Kim Simmonds - Jazzin' On The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:13
Size: 108.1 MB
Styles: Jazz/Blues guitar
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:31] 1. Dancing On A Memory
[4:01] 2. Walking The Guitar
[3:32] 3. Theme For Deborah
[4:16] 4. Surrender
[3:52] 5. Jazzin' On The Blues
[3:38] 6. The Maze
[4:40] 7. She's A Women
[3:35] 8. Rollin' The Blues
[3:40] 9. Nightliner
[4:47] 10. True Blue
[3:37] 11. Shop Around
[3:00] 12. Fascination

This effort from Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown), Jazzin’ on the Blues, is wonderfully brilliant. Featuring twelve amazing instrumental tracks of Simmonds killing it on acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and harmonica alongside percussionist Ron Keck, this record is destined to stand the test of time.

Bursting out a Latin groove to kick things off, Simmonds masterfully plays “Dancing on a Memory” with a suave finesse. I absolutely adore this track. Title track “Jazzin’ on the Blues” and “The Maze” are another couple of stellar originals which shine brightly. Simmonds’ performance is absolutely flawless. I also immensely enjoy Simmonds’ stunning covers of Bill Doggett’s “True Blue” and Smokey Robinson’s “Shop Around”. They are both very nice indeed. Like a beautiful Technicolor sunset at the end of the day, “Fascination” brings a lovely end to the album. Jazzin’ on the Blues is an album I can sit down and enjoy from beginning to end, plus a few more times round again. It’s that good. ~Phillip Smith

Jazzin' On The Blues

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Robert Maxwell - Let's Get Away From It All

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:31
Size: 69.9 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Canadian Sunset
[2:17] 2. Yellow Bird
[2:49] 3. Lisbon Antigua
[3:31] 4. Clair De Lune
[2:13] 5. Moonlight In Vermont
[2:05] 6. Song Of The Nairobi Trio
[2:21] 7. Sequoia
[2:09] 8. Carioca
[2:03] 9. Fly Me To The Moon
[3:13] 10. Malagueña
[2:33] 11. Ebb Tide
[2:36] 12. Let's Get Away From It All

Let's Get Away From It All continues the series of fantastic stereo Decca recordings based on themes suitable to the harp, especially the playful harp of Robert Maxwell.

"Canadian Sunset" is bombast including brass, electric organ, and the eerie, abstract vocals of Lois Winter, who adds a sirenish, exotic dimension to four tracks. That alone sets this record apart from Maxwell's other works. "Carioca" is an entirely fresh interpretation only Maxwell could devise: slow tempo but with heavy, almost rock bass.

There are three originals: "Song of the Nairobi Trio" (which was covered by Command percussionist Terry Snyder), an umpteenth version of "Ebb Tide" -- this time with abstract vocals -- and "Sequoia," also with vocals. And some very interesting, spacy things happen in "Let's Get Away From It All." ~Tony Wilds

Let's Get Away From It All

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Marian McPartland - Willow Creek And Other Ballads

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:39
Size: 93.1 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 1985/2009
Art: Front

[3:38] 1. Without You
[5:24] 2. The Things We Did Last Summer
[4:32] 3. All In Love Is Fair
[3:23] 4. Willow Creek
[2:50] 5. Long Ago And Far Away
[4:36] 6. Someday I'll Find You
[4:02] 7. I Saw Stars
[4:58] 8. Blood Count
[3:50] 9. I've Got A Crush On You
[3:21] 10. Summer Song

Marian McPartland interprets ten diverse ballads on this album including her own "Willow Creek." The tunes are all quite sophisticated and they range from Stevie Wonder ("All in Love Is Fair"), Ahmad Jamal ("Without You") and Billy Strayhorn (the emotional "Blood Count") to Dave Brubeck and Noel Coward (his haunting "Someday I'll Find You" from "Private Lives"). This is nice music even if there is not much mood variation. ~Scott Yanow

Willow Creek And Other Ballads

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Fanny Werner - Crazy In Love

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:17
Size: 101.4 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:28] 1. Beautiful Love
[4:45] 2. Time After Time
[5:13] 3. Crazy He Calls Me
[3:48] 4. Ugetsu-Fantasy
[3:27] 5. Deed I Do
[3:46] 6. Just Like A Butterfly That's Caught In The Rain
[3:11] 7. Little B's Poem
[4:04] 8. Strange Music
[5:32] 9. Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar
[4:51] 10. Lush Life
[2:09] 11. Everytime We Say Goodbye

Fanny Werner explored a number of musical genres before she fully devoted herself to the one genre that most resembles her: Jazz. Influenced by the greatest jazz singers (Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day), she leaves a complete freedom for her sensitivity as she performs jazz standards with a voice sweet and sensual, filling great classics with a new warmth. She easily sings in English as well as in French… a voice that will make you feel as if travelling around the world.

Fanny Werner is a voice : full, generous, sensitive, powerful yet delicate. A place awaits her in the stardom of the world’s great talents.

Crazy In Love

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Greg Diamond - Avenida Graham

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:53
Size: 153.1 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[7:57] 1. Synesthesia
[6:35] 2. Rastros
[7:21] 3. El Coronel
[7:42] 4. Hint Of Jasmin
[7:24] 5. Gentrix
[8:23] 6. Laia
[6:22] 7. Ultima Palabra
[6:35] 8. Cascade
[8:31] 9. Motion Suite

Greg Diamond: guitar; Stacy Dillard: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (1, 4-6, 8, 9); Seamus Blake: tenor saxophone (2, 3); Mike Eckroth: piano; Peter Slavov: bass; Henry Cole: drums; Mauricio Herrera: congas, percussion (1, 3, 5, 9).

Brooklyn-based jazz guitarist Greg Diamond issues his most culturally diverse musical mosaic on Avenida Graham reflecting a blend of jazz and the Latin sound that has been an influential part of his life. Being half Eastern European Jewish and half Colombian, Diamond long ago learned to appreciate the Latin sounds listening to the music of Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon as he immersed himself in the jazz idiom later on. Living near Graham Avenue (aka Avenue of Puerto Rico) and Broadway for over a decade, this album is a reflection of the places, cultural and musical landscape that remain a strong influence in his life and work today.

One big asset this recording has going for it is, the A-list of players the guitarist assembles to document his music. Miguel Zenon's drummer Henry Cole and John Scofield's pianist Mike Eckroth along with bassist Peter Slavov, form the core rhythm section quartet providing the fuel to this musical engine. Diamond elevates the tone and texture of the music by adding jazz luminary Stacy Dillard on the tenor and soprano saxophone on five tracks with tenor saxophone great Seamus Blake on "Rastros" and "El Coronel" along with percussionist extraordinaire Mauricio Herrera rounding out the cast on four pieces.

There are no short pieces here with the starter "Synethesia" providing almost eight-minutes of percussive percolating grooves featuring Dillard on soprano, Herrera and Cole pounding out the beats and the leader unfurling lightning solos of his own. "Rastros" opens up in tender fashion with the guitarist delivering soft fingerplay on the strings against the backdrop of Blake's humble tenor phrases in a warm ballad of which Diamonds states is, "One of my favorite tunes of the record." One of the centerpieces of the album has to be the up tempo, fast-paced Latin-styled "El Coronel" and homage to a character from a novel by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Diamond's writing provides many moments of musical magic throughout the recording such as a solemn guitar solo on the introduction to "Hint of Jasmin," the introspective haunting sounds of "Laia," the melodic and uplifting "Cascade" and the complex tempo-changing "Motion Suite" the guitarist's most ambitious work taking two years to complete. ~Edward Blanco

Avenida Graham

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The Benny Carter Quartet - Swingin' The 20s

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:24
Size: 104.0 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1958/1988
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Thou Swell
[3:18] 2. My Blue Heaven
[2:32] 3. Just Imagine
[2:40] 4. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
[5:00] 5. Sweet Lorraine
[2:23] 6. Who's Sorry Now
[2:24] 7. Who's Sorry Now (Alternate Take)
[3:20] 8. Laugh! Clown! Laugh!
[2:51] 9. Laugh! Clown! Laugh! (Alternate Take)
[3:13] 10. All Alone
[3:10] 11. All Alone (Alternate Take)
[3:06] 12. Mary Lou
[2:44] 13. In A Little Spanish Town
[2:37] 14. Someone To Watch Over Me
[3:09] 15. A Monday Date

Combining altoist Benny Carter with pianist Earl Hines in a quartet is an idea with plenty of potential, but the results of this 1958 session are relaxed rather than explosive. Carter and Hines explore a dozen tunes (standards as well as forgotten songs like "All Alone" and "Mary Lou") with respect and light swing, but one wishes that there were a bit more competitiveness to replace some of the mutual respect. [Originally released in 1958, Swingin' the Twenties was digitally remastered on CD in 1988 and includes bonus tracks.] ~Scott Yanow

Swingin' The 20s

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Saxophone Summit - Visitation

Styles: Saxophome Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:51
Size: 132,8 MB
Art: Front

(10:25)  1. Visitation
(10:24)  2. Balkis
( 5:18)  3. The Message
(10:31)  4. Partition
( 9:28)  5. Point
(11:42)  6. Consequence

After two recordings for Telarc 2004's Gathering of Spirits, with the late Michael Brecker, and 2008's Seraphic Light, with Ravi Coltrane assuming the position vacated by Brecker following his untimely passing the previous year Saxphone Summit is back with Visitation. Funded by the (for jazz) early crowd-funding ArtistShare imprint, it demonstrates the difference between recording for a relatively major label and one where the group can, it seems, call all the shots.  Not that the previous recordings were in any way artistic compromises   Seraphic Light was already a more experimental recording than the slightly more centrist Gathering of Spirits but the differences on Visitation are many, even as the group retains the unmistakable collective sound of its members, in particular the front line that, in addition to Coltrane, also features Dave Liebman and Joe Lovano a triple threat if ever there was one. While the sextet's previous recordings featured compositions from all the front line members, in addition to occasional contributions from pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Billy Hart, there were also significantly reworked versions of music from John Coltrane's vast repertoire that helped to define the underlying premise of the group. This time it's all-original and totally egalitarian all the way, with Visitation's six tracks representing one each from Saxophone Summit's six members. The spirit of Coltrane cannot help but loom over this saxophone-heavy group, but this time it's less overt, even as Saxophone Summit delivers its freest album yet, one where almost every tune eschews time, changes...or sometimes both.

While less intense overall, its Coltrane touchstone is in the late saxophone giant's intrinsic spirituality, a feeling that underscores the entire session. On the simmering heat of Ravi Coltrane's "The Message," a gorgeously written theme for soprano saxophone (Coltrane), tenor saxophone (Liebman) and alto clarinet (Lovano) opens up into freer terrain for a brief but finely honed solo from Markowitz that, with the horns acting as a rallying point, leads to a similarly liberated turn from McBee before the three horns return, this time for a spirited free-for-all that, bolstered by the responsively tumultuous Hart, also demonstrates just how much everyone in this group is constantly listening; freer music this may be, but never without purpose, and always predicated on some kind of structure, albeit in as oblique a manner as Saxophone Summit has ever been. Liebman's "Partition" is, perhaps, a follow-on to the kind of music he's written before like Redemption: Live in Europe's "WTC," the more abstract, near-new music composition that appeared on this 2007 Hatology release's documentation of a reunited Quest, the longstanding group in which Liebman was a member (along with Hart) in the '80s and '90s. Combining freedom and form, there are individual a cappella and accompanied solos for the three saxophonists, but also some of Liebman's most compelling writing for three horns alone together that demonstrates lack of time and changes need not imply chaos or cacophony; it can, in fact, mean truly powerful beauty.

Lovano's opening title track is more reckless in its abandon, while Hart's "Balkis" is a different kind of exploration of similar harmonic space, darker-hued in disposition. Markowitz's "Point" is the album's most extreme track, with Liebman delivering his most unfettered soprano solo of the set, while McBee's "Consequence closes the set on a more tranquil note, his arco bass a thing of beauty made all the more dramatic when he switches to pizzicato for the album's most time and changes-centric moment, one where Coltrane even briefly quotes his father's introduction to the classic A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965) before passing the baton to Markowitz for another solo that, as is true with every date on which he participates, suggests an artist who continues to deserve far broader recognition. It's hard to know whether or not Telarc had anything to do with the more accessible nature of Saxophone Summit's first two recordings; sometimes it's just a matter of where the musicians are at a particular point in time nothing more and nothing less. For whatever reason, Saxophone Summit has decided to take a left turn into its most abstruse, open-ended music to date with Visitation. What makes it such a fully rewarding listen is, however, that as liberated as it often becomes, it's never without underlying definition and with a dynamic range as wide as the musicians' knowledge is deep, it never loses sight of the collective's concept...and the importance of maintaining a conceptual focus, whether it's exploring more expressionistic extremes or impressionistically disposed climes. ~ John Kelman https://www.allaboutjazz.com/saxophone-summit-visitation-by-john-kelman.php
 

Personnel: Joe Lovano: tenor saxophone (1, 4, 5), G soprano saxophone (2), alto clarinet (3, 6); Ravi Coltrane: tenor saxophone (1, 2, 4-6); Dave Liebman: soprano saxophone (1, 2, 4-6), tenor saxophone (3); Phil Markowitz: piano; Cecil McBee: bass; Billy Hart: drums.

Visitation

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Rossana Casale - Billie Holiday In Me

Styles: Vocal, Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:28
Size: 146,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:28)  1. You've changed
(4:19)  2. Speak low
(5:45)  3. Body and soul
(4:21)  4. For heaven's Sake
(5:27)  5. Loverman
(7:31)  6. Comes love
(6:41)  7. God bless the child
(4:34)  8. Easy To Love
(3:51)  9. Every thing I have is yours
(6:00) 10. Willop weep for me
(5:31) 11. My Man
(4:55) 12. I'll be seeing you

The New York-born daughter of an American father and an Italian mother, Rossana Casale has grown into one of Italy's most adventurous musicians. Her songs have been featured in such Italian films as the Pupi Avati-directed movie Una Gita Scolastica, while she toured with Teatro dell'Opera Raffaele Paganini in the musical comedy An American in Paris. She recorded an Italian version of "Someday, My Prince Will Come" for the restored edition of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Moving to Italy as a youngster, Casale temporarily lived in Venice before settling in Milan. A background singer for Italian group Albero Motore, in 1972 she enrolled at the Conservatory G. Verdi in Milan, where she studied vocals, percussion, and electronic music. Casale's 1982 debut single "Didin" was followed by the Italian pop albums Casale in 1984 and Aspettarti in 1985. She appeared at the Fest di San Remo in 1986 singing the Italian pop ballad "Destiny." Veering toward jazz in the late '90s, Casale performed at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. Her first jazz album, Incoerente Jazz, was released in 1989. Although she has continued to explore the jazz realm, Casale continues to defy categorization. Her 1991 album Lo Strato Naturale represented a shift toward atmospheric jazz. 

A meeting with African group Toure Kunde sparked an interest in world music. Together with her quartet, featuring Riccardo Zegne, Luciano Milanese, Carlo Atti, and Luigi Bonafede, Casale continues to perform jazz standards by such American songwriters as Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk. In 1994, they recorded the album Jazz in Me in a whirlwind, four-day session. ~ Craig Harris https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/billie-holiday-in-me/id61579865?app=music

Personnel:  Rossana Casale voce;  Luigi Bonafede piano;  Luciano Milanese contrabbasso (6, 10, 11);  Andrea Pozza piano (6, 10, 11);  Claudio Capurro sax alto (6, 10, 11);  Carlo Milanese batteria (6, 10, 11);  Massimo Baldini sax tenore (8);  Fulvio Chiara tromba (12);  Aldo Mella contrabbasso (4).

Billie Holiday In Me

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Bert Kaempfert - The Collection

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:48
Size: 121,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. A Swining Safari
(2:21)  2. Free As A Bird
(2:57)  3. Love Comes But Once
(2:14)  4. Treat For Trumpets
(2:08)  5. Cotton Candy
(2:22)  6. Red Roses For A Blue Lady
(2:35)  7. Three O'Clock In The Morning
(3:38)  8. Lover's Wonderland
(3:19)  9. Honeysuckle Rose
(3:14) 10. Bert's Bossa No. 2
(3:23) 11. Wheeling Free (There's A Hill Beyond The Hill Ahead)
(2:11) 12. Blue Moon
(2:37) 13. There, I've Said It Again
(2:37) 14. How Deep Is The Ocean
(3:05) 15. Love After Midnight
(3:03) 16. Time To Love
(3:18) 17. We Can Make It Girl
(2:26) 18. Goodnight Sweet Dreams

“I want to make music for everyone. It’s meant to give people pleasure. If it doesn’t, it’s failed in its purpose.” (Bert Kaempfert)

Long before the Liverpool sound even existed, it was Bert Kaempfert who, with My Bonnie, made the Beatles into recording stars as early as 1960 preparing the ground for Paul McCartney, John Lennon & Co.: phenomenal international career: they had the benefit of his knowledge, his skills and that creativity which he so undogmatically imparted. The list of the solo artists who scored success after international success with Kaempfert’s inimitable compositions reads like a Who’s Who of light music: Frank Sinatra, Al Martino, Dean Martin. Ella Fitzgerald und Shirley Bassey. Sarah Vaughan und Peggy Lee. Nat “King” Cole, Herb Alpert, Johnny Mathis. Brenda Lee, Caterina Valente, Andy Williams, Nancy Wilson  to name but a few. Quite simply, they all felt at ease with the melodies this Hamburg composer and arranger created, melodies as light and unforced as their construction was inspired. Whether intentionally or not, he clearly knew how to reproduce in his music the nature of the person he was: likeable, unassuming and restrained yet, at the same time, infectious, expressive and brimming with joie de vivre. In short, melodies that do you good. The biography of the man whose ideas occupy a firm place in the annals of music history began more than eighty years ago in a working-class district of Hamburg. http://kaempfert.de/en/biography/

The Collection

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Rolf Kuhn - Big Band Connection

Styles: Clarinet Jazz
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:14
Size: 127,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:16)  1. Sweet Georgia Brown
(4:40)  2. On Green Dolphin Street
(4:03)  3. Autumn Leaves
(3:40)  4. Get Me To The Church On Time
(4:00)  5. As The Lonely Years Went By
(4:38)  6. Satin Doll
(6:45)  7. Sister Sadie
(4:42)  8. Cabaret
(4:46)  9. Don't Be That Way
(7:44) 10. Stella By Starlight
(3:56) 11. Yesterdays

As noted in the brief liner notes, clarinetist Rolf Kuhn utilizes the same instrumentation on this CD as the 1938 Benny Goodman big band (except for the lack of a rhythm guitar), but the orchestra (arranged by Rob Pronk and Barry Ross) actually sounds much closer to Count Basie's in the 1960s than to Goodman's. Kuhn draws his players from The NDR Big Band. Unfortunately, except for short spots (most notably on "Sister Sadie"), little is heard from his sidemen except in anonymous ensembles; altoist Herb Geller pops up just twice while pianist Fritz Pauer and trombonist Joe Gallardo make stronger impressions. 

Rolf Kuhn is a talented bop-oriented soloist and has several fine solos, but overall these swinging renditions of tunes such as "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Autumn Leaves" and "Satin Doll" are very safe, middle-of-the-road and without any real surprises. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/big-band-connection-mw0000173586

Personnel: Rolf Kuhn (clarinet); Herb Geller (saxophone); Joe Gallardo (trombone); Fritz Pauer (piano); Ronnie Stephenson, Lennart Axelsson, Johannes Faber, NDR Big Band.

Big Band Connection

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Michel Bisceglia - About Stories

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:33
Size: 144,8 MB
Art: Front

(8:03)  1. Presence Of Mammals
(6:16)  2. Song For Ervin
(4:52)  3. Prova 10
(6:14)  4. The Epic
(3:40)  5. Prova 11
(6:03)  6. No Turn Back!
(7:06)  7. All About Stories
(6:46)  8. Children's Sphere
(6:59)  9. Passion
(6:30) 10. Red Eye

“Michel Bisceglia is one of those rare musicians who is not afraid to combine a variety of styles with the jazz tradition. His writing and playing are quite lyrical and adventurous. It was a challenge and a great pleasure to work with Michel. I hope we will continue to share music with one another. ~Bob Mintzer http://www.michelbisceglia.org/about-stories/

Personnel:  Michel Bisceglia – Piano;  Randy Brecker – Trumpet;  Bob Mintzer - Tenor Saxophone & Bass Clarinet;   Werner Lauscher – Bass;  Marc Léhan – Drums  

About Stories

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Little Willie Jackson & His Original Honeydrippers - Jazz Me Blues

Size: 153,1 MB
Time: 64:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Jazz Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Watts Local (2:37)
02. Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night (2:43)
03. Jackson's Boogie (2:46)
04. I Ain't Got Nobody (2:27)
05. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (2:49)
06. Fst (2:47)
07. Black And Blue (2:51)
08. The Peanut Vendor (2:54)
09. Someday, Somehow, Somewhere (2:48)
10. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (2:32)
11. Let's Jump (2:37)
12. Muddy Water (2:37)
13. Little Willie's Boogie (2:53)
14. You Can Depend On Me (2:37)
15. 58th St Jump (2:38)
16. There'll Be Some Changes Made (2:25)
17. Baby (2:42)
18. Shasta (2:42)
19. St Louis Blues (Alt) (2:32)
20. My Baby's Blues (2:36)
21. St Louis Blues (2:38)
22. The Peanut Vendor (Alt) (2:57)
23. Jackson's Boogie (Alt) (2:51)
24. Muddy Water (Alt) (2:33)

This is a comprehensive anthology of Jackson's late-'40s Modern sessions: both sides of six 1947-1948 singles, plus a dozen previously unreleased cuts (including some alternate takes). It's another in what is apparently a never-ending series of Ace compilations showcasing early Modern artists pivotal to the transition between swing jazz and jump blues, even if they (like Jackson) are virtually forgotten half a century later. Unlike some, perhaps most, of such Modern artists, Jackson might be more accurately classified as a jazz musician than a blues/R&B one. Boogie instrumentals are mixed with vocal outings in the Louis Armstrong/Cab Calloway mold, often favoring jazz and pop songs that, even by 1948, were on the verge of passing out of fashion. Jackson was a pleasantly passable singer with a slightly lower-than-normal register, though no great shakes. The recordings are more notable for the playing of the Honeydrippers, who, of course, are more known for their work on more famous records by Joe Liggins. The best numbers on the disc are those that are the bluesiest and loosest, such as the instrumentals "Jackson's Boogie" and "Watts Local," or "The Peanut Vendor" with its Mardi Gras-type rhythms. "Black and Blue" has some (muted) racial commentary in its doleful lyrics about the problems of being black, though these are subtle enough that it can almost be missed on casual hearing, and certainly too subtle to qualify this as an out-and-out protest song. The sound is very good considering the age of the source recordings. ~by Richie Unterberger

Jazz Me Blues

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Manu Le Prince - In A Latin Mood

Size: 118,3 MB
Time: 51:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Latin Jazz, Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. In A Latin Mood (3:59)
02. Dreams Of Peace (5:26)
03. Serenade (4:46)
04. Sempre Voltar (5:14)
05. Like Castles In The Air (3:17)
06. Sail Away (4:43)
07. Paris Et Rio (4:32)
08. Avarandar (4:55)
09. Twilight Dream (5:26)
10. Let The Music Take Care Of You (3:49)
11. Il Faut Tourner La Page (4:49)

As years go by, Manu Le Prince stands out today as one of the most beautiful voices of latin jazz in France. A singer known for her warm and sensuous vocal timbre, she is also an accomplished lyric writer and composer, so adding to her interpretations of standard jazz songs a very personal touch giving them a new dimension. Born in Paris with anglo-argentinian origins and brazilian by heart, Manu has been living between Paris and Rio during the latest 25 years, mixing intimately the Jazz music that rocked her childhood with brazilian music. Manu has been so following a path to success that started with her performances with Christian Vander's mythical french jazz band MAGMA, until more recently, through her collaboration with renowned brazilian peformers such as trombonist Raul de SOUZA or Hermeto PASCOAL.

Manu Le Prince has recorded several albums, the latest one "BossaJazz for Ever", Tribute to the founder of the Bossa Nova Johnny Alf (4 stars on on the french review Jazzman), wich starred at the New Morning (Paris) and at the Sesc Pinheiros (Sao Paulo) amongst other cities.

Since 2016, Manu Le Prince is working on her new project "In a Latin Mood" in collaboration with the great argentinian percussionist and arranger Minino Garay along a very fine team of some of the best musicians in Paris, and also written with new modern french jazz composers Baptiste Trotignon, Gregory Privat, Giovanni Mirabassi, adding a also musics from Kenny Barron and Milton Nascimento.

In A Latin Mood

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Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis - Handful Of Keys

Size: 140,0 MB
Time: 60:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Jingles ( 3:44)
02. Lulu's Back In Town (12:01)
03. Four By Five ( 8:39)
04. Very Early ( 8:03)
05. The Strawberry ( 9:15)
06. Hymn To Freedom ( 5:48)
07. All Of Me ( 7:21)
08. Temperance ( 5:50)

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guests take you through 100 hundred years of jazz piano on Handful of Keys. Star pianists Joey Alexander, Dick Hyman, Myra Melford, Helen Sung, Isaiah J. Thompson, and the JLCO's own Dan Nimmer grab hold of all 88 keys and reveal the full extent of the piano's evolution over the 20th century.

Recorded on opening night of the 2016-17 Jazz at Lincoln Center season, Handful of Keys showcases a band in full stride, burning through electric arrangements of beloved compositions from James P. Johnson, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, and more. With guests ranging in age from 13-year-old prodigy Alexander (recently featured on '60 Minutes') to 89-year-old American treasure Hyman, Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO survey jazz piano's past and give the stage to several prodigies who are taking the instrument in bold new directions.

Handful Of Keys

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Sara Moller - Forgettable

Size: 102,1 MB
Time: 41:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. So Simple (2:33)
02. Lullaby (4:47)
03. Now I Know (4:20)
04. Once I Built (2:32)
05. Love Lost (4:25)
06. This Saddest World (2:46)
07. Start All Over (5:01)
08. Hold Me (3:29)
09. We're Going Down (2:54)
10. And You Wait (2:13)
11. There's Nothing Between You And The Sky (3:24)
12. The Fruit And The Bloom (3:25)

Swedish artist Sara Möller creates her own musical world where folk and chanson meet jazz and blues. Her songs, with lyrics both in Swedish and English, are both original and classical in their sound. Her debut album Världen Kom Tillbaka (World, Come Back, Konfonium Audio/Border Music) was released in 2014. The release consert was at Rönnells Antikvariat in Stockholm. The album was played in the Swedish Radio and was acclaimed both in Swedish and international music press (see reviews under “press”) She has performed at several stages in Stockholm, among all Izzy Youngs Folklorecenter and Theater Pero. In August 2015 she performed at Stockholm Culture Festival at Skeppsbron in central Stockholm.

Forgettable

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Brandon Willis - Impact

Size: 101,7 MB
Time: 39:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

01. All I Need (3:40)
02. Fire It Up (3:56)
03. Seduction (4:01)
04. Impact (3:42)
05. Melrose St (3:55)
06. In The House (3:23)
07. Its Always Been You (3:00)
08. Next Friday (4:12)
09. Bring It On (4:41)
10. When Were Together (4:28)

Brandon Willis is a 25 year old saxophonist from Newcastle, Washington that brings a soulful sound and charismatic persona to the northwest jazz scene. Under the tutelage of nationally acclaimed saxophonist Darren Motamedy, Brandon has played for years in the Seattle area. Six months before he was born, his parents attended a jazz concert by local smooth jazz artist Darren Motamedy. Sixteen years later in 2008, Brandon was performing alongside Motamedy at local jazz clubs as he pursues a career in music.
A recent graduate of the University of Washington with a B.A. in Political Science, his eagerly anticipated debut album titled “First Time” is now available. Developed with the likes of pianist/arranger Eugene Bien, Kenny G’s touring guitarist John Raymond, and keyboardist Donyea Goodman, Brandon aims to re-vitalize contemporary jazz with his abundant instrumental talent.

In November of 2012, Brandon was presented with the opportunity to open for Grammy nominated saxophonist Gerald Albright & Grammy winning guitarist Norman Brown at Seattle University; a performance that he calls one of his most inspired to date. Click on the Video tab to watch an excerpt from the concert.

Following the successful debut of Brandon Willis’s album “First Time”, he spent the next few years playing shows around the U.S preparing for his second album. In a genre saturated with sax players Brandon took the next step by finding a producer | songwriter capable of making him stand out from the crowd. He found GRAMMY® nominee, producer and label owner Nate Harasim. They quickly began working on the “Brandon Willis | Harasim” sound, prevalent on the new single “IMPACT” and make an “IMPACT” it does. With Harasim’s production and Willis’s sax playing, a #1 hit isn't far off. Brandon signed with M1 Records in late 2016 after showing President Nate Harasim and Vice President Sandy McGraw a promising outlook on the “New” contemporary jazz sound.

They are currently preparing for Brandon’s March 2017 album release with live performances being booked , and a national radio tour being scheduled. An old school boots on the ground approach to the music, performance and artistry is set to make a big “IMPACT” in a genre that needs fresh, energetic, young talent.

Impact

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Victoria Rummler - Take Two

Size: 108,5 MB
Time: 46:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. 20th Century Fox Theme (0:25)
02. Love Is Here To Stay From An American In Paris (Feat. Federico Casagrande) (3:34)
03. Theme From Le Ballon Rouge (Feat. Dano Haider) (2:59)
04. The Pink Panther Theme From The Pink Panther (Feat. Guilherme Monteiro) (3:11)
05. Smile From Modern Times (Feat. Lionel Loueke) (6:04)
06. Frankly From Franly (Feat. Federico Casagrande) (4:06)
07. Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud From Lift To A Scaffold (Feat. Dano Haider) (3:02)
08. C'est Le Vent, Betty From Betty Blue (1:05)
09. I Wanna Be Loved By You From Some Like It Hot (Feat. Nguyen Le) (4:11)
10. Casablanca From Casablanca (Feat. Guilherme Monteiro) (3:21)
11. La Chanson D'Helene From Les Choses De La Vie (Feat. Federico Casagrande) (3:43)
12. Theme From Le Ballon Rouge From Red Ballon (Feat. Federico Casagrande) (3:02)
13. Cantina Theme From Star Wars (Feat. Dano Haider) (2:18)
14. Chanson De Delphine From Les Demoiselles De Rochefort (Feat. Dano Haider) (5:11)

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

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

Take Two

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Stan Getz - Quartets (Remastered)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:01
Size: 93.9 MB
Styles: West Coast jazz, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1950/1984
Art: Front

[2:53] 1. There's A Small Hotel
[3:14] 2. I've Got You Under My Skin
[3:18] 3. What's New
[2:54] 4. Too Marvelous For Words
[2:51] 5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
[2:41] 6. My Old Flame
[2:41] 7. My Old Flame (Altenate Take)
[2:55] 8. Long Island Sound
[2:47] 9. Indian Summer
[2:39] 10. Mar-Cia
[2:33] 11. Crazy Chords
[3:14] 12. The Lady In Red
[3:13] 13. The Lady In Red
[3:02] 14. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

After gaining initial fame with Woody Herman's band, Stan Getz went solo in the late '40s, hitting his zenith during the bossa nova craze of the early '60s. Before scoring with "Girl From Ipanema," though, Getz established himself with a slew of fine dates for Prestige and Verve, including this one from 1950. At the time, Getz's cool, Lester Young-inspired sound was becoming more distinct and harmonically varied, featuring the beautifully mellifluous tone he would soon turn into his trademark. Getz's airy approach is optimally heard on Quartets' many ballad standards, including stellar versions of "My Old Flame" and "What's New." He even pens the standout ballad of the set, "Mar-cia," while demonstrating his varied writing skills with the original swinger "Crazy Chords." Other highlights include medium cookers like "There's a Small Hotel" and "Too Marvelous for Words" and the Latin-tinged "Lady in Red" (a sort of minor classic and admittedly one of Getz's favorites). Getz is ably supported by top players throughout, including pianist Al Haig, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Roy Haynes. Although the sound is not crystal clear (this is, after all, the early days of the LP), Quartets is still a very enjoyable set. Those new to his work, though, might want to start in with later, better-sounding releases on Verve, like Stan Getz Plays or Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio. ~Stephen Cook

Quartets (Remastered)

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Stephen Bennett - 2 albums: More Beatles / Even More Beatles

Album: More Beatles
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:15
Size: 94.4 MB
Styles: Folk, New Age
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:48] 1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
[3:00] 2. Obla-Di Obla-Da
[3:59] 3. Across The Universe
[2:07] 4. Can't Buy Me Love
[3:55] 5. Let It Be
[2:02] 6. For No One
[2:45] 7. With A Little Help From My Friends
[2:33] 8. Your Mother Should Know
[2:50] 9. Mother Nature's Son
[2:54] 10. Michelle
[2:57] 11. Oh Darling
[2:52] 12. Day Tripper
[2:13] 13. She Loves You
[2:13] 14. Eleanor Rigby

A second collection of music from the greatest band ever by the greatest harp guitarist ever. Mostly solo harp guitar (11 out of the 14 tunes), with 6-string solo for 2 more and one duet.

More Beatles

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Album: Even More Beatles
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:22
Size: 78.7 MB
Styles: Folk, New Age
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. I Should Have Known Better
[2:39] 2. Birthday
[2:02] 3. Good Day Sunshine
[2:50] 4. I Saw Her Standing There
[2:15] 5. Lady Madonna
[2:20] 6. I'm Looking Through You
[3:15] 7. You Never Give Me Your Money
[1:44] 8. I Will
[2:42] 9. When I'm 64
[3:24] 10. Don't Let Me Down
[2:34] 11. And I Love Her
[2:43] 12. Because
[2:49] 13. Walking In The Park With Eloise

Stephen is one of our absolute favorite harp guitarists; in fact, one of our favorite musicians, period. As one of the finest composers of our generation - whether it be on 6-string acoustic, bottleneck or his main instrument, the Dyer-style harp guitar - his music will make you smile, laugh and cry. He tours the world as a soloist, and is a frequent participant in several major guitar festivals. Oh, and he won National Championships in both flat- and finger-style guitar. He’d win harp guitar also if they had the category! ~http://www.harpguitarmusic.com

Even More Beatles

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Julie London - Your Number, Please

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:26
Size: 88.0 MB
Styles: Vocal, Torch songs
Year: 1959/2010
Art: Front

[2:42] 1. Makin' Whoopee
[3:10] 2. It Could Happen To You
[3:19] 3. When I Fall In Love
[2:20] 4. It's A Blue World
[3:05] 5. They Can't Take That Away From Me
[4:06] 6. One For My Baby
[3:53] 7. Angel Eyes
[3:14] 8. Our Love Is Here To Stay
[2:59] 9. The More I See You
[2:56] 10. A Stranger In Town
[3:11] 11. Two Sleepy People
[3:25] 12. Learnin' The Blues

One in a long series of Julie London records, this set features the sultry but subtle singer on a dozen standards, each of which she dedicates to a different male singer. No dates or personnel information are given other than the LP stating that Andre Previn arranged for the backing orchestra. Although not essential, this is a worthwhile set, with London adding sensuality to such songs as "Learnin' the Blues," "When I Fall in Love," "The More I See You," and "Angel Eyes." ~Scott Yanow

Your Number, Please

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