Agneta Baumann - A Time For Love

Styles: Jazz Vocals

Label: Naxos

Year: 1996 / 2008

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 69:45

Size: 159,7 MB

Scans: Front

(5:33)  1. A Time For Love

(2:52)  2. I Get Along Without You Very Well

(5:14)  3. He Was Too Good To Me

(4:40)  4. Here`s That Rainy Day

(6:57)  5. More Than You Know

(3:56)  6. If You Love Me

(4:29)  7. The Good Life

(3:21)  8. When The World Was Young

(5:31)  9. I Fall In Love Too Easily

(3:57) 10. I`m Afraid The Masquerade Is Over

(3:27) 11. The Party`s Over

(5:52) 12. Everything Happens To Me

(6:10) 13. All My Tomorrows

(2:40) 14. The Best Is Yet To Come

(4:58) 15. That`s All

This is singer Agneta Baumann's come-back after an absence of nearly ten years from the scene; a musical self-portrait of artistic stature which is at the same time an open personal statement, as revealing as though the words were spoken in confidence. Up until the middle of the 80's Agneta Baumann had become established not purely as a jazz singer but more as a jazz-influenced artist-entertainer had in the glamorous environment of late-night dinner/dance restaurants. She was born in the town of Kalmar in south-eastern Sweden where as a youngster she sang in the school choir and as a teenager in the school jazz band, as she happened to prefer Anita O'Day to Elvis Presley. Later in life she also came to appreciate the artistry of Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Billie Holiday.

But it was not until after some years spent in other working activities that music took a central role in her life. During a period in the travel-agent business in Copenhagen 1965 she began to sing with The Golden Girls, a popular group in the style of The Supremes, and after an engagement in Stockholm 1968 she decided to stay and branch out on her own. During the following years she toured throughout the country and abroad with her own constellation "Agneta Baumanns Orkester". From the later part of the 70's she also often sang together with the jazz pianist Knud Jörgensen, who taught her what is perhaps the most important thing of all, that the space between phrases is also music, and that you have to mean what you sing.

A Time For Love

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Grant Stewart - In The Still Of The Night

Styles: Mainstream Jazz

Year: 2007

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 60:26

Size: 138,4 MB

Scans: full

(6:32)  1. In The Still Of The Night

(6:42)  2. Theme For Ernie

(7:47)  3. Wives and Lovers

(8:30)  4. Autumn In New York

(7:54)  5. IF Ever I Would Leave You

(8:03)  6. Work

(8:37)  7. Lush life

(6:18)  8. Loads of Love

This is hardly tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart's first recording as a leader, but his earlier CDs were for various European labels. In the Still of the Night is the release that set his career afire, as he joins forces with three of New York's in-demand musicians in his rhythm section: the hard-driving pianist Tardo Hammer, everyone's first call bassist Peter Washington and the talented drummer Joe Farnsworth. Right of the box, the big-toned Stewart makes his presence known with an up-tempo rendition of "In the Still of the Night" that makes one stand up and take notice. Stewart and Hammer dive head first into Thelonious Monk's "Work" (not exactly one of the pianist's more frequently recorded numbers), with Washington and Farnsworth fueling their spirited solos. 

But Stewart is also no slouch playing ballads, as his dreamy take of "Autumn in New York" and haunting treatment of "Lush Life" display a profound lyricism. Stewart's astute choice of Richard Rodgers' "Loads of Love" uncovers another gem that is rarely recorded, his sizzling solo will invite comparisons to Dexter Gordon. Even Burt Bacharach's often blandly played "Wives & Lovers" is rejuvenated with Stewart's lighthearted but aggressive interpretation. Highly recommended! (by Ken Dryden)

In The Still Of The Night

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Jesuton - Encontros

Styles: Adult Alternative Pop
Label: Som livre
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:97
Size: 101,0 MB
Scans: Front

(3:33)  1. Us(Nós)
(2:45)  2. Crosses
(4:19)  3. Same Mistake
(2:47)  4. Nothing Changes
(3:54)  5. Time Is Running Out
(4:58)  6. Holocene
(4:30)  7. Sodade
(4:37)  8. Between The Bars
(4:12)  9. The Blower's Daughter
(3:31) 10. Redemption Song
(4:41) 11. Wild Horses
(3:18) 12. O Mundo É Um Moinho
(3:13) 13. Try A Little Tenderness
(4:05) 14. I'll Never Love This Way Again [Bonus Track]
(4:35) 15. Because You Loved Me [Bonus Track]

Originally from London, Jesuton was born as Rachel Jesuton Olaolu Amosu in 1985 and goes by her middle name which was given to her by her Nigerian father. She arrived in Rio in March 2012 with the desire gain a broader knowledge of South America, a region she had always felt drawn to explore.She had previously spent time in Washington D.C. getting a masters degree and had traveled around Latin America to Argentina, Ecuador, Chile and Peru, where she lived for two years. Upon arriving in Rio she wanted to dedicate herself to music but didn’t know how to begin. “During that time where I was doing a lot of soul searching,” said Jesuton.“I was walking along the street in Ipanema and I saw a guy, his name was Alfredo Buendia, he had an amazing setup. I heard his voice before I saw him.” It was Buendia who encouraged Jesuton and told her the equipment she’d need to sing on the streets. “I started and I really really loved it. There’s so much freedom in it.” said Jesuton. “I really liked her voice and style,” Rio piano and musical theory teacher, Ana Espinola told The Rio Times. “She’s very well tuned and didn’t sound like everyone else.” Espinola became any early fan of Jesuton through videos posted online of her singing on the streets.

At the same time another Carioca, writer Glória Perez, was also discovering Jestuon’s live performances. Later when Perez was looking for an international song for her upcoming novela “Salve Jorge”, she thought of Jesuton and contacted her to cover Dione Warwick’s “I’ll Never Love This Way Again” for the novela soundtrack.

From there Jesuton began to be known be a broader audience in Brazil. When asked how it felt to gain popularity in a foreign.~ country, Jesuton said, “I don’t know if it’s strange because I would say that I didn’t try to forge a musical career in London. I think sometimes people might have the idea that I was singing on the streets in various different countries around Latin America or I tried my luck in London and it didn’t work out.”~Chesney Hearst(http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/jesuton-british-singer-shines-in-rio/#).

Encontros

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John Mayer - Paradise Valley

Styles: Americana, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Label: Columbia
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:48
Size: 91,1 MB
Scans: Front

(4:12)  1. Wildfire
(3:42)  2. Dear Marie
(4:32)  3. Waitin' On The Day
(4:18)  4. Paper Doll
(3:26)  5. Call Me The Breeze
(4:10)  6. Who You Love [Feat. Katy Perry]
(4:02)  7. I Will Be Found (Lost At Sea)
(1:26)  8. Wildfire [Feat. Frank Ocean]
(2:46)  9. You're No One 'Til Someone Lets You Down
(3:13) 10. Badge And Gun
(3:57) 11. On The Way Home

John Mayer's 2013 album, the Americana-tinged Paradise Valley, is an introspective if somewhat more upbeat affair than his similarly country-inflected 2012 release, Born and Raised. With that album, Mayer was coming off a rough career patch that found him issuing a mea culpa for an infamously loose-lipped 2010 Rolling Stone interview. Making matters worse, in 2011 the singer/songwriter announced he would be going on extended hiatus from performing while he received treatment for granulomas found near his vocal cords. Subsequently, with Born and Raised, Mayer moved away from the commercial pop of 2010's Battle Studies and toward an intimate, largely acoustic, '70s Laurel Canyon-inspired sound with songs that featured plenty of apologetic soul-searching. Named after the Montana river valley where Mayer owns a cabin and spends much of his time when not touring, Paradise Valley continues in this more intimate country-folk style and often feels less like a stand-alone album and more like a companion piece to Born and Raised. Which isn't to say it's a lesser work. 

On the contrary, Paradise Valley actually hangs together better than Born and Raised, with songs that achieve a balance between Mayer's electric Eric Clapton influence and his softer James Taylor-inspired side. Although his self-imposed period of supplication seems to have ended, Mayer still has plenty of troubles on his mind. Whether comparing his life on the road to the life of an old girlfriend he webstalks online, as he does on "Dear Marie," or struggling with his wanderlust and inability to call one place home, as he does on "Badge and Gun," Mayer is clearly still struggling with some of life's bigger issues. As he sings to his old girlfriend on "Dear Marie," "Yeah I got that dream, but you got yourself a family." It's this knack for turning his personal worries into universally relatable ones that helps Mayer avoid coming off as too self-absorbed and entitled. It is also this ability that helps him finesse "Paper Doll" from simply being a nasty swipe at rumored onetime paramour Taylor Swift (Swift purportedly wrote the song "Dear John" after being dumped by Mayer) into a superbly crafted and gorgeous song about romancing someone more emotionally vulnerable than yourself. Elsewhere, Mayer delivers a soulful rendition of J.J. Cale's "Call Me the Breeze" the most straightforward blues cut on the album -- and delves into two synergistic duets, the first with on-and-off girlfriend Katy Perry on "Who You Love" and the second with R&B auteur Frank Ocean on "Wildfire."

That Mayer fails to cite country legend Ernest Tubb as the inspiration for "You're No One 'Til Someone Lets You Down," which basically cribs the melody from Tubb's "Walking the Floor Over You," might seem more of an oversight if he hadn't made it so obvious from the start that he was clearly drawing from the deep well of country music's past on Paradise Valley. Ultimately, whether it's Tubb's honky tonk twang, or the twang of Mayer's own heart, the sound of Paradise Valley rings true.(by Matt Collar)

Paradise Valley

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Sue Nixon & The Leo Raymundo Quartet - Moonglow

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Label: Self Released
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:15
Size: 140,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:40)  1. East of the Sun
(3:29)  2. Ain't No Sunshine
(3:32)  3. Lullaby of Birdland
(4:15)  4. Turn Me On
(5:18)  5. The Nearness of You
(4:46)  6. Song For My Father
(3:39)  7. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
(4:31)  8. Fever
(3:59)  9. I Remember You
(4:25) 10. Speak Low
(5:11) 11. Moonglow
(3:11) 12. The Girl From Ipanema
(3:19) 13. Fly Me to the Moon
(2:34) 14. Easy Living
(5:20) 15. All of Me

Sue Nixon and the Leo Raymundo Quartet interpret classic jazz and latin standards with its own distinctive style, and have become a fixture at Serafina Restaurant and the local jazz scene. With a voice described as soulful and rich, Sue Nixon walks the line between jazz, blues, and gospel. In 2000, She recorded her first CD release, Even There, a collection of time-honored hymns. Produced and arranged by noted composer/performer, Walt Wagner, the CD includes eleven beautiful hymns; classic and soulful. Formally trained on the alto saxophone, Leo Raymundo taught himself to play guitar and electric bass during high school, where he formed his first rock band, before eventually gravitating to the stand up bass and his first love - jazz music. Since his first professional jazz gig in 1991, Leo has had the honor of sharing the stage with some of the finest jazz legends of Seattle, like Greta Matassa, Dehner Franks, Pat Wright, and Clarence Acox.

At age 7, Aaron Mesaros began a life long passion for music with a focus in jazz and other improvised music. He studied music at the University of Washington and the University of Montana with such greats as Robin McCabe, Jerome Gray, and Marc Seales. Over the last 15 years Aaron has performed as soloist, sideman, and leader in various musical settings. Aaron loves the standards, invoking his own musical ideas in a fresh, imaginative, yet respectful way. Artie Huycke brings a musical background as diverse as high school All-State Band, a Top-40 cover band, a 3-piece blues band, a church pop band, to a biker rock band, and has been playing jazz with the Leo Raymundo Trio since 1996. With his excellent sense of time and drumming skills, Artie has helped create a solid and unique rhythm section that has become a hallmark of the band.(http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7381008&style=music&fulldesc=T).

Moonglow

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Sue Matthews - One At A Time

Styles: Vocal
Label: Renata Music Company
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:41
Size: 111,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:11)  1. My Romance
(4:39)  2. On My Way To You
(4:23)  3. Rocks In My Bed
(2:02)  4. Down With Love
(6:06)  5. Here's To Life
(3:55)  6. Imagine That
(3:44)  7. Caledonia
(3:31)  8. Wild Women Don't Get The Blues
(4:25)  9. How Insensitive
(2:42) 10. One At A Time
(5:01) 11. Losing My Mind
(3:56) 12. Amazing Grace

For her third effort as a soloist, Mid-Atlantic singer Sue Matthews has opted to go with an agenda of standards, show tunes and traditional pop, all of which of she sings with an innate appreciation of intimacy and savoir-faire, mixing some blues inflection and torch where it makes sense. She also has a way about her that gives one a warm, cuddly feeling after listening to her do something like "Down with Love" where she gets a big assist from veteran bassist Keter Betts and long time Washington, D. C. guitarist, Steve Abshire. 

The same two show up for a rueful, blueful version of "Rocks in My Bed". At the same time, Matthews can wrench at your heart strings with a lovely Stephen Sondheim "Losing My Mind" from Follies. Another heart twister, "Here's to Life" is countered by a folk like "Caledonia" done A Capella showing her Irish roots which is also offset by a down and dirty, Sophie Tucker like "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues". Matthews does all of these wonderful vocal things with on the mark articulation, phrasing that's attuned to the meaning and direction of the lyrics. She has the ability to use her band members to her best advantage.

For instance, she hones in on the melodically rich and lyrically tender "My Romance" with strong and equal participation from pianist Stefan Scaggiari as well as trading phrases with guitarist Gerry Kunkel. Because of her willingness to share the song, musicians must like to work with her putting her in a class of vocalists that a Helen Merrill belongs to. This album is highly recommended.~Dave Nathan

(http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=10372#.UfQk_qyAc1I).

Personnel: Sue Matthews - Vocals; Stefan Scaggiari - Piano; Keter Betts, Viktor Dvoskin - Bass; Steve Abshire, Gerry Kunkel - Guitar; Frank Russo - Drums

One At A Time

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Tianna Hall - Never Let Me Go

Styles: Jazz Vocals, Bossa Nova
Label: Blue Bamboo Music
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:45
Size: 123,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:29)  1. My Blue Heaven
(5:42)  2. I Wanna Be Around
(3:38)  3. Never Let Me Go
(3:14)  4. Samba Do Aviao
(5:27)  5. You Don't Know What Love Is
(4:46)  6. Secret Love
(5:52)  7. Charade
(3:56)  8. Fotografia
(3:29)  9. You And The Night And The Music
(4:28) 10. I Can't Get Started (With You)
(4:16) 11. I Love You
(5:23) 12. Everything Happens To Me

Never Let Me Go is Houston-native vocalist Tianna Hall's third release, and first for Blue Bamboo Music, following her self-produced Lost in the Stars (2007) and Ballads and Bossas (2010). Hall has preferred the intimacy of smaller accompaniment on her first two recordings, a preference she carries to Never Let Me Go. The singer is support by guitarists Mike Wheeler and Mike Nase, cellist Lisa Vasdoganes and percussionist James Metcalfe in a style that is equal parts Hot Club, Carnegie Hall, and Grand Old Opry. Hall's performance style is one of Americana, paralleling that of fellow singer and Houstonian Jacqui Sutton and her Frontier Orchestra (Billie & Dolly (Toy Blue Typewriter, 2010)). 

The music's personality is a bit sepia-toned with contemporary notes of modernity. Americana is not all that is featured as Hall's Portuguese is impeccable and she can spin a web with composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. On Never Let Me Go, it is about standards and Hall's steamy-sardonic take on the Broadway writers Arthur Schwartz

Howard Dietz classic "You and the Night and the Music" from the 1934 Broadway show Revenge With Music removes the love song to a more complex and provocative level. Well-covered, the piece is propelled into full swing mode by Wheeler and Nase, who provide an orchestra of support.

One guitar provides a bass line and rhythm and the other filigree with Hall rushing the lyrics just ahead of the beat, giving her singing a laconic, matter-of-fact tone. Hall's voice is a solid alto with sensual grit, not too little and not too much: just enough love dust to get the point across. She sings as an impatient lover comforting her insecure love object in seduction. The projected sentiment is compounded and compelling. Wheeler and Nase both solo to great effect within these small confines proving often less is more. The piece is a triumph of minimization, where brevity wins every time.~C.Michael Bailey

(http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=39987#.UfRO2ayAc1I).

Personnel: Tianna Hall: vocals; Mike Wheeler: guitar; Mike Nase: guitar.

Never Let Me Go

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Symeon Cosburn - Breakfast With The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 49:24

Size: 113.1 MB

Label: OT

Styles: Vocal jazz

Year: 2006

Art: Front

[3:56] 1. No One Ever Tells You

[2:59] 2. Love

[5:12] 3. Friendly Star/How High The Moon

[3:50] 4. I'm In Love

[2:57] 5. Golden Brown

[3:08] 6. East Of The Sun

[3:14] 7. Twilight Time

[5:44] 8. With A Song In My Heart

[3:21] 9. I Never Knew

[4:41] 10. A Letter For Anna Lee

[2:10] 11. Twisted

[4:49] 12. Love Affair

[3:18] 13. Golden Brown (Groove Foundry Re-Mix)

Symeon Cosburn is one of the major young male jazz singing & song writing talents in London at this time. Influences include Mel Tormé, Chet Baker, Mark Murphy, Carmen McRae and of course Ella Fitzgerald; in addition to UK based artists such as Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw & Claire Martin.

Symeons own brand of jazz is a healthy mix of bebop, swing, gospel groove & latin beats, and prefers to resurrect lesser-known standards along with modern classics & his own originals. Coupled with his improvisation and effortless ability to swing, he loves rhythmically manipulating the songs of his repertoire whether it be his own compositions or those of the great songwriters of yesteryear.

Symeons artistic personality led him into a few varied jobs before becoming a jazz singer, which included freelance graphic design. He spent his free time training himself as a dancer from around the age of 19, and then a little later as a singer, which led him on to seasonal cabaret work abroad – the jazz was to come much later.

Breakfast With The Blues   

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Shirley Bassey - April In Paris

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:43
Size: 120.7 MB
Label: MBop
Styles: Pop-jazz vocals
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. April In Paris
[3:13] 2. A Foggy Day
[2:56] 3. As Long As He Needs Me
[2:36] 4. Basin Street Blues
[3:32] 5. The St. Louis Blues
[2:17] 6. Take My Love, Take My Love
[2:42] 7. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
[4:05] 8. Birth Of The Blues
[3:30] 9. The Party's Over
[2:20] 10. Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me
[3:13] 11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
[2:17] 12. 's Wonderful
[3:36] 13. Cry Me A River
[3:05] 14. Easy To Love
[2:48] 15. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
[3:40] 16. I've Got You Under My Skin
[3:47] 17. I've Never Been In Love Before

Known to Americans most for her belting rendition of the theme to Goldfinger, the 1964 edition in the James Bond series (as well as 1971's Diamonds Are Forever and 1979's Moonraker), Shirley Bassey was one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century. Known as Bassey the Belter and also the Tigress of Tiger Bay, her early career in touring shows and cabaret brought her a recording contract with Philips by the late '50s. After reaching the top of the British charts in 1959 with "As I Love You" and later "Reach for the Stars/Climb Every Mountain," Bassey was tapped to swing the theme song to the third James Bond vehicle. Her voice, brassy and sexy, conveyed the James Bond myth perfectly and became a big hit in America. Though later chart placings in the U.S. were few, she continued to do well in Great Britain, France and the Netherlands into the mid-'70s.

April In Paris

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Henry Mancini & His Orchestra - Mancini '67: The Big Band Sound Of Henry Mancini

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 37:48
Size: 86.5 MB
Label: RCA
Styles: Big band, Easy Listening
Year: 1967/2002
Art: Front

[3:06] 1. Stolen Sweets
[2:41] 2. The Cat
[3:04] 3. The Shadow Of Your Smile
[2:59] 4. Satin Doll
[3:03] 5. Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
[3:15] 6. Stockholm Sweetnin'
[2:53] 7. Conquest
[2:40] 8. Tijuana Taxi
[4:13] 9. Autumn Nocturne
[3:13] 10. The House Of The Rising Sun
[3:53] 11. 'round Midnight
[2:42] 12. Turtles

Putting his fabulous arrangements to work on all kinds of songs, Mancini scored a sizable hit with this 1967 LP. Check out his vivacious versions of Satin Doll; Cherokee; House of the Rising Sun; The Shadow of Your Smile; Autumn Nocturne; 'Round Midnight; Tijuana Taxi , and more!

Recorded in Hollywood, California, 1966

Featuring: Al Porcino (tp), Ray Triscari (tp), Pete Candoli (tp), Frank Beach (tp), Bud Brisbois (tp), Maurice Harris (tp), Dick Nash (tb), Jimmy Priddy (tb), John Halliburton (tb), George Roberts (bt), Karl de Karke (bt), Vincent De Rosa (fh), Dick Perissi (fh)

Mancini '67: The Big Band Sound Of Henry Mancini

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Emmylou Harris - Evangeline

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 33:55

Size: 77.7 MB

Label: Warner Bros

Styles: Country

Year: 1981/2011

Art: Front

[3:47] 1. I Don't Have To Crawl

[3:21] 2. How High The Moon

[3:51] 3. Spanish Johnny

[2:41] 4. Bad Moon Rising

[3:11] 5. Evangeline

[3:05] 6. Hot Burrito #2

[4:03] 7. Millworker

[3:00] 8. Oh Atlanta

[2:20] 9. Mr. Sandman

[4:32] 10. Ashes By Now

Evangeline was a 1981 album by Emmylou Harris that was composed mostly of leftover material from past recording sessions and which did not fit into any of her other albums. Songs included a remake of "Mister Sandman" (from the ill-fated Trio sessions with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt), "Evangeline", which she had previously performed with The Band, Rodney Crowell's "Ashes By Now", and a cover of John Fogerty's "Bad Moon Rising".

Though it received mixed reviews upon its release, the album was yet another commercial success for Harris. It was certified Gold in less than a year after its release. A single release of "Mister Sandman" (Top 10 country/Top 40 pop) did well on the charts, though neither Ronstadt's nor Parton's record companies would allow their artists' vocals to be used on the single, so Harris rerecorded the song, singing all three parts for the single release. The album is one of two Harris albums that have never been issued on CD. The other album is Thirteen. ~palmerthirteen/Norway

Evangeline

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - How Big Can You Get

Styles: Swing, Jive
Label: Vanguard Records
Released: 2009
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 102,4 MB
Time: 44:42
Art: front

1. Come On With The 'Come On' - 3:22
2. Calloway Boogie - 4:03
3. The Call Of The Jitterbug - 3:30
4. Hey Now, Hey Now - 4:34
5. The Jumpin' Jive - 4:02
6. How Big Can You Get - 4:05
7. The Old Man Of The Mountain - 4:15
8. The Ghost Of Smokey Joe - 5:29
9. Reefer Man - 2:54
10. Minnie The Moocher - 4:59
11. Tarzan Of Harlem - 3:24

Notes: 2009 release. Cab Calloway was a legendary fireball of talent, whose infectious 'hi-de-hi's', 'ho-de-ho's', scattin' and jivin' became the spirited cry of people wanting to be happy. A truly larger than life figure in American pop culture, immortalized in cartoons and caricatures, Calloway also led one of the greatest bands of the Swing Era. 100 Years later the coolest Swing band around, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, are celebrating the birthday of Calloway with this fantastic album. 11 tracks including 'Minnie The Moocher'.

How Big Can You Get

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Lisa Ono - The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim: Ipanema

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:17
Size: 115.1 MB
Label: Deckdisc
Styles: Brazilian jazz vocals
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:00] 1. Garota De Ipanema
[3:07] 2. Samba De Uma Nata
[2:18] 3. Brigas Nunca Mais
[3:24] 4. Sabia
[4:12] 5. Bonita Demais
[2:35] 6. Fotografia
[3:34] 7. Falando De Amor
[3:22] 8. A Felicidade
[3:14] 9. Aguas De Marco
[3:23] 10. Olha Pro Ceu
[2:41] 11. A Correnteza
[3:51] 12. Insensatez
[3:40] 13. Samba Da Avido
[2:40] 14. Agua De Beber
[4:08] 15. Two Kites

After creating a huge number of bossa nova albums featuring music from other world music genres, Japanese singer Lisa Ono returned to her musical roots with an album dedicated specifically to Brazilian bossa nova master Antonio Carlos Jobim. To celebrate (posthumously) the composer's 80th birthday, Ono recorded a wide collection of Jobim's greatest pieces. "The Girl from Ipanema," "One Note Samba," and "Agua de Beber" are all present, though "Corcovado" is surprisingly absent, despite it being a favorite performance for Ono.

The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim: Ipanema  

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Eagles - 2 albums: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Remastered) / Eagles Greatest Hits Vol 2 (Remastered)

Album: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Remastered)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:13
Size: 98.9 MB
Label: Rhino/Elektra
Styles: Country rock
Year: 1976/2013
Art: Front

[3:30] 1. Take It Easy
[4:10] 2. Witchy Woman
[6:21] 3. Lyin' Eyes
[4:14] 4. Already Gone
[3:33] 5. Desperado
[4:50] 6. One Of These Nights
[2:52] 7. Tequila Sunrise
[4:47] 8. Take It To The Limit
[4:18] 9. Peaceful Easy Feeling
[4:33] 10. The Best Of My Love

Digitally remastered by Steve Hoffman (1993). Engineers: Glyn Johns, Bill Szymczyk, Allen Blazek. The Eagles: Glenn Frey (guitar, vocals, piano), Bernie Leadon (guitar, vocals, banjo), Don Felder (guitar, vocals), Randy Meisner (bass, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals). Personnel: Bernie Leadon (vocals, guitar, banjo); Glenn Frey (vocals, guitar, piano); Don Felder (vocals, guitar); Don Henley (vocals, drums); Randy Meisner (vocals).

Recording information: Criteria Studios, Miami, FL; Island Studios, London, England; Olympic Sound, London, England; REcord Plant, L. A., CA. The Eagles: Bernie Leadon (vocals, guitar, banjo); Glenn Frey (vocals, guitar, piano); Don Felder (vocals, guitar); Randy Meisner (vocals, bass); Don Henley (vocals, drums).

Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Remastered)

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Album: Eagles Greatest Hits Vol 2 (Remastered)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:03
Size: 105.5 MB
Label: Rhino/Elektra
Styles: Rock, Country rock
Year: 1982/2013
Art: Front

[6:31] 1. Hotel California
[4:25] 2. Heartache Tonight
[3:04] 3. Seven Bridges Road
[4:10] 4. Victim Of Love
[5:31] 5. The Sad Cafe
[4:45] 6. Life In The Fast Lane
[4:53] 7. I Can't Tell You Why
[5:04] 8. New Kid In Town
[3:40] 9. The Long Run
[3:56] 10. After The Thrill Is Gone

With the Eagles having officially disbanded in May 1982, leaving behind eight Top 40 hits that followed the release of the spectacularly successful Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Asylum Records naturally compiled a second hits collection for fall 1982 release. Seven of those hits were included (the exception being the seasonal "Please Come Home for Christmas"), along with three LP tracks, one each from One of These Nights, Hotel California, and The Long Run. Disdained by longtime fans and by the Eagles themselves, the collection was perfect for listeners who knew the band through number one radio hits like "New Kid in Town," "Hotel California," and "Heartache Tonight." It also spared them having to buy mediocre albums like The Long Run and Eagles Live just to have copies of the best-known songs from those releases. No wonder, then, that over the years, Eagles Greatest Hits, Volume 2 achieved multi-platinum status. ~ William Ruhlmann

Glenn Frey (vocals, guitar, piano); Don Felder, Joe Walsh (vocals, guitar); Randy Meisner, Timothy B. Schmidt (vocals, bass); Don Henley (vocals, drums).

Eagles Greatest Hits Vol 2 (Remastered)

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Wilson Phillips - California

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 38:38
Size: 88.5 MB
Label: Columbia
Styles: Pop, Rock
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:11] 1. You're No Good
[3:57] 2. Old Man
[3:37] 3. California
[3:59] 4. Already Gone
[3:38] 5. Go Your Own Way
[2:39] 6. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
[3:15] 7. Monday Monday
[3:44] 8. Get Together
[2:58] 9. Doctor My Eyes
[1:59] 10. Dance Dance Dance
[1:52] 11. In My Room
[3:46] 12. Already Gone (Acoustic)

As the offspring of 1960s California pop royalty (Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Mamas & Papas' John and Michelle Phillips), female vocal trio Wilson Phillips seems uniquely qualified to turn out a comeback album (after 12 years of silence) featuring covers of L.A. -centric hits from the '60s and '70s. Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" is ripe for revival, and here it gets a bit of a pumped-up Britney Spears-style treatment. Neil Young's "Old Man" is also the recipient of techno-friendly modernization. The trio's take on the Eagles' "Already Gone" sounds like a natural fit for contemporary-country radio. Unsurprisingly, the most faithful renditions are the strongest--Joni Mitchell's title cut and the Youngbloods' pacific anthem "Get Together." The girls dig into the catalogs of their parents too, for a "Monday, Monday" that owes more to Sheryl Crow than to the Mamas & the Papas, and a zesty romp through the Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance." The most affecting moment on CALIFORNIA, though, is the closing track, where Brian Wilson joins his daughters and their pal for a piano-and-vocal version of his classic "In My Room."

Chynna Phillips, Wendy Wilson, Carnie Wilson (vocals); Dean Parks (electric guitar, mandolin); Robert Bonfiglio (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (pedal steel guitar); John Gilutin (Hammond b-3 organ); Roger Manning (Mellotron); David Rolfe, Larry Klein (bass guitar); Russ Kunkel (drums, tambourine).

California

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Various Artists - Jazz For A Mellow Morning (2-disc set)

Jazz for a Mellow Morning, as released by Savoy Jazz in 2003, is a continuation of the popular Jazz For series released by 32 Jazz in the late '90s. Those discs contained songs from the catalog of the Muse label from the '70s, '80s, and '90s, and so does this disc. The 17 tracks are spread over two discs, and jazz giants like Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Cedar Walton, and Ron Carter all contribute tracks and brush shoulders with jazz middleweights like Mulgrew Miller, Larry Coryell, and Buster Williams. As the title suggests, the songs are relaxed and the mood is swinging in a polite and sophisticated way. Although the songs date from well beyond jazz's peak years, the performances are uniformly solid and the disc is a nice low-priced collection of mellow jazz perfect for relaxing a morning away. ~ Tim Sendra

Album: Jazz For A Mellow Morning (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:53
Size: 116.5 MB
Label: Savoy Jazz
Styles: Instrumental jazz
Year: 2003

[5:20] 1. Arturo O'Farrill - Poinciana
[5:40] 2. Larry Coryell - Yesterdays
[7:14] 3. James Moody - Morning Glory
[4:36] 4. Jaki Byard - Gaeta
[6:22] 5. Cedar Walton - As Long As There's Music
[3:25] 6. Buster Williams - My Funny Valentine
[6:50] 7. Joe Chambers - Early Minor
[6:35] 8. Kenny Barron - Delores Street, S.F
[4:47] 9. Quartette Indigo - Footprints

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Album: Jazz For A Mellow Morning (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:22
Size: 113.0 MB
Label: Savoy Jazz
Styles: Instrumental jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[9:27] 1. Buster Williams - The Enchanted Flower
[6:00] 2. Mulgrew Miller - My Man's Gone Now
[4:56] 3. Junior Cook - Detour Ahead
[8:03] 4. Kenny Barron - Here's That Rainy Day
[5:34] 5. Ron Carter & Houston Person - Good Morning Heartache
[4:02] 6. Bobby Hutcherson - Love Letters
[6:22] 7. Kenny Burrell - So Little Time
[4:56] 8. Pete Loraca Sims - Bliss

this 2-album set combined in one link.
Jazz For A Mellow Morning (Discs 1 & 2)

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Stefanie Schlesinger - What Love Is

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Label: Enja
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:59
Size: 116,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:02)  1. Why Shouldn't You Cry
(6:34)  2. I Wish
(3:55)  3. Baiao Kathrin
(4:14)  4. Luz Do Sol
(5:30)  5. Cry Me A River
(4:15)  6. Watch You Sleepin'
(5:29)  7. Sing Me Softly Of The Blues
(4:44)  8. Estate
(3:16)  9. You Don't Know What Love Is
(2:42) 10. Laudate
(5:14) 11. Send In The Clowns

Stefanie Schlesinger received her first piano lessons at age 9 and started studying classical singing at age 12. In 2002 she took her finals at the Music Academy Augsburg/Nuremberg as a "diploma singer" after also getting lessons in acting, playing the piano and elocution. Stefanie not only appeared in musical and opera productions but also premiered solo works of contemporary classical music. Further experiences include classical choir singing, gospel workshops with Ronnell Bey and jazz ensemble singing with Holli Ross. For quite a while now, 25-year-old Schlesinger has been feeling at home as a jazz vocalist. Thanks to her technical skills and unusual sensibility for melodies and lyrics, she offers a special magic of her own. Again and again, her fragile and melancholy art of ballad singing has been moving audiences to tears.

Because of her thoroughly trained voice and her love for subtle details Stefanie is able to master even difficult and rare songs con bravura and create emotional images of beauty full of warm and tender colors. For her international debut CD "What Love Is" Stefanie Schlesinger chose a mixture of exquisite standard songs and Brazilian moods. She comes up with her own lyrics for Carla Bley's "Sing Me Softly Of The Blues" and also shows her "classical side" on "Laudate" accompanied by the vibraphone and a string quartet. The musicians involved are select individual players who - in changing line-ups - react with empathy to this young singer's distinctive nuances. The outstanding American-European rhythm trio of Bob Degen, Isla Eckinger and Jarrod Cagwin has already proven its worth on the last recordings by Dusko Goykovich ("In My Dreams", ENJ-9408 2) and Charlie Mariano ("Deep In A Dream", ENJ-9423 2). The full band is completed by Brazilian guitar player Pedro Tagliani and - of course - the sophisticated vibes and marimba player Wolfgang Lackerschmid who also brought in some of his very refined and emotional compositions like "Why Shouldn't You Cry", "I Wish", "Baiao Kathrin", "Watch You Sleepin'" and "Laudate".

(http://www.enjarecords.com/cd.php?nr=ENJ-9434).

What Love Is

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The Ben Webster Quintet - Soulville

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 48:44

Size: 111.6 MB

Label: Verve

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 1957/2003

Art: Front

[8:02] 1. Soulville

[7:13] 2. Late Date

[4:15] 3. Time On My Hands

[8:25] 4. Lover, Come Back To Me

[4:40] 5. Where Are You

[4:29] 6. Makin' Whoopee

[3:30] 7. Ill Wind

[2:55] 8. Who

[3:05] 9. Boogie-Woogie

[2:05] 10. Roses Of Picardy

On this 1957 date, Webster is teamed up with the great Oscar Peterson Quartet. Supporting Webster on each track, this music lays "in the pocket" (as musicians would say) quite well. Much of this is due to drummer Stan Levey's buoyant swing. Webster himself is heard on two simple blues numbers of his own penning including the title track and "Late Date." Other songs include the standards "Lover Come Back To Me," "Where Are You," and "Makin' Whoopee." Perhaps the most riveting tune on SOULVILLE, however, is the beautiful ballad "Time on My Hands." Indeed, Webster is one of the most brilliant instrumental balladeers jazz has ever produced. No one can get that airy (even sultry) tone quite like Webster. Finally, as an intriguing bonus, we hear Webster perform three tunes in duet with Levey. Intriguingly, Webster plays piano on these tracks! Using an antiquated stride/boogie woogie style, Webster shows that his talent reaches beyond the saxophone.

Recorded in Hollywood, California on October 15, 1957.

Ben Webster (tenor saxophone, piano); Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Stan Levey (drums).

Soulville

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Judy Butterfield - How Long Has This Been Going On

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 56:24
Size: 129.1 MB
Label: Valley Entertainment
Styles: Easy Listening, Cabaret
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:10] 1. What Is This Thing Called Love Love
[2:53] 2. Boom Boom
[3:41] 3. All I Want
[3:54] 4. Teach Me Tonight
[4:01] 5. A Sleepin' Bee
[2:37] 6. I Got Rhythm
[4:35] 7. All The Things You Are/How Long Has This Been Going On
[2:42] 8. Stuff Like That There
[3:38] 9. It Ain't Me Babe
[4:38] 10. Learnin' The Blues
[3:59] 11. If I Fell
[5:29] 12. Long Ago And Far Away
[4:40] 13. Please Send Me Someone To Love
[5:21] 14. Once In A Blue Moon/All The Things You Are

The San Francisco Chronicle hails eighteen year old Judy Butterfield as a young entertainer "on her way toward the rainbow" reminiscent of "a mix of Elizabeth Taylor and Scarlett O'Hara." A protégé of "Queen of Cabaret" Andrea Marcovicci, she made her New York debut at the age of fourteen at the Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention. Her signature show Judy Sings Judy: Songs of a Young Garland is directed by acclaimed Cabaret Director Clifford Bell and premiered at the famed Empire Plush Room in April 2005. Judy's first CD, Judy Sings Judy: Live at the Empire Plush Room was released by Fynsworth Alley (www.fynsworthalley.com) in September of 2005.

She has performed at the famous Cinegrill at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, at The Gardenia, in San Francisco's tribute to Stephen Sondheim and with the Hillfest Orchestra in Peabody Massachusetts. Judy will be a freshman at Barnard College in New York this fall. She has appeared in The American Conservatory Theater's production of Shed a Little Light: The Music of James Taylor, and in A.C.T.'s A Christmas Carol. She was nominated for a 2006 MAC Award for New York Female Debut Performance, and received the Julie Wilson Award at the Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention Opening Night Gala in New York City

How Long Has This Been Going On

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Big Band Jazz Terrassa & Judy Niemack - What's Goin' On

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 61:42

Size: 141.3 MB

Label: Temps

Styles: Big Band, Vocal jazz

Year: 2007

Art: Front

[6:03] 1. New York Stories

[5:25] 2. Some Other Time

[3:57] 3. Them There Eyes

[4:55] 4. Fever

[4:35] 5. Love For Sale

[4:21] 6. One More Time

[4:51] 7. Night In Tunisia

[5:11] 8. The Man I Love

[4:49] 9. What's Going On

[3:35] 10. I Wish You Love

[6:59] 11. Angel Eyes

[6:56] 12. Cherokee

"New York Stories" was originally an instrumental by Jeanfrancois Prins. He asked me to write a lyric about the Big Apple, where we met. When the Spanish "Jazz Terrassa Big Band" proposed recording a CD with me, I suggested working with Peter Herbolzheimer, with whom I often perform in Germany. In this song, we celebrate the excitement arriving in New York City, which for jazz musicians is the musical center of the world.

What's Goin' On?

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