Maria Kim - Fotografia

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:13
Size: 139,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:49) 1. Samba de Uma Nota Só
(3:40) 2. Call Me
(4:34) 3. Fotografia
(3:30) 4. Desafinado
(5:09) 5. Ela é Carioca
(5:43) 6. Pra Machucar Meu Coração
(3:31) 7. So Danço Samba
(3:51) 8. Chega de Saudade
(4:54) 9. Garota de Ipanema
(2:34) 10. Doralice
(6:29) 11. Corcovado
(4:31) 12. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
(5:13) 13. Triste
(3:39) 14. O Pato

Piano player and vocalist. Maria Kim, a musician who perfectly plays these two roles and who constantly conceives of various projects, has returned with [Fotografia], an album containing Brazilian masterpieces. She started jazz and chose two instruments, piano and vocal, while listening to the music of multi-instrumentalist musicians such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Eliane Elias, Joao Gilberto, and Gilberto Gil to learn about the organic harmony of melody, harmony, and rhythm.

It was from thinking about it. Like other albums she has conducted so far, Bossa Nova songs using simple but symbolic and lyrical motifs to capture the aesthetics of minimalism that Maria Kim pursues serve as a perfect canvas. As symbolized by Fotografia, the title song of this project and a song that depicts a couple at the beach at sunset as if looking at a picture, Maria Kim expresses a way that her music can convey more words to listeners with fewer words, sometimes silently.

I thought about making it something special that would give comfort even when I was sitting back, and I tried to melt this warm message into the music. This album [Fotografia], which captures the sensibility of existing Brazilian music as it is, adds more splendid performance techniques, delicate recording techniques, and modern arrangements. It is an album that shows the essence of MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) grafted with. Translate By Google
https://www.musickorea.com/product/MARIA-KIM-FOTOGRAFIA/75004/cid/383.

Fotografia

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Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd - The Birth Of Hard Bop Disc 1, Disc 2

Album: The Birth Of Hard Bop  Disc 1

Styles: Trumpet And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:18
Size: 146,6 MB
Art: Front

(7:30)  1. Budo
(6:58)  2. I Married An Angel
(8:02)  3. The Jazz Message
(5:49)  4. There Will Never Be Another You
(3:06)  5. Cattin' - Alternate Take
(4:37)  6. Cattin'
(4:41)  7. Madeline
(3:45)  8. When I Fall In Love
(4:20)  9. Space Flight - Previously Unissued
(4:12) 10. Space Flight
(5:18) 11. Blues Number Two - Previously Unissued
(4:56) 12. Blues Number Two

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Album: The Birth Of Hard Bop  Disc 2

Time: 64:36

Size: 149,2 MB

(6:30)  1. B. For B.B. - Previously Unissued

(6:28)  2. B. For B.B.

(7:01)  3. Hank's Shout

(7:53)  4. Bet

(8:53)  5. Nostalagia

(9:49)  6. Thad's Blues

(5:31)  7. A-1

(5:48)  8. A-1 - Alternate Take

(6:37)  9. Doug's Minor Bouk

This 2-CD set, introducing the Savoy Jazz Rare Sessions series, contains the reissue of four 1956 Savoy albums: The Jazz Message Of Hank Mobley, Hard Bop, The Jazz Message Of Hank Mobley, Volume 2 and A-1: The Savoy Sessions. It includes alternate takes and previously unissued tracks that serve an important purpose. Here, "Cattin’," for example, is played at different tempos: Bird-like on the alternate take with different featured soloists. The version originally issued is looser and more representative of hard bop. "Space Flight," on the other hand, is virtually the same on both takes. Minor flaws in the recorded sound were most likely caused when performers turned away from the microphone. The unissued track of "Blues Number Two" contains serious sound problems as well as artist miscues. But there’s more. The alternate track was performed at a faster bebop tempo without as much soulful expression as that evident in the issued take.

By including the alternate track, Savoy is giving the listener an opportunity to hear what was considered desirable in the recording studio: better sound and a genuine, gospel-influenced, blues-based expression.While the previously unissued take of "B. for B.B." is obviously inferior, both in its poor sound balance and in the faster, uninspired mood; "A-1" appears as two different arrangements, both of great value but independent of each other. Each session leader is well represented. Sweet ballads and driving jams feature the Byrd/Mobley quintet as well as the Morgan/Mobley quintet. Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley appear on the last 7 tracks. Over two hours in length, Savoy’s reissue offers early glimpses of several pioneers, four very different pianists, and an introduction to what folks began calling hard bop. ~ Jim Santella https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-birth-of-hard-bop-lee-morgan-savoy-jazz-review-by-jim-santella.php

Personnel: Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan- trumpet; Hank Mobley- tenor saxophone; John LaPorta- alto saxophone; Horace Silver, Ronnie Ball, Barry Harris, Hank Jones- piano; Wendell Marshall, Doug Watkins- bass; Kenny Clarke, Arthur Taylor- drums. 

The Birth Of Hard Bop Disc 1, Disc 2

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Scott Robinson - Tenormore

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:25
Size: 157,8 MB
Art: Front

( 2:52)  1. And I Love Her
( 5:49)  2. Tenor Eleven
( 7:38)  3. Put On A Happy Face
( 6:08)  4. Morning Star
( 6:34)  5. The Good Life
( 7:46)  6. Tenor Twelve
( 5:21)  7. Rainy River
( 7:01)  8. The Weaver
( 6:53)  9. The Nearness Of You
(11:19) 10. Tenormore

When attempting to lend form to the term "rara avis" in jazz, Scott Robinson instantly appears in the mind's eye. He's most easily recognized these days as a horn heavy on the most standard of heavy horns, adding ballast and low-end individuality to the sound of Maria Schneider's orchestra with his baritone saxophone, but Robinson is also beyond proficient a virtuoso, in fact on numerous instruments that most people don't even know exist. His arsenal includes theremin, ophicleide, sarrusophone, alto clarinet, echo cornet, bass marimba, contrabass banjo, and a few hundred other rarities. Long before Robinson acquired his treasure trove of instrumental curiosities, his heart belonged to the second instrument he ever owned (behind a 1927 Conn alto saxophone from his grandfather) and the first instrument he actually purchased: a silver 1924 Conn tenor saxophone procured from a Maryland antique store in 1975. That tenor has been a constant for Robinson since it came into his life, so it's only fitting that the horn receives its due on what is, surprisingly, the multi-instrumentalist's first all-tenor date. In some respects, such a project seems limiting for a man who thrives on diversification. But the album itself makes an important point which counters that line of thinking: the man, not the vessel, is the music. The range of expression that Robinson is capable of eliciting from a single horn this single horn, for this affair is astounding. Opening on a stratospheric four-note motif that introduces a solo take of "And I Love Her," Robinson's vision proves rangy from the start. There is romance in the music for sure, but also a hint of feral snark. As the program plays on, Robinson works his tenor for all it's capable of while also thriving in the atmospheres he creates with his A-list bandmates pianist/organist Helen Sung, bassist Martin Wind, and drummer Dennis Mackrel. This quartet bumps and grinds its way through an eleven-bar blues aptly named "Tenor Eleven," turns "Put On A Happy Face" into a ballad that balances the scales of emotions with rueful revisionism, sets a cool-headed take on "The Good Life" into motion with some free improvisation, and visits church on Wind's soulful, organ-enhanced "Rainy River." Scott Robinson may typically take instrumental variegation to a level unsurpassed in this music, but that shouldn't diminish his position as a tenor saxophonist of note. In that most crowded of fields, he still stands out.  ~ Dan Bilawsky https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tenormore-scott-robinson-arbors-records-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php

Personnel: Scott Robinson: tenor saxophone; Helen Sung: piano, Hammond B3 organ (7, 9); Dennis Mackrel: drums; Martin Wind: bass, acoustic bass guitar (9, 10); Sharon Robinson: flute (8).

Tenormore

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Robin Mckelle - Alterations

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:05
Size: 113,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:14)  1. Back to Black
(4:30)  2. Rolling in the Deep
(3:39)  3. Head High
(5:43)  4. Don't Explain
(5:32)  5. Born to Die
(4:59)  6. Jolene
(5:30)  7. River
(5:25)  8. No Ordinary Love
(3:22)  9. Mercedes Benz
(5:07) 10. You've Got a Friend - Bonus Track

For her ninth album, ‘Alterations’, US soul and jazz chanteuse Robin Mckelle has chosen to do something very different to her previous recordings; she’s chosen to record a set of covers though not just any covers. The song selection on ‘Alterations’ (with one exception) is drawn from the repertoires of celebrated female artists… people like Joni Mitchell, Adele, Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. Robin explains that after recording a few albums of her own original music she wanted to focus once again on her first passion just singing and, by extension, interpreting the music and lyrics of others. So she set about choosing a set of songs which spoke directly to her emotions allowing her interpretative instincts to take flight… and how! ‘Alterations’ is no “karaoke covers” album; rather it’s a personal journey in music with each song given a totally different reading to the original version. That’s most apparent on Robin’s reading of Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’. Where the original was sprightly, jaunty even, this new take is almost a southern soul meander on which the lyrics seem to have more desperation and meaning. Janis Joplin’s wish-list ‘Mercedes Benz’ is another southern country/soul steamer. The vocal’s smoother than Joplin’s but no less raunchy.

Much more sombre is the visit to Nina Simone’s ‘Don’t Explain’ which is offered with a pleading reassurance, as is the cover of Lana Del Ray’s ‘Don’t Explain’ where amongst the highlight is Marquis Hill’s trumpet solo… and that’s another of this collection’s attractions. The players, marshalled by keyboardist Shedrick Mitchell (Maxwell’s MD by the way), seem to understand the concept and play with love and empathy. Their CVs tell us that they are all rooted in jazz /soul and rock  and it shows. As an example try ‘Alterations’ version of Sade’s ‘No Ordinary Love’ where the band (notably guitarist, Nir Felder and bassist Richie Goods) work nimbly with Ms McKelle to gear up from a subtle understatement to an electric climax. The only original song on the album is McKelle’s own ‘Head High’ a song that tells a story about the strength and the power the female singer so, lyrically and, importantly, musically it chimes with the album’s theme. The other cover songs are Joni Mitchell’s ‘The River’, Adele’s ‘Rolling In The Deep’, Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back To Black’ and Carole King’s ‘You’ve Got A Friend’ which, with just simple, tasteful piano accompaniment from Shedrick Mitchell, brings the collection to a most satisfying of ends. Find out more about this album by accessing our recent Robin McKelle interview. https://lydialiebman.com/index.php/2020/02/14/review-robin-mckelle-alterations-soul-and-jazz-and-funk/

Alterations

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Kathy Lyon Feat Houston Person - Nothin' but Love

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:46
Size: 130,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:40) 1. Candy
(6:33) 2. You Better Go Now
(4:25) 3. Then I'll Be Tired of You
(5:28) 4. Easy Livin'
(4:54) 5. I Remember You
(4:58) 6. Come Rain or Come Shine
(3:46) 7. This Time the Dream's on Me
(3:52) 8. I Wonder Wher Our Love Has Gone
(5:08) 9. Once in a While
(4:15) 10. Good Morning Heartache
(2:30) 11. I Can't Give You Anything but Love
(7:11) 12. Everything Happens to Me

Houston Texas (August 9 2021) – Noted jazz vocalist Kathy Lyon (Pensacola Florida) records her latest album “Nothin’ But Love” featuring tenor sax great Houston Person. The twelve song compilation was recorded at Teaneck Sound Studio, produced by Houston Person and includes Lafayette Harris Jr on piano, Peter Hand on guitar, Matthew Parrish on bass, with Vince Ector on drums.

Engineering, Mixing, Mastering performed by Dave Kowalski. With such a great line up behind her Kathy’s voice becomes the icing on the cake as this performer delivers from the soul and yet retains the vocal discipline required to draw inside the lines. The results of this collaboration are exceedingly enjoyable.

Mr. Person’s signature arrangements allow the standards to remain the familiar standards we know and love yet the instrumentation and vocals are able to breathe and produce a refreshing collection of music . This breath of fresh air is felt from the very beginning until the very end. The “Nothin’ But Love” album title came about as a result of the harmony within the studio between everyone involved. Kathy shares https://www.pumpitupmagazine.com

“It felt great, you couldn’t ask for a more refined and harmonious group of musicians. It was a very memorable collaboration, the room was filled with nothing but love.

Personnel: Houston Person - Sax; Lafayette Harris Jr on piano; Peter Hand on guitar; Matthew Parrish on bass, with Vince Ector on drums.

Nothin' but Love

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Nicola Sabato - Bass Tales

Styles: Contemporary Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:44
Size: 145,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:09) 1. Last Shop
(6:36) 2. Three Views of a Secret
(4:31) 3. First Trip
(3:22) 4. Tale of the Fingers
(5:49) 5. When You Go
(5:17) 6. The Shade of the Cedar Tree
(6:07) 7. What's New
(4:38) 8. Unit Seven
(5:56) 9. Goodbye Porkpie Hat
(3:36) 10. Scarlett's Blues
(6:31) 11. Ain't That Nothing
(4:05) 12. Tricotism

Nicola Sabato is a double bass player capable of developing with harmony and coherence his own path and proposal, which are well rooted in the history of jazz and of his own instrument, without neglecting “modernity” and appeal. As high-value sideman with a great personality, Nicola Sabato has refined his own skill thanks to a legend of double bass as Pierre Boussaguet, whom here in Italy we have maybe somewhat overlooked, and he met along his way two real giant artists like Ray Brown and John Clayton, surely some of the most decisive encounters for Nicola’s musical career.

There are three albums that came out under his name, one of which ‘Lined with a groove’ can count on the extraordinary support of Jeff Hamilton on drums; while ‘Cruisin’ with the Nicola Sabato Quartet’ is a cool work based on a very personal retrieval of an elegant jazz which is certainly not lacking in any flashes. Nicola Sabato is undoubtedly a musician to monitor with a great attention and interest in relation to his own clever and sensible approach to a kind of music, jazz, that is able to look forward in the best way when it doesn’t forget its basic principles, structural debts and the beauty of what has been left to build on itself and beside.
We have told with Nicola Sabato so as to know more datails about his music, his own personal path as well as his undeniable Italian origin. https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/nicola-sabato

Line-up/Musicians: Bass – Nicola Sabato; Piano – Tamir Hendelman

Bass Tales

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Benny Bailey - For Heaven's Sake

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:17
Size: 122.0 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 1989
Art: Front

[ 5:25] 1. Little Jazz
[ 6:00] 2. Blues East
[ 7:14] 3. Peruvian Nights
[ 4:47] 4. Mood Indigo
[11:12] 5. For Heaven's Sake
[ 5:36] 6. One For Wilton
[ 7:30] 7. No Mo Blues
[ 5:30] 8. Arrival

Bass – Jimmy Woode; Clarinet – Tony Coe; Drums – Idris Muhammad; Piano – Horace Parlan; Saxophone – Tony Coe; Trumpet – Benny Bailey.

Legendary jazz trumpeter Benny Bailey creates the finest disc of a distinguished career. Featuring an all-star lineup of Tony Coe (tenor & soprano saxes/clarinet), Horace Parlan (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), and Idris Muhammad (drums), the band swings its butt off with near telepathic interplay, casual sophistication, and a special joie de vivre.

For Heaven's Sake

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San Glaser - The Other Side of the San

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:01
Size: 117,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:41) 1. For All We Know
(3:44) 2. I Wish You Love
(6:25) 3. Cheek To Cheek
(5:27) 4. But Beautiful
(4:12) 5. I've Got The World On A String
(4:44) 6. My Funny Valentine
(2:04) 7. Nobody Else But Me
(4:04) 8. 'Round Midnight (Feat. Kaiser Quartett)
(4:47) 9. Visions
(2:54) 10. I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
(4:44) 11. Here's To Life
(4:10) 12. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life

San Glaser, Hamburg's great dame of jazz, is fulfilling a long-cherished dream with her fifth record "The Other Side of The San". Their very own versions of 12 classics from the Great American Songbook, from Irving Berlin to Artie Butler and even Stevie Wonder. Often there are songs that until now have only been known from men like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Donny Hathaway.

By Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Horne or Barbara Streisand. From the greats of American music history. Jazz grown from the music of the slaves. From Hollywood films and from Broadway musicals from the 1930s to 1960s. The songs from which, over time and interaction with numerous other cultures, traditions and tonal systems, our western modern music with all its facets and styles has developed.

Music that might sound unfamiliar, but fans of classic-metal-crossover projects like Nightwish will definitely like this wonderful old-soul music. San Glaser has now recorded them with her quartet around husband Arnd Geise on double bass, Felix Dehmel on drums, Mischa Schumann on grand piano and on "'Round Midnight", "Here's to Life" and "Visions" accompanied by the Kaiser Quartet. Recorded in Corona-Blues 2021 by sound engineer Matthias Riediger in the Bluewave Recording Studio in the heart of Hamburg. Intense intimate versions with their very own charm, great warmth and deep truth. A wonderful other side of San Glaser's music. Translate By Google
https://www.be-subjective.de/cd-dvd-reviews/san-glaser-the-other-side-of-the-san-2023/

The Other Side of the San

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Shirley Jones - My Time to Shine

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:21
Size: 174,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:58) 1. My Time to Shine
(4:55) 2. Ready to Go
(4:00) 3. Totally Confused
(4:25) 4. Merry Go Round
(4:52) 5. When a Womans' in Love
(4:20) 6. All I Want
(4:47) 7. Say
(5:13) 8. What About Me ?
(3:56) 9. I'm at Your Mercy
(3:56) 10. Because You Love Me
(4:56) 11. We Are All One
(4:59) 12. One More Time

As lead vocalist on Jones Girls hits that have etched a permanent place in the minds and hearts of soul fans, Shirley Jones has a straight-ahead, uncomplicated style which makes tunes such as “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else” and “Nights over Egypt” sound just as fresh today as they did 30-some years ago. She proved her ability to go it alone in 1986 with the quiet-storm favorites “Do You Get Enough Love” and “Last Night I Needed Somebody”; but most listeners probably don’t realize that her new album, My Time to Shine, is actually her fourth solo collection. After reuniting briefly with her sisters in the early ‘90s for Coming Back (see our review of the CD reissue), she released the sophisticated With You in 1994 on London-based Diverse Recordings, and sixteen years later issued Feels Like Heaven independently.

My Time to Shine, however, might be Jones’s strongest album yet. Where many of today’s neo-soul and retro-styled R&B recordings often bow to commercial interests in one way or another, the singer and her producers steer clear of easy tricks and frilly enhancements. Whether the soundscape be the take-no-prisoners groove of “Ready to Go” or the bluesy sway of “One More Time,” Jones treats each melody with a delicate balance of grace and sass, fully evoking the pure and heartfelt lyrical canvases. Perfectly embodying her grasp of forthright phrasing while enhancing the instrumental components of a tune, the title track, indeed, shines with Stax-inspired horn stylings, an irresistible rhythm track, and sly guitar licks working in tandem with Jones’s assertive stance of self-assurance and keeping it real. Meanwhile, the soothing, slow-swingin’ “Say” (lifted from the aforementioned With You) is a glowing reminder of her innate talent as a balladeer.

Bringing home Jones’s continually positive stance of faith and patience, the introspective stepper “Because You Love Me” (released last year as a single) incorporates a classic Jones Girls vibe courtesy of songwriter/producer Errol Henry that is mellow in tone and celestial in melody. Gliding seamlessly from alto verses to soprano riffing after an appropriately spirit-lifting key change, Jones presents a convincing case for spirituality without any over-the-top semantics or preachy antics. Bearing a more contemporary rhythmic sensibility, the thought-provoking “We Are All One” shines the spotlight on excessive violence in society via simple yet affecting words: “Black lives matter/White lives matter/We’re in this together, we’re one.” Although the cameo male vocalist adds lyrically to the platform, his style is not quite in tandem with Jones and thus distracts the listener a bit from the overall atmosphere.

Consistently authentic in its material and Jones’s delivery, My Time to Shine notably borrows several tracks from the previously alluded to Coming Back. While it’s a bit questionable that these Jones Girls selections would be included on a Shirley Jones solo album (without mention of the original source), they are stylistically in sync enough with the new material to warrant an appearance here especially as many stateside listeners are likely unfamiliar with them. The sunny “Merry Go Round” and entrancing “All I Want” are rich uptempo selections that add a nice balance to the set and further demonstrate Jones’s and producer Errol Henry’s organic chemistry. Recommended. By Justin Kantor
https://www.soultracks.com/album-review-shirley-jones-my-time-to-shine

My Time to Shine

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Oliver Nelson - ZigZag

Styles: Stage & Screen
Year: 1970
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:53
Size: 67,2 MB
Art: Front

(1:38) 1. All You Did Was Smile
(2:30) 2. Main Title From Zigzag
(1:50) 3. Guilty, Your Honor
(2:32) 4. It Was You, It Was You
(2:41) 5. Love Theme (Bossa)
(2:07) 6. Earphones
(2:52) 7. Zigzag
(4:00) 8. The Other Car
(4:53) 9. Variation Of Themes
(2:34) 10. I Call Your Name
(1:11) 11. End Title

Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a U.S. jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Nelson was born on 4th June 1932 in St Louis, Missouri. His family was musical: his brother was a saxophonist who played with Cootie Williams in the 1940s, and his sister sang and played piano. Nelson began learning to play the piano when he was six, and started on the saxophone at eleven. From 1947 he played in territory bands around St Louis, before joining the Louis Jordan big band from 1950 to 1951, playing alto sax and arranging. After military service in the marines, he returned to Missouri to study music composition and theory at Washington and Lincoln Universities, graduating in 1958.

After graduation, Nelson moved to New York, playing with Erskine Hawkins and Wild Bill Davis, and working as the house arranger for the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. He also played on the West Coast briefly with the Louie Bellson band in 1959, and in the same year began recording as leader with small groups. From 1960 to 1961 he played tenor sax with Quincy Jones, both in the U.S. and on tour in Europe.

After six albums as leader between 1959 and 1961 for the Prestige label, Nelson's big breakthrough came with The Blues and the Abstract Truth, on Impulse!, featuring the tune "Stolen Moments", now considered a standard. This made his name as a composer and arranger, and he went on to record a number of big-band albums, as well as working as an arranger for Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Eddie Davis, Johnny Hodges, Wes Montgomery, Buddy Rich, Jimmy Smith, Billy Taylor, Stanley Turrentine, Irene Reid, Gene Ammons, and many others. He also led all-star big bands in various live performances between 1966 and 1975. Nelson continued to perform as a soloist during this period, though increasingly on soprano saxophone.

In 1967, Nelson moved to Los Angeles. Apart from his big-band appearances (in Berlin, Montreux, New York, and Los Angeles), he toured West Africa with a small group. He also spent a great deal of time composing music for television (Ironside, Night Gallery, Columbo, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and Longstreet) and films (Death of a Gunfighter ,and he arranged Gato Barbieri's music for Last Tango in Paris).

He produced and arranged for pop stars such as Nancy Wilson, James Brown, The Temptations, and Diana Ross. Less well-known is the fact that Nelson composed several symphonic works, and was also deeply involved in jazz education, returning to his alma mater, Washington University, in the summer of 1969 to lead a five-week long clinic that also featured such guest performers as Phil Woods, Mel Lewis, Thad Jones, Sir Roland Hanna, and Ron Carter. Nelson died of a heart attack on 28th October 1975, aged 43.https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/oliver-nelson

ZigZag

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Stan Kenton & His Orch. - Stan Kenton Live in Europe (1977)

Styles: Jazz, Swing, Big Band
Year: 1977

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size side 1: 53,1 MB
Size side 2: 52,5 MB
Art: Front

(23:08) side 1: Lush Life, Love for Sale, Turtle Talk, My Old Flame

(22:53) side 2: Tattooed Lady,I'm Glad There Is You, Fire and Ice, Eager Beaver,Artistry in Rhythm

Though Stan Kenton would lead his band on tours in 1977 and 1978, this live recording from September 1976 is the band's last official recording. This is a thrilling, if unplanned, finale to Kenton's recording career.

In a way, "Live in Europe" summarizes Kenton's career. Charts are drawn from all 4 decades of the band's history - "Eager Beaver/Artistry in Rhythm" from the `40's; "Love For Sale" and "My Old Flame" from the `50's; "Turtle Talk" and " I'm Glad There is You" from the 60's; and the remaining 3 charts," Lush Life"," Tattooed Lady" and "Fire and Ice" are from the 70's, written especially for this band by arranger Alan Yankee. Other arrangers include Pete Rugolo, Dee Barton, Marty Paich, and Kenton himself - an impressive line-up, indeed.

Throughout the program you hear the Kenton band's great command of dynamics from extremely soft to all-out fortissimo. The band cuts its Latin speciality ("Love For Sale"); swings hard ("Tattooed Lady" and parts of "Lush Life"); caresses a ballad ("I'm Glad There is You"); plays with tremendous control building up to a dramatic climax at a very slow tempo ("My Old Flame"), and tackles modern harmonic material like "Turtle Talk" and the awe-inspiring "Fire and Ice." And it's great to hear Stan do the band call before the out-chorus on "Artistry in Rhythm."

The band's performance is typically Kentonian, which is to say tight and powerful, and includes strong solos from trombonists Dick Shearer and Jeff Uusitalo, alto saxophonist Terry Layne, trumpeter Steve Campos, and especially from tenor saxophonist Roy Reynolds and trumpeter Tim Hagans, who blow two of the hottest solos ever captured on a Kenton recording on "Fire and Ice". The rhythm section of John Worster, bass Gary Hobbs, drums, and Ramon Lopez, Latin percussion drives the band hard and is right on the money at every tempo. And of course, one must never forget the lyrical piano solos of Stan Kenton and especially his inspiring leadership and personality which were the keys to the band's success.

"Live In Europe" is full of atmosphere and good memories, and proves once again why the Stan Kenton Orchestra was such a powerful and popular musical force for four decades. Warmly recommended to Kenton fans and those discovering the Kenton sound for the first time.
(John Tapscott, https://www.amazon.com/Live-Europe-Stan-Kenton/dp/B000ANDBGM)

Personnel: Alan Yankee - Arranger (A1, B1, B3), Baritone Saxophone; Allan Morrissey - Bass Trombone; Dave Kennedy, Jay Sollenberger, Joe Casano, Steve Campos (Soloist on B1), Tim Hagans (Soloist on A3, A4, B3) - Trumpets; Dick Shearer - Trombone (Soloist on A1, A2), Associate Producer; Doug Purviance - Bass Trombone, Tuba; Gary Hobbs - Drums; Jef Uusitalo (Soloist on A3, B1), Mike Egan - Trombones; Ramon Lopez - Percussion; Roy Reynolds (Soloist on A4, B3), Teddy Andersen - Tenor Saxophones; Stan Kenton - Arranger (B2, B4, B5), Solo Piano (B2, B4), Piano (Soloist on A1, B5); Terry Layne - Alto Saxophone (Soloist on A3)

Notes: Recorded live in Veghel, Holland, September 18, 1976.

Stan Kenton Live in Europe

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Lorraine Desmarais - Street Beat Suite

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:34
Size: 102,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:56) 1. Orange Brûlé
(5:10) 2. Valse Saint-germain
(5:09) 3. Street Beat
(5:10) 4. Promenade De La Mer
(4:30) 5. Le Président Aime Chick
(8:06) 6. Jam Session
(5:21) 7. Paquito
(5:08) 8. À L'aube... Vers Le Fleuve...

At the height of her art, the composer and jazz pianist Lorraine Desmarais offers a new work that celebrates the estuary of St. Lawrence River, connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Reminiscences of landscapes surveyed and loved, of people met and appreciated feed the movements of the music suite with pictorial accents.

Requisitioning the full potential of the piano, an instrument that is at once melodic, harmonic, and percussive, Lorraine Desmarais paints a fresco with an extensive palette, sometimes figurative, sometimes abstract.By Editorial Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Street-Beat-Suite-Lorraine-Desmarais

Personnel: Lorraine Desmarais, piano; Alec Walkington, double bass; Camil Belisle, drums

Street Beat Suite

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Clifford Jordan - The Adventurer

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1978
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:11
Size: 81,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:17)  1. He's A Hero
(7:08)  2. Quasimodo
(4:54)  3. No More
(5:06)  4. Blues For Muse
(6:49)  5. Adventurer
(5:55)  6. I'll Be Around

Clifford Jordan was a fine inside/outside player who somehow held his own with Eric Dolphy in the 1964 Charles Mingus Sextet. Jordan had his own sound on tenor almost from the start. He gigged around Chicago with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some R&B groups before moving to New York in 1957. Jordan immediately made a strong impression, leading three albums for Blue Note (including a meeting with fellow tenor John Gilmore) and touring with Horace Silver (1957-1958), J.J. Johnson (1959-1960), Kenny Dorham (1961-1962), and Max Roach (1962-1964). After performing in Europe with Mingus and Dolphy, Jordan worked mostly as a leader but tended to be overlooked since he was not overly influential or a pacesetter in the avant-garde. 

A reliable player, Clifford Jordan toured Europe several times, was in a quartet headed by Cedar Walton in 1974-1975, and during his last years, led a big band. He recorded as a leader for Blue Note, Riverside, Jazzland, Atlantic (a little-known album of Leadbelly tunes), Vortex, Strata-East, Muse, SteepleChase, Criss Cross, Bee Hive, DIW, Milestone, and Mapleshade.
By Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/clifford-jordan-mn0000157487/biography

Personnel:  Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute; Tommy Flanagan - piano; Bill Lee - bass; Grady Tate - drums

The Adventurer

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The Quentin Collins/ Brandon Allen Quartet - What's It Gonna Be?

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:58
Size: 128,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:57)  1. What's It Gonna Be?
(8:18)  2. Until The Sun Rises
(8:22)  3. No Way Jose
(5:37)  4. Dark Shadows
(9:03)  5. Unfinished
(7:22)  6. Soluble Aspirin
(6:38)  7. Smile Please
(4:38)  8. Teeth For Tooth

Trumpet, tenor saxophone, organ and drums? Must be retro hard-bop in the classic Blue Note mould. Er, not exactly. Collins certainly plays bright, crackling trumpet and Allen's tenor is declamatory in the grand manner, but there's a restlessness about this band's music that defies expectations. Instead of grooving comfortably along, the drums (Enzo Zirilli) chatter away busily and the organ (Ross Stanley) produces sudden changes of register and great washes of harmonic colour. The compositions, Collins's especially, keep you guessing, too. It's disconcerting but wonderfully energising, once you get over the surprise. ~ Dave Gelly   http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/may/01/quentin-collins-brandon-allen-review

Personnel: Omar (vocals/keys), Quentin Collins (trumpet), Brandon Allen (saxophone/flute), Ross Stanley (organ), Enzo Zirilli (drums).

What's It Gonna Be?

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Gunhild Carling & The Carling Big Band - Variete

Size: 99,0 MB
Time: 41:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Big Band, Vocal Jazz Swing
Art: Front

01. I Love You Forever (2:57)
02. Million Melodies (3:19)
03. Bunk Johnson Stomp (2:38)
04. Lonesome With a Sweet Melody (3:12)
05. Die Sternen (2:26)
06. Panama Rag (4:57)
07. Universe (3:05)
08. Loosers Weaper (2:21)
09. Flamingo (2:10)
10. Love Letter (2:15)
11. Haya Sue Blues (2:48)
12. Monday Through Sunday (3:09)
13. Sophisticated Lady (3:33)
14. Carolina (2:52)

Carling Big Band with Gunhild herself in the forefront is the band that hit knockout on the entire world of music, dancers and audience. There is no band in the whole world that this original orchestra where all the musicians play multiple instruments composes dances and plays to the crowd roar.

The album variety show is a collection of Gunhild Carling Big Band's acclaimed show of the same name from the summer (2013) live performances.

This collection is also called the "Royal Edition" where all the songs from the album were performed in the Swedish king's palace in September-13, when the king was celebrating 40 years as a regent.

QUOTES ABOUT THE SHOW AND GUNHILD CARLING FROM THE PRESS:
“At the center of this multi-faceted and sometimes circus -like jazz show are the charismatic and multitalented Gunhild Carling. Her ability to articulate musical perfect score on just about any instrument is rather sensational.
Although it did Gunhild Carling vocal onslaught splendidly, mainly unmistakable Billie Holiday influence in “You are my only universe” and their own bittersweet song “Open love letter”.”

Mattias Carlsson - Orkesterjournalen
"Rafting, surprising and diverse"
Sydsvenskan

"True Fucking Jazz, straight out!"
Ulf Johansson Werre, Trombonist

Variete

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Libby York - DreamLand

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:09
Size: 127,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:14) 1. Hit The Road To Dreamland
(5:33) 2. Estrada Branca (This Happy Madness)
(3:15) 3. Mountain Greenery
(4:59) 4. Cloudy Morning
(7:14) 5. Throw It Away
(3:44) 6. Rhode Island Is Famous For You
(4:32) 7. Still On The Road
(4:17) 8. When October Goes
(2:57) 9. Moonray
(4:27) 10. An Occasional Man
(5:24) 11. Something Cool
(4:27) 12. It's Love

The Johnny Mercer classic “Hit the Road To Dreamland” evoked the state of mind for singer Libby York and so many performers as stages in 2020 long went dark, but ultimately gifting the thrill of revival two years later. Dedication to the music and craft has flourished since, along with the connection to audiences and the music itself.

DreamLand was born from that landscape and York's chance encounter with guitarist Randy Napoleon, who was accompanying Freddie Cole at Chicago's Jazz Showcase. Randy’s playing and warm enthusiastic manner set the stage for their gathering in the studio in Fall 2021 for this intimate set of songs, each pure, classic, compositional gems in themselves. "..a gifted and experienced singer whose warm tone and sharp sense of humor bolster her restrained artistry." By The New Yorker
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/track-hit-the-road-to-dreamland-by-libby-york

Personnel: Libby York - vocals; Randy Napoleon - guitar; Rodney Whitaker - bass; Keith Hall - drums

DreamLand

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Junior Mance Quintet - Out South

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:03
Size: 158,0 MB
Art: Front

(7:11) 1. Broadway
(8:09) 2. Dapper Dan
(9:15) 3. Emily
(9:39) 4. Hard Times
(7:34) 5. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
(8:08) 6. In A Sentimental Mood
(6:55) 7. Out South
(7:07) 8. Smokey Blues
(4:02) 9. Smokey Blues (Reprise)

Junior Mance, born Julian Clifford Mance, Jr., in Chicago, Illinois on October 10, 1928 is a jazz pianist, composer, and recording artist of thirty plus albums as a leader and numerous recordings as a sideman. Junior began playing the piano at the age of five, but did not begin formal training until the age of eight. He started playing professionally during his early teens. He attended Roosevelt College in Chicago as music major.

In 1947 Junior left Roosevelt College to join Gene Ammons' band and began his recording career with Gene. He joined Lester Young in 1949 for almost two years, and rejoined Ammons several months in 1951 before being drafted into the U. S. Army. He served in the 36th Army Band at Fort Knox, Kentucky along with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

After his discharge from the Army in 1953, Junior became part of the house rhythm section at the Bee Hive Jazz Club in Chicago for a year, and accompanied jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Sonny Stitt, and many others.

In 1954 Junior joined and toured with Dinah Washington. Among the numerous recordings he made with her, there are two that really stand out in his memory: "Dinah Jams" and "Jam Session". They are two live albums featuring Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Herb Geller, Harold Land, Keter Betts, George Morrow, Richie Powell and Junior.

In 1956 Junior reunited with Cannonball Adderley, becoming a member of Cannonball's first organized working band. The band did a series of recordings on Mercury Records.

Junior joined Dizzy Gillespie's band in 1958, a period Junior considers one of the highlights of his career. Besides the joy and fun of playing with Dizzy, he remembers this period as a great learning experience in musicianship, showmanship, and just about everything related to the business of music.

In 1961 Junior decided to form his own trio, following the release of his first recording as a leader. ("Junior", Verve) In between gigs with his trio he played and recorded with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Johnny Griffin Quintet. With his trio he also accompanied singer Joe Williams in l963/64

In 1988 Junior became a member of the faculty of the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at the New School University in New York City. He teaches classes in Blues, Blues Ensembles, and private individual lessons and instruction on piano and helping students in the development of their career in playing jazz.

During the 1990's Junior has been part of a very elite group called "100 Gold Fingers". This is a group which tours Japan every other year, consisting of ten outstanding jazz pianists. On various tours the group has included people such as Hank Jones, John Lewis, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Ray Bryant, Roger Kellaway, Gene Harris, Marion McPartland, Barry Harris, Toshiko Akioshi, Lynn Arriale, Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Green, Duke Jordan, Jo Anne Brackeen, Monty Alexander, Dave McKenna, Renee Rosnes, Mulgrew Miller, Harold Maybern as well as Junior and a the rhythm section consisting of bassist Bob Cranshaw and either Alan Dawson or Grady Tate on drums.

On November 21, 1997, at Tampa Florida, Junior was inducted into The International Jazz Hall of Fame, an honor Junior is extremely proud of, being in the elite company of many of his heroes, both past and present.

Junior Mance made his solo piano debut at Lincoln Center at the Kaplan Penthouse on October 5th - 7th of 2000.

He recently released several albums for the Trio label, the latest being “On the Road,” in 2003.

Junior Mance has an extensive catalog of albums as leader, and his work as sideman is quite impressive as well. He is still actively touring, and has many dates scheduled for the rest of 2008.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/junior-mance

Personnel: Baritone Saxophone – Andrew Hadro; Bass – Hide Tanaka; Drums – Jackie Williams ; Piano – Junior Mance; Tenor Saxophone – Ryan Anselmi

Out South

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Andy LaVerne Plays Tadd Dameron - Tadd's Delight

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 64:28
Size: 103,4 MB
Art: Front

(6:04)  1. If You Could See Me Now
(4:07)  2. Tadd's Delight
(3:09)  3. Hot House
(5:08)  4. Tadley Ewing
(6:50)  5. The Squirrel
(6:45)  6. On a Misty Night
(3:17)  7. Good Bait
(5:56)  8. The Scene Is Clean
(6:27)  9. Soultrane
(5:49) 10. The Chase
(4:46) 11. Lady Bird
(6:05) 12. Our Delight

The music of the late Tadd Dameron remains timeless in the hands of a gifted pianist like Andy LaVerne. He integrates lush chords with lively runs into "Good Bait." The pianist makes "Hot House" sound slightly haunting with his sinister introduction. The lyrical, spacious interpretation of "On a Misty Night" is another gem. LaVerne's tribute to Dameron, "Tadley Ewing," successfully complements rather than copies the composer's style.By Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/tadds-delight-mw0000415962

Tadd's Delight

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The Enric Peidro - Jonathan Stout Quintet - Live at Big Mama Ballroom

Styles: Saxophone And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:37
Size: 104,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:26) 1. Sugar (That Baby Sugar of Mine)
(3:11) 2. Mill House Stomp
(3:12) 3. Hal's Hop
(5:12) 4. I Can't Believe That You´re in Love With Me
(4:08) 5. Cherry
(3:19) 6. Cookin' with Gas
(5:51) 7. After Hours at Big Mama
(4:21) 8. A Porter's Love Song
(3:14) 9. Jumpin' with M.G.
(3:19) 10. Crazy 'bout My Baby
(4:19) 11. Love Me or Leave Me

Third album by the quintet co-lead by spanish saxman Enric Peidro and American guitar player Jonathan Stout.This time, recorded live at one of the most popular venues for swing lovers in Spain: Big Mama Ballroom.As in their previous albums, the sparks fly in between the two leaders and his respective tones and improvisatory approaches match like bread and butter and proves that to make good music, no fireworks are needed, but just talent, good taste and love for the music.

With these simple (but hard to get these days) ingredients, the success of the recipe is guaranteed and good musicians like the ones involved in this recording can cook such a delicious meal (read "album" here) with is as unpretentious as brilliant, as any great music should be. A must have for swinging jazz adepts, dancers and in general for good music lovers, labels aside.

Personnel: Enric Peidro : Tenor Sax; Jonahan Stout: acoustic and electric guitars; Richard Busiakiewicz Piano; Michael Keul: drum; Andreas Lion: bass

Live at Big Mama Ballroom

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Jaimee Paul - People

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:29
Size: 123,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:23) 1. For Once In My Life
(5:59) 2. People
(3:41) 3. I Could Have Danced All Night
(4:25) 4. Put Your Head On My Shoulder
(5:19) 5. Tea For Two
(4:09) 6. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
(4:57) 7. Misty
(4:07) 8. That's All
(3:19) 9. We'll Meet Again
(4:46) 10. For All We Know
(3:44) 11. Let's Do It
(4:35) 12. You've Got A Friend

In a world desperate for peace and sanity, Jaimee and Leif discover their mission...delivering tranquility and hope through the gift of music.

Raised in Southern Illinois, steeped in the church choir, Ms. Paul was influenced by Gospel and Blues, cultivating a special place in her heart for jazz. She left her home town for Nashville, TN to study music business at highly acclaimed Belmont University. After graduation Jaimee quickly found work at various record labels handling marketing and radio promotion, and simultaneously she began working part time as a studio session singer. Jaimee’s talent was quickly recognized, and soon she began touring as background vocalist with country superstar Wynonna, The Judd’s and most recently, pop sensation, Kelly Clarkson.

In 2008 Green Hill Music signed Jaimee as their first female vocalist, and her debut record, “At Last”, reached #1 on the iTunes Jazz charts. Several albums have followed, placing in the Top 10, including “Bonded”: a tribute record to the 50 years of the James Bond film series, produced by multi-Grammy award winning producer, Michael Omartian .Her devotional hymns record, “Hear My Prayer” garnered a Dove award nomination for Best Inspirational Album in 2013. After making several more albums with both Green Hill Music and Burton Avenue Music, Jaimee's newest release, "People" came out February of 2023, featuring Pat Coil, Danny Gotlieb, Jacob Jezioro, and the Star City Symphony, garnering attraction on the Siriusly Sinatra Channel on Sirius XM.

Leif Shires, a trumpet player from California’s San Joaquin Valley, moved to Nashville in 2004 and his first discovery was a sultry jazz singer who was looking for a trumpet player. From that discovery began a romance that blossomed into marriage. Leif’s career has continued to flourish as he has worked with many different artists spanning a variety of genres, including Kelly Clarkson, Jack White, Eliza and the Bear, Jaci Velasquez, Wanda Jackson, Barry Gibb, TG Sheppard, Kelly Lang and bands such as the Memphis Horns, Zach Williams, My Morning Jacket, and Latin jam band Salvador. Green Hill, recognizing the powerful potential of this couple, also signed Leif as their first solo trumpet player in 2008. Leif also has received attention from the Escape channel on Sirius XM and coincidentally has released his newest project, "Beautiful Love" in January 2023 through Burton Avenue Music.

As a duo, Leif and Jaimee have had the privilege of performing for audiences throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Some attendees have included a United States President, Prime Ministers, Congressmen, Military leaders, and Ambassadors. They recently have independently released their first Jaimee Paul Band album, “My Favorite Things”, with new twists and turns on both jazz and pop classics. Music enthusiasts have been touched and inspired by their incredible talent, love for each other, and the music they are honored to create.
https://www.jaimeepaul.com/

People

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