Victoria Rummler - Take Two

Styles: Jazz, Pop, Stage & Screen
Year: 2017
Time: 45:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 106,4 MB
Art: Front

(0:20) 1. 20th Century Fox Theme
(3:34) 2. Love Is Here to Stay (From "An American in Paris")
(3:00) 3. Theme from Le Ballon Rouge (From "Le Ballon Rouge")
(3:10) 4. The Pink Panther Theme (From "The Pink Panther")
(5:59) 5. Smile (From "Modern Times")
(4:01) 6. Frankly (From "Frankly")
(3:02) 7. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (From "Lift to a Scaffold")
(1:00) 8. C'est le vent, Betty (From "Betty Blue / 37,2 Le Matin")
(4:11) 9. I Wanna Be Loved by You (From "Some Like It Hot")
(3:21) 10. Casablanca (From "Casablanca")
(3:43) 11. La chanson d'hélène (From "Les Choses De La Vie")
(3:02) 12. Theme from Le Ballon Rouge (From "The Red Balloon")
(2:18) 13. Cantina Theme (From "Star Wars")
(5:11) 14. Chanson de Delphine (From "Les Demoiselles De Rochefort")

It all started with a commission from the Théâtre du Bois d’Arcy near Paris, to do a jazz performance with a theme. I spontaneously chose “cinema,” probably due to the strong connection between jazz standards and movies. It also felt like an amusing challenge to juxtapose genres and make each piece a kind of short film for the ears. Since that first performance, the project has rolled around in my head, hibernated, and periodically resurfaced. Today it has finally emerged from my mind’s egg.

In the past, movie music meant lush orchestration, so in recording this album I decided to pull a musical u-ey: only voice and guitar, with as little arrangement as possible. The idea of working with different guitarists felt natural in light of the sweeping differences between the pieces, and it was thrilling to work with no less than five masters of the instrument: Lionel Loueke, Nguyên Lê, Federico Casagrande, Guilherme Monteiro and Dano Haider. Each of the songs reflects some aspect of my personal or creative journey. Cut! That’s a wrap! - Victoria Rummler, November 2016 

Personnel: Victoria Rummler (vcl), Federico Casagrande, Dano Haider, Guilherme Monteiro, Lionel Loueke, Nguyên Lê (g)

Take Two

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Toots Thielemans - The Soul of Toots Thielemans

Styles: Swing, Bop
Year: 2010
Time: 41:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 95,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:19) 1. You Are My Sunshine
(5:24) 2. Nuages
(4:37) 3. Five O'Clock Whistle
(4:59) 4. Soul
(4:23) 5. Lonesome Road
(2:59) 6. Misty
(6:34) 7. Confirmation
(4:55) 8. Les Enfants S'ennuient Le Dimanche
(2:12) 9. Brother John

Not many European-born musicians have been admitted to the select inner circle of jazz innovators. One of them, of course, is the Belgian Jean Toots Thielemans. His amazing capacity to coax real music from a harmonica made of him a true virtuoso. And, as a guitarist, Toots also proved to be more than proficient at playing simple and eloquent, as we can appreciate in this charming program of nice music carried forth with taste, creativity and restrain.

This is by far the best album Jean Toots Thielemans has ever made. Nat Hentoff started his liner notes for the original Signature release in 1960 with this categorical statement. As for Thielemans, he regarded this album as a sort of graduate degree as the result of my assimilation of American life and the American jazz scene. Especially, my assimilation of the people who play, live and sing the blues. Thats why I wanted soul in the title of this album.

A cohesive rhythm section joined him for the date, with pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Tommy Bryant, and Oliver Jackson on drums. A superb trio, with Bryant delivering some bright piano solos in addition to his background duties. By and large, the feel of this set is pleasant, relaxed and swinging. Lets all rejoice in the fact that they went to the studio and did it.

Personnel: Toots Thielemans (harmonica, guitar); Ray Bryant (piano); Tommy Bryant (bass); Oliver Jackson (drums). Recorded in New York City, October 1959

The Soul Of Toots Thielemans

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Harold Corbin - Soul Brother - The Driving New Jazz Piano of Harold Corbin + Bonus Tracks

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2014
Time: 37:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 86,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:02) 1. Soul Sister (LP Version)
(2:30) 2. Don't Blame Me
(3:06) 3. Rene
(3:02) 4. The Gypsy
(3:33) 5. Caroline
(3:40) 6. Jamf's
(2:47) 7. I've Never Been in Love Before
(3:17) 8. The Girl in the Window
(3:21) 9. Soul Brother
(3:27) 10. Tunga
(2:47) 11. Our Love Is Here to Stay
(2:41) 12. Soul Sister

Pianist Edwin Harold Corbin (1933-1962) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he began classical piano study when he was seven. At 20 he switched from classical to popular music and formed his own trio, working daytime as a city inspector and supplementing his income by playing as house pianist in several Philadelphia jazz spots until 1961. That year, he composed and recorded Soul Sister, which became a local hit single on the 20th Century label (tracks 11 & 12) and led to a contract with the Roulette Recording Company and top booking engagements.

In his debut album for Roulette, he revealed an eclectic style influenced by some of the greatest on the instrument, such as Garner and Jamal. He had the ability to write pieces redolent of his era, at times allied to a certain flair for fashionable funkmanship. His touch is percussive, spicing his lines with emphatic chord voicings, but he soloes with honest, unflashy guts. The effortlessly swinging support by Spanky DeBrest and Eddie Campbell is sensitive and restrained throughout, lending this set the easy, unforced quality. This was a persuasively driving and unaffected trio. Unfortunately, Corbins career ended in tragedy when he died of an overdose on April 1st, 1962, less than five months after the release of this album.

Personnel: Harold Corbin (p), Spanky DeBrest (b), Eddie Campbell (d) Sources: Tracks #1-10, from the album Soul Brother The Driving New Jazz Piano of Harold Corbin (Roulette SR 52079) Tracks #11 & 12, from the 45 rpm Twentieth Century 1215 Personnel in all tracks: Harold Corbin, piano; Spanky DeBrest, bass; and Eddie Campbell, drums. Recorded in New York City, June 1961 [#1-10], Philadelphia, early 1961 [#11-12] Roulette recordings produced by Henry Glover 20th Century single produced & engineered by Irvin Ballen (Gotham Records)

The Driving New Jazz Piano of Harold Corbin. Soul Brother

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Kenny Wheeler - Double, Double You

Styles: Jazz
Year: 1984
Time: 48:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 112,3 MB
Art: Front

(14:03) 1. Foxy Trot
( 3:49) 2. Ma Bel
( 7:46) 3. W. W.
(23:10) 4. Three For D'reen / Blue For Lou / Mark Time

Kenny Wheeler's string of ECM recordings are all quite rewarding, generally avoiding the ECM stereotype of introspective long tones and silence. A fiery but thoughtful trumpeter whose style can range from advanced swinging to sound explorations,

Wheeler is joined on this excellent set by tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, pianist John Taylor, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette. They perform a set of Wheeler's originals and each of the world class musicians has an opportunity to be featured. A generally memorable outing. By Scott Yanow
https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-double-you-mw0000208011#review

Personnel: Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn; Mike Brecker – tenor saxophone; John Taylor – piano; Dave Holland – bass; Jack DeJohnette – drums

Double, Double You

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Sammy Davis Jr. - Now

Styles: Jazz, Soul, Swing, Easy Listening
Year: 1972
Time: 40:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 94,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:13) 1. 01 The Candy Man
(3:35) 2. 02 This Is My Life
(3:02) 3. 03 I Am Over 25 - But You Can Trust Me
(3:26) 4. 04 Have A Little Talk With Myself
(3:58) 5. 05 Willoughby Grove
(4:29) 6. 06 Take My Hand
(2:33) 7. 07 I'll Begin Again
(2:48) 8. 08 I Want To Be Happy
(7:20) 9. 09 MacArthur Park
(2:27) 10. 10 Time To Ride
(4:02) 11. 11 John Shaft

Sammy Davis Jr. Now is a 1972 album by Sammy Davis Jr. The album features the number one hit "The Candy Man", a Grammy-nominated song. The rest of the album is made up of standards, big ballads and soul tracks.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Now

Now

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JaLaLa - That Old Mercer Magic!

Styles: Vocal Jazz 
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:16
Size: 120,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. Spring, Spring, Spring
(5:30)  2. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
(3:35)  3. Jeepers Creepers
(4:22)  4. My Shining Hour
(4:24)  5. Accentuate The Positive
(3:34)  6. Dream
(3:29)  7. I'm Old Fashioned
(3:56)  8. Riding On The Moon
(7:29)  9. Moon River / Moon Country
(4:34) 10. Have You Got Any Castles Baby?
(2:18) 11. Too Marvelous For Words
(5:58) 12. The Dance Of Life

Janis Siegel has done a fair amount of recording away from the Manhattan Transfer during her decades-long tenure with the vocal group, but this a rare opportunity to hear her with other vocalists outside of it. JaLaLa, featured on four selections, includes Laurel Massé and Lauren Kinhan on vocals, with each singer leading individual selections.; the core group of musicians includes pianist Yaron Gershovsky, bassist David Finck, guitarist Frank Vignola, and drummer Matt Wilson, with guests added or substituted on some pieces. The songs selected from Johnny Mercer's vast output include both still-popular standards and obscurities, with the supporting cast varying from one track to the next. All three vocalists join forces for a fun-filled romp through "Ac-Cent-U-Ate the Positive" and the neglected "Spring Spring Spring," both of which add pedal steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar. Siegel handles both "Jeepers Creepers" and "Too Marvelous for Words" effortlessly. Kinhan shines in the breezy bossa nova setting of "My Shining Hour," while Massé delivers a warm "Moon River" which is joined in a medley with the less familiar "Moon Country," a sauntering chart that features JaLaLa. Only the lame setting of "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," saddled with the inane antics of DJ Sugarkone and a bland groove, proves disappointing.By Ken Dryden
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-old-mercer-magic%21-mw0000820178

Personnel: Janis Siegel, Laurel Massé (vocals); David Finck (guitar, acoustic bass); Frank Vignola (guitar); Aaron Weinstein (mandolin, violin); Sara Caswell (violin); Margot Leverett (clarinet); Lew Soloff (trumpet); Yaron Gershovsky (piano); Matt Wilson (drums); Rich "Dusty Chopmeat" Zukor (djembe); Eric Elterman (hand claps).

That Old Mercer Magic!

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Tamuz Nissim - While Birds Fly

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2023
Time: 41:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 96,7 MB
Art: Front

(1:34) 1. Prelude
(4:52) 2. Lonely River
(7:22) 3. While Birds Fly
(3:48) 4. Dream Bigger
(3:53) 5. Breathe
(1:57) 6. What Should This Song Be About
(3:10) 7. Here We Go Again
(5:00) 8. Touch Me
(4:53) 9. Poets
(5:16) 10. A Voice

Award-winning Israeli vocalist Tamuz Nissim has been living and performing in NYC for the last four years. She performs alongside with some of the city's most acclaimed musicians in clubs like the Blue Note, Jazz Forum, The Bar 55, Deer Head Inn, Cornelia Street and many more, gaining the love of music lovers and Jazz aficionados alike.

Born in Tel Aviv ,Tamuz grew up in an artistic family; her mother is a dancer and a choreographer and her father is a writer. Both of them play an instrument and have a great love for classical and jazz music.

She started playing classical piano at the age of 6 and started to sing when she was 14 and was accepted to the Jazz music department of the Ironi Alef High School of the Arts. Her high school band appeared twice at an open stage at the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival. At this time she was a recipient of the America-Israel Coltural Foundation Grant for young talents in the arts. By the age of 16 she was performing around the city regularly with some of Israel's best jazz players to accompany her. In 2005 she sang in the soundtrack of Ilan Heitner’s movie ‘Bruno in Love’

She moved to the Netherlands in 2007 to study at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Den Haag; from there she received a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts, voice and side subject piano. In Holland besides many performances at the local Jazz clubs she also performed at the Amsterdam Israeli film Festival “Filmisreal” 2011 and her composition 'Shir' was featured in the Record “Love, Live ,Listen 2 - The Hague playlist” . In 2013 she performed at Holon Women's Festival in Israel, a common project with singer Martha Mavroidi. In 2015 was chosen as a finalist at "Riga Jazz Stage international vocal competition" and won to performed at "Riga Ritmis" International Jazz Festival in 2016. In 2015 Tamuz moved to New York City where she performs as a band leader and a guest singer for live shows and studio recordings.https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/tamuz-nissim/

The Tel Aviv vocalist Tamuz Nissim returns with 10 new tracks, where George Nazos (guitar), Trifon Dimitrov (bass) and Joe Abba (drums) help create much diversity and warmth.

Nissim’s warm keys start the listen with the pretty and soft “Prelude”, and “Lonely River” follows with Nissim’s expressive pipes amid Abba’s agile drumming for the timeless jazz climate.

“Breathe” arrives at the halfway point, and is a rich delivery of gorgeous singing that suits the atmospheric bass and Nazos’ fluid guitar, while “Here We Go Again” benefits much from the meticulous drumming and graceful piano.

“Poets” and “A Voice” exit the listen, where the former is an intimate exploration into rich and poetic song craft, and the latter finishes with a dreamy, mesmerizing delivery that builds into firm scatting and playful rhythm.

Nissim has been living and performing New York City for the last 5 years, and that experience certainly resonates across these heartfelt and gripping jazz songs that will be globally appreciated. https://takeeffectreviews.com/october-2024-2/2024/10/21/tamuz-nissim

Recorded live at Trading 8s Studios in NJ March 7 2023. 

While Birds Fly

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OH HAPPY DAY

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Lee Morgan - Here's Lee Morgan (Disc 1) And (Disc 2)

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:17 (Disc 1)
Size: 86,1 MB (Disc 1)
Time: 65:35 (Disc 2)
Size: 151,4 MB (Disc 2)
Art: Front

Disc 1

(5:17)  1. Terrible ''T''
(7:42)  2. Mogie
(5:36)  3. I'm A Fool To Want You
(6:03)  4. Running Brook
(6:13)  5. Off Spring
(6:23)  6. Bess

This CD reissue has its original six songs expanded to 11 with the inclusion of five alternate takes. The music is good solid hard bop that finds Lee Morgan (already a veteran at age 21) coming out of the Clifford Brown tradition to display his own rapidly developing style. Matched with Clifford Jordan on tenor, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Blakey, Morgan's album could pass for a Jazz Messengers set. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-lee-morgan-mw0000188579

Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet, flugelhorn); Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Blakey (drums).

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Disc 2

(5:42)  1. Terrible ''T'' (take 7)
(6:53)  2. Terrible ''T'' (take 6)
(7:25)  3. Mogie (take 2)
(7:31)  4. Mogie (take 1 mono)
(5:54)  5. I'm A Fool To Want You (take 1)
(5:43)  6. I'm A Fool To Want You (take 2)
(6:16)  7. Running Brook (take 9)
(6:50)  8. Running Brook (take 4)
(6:39)  9. Off Spring (take 7)
(6:38) 10. Bess (take 3)

Here's Lee Morgan (Disc 1) (disc 2)

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Clark Terry - Daylight Express

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:52
Size: 146.2 MB
Styles: Bop, Trumpet jazz
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:00] 1. Caravan
[2:20] 2. Candy
[2:28] 3. Clark's Expedition
[4:04] 4. Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues
[3:01] 5. Phalanges
[4:31] 6. Blues For Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues
[2:43] 7. Basin Street Blues
[2:15] 8. Daylight Express
[2:18] 9. Taking A Chance On Love
[6:52] 10. Festival
[3:36] 11. Clark's Bars
[2:14] 12. Daddy-O's Patrio
[4:58] 13. Blues
[4:18] 14. Impeccable
[2:46] 15. Paul's Idea
[3:16] 16. Phat Bach
[2:31] 17. Milli Terry
[4:00] 18. Funky
[3:31] 19. The Girl I Call Baby

Bass – Jimmy Woode; Drums – Sam Woodyard; Flute, Saxophone – Mike Simpson (5) (tracks: 1 to 9); Guitar – Remo Biondi (tracks: 1 to 9); Piano – Willie Jones (7); Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves (tracks: 10 to 19); Trumpet – Clark Terry.

Two obscure but very enjoyable and complementary former Lps are reissued in full on this generous CD. The first half of the disc is primarily a showcase for trumpeter Clark Terry who is joined by Mike Simpson (on tenor and flute) in a sextet. C.T. sounds a bit more influenced by Dizzy Gillespie at this time than he would but he was already quite distinctive on such numbers as "Candy," "Blues For Daddy O's Jazz Patio Blues" and "Basin Street Blues." "Phalanges" is a hot bop line (by Louie Bellson) that deserves to be revived while "Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues" sounds like an ancestor of "Mumbles." The second half of the album matches Terry with tenor-saxophonist Paul Gonsalves (who is actually the leader) and a rhythm section that features some surprisingly advanced piano from Willie Jones that sometimes hints strongly at both Cecil Taylor and Sun Ra! Terry and Gonsalves (who were both with Duke Ellington at the time) always made for a good team. The tenor revisits the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival with his long solo on "Festival" and other tunes (all originals by one of the horn players) are basic and swinging; a previously unissued ballad, "The Girl I Call Baby" closes the rewarding and memorable set. Highly recommended. ~Scott Yanow

Daylight Express

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Antonio Zambrini & Rita Marcotulli - La Conversazione

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:17
Size: 98,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:40) 1. Beatriz
(3:15) 2. Natale a Riminni
(2:26) 3. Garrincha
(5:49) 4. Small Ballad
(6:11) 5. La Strada
(5:39) 6. Melamp
(2:25) 7. Passato di Vedura
(3:35) 8. Giant Steps
(3:18) 9. Antonia
(2:35) 10. Canto Triste
(3:19) 11. Here's That Rainy Day

Born 1959, Rome, Italy. Playing piano from early childhood, Marcotulli studied classical music at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory before being drawn to Brazilian music. She also began moving onto the fringes of jazz and established a local reputation at first, before becoming well known among contemporary jazz audiences both at home and abroad. This was largely due to playing with musicians such as Chet Baker, Richard Galliano, Jon Christensen, Palle Danielsson, Peter Erskine, Steve Grossman, Joe Henderson, Hélène La Barrière, Joe Lovano, Tony Oxley, Michel Portal, Enrico Rava, Michel Bénita, Aldo Romano and Kenny Wheeler. In 1987 she was nominated for the Best Young Talent award in the Music Jazz Poll and the following year she was a member of Billy Cobham’s band, touring Europe and the USA and appearing on 1989’s Incoming. She spent some time in Sweden, before returning to Italy in the early 90s. In the late 90s, she played the San Remo festival in duo with Pat Metheny and also appeared as a member of a piano trio, with Paul Bley and John Taylor, at the Olympic Theatre of Vicenza.

Among other musicians with whom Marcotulli has worked and sometimes recorded are Sal Nistico, Pino Daniele, Andy Sheppard, Charlie Mariano, Marilyn Mazur, Roberto Gatto, Bob Moses, and she has had a long-term musical relationship with Dewey Redman. Marcotulli has claimed the influence of musicians such as Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and John Coltrane. A highly skilled performer, she chooses to play in a style that derives as much from pop and folk as jazz. In addition to playing in jazz circles, Marcotulli has also composed music for the dance theatre and for films. By AllMusic
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rita-marcotulli-mn0000808191/biography

La Conversazione

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