Andrea Celeste & Andrea Pozza - Enter Eyes

Size: 132,9 MB
Time: 57:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals, Swing
Art: Front

01. Blackbird (3:16)
02. Taking A Chance On Love (3:41)
03. I'll Be There For You (3:54)
04. Gull's Flight (5:24)
05. This Masquerade (3:51)
06. Dancing Fog (4:05)
07. Love Is The Way (3:29)
08. Black And Blue (3:42)
09. Dinah (3:10)
10. Blue Skies (3:14)
11. All In Love Is Fair (5:37)
12. Pure Immagination (3:22)
13. Bridge Over Troubled Water (5:26)
14. You Don't Know What Love Is (4:59)

Andrea Celeste was born on August 31st 1986 in Pontedera, a small town in the Tuscan countryside close to Pisa. Since her childhood she’s always been keen on music – she spent hours playing her sisters’ keyboard and singing on the stairs outside her home, fascinated by the acoustics of that place. She played with notes and, without being fully aware of it, she started composing her first melodies. Music started as a game and soon became passion and commitment. Celeste was just eleven years old when she started studying piano and classical singing with Vittorio Scali. The encounter with this awesome teacher marked her musical life for good: he taught her the foundations of vocal technique and the strategies to ‘find her own voice’. His personal and technical advice has been fundamental for Celeste.

Her talent is undeniable – still a young girl, she started performing in public, and in her teenage years she started collaborating with important gospel artists like the Massimo Bracci’s St. Jacob’s Gospel Choir. Only a 14-year-old girl, Celeste made her debut in the world of gospel music with this choir and had the chance of meeting American singer Cheryl Porter. Cheryl had been invited to sing with the St. Jacob’s Choir – as luck would have it, one of the choir soloists got ill and Andrea Celeste was picked to replace her. Cheryl Porter had a chance to listen to her singing and was deeply struck by her gorgeous voice. So she invited Celeste to sing at the international workshop Gospel in Castel Brando (2002), where she was awarded a scholarship. Celeste shared the opening stage with Cheryl Porter, with Italian jazz singer Mario Biondi and with several young artists. Performing at the Castel Brando workshop was a chance to meet top artists like Terron Brooks, Ashley Davis, Huntley Brown, Michael and Regina Winans. She carried on studying and improving her vocal technique and she took part to several in-depth courses.

Enter Eyes

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Dan Moretti & The Hammond Boys - Live At Chan's

Size: 148,7 MB
Time: 64:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Soul Jazz
Art: Front

01. Moanin' (Live) (6:29)
02. Shuffle Twist (Live) (5:40)
03. Da Du Dah (Live) (6:17)
04. Free For All (Live) (5:43)
05. Soul Underneath (Live) (5:56)
06. No. 1 Green Street (Live) (6:40)
07. Twistin' The Jug (Live) (6:27)
08. Ronnie's Bonnies (Live) (7:29)
09. Low Down (Live) (6:30)
10. Soul Shouting (Live) (6:51)

Dan Moretti and the Hammond boys are alive and cookin with their deep Soul-Jazz performance on this welcome live release.

Veteran Saxophonist Dan Moretti has put together a smokin’ live set of vibrant Soul-Jazz on Dan Moretti and The Hammond Boys “Live at Chan’s”. With fellow musicians Duke Robillard-Guitar, Dave Limina-Hammond Organ, Lorne Entress-Drums and Jessse Williams-Acoustic and Electric Basses the band is alive and cookin in their deep groove and down-home energy.

This recording represents a tribute to the live spirit of the vibrant Soul-Jazz era of the 60’s. Many of the grooves of that era are covered like the double shuffle of “Shuffle Twist”, the flat-tire of “Soul Shouting”, and the boogaloo of “Ronnies Bonnies”, combined with new arrangements like the funk version of “Moanin” by Bobby Timmons, to the slow blues of “Low Down” by King Curtis, and a special tribute to Roland Kirk with a great blues flute performance by Moretti on “Soul Underneath”. These song selections combined with the feel and soulful performances of these jazz and blues veterans makes this Soul-Jazz session a down home and exciting listen.

Saxophonist Dan Moretti’s rich and diverse performing and recording career has spanned over 30 years with just last year a world tour with legendary guitarist-producer Nile Rodgers in support of his 4 Grammys with Daft Punk. Now he has launched a new label “Roots Grooves Records”, with this his 16th new release. Moretti’s recordings have spanned many jazz based styles from straight-jazz to latin-jazz, to Italian roots music and contemporary jazz. Dan Moretti and the Hammond Boys is his long awaited soul-jazz outing. Dan was once asked what kinds of music does he like and his reply was “music that sounds good and communicates” I have to “get it” from an artist. It’s that communal feeling that make this new recording a must play.

Live At Chan's

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Narin Gylman - Back To Base

Size: 114,1 MB
Time: 48:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. I Wish You Love (4:16)
02. Back To Base (3:45)
03. Blue Velvet (4:37)
04. Let It Go (2:55)
05. Perpetual Motion (5:00)
06. Spring (4:06)
07. Every Day Lives (2:19)
08. Dance Of Love (2:43)
09. Eternity (4:11)
10. Caught Up In Your Love (3:51)
11. Rockabye You (2:19)
12. True To Myself (4:43)
13. Tomorrow Is Another Day (4:03)

Her album ‘Songs Without Words’ 2001 reached Number 1 on The MP3 charts and a number of tracks remained in the Top 40 for several weeks.

I’m Narin Gylman and I’ve been a pianist, singer/songwriter professional musician, all my life. “A Journey In Time” is my latest live concert programme.

I have played in wonderful venues in many countries throughout Europe, Scandinavia and the UAE including the UK South Bank, Wigmore Hall and for Royal Command at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. I have also performed as accompanist/musical director to international stars and recording artists.

Surrounded with music in the family, my parents fostered and encouraged me when I began piano lessons age six. During my teenage years I studied music with some of the finest musicians and teachers in the UK before becoming professional.

Since the early 1990’s the concerts have evolved through a diversity of my own compositions and my piano/vocal arrangements of Gershwin and many other writers.

My dream was to create a rich, modern, entertaining, sophisticated singer/songwriter programme that was meaningful to my audiences at every concert.

Eventually my dream came true by taking a home in the South of France where I was able to compose, write lyrics and arrange music that marries the unique qualities of both piano and voice. I have now returned to the UK and have made my home in London.

For a performance, all I need is a fine, highly maintained grand piano with quality sound and lighting systems and the music will speak for itself.

Today we are bombarded with synthetic sound, computer/auto adjusted voice pitching and endless pre-recorded tracks spliced together: we crave to hear an authentic, live spontaneous and inspired performance incorporating improvisation and genuine craftsmanship.

Back To Base

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Rory Partin - Rory Partin

Size: 83,0 MB
Time: 35:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Big Band, Swing
Art: Front

01. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (3:25)
02. Tender Trap (Love Is The) (2:45)
03. I've Got You Under My Skin (3:17)
04. Everybody's Got Somebody But Me (2:46)
05. Fly Me To The Moon (2:33)
06. Orange Colored Sky (2:21)
07. I Get A Kick Out Of You (Feat. Alexa James) (3:24)
08. Night And Day (3:19)
09. Georgia On My Mind (3:24)
10. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (3:35)
11. What A Wonderful World (4:23)

Accompanied by a 21-piece band, Rory Partin is nothing short of sensational. “The Best!” said Billboard; “If you enjoy Harry Connick Jr., and Michael Buble, [Rory Partin] is up to that standard…one of the best!” said British music critic Ian Hayter. Audiences worldwide line up to see Rory Partin and The Rory Partin Band live in action. Rory explains, “I love to connect with an audience, and to see the way they’re moved by a song. I’m a heartfelt singer. I don’t just want to sing, I want to communicate what I’m feeling. And I want the audience to come with me on the journey.”
Rory’s soulful emotion and pure love for music and performing, is immediately evident in both his recording and his live shows. Critics and clients alike have been wowed by Rory, and can’t help but to ask for him back. JazzReview.com said, “This crooner has everything…a breathtaking journey…absolutely stunning,” and the Ritz Carlton stated, “He brings a magical ambiance to any event.” Rory is also currently recording his second, due to be self-titled, studio album, which is expected to release in April 2014.
Originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana, and then on to Nashville, Tennessee, Rory’s music has been influenced by some of the all time greats such as: Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and The Doobie Brothers. Having later swapped one ocean for the other, Rory made the move to Los Angeles, where his career has taken off in ways he never imagined. His highly entertaining live show, his superb repertoire, and his mere love and gift for music and performing, have taken Rory around the world performing for sold out concerts, Presidential Inaugural Balls, multiple casinos and exclusive hotels like the Waldorf Astoria & the Ritz Carlton, corporate & charitable events, as well as countless private parties and weddings for some of the worlds elite.
Rory Partin is bringing back genuine passion for entertaining and making great music people can enjoy and relate to. Having traveled to and performed in places such as Brussels, Paris, Prague, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Toronto, London, Helsinki, and many more, the anticipation for Rory’s new album is worldwide. Anywhere he performs, audiences beg for his swift return. “People don’t want to just sit and listen to music for music’s sake. They want to experience something. They want to laugh, sing, reminisce…they might dance or they might shed a tear. I bring my heart to my music, and I believe that’s what people are wanting.” Nobody is bringing the Big Band back as hard as Rory is, and whoever is attempting to, is definitely going to be doing so in his shadow.

Rory Partin

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The Calvin Owens Show - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 64:35
Size: 147.9 MB
Styles: Big band
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:49] 1. Hucklebuck
[5:05] 2. Gotcha Hootchie Mama
[4:37] 3. If The Blues Come Roun'
[4:48] 4. Mistreat A Good Man
[5:01] 5. Big Sweet Woman
[4:51] 6. Love On A Silver Platter
[4:37] 7. Come On Home Baby
[4:43] 8. Lover Man
[4:19] 9. This Little Light Of Mine
[5:23] 10. Why Can't I
[3:14] 11. H-Town French Town Git Down
[5:03] 12. So Blue And All Alone
[4:02] 13. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
[4:56] 14. Stop The Clock

Calvin Owens has been leading big bands for decades, touring in support of B.B. King until forming his own group in the mid-'80s. But the trumpeter's music draws from a number of styles. Owens shines with his heartfelt trumpet in "Mistreat a Good Man." "I Gotcha Hootchie Mama," a vocal feature for Gloria Edwards (which she co-wrote with arranger Nelson Mills), has a Cajun flavor with the presence of accordion player Robert Ludd, Jr. Trombonist Aubrey Tucker wrote and arranged the loping "So Blue and All Alone," a bluesy ballad with fine solos by the composer and the bandleader. The band shows off its gospel roots with a spirited take of "This Little Light of Mine," with an understated vocal by Owens, who is backed by a group of enthusiastic backup singers and Kyle Turner's fiery sermon on tenor sax. They also have a bit of fun with standards, with a boisterous party-like atmosphere in a swinging treatment of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," though their treatment of "Lover Man" suffers from an overblown introduction. It is safe to say that anyone catching Calvin Owens & His Blues Orchestra will not remain seated for long. ~Ken Dryden

The Calvin Owens Show

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Charmaine Neville Band - Before The Storm

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 76:28
Size: 175.1 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[ 7:36] 1. Tell Me Something Good
[ 4:45] 2. Incognito
[ 5:56] 3. My Funk
[ 4:13] 4. Fever
[ 2:37] 5. Da Rhythm (Intro)
[ 4:49] 6. Da Rhythm
[ 6:40] 7. It Doesn't Hurt
[ 8:51] 8. Yellow Submarine
[ 7:37] 9. Night In Tunisia
[ 8:49] 10. Love Jam
[ 2:39] 11. Over The Rainbow
[11:50] 12. Indian Medley: Shoo Fly/Fire Water/Iko Iko/Indian Red

In May 2005, the Charmaine Neville Band undertook what was to be a six-month recording project: to record her weekly performances at Snug Harbor, where Neville had performed on Monday nights since the 1980s. It was to be a window for the listener into what a jazz band can do and how it can evolve, given the security and freedom that come with a long-running residency. That plan was altered halfway through, along with the rest of the city’s history, when Hurricane Katrina shut Snug Harbor down in August. Before the Storm, taken from the project’s first three months of performance, is what Neville produced instead.

Before the Storm is structured like Neville’s Snug Harbor sets, moving comfortably through original compositions and a wide range of cover songs, from “Tell Me Something Good” to “Yellow Submarine” to “Night in Tunisia.” Her long-time band assimilates that diverse material to its own laidback groove. It’s comparatively rare, in New Orleans, for a jazz vocalist to have three months’ worth of recordings and credit only one keyboardist (Amasa Miller, who plays accordion in addition to his performances on piano and synthesizer), one bassist (Zak Cardarelli), one guitarist (Detroit Brooks), and one drummer (Gerald French). Their familiarity with one another comes through on Before the Storm, and the interplay between Miller and French, in particular, is evidence of the supreme confidence that years of collaboration have built. The band is tight.

Before the Storm sounds like Snug Harbor, too, in the recording’s crisp quality. It brings out the way that room delivers every note to the listener. At times, what comes across in the club can get repetitious on the recording; as the tracks clock in at longer than six minutes, we can start to want more variation in the instrumentation or style. As a document of what we nearly lost on Monday nights at Snug, though, Before the Storm shows the Charmaine Neville Band swinging, just as it always has. ~Jacob Leland

Before The Storm

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Bobby Hackett Quartet - Butterfly Airs

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:07
Size: 142.2 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[4:31] 1. The Good Life
[8:01] 2. Take The A Train
[6:35] 3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
[4:22] 4. Satin Doll
[6:51] 5. How High The Moon
[3:14] 6. Poinciana
[5:42] 7. Sweet Georgia Brown
[3:23] 8. You Do Something To Me
[3:38] 9. As Long As He Needs Me
[3:10] 10. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
[5:55] 11. Exactly Like You
[6:38] 12. Perdido

The always subtle and creative cornetist Bobby Hackett is teamed with pianist Sir Charles Thompson's trio on this live reissue. The dozen songs were originally issued, along with two others ("Poor Butterfly" and a second version of "How High the Moon"), on a pair of LPs put out by the obscure Honeydew label. It is a pity that all 14 performances were not reissued on this CD, since the 12 songs only total 62 minutes. The recording quality is decent but not impeccable; however, it is improved from the LPs. Thompson's boppish solos and accompaniment work surprisingly well with Hackett, and the cornetist plays melodically, showing that he was much more than a Dixieland player. Few surprises occur on this relaxed and sometimes sleepy outing (things do not pick up much until the final two songs), but the overall results are pleasing and lightly swinging. ~Scott Yanow

Butterfly Airs

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Swiss Jazz Orchestra - Live At Jazzfestival Bern

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:52
Size: 157.7 MB
Styles: Big band
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[0:45] 1. Welcome At Marians Jazzroom
[7:30] 2. A Felicidade (Feat. Paquito D'rivera, Claudio Roditi & Michael Zisman)
[7:15] 3. Preludio No. 3 (Feat. Paquito D'rivera & Michael Zisman)
[5:46] 4. Cidade Nova (Feat. Claudio Roditi)
[5:57] 5. Song For Hamp (Feat. Paquito D'rivera & Claudio Roditi)
[9:28] 6. Libertango (Feat. Paquito D'rivera, Claudio Roditi & Michael Zisman)
[8:15] 7. Connections (Feat. Michael Zisman)
[5:02] 8. Samba For Jimmy (Feat. Paquito D'rivera & Claudio Roditi)
[8:53] 9. Bandoneon (Feat. Paquito D'rivera & Michael Zisman)
[9:58] 10. Andalucia (Feat. Paquito D'rivera & Michael Zisman)

Some big-band albums are heated and brassy, others cool and understated, while a precious few simply cast a mesmerizing spell. "Live at Jazzfestival Bern," recorded in May 2013 by the unerring Swiss Jazz Orchestra, drops anchor squarely in the last of those realms, thanks in part to the ensemble's perceptive choice of material and even more so to the conclusive brilliance of guest artists Paquito D'Rivera, Claudio Roditi and Michael Zisman.

Needless to say, any solo by trumpeter Rodito or alto saxophonist D'Rivera is worth hearing and savoring more than once, and they are showcased throughout this superlative album. As for Zisman, he is not a bandoneon player who is partial to jazz but a jazz musician who happens to play the bandoneon. In other words, the cat can swing, as he does on half a dozen tracks including Bert Joris' radiant "Connections," on which he is the lone soloist. D'Rivera composed another theme, the well-knit "Bandoneon," especially for Zisman's accordion-like instrument, and solos therein with Zisman and pianist Philip Henzi. Good as that tune is, D'Rivera's buoyant "Samba for Jimmy" (incendiary solos courtesy of Paquito and Roditi) is even better. Roditi has also mapped out a pair of winners, "Cidade Nova" and "Song for Hamp," which dwell in fast company alongside Antonio Carlos Jobim's lyrical "A Felicidade," Roberto Panzera's debonair "Preludio No. 3," Astor Piazzolla's sensuous "Libertango" and Ernesto Lecuona's graceful "Andalucia" (a.k.a. "The Breeze and I"), which ends the concert on an exhilarating note.

As touched on earlier, the SJO is an impressive ensemble in every respect, blowing with abandon or self-control as needed while making its guests feel at ease and indispensable (as they surely are). Besides Henzi, the orchestra's soloists here are flutist Reto Suhner ("Cidade Nova"), guitarist Nick Perrin ("Song for Hamp"), drummer Tobias Friedli ("Libertango"), trombonist Andreas Tschopp and percussionist Roland Wager ("Andalucia"). This was a jazz concert worthy of the name, one that clearly merits a wider audience than was present that evening in Bern. Listen and applaud. ~Jack Bowers

Dave Blaser: trumpet; Johannes “J.W.” Walter: trumpet; Lukas Thoni: trumpet; Thomas Knuchel: trumpet; Adrian Pflugshlaupt, Reto Suhner, Till Grunewald, Jurg Bucher, Marc Schodler: reeds; Vincent Lachat: trombone; Stefan Schlegel: trombone; Andreas Tschopp: trombone; Reto Zumstein: trombone; Lucas Wirz: trombone; Philip Henzi: piano; Nicolas Perrin: guitar; Antonio Schiavano: bass; Tobias Friedli: drums; Roland Wager: percussion. Special Guest Artists — Paquito D’Rivera: alto sax, clarinet; Claudio Roditi: trumpet, flugelhorn; Michael Zisman: bandoneon.

Live At Jazzfestival Bern

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Anne Murray - I'll Be Seeing You Again

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:19
Size: 115,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:57)  1. All of Me
(3:07)  2. As Time Goes By
(3:02)  3. Dream a Little Dream of Me
(3:10)  4. I Wonder Who's Kissing Him Now
(2:55)  5. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and W
(3:19)  6. Over the Rainbow
(3:37)  7. Twilight Time
(4:12)  8. My Buddy
(3:01)  9. After You've Gone
(3:22) 10. What'll I Do
(2:40) 11. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(3:44) 12. Smile
(3:17) 13. You Made Me Love You
(4:05) 14. I'll Be Seeing You
(3:43) 15. We'll Meet Again

Anne Murray's vocals are like a fine scotch: they just keep getting better as the years go by. This smooth collection of standards is what you would expect from her, with well-arranged orchestrations that complement her already nearly pitch-perfect voice. It's a wonderful set of selections, but not without a bit of melancholy found in each song. I'll Be Seeing You was thematically chosen as a somber but moving tribute to the loss of her close friend Cynthia McReynolds. ~ Rob Theakston  http://www.allmusic.com/album/ill-be-seeing-you-mw0000470986

I'll Be Seeing You Again

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Diana Jones - Better Times Will Come

Styles: Folk
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:30
Size: 86,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:53)  1. Better Times Will Come
(3:44)  2. All God's Children
(4:25)  3. Henry Russell's Last Words
(3:41)  4. If I Had a Gun
(3:00)  5. Soldier Girl
(3:17)  6. Cracked and Broken
(2:34)  7. Ballad of the Poor Child
(3:45)  8. Appalachia
(3:11)  9. Evangelina
(4:00) 10. Something Crossed Over
(2:55) 11. The Day I Die

Diana Jones had released two finely crafted albums in the 1990s, but it wasn't until she released "My Remembrance of You" in 2006 that she found her own voice and broke out of the singer-songwriter pack to emerge as a major figure in Americana music. She had discovered a connection, both biological and artistic, to the sounds of old-time Appalachia, unleashing her private muse and creating a record that landed on best-of-the-year lists in the Chicago Tribune and the Nashville Scene. The three years since that breakthrough have been a whirlwind. Diana has landed the opening slot on high-profile European tours with Richard Thompson and Mary Gauthier and has been the featured invitee at folk festivals in Ireland, England, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. One of her songs, "Henry Russell's Last Words," has been recorded by Joan Baez, while another, "If I Had a Gun," has been recorded by Gretchen Peters. Diana's own versions of those songs can be heard on her new album, "Better Times Will Come," an ambitious effort that consolidates and extends the leap forward of the preceding record. Diana's fellow singer-songwriters certainly recognize the quality of her new work. Gauthier, Nanci Griffith and Betty Elders add vocals to the project, and the Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor adds fiddle. The acoustic string-band arrangements, anchored by fiddler Alicia Jo Rabins,A voice as earthy,pure and clear as a newly discovered Appalachian spring, and songs so strong Joan Baez is moved to cover them ... sitting somewhere between Gillian Welch and a mellow Lucinda Williams, this is an absolute gem of a record, both warm and wonderful. ***** 5 Stars ~ The Scotsman,February 22nd,2009

Jones engenders great respect amongst her peers. Additional vocals are suplied by Mary Gauthier, Nancy Griffith and Betty Elders while Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor provides fiddle ... I am struggling to find any kind of flaw in an album that is just about perfect in every way
~ Country Music People, February 27th,2009

Whether telling her own or anothers story, Jones's poetic eye for detail draws listeners close within her narrative allowing them to identify with and share the emotions of her protagonists ***** 5 Stars ~  Rock N Reel,February 22nd,2009  bassist Paul Kochanski and multi-instrumentalist Duke Levine, are deceptively simple, for their restraint reveals the haunting originality of the melodies and the understated skill of the performances. This reflects the deceptive simplicity of the lyrics, which tell their stories with the hypnotic repetition and plain speech of old mountain song.  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Better-Times-Will-Diana-Jones/dp/B001MYZ2OW

Better Times Will Come

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Steve Tyrell - Songs Of Sinatra

Size: 113,7 MB
Time: 48:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals, Swing
Art: Front

01. I Get A Kick Out Of You (3:59)
02. I Concentrate On You (3:08)
03. Fly Me To The Moon (2:42)
04. Witchcraft (3:15)
05. In The Wee Small Hours (3:10)
06. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (2:46)
07. I've Got You Under My Skin (3:46)
08. Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered (4:28)
09. Night And Day (3:46)
10. All The Way (3:40)
11. Nice 'n' Easy (3:35)
12. Something Stupid (2:42)
13. All Of Me (3:34)
14. You Go To My Head (4:22)

As its title indicate, this CD sees popular vocalist Steve Tyrell pay tribute to the Sinatra songbook, and pretty much every track is a famous nugget closely identified with the Chairman of the Board. That Tyrell is no Sinatra is a given, but the combination of his slightly hammy delivery and old-school arrangements makes this perfect bourbon and leather-armchair music--familiar and comfortable. Three of the songs ("Fly Me to the Moon," "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else" and "Something Stupid") reproduce the original orchestrations--and really, how can you go wrong with those?--while the others boast cushy new ones by Bob Mann, Alan Broadbent or Count Basie arranger Sammy Nestico. In his press notes, Tyrell remarks that "Nice and Easy" features "the most modern of all the arrangements on the album," but fear not: It sounds exactly like the others, and modernity here only means extra-velvety strings and super-relaxed horns. Echoing the pairing of Frank and Nancy Sinatra on the original, Tyrell sings "Something Stupid" with his daughter Lauryn, though she seems to be pushed behind in the mix and is barely audible. But hey, Frank didn't like sharing the spotlight either! --Elisabeth Vincentelli

With his breakthrough performances in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride II, Steve Tyrell reinvented and repopularized classic pop standards for a modern audience. With the encouragement of music legend Quincy Jones and the Sinatra family, plans were hatched for an album of Frank's material. For the first time the Sinatra family has shared some of the very charts and music Frank used with another artist. The greatest musicians in the world playing some of the greatest songs of all time, this is an album audiences will want to hear again and again and again. Hollywood. 2005

Songs Of Sinatra

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Oscar Klein - One Night With You (Live)

Size: 178,8 MB
Time: 76:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Trumpet Jazz, Dixieland
Art: Front

01. Freeze An' Melt (3:04)
02. Revolutionary Blues (2:52)
03. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (3:36)
04. Milenberg Joys (3:47)
05. China Boy (2:03)
06. The Lonesome Road (4:56)
07. Jazz Me Blues (3:12)
08. Mood Indigo (3:15)
09. Bye 'n' Bye (1:49)
10. Ja-Da (3:32)
11. Ory's Creole Trombone (2:51)
12. St. James Infirmary (4:34)
13. Hotter Than That (3:11)
14. Two Deuces (3:25)
15. King Of The Zulus (5:58)
16. Apex Blues (3:02)
17. The Last Time (4:27)
18. Shim Me Sha Wabble (3:15)
19. Basin Street Blues (3:29)
20. Tiger Rag (2:57)
21. I Want A Little Girl (4:13)
22. St. Louis Blues (2:43)

An excellent Dixieland trumpeter and an occasional swing guitarist, Oscar Klein (although not well known in the U.S.) had a long and productive career in Germany. Klein was an important member of Fatty George's band (1952-1957), the Tremble Kids (1957-1960), and the Dutch Swing College Orchestra (1959-1963). Back with the Tremble Kids off and on during 1963-1977, Klein also had the opportunity to play with American musicians passing through Europe, including Albert Nicholas and Wild Bill Davison. Virtually all of his recordings have been made for European labels; most are worth searching for. ~by Scott Yanow

One Night With You

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Judith Owen - In The Summertime EP

Size: 39,9 MB
Time: 16:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. In The Summertime - Radio Edit (3:36)
02. Blue Jeans (2:41)
03. Summer Nights (3:39)
04. It Might As Well Rain Until September (3:26)
05. Summer Breeze (3:35)

Back in May, Wales-born singer-songwriter Judith Owen released her acclaimed Ebb & Flow album, which she calls her "love letter to the American troubadour music of the 1970s."

Finding herself still in a Laurel Canyon state of mind, Owen spun off an additional EP from one of that album's tracks, her version of the 1970 Mungo Jerry hit In the Summertime.

If you've been putting off this season's summertime romance, Owen's EP will make you glad you waited. Her covers possess the lure and excitement of a late-summer fling. Owen already had recorded In the Summertime and Carole King and Gerry Goffin's It Might as Well Rain Until September with some of the great Los Angeles session musicians who'd had played on classic albums by King, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor.

"After that I ventured further outside my musical comfort zone to turn the effervescent, Summer Nights from Grease, into a 'woman wronged' torch song, David Dundas's very polite Blue Jeans into a pseudo-New Orleans rhythmic romp, and Seals and Crofts' Summer Breeze into a semi-classical piano ballad." Owen recorded those tracks in London, shortly after her L.A. sessions, using cellist Gabriella Swallow, percussionist Pedro Segundo and double bassist Geoff Gascoyne.

"For me," Owen says, "this EP's a souvenir of summer to cast an ironic and wistful warmth on the cold months ahead."

In The Summertime

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Aimua Eghobamien - London Live

Size: 137,4 MB
Time: 59:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Benediction (Live) (3:34)
02. On The Surface (Live) (5:05)
03. Patches Enough (Live) (8:36)
04. Coffee Shop Window (Live) (7:08)
05. Wayfaring Stranger (Live) (5:03)
06. Same Girl (Live) (3:26)
07. You Gotta Move (Live) (3:33)
08. There Is A Balm In Gilead (Live) (5:14)
09. Pearls (Live) (5:19)
10. Indigo/Slate Of The Atlantic (Live) (7:44)
11. Loving You (Live) (4:36)

Singer-songwriter and poet Aimua Eghobamien, now based in New York having moved from his hometown of London recently to the city where he studied, is to release his latest album London Live via Quaesitor Music on 4 September. Recorded at Black Sessions nights in London venues Kings Place and at Pizza Express Jazz Club, the first tracks of this second album following on from the earlier Poured Gently four years ago are ‘Benediction’ based on an Edo lullaby, the singer digging deep into his Nigerian roots and featuring the marimba playing of Justin Woodward; and ‘On The Surface’, where the singer is joined here and on other tracks by double bassist Jerome Davies, percussionist Chris Wells, marimba player Justin Woodward, violinist Julian Ferraretto, violinist Miles Brett, violist Helen Sanders-Hewett, and cellist Alex Eichenberger.

Then ‘Patches’ begins with a spoken word poem segueing into experimental voice before switching into ‘Enough’. ‘Coffee Shop Window’, one of the big songs of the album, ‘Wayfaring Stranger’ a duo featuring Eghobamien and percussionist Chris Wells, ‘Same Girl’ by Randy Newman, a song that featured in the set of Aimua’s long running National Theatre shows, the delta blues ‘You Gotta Move’ rendered convincingly as a duo with bassist Davies, the spiritual ‘There Is a Balm in Gilead’, Sade’s ‘Pearls’, ‘Indigo / Slate Of The Atlantic’, and ‘Loving You’ complete the album.

Eghobamien has a very strong ringing voice, and a sound of his own, influenced by Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Fela Kuti, Babatunde Olatunji, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau among others. London Live is to be launched at David Beahm Design 529 w 20th Street suite 11 in New York on 4 September where Eghobamien is to be joined by Bashiri Johnson, the percussionist who appeared on Eghobamien’s debut Poured Gently and by bassist Ben Zwerin, with a London date as part of the London Jazz Festival on 16 November at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho.

London Live

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Yelena Eckemoff Quintet - A Touche Of Radiance

Size: 160,3 MB
Time: 69:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Modern Jazz
Art: Front

01. Inspiration (9:24)
02. Reminiscense (9:01)
03. Exuberance (6:36)
04. Affection (7:24)
05. Pep (6:18)
06. Imagination (6:52)
07. Reconciliation (7:19)
08. Tranquility (5:17)
09. Encouragement (5:00)
10. Radiance (5:49)

Pianist/composer Yelena Eckemoff defines radiance as a state of happiness or confidence when everything around you is shining. On her latest CD, A Touch of Radiance, she explores that idea from ten different perspectives, drawing rich inspiration from memories, emotions, and dreams, and the inner world where all three intersect.

In addition to the ten musical expressions of radiance, Eckemoff also examines the concept in other media; she painted the vivid sunset on the album cover and wrote ten short poems to expand on each piece, all of which are included in the album s liner notes. A Touch of Radiance also expands her horizons instrumentally, marking the first time that the classically-trained pianist has recorded with more than a trio. She s assembled a stunning yes, even radiant band for the occasion, featuring saxophonist Mark Turner, vibraphonist Joe Locke, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Billy Hart.

These four gifted artists respond gorgeously to Eckemoff s music, wringing bold colors and deep feeling from pieces that are both airy and intricate. The musicians helped me to paint my musical picture, Eckemoff says. What made the project a success is that in addition to improvising brilliantly, all the musicians were extremely respectful to my written structures, tunes and melodic lines. The combination of written and improvised music as well as totally loose group improvisations has been my carefully and passionately chosen musical language, and I am getting more and more comfortable with this language with each new recording.

Aside from the opening track, Inspiration, which sets the tone for the album through its air of dream-like mystery, the pieces on A Touch of Radiance and their accompanying poems move chronologically through Eckemoff s life. The playful opening melody of Reminiscence, articulated by Eckemoff and Locke, introduces a piece that harkens back to the composer s childhood in the Soviet Union, offering a glimpse of an imaginative child surrounded by a loving family. When her father enters at the poem s end saying, I met a rabbit on my way home / And look what a tasty treat he gave me for my little girl! it s as if the children s book and the world outside have merged, a memory that feels like a fantasy or a fantasy that feels like a memory.

The aptly-titled Exuberance, which portrays a six-year-old Eckemoff eagerly if clumsily helping her mother and grandmother cook a family feast, and the tender Affection, about a beloved puppy, continue these warm memories of youth in a cold country. She skips forward to her own life as a parent with the frantic Pep, dizzy with the never-ending work of a wife, mother, artist, and teacher. The shadowy mood of Reconciliation provides a bittersweet image of domestic life, with arguments and hurt feelings overcome by a loving reunion, and Encouragement celebrates the support to be found in family.

Eckemoff s music has often drawn inspiration from the natural world, and she returns to that theme on Imagination, a portrait of a snowy winter scene dreamed up on what turns out to be a sweltering summer day. Tranquility captures the pianist s ability to tune out the harsh noise of the city to focus on the sounds of nature, while the title track watches a moth drawn to light in the same way that Eckemoff found herself pulled in by the broader notion of radiance.

Very rarely am I surprised like I am with Yelena, enthuses Hart. Somebody that comes out of nowhere with this much maturity and experience and musicality. You don t expect somebody that you don t know to challenge you in such an enjoyable way. In a very euphoric way it was a very satisfying project for me. -- From Press Release by Shaun Brady.

A Touche Of Radiance

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Billy Childs - Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

Size: 142,2 MB
Time: 61:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. New York Tendaberry (Feat. Renee Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma) (7:18)
02. The Confession (Feat. Becca Stevens) (4:39)
03. Map To The Treasure (Feat. Lisa Fischer) (7:15)
04. Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp (Feat. Esperanza Spalding & Wayne Shorter) (5:17)
05. Been On A Train (Feat. Rickie Lee Jones & Chris Potter) (6:20)
06. Stoned Soul Picnic (Feat. Ledisi) (4:26)
07. Gibsom Street (Feat. Susan Tedeschi & Steve Wilson) (6:27)
08. Save The Country (Feat. Shawn Colvin & Chris Botti) (7:30)
09. To A Child (Feat. Dianne Reeves) (5:45)
10. And When I Die (Feat. Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas) (6:08)

Laura Nyro was an intensely emotional powerhouse of a singer-songwriter who, over the course of a 30-year career, wrote huge hits for others. One measure of her impact is that, for two weeks in 1969, she had written three songs in Billboard’s Top 10. Yet, as a performer, she never won a Grammy award or earned a Top 40 single before her untimely death in 1997 at the age of 49.

A new album of her songs by Grammy-winning composer-pianist Billy Childs and all-star cast of singers and musicians seems likely to win Nyro new fans and reinvigorate her musical legacy.

Much more than a tribute album, Map To The Treasure: Laura Nyro Reimagined (Sony Masterworks), which is set for release on Sept. 9, boldly reinterprets and recontextualizes her songs, drawing on jazz and chamber music, while retaining the joyous blend of Brill Building pop, soul, gospel and jazz that made Nyro such an original.

Although she never won more than a fervent cult following as a singer and performer, almost everyone has heard the great covers of Nyro songs like The 5th Dimension’s “Stoned Soul Picnic” and “Wedding Bell Blues”; Blood, Sweat & Tears’ “And When I Die”; Three Dog Night’s “Eli’s Comin’”; and Barbra Streisand’s “Stoney End.” Yet her most lasting legacy might be her influence on a generation of pop and jazz innovators: Joni Mitchell, Donald Fagen, Rickie Lee Jones, Todd Rundgren and Elton John have all acknowledged her as an inspiration.

Also among her early fans were two 16-year-old, budding jazz musicians from Los Angeles: Childs and a young bass player named Larry Klein, who had met in a music theory workshop for musically gifted high schoolers at USC. After class, the two friends found inspiration listening to Nyro records together; they would later play together as sidemen for Freddie Hubbard in the late 1970s. (“Larry got me on that gig,” Childs said recently.)

After that, their musical paths diverged: Childs became a jazz pianist and composer of chamber and symphonic music, while Klein found fame as a producer for Mitchell and other pop and jazz artists. The Nyro project, with Childs arranging and playing keyboards, and Klein producing, is their first collaboration since touring with Hubbard.

The friends have assembled an impressive cast of singers for the project, including Jones, Esperanza Spalding, Renée Fleming (who sings the aria-like “New York Tendaberry”), Alison Krauss, Dianne Reeves, Ledisi, Becca Stevens, Shawn Colvin, Susan Tedeschi and Lisa Fischer (of 20 Feet from Stardom fame).

Guest musicians on the album include soloists Yo-Yo Ma (who accompanies Fleming), Wayne Shorter, Chris Botti, Jerry Douglas, Chris Potter and Steve Wilson, along with the inspired pianism of Childs and a band that includes drummers Brian Blade, Jay Bellerose and Vinnie Colaiuta, bassist Scott Colley and guitarist Dean Parks.

Klein has ample experience producing large, complex projects; he co-produced River: The Joni Letters with Herbie Hancock, which won the Album of the Year Grammy in 2008. That record explored the jazz implications of Mitchell’s songs and led to a greater acceptance of her as a composer of jazz standards; this album could do something similar for Nyro.

In scoring a suite of Nyro songs, Childs drew upon his background in both jazz and classical formats—he has written works for orchestras, including the L.A. Philharmonic as well as leading his own chamber jazz group.

The result is full of revelatory moments including inspired soloing by Shorter to adorn Spalding’s pure vocal in “Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp”; Botti’s mournful trumpet elegy in the introduction to a solemn, orchestral interpretation of “Save The Country” (sung with feeling by Colvin); and the way “Stoned Soul Picnic,” fully inhabited by r&b singer Ledisi, morphs at the end into a funky, boppish piano solo.

When selecting songs for the album, Childs chose to explore Nyro’s Gothic imagination, which may surprise fans of her more familiar and sunnier melodies. “Her songs are like part of one long opera,” he said by phone from Los Angeles, “where there are these recurring characters—God and the Devil, her father, her mother, her friends, men who have done her wrong and men who are good. It’s like a great novel.”

He said he felt compelled to include not only some of the hits, like “Stoned Soul Picnic” and “Save The Country,” but also very dark songs that confront the world’s evils, like the heroin ballad “Been On A Train,” harrowingly realized by Jones; and “Gibsom Street,” whose chilling lyrics, sung by a world-weary Tedeschi (sample verse: “Don’t go to Gibsom cross the river/ The devil is hungry, the devil is sweet/ If you are soft then you will shiver/ They hang the alley cats on Gibsom Street”), reminds Childs of German expressionist films like M or The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Childs enjoyed working with his old friend Klein. One example of their collaboration was rethinking the song “Save The Country.” Nyro’s version had an optimism—it was like a rallying song for the nation’s spirits following the assassinations of President Kennedy; his brother Robert Kennedy; and Dr. Martin Luther King. Childs said, “I loved the tunefulness and the upbeat quality of her version, but Larry had an idea: He said, ‘Why don’t we do it with a more somber approach, as though we’re looking back on the past 40 years, and the country has gone to hell in a handbasket?’ It’s more of a desperate plea, so I approached it that way. And it was a great idea.”

Childs knew he faced a tremendous challenge in reimagining Nyro’s work. “How do you improve on something that’s already perfect?” Childs asked. “The point for me is not to improve on it, because you can’t. But I love this music so much, and it’s had such a profound effect on me, that I want to put it through the prism of my own experience.”

This is not your mother’s Laura Nyro record, but “red-yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine” for a new generation. —Allen Morrison

Map To The Treasure

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MonaLisa Twins - MonaLisa Twins Play Beatles And More

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:04
Size: 114.6 MB
Styles: Rock, Pop
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:54] 1. Revolution
[2:53] 2. Friday On My Mind
[2:58] 3. Johnny B. Goode
[2:58] 4. This Boy
[2:16] 5. In My Life
[2:18] 6. Blackbird
[4:05] 7. For What It's Worth
[2:33] 8. Drive My Car
[2:06] 9. Can't Buy Me Love
[4:28] 10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
[2:55] 11. God Only Knows
[6:40] 12. People Are Strange
[3:07] 13. Day Tripper
[3:27] 14. The Last Time
[3:19] 15. Mercedes Benz

As of February 9, 2014, it's been 50 years since the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, thereby beginning their revolutionary invasion of American pop culture. Five decades later, it's more clear than ever before that musicians will never stop covering the Beatles. “Yesterday” remains the most widely covered song in pop music history. Popular tributes to the Beatles range from film musicals (Across the Universe) to Broadway imitations (RAIN) to the four guys who dress up as mop tops every summer and play songs by John, Paul, George, and Ringo at my hometown’s big annual festival. The band’s songs have been the basis for episodes of Glee and American Idol. Hell, a “Grammy Salute to the Beatles” featuring high-profile pop acts like John Mayer, Keith Urban, John Legend, Alicia Keys, and Katy Perry is airing on national television as I type these words.

This is a band whose songs will never die, partially because they are great, great songs and because they served as soundtrack for an entire generation, but also because modern bands and artists will never stop replaying, recreating, and retreading those songs for long enough to let them go or give them rest. This is both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because Beatles songs almost always sound good and it's a curse because so many of the band’s songs have become overdone. I’d heard Beatles tunes so many times before I even started exploring music that I could never see myself investing as much in the band’s music as I have with, say, Bruce Springsteen. More than any other artist, the Beatles seem like a band that belongs to the generations that came before me rather than to me personally, and I’ve never been really able to put myself into their music and make it my own as a result. I know for a fact that I’m not the only person who has this issue.

This is probably all just my way of admitting that there are no Beatles records in my all-time top 50. But that doesn’t mean I’m not a ardent fan of the band’s music, or that I can’t appreciate one of their songs whenever I hear it, whether its playing out of a jukebox or being covered by a band up on the stage. On the contrary, it was with excitement and anticipation that I first pressed play on MonaLisa Twins play Beatles & more, a compilation oldies cover album that landed in my inbox earlier this week. I wasn’t excited because I knew who the MonaLisa Twins were. Rather, I was intrigued because I knew the songs. I wasn’t rolling my eyes at another band doing a Beatles tribute/cover album, or wondering how I was going to sit through yet another version of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” I was ready to hear these songs again, even if the cover versions brought nothing new to the table. And isn’t that interesting? Doesn’t it speak volumes about the universality and unparalleled accessibility of the Beatles music that I was ready to hear it again, presented in new form, by artists I knew nothing about? I don’t think it even particularly mattered how much I liked the record. I knew I was going to listen, and I knew I was going to write this review, because I already had most of that first paragraph in my mind before I even downloaded the record or pressed play.

Luckily, I do like this record. It’s nothing new, obviously. It’s the songs we’ve heard a million times before, and it’s not making any ambitious attempt to do them differently. Maybe if Tame Impala recorded the entirety of Revolver for his next record, you could expect a few curveballs, but that's not what this is. Instead, the record is delivered by two throwback pop songstresses from Austria – who really are twins named Mona and Lisa, respectively – and who recorded at least half these takes in live environments. Suffice to say, it’s a pretty no-frills cover album, but it works solely because the MonaLisa Twins are good enough musicians to pull it off. ~Craig Manning

MonaLisa Twins Play Beatles And More

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The International Sweethearts Of Rhythm - The Best Of

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:22
Size: 110.7 MB
Styles: Swing, Big band
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Bugle Call Rag
[3:22] 2. Galvanising
[2:01] 3. Sweet Georgia Brown
[2:07] 4. Central Avenue Boogie
[3:52] 5. Lady Be Good
[2:50] 6. Gin Mill Special
[2:21] 7. Honeysuckle Rose
[2:40] 8. Diggin' Dykes
[3:03] 9. Slightly Frankie
[2:26] 10. One O'clock Jump
[2:55] 11. Tuxedo Junction
[2:45] 12. Jump Children
[2:29] 13. She's Crazy With The Heat
[3:00] 14. That Man Of Mine
[2:49] 15. Vi Vigor
[2:59] 16. Don't Get It Twisted
[2:24] 17. Blue Lou
[1:26] 18. Swing Shift

Probably the finest all-female jazz group, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm was formed in 1939 at the Piney Woods Country Life School in Mississippi. The 17-piece swing group, which was led by singer Anna Mae Winburn, included such fine soloists as tenor saxophonist Viola Burnside and trumpeter Tiny Davis. Eddie Durham and Jesse Stone were among the arrangers. The Sweethearts gradually became popular in the 1940s, appearing on radio broadcasts, touring the U.S., and visiting Europe (1945). The orchestra only made a few records before its breakup in 1949, but a couple of its broadcasts from 1945-1946 were released on a Rosetta LP. ~bio by Scott Yanow

The Best Of

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Anne Bisson - Portraits & Perfumes

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:45
Size: 125,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:47)  1. Us and them
(5:21)  2. How Insensitive
(3:25)  3. Spinning Wheel
(4:15)  4. The nearness of you
(4:12)  5. With a little help from my friends
(4:24)  6. Better than anything
(4:55)  7. In the Wee small hours
(3:28)  8. Call me / You've got a friend
(4:21)  9. Ripples
(4:22) 10. I like you too
(3:27) 11. What's wrong with me?
(5:42) 12. My little boy

Another stunning release from Anne Bisson! Intimate and silky vocals, backed by expert musicianship. Canadian jazz vocalist/pianist Anne Bisson returns with her sophomore album, Portraits & Perfumes. Featuring covers from legendary artists such as Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Carole King, along with two new musical gems written by Anne, this album is an audiophile must have! Anne is joined again by some of the best jazz musicians in Quebec and by legendary producer, conductor, and arranger Guy St-Onge. Recorded at St-Onge's Reference Studio in St-Calixte, Quebec, Canada. Portraits & Perfumes is an opus of jazz standards featuring expansive, original arrangements and covers, including a brilliant cover of Us and Them by Pink Floyd, a stunning rendition of With A Little Help From My Friends' by The Beatles, a calming transcription of Call Me/You've Got A Friend by Carole King, alluringly sweet adaptation of The Nearness Of You by Hoagy Carmichael, and many, many more. ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/Portraits-Perfumes-Anne-Bisson/dp/B0052RV1MW

Portraits & Perfumes

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Bill Holman - Jazz Erotica

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:28
Size: 95,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:35)  1. Way Down Under
(4:22)  2. Blue Jazz
(4:00)  3. Angel Eyes
(3:21)  4. Stella By Starlight
(4:33)  5. Star Eyes
(4:28)  6. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
(3:45)  7. Linger Awhile
(4:40)  8. Things We did Last Summer
(4:06)  9. If You Were No One
(4:35) 10. Indiana

Richie Kamuca recorded less than a dozen dates as a leader prior to his death (one day shy of his 47th birthday) in 1977, and this long out of print LP release by HiFi in 1959 may be the hardest one to find. The tenor saxophonist leads a strong octet, with trombonist Frank Rosolino, trumpeters Conte Candoli and Ed Leddy, pianist Vince Guaraldi, bassist Monte Budwig, drummer Stan Levey, and baritone saxophonist Bill Holman, who wrote the arrangements, too. The charts are good examples of cool jazz and feature rich ensembles behind the soloists, especially on standards like "Angel Eyes" and "Indiana." "Blue Jazz" (oddly credited to the leader on the label but Holman in the liner notes) and a brisk "Stella By Starlight" feature Kamuca in a stripped-down setting with the rhythm section. Expect to pay a premium price for this LP. ~ Ken Dryden  http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-erotica-mw0000897741

Personnel: Richie Kamuca (tenor saxophone); Bill Holman (baritone saxophone); Conte Candoli, Ed Leddy (trumpet); Frank Rosolino (trombone); Vince Guaraldi (piano); Stan Levey (drums

Jazz Erotica

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