blessed with a fantastic tone on the tenor sax, which he's kept strong through decades of recording at a level that makes this record every bit of a gem as some of Houston's classics from years back! The album's done in a very classic style, too Houston's tenor out front, in a combo with Lafayette Harris on piano, Matthew Parris on bass, and Kenny Washington on drums augmented by the trumpet of Eddie Allen and guitar of Rodney Jones on nearly every one of the album's selections, both great players who round out the soulful spirit of the record in a great way. All the tunes are standards mostly ballads, but handled with that subtle swing that Houston can always bring to material like this tracks that include "Wonder Why", "Willow Weep For Me", "Song For A Rainbow", "Alone With Just My Dreams", "I Want To Talk About You", "I'm Just A Lucky So & So", and "Next Time You See Me".  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/924551/Houston-Person:I%27m-Just-A-Lucky-So-So

Personnel: Houston Person, tenor saxophone; Eddie Allen, trumpet;  Lafayette Harris, piano; Rodney Jones, guitar;  Matthew Parrish, bass;  Kenny Washington, drums

I'm Just a Lucky So and So

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Gretje Angell, Dori Amarilio - Gretje Angell

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 19:04
Size: 44,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:27)  1. I Love Being Here With You
(3:32)  2. Love You Madly
(2:44)  3. Deep in a Dream
(3:51)  4. Pennies from Heaven
(2:41)  5. If I Were a Bell
(3:47)  6. One Note Samba

Gretje, an Akron, OH native and the daughter of jazz drummer Tommy Voorhees, began her music adventure at the age of 5, performing with regional choirs. Interested in the Contrabasso at 8, she joined the school orchestra and jazz band. She continued to study both voice and bass through highschool, with an emphsis on classical voice. Upon entering Mount Union College, with a Vocal Performance Scholarship, she took opera as her major. However, being raised and surrounded by jazz musicians, Gretje returned to her roots when she moved to California, studying jazz and performing with some of LA's finest musicians. Gretje, whose main infulences are Anita O'Day, Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, and Carmen McRae, has quickly become a favourite in the jazz clubs, here, in Los Angeles. She can currently be heard performing with guitarist/music producer, Dori Amarilio, who is producing her much-anticipated upcoming debut album. In 2013, she joined the Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera Company, and has had the great pleasure of performing Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera, Tebaldo in Don Carlo, and the Voice of the High Priestess in Aida, Pamina in The Magic Flute and Ilia in Idomeneo.Whether she's performing jazz or using her beautiful lyric coloratura soprano voice in an opera, Gretje brings energy and light to each performance she gives. “Gretje Angell's voice is like honey on velvet” ~ Sunny Wilkinson https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/gretjeangell

Gretje Angell

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Ben Paterson - That Old Feeling

Styles: Vocal and Piano Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:28
Size: 124,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:42)  1. I'm Old Fashioned
(4:44)  2. You And The Night And The Music
(5:34)  3. Make You Feel My Love
(5:24)  4. Some Of These Days
(4:52)  5. My Ship
(4:16)  6. When I Grow Too Old To Dream
(4:17)  7. Isn't She Lovely
(5:25)  8. Say A Small Prayer
(4:53)  9. The Best Thing For You (Would Be Me)
(3:47) 10. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
(4:31) 11. Hard Times

Pianist/vocalist Ben Paterson continues the tradition of bouncy, infectious swing established by the drummerless trios of Nat 'King' Cole and Oscar Peterson, drawing upon his musical experiences in both Chicago and New York to deliver a soulful and engaging recording. Joined by longtime Benny Goodman guitarist Chris Flory and powerhouse bassist George Delancey, Ben's trio mixes sophisticated improvisation with heavy doses of the blues, ranging from well known Jazz standards to more recent popular songs. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/That-Old-Feeling-Ben-Paterson/dp/B077Y9BPRZ

Personnel: Ben Paterson - Piano & Vocals; Chris Flory - Guitar; George DeLancey - Bass

That Old Feeling

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Ted And Dick Nash - The Brothers Nash

Styles: Saxophone And Trombone Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:18
Size: 70,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:47)  1. I Remember You
(2:38)  2. We'll Be Together Again
(2:54)  3. Juntos
(2:26)  4. Prelude To A Kiss
(2:39)  5. Bad And The Beautiful
(2:01)  6. I Could Write A Book
(2:09)  7. Back In Your Own Backyard
(2:27)  8. For Heaven's Sake
(2:34)  9. Cuban Verandah
(2:25) 10. The Nearness Of You
(3:05) 11. Night Soliloquoy
(2:08) 12. You Are Too Beautiful

Features Ted Nash on a variety of saxes, and Dick on trombone plus a group with Tony Rizzi on guitar, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Harry Babasin on bass, and Roy Harte on drums. Tracks are mostly familiar numbers, but inventively arranged by Frank Comstock and others and Ted really increases his range of reed work here, blowing on tenor, alto, and soprano sax plus flute, alto flute, piccolo, clarinet, and bass clarinet! Titles include "Juntos", "We'll Be Together Again", "I Remember You", "Cuban Veranda", "You Are Too Beautiful", "For Heaven's Sake", and "The Nearness Of You. ©1996-2019, Dusty Groove Inc .https://www.dustygroove.com

Personnel: Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Ted Nash ; Trombone – Dick Nash; Bass – Harry Babasin; Drums – Roy Harte; Guitar – Tony Rizzi; Piano – Jimmy Rowles

The Brothers Nash

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Lighthouse All Stars - The Lighthouse All Stars Plus Ten: Jazz Rolls Royce

Styles: West Coast Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:53
Size: 103,8 MB
Art: Front

(8:33)  1. Strike up the Band
(4:36)  2. Prelude to the Queen
(7:38)  3. The Clown's Dance
(5:39)  4. Coop Salutes the "Co-Op"
(8:47)  5. Bruinville, My Bruinville
(9:38)  6. Mambo Del Quado

“Jazz Rolls Royce” features classic West Coast big band jazz from the stars that were the house band at The Lighthouse, the famed Los Angeles jazz venue that served as a breeding ground for jazz greats in the late 1950’s. 

Featured West Coast jazz luminaries include Howard Rumsey (bass); Bob Cooper (tenor saxophone); Frank Rosolino (trombone); Stu Williamson (trumpet); Victor Feldman (piano, vibraphone), Stan Levy (drums); Pete Candoli (trumpet); Al Porcino (trumpet); Ed Leddy (trumpet); George Worth (trumpet); Milt Bernhart (trombone); Red Callender (tuba); Hoyt Bohannon (trombone); Marshall Cram (bass trombone) and Larry Bunker (tympani, vibraphone). Originally released in 1958, this rare audiophile recording has been newly remastered. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Rolls-Royce-Digitally-Remastered/dp/B00PLYTI62

The Lighthouse All Stars Plus Ten: Jazz Rolls Royce

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Alan Barnes - Songs for Unsung Heroes

Styles: Clarinet, Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:33
Size: 171,3 MB
Art: Front

(7:21)  1. Blue Note
(5:25)  2. Throwing out the Vinyl Blues
(3:39)  3. Waltz for Sonny
(6:59)  4. Slim's Chicken
(6:28)  5. The Ballad of Miles Davis
(4:33)  6. The Motorway Jump
(5:04)  7. The Power of Prez
(7:52)  8. Love Song for a Slob
(4:59)  9. The Rhythm Method
(5:37) 10. Rhyme Time
(5:03) 11. Dinner Jazz
(4:28) 12. Swallows on the Water
(6:00) 13. Everybody's Got to Be Somewhere

This is the UK sax and clarinet virtuoso Alan Barnes, with lyricist and playwright Alan Plater, on a collection of songs accompanied by a hellraising British octet fronted by singer Liz Fletcher. Plater is a witty writer, and the songs (one of which castigates the elevator-music vapidities of smooth-jazz) are diverting enough. But it's hard not to feel that this fine band left to itself might not have made a more evocatively ambiguous job of conjuring up memories of Lester Young, Sonny Criss etc. Barnes is scaldingly brilliant, trumpeter Bruce Adams unleashes some mind-boggling Maynard Fergusonisms, and the whole ensemble rockets along. Liz Fletcher is a little demure, but those who enjoy a straightahead jazz/cabaret vibe with some fierce playing will get plenty out of it. ~ John Fordham https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/aug/13/jazz.shopping2

Personnel:  Alan Barnes - baritone, bass clarinet; Liz Fletcher - piano; Bruce Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn; Stan Sulzmann tenor alto, flute; Robert Fowler - tenor clarinet; Mark Nightingale - trombone; Brian Dee - piano; Simon Thorpe - acoustic bass, guitar; Clark Tracey - drums, percussion

Songs for Unsung Heroes

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Florence Joelle - Life Is Beautiful

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:11
Size: 76,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:20)  1. Angel's Child
(3:05)  2. Si Tu Savais
(4:00)  3. Life Is Beautiful
(3:16)  4. Sleepy Eyes
(2:54)  5. Chez Moi
(3:16)  6. One Step Forward
(3:22)  7. Two and Two Don't Make Five
(3:05)  8. Here Comes the Lady
(4:17)  9. Johnny Tu N'es Pas Un Ange
(2:31) 10. Wake Up Swinging

The Paris-born, London-based singer, songwriter and harmonica player returns with her third offering, 'Life Is Beautiful'. Recorded straight to tape on analogue equipment and mixed in mono at Gizzard Recording Studios, the album exudes warmth and authenticity. 'Life is beautiful, baby. If you let it'. That's what Jimmy Scott, the legendary jazz singer, used to tell her. She wrote those words down and for years she kept them in her purse to remind herself. After he died in 2014 she wrote this song for him. 'Life is Beautiful', in fact, is her most jazz-focused album to date. But though many of these ten new songs sound like classics, seven of them are Joelle originals. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Life-Beautiful-If-You-Let/dp/B01GKJN6M8

Life Is Beautiful

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Herbie Hancock - Sunlight

Styles:  Piano Jazz
Year: 1978
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:20
Size: 90,8 MB
Art:

(8:55)  1. I Thought It Was You
(8:24)  2. Come Running to Me
(7:10)  3. Sunlight
(6:18)  4. No Means Yes
(8:32)  5. Good Question

After Man-Child, alas, Herbie Hancock's American jazz-funk records in the 1970s grew gradually more commercial, less stimulating, and crucially, less truly funky with each release, even as his equipment rack grew larger. Just take a look at the staggering collection of keyboards on the back cover of the Sunlight LP all sought-after collectors' items now yet Hancock makes so little use of their possibilities here. For much of the album, he seems most interested in establishing a new career as an electronic vocalist. "I Thought It Was You," "Come Running to Me," and the title track introduce the ghostly, gauzy sound of Herbie's singing voice as heard through a vocoder; there's even an electronic Herbie scat choir. Stevie Wonder, he's not. There are still occasional splashes of Hancock harmonic color on the keyboards, but he also relies upon superfluous, self-arranged brass riffs and string backgrounds. The backup bands shift from track to track, from combinations of Headhunters alumni that offer soft-focused facsimiles of the old funk drive to a surprisingly strait-jacketed pairing of Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius on the eccentric "Good Question." ~ Richard S.Ginell https://www.allmusic.com/album/sunlight-mw0000473390

Personnel:  Herbie Hancock – keyboards, synthesizers, lead and background vocals (through vocoder) (1–3), string, brass and woodwind arrangements; Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers (5); Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo (3); Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar (1, 3); Byron Miller (1), Paul Jackson (2–4), Jaco Pastorius (5) – electric bass; Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (1), James Levi (2, 3), Harvey Mason, Sr. (4), Tony Williams (5) – drums; Raul Rekow (exc. 3), Bill Summers (exc. 1) – percussion; Baba Duru – tabla (2); Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O'Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass (exc. 4); Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind (2, 5); Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings (2)

Sunlight

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Harold Danko - Stable Mates

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:00
Size: 170,3 MB
Art: Front

(8:20)  1. Con Alma
(6:37)  2. Quietude
(8:46)  3. Windows
(8:06)  4. Gingerbread Boy
(9:41)  5. Dolphin Dance
(4:08)  6. Solar
(6:08)  7. Seven Steps to Heaven
(7:32)  8. Nostalgia in Times Square
(6:21)  9. Line for Lyons
(8:17) 10. Stablemates

It’s a shame that we see so little press for those few working bands currently in existence. It’s bad enough that money and schedules make it difficult to keep any kind of firm line-up in place for very long, making such business enterprises almost unviable these days. Little beyond their developing catalog of SteepleChase sides seems to suggest that the Harold Danko Quintet will be taking the world by storm any time soon, yet the group happens to be of the first rank when it comes to the kind of sympathetic and empathetic ensembles that were almost the norm back in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Together for most of the ‘90s, the Danko Quartet’s fifth set for SteepleChase, Stable Mates, gathers a selection of the type of tunes many developing jazz artists have used to cut their teeth on over the years. The Miles Davis connection is a strong one too, with “Solar” and “Seven Steps to Heaven” on tap, as well as classics from former Davis sidemen Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Victor Feldman, and Jimmy Heath. The sign of a group certain in its abilities and identity, there’s a sense of relaxed confidence that permeates. As a result, the previously mentioned “Seven Steps to Heaven,” which in lesser hands can merely be a lessen in pure speed, bounces at a medium tempo with the support of bassist Scott Colley’s well-placed “steps”. Saxophonist Rich Perry distinguishes himself once again with a liquid tone and seamless technique, the perfect match to Danko’s refined lyricism. Stable mates, band mates, whatever the terminology, the Harold Danko Quartet proves again that it’s all in the chemistry. ~ C.Andrew Hovan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/stable-mates-harold-danko-steeplechase-records-review-by-c-andrew-hovan.php

Personnel: Harold Danko- piano, Rich Perry- tenor saxophone, Scott Colley- bass, Jeff Hirshfield- drums

Stable Mates

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