Louis Armstrong - The Standard Oil Sessions

Size: 124,2 MB
Time: 53:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz, Vocals
Art: Front

01. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (5:40)
02. Muskrat Ramble (5:42)
03. Basin Street Blues (4:21)
04. Struttin' With Some Barbeque (5:05)
05. Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues (4:52)
06. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (4:33)
07. Lazy River (4:37)
08. Panama (4:10)
09. Back O'Town Blues (6:22)
10. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (First Rehearsal Take) (4:08)
11. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (Second Rehearsal Take) (3:33)

Personnel:
Louis Armstrong: Trumpet & Vocals
Jack Teagarden: Trombone & Vocals
Earl “Fatha” Hines: Piano
Lyle Johnson: Clarinet
Clancy Hayes: Guitar
Bass & Drums: Unknown

This 50+ minute recording was recorded in San Francisco, California on January 20, 1950 by the Standard Oil Company for their radio show, “Musical Map of America.” The recording was episode 19, “Musical Story of New Orleans,” and featured Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines. For reasons not known, the broadcast was never made and Louis was personally given the acetate discs of the sessions.

The Standard Oil Sessions

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Janet Seidel - The Art Of Lounge, Vol. 2

Size: 130,8 MB
Time: 55:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001/2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Poinciana (4:07)
02. Lonesome Road (3:10)
03. Agua De Beber (4:02)
04. Oh How My Heart Beats For You (2:05)
05. They Say It's Wonderful (3:51)
06. You're A Lucky Guy (3:07)
07. It Had Better Be Tonight (3:05)
08. Perhaps (2:35)
09. Slow Boat To China (3:10)
10. Spanish Harlem (4:29)
11. Skylark (4:01)
12. Always Something There To Remind Me (3:37)
13. Button Up Your Overcoat (3:24)
14. You Belong To Me (4:04)
15. Can't We Talk It Over (3:08)
16. Sentimental Journey (3:46)

Australia's Janet Seidel continues to work magic on popular songs of the past, many of which have become standards. Like her first volume honoring the art of sophisticated swing and ballads, Seidel chooses to work in small-group settings, sometimes with sax or cornet added, other times with strings. When the sax is in control it adds a jazzy tingling. On "Poinciana," tenor saxman Paul Williams sneaks in jazz figures behind Seidel and the strings, creating interesting counterpoint. Another highlight track is "Lonesome Road," where the singer, Maree Steinway's piano, and Chuck Morgan's guitar framed by the rhythm of David Seidel and John Morrison beget a version of this tune that is bouncy but also as relaxed as one could expect to encounter. Seidel's unapologetic admiration of Doris Day is evident with "Sentimental Journey." But there is no big band cum Les Brown here. Rather, it's another laid-back small group rendering, this time with bass, guitar, and drums. Seidel is the vocal counterpart of alto sax player Paul Desmond, who was renowned for his comfortable playing style and respect for the melody line. The closest to vocal gymnastics is on "Slow Boat to China," where the ambidextrous Baker switches to cornet. Seidel has cut eight albums paying tribute to great popular music for the La Brava label. Each is a testimony to her vocal artistry and this does no less. Highly recommended. ~by Dave Nathan

Personnel: Janet Seidel - Vocals/Conductor; Col Nolan, Maree Steinway, Kevin Hunt - Piano; Chuck Morgan - Guitar; Paul Williams - Tenor Sax/ Clarinet; Tom Baker - Tenor Sax/Cornet/Vocals; Ben Jones - Alto & Tenor Sax/Vocal; David Seidel - Bass; Billy Ross - Drums; Ian Bloxsom - Percussion; John Morrison - Drums/Percussion; Mirka Rozmus, Rebecca Daniel, Michelle Kelly, Anne-Louise Comerford; Rachel Valentine - Strings

The Art Of Lounge, Vol.2      

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SWR Big Band & Sammy Nestico - A Cool Breeze

Size: 149,7 MB
Time: 64:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz: Big Band
Art: Front & Back

01. Cell Talk (3:59)
02. Along Came Betty (5:00)
03. A Cool Breeze (5:29)
04. I'll Follow My Secret Heart (4:46)
05. Shirley (4:09)
06. Close Enough For Love (4:31)
07. Moonlight On The Ganges (3:49)
08. Frankie & Johnny (5:20)
09. Poor Butterfly (5:19)
10. 'Round Midnight (3:37)
11. Tippin' In (3:59)
12. Toni (5:25)
13. Softly From My Window (3:37)
14. The Jazz Music Box (5:09)

Seventeen musicians-one sound. And a very convincing sound, at that. The SWR Big Band has so far been nominated four times for a Grammy - the most important music award in the world. Also it received in 2015 a Jazz Award in Cold ffom German music industry. Enjoyed a great honor in 2011, when it was the first German band ever suggested for the "Premio da Musica Brasileira", Brazil's most important music award. In the face of so much fame, it seems almost modest to say that the SWR Big Band is one of the best big bands in the world.

Sammy Nestico is a composer-arranger whose accomplishments and credits have earned him legendary status in the music business.

Today’s word that best describes him is “iconic.”

He has done it all: a host of big band arrangements including those for the Count Basie Band, The Airmen of Note and Germany’s SWR Orchestra, movie and television scores, and a variety of commercials.

Along the way, he has won a bunch of Grammy Awards and, judging by the smile that appears to never leave his face, he has had a great deal of fun doing what he loves to do.

He’s a perfect example of the adage: “Do what you love and the rest will follow.”

On June 9, 2017, SWR Music released A Cool Breeze: Sammy Nestico and the SWR Big Band which documents more of the ongoing love affair between this brilliant, Stuttgart-based big band and one of the most accomplished composer-arrangers in the history of big band Jazz.

Everything about this recording is simply splendid from the SWR’s technical execution of the arrangements, to the joyful and magical way Sammy’s charts play out on the listener’s ear to the audio quality which imbues the music with a rich texture and a warm sound. Listening to the music on this recording makes you realize why Big Band Jazz is a category apart and that when it’s done right, no other aspect of Jazz matches its majestic sonority.

A Cool Breeze

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Marica Hiraga - Vintage

Size: 119,1 MB
Time: 51:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. April In Paris (4:25)
02. So In Love (4:25)
03. Everything Happens To Me (4:30)
04. Angel Eyes (4:05)
05. As Time Goes By (4:36)
06. September In The Rain (4:21)
07. Golden Earrings (4:34)
08. I Loves You Porgy (5:21)
09. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (2:58)
10. When You Wish Upon A Star (3:35)
11. Cheek To Cheek (5:13)
12. Good Morning Heartache (3:11)

Marica Hiraga is Japan’s leading jazz vocalist with a rich talent both in expression and technique. Her professional career began in 1981 after she was awarded the Asia Music Award in Hong Kong. She has acquired her understanding and feeling of jazz by performing and traveling between Tokyo and New York.

Her first Jazz standard album, My Shining Hour, was released in 2001, and won the Best Singing Techniques award at the 19th Japan Jazz Vocal Award hosted by Jazz World magazine in 2003. Her 2nd album, Faith, released in 2006, was recorded with Eric Alexander and Harold Mabern Trio. Faith was selected as “ Swing Journal Gold Disc” and became her breakthrough album.

She then worked with the legendary jazz combo, the Manhattan Jazz Quintet, lead by David Matthews, on 3rd album, Close to Bacharach, which was highly praised as the new Bacharach standards. The album was again selected as “ Swing Journal Gold Disc” and she received the Best Vocal award at the 41st Jazz Disc Award, hosted by Swing Journal, one of the most prestigious awards for jazz music in Japan.

In May 2008, she released a collection of mature love songs as 4th album, More Romance, and in November, she released 5th album, BATUCADA-Jazz‘ n’ Bossa, on which she worked with many prominent musicians including the genius Gil Goldstein, the leading AOR musician Michael Franks, Marcos Valle, Phil Woods, Kenny Garrett and Randy Brecker, as a celebration album for bossa nova’s 50th anniversary. BATUCADA was again selected as“ Swing Journal Gold Disc” and won her the Best Vocal award at the 42nd Jazz Disc Award.

In 2009, she released 6th album, Sing Once More-Dear Carpenters, a tribute album to Carpenters, for which she received the grand prize at the 25th Japan Jazz Vocal Award and the Best Vocal award at the 43rd Jazz Disc Award, making her the first musician to receive this award for 3 consecutive years.

In 2011, She released 7th album, Mona Lisa-Tribute to Nat King Cole, a tribute album to the legendary singer, Nat King Cole.
Marica Hiraga’s latest album, Sings With The Duke Ellington Orchestra, released in April 2012, The full big band album which becomes the first in self is challenged, and costarring with a historical big band is achieved.

She has been performing at numerous concert halls and jazz festivals, and her artistic talents extend to a wide range of activities, such as being a radio personality and contributing as a music magazine columnist.

Vintage

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Matthew Whitaker - Outta The Box

Size: 132,9 MB
Time: 57:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz: Piano/Hammond Jazz
Art: Front

01. Matt's Blues ( 2:48)
02. Neighborhood Park ( 6:34)
03. Flow ( 4:54)
04. Mas Que Nada ( 4:10)
05. I Thought About You ( 4:48)
06. Song For Allie ( 7:54)
07. Take A Break ( 4:58)
08. Back Track (10:04)
09. Pistachio ( 4:07)
10. Until Next Time ( 7:03)

Born in 2001 in Hackensack, NJ, Matthew Whitaker grew up surrounded by music. His love for playing music first began at the young age of 3, after his grandfather gave him a small Yamaha keyboard.

At 9, Matthew began teaching himself how to play the Hammond B3 organ. Four years later, he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond—in its 80+ year history. He was also named a Yamaha Artist at 15, becoming the youngest musician to join the stellar group of jazz pianists.

Matthew has had years of music instruction, currently studying classical piano and drums at The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School of the Lighthouse Guild in NYC. It is the only community music school for the blind and visually impaired in the US. He also attends the Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege Jazz Program.

He previously studied at The Harlem School of the Arts and was a member of both the Jazz House Big Band and the Organ Messengers at Jazz House Kids in Montclair, NJ.

Matthew has received the “Outstanding Soloist Award” from Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival and the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. He was also recognized by the Harlem International Film Festival, which named him “Most Remarkable Young Person on Screen.”

He’s already toured both here in the US and abroad, performing before The Youth Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in NYC, and on other world renowned stages, including: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, and Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC; SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts & Ali Cultural Arts in Florida, and at international venues in France, Italy, Morocco, and Japan.

In 2010, Matthew was a winning participant in the “Child Stars of Tomorrow” competition, as part of Amateur Night at the Apollo. A year later, at just 10 years old, he was invited to perform at Stevie Wonder’s induction into the Apollo Theater’s Hall of Fame. He returned to the Apollo for FOX TV’s revival of SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO in 2016, where he won the audience over with his rendition of Stevie Wonder’s classic “I Wish.” Matthew has been on National and International television which included an appearance on the syndicated TV talk show ELLEN!

Outta The Box

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Meg - Quicker Than The Eye

Size: 116,6 MB
Time: 50:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Thriller (4:58)
02. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (4:27)
03. Eleanor Rigby (4:42)
04. Emily (4:51)
05. It's All Right With Me (4:36)
06. I've Got You Under My Skin (4:42)
07. Destiny (4:56)
08. Only Trust Your Heart (4:00)
09. Sophisticated Hula (3:22)
10. Let's Face The Music And Dance (3:44)
11. Blame It On My Youth (5:39)

Born in Odate City, Akita Prefecture, Jazz Singer raised in Yokohama.

In 2006 debuted with the album "Grace" from the prestigious Verve label of jazz.

And the 4th album "Little Waltz" of world-class bassist Ron Carter Produce becomes a big topic.

In recent years, she performed vigorous activities in a jazz singer but also in a field of pops, Tetsuya Komuro composer / Reiko Yukawa songwriter "Re-love ~ Love you again ~" (2010) appointed as the theme song of the movie "Destiny town" In addition, "Sayonara Kabukicho" (15) Theme Song, Anime "Hero Bank (TV Tokyo)" ED Theme, Drama "JK is Snow Life" (MBS · TBS Series Broadcast) ED Theme, New TV Series for the First Time in 30 Years "Lupine the 3rd" overseas edition OP theme, etc. We are in charge of various tie-up songs.

In December 2016 we released the best album collecting original songs of the past to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the debut. And this year, which will be the 10th anniversary YEAR this year, Osao Kotaro Composition / Yukawa Reiko song "Something like Jacaranda's Flow" started from April, the insertion song of MBS / TBS drama "Final Fantasy XIV Hikari no Dada"

C / w "rain of time" is appointed as the theme song of July released movie "Her life is not a mistake".

In addition, on July, JAZZ album 'Quicker Than the Eye' of luxury big band led by Moriya Junko was released and a nationwide tour was held. (google translation)

Quicker Than The Eye

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Lisa Casalino - Introducing Lisa Casalino

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:11
Size: 119,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. 'S Wonderful
(4:47)  2. The Good Stuff
(4:21)  3. Break A Leg
(4:32)  4. Easy Street
(5:27)  5. Dream Dancing
(4:43)  6. I Get Along Without You Very Well
(3:24)  7. This And That
(4:31)  8. Manhattan
(5:40)  9. Smile
(3:57) 10. Broken Hearted Melody
(3:27) 11. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
(4:06) 12. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

Lisa Casalino is a local jazz singer in Tampa that has been entertaining the community with her singing talents for nearly two decades, and in Central Florida since 1998. Casalino originates from Long Island, New York and has been a very welcomed and appreciated artist for many years in Tampa, FL. Singing in many local Tampa restaurants and events, while touring all over Florida, Lisa Casalino is now one of the most wanted singers in the Tampa Bay area. Combined with her incredible musical talents, her beauty and amazing persona have made her unstoppable. Truly a woman who is an incredible example for making dreams come true, we can only wait in anticipation to see where else her career will lead her. Until then, we enjoy the singing talents of Lisa Casalino at our favorite restaurants and popular events if they are lucky enough to book her in time! https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/lisacasalino

Introducing Lisa Casalino

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Al Hirt - The Best of Dixieland

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:50
Size: 107,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:10)  1. The Original Dixieland One-Step
(4:37)  2. Tin Roof Blues
(2:50)  3. Royal Garden Blues
(3:28)  4. Panama
(2:54)  5. Blue and Broken-Hearted
(5:18)  6. Wolverine Blues
(3:09)  7. Washington and Lee Swing
(4:24)  8. I'm Going Home
(3:36)  9. Jazz Me Blues
(3:07) 10. Night and Day
(5:33) 11. South Rampart Street Parade
(3:38) 12. Sugar

This is one of the finest recordings ever of trumpeter Al Hirt and clarinetist Pete Fountain. A classic Dixieland set, it finds Hirt and Fountain in their early prime quite inspired by each other's ideas. With the assistance of a fine rhythm section and the underrated trombonist Bob Havens, Hirt and Fountain romp through such numbers as "The Original Dixieland One-Step," "Royal Garden Blues," "Jazz Me Blues," and "South Rampart Street Parade." A special bonus is that Fountain takes very rare tenor solos on two songs, being showcased (and sounding like Eddie Miller) on "Washington and Lee Swing." Essential music for Dixieland fans. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/pete-fountain-presents-the-best-of-dixieland-al-hirt-mw0000113503

Personnel: Al Hirt (trumpet); Pete Fountain (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Bob Havens (trombone); Roy Zimmerman (piano); Bob Coquille (bass); Paul Edwards (drums).

The Best of Dixieland

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Walter Bishop, Jr. - Coral Keys

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1971
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:41
Size: 98,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:44)  1. Coral Keys
(5:22)  2. Waltz For Zweetie
(6:30)  3. Track Down
(5:31)  4. Soul Turn Around
(5:15)  5. Our November
(4:44)  6. Three Loves
(9:33)  7. Freedom Suite

The keys are coral, and the sound is sublime one of the greatest albums ever from pianist Walter Bishop Jr, and proof that he can really stretch out, given the right setting! The piano here is all acoustic, but there's an almost-electric vibe to the date  long, open tracks that sway and swell with some great spiritual energy  made even more wonderful by work from reedman Harold Vick, who plays tenor, flute, and soprano sax on the record and makes it one of his best recordings ever! The reedwork alone is worth the price of admission but the rhythms are also great too  a mix of soulful, modal, and some slight funky bits handled by Reggie Johnson on bass, and either Idris Muhammad or Alan Benger on drums. Woody Shaw plays trumpet on some cuts, too and titles include "Coral Keys", "Soul Turn Around", "Freedom Suite", "Track Down", "Waltz For Zweetie", and "Three Loves". (Remastered with updated artwork and new liner notes.) © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/629505

Personnel: Walter Bishop, Jr. Coral Keys songs (piano); Harold Vick (flute); Woody Shaw (trumpet); Idris Muhammad, Alan Shwaetz Benger (drums).

Coral Keys

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Stanton Moore - Flyin' The Koop

Styles: Jazz, Bop
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:17
Size: 120,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:05)  1. Tang the Hump
(4:32)  2. Fallin' off the Floor
(5:55)  3. Let's Go
(4:00)  4. Launcho Diablo
(4:08)  5. Prairie Sunset
(3:22)  6. Things Fall Apart
(4:06)  7. Amy's Lament
(6:04)  8. Magnolia Triangle
(5:14)  9. Hunch
(1:47) 10. Bottoms Up
(3:46) 11. For the Record
(3:12) 12. Organized Chaos

Galactic drummer Stanton Moore returns for his sophomore solo effort on a major label with a host of super-choppers at his side, including Chris Wood from Medeski, Martin & Wood, the Greyboy Allstars' Karl Denson, saxophonist Skerik, guitarist Brian Seeger, and New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians and all around vocalists extraordinaire the Wild Magnolias. As on his debut, All Kooked Out, Moore's primary motivating factor is the almighty groove and how to present it in challenging, innovative settings. And he does it here. There's the jazzed-out funky romp of "Tang the Hump," with a subtle New Orleans second-line rhythm backing up the syncopation. And then there's the drum skank on "Fallin' off the Floor," where Chris Wood and Moore play deep, blue funk as the horns play the line. But Moore is also capable of being a jazzer, and he displays this to the hilt on the beautifully driven, R&B-inflected "Prairie Sunset," whose lyrical invention is as gorgeously intricate as any saxophonist's. Also is the deep funk jazz on the intense, jam-oriented "Launcho Diablo," with dueling flute and saxophones in between the rhythmic accents. The drive here is almost Afro-funk, but its architecture is strictly jazz, with the knotty key changes and improvised middle, with a screaming guitar solo Seeger. Moore is a solid bandleader and composer who stresses the groove as the backbone of every track; everything must move along a perimeter of backbone slipping greasy punch, no matter where it comes from originally or gets to. In many ways, as satisfying as Galactic can be live, Moore manages to be the same way on record. He's got the party fully in hand and knows how to make its dynamics work, carrying the listener up to the threshold, slipping them into a little loose-groove meditation, and carrying them out on the steaming rhythmic rail. This is every bit as good as his debut and is as good as any New Orleans record you're likely to find in the 21st century. 

~ Thom Jurek http://www.allmusic.com/album/flyin-the-koop-mw0000214727

Personnel: Stanton Moore (drums, shaker, tambourine, loops); Brian Seeger (guitar); Karl Denson (flute); Skerik (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Chris Wood (upright bass, electric bass, bass programming); Chris Lovejoy (shaker, caxixi).

Flyin' The Koop

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Kenny Dorham - Jerome Kern Showboat

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:27
Size: 74,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:02)  1. Why Do I Love You?
(5:41)  2. Nobody Else But Me
(6:37)  3. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
(5:49)  4. Make Believe
(4:15)  5. Ol' Man River
(4:01)  6. Bill

This CD reissue of a Kenny Dorham session that was originally on the Time label features the talented trumpeter and an all-star quintet (with Jimmy Heath on tenor, pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Art Taylor) playing six famous themes from the Jerome Kern play Show Boat. All of the melodies ("Why Do I Love You?," "Nobody Else but Me," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," "Make Believe," "Ol' Man River" and "Bill") are heard in likable and swinging versions. This is one of Dorham's better sessions from the era and is easily recommended to his fans and collectors of hard bop. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/show-boat-mw0000197461

Personnel:  Kenny Dorham – trumpet;  Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone;  Kenny Drew – piano;  Jimmy Garrison – bass;  Art Taylor - drums

Jerome Kern Showboat

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Emilie-Claire Barlow - So Many Stars

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:55
Size: 152,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:13)  1. Gentle Rain
(5:29)  2. Like A Lover
(4:12)  3. Bem Bom
(7:18)  4. La Belle Vame Sans Regret
(4:46)  5. So Danço Samba
(8:45)  6. Jobim Medley
(5:31)  7. De Flor Em Flor
(5:14)  8. Retrato Em Branco E Preto
(4:01)  9. Jardin d' Hiver
(2:54) 10. De Conversa Em Conversa
(2:59) 11. Little Boat (O Barquinho)
(5:29) 12. So Many Stars

Toronto's Emilie-Claire Barlow is a Juno Award-winning singer with a warm, lithe vocal style and a knack for tackling urbane jazz standards. Born in Toronto in 1976, Barlow grew up in a musical family. Her father is jazz drummer Brian Barlow, who has also recorded as Brian Leonard and is best known for his work with the Boss Brass (a Canadian big band led by trombonist Rob McConnell). Not surprisingly, the drummer instilled an appreciation of jazz in his daughter and encouraged her to sing and to study several instruments, including piano, violin, cello, and clarinet. By the time she was seven, Emilie-Claire Barlow was singing for television and radio commercials. She went on to become quite active on Toronto's jazz scene, and in 1997 she and her father formed the Barlow Group an acoustic-oriented octet whose soloists have included trombonist Russ Little and saxman John Johnson. She co-produced her first album, Emilie-Claire Barlow Sings, with her father in 1998 before recording Tribute (also co-produced with Brian Barlow) in 2000. Both albums were released independently in Canada on the Rhythm Tracks label, and both garnered Juno Award nominations for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. A third Rhythm Tracks album, Happy Feet, appeared in 2003. Barlow then founded her own Empress Music Group and delivered a handful of well-received albums, including 2005's Like a Lover, 2006's holiday-themed Winter Wonderland, and 2007's The Very Thought of You, for which she earned her third Juno Award nomination. 

The following year, she won Female Vocalist of the Year at Canada's National Jazz Awards. Two more Juno Award-nominated albums followed with 2009's Haven't We Met and 2010's The Beat Goes On. In 2011, Barlow delivered Seule Ce Soir, her ninth studio recording and first sung entirely in French. Much lauded, the album earned the singer her first Juno Award win for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, as well as an ADISQ Award for Album of the Year Jazz Interpretation. A concert album, Live in Tokyo, followed in 2014. In 2015 she returned with Clear Day, which featured backing from the Dutch Metropole Orkest. The album showcased jazz reworkings of modern pop, rock, and folk standards, including songs by David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and others. It won the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. ~ Alex Henderson http://www.allmusic.com/artist/emilie-claire-barlow-mn0001839872/biography

So Many Stars

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Thelonious Monk - The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall

Styles: Piano Jazz

Year: 1959

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 53:19

Size: 123,3 MB

Art: Front

( 3:04)  1. Thelonious (Complete Version)

( 9:32)  2. Friday the 13th

(10:27)  3. Monk's Mood

( 8:56)  4. Little Rootie Tootie

( 7:56)  5. Off Minor

( 4:53)  6. Crepuscule With Nellie

( 8:29)  7. Little Rootie Tootie (Encore)

Pianist Thelonious Monk's appearance with a tentet at a 1959 Town Hall concert was a major success. With Hal Overton contributing arrangements of Monk's tunes (including a remarkable transcription of Monk's original piano solo on "Little Rootie Tootie") and solos provided by trumpeter Donald Byrd, trombonist Eddie Bert, altoist Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse on tenor, and baritonist Pepper Adams, this date was a real standout. There would only be one other recorded occasion Monk's 1963 Philharmonic Hall concert when the unique pianist was as successfully featured with a larger ensemble. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-thelonious-monk-orchestra-at-town-hall-mw0000200098

Personnel: Thelonious Monk (piano); Phil Woods (alto saxophone); Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Robert "Brother Ah" Northern (French horn); Eddie Bert (trombone); Jay McAllister (tuba); Sam Jones (bass guitar); Art Taylor (drums).

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall

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Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts Of Highway 20 Disc 1 And Disc 2

Disc 1

Styles: Country
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:42 + 42:33
Size: 100,5 MB + 97,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:19)  1. Dust
(5:28)  2. House Of Earth
(5:46)  3. I Know All About It
(5:13)  4. Place In My Heart
(6:14)  5. Death Came
(5:34)  6. Doors Of Heaven
(9:05)  7. Louisiana Story

Disc 2

( 7:20)  1. Ghosts Of Highway 20
( 4:07)  2. Bitter Memory
( 4:01)  3. Factory
( 5:36)  4. Can't Close The Door On Love
( 5:09)  5. If My Love Could Kill
( 3:34)  6. If There's A Heaven
(12:42)  7. Faith & Grace

Calling her own shots seems to agree with Lucinda Williams. While the singer/songwriter has long had a reputation for taking her time between albums, she's back with another double-disc set, The Ghosts of Highway 20, just a year-and-a-half later. She launched her own label with Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone in the fall of 2014. In many ways, The Ghosts of Highway 20 feels like a companion piece to Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone in its emotionally direct approach and willingness to let the songs play themselves out at their own pace, they drift with the current, but they don't meander, and they get where they're going in their own sweet time. Most of the performances on Highway 20 are anchored by the guitar interplay of Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz (the latter also co-produced the album with Williams and Tom Overby), and while their performances seem low on flash, especially given the estimable talents of these players, they have a faultless instinct for the moods and rhythms of these songs, and this is an album where nuance truly takes center stage. However, while Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone was an album that covered a wide variety of themes, the 14 songs on The Ghosts of Highway 20 all seem to turn on some sort of struggle against depression ("Dust"), against the limitations of our lives on Earth ("Doors of Heaven"), against the past ("Bitter Memory" and the title song), and against betrayal ("I Know All About It"). 

Even as Williams calls up nostalgic images of life in Louisiana ("Louisiana Story"), she's still trying to free herself from memories of hurts inflicted by her loved ones, and her appeals to the Lord for guidance and peace ("If There's a Heaven" and "Faith & Grace") sound and feel sincere, as if the shackles of her physical being are just too much for her. Williams' vocal performances here represent a remarkable high-wire act, as she brings her emotions to the surface without resorting to histrionics. Her musical adaptation of Woody Guthrie's "House of Earth," a curiously erotic dialogue between a whore and a customer, is all the more striking for its refusal to play broad. After releasing one of the best and boldest albums of her career with Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, Williams goes from strength to strength with The Ghosts of Highway 20, and it seems like a welcome surprise that she's moving into one of the most fruitful periods of her recording career as she approaches her fourth decade as a musician. ~ Mark Deming http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ghosts-of-highway-20-mw0002901047

Personnel:  Lucinda Williams - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals;  Carlton "Santa" Davis – drums;  Bill Frisell - electric guitar;  Greg Leisz - acoustic guitar, electric guitar;  Val McCallum - electric guitar;  Butch Norton - drums, percussion, background vocals;  Ras Michael - hand drums, background vocals;  David Sutton - bass guitar, background vocals

The Ghosts Of Highway 20 Disc 1 And Disc 2

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Rachid Taha - The Definitive Collection

Styles: World

Year: 2007

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 78:55

Size: 182,0 MB

Art: Front

(6:17)  1. Ya Rayah

(4:36)  2. Rock El Casbah

(5:13)  3. Nokta

(5:16)  4. Voila Voila

(7:28)  5. Habina

(4:50)  6. Kelma

(7:13)  7. Bent Sahra

(3:40)  8. Douce France

(4:21)  9. Indie

(4:04) 10. Jungle Fiction

(5:58) 11. Ida

(4:32) 12. Hey Anta

(4:26) 13. Barbes

(5:48) 14. Barra Barra

(5:05) 15. Menfi

The Definitive Collection is a compilation album by raï singer Rachid Taha. It was released by Wrasse Records in 2007. The album's initial release was limited to 2000 copies, which were accompanied by a DVD that documented Taha's return to Algeria. The album was released in the U.S. in 2008 under the title Rock el Casbah: The Best of Rachid Taha. Video clips have been made for "Barbès" (1991),"Ya Rayah"(1997),"Ida"(1998), "Hey Anta" (2000), & "Voilà, Voilà" (2012). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Definitive_Collection_(Rachid_Taha_album)

The Definitive Collection

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Janet Seidel - The Art Of Lounge, Vol. 1

Size: 149,6 MB
Time: 64:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. The Very Thought Of You (5:43)
02. To Say Goodbye (3:32)
03. Comes Love (4:11)
04. I've Got A Crush On You (4:51)
05. I Get Lost In His Arms (6:23)
06. At Sundown (4:35)
07. The Sweetest Sounds (4:47)
08. Fools Rush In (4:29)
09. Gee Baby (3:27)
10. Mas Que Nada (3:10)
11. Love For Sale (5:28)
12. I Had The Craziest Dream (5:38)
13. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (4:52)
14. Black Is The Colour (2:57)

Performing since she was 17, Janet Seidel is now one of Australia's more prominent vocalists. She records exclusively for the La Brava label. Despite the title of her latest effort, this is by no means an album of easy listening, lounge type music. Even though there's the presence of a heavy cadre of strings on several tracks, they are offset by the presence of musicians steeped in the jazz tradition, such as Tom Baker on tenor sax. Also having a jazz flavor, "I've Got a Crush on You" is done in a small-group setting; Paul Williams provides a mellow background, and his clarinet contrasts nicely with Seidel's simple, straightforward rendition of this popular classic. Even on those tunes where the strings are present, there is still a feel for jazz. A slow-paced arrangement of "The Sweetest Sounds" mixes the strings with Kevin Hunt's melodic piano playing. With a voice that combines all the good features of Blossom Dearie with some Peggy Lee and Doris Day stirred in for seasoning, Seidel is at home in a number of styles. She can lull you with a sentimental ballad and then get naively erotic with a blues. She gets together with Col Nolan's Hammond B3 organ for a version of "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" that blends innocence with allurement. The Latin beat gets a nod with "Mas Que Nada," and a touch of soulful regret is heard in "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" behind Tom Baker's wailing tenor sax. There's a come hither quality in her interpretation of "Love for Sale," featuring Baker on cornet. Seidel takes on a poetic bearing on "Fools Rush In" which, as much as any track, reveals her ability to convey the essence of the story embedded in the lyrics she sings. Irrespective of genre, all the tunes are delivered in a delightful, ear-catching, engaging manner. Featuring Australian musicians of the highest caliber, this CD of more than 60 minutes of varied vocalizing is highly recommended. ~ by Dave Nathan

The Art Of Lounge, Vol.1

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Patricia Grinfeld Organ Trio - Capitulo Uno

Size: 111,6 MB
Time: 47:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Capítulo Uno Valle Hemoso (4:55)
02. A World That Swings (7:11)
03. Criminal (4:51)
04. Indian (7:44)
05. My Own Montgomerylike Song (6:15)
06. Antigua Y Barbuda (6:09)
07. Solo Tune (3:19)
08. Indian (Alternate Version) (7:32)

Grabado en Buenos Aires en 2016, este es el disco debut como líder de la guitarrista y compositora de Jazz argentina Patricia Grinfeld.
Incluye 4 composiciones originales y 3 versiones de canciones del Great American Songbook casi nada transitadas, una de ellas, es una versión en formato solo guitar del clásico soul "Killing me softly with his song" .
Patricia Grinfeld Organ Trio se completa con Alan Zimmerman en órgano y Diego Lutteral en batería.

Capitulo Uno

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Lucy Reed - This Is Lucy Reed: Complete Recordings 1950-1957

Size: 125,3 MB+140,6
Time: 53:51+60:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz/Blues Vocals
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (2:29)
02. Fools Fall In Love (3:24)
03. Baltimore Oriole (4:55)
04. Out Of This World (3:48)
05. You May Not Love Me (3:46)
06. No Moon At All (1:54)
07. Inchworm (2:53)
08. Tabby The Cat (1:54)
09. That's How I Love The Blues (3:24)
10. My Time Of Day (2:37)
11. My Love Is A Wanderer (2:49)
12. Little Girl Blue (3:43)
13. Because We're Kids (2:51)
14. It's All Right With Me (4:25)
15. It's A Lazy Afternoon (3:40)
16. Flying Down To Rio (2:14)
17. Nothing At All (2:53)

CD 2:
01. Born To Blow The Blues (4:41)
02. This Is New (3:58)
03. In The Wee Small Hours (Of The Morning) (4:20)
04. There He Goes (2:50)
05. Love For Sale (4:27)
06. A Trout, No Doubt (2:39)
07. No Moon At All (2:14)
08. Lucky To Be Me (2:28)
09. St. Louis Blues (3:25)
10. Easy Come, Easy Go (4:55)
11. Little Boy Blue (2:55)
12. You Don't Know What Love Is (4:04)
13. You've Got A Date With The Blues (3:09)
14. My Flaming Heart (3:01)
15. Please Mr. Right Man (3:02)
16. Tantalazing Melody (2:52)
17. A Night Is Dark (2:36)
18. Au Revoir (2:43)

Personnel:
Lucy Reed (vcl), Art Farmer (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Tommy Mitchell (b-tb), Romeo Penque (fl, Engh), Sol Schlinger (b-cl, bs), Bill Evans, Dick Marx, Don Abney, Gil Evans, Eddie Higgins (p), Howard Collins, John Gray (g), Bob Carter, Johnny Frigo, Bill Pemberton (b), Sol Gubin, George Russell (d), Harry Lookofsky (vln), Jack English (arr).

Lucy (Lucille) Reed (1921-1998) began her singing career with Woody Herman in 1949. Later she joined Charlie Ventura’s big band and did some radio and TV work in Chicago. In 1951 she was chosen to represent Chicago in the Miss Television contest—she was regarded as a fine prospect by bookers and record people as the beautiful girl who had charmed listeners at the Chicago Streamliner and other local clubs during the early Fifties.

Her basic vocal quality was never strikingly full-ranged or tonally opulent, but her taste and musicianship were of such imaginative flexibility that she surpassed a many other nightclub singers more generously gifted by nature. Her skillful phrasing, based on her tender care for lyrics and her subtle beat, made her a singer of quiet distinction.

This set is valuable in many ways, mainly thanks to Lucy Reed’s ungimmicky, genuinely emotional singing, but also to the sympathetic backing of groups led by such jazz luminaries as Bill Evans, Dick Marx, George Russell, Gil Evans, and Eddie Higgins.

This is a collection of out-of-the-way melodies, done with distinction, fire and individuality by a singer who may have possessed too much innate “feel” for lyrics and honesty in delivery ever to have had a hit record, but who nevertheless won many enthusiastic listeners with these albums.

This Is Lucy Reed CD 1
This Is Lucy Reed CD 2

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Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit (Bonus Tracks)

Size: 176,3 MB
Time: 75:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz, Swing, Vocals
Art: Front

01. Duke's Place (5:04)
02. I'm Just A Lucky So And So (3:09)
03. Cottontail (3:43)
04. Mood Indigo (3:57)
05. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (2:35)
06. The Beautiful American (3:06)
07. Black And Tan Fantasy (4:00)
08. Drop Me Off In Harlem (3:50)
09. The Mooche (3:38)
10. In A Mellow Tone (3:48)
11. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (3:56)
12. Solitude (4:52)
13. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (3:29)
14. I'm Beginning To See The Light (3:35)
15. Just Squeeze Me (3:56)
16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (5:32)
17. Azalea (5:05)
18. Duke's Place (Live) (Bonus Track) (2:20)
19. In A Mellow Tone (Live) (Bonus Track) (3:21)
20. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (Live) (Bonus Track) (2:25)

Personnel:
Louis Armstrong (vcl, tp), Duke Ellington (p), Trummy Young (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Mort Herbert (b), Danny Barcelona (d)

This release contains the complete master takes from the only full studio session ever made by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington together. The date was originally divided onto two albums: 'Together For The First Time' and 'The Great Reunion of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington'.

As a bonus a true rarity that appears on CD here for the first time ever: Louis and Dukes last preserved appearance together, promoting their album on the Ed Sullivan TV Show, as well as an additional song by Louis alone which completes all existing music from that program.

The Great Summit

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Nicole Johanntgen - Henry

Size: 100,7 MB
Time: 37:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz: New Orleans Jazz
Art: Front

01. Henry (5:57)
02. Oh Yes My Friend (4:22)
03. Nola (5:07)
04. Slowly (6:41)
05. The Kids From New Orleans (6:44)
06. They Missed Love (5:28)
07. Take The Steam Train (2:55)

Still only in her mid-thirties, Zurich-based German alto saxophonist/composer Nicole Johänntgen has been performing and tirelessly exploring music for over twenty years. With half a dozen recordings as leader under her belt, Johänntgen turns to New Orleans for inspiration on Henry. Named after her father, who used to play trombone in lieu of an early morning alarm clock for the young Johänntgen, the songs were written during a six-month sojourn in New York and recorded in the Crescent City. The Big Apple's energy transposes itself on the traditional Nawlins template, resulting in a vibrant and spirited set of originals.

It all begins conventionally enough on the title track, with drummer Paul Thibodeaux's infectious second line rhythms, Steven Glenn's pulsating sousaphone grooves and melodic unison lines between Johänntgen and trombonist Jon Ramm forging an upbeat, mellifluous path. The group soon takes an abrupt left turn, however, with saxophone and trombone peeling this way and that in free flight, spurred by Thibodeaux's looser dynamics, while Glenn plays the anchor role.

Ramm and Johänntgen dovetail beautifully on "Oh Yes My Friend," a slow-churning dirge laced with the blues that follows a course as sure as the Mississippi. The contrast between New Orleans parade rhythms—mostly embedded in Glenn's sousaphone pulse—and a more contemporary rhythmic compass underpins the lively "Nola," which will appeal to fans of Arthur Blythe's Night Song (Clarity Records, 1997). Mantra-like motifs and oscillating rhythmic patterns dictate "Slowly," a slow-burner of almost hymnal origin that increases in intensity while maintaining a constant tempo.

Sousaphone and drums star on "The Kids from New Orleans"; this breezy, danceable celebration morphs briefly into a lament before Thibodeaux reactivates the party, as trombone and saxophone trade back and forth with passionate intent. Greater introspection colors "They Missed Love," an impressionistic lament where stuttering rhythms and gently wailing melodies—framed by a sombre head—are the blues by another name. "Take the Steam Train," a lively vignette that fades a little too quickly, sees the quartet gather collective steam before pulling the plug abruptly, just when you'd love to hear it all kicking off. That it leaves you wanting more is a decent summation of the CD as a whole.

It's no small feat that Johänntgen's elegant compositions will likely satisfy traditionalists and modernists alike. Steeped in Louisiana traditions, her roots-based music nevertheless filters more contemporary influences to engaging effect. Whether immersed in meditative blues vein or whether stoking the party fires, there's intensity and emotional weight in the quartet's every step.

A vibrant, satisfying effort from Johänntgen that subtly reimagines New Orleans tradition. And it would make a great wake-up call to boot. ~Ian Patterson

Personnel: Nicole Johänntgen: saxophone (alto); Jon Ramm: trombone; Steven Glenn: sousaphone; Paul Thibodeaux: drums.

Henry

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