Count Basie - Basie Meets Bond

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:35
Size: 94,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:01)  1. 007
(3:45)  2. The Golden Horn
(3:37)  3. Girl Trouble
(2:26)  4. Kingston Calypso
(4:06)  5. Goldfinger
(4:02)  6. Thunderball
(4:15)  7. From Russia With Love
(3:58)  8. Dr. No's Fantasy
(3:38)  9. Underneath The Mango Tree
(3:49) 10. The James Bond Theme
(3:54) 11. Dr. No's Fantasy - First Version

Leave it to one of the most swinging big bands of its time to make a silk purse out of a cow’s ear. Visiting themes from James Bond movies, arrangers Chico O’Farrill and George Williams craft hip and bristling versions of what might appear to be less than complimentary pieces for jazz exploration. But then O’Farrill was a master writer and he proved that this Bond thing wasn’t just a fluke when a year later in 1966 he helped to develop the catchy Basie's Beatles Bag. With its low sputtering bones and lively cowbell taps, “Kingston Calypso” is typical of the transformation with strains of “Three Blind Mice” worked in just for fun. “Dr. No’s Fantasy” gets things blaring from the git-go as drummer Sonny Payne’s swaggering backbeat pushes further and further, Basie injecting those sparse few notes here and there with characteristic élan.

And those are just two highlights among many, not to mention the boisterous and characteristic statements of tenor man Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis. Originally issued on the United Artists label, Basie Meets Bond can be recommended without reservation despite what might seem like the misguided intentions of some marketing exec. ~ C.Andrew Hovan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/basie-meets-bond-count-basie-capitol-records-review-by-c-andrew-hovan.php?width=1920

Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau (trumpets); Henderson Chambers, Al Grey, Grover Mitchell (trombones); Bill Hughes (bass trombone); Marshall Royal (alto saxophone); Bobby Plater (alto saxophone & flute); Eric Dixon (tenor saxophone & flute); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone);Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone & bass clarinet); Freddie Green (guitar); Norman Keenen(bass); Sonny Page (drums) 

Basie Meets Bond

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Sharp Little Bones Feat. Tony Kofi - Volumes I & II

Styles: Contemporary Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 80:54
Size: 186,6 MB
Art: Front

(7:05) 1. Ury Bop
(5:14) 2. Layli's Lullaby
(4:41) 3. Stranger Danger
(3:23) 4. Brie en Croute
(4:45) 5. Chromatose
(7:39) 6. Hiddenness
(7:58) 7. Downfall
(5:49) 8. Roo's Blues
(5:42) 9. Mackerel Sky
(8:22) 10. Troll Stroll
(6:58) 11. Sorceress
(6:07) 12. Trailblazing
(7:05) 13. Blue Finger

A blockbuster double album of entirely new, exciting music recorded during the hottest two days of summer 2022 and following their recent sell-out shows, Sharp Little Bones (Volumes I & II) captures the energy, virtuosity, and soul of the house trio of Peggy's Skylight (a multi-award-winning jazz venue). Joined by MOBO-nominated, multi-BBC Jazz and Parliamentary Jazz Awards winner Tony Kofi, they are a quartet of virtuosos playing brand-new compositions that reach deep within but far beyond the jazz canon.

Their sound has a fresh, contemporary appeal: live acoustic forces rooted in bebop and blues, embellished with tasteful electronics and warm, analogue synth textures: an eclectic audio melting pot of jazz, funk, blues, and bop; beautiful bass-led melodies, spacious ballads, spiritual and expansive atmospheres, hard swingers, and groove-led pieces packed full of vibe, with room for expressive solos and group-led improvisation within well-crafted, melodic writing and tight, rhythmical arrangements.

Personnel: Tony Kofi Tenor Sax; Simon Paterson Upright and Electric Bass; Paul Deats Piano, Rhodes and Synthesiser; Andrew Wood Drums

Volumes I & II

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Chris Standring - The Lovers Remix Collection

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:55
Size: 119,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:05) 1. Sensual Overload
(6:12) 2. Liquid Soul
(4:33) 3. Kaleidoscope
(4:19) 4. Albatross
(4:29) 5. Moon Child
(4:40) 6. Contemplation
(4:15) 7. Yesterday's Heaven
(4:44) 8. Another Train
(5:21) 9. Heart of the Matter
(5:49) 10. Gentle Persuasion
(3:23) 11. Reflection

Ultimate Vibe Recordings presents an eleven track set of Chris Standring's most popular chilled out songs with The Lovers Remix Collection, all reworked for 2023 and bristling with his unique and soulful R&B/jazz stylings. Featuring such fan faves as Kaleidoscope and Liquid Soul, this sensual collection of songs sets the mood for any romantic occasion.

Eleven-time Billboard chart topping guitarist Chris Standring wanted to do something special to commemorate his 25th anniversary as a solo recording artist. While his contemporary jazz-based catalogue is comprised of a variety of tones, tempos and textures from instrumental pop and improvisational jazz to soul powered funk and romantic ballads - the requests that he receives most from fans conveys their ardent affection for his chill grooves, seeding the concept for “The Lovers Remix Collection.” On the set arriving June 9 from Ultimate Vibe Recordings, Standring revisits ten songs from his original songbook along with one new track, a bluesy, country twang meets electronic jazz version of Peter Green’s “Albatross,” a personal favorite from when he was growing up in England.

Standring plays electric or nylon string guitar on the collection, exhibiting alacritous dexterity, impassioned precision and virtuoso technique while reimagining some of his most popular tunes, putting a completely different spin on lesser-known numbers, and applying fresh varnish to the mix on a few selections that, with time and distance from when they were originally recorded, “deserved a different take.” Known for imbuing a retro 1970s nuance to his recordings, “The Lovers Remix Collection” sounds futuristic and state of the art, has a mesmerizing vibey feel and a chill jazz ambiance. And yes, the project definitely has a visceral sensual allure.

“When I conceived this project, I wanted it to be the ultimate make out music for a romantic occasion. But don't let me put ideas in your head. I just make the music,” laughed the Los Angeles-based Standring who remixed the album entirely on his own. https://www.chrisstandring.com/lovers-remix-collection-album.html

The Lovers Remix Collection

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Lee Konitz meets Antonio Zambrini Trio - Standardslee, Chapter 2

Styles: Saxophone And Piano Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:42
Size: 176,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:59) 1. Diane
(6:04) 2. Get out of Town
(8:35) 3. For All We Know
(9:57) 4. Don't Explain
(6:54) 5. Just in Time
(5:42) 6. For Heaven's Sake
(7:06) 7. A Ghost of a Chace
(7:43) 8. Sil-Lee
(5:37) 9. Check Lee
(6:43) 10. Diane (Alternate)
(7:16) 11. Darn that Dream (Take 1)

Jazz pianist and composer from Milan, Zambrini, has drawn the attention of critics and musicians, especially with his “songs,” published his several trios and quartet recordings, as well as reprised and played by various musicians in the jazz area.

Trumpeter and composer Ron Horton had Zambrini guest in his Cd “It’s a gadget world,” recorded in New York in 2006, including some of Zambrini’s songs. Pianist Stefano Bollani opens with a tune by Zambrini, his solo album produced by ECM, the famous label in Germany, issued in 2006.

Mr. Lee Konitz recorded a series of Zambrini’s tunes in a sequence of three CDs they realized together for the label “Philology” in 2008. English pianist John Law dedicated to Zambrini’s music his cd “The moment” in 2002. Zambrini was a guest in several broadcastings by National Radio and he was for 7 years partner of Cineteca Italiana, Milan, improvising live piano soundtracks of silent movies.

More recent projects are regarding young guitarist Filippo Cosentino, with an out coming cd along with Jesper Bodilsen and Andrea Marcelli, a new trio with bass player Paolino Dalla Porta and French drummer Manhu Roche, a cd entitled "Dois Lugares," with the great Samba composer and performer Moacyr Luz. Several concerts in the last two years with this "Dois Lugares " project, led by Italian vocalist Francesca Ajmar and with Moacyr Luz himself, who wrote most of the music for this project.

Also, about Brasil, a long collaboration with the choir director from Sao Paulo, Martinho L. Galati De Olivera, Kept Zambrini through several concerts, finally in Sao Paulo in 2014, playing with some great names of that scene's music like Teco Cardoso, Lea Frerie, and Fabiana Cozza.

Among others, Zambrini performed with Lee Konitz, Mark Murphy, William Parker, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Enrico Rava, Ron Horton, Nenna Frenlone, Hamid Drake, Claudio Fasoli, Tiziano Tononi, Ben Allison, Gabriele Mirabassi, Kyle Gregory, Rita Marcotulli, Javier Girotto, Eliot Zigmund, Jesper Bodilsen, Maria Pia De Vito, Pietro Tonolo, Manhu Roche, Paolino Dalla Porta, Andrea Marcelli, Fabrizio Bosso.
https://www.antoniozambrini.com/album

Personnel: Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz; Piano, Liner Notes – Antonio Zambrini; Double Bass – Ares Tavolazzi; Drums – Massimo Manz

Standardslee, Chapter 2

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Aretha Franklin - Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:15
Size: 90,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:40) 1. Unforgettable
(4:34) 2. Cold, Cold Heart
(3:29) 3. What A Difference A Day Made
(3:27) 4. Drinking Again
(5:09) 5. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
(2:39) 6. Evil Gal Blues
(2:44) 7. Don't Say You're Sorry Again
(4:32) 8. This Bitter Earth
(3:35) 9. If I Should Lose You
(2:18) 10. Soulville
(3:02) 11. Lee Cross

Since her youth Franklin had admired Dinah Washington, and it's a safe bet that the level of emotional commitment Washington brought to her work was a major influence on the blossoming style of Aretha, not to mention Washington's effortless sense of swing. Shortly before she died, Washington took appreciate notice of her acolyte as well. So Aretha's tribute to Washington is as logical as it is satisfying.

Recorded when Aretha was just 21, UNFORGETTABLE is somewhat of a departure from her more R&B-oriented early work. However, the string arrangements of Johnny Mersey adn the jazzy bass work of George Duvivier mesh perfectly with Franklin's high-flying vocal fireworks. From the slow, subtle caress of "What a Difference a Day Made" to the organ-led blues of "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning," the young Aretha is in total command of the material here, simultaneously paying homage to and progressing from the influence of Washington. By AllMusic
https://www.allmusic.com/album/unforgettable-a-tribute-to-dinah-washington-mw0000123999

Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington

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Astrud Gilberto - The Collection

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:30
Size: 95.0 MB
Styles: Bossa Nova, Latin jazz vocals
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
[2:11] 2. Once I Loved
[6:31] 3. The Girl From Ipanema
[1:49] 4. Bim Bom
[2:45] 5. How Insensitive
[2:44] 6. Felicidade
[1:55] 7. Manha De Carnaval
[2:22] 8. Fly Me To The Moon
[1:59] 9. Dreamer
[2:53] 10. Light My Fire
[2:55] 11. O Morro
[2:39] 12. Meditation (Meditação)
[2:39] 13. Dindi
[2:49] 14. Beach Samba
[2:21] 15. Berimbau

The honey-toned chanteuse on the surprise Brazilian crossover hit "The Girl From Ipanema," Astrud Gilberto parlayed her previously unscheduled appearance (and professional singing debut) on the song into a lengthy career that resulted in nearly a dozen albums for Verve and a successful performing career that lasted into the '90s. Though her appearance at the studio to record "The Girl From Ipanema" was due only to her husband João, one of the most famed Brazilian artists of the century, Gilberto's singular, quavery tone and undisguised naïveté propelled the song into the charts and influenced a variety of sources in worldwide pop music.

Born in Bahia, Gilberto moved to Rio de Janeiro at an early age. She'd had no professional musical experience of any kind until 1963, the year of her visit to New York with her husband, João Gilberto, in a recording session headed by Stan Getz. Getz had already recorded several albums influenced by Brazilian rhythms, and Verve teamed him with the cream of Brazilian music, Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto, for his next album. Producer Creed Taylor wanted a few English vocals for maximum crossover potential, and as it turned out, Astrud was the only Brazilian present with any grasp of the language. After her husband laid down his Portuguese vocals for the first verse of his and Jobim's composition, "The Girl From Ipanema," Astrud provided a hesitant, heavily accented second verse in English.

Not even credited on the resulting LP, Getz/Gilberto, Astrud finally gained fame over a year later, when "The Girl From Ipanema" became a number five hit in mid-1964. The album became the best-selling jazz album up to that point, and made Gilberto a star across America. Before the end of the year, Verve capitalized on the smash with the release of Getz Au Go Go, featuring a Getz live date with Gilberto's vocals added later. Her first actual solo album, The Astrud Gilberto Album, was released in May 1965. Though it barely missed the Top 40, the LP's blend of Brazilian classics and ballad standards proving quite infectious with easy listening audiences.

Though she never returned to the pop charts in America, Verve proved to be quite understanding for Astrud Gilberto's career, pairing her with ace arranger Gil Evans for 1966's Look to the Rainbow and Brazilian organist/arranger Walter Wanderley for the dreamy A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness, released later that year. She remained a huge pop star in Brazil for the rest of the 1960s and '70s, but gradually disappeared in America after her final album for Verve in 1969. In 1971, she released a lone album for CTI (with Stanley Turrentine) but was mostly forgotten in the U.S. until 1984, when "Girl From Ipanema" recharted in Britain on the tails of a neo-bossa craze. Gilberto gained worldwide distribution for 1987's Astrud Gilberto Plus the James Last Orchestra and 2002's Jungle. ~bio by John Bush

The Collection

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Buster Williams & Kenny Barron - The Complete Two as One

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 95:04
Size: 218,0 MB
Art: Front

(11:05) 1. All of You
(11:27) 2. This Time the Dream's on Me
( 3:49) 3. Some Day My Prince Will Come
(15:51) 4. I Love You
( 8:28) 5. My Funny Valentine
(11:03) 6. Will You Still Be Mine?
( 9:57) 7. Some Day My Prince Will Come (Take 2)
(12:43) 8. On a Green Dolphin Street
(10:36) 9. There Is No Greater Love

A wonderful little date from pianist Kenny Barron one that has him working in drumless duo mode, with only the bass of Buster Williams for accompaniment! The tunes are often quite long, and it's beautiful to hear the way Kenny stretches out on the keys buoyed up warmly by Williams' trademark tone basslines that are soft on bite, and round on sound drenched with soul throughout, and creating a subtle pulse that the presence of a drum would only ruin! Barron has a wonderful way of being pensive at points, while still moving things forward strongly and titles include "All Of You", "This Time The Dream's On Me", "I Love You", and "My Funny Valentine". © 1996-2023, Dusty Groove, Inc.
https://www.dustygroove.com/item/148032/Kenny-Barron-Buster-Williams:Complete-Two-As-One-180-gram-pressing

Personnel: Kenny Barron - (piano); Buster Williams - (bass)

The Complete Two as One

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Dutch Swing College Band - 60 Years Disc 1, Disc 2

Album: 60 Years Disc 1
Styles: Swing, Big Band
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:44
Size: 170,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:29) 1. You made me love you
(3:43) 2. On the banks of the wabash
(3:51) 3. Hindustan
(4:46) 4. Just a closer walk with thee
(3:33) 5. Dixieland boogie
(2:32) 6. Walzing mathilda
(2:37) 7. When the saints come marching in
(3:57) 8. Coal black shilne
(2:47) 9. Heebiejeebies
(4:42) 10. Back home again in indiana
(4:51) 11. Canal street blues
(8:48) 12. Moten swing
(3:52) 13. Prelude to a kiss
(5:09) 14. Do nothing till you hear from me
(3:52) 15. Take the a train
(4:43) 16. East st louis toodle oo
(4:24) 17. Cotton tail

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Album: 60 Years Disc 2
Time: 71:04
Size: 163,7 MB

(7:53) 1. Basin street blues
(5:58) 2. Stealing apples
(4:44) 3. Just squeeze me
(5:25) 4. Someday you'll be sorry
(9:25) 5. Mood indigo
(6:06) 6. Swing that music
(3:37) 7. The sheik of araby
(4:02) 8. Copenhagen
(3:01) 9. Up a lazy river
(3:56) 10. Strike up the band
(4:55) 11. On the sunny side of the street
(5:02) 12. Sweet georgia brown
(2:20) 13. St'louis blues boogie
(4:35) 14. Bel ami so do i

The Dutch Swing College Band has endured numerous personnel changes in its more than fifty-year history as one of the Netherlands' top jazz ensembles. Although no members remain from the original group, the latest lineup continues to honor the tradition-rooted approach of the founders.

Bob Kaper (1939- ) replaced clarinet player Peter Schilperoort during an illness in 1966, and remained with the band; he has led the Dutch Swing College Band since Schilperoort's death in 1990. The fourth leader in the group's history, Kaper succeeds Frans Vink, Jr. (1945-46), Joop Schrier (1955-60), and Schilperoort (1946-55; 1960-1990). Kaper previously led the Beale Street Seven, a group he founded in 1957.

An amateur group from 1945 until turning professional in 1960, the Dutch Swing College Band reached their early peak in the late '40s, when they were tapped to accompany such jazz musicians as Sidney Bechet, Joe Venuti, and Teddy Wilson.

The New Melbourne Jazz Band recorded an album, A Tribute to the Dutch Swing College Band, featuring music associated with the Holland-based group.by Craig Harris
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dutch-swing-college-band-mn0000130996/biography

Personnel: Bass – Adrie Braat; Clarinet – Bob Kaper; Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Frits Kaatee; Cornet – Bert de Kort; Drums – Bob Dekker; Guitar – Ton Van Bergeijk; Piano – Marcel Hendricks; Trombone – George Kaatee

60 Years Disc 1,Disc 2

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Katie Noonan - Late Night Tunes With Noons

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:17
Size: 72,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:09) 1. I Found You
(3:47) 2. Choirgirl
(4:39) 3. Wish you Well
(3:59) 4. Do you Remember
(4:27) 5. Nerve
(3:11) 6. The Day You Come
(4:15) 7. Throw Your Arms Around Me
(3:47) 8. Dance Monkey

Katie Noonan’s new mini-album ‘Late Night Tunes with Noons’, showcasing her interpretation of iconic Australian songs as well as featuring a new original song ‘I Found You’. The idea started when Katie posted a short video on Instagram of her learning a Hunters and Collectors classic for an upcoming event.

After garnering such a strong response from fans, Katie created a late-night video series where she interprets some of her favourite Aussie songs from across multiple decades in her intimate and dynamic style.

The eight track mini-album really showcases Katie’s magical interpretation of classic’s new and old taking on Tones and I, Emma Louise, Jarryd James, Jordan Rakei, Hunters & Collectors, Cold Chisel and Powderfinger.
https://www.katienoonan.com.au/shop/late-night-tunes-with-noons

Late Night Tunes With Noons

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The Verve Jazz Ensemble - All In

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:45
Size: 120,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:39) 1. All In
(3:28) 2. Midnight In The Air
(7:34) 3. The Odd Couple Theme
(3:40) 4. Pensive Miss
(5:16) 5. Ain't That A Kick In The Head
(3:56) 6. Once I Loved
(5:56) 7. Studio J
(5:23) 8. What I Meant To Say Was
(4:39) 9. Bluesette
(6:11) 10. Dolphin Dance

It takes a bold, knowledgeable, and inventive group to call itself The Verve Jazz Ensemble. The moniker Verve conjures the legendary jazz label Verve Records: once home to the greatest pioneering names in the artform from Duke Ellington, Stan Getz and Ella Fitzgerald to Bill Evans, Count Basie, and Buddy Rich. It is in the spirit of the Verve label’s 1950s - ‘60s hard bop heyday that The Verve Jazz Ensemble composes, arranges, and performs jazz of a timeless quality. Across eight albums and counting the latest entitled All In the “VJE” has been satisfying the cravings of critics and audiences alike, consistently placing near or at the very top of the JazzWeek radio chart for the past decade. No less than Ellis Marsalis, the late, revered patriarch of the highly distinguished Marsalis Family that gave us Wynton, Branford, Jason and Delfeayo Marsalis, observed, “The VJE is the new MJQ,” referring to the fabled Modern Jazz Quartet.

Drummer Josh Feldstein founded The Verve Jazz Ensemble in 2006 as a band that paid homage to the past while vehemently establishing newer, younger audiences for the now vintage sound. “Part of the band’s mission,” said Feldstein, “is to expand the audience of classic instrumental jazz, to identify melodies that pop audiences can easily relate and groove to but not need a degree in music to dig.”

The Verve Jazz Ensemble is a band that “chooses to move in a musical direction that’s appealing to radio as well as our broad base of US and international listeners,” Josh added. “Our mission is to bring forward the acoustic jazz artform in a way that both veteran listeners and newcomers to Jazz easily appreciate.”

Feldstein’s passion for acoustic jazz stems back to when he was 11 years old and living with his family in Queens, New York. He was taking drum lessons at the time from a teacher who turned him onto the volcanic Gene Krupa. “One day my teacher told me I sounded like Krupa,” Josh recalled. “Well, I don’t think that was remotely true, but I dug Gene’s drumming intensely and couldn’t stop listening.” The LP he pointed Josh to was “Verve’s Choice: The Best of Gene Krupa.” Josh was hooked

. “I spent the next 10 years grabbing up all of the jazz albums recorded for Verve Records that I could,” he states. “I hung out listening to Papa Jo Jones and the Countsmen at the West End Café on Broadway and 113th street in Manhattan. I’d catch the incredible Buddy Rich and his big band, and legends like Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Count Basie. Any given month would bring into town the best of the best like (saxophonist) Stan Getz, (pianist) Monty Alexander, and on and on.

“I put music on the backburner once I entered college, however, because I didn’t think I could make money as a jazz musician,” Josh said. “While I kept practicing and did play from time to time I even toured for a while with a big band in the mid-Atlantic area it was part-time stuff by and large.

“Some years later, when I was living in Connecticut, I came across the playing of a young saxophonist / keyboardist named Jon Blanck. He really impressed me as a young cat who could really play in the authentic hardbop idiom, which is my foundation. I approached him to play locally just for fun. We ended up booking restaurants and country clubs and becoming close friends. The band developed a strong reputation and a faithful following. Once the VJE started playing clubs throughout Connecticut and eventually in New York proper, things started happening.”

The VJE was a quintet when it first ventured into the studio to record its debut album, It’s About Time (2012), followed by East End Sojourn (2014) which featured guest Peter Bernstein on guitar. Both charted Top 10 on the JazzWeek radio charts. Those albums were followed by top 25 Perimeter (2016) and yet another top 10 album, Swing-A-Nova (2017), recorded by the rhythm section as a trio album.

For 2018, Feldstein expanded the tenor sax, trumpet, piano, bass and drums quintet into a septet with alto / flute and trombone for the VJE’s fifth album, Connect The Dots, a change that shot the band to the #1 position atop the JazzWeek chart for two weeks. Next came Night Mode (2019) another top 10-charter followed during the Covid lockdown by The VJE: Very Live! (2021) recorded at a pre-pandemic benefit concert in Hadley, MA which kept the VJE brand alive and well.

For VJE’s eighth and latest album, All In, the septet joyfully explores the theme of “Mid-20th century Americana” via two original compositions and eight arrangements of some classic and other little-heard material. The band consists of Tatum Greenblatt on trumpet, Willie Applewhite on trombone, Alexa Tarantino on alto sax / flute, Jon Blanck on tenor sax, Matt Oestreicher on piano and guitar, Elias Bailey on bass, and VJE leader Josh Feldstein on drums.

Highlights of the album include the Tatum Greenblatt original title track, “All In;” an Afro Cuban approach to Neal Hefti’s beloved “The Odd Couple Theme;” another Greenblatt original entitled “What I Meant to Say Was,” set up as a musical conversation between trumpet and alto sax; and a piano trio whirl through Jean “Toots” Thielemans “Bluesette.”

All this music, along with the rest of “All In,” is in passionate keeping of The Verve Jazz Ensemble’s sworn mission to expand the audience of instrumental jazz in the United States and worldwide. “This is very important to all of us,” Feldstein shares. “My daughter is in high school, and she and her friends like our music. There are listeners everywhere of all ages who don’t know any jazz history. But when they hear our approach to jazz, they soak it in. Identifying and performing jazz melodies that pop audiences can relate to catchy yet legitimate music, with a pulse that’s our target.”
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/the-verve-jazz-ensemble

All In

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Massimo Faraò - Beauty And Funky

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:49
Size: 152,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:45) 1. When A Man Loves Woman
(5:31) 2. Naima Love Song
(5:10) 3. The Shout
(5:53) 4. Good Groove
(5:00) 5. This Here
(6:26) 6. Dat There
(5:08) 7. Just A Gigolo
(7:12) 8. Hymn To Freedom
(5:47) 9. Them That ’s Got
(8:07) 10. Poinciana
(3:45) 11. Ancora

"The blackest of Italian pianists" was born May 16th, 1965, in Genoa. He studied piano with Maestro Flavio Crivelli and began his career collaborating with musicians from the Genoa Area, especially with the bassist Piero Leveratto. In 1993 he was invited for the first time in the USA. He plays with Red Holloway and Albert "Tootie" Heath on a tour on the West Coast.

In the same year he founded "We love Jazz" Workshop, now become one of the biggest events in Europe for jazz teaching. In 1994 he was hired by "Monad Records" in New York and back in the United States as pianoplayer and music director of Shawnn Monteiro's band, with Keter Betts and Bobby Durham. He has played in several european tours with the Nat Adderley Quintet, composed by Antonio Hart, Walter Booker and Jimmy Cobb.

In 2001 he joined the Archie Shepp's "Just in Time" Quartet with Wayne Dockery and Bobby Durham. Since 2001 he is the artistic director for the jazz division of AZZURRA MUSIC label. In 2003 he played at "Jazz Piano Festival" in Lucerne. In November 2004 he played in Japan, where his albums have become bestsellers.

He played in Italy, France, Germany, Corsica, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Dubai, Luxembourg, Spain, Japan, Yugoslavia,Canada. From 2014 he recorded 12 cd for Venus Records the famous japanese jazz label. He has recorded more than 2 hundred Cds with many Italian and foreign musicians. from www.massimofarao.com
https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/massimo-farao

Beauty And Funky

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John Coltrane - Live in Comblain-la-Tour 1965

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:44
Size: 86,8 MB
Art: Front

( 9:11) 1. Vigil
( 7:29) 2. Naima
(21:04) 3. My Favorite Things

John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Coltrane moved to Philadelphia after graduating high school, where he studied music. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was one of the players at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk.

Over the course of his career, Coltrane's music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension, as exemplified on his most acclaimed album A Love Supreme (1965) and others. Decades after his death, Coltrane remains influential, and he has received numerous posthumous awards, including a special Pulitzer Prize, and was canonized by the African Orthodox Church.

His second wife was pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane. The couple had three children: John Jr. (1964–1982), a bassist; Ravi (born 1965), a saxophonist; and Oran (born 1967), a saxophonist, guitarist, drummer and singer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane

Live in Comblain-la-Tour 1965

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Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp - Songs of the Latin Skies

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:39
Size: 121,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:00) 1. Segurança
(4:34) 2. Desafinado
(5:53) 3. Oblivion
(3:38) 4. Wave
(2:39) 5. Boiou
(4:05) 6. Retrato Brasileiro
(3:47) 7. No more blues
(4:39) 8. Canta mais
(4:03) 9. La muerte del ángel
(4:54) 10. Manhã de carnaval
(4:10) 11. Sentimental melody from forest of the Amazon
(1:22) 12. El marabino
(4:48) 13. Tikata tarpuinikichu

Acclaimed German-born classical guitarist Karin Schaupp joins vocalist Katie Noonan to create a unique sound, putting a fresh spin on Latin jazz and classical pieces from the musical masters of South America. Their latest co-creation, Songs of the Latin Skies, promises to enchant audiences with their technical mastery. As some of Australia’s most versatile and beloved vocalists these ladies will bring you delicate warm sounds with their captivating voices.
https://www.musicsa.com.au/katie-noonan-and-karin-schaupp-songs-of-the-latin-skies/

Songs of the Latin Skies

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Enrico Pieranunzi - Chet Remembered

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:17
Size: 143,0 MB
Art: Front

(7:25) 1. From E. To C.
(5:55) 2. Lost and Found
(8:14) 3. Chet
(6:45) 4. Soft Journey
(8:35) 5. Fairy Flowers
(6:50) 6. Night Bird
(7:20) 7. Echoes
(6:09) 8. Brown Cat Dance
(5:01) 9. The Real You

Born in Rome in 1949, Enrico Pieranunzi has long been one of the best-known and appreciated personalities on the European jazz scene. Pianist, composer, arranger, he has recorded more than seventy CDs under his own name, ranging from solo piano to trio, and from duet to quintet. He has played in concert and in the studio with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron, Paul Motian, Chris Potter and Charlie Haden, performing at all the most important international festivals, from Montreal to Copenhagen, from Berlin to Madrid.

Pieranunzi’s formative years embraced both classical and jazz piano, and the influence of Debussy is readily apparent in the lush romanticism at the heart of his music. Emerging in the early ‘70s, Pieranunzi’s lyrical approach quickly brought him to the forefront of the European scene, and in 1984 he formed a trio with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron, the first of several outstanding groups with American musicians. In 1989, 2003 and 2008 he was voted Musician of the Year in the Musica Jazz critic’s poll and he was 1997 recipient of the Django d’Or Award for best European Jazz Musician.

In 2004 he toured Japan performing with his American trio, including bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron. In the last four, five years Pieranunzi performed more and more in the States (New York, Birdland; San Francisco, Spoleto USA Festival). On July 2010 he played the Village Vanguard and recorded live there, with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian. He is the only Italian musician ever and one of the very few European to have performed and recorded in such a historical venue.

In addition to recording many albums, he has written more than 300 compositions including “Night Bird” (recorded several times by Chet baker and performed by many others), “Hindsight” (recorded by Phil Woods) etc. Many of his compositions have become veritable international standards, three of which " two in 1991 and one in 2001 " have been included in the prestigious “New Real Books” published in the United States by “Sher Music”.

Famous writer/journalist Nat Hentoff writes: “(Pieranunzi) is a luminously lyrical pianist, with a constant flow of ideas. He builds the kind of quality of designs that have a powerful inner logic. (...) Pieranunzi can swing " crisply and surely. But in those tempos he remains his lyrical self. His music sings.”

Ray Spencer of “Jazz Journal” has written that “Enrico Pieranunzi breathes new life into contemporary jazz”https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/enrico-pieranunzi

Personnel: Enrico Pieranunzi : piano; Bert Joris: trumpet; Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn: alto saxophone, flute; Katharina Brien: alto saxophone, clarinet; Denis Gabel: tenor saxophone, clarinet; Steffen Weber: tenor saxophone, clarinet; Reiner Heute: baritone saxophone; Frank Wellert: trumpet, flugelhorn; Thomas Vogel: trumpet, flugelhorn; Martin Auer: trumpet, flugelhorn; Axel Schlosser: trumpet, flugelhorn; Gunter Bollman: trombone; Felix Fromm: trombone; Christian Jaksjo: trombone, valve trombone; Robert Hedemann: bass trombone; Hans Glawischnig: bass; Jean Paul Hochstadter: drums.

Chet Remembered

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Sarah Lancman - Parisienne

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:38
Size: 103,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:24) 1. Et ainsi va la vie
(5:06) 2. Tokyo song
(4:15) 3. C'était pour toi
(4:03) 4. Parce que
(5:06) 5. A new start
(3:31) 6. Dis-le moi
(3:07) 7. Ton silence
(4:31) 8. The moon and I
(6:25) 9. l'Hymne à l'amour
(4:15) 10. I love you more than I can sing
(0:51) 11. Index - l'hymne à l'amour

Born in 1989, Sarah Lancman is a French vocalist, pianist and songwriter based in Paris. Starting at the tender age of seven, she began classical piano studies at the Conservatoire du Centre in Paris. Many years later, whilst she was completing her Bachelor's degree in composition, jazz piano and singin at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU), she also won First Prize in the International Shure Voice Competition in Montreux (Switzerland) in 2012, chaired that year by Quincy Jones.

Sarah has toured in her home country of France and Turkey many times and has performed in other European countries such as Switzerland and Spain. In 2016, she was invited by The Jazz Foundation of America to perform in New York as one of three “Rising Stars” from being a prior Montreux Jazz Festival winner.

Sarah also toured in Japan and South Korea in 2018. She was managed by music label Jazz Eleven for five years to 2021 and just created her own company Unlimited Music France in September 2022 for producing her new album.

She returns with a sixth album, "Le pouvoir des mots" (The Power Of Words) borrowing a majestic sweetness in which she reconnects with her love of the piano by singing on original compositions inspired by the world of Michel Legrand, Charles Aznavour as well as that of the musical comedies of the 60s, thus mixing her love for Jazz & the Chanson tradition on arrangements signed by Philippe Maniez. Accompanied by the prestigious Quatuor Hanson and special guests, Belgian-New Yorker guitarist Jeanfrancois Prins, as well as the rising jazz star, the saxophonist Louis Billette, this new opus will be released in spring 2023 : May 26TH 2023
https://londonjazznews.com/2020/04/16/sarah-lancman-parisienne/

Parisienne

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Antonio Zambrini - Pinocchio E Altri Racconti

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:56
Size: 123,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:53) 1. In cerca di cibo
(5:44) 2. La madre
(5:25) 3. Equinozio
(5:19) 4. Il prete bello
(6:28) 5. Lucignolo
(6:02) 6. Geppetto
(4:38) 7. Giovedì
(4:46) 8. Notte italiana
(3:56) 9. Zazie dans le métro
(7:40) 10. Moby Dick

Antonio Zambrini, pianist and composer from Milan, has drawn the attention of the critics with his cd ""Antonia e altre canzoni", 1998, Splasc(h) Records; this was favourably reviewed on several specialized magazines, in Italy and abroad, and was selected as one of the best Italian first works by the jury of the "Django d'or" prize, patronized by the French and the Italian musical critics. Thanks to its success, on "Musica Jazz" magazine (January '99), Antonio Zambrini was classified by critics at the second position in the 1998 list of the best new talents of italian jazz.

His second cd "Forme semplici", 2000, and the last one, "Quartetto", 2001, were furtherly voted in several categories in the critics referendum on "Musica Jazz", where Zambrini was confirmed as one of the best emergent talents also for the years 2000 and 2001.

Recently, Zambrini has been invited as guest star in different musical broadcastings by Radio3 RAI ("Invenzione a due voci", "Jazzclub", "Radio3suite"). His piece "Crevalcore", from the cd "Antonia...", is present also in the last compilation of the most representative signature tunes of Radio Popolare (Raccolta differenziata, Sensible Records). His piece "Antonia" has been inserted in the tribute cd for the 20 years of "Le Scimmie" jazz club, side by side with pieces by musicians like Enrico Rava, Paul Motian, Franco D'Andrea, Massimo Urbani...

His compositions are performed by some important new jazz musicians like Stefano Bollani, in Italy, and John Law, an emergent talented English pianist, who has even dedicated to Zambrini his last Cd "The Moment".

Antonio Zambrini studied guitar, flute, composition and piano; he graduated in Choir Conduction at the Conservatorio of Padua and in Jazz Music at the Conservatorio of Parma. He studied at the Jazz Music Seminars in Siena both as flutist and pianist, but he eventually preferred piano for pursuing his musical career. He performed with different groups in several Italian jazz clubs and festivals, like "Clusone Jazz" (1995, '97 and '99), the "Jazz Italiano" Festival at Finale Ligure ('95), "Saudades" in Milan ('95), Varese Festival at Giardini Estensi in '95 and 2002, the "Parma Jazz-Frontiere" International Festival in '96, "Eurojazz" at Ivrea in '97, Berchidda Festival in '97, "Estate Jazz" in Cagliari ('97), the '98 Musical Season of the Piccolo Regio Theatre in Turin, the '98 and '99 Villa Celimontana International Festival in Rome, JVC Festival in Turin ('98), "Ah Hum Jazz Fest", Milan, (2001-2002), "Free" Jazz Festival, Milan (2002), etc.

Among others, he performed with Claudio Fasoli, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Enrico Rava, Mark Murphy, Tiziano Tononi, Gabriele Mirabassi, Emanuele Cisi, Stefano D'Anna, Roberto Bonati, Andrea Dulbecco, Giorgio Licalzi, Bruno De Filippi, Javier Girotto…

He collaborates constantly with the Cineteca Italiana, Milan, for the improvised live sonorization of silent movies festivals.

He teaches in several different music schools; since 1999, he directs a summer course of improvisation and ensemble music by the "Stages Internazionali di Orvieto" (Orvieto International Stages).

In dicember 2002, at Piccolo Teatro Studio in Milan, together with the italian singer Lucia Minetti, Zambrini has composed and performed the music of "Concerto per la pace" (Concerto for peace). In 2003 he was invited to play at Berlin for two festivals: "Italian Jazz player" and "Jazz composers night". His new CD "Due colori" ("Abeat Records") is going to be released.
http://www.jazzitalia.net/artisti/antoniozambrini_eng.asp

Pinocchio E Altri Racconti

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Junior Mance Trio & Eric Alexander - Groovin' Blues

Styles: Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:46
Size: 150,0 MB
Art: Front

( 7:16) 1. Night Train
( 7:03) 2. BlueBerry Hill
( 7:02) 3. Blues in the Closet
(11:14) 4. Lonely Avenue
( 4:04) 5. Blue 'n' Boogie
( 9:46) 6. I Got My Mojo Workin
( 7:53) 7. All Blues
( 6:15) 8. Bag's Groove
( 4:10) 9. America The Beautiful

Junior Mance was well-known for his soulful bluesy style, but was also expert at playing bop standards. He started playing professionally when he was ten. Mance worked with Gene Ammons in Chicago between 1947 and 1949, played with Lester Young (1950), and was with the Ammons-Sonny Stitt group until he was drafted. He was the house pianist at Chicago's Bee Hive (1953 to 1954), worked as Dinah Washington's accompanist (1954 and 1955), was in the first Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1956 to 1957), and then spent two years touring with Dizzy Gillespie (1958 to 1960).

After a few months with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Johnny Griffin group, Mance formed his own trio and was primarily a leader. He led sessions for Verve, Jazzland, Riverside, Capitol, Atlantic, Milestone, and Polydor, among other labels. In the '80s, Mance joined the faculty at the New School in New York City, teaching as part of their Jazz program. He also continued to record, issuing his last album, For My Fans, It’s All About You, in 2015, one year before he retired from music. Junior Mance died on January 17, 2021 in his home in Manhattan after a struggle with Alzheimer’s disease; he was 92 years old. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/junior-mance-mn0000252026/biography

Personnel: Junior Mance - piano; Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone; Chip Jackson - bass; Idris Muhammad - drums,

Groovin' Blues

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Peggy Connelly - Peggy Connelly

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:37
Size: 85,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:15) 1. That Old Black Magic
(3:19) 2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
(2:30) 3. Trav'lin' Light
(2:11) 4. Ev'ry Time
(4:27) 5. It Never Entered My Mind
(3:00) 6. Why Shouldn't I
(2:47) 7. Gentleman Friend
(2:55) 8. What Is There To Say
(2:44) 9. He Was Too Good To Me
(2:41) 10. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
(2:26) 11. Fools Rush In
(3:16) 12. Alone Together

Peggy Connelly (September 25, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was a singer and actress. Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She had a career as a singer and actress, starting with local dance bands (the first Harvey Anderson's) in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. In 1956 she recorded an album of standards, Peggy Connelly with Rusell Garcia – That Old Black Magic, for Bethlehem Records, reissued by Fresh Sound on Russell Garcia's Wigville Band. She also recorded two albums with The New Christy Minstrels. In 1957 she married Dick Martin. They divorced in the early 1960s. Connelly appeared in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), Houseboat (1958), and the television show Take a Good Look with Ernie Kovacs. She moved to Europe in the early 1970s and worked as a single act until the mid-1990s, when she, Sarah Tullamore and Wendy Taylor formed a trio called The Jazzberries. The Jazzberries played extensively in Paris and throughout Europe until they disbanded in 2000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Connelly

Personnel: Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano; Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Giuffre; Bass – Max Bennett; Drums – Stan Levey; Guitar – Al Hendrickson; Soprano Saxophone – Russ Cheever; Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman; Trumpet – Pete Candoli, Stu Williamson

Peggy Connelly

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Sant Andreu Jazz Band & Joan Chamorro - Jazzing 9 Vol.2

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:11
Size: 169,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:13) 1. Deeper
(4:26) 2. Meditacao
(5:11) 3. Yearnin’
(7:34) 4. Stardust Shine
(6:30) 5. I'll Be Seeing You
(7:32) 6. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
(3:47) 7. Star Eyes
(5:15) 8. Doodlin'
(5:15) 9. Memories of You
(4:22) 10. As Long as I Live
(5:14) 11. Tricotism
(6:21) 12. Four
(4:30) 13. Doralice
(2:53) 14. Can't You Just See Me

Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together children between 6 and 18 years old, around a classic jazz repertoire with lots of swing, which gained the public and sold-out some of the most important music auditoriums in Spain.

Twelve years of relentless efforts and love, of magical achievements represented by eight recordings on CD and DVD. Nine albums within the Joan Chamorro presents collection, starred by some of the young talents that emerged from the Sant Andreu Jazz Band to become up-and-coming stars on their own right: Andrea Motis, Eva Fernandez, Magali Datzira, Rita Payes, Marc Martin, Joan Mar Sauque, Elia Bastida and the projected labeled as La Magia de la Veu ("The magic in the voice").

Sant Andreu Jazz Band
Joan Chamorro, direction

Jazzing 9 Vol.2

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Giovanni Mirabassi & Sarah Lancman - Intermezzo

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:02
Size: 89,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:51) 1. Il poeta
(4:41) 2. Estate
(4:50) 3. Parlami d'amore mariù
(3:57) 4. Ah che sarà, che sarà
(3:42) 5. Vedrai, vedrai
(5:27) 6. La canzone di marinella
(5:32) 7. Almeno tu nell'universo
(3:36) 8. Sabato italiano
(3:21) 9. Senza fine

Giovanni Mirabassi remains one of my favorite Jazz pianists. I really love his trio efforts, be it on Terra Furiosa, Live in Toyko, or, probably my preferred one, Architectures.

Mirabassi is Italian, but has been living in Paris for many years. As mentioned above, he trio output (mainly with Gianluca Renzi and Leon Parker) is fantastic, but he’s also collaborated with some excellent singers, e.g. Angela Elvira Herrera Zaparta and Maikel Ante Fajardo on Adelante, and on Sarah Lancman’s previous 2018 albums A Contretemps and Inspiring Love. Both albums only featured Sarah on the title, now we have a recording where both Lancman and Mirabassi share the cover. The two already met in 2015 and have toured together.

Sarah Lancman is a young French singer, who studied in Paris, and has released three albums so far. There is no shortage of excellent Jazz singers today, but still, Lancman has a very recognisable, unique voice. Not suprisingly, she won the first price in a jazz contest hosted by Quincy Jones.

So what do you get? Well, you could argue, is this still Jazz?

You basically get beautiful duos where Mirabassi plays in a very intimate and connected way with Sarah, who singing exclusively in Italian (note the album cover kind of gives it away) on this album.

Every once in a while, Olivier Bogé joins playing the saxophone, with a sound somewhat reminiscent of Stan Getz. So who cares if this is Jazz or not? All of this is just hugely enjoyable, beautiful, intimate music, and really worth checking out
https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/06/07/an-excellent-new-vocal-jazz-album-with-giovanni-mirabassi-and-sarah-lancman/

Personnel: Sarah Lancman : vocal; Giovanni Mirabassi : piano; Olivier Bogé : saxophone

Intermezzo

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