Doug Raney Quartet - Raney '96

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:23
Size: 154.3 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[7:34] 1. Giant Steps
[8:33] 2. Besame Mucho/The Dolphin
[7:45] 3. I Fall In Love Too Easily
[5:31] 4. Querido
[6:09] 5. Fried Pies
[8:19] 6. Moose The Mooche
[7:44] 7. Re Person I Knew
[8:23] 8. I Loves You Porgy
[7:21] 9. Afro Blue

Bass – Lennart Ginman; Drums – Herlin Riley; Guitar – Doug Raney; Piano – Ben Besiakov. Recording Date: July, 1996.

The son of the late great Jimmy Raney, Doug carries on the tradition in his own way. Here, the Denmark-based guitarist is supported by pianist Ben Besiakov, bassist Lennart Ginman and drummer Herlin Riley. Fluent and swinging, Raney deftly negotiates the myriad harmonies of both “Giant Steps” and “Moose The Mooch,” a rhythm changes workout that features some especially hip, dissonant comping by Besiakov. On Pat Martino’s Latinesque “Querido” and Wes Montgomery’s swinging “Fried Pies,” he not only demonstrates his ability to blow over disparate grooves, but also salutes two of his biggest influences. “I Fall In Love Too Easily” and “I Loves You Porgy” provide the ballad portion of the program and suggest that melodic gifts may at least be partially genetic. Beautiful work from one of the instrument’s most underrated players.By Jim Ferguson

Raney '96

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Edith Piaf, Jacqueline François, Charles Aznavour, Yves Montand - Paris Chante ... Paris Sings ...

Styles: Chanson
Year: 2024
Time: 62:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 144,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:20) 1. Non, je ne regrette rien
(2:17) 2. For Me... Formidable
(2:33) 3. Paris canaille
(1:27) 4. Paris à la nuit
(4:29) 5. Milord
(3:39) 6. Tu t'laissez aller
(2:28) 7. La goulante de Paris
(3:19) 8. Ce jour-là à Paris
(3:09) 9. La vie en rose
(2:07) 10. C'est si bon
(2:30) 11. La Seine
(3:20) 12. Les feuilles mortes
(2:30) 13. Jolies mômes de mon quartier
(3:15) 14. Padam, Padam
(2:07) 15. Quand tu m'embrasses
(2:59) 16. Hymne à l'amour
(2:25) 17. La Marie-Vison
(3:09) 18. Les amants de Paris
(3:49) 19. Les deux guitares
(2:28) 20. L'air de Paris
(3:09) 21. Paris se regarde
(2:40) 22. Paris

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:23
Size: 99.3 MB
Styles: Bop
Year: 1962/2000
Art: Front

[6:15] 1. Lonely Woman
[4:00] 2. Animal Dance
[7:52] 3. New York 19
[3:50] 4. Belkis
[6:30] 5. Why Are You Blue
[2:43] 6. Fugato
[6:26] 7. Lamb, Leopard
[5:43] 8. Trieste

Having sponsored Ornette Coleman at the School of Jazz near Lennox, MA, pianist and composer John Lewis helped launch the controversial career of one of the last great innovators in jazz. Lewis' support of the ragtag Texas native was somewhat unique in jazz circles at the time and even surprising, especially considering the gulf between the classical jazz formality of his group the Modern Jazz Quartet and Coleman's radical notions of free improvisation. Nevertheless, Lewis not only saw in Coleman the first jazz genius since bebop's Parker, Gillespie, and Monk, but put pay to the praise with the MJQ's 1962 rendition of one of Coleman's most famous numbers, "Lonely Woman." (Along with Art Pepper's 1960 version of "Tears Inside," this was one of the earliest of Coleman covers done.) The 1962 Atlantic album of the same name turns out to be one of the band's best efforts. Lewis and fellow MJQ members Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Connie Kaye capitalize on the dramatic theme of "Lonely Woman" while adding a bit of chamber music complexity to the mix. The quartet doesn't take Coleman's free form harmolodic theory to heart with a round of quixotic solos, but the group does spotlight the often overlooked strength of his compositional ideas. And while the MJQ further plies its knack for involved pieces on Lewis originals like "Fugato" and "Trieste," the group also balances out the set with looser material more in tune with Jackson's blues and swing sensibilities. A great disc that's perfect for the curious jazz lover. ~Stephen Cook

Lonely Woman

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Aaron Goldberg - The Now

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:21
Size: 123,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:47)  1. Trocando Em Miudos
(5:02)  2. Yoyo
(5:02)  3. The Wind In The Night
(2:47)  4. E-Land
(5:17)  5. Perhaps
(4:55)  6. Triste Baía Da Guanabara
(2:48)  7. Background Music
(6:22)  8. Francisca
(6:16)  9. One's A Crowd
(8:00) 10. One Life

Hailed by Down Beat magazine for his quick-witted harmonic reflexes, fluid command of line and cut-to-the-chase sense of narrative logic, Aaron Goldberg has made his name as one of jazz s most compelling pianists, both as a bandleader and frequent collaborator with Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Guillermo Klein and many more. On his new release The Now, Goldberg reunites with bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland, the virtuoso rhythm team going all the way back to his 1998 debut Turning Point. On their fifth outing together, the trio foregrounds a central truth about the art of playing jazz: that no two performances will be the same because the music is created, in Goldberg s words, in the dynamic plane of the present.

A jazz record is literally one moment in time, Goldberg explains. Each song captures those five minutes, and not more. This is especially counterintuitive when you think about iconic jazz recordings like Kind of Blue, where we can all sing every solo. That record would sound totally different, we d all be singing different solos, if it d been recorded five minutes later or even five seconds later. That aspect of jazz is what makes it magical for me. I think every time you make an album you contribute to this illusion that jazz operates like other forms of music, where you figure out the song, you practice it, you play it a million times, then you record the definitive version. Jazz doesn t work like that, and I felt it was time to explicitly wrestle with this in some thematic way. In every idiomatic zone from Brazilian ballads to roaring bebop, Goldberg and the trio have a way of spontaneously sculpting every bar as it flows by, like a wave on a river. That Rogers and Harland have also spent the last few years working with master saxophonist Charles Lloyd has deepened their communication and subtlety beyond measure. With Goldberg, they revel in the lesser-explored corners of jazz repertoire, bringing wit, explosive chops and also keen understatement to bear on the music at hand.~ Editorial Reviews http://www.amazon.com/The-Now-Aaron-Goldberg/dp/B00OUGOE1Q

The Now

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Klas Lindquist - Handle with Care

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 67:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 154,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:31) 1. My Old Flame
(6:32) 2. Tea for Two
(6:19) 3. Prelude to a Kiss
(6:20) 4. The Day We Met
(6:13) 5. The Man with a Horn
(6:27) 6. Cry My a River
(6:23) 7. Bernadette
(6:25) 8. Stardust
(5:03) 9. Cherokee
(3:09) 10. Days of Wine and Roses
(4:55) 11. Sweet Pumpkin
(3:43) 12. Come Sunday

Considered one of "Sweden's most exciting jazz musicians," by the Goteborgs Posten, a major Swedish-language daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden, Klas Lindquist delivers his fifth album as leader with the intimate and sophisticated Handle with Care. As pianist Champian Fulton states in the liner notes, the album, "Spotlights Klas Lindquist as a soloist with a voice and perspective all his own." She essentially hits the nail on the proverbial head in describing the saxophonist's work on the recording, which is pronounced, powerful and penetrating.

A follow up to his well-received Alternate Source of Energy (Yellow Car Records 2023) with his much-regarded nonet, garnishing the recognition of Sweden's number one jazz album of 2023, it was one of several albums the leader recorded with an ensemble of nine musicians. On this session, Lindquist returns to a smaller intimate format and records with a quartet of fellow countrymen featuring pianist Leo Lindberg guiding a seasoned rhythm section of Niklas Fernqvist and drummer Daniel Fredriksson.

On tap, are only two originals with the majority of the twelve tracks featuring familiar standards from the likes of Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, Henry Mancini, and Ray Noble among others. The leader's beautiful solos begin on the opening Arthur Johnston/ Sam Coslow classic "My Old Flame," and progress on the oft-recorded Vincent Youmans/Caesar standard "Tea for Two." He treats Ellington's "Prelude to a Kiss" tenderly before presenting his first original, "The Day We Met," peppered with plenty of high notes a terrific piece of bop.

Perhaps the defining piece of the album is Lindquist's rendition of the Bonnie Lake/Jack Jenney dynamite number "The Man with a Horn," made popular by Lou Donaldson, Eric Alexander and others. This take of the standard must be compared favorably to the others and considered as one of the top versions ever recorded. Pianist Lindberg weighs in quite nicely on the American torch song from Arthur Hamilton, "Cry Me A River," as Lindquist sounds off in accompaniment of his pianist.

The two musicians do it again on "Bernadette" with Lindberg laying down some nice Bill Evans like key work as the saxophonist displays his chops in a call and response moment making this piece of music wonderful to hear. The music slows down a bit on the stylish Carmichael composition "Stardust" for a delicate and mellow take on this familiar standard. Nobel's recognizable melody of "Cherokee" brings out the bassist and drummer in a more pronounced role on the shortest but perkiest tune of the album.

The immortal Henry Mancini standard "The Days of Wine and Roses" is truly another winner with Lindquist and the band, playing off each other in one cohesive manner demonstrating just how good this group truly is. "Sweet Pumkin" and Ellington's spiritual ballad "Come Sunday," brings the music to a graceful finish. What may not be finished, however, is the favorable impression one may have after only one listen to Klas Lindquist's brilliant Handle with Care.
By Edward Blanco https://www.allaboutjazz.com/handle-with-care-klas-lindquist-self-roduced/

Personnel: Klas Lindquist - alto saxophone; Leo Lindberg - piano; Niklas Fernqvist - bass; Daniel Fredriksson - drums

Handle with Care

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Fabienne Ambühl Trio - Glitterwoods

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2015
Time: 54:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 126,6 MB
Art: Front

(1:43) 1. Glitterwoods, Pt. 1
(3:41) 2. Glitterwoods, Pt. 2
(1:24) 3. Glitterwoods, Pt. 3
(3:54) 4. Hang On
(5:42) 5. Was
(4:59) 6. Oasis
(5:14) 7. Black Horses Suite
(3:31) 8. No Memories
(3:54) 9. Paths
(6:06) 10. Sea Son
(6:00) 11. Inchworms
(4:58) 12. While We Were Gone
(3:34) 13. Between Your Eyes

“Stripped-back minimalism and emotional depth, playfulness and maturity, and a profound jazz sensibility combined with a powerful romantic imagination, forge her unmistakable style. By Norbert Krampf

Fabienne Ambuehl is a Swiss pianist, singer and composer, living in London. With her trio she released the debut album Glitterwoods (Traumton Berlin), which was well-received in the European jazz press.

The band’s new album, with Jon Scott on drums, Matt Ridley on bass, Tom Ollendorff on guitar, featuring Ant Law on guitar, will be out in January 2025.

As well as performing with her trio and solo, Fabienne in the recent past, has performed with the Noga Ritter band and worked and toured in Senegal for a musical residency, supported by Arts Council England. With Neele & the Soundvoyage she released a EP and the album Visions (QFTF Berlin 2018) and toured Switzerland and Germany. As a singer and soloist of the Jazz Choir Freiburg she toured Germany and Austria. In July 2017 she was their soloist at the Eurovision Song Contest for choirs in Riga, Latvia.

Fabienne completed her masters at Lucerne School of Music. She studied with Hans Feigenwinter and Chris Wiesendanger alongside vocal studies with Bruno Amstad and Lauren Newton. She has further studied with Jean Paul Brodbeck, Christoph Stiefel, Asaf Sirkis and Gwilym Simcock.

She won a scholarship from Friedl Wald Stiftung and studied at the Complete Vocal institute in Copenhagen. She is the winner of a Förderpreis of the Kanton Zug and with Harmonie Greber was selected for Suisse Diagonales Jazz.https://www.fabienneambuehl.com/

Glitterwoods

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Shorty Rogers & The Giants - You Shorty, Me Tarzan!

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:42
Size: 129,4 MB
Art: Front

( 3:25)  1. The Elephant Wail
( 1:40)  2. Los Barbaros
( 3:05)  3. Paradise Found
( 1:55)  4. Trapped
( 2:14)  5. Los Primitivos
( 3:24)  6. Oomgawa
(17:33)  7. Tarzanic Suite
( 3:19)  8. Mountain Greenery
( 4:57)  9. Martian Lullaby
( 4:08) 10. Bluesies
( 2:16) 11. Big Band Blues
( 1:15) 12. I Want To Be Happy
( 6:26) 13. The Three Little Bops

2010 release, the fourth installment in the Giant Steps label's series of classic recordings by legendary modernists Shorty Rogers & the Giants. Assembled is the rare percussive soundtrack to Tarzan the Ape Man that featured the likes of Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Frank Rosolino and other famed West Coasters. Said Shorty: "At first, I was slightly apprehensive when MGM approached me to write and record the soundtrack for a Tarzan movie, but I needn't have concerned myself. They just said, make it exciting with plenty of drumming, and left me alone to get on with it. So I approached it as if I was really making a new Giants album, which is what it really was. I don't want to sound discourteous, but the album we made was much better that the actual movie". Also included is an equally rare 'live' appearance by the Big Band version of the Giants from an appearance on the TV show the Stars of Jazz. Giant Steps. ~Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/You-Shorty-Tarzan-Rogers-Giants/dp/B0032BVEIG

Personnel:  Trumpet, Conductor, Composed By – Shorty Rogers ;  Bass – Buddy Clark, Joe Mondragon ;  Drums – Carlos Rosario, Chach Gonzales, Chico Guerrero, Frank Capp, Modesto Duran ;  Piano – Pete Jolly ;  Saxophone – Bill Holman, Bill Hood, Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank, Chuck Gentry;  Trombone – Bob Enevoldsen, Frank Rosolino, Harry Betts, Marshall Cram;  Trumpet – Al Porcino, Buddy Childers, Don Fagerquist, Ollie Mitchell

You Shorty, Me Tarzan!

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The Pacifists - The Pacifists

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2021
Time: 40:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 93,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:12) 1. We´ve Only Just Begun
(3:47) 2. Yesterday Once More
(3:27) 3. Goodbye To Love
(3:49) 4. Close To You
(6:28) 5. This Masquerade
(3:11) 6. Rainy Days And Monday´s
(3:19) 7. Superstar
(3:39) 8. Top Of The World
(3:24) 9. Hurting Each Other
(3:05) 10. It´s Going To Take Some Time
(3:07) 11. For All We Know

Alexander Claffy - Memento

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 49:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 113,6 MB
Art: Front

(10:06) 1. Brother
( 8:32) 2. Tokyo
( 7:22) 3. Tassia
( 7:22) 4. Jinriksha
( 8:55) 5. This Nearly Was Mine
( 7:07) 6. Power Station

I’d like to open by thanking everyone who helped to make this album possible. You know exactly who you are and I couldn’t have made it without you.

“Memento”, derived from the concept of “Memento Mori” is my 10th leader effort. By the time this album has been released I’ll be 32 years old. In an age where releasing 50 minutes of consecutive music may seem archaic, I’m just doing my best to document a place and time in my growth and development. When the stars align and I see a group of musicians that can come together and document a sign of the times, I jump at the chance. Even if I myself am not in the exact shape I want to be to record, I’ll take that risk.

This document serves as a reminder of what high level musicianship is still coming out of New York City. To be able to have one of the world’s greatest geniuses, my brother, Kurt Rosenwinkel contributing to this record is a dream within itself. I did my best to assemble some of my favorite voices, and give a pallet which everyone could speak their minds onto.

The goal here was to bring some emotionally powerful music that reminds us each: to enjoy and be grateful. Every day could be your last. And that’s how I’m trying to consistently play and contribute art for the rest of my days. A musical “Memento Mori”, that translates that urgency into song. This Record is dedicated to the memory of my father, Joseph Francis Claffy.
Yours Truly, Alexander Claffy https://alexanderclaffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/memento

Personnel: Alexander Claffy - bass; Kurt Rosenwinkel - guitar; Jimmy Macbride - drums; Matt Chalk - alto sax (tracks 1, 5); Tim Brey - piano (tracks 1, 4-6); Dave Kikoski - piano (tracks 2, 3 & 4); Stacy Dillard - tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 4); Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone (track 6); Simon Moullier - vibraphone (tracks 1, 2, 4 - 6)

Memento

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