Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Debra Mann - A Time For Love

Size: 147,8 MB
Time: 63:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. You're Everything (4:24)
02. Hold On To My Love (6:00)
03. You Can Count On Me (3:08)
04. Agua De Beber (6:17)
05. A Time For Love (6:16)
06. I'm Old Fashioned (2:58)
07. How My Heart Sings (5:19)
08. Love Reborn (5:19)
09. I'm All Smiles (4:11)
10. Don't Go To Strangers (5:38)
11. From The Heart (3:44)
12. Lush Life (6:12)
13. Song For The Vineyard (3:49)

Debra Mann is widely recognized as Rhode Island’s premier jazz pianist and vocalist. She graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music, Boston, studied jazz piano with Jeff Covell, Charlie Banacos, Harvey Diamond, Hal Crook, Diamond Centofanti, and Bob Winter, classical piano studies with Ed Bedner. vocal training with classical voice teachers, Dante Pavone & Annamaria Saritelli, Somatic VoiceWork, the LoVetri Method founder, Jeannie LoVetri, and jazz vocal improvisation with Bob Stoloff.

Since graduating from Berklee, Debra has performed extensively as a solo artist and in various groups throughout the New England area at venues of all sizes, including jazz clubs, concert halls, and festivals, while sharing the stage with well known artists including Dick Johnson, Herb Pomeroy, Gray Sargent, Marshall Wood, Ted Casher, Billy Novick, Greg Hopkins, Greg Abate, John LaPorta, Dave Zinno, Dino Govoni, Jay Azzolina, John Lockwood, Marty Richards, Marty Ballou, Mike Monaghan, Dan Moretti, Ed Tomassi, Oscar Stagnaro, Nanny Assis, Claudio Ragazzi, Bob Gullotti, Jon Wheatley, Jeff Stout, John Allmark, Ed Saindon, and many others.

In 1990 she established the Debra Mann Trio, which has since been expanded to a quintet that features world-class musicians. They perform American Jazz standards, Brazilian jazz music, original compositions, and concerts that feature the music of iconic singer/songwriter, Joni Mitchell, Brazilian composer and national treasure, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and jazz pianist/composer, Dave Frishberg.

Debra has performed at Symphony Hall, Boston, as a featured guest soloist with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra. She had the distinct honor of performing at the request of Frank Sinatra. In celebration of Women’s History Month she performed with her trio on Ron Dellachiesa’s WGBH radio program “Music America”.

Debra Mann is a Whaling City Sound recording artist. Her newest recording, Full Circle, features the music of Joni Mitchell, and will be released in early 2018. She has released three CD recordings on her record label, Jobe Records. “From the Heart” was nominated “Best local recording” by the Providence Phoenix. “A Time for Love” was released to a sold out concert at Chan’s, RI’s premier jazz club. “Home” was placed on the Official Ballot for the 2010 Grammy Awards by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in several categories including Record of the Year ('Autumn'), Album of the Year ('Home'), Song of the Year ('Heart of Love'), Best Pop Vocal Album ('Home'), and Best Improvised Jazz Solo (‘Autumn').

Debra is a passionate Jazz educator. She is a member of the Jazz Education Network, as well as the Providence Musicians Union. She is in demand as a jazz voice and piano teacher. She joined the faculty at Brown University in 2014, and Wheaton College in 2015. She is a certified teacher in Somatic VoiceWork, the LoVetri Method. Her approach to teaching is wholistic, encompassing technique, theory, repertoire, improvisation, composition, arranging, performance techniques, and helping students discover and develop their own personal style.

A Time For Love

Stephan Kramer With Sheila Jordan & Chris Lachotta - Thank You Sheila!

Size: 144,6 MB
Time: 61:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. When I Grow Too Old To Dream (3:21)
02. Sheila Introduces The Duo (2:13)
03. Hum Drum Blues (2:13)
04. Like Someone In Love (4:40)
05. Sheila Talks About Bird (0:58)
06. If I Should Lose You (6:29)
07. The Promise Of You (4:39)
08. Stephan Says Thank You (1:02)
09. Look For The Silver Lining (3:15)
10. Yardbird Suite (4:52)
11. Useless Landscape (4:55)
12. Sheila Points Out The Tie (0:56)
13. How Deep Is The Ocean (6:54)
14. Lady Be Good (4:13)
15. Sheila Talks About Nyc (0:22)
16. Autumn In New York (6:48)
17. Estate (3:43)

Sheila Jordan, Stephan Kramer and Chris Lachotta - how can I rewrite this connection? An attempt: the gentle and exhilarating jazz sounds & Latin grooves take the listener into their own magical world of formation. You feel almost as close to the musicians as if you listened to their music in a small New York jazz club and would end the evening in style with a glass of wine.

Sheila Jordan brings along a tremendous scatvocabulary with a rare depth of interpretation, her serene life experience carries the whole thing: fearlessly and casually she creates intricate phrasing and rhythmic specials that one might think were nursery rhymes. Always with you: heart and soul. Every word, every phrase seems to have meaning, is filled with lived life.

Stephan Kramer accompanies to the point, sensitively captures every mood, every note of the singer and complements it with his own jazz language. You could almost be jealous as a singer ... Whether fast, sweeping chord changes or thoughtful Flageolet sounds, this music is still unique. It's nice to hear the change of hands, to experience the handmade music in his guitar playing.

Last but not least there is Chris Lachotta on the bass, who gives the whole a primed frame, sometimes soft and dreamy with the use of the bow, sometimes plucked and striding forcefully. Also one or the other bass solo can be heard. ~Online translation

Thank You Sheila!

Claudio Chiara - Retro Gems

Size: 78,1 MB
Time: 32:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Livietta's Dance (3:04)
02. Look Forward (3:23)
03. The Winter Is Long (3:12)
04. Samba For Me (3:50)
05. The Sun Of Bahia (3:48)
06. Burt's Mood (3:54)
07. Homeward (2:48)
08. Speed Trial (2:16)
09. A Fine Day (3:10)
10. Alida's Dream (3:27)

Claudio Chiara is one of Italy's busiest jazz musicians. The former lead alto saxophone player in Gianni Basso's Big Band, Tullio De Piscopo's Big Band, and Paese Degli Specchi Big Band, Chiara has toured Europe with the Paolo Conte Band since 1995. In addition to recording two albums, Claudio Chiara Quintet and Il Jazz, with his own quintet, Chiara has worked with such stellar jazz musicians as Bob Mover, Benny Bailey, Alvin Queen, Bill Evans, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Riccardo Zegna, Luciano Milanese, Andrea Pozza, Luigi Bonafede, Stefhan Belmando, and Furio Di Castri. Together with the New Generation Band, he recorded two albums, Indian Fire and Modern Word, of big band-influenced original tunes. Since 1995, he has performed in Europe with the Paolo Conte Band. Initially an upright bass player, Chiara studied with Enzo Ferraris at the G. Verdi Conservatory of Music. Teaching himself to play alto saxophone, he made his debut on the instrument as a member of Gianni Basso's Big Band in 1986. ~by Craig Harris

Retro Gems

Bobby Broom & The Organi-Sation - Soul Fingers

Size: 136,4 MB
Time: 58:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Guitar Jazz, Easy Listening
Art: Front & Back

01. Come Together (6:02)
02. Ode To Billie Joe (5:44)
03. Do It Again (5:05)
04. Why My Guitar Gently Weeps (6:11)
05. Summer Breeze (6:02)
06. Eyes Of Faith (5:51)
07. Get Ready (6:43)
08. A Whiter Shade Of Pale (4:36)
09. I Can't Help (6:09)
10. The Guitar Man (5:55)

Veteran jazz guitarist Bobby Broom combines his jazz pedigree with his love of the pop tunes he grew up with in the '60s and '70s on his twelfth recording as a leader, the aptly-titled 'Soul Fingers', produced by Steve Jordan.

It's a formula that Broom worked to perfection on 2001's 'Stand!', which had him interpreting songs by The Beatles, The Turtles, The Mamas and the Papas, Johnny Nash, Stevie Wonder and Sly & The Family Stone through a hard-bop lens. This time out he puts his personal spin on some iconic pop tunes from that same golden era in a swinging program with his Organi-Sation, featuring his longtime drummer Kobie Watkins and the Philly-born, Brooklyn-based B-3 ace Ben Paterson.

Together they shuffle and swing their way through pop classics like The Beatles' "Come Together," Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billie Joe," Steely Dan's "Do It Again," Seals & Crofts' "Summer Breeze" and others. And Broom, a continuation of that great jazz guitar lineage running from Kenny Burrell and Wes Montgomery to Grant Green, George Benson and Pat Martino, holds nothing back in his harmonic stretching and fleet-fingered flurries on these familiar vehicles.

'Soul Fingers' also represents a reunion, of sorts, between Broom and drummer-producer Steve Jordan, who played together in Sonny Rollins' band during two different periods.

Soul Fingers

Rich Howard - I Wish You Love

Size: 106,9 MB
Time: 46:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Because Of You (3:21)
02. September In The Rain (3:45)
03. More Than You Know (5:13)
04. An Affair To Remember (3:25)
05. I'll Be Seeing You (Live) (3:55)
06. Where Or When (4:06)
07. When Day Is Done (3:33)
08. My Ideal (3:08)
09. I Wish You Love (3:46)
10. You'll Never Know (5:11)
11. If I Didn't Care (3:44)
12. Without A Song (2:47)

Ballads and love songs from the Great American Songbook make for a soothing experience. For his debut album, Rich had a wonderful group of New York area studio musicians chosen by pianist and producer John Di Martino backing him up.

I Wish You Love

Vickie Van Dyke & Davor Jordanovski - Under The Influence

Size: 113,9 MB
Time: 48:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Just For A Thrill (4:12)
02. Woman Alone With The Blues (3:08)
03. Remind Me (4:17)
04. Moments Like This (2:53)
05. Second Time Around (3:07)
06. I Love Being Here With You (2:49)
07. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (2:36)
08. Darn That Dream (3:55)
09. Black Coffee (3:04)
10. Let's Make The Most Of A Beautiful Thing (4:38)
11. Crazy He Calls Me (3:28)
12. Ole Devil Called Love (3:11)
13. One For My Baby (3:48)
14. Under The Influence (3:39)

I am a DJ and a jazz(ish) singer with a huge love for the classics from Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone and Julie London (to name just a few). Paying tribute to these marvelous women who have influenced my musical sensibilities has long been on my bucket list and now is the time for "Under The Influence". Produced by Davor Jordanovski, and featuring some of Canada's finest players.

Under The Influence

Denny Zeitlin, Charlie Haden - Time Remembers One Time Once

Styles: Piano Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1983
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:45
Size: 123,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:35)  1. Chairman Mao
(9:53)  2. Bird Food
(6:53)  3. As Long As There's Music
(4:27)  4. Time Remembers One Time Once
(7:04)  5. Love For Sale
(6:37)  6. Ellen David
(8:05)  7. Satellite/How High The Moon
(4:06)  8. The Dolphin

Denny Zeitlin and Charlie Haden joined forces for this 1981 date at the Keystone Korner, covering a wide range of material in this exciting duo set. Haden's "Chairman Mao" is a complex number, as Haden opens with an intense repetitious vamp before Zeitlin enters with the delicate Oriental-flavored theme, which sets up Haden's intricate bass solo. The duo has lots of fun with Ornette Coleman's topsy-turvy blues "Bird Food" before reverting to a lovely standard ballad, "As Long as There's Music," with an added emphasis on its lyricism. Zeitlin's intriguing "Time Remembers One Time Once" starts as a waltz but its sudden turns defy prediction. Their laid-back approach to "Love for Sale" is refreshing, especially when compared to the typically uptempo arrangements heard all too often. A medley of John Coltrane's "Satellite" and the old warhorse "How High the Moon" (with Haden coyly interpolating Charlie Parker's "Ornithology," which is based upon "How High the Moon") also works beautifully. The occasional over-modulation in this recording doesn't detract from the outstanding performances. ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-remembers-one-time-once-mw0000084907

Personnel:  Denny Zeitlin — piano;  Charlie Haden — bass

Time Remembers One Time Once

Woong San - Love Letters

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:32
Size: 116,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:50)  1. I Want To Be Happy
(5:18)  2. Love Letters
(5:26)  3. My Funny Valentine
(6:00)  4. Misty Blue
(5:28)  5. Fever
(4:47)  6. Cry Me A River
(2:59)  7. The Man I Love
(5:32)  8. Superstition
(4:16)  9. Once Upon A Summertime
(4:02) 10. It's Alright With Me
(3:50) 11. Please Send Me Someone To Love

WoongSan (born Kim Eun Young) is an award-winning South Korean musician, actress and TV show host.  She has been a leading figure in the jazz music scene in Korea and Japan for over a decade, having performed live over 500 times since her 1998 Japanese debut. She is the first Korean-born musician to perform at New York City's historic Blue Note Jazz Club and has collaborated with many other well-known jazz musicians including Benny Green, Lonnie Plaxico, Rodney Green, Conrad Herwig and Suzuki Hisatsugu. She is also well known for training Ali (South Korean singer), a popular K-pop singer. When she was 18, WoongSan spent a year and a half at a Buddhist temple in the Korean countryside. During her training she had a powerful realization: her calling in life was music. Initially she played in a college rock band, but after a friend played her a Billie Holiday record, she began to dedicate herself to jazz. She spent several years performing as a solo artist then released her first album accompanied by a jazz ensemble in 1996. By the end of 1998 she was a recognizable figure in both Korea and Japan, and since then, she has released six albums, garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim, and continues to tour prolifically. She has also written many songs for films. Last year, she proved her career was an ongoing path as a music performer on the stage collaborated with Lee Ritenour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoongSan

Love Letters

Rodney Kendrick - The Secrets Of Rodney Kendrick

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:12
Size: 138,3 MB
Art: Front

( 6:56)  1. Slide The World Into Space
(10:04)  2. Ganawa In Paris
( 3:36)  3. The New World Is Ordered
( 7:41)  4. Berkshire Blues
( 6:35)  5. Dig
( 6:22)  6. Sharon
( 4:47)  7. Slick Exit
( 4:54)  8. Takin It With Me
( 9:13)  9. Down Here Below

A member of vocalist Abbey Lincoln's group at the time of this recording, this is pianist Rodney Kendrick's debut as a leader. For this recording he has gathered several musical contemporaries playing in various combinations for a varied program of nine selections, including four written by Kendrick and two written by pianist Randy Weston, the African percussion-driven "Ganawa in Paris" and a beautiful trio reading of "Berkshire Blues." In addition to Weston, Thelonius Monk seems to be Kendrick's other primary influence, as heard in his solos throughout this recording and his playful introduction to Miles Davis' "Dig," a medium swinger based on "Sweet Georgia Brown" that features excellent contributions from alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Garrett and Hargrove also contribute mightily to Kendrick's "Slide the World Into Place" and "Slick Exit," while cornetist Graham Haynes and tenor saxophonist Houston Person show their stuff on Kendrick and Tarus Mateen's "The New World Is Ordered" and Tyler Mitchell's "Takin' It With Me." This is a very promising debut from an up-and-coming pianist. ~ Greg Turner https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-secrets-of-rodney-kendrick-mw0000109804

Personnel:  Piano, Arranged By – Rodney Kendrick;  Alto Saxophone – Kenny Garrett;  Bass – Tarus Mateen;  Cornet – Graham Haynes;  Drums – Turu Alexander;  Tenor Saxophone – Houston Person;  Trumpet – Roy Hargrove

The Secrets Of Rodney Kendrick

Scott Hamilton - Jazz At The Club

Styles: Vocal, Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:17
Size: 162,7 MB
Art: Front

(10:26)  1. Yours Is My Heart Alone
( 9:09)  2. The Sheik Of Araby
( 5:45)  3. Maybe You'll Be There
( 9:34)  4. Blue 'N' Boogie
( 9:46)  5. How Deep Is The Ocean
( 6:29)  6. Old Folks
( 7:08)  7. Estate
(10:57)  8. I'll Remember April

When, early seventies, Scott Hamilton made his international debut, it was a kind of sensation. On the album cover he looked like a guy from the fifties or even earlier. The music he played also had the taste of yore. Of all those great swingers that preceded him. Scott Hamilton seemed a fad that would fade. Not so with Hamilton. Happily. His style was a matter of pure love. A love to which he stayed faithful. With that ideal mastery of the flowery language of swing and bop. Up to the smallest punctuation marks. Being able to use them fluently in enjoyable stories everyone could like. By lovingly blowing new life into his ‘standards’.  In The Hague’s ‘Literaire Sociëteit De Witte’ the Jazz at the Club- programme brought Hamilton together with Dutch jazzmusicians who could have been his blood relatives, musically speaking. Drummer Frits Landesbergen who as a young musician already gathered all the important jazz prizes in his country and always swings. Bass player Hans Mantel a musician who can caress, swing ánd sing on his instrument. With the youngest of the band, piano player Francesca Tandoi, originally from Rome but living in The Hague, who supports and solos with lots of phantasy and a perfect timing. And whose singing voice is as important. Because of the ear-pleasing intimacy and romance of her expression in ‘Maybe you’ll be there’ and ‘Estate’. ‘Scott Hamilton Live’ offers a delightful journey from what jazz was to what it is. With the ancient ‘Sheik of Araby’ (1921, from a Rudolf Valentino-movie) to Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘Blue 'N' Boogie’. From ‘Dein ist mein ganzes Herz’, from the Franz Léhar operetta ‘Das Land des Lächens’, as a jazz piece titled ‘Yours is my heart alone’. To Irving Berlins beautiful ‘How deep is the ocean’ or Gene de Pauls ‘I’ll remember April’.  Welcome to the world of the eternal lover, Scott Hamilton. https://www.oaprecords.com/index.php?id=29&no_cache=1&L=0&tt_products%5Bproduct%5D=139&cHash=d9a0dfbbb676b7dc3af6647ab1c5f965

Personnel:  Scott Hamilton - Tenor Saxophone;  Francesca Tandoi - Piano & vocals (track 3 & 7);  Hans Mantel - Double Bass;  Frits Landesbergen  - Drums

Jazz At The Club

Michael Dease - Bonafide

Styles: Trombone Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:48
Size: 147,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:00)  1. Pearls
(6:05)  2. Theme For Basie
(4:59)  3. Rufus McWhitman
(5:18)  4. Tenor Madness
(4:21)  5. Batista's Groove
(6:00)  6. Coexist
(4:45)  7. Forge Ahead
(6:13)  8. Alpha
(8:55)  9. In Walked Wayne
(6:08) 10. Nós
(5:59) 11. The Real Deal

Michael Dease just seems to grow and grow with each new record  not just in sound and fresh ideas, but also in spirit which is especially the case here, on a set that brings in a few other trombonists to the ensemble! The core group has Michael's tight, soulful trombone in a quartet with David Hazeltine on piano, Todd Coolman on bass, and EJ Strickland on drums a rhythm trio as sharp as you'd imagine and various tracks bring in contributions from Marshall Gilkes and Conrad Herwig on trombones, and Gina Benalcazar on bass trombone! Only one of the album's tracks features four trombones, two more feature three trombonists, and three more feature two trombonists and tenorist Sam Dillon also makes an appearance on two of the tracks that just feature Dease on trombone. Phew that's a lot of musical playbooking from us and it's a lot easier to just let the record spin and enjoy the interaction, which shapes the sound nicely in ways that are different than some of Dease's usual albums. Titles include "Forge Ahead", "Coexist", "The Real Deal", "Alpha", and "Rufus McWhitman" all by Dease plus "Pearls", "Theme For Basie", "Batista's Groove", and "Nos" the bossa classic from Johnny Alf.  © 1996-2018, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/898068/Michael-Dease:Bonafide

Personnel:  Michael Dease - trombone;  Marshall Gilkes - trombone;  Conrad Herwig - t.bone;  Gina Benalcazar - bass t.bone;  Sam Dillon - tenor sax;  David Hazeltine - piano;  Todd Coolman - bass; EJ Strickland - drums

Bonafide

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Andre Canniere - As Of Yet

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:36
Size: 141,3 MB
Art: Front

(11:55)  1. As Of Yet
( 7:05)  2. Bridges
( 6:17)  3. Accelerated Decrepitude
( 6:08)  4. The Rest
( 7:40)  5. Thirteenth Species (Live Bonus)
(14:01)  6. As Of Yet (Live Bonus)
( 8:28)  7. Accelerated Decrepitude (Live Bonus)

Trumpeter André Canniere's debut is aural evidence that good things can descend from the Ivory Tower. Every one of the players on As of Yet is an Eastman School of Music grad (Canniere in 2003), but they transcend the typical stereotypes often associated with university-trained musicians, the most common being that they "think" the music, rather than "feel" it. As this album shows, much of what used to be considered academic music has now been assimilated by a new generation of musicians who are as comfortable on the fringes as they are in the pocket. (In the interest of full disclosure, I've known several of these players for years.) The recording opens with the title track, a slowly building collection of intricate melodies over a rock-solid bass line from Ike Sturm. Canniere and saxophonist Josh Rutner step into the ring to bob and weave around each other as the piece builds to a climax. The loose but intricate tune would be quite at home on a Dave Douglas or Ben Allison record. Rutner opens "Bridges" in Brecker-Berg style an aspect of his playing that's come out more in his Latin work than in his main band, The Respect Sextet. The loping gospel melody is propelled by the rolling drums of Ted Poor, who's been making a name for himself over the past few years in a trio led by trumpeter Cuong Vu. "Accelerated Decrepitude" has a Balkan-influenced melody that leads into strong trumpet work from Canniere. 

Guitarist Ryan Ferreira opens the piece with long attack-less tones, then switches to pointed comping under the solos. One programmatic issue with the record is a preponderance of slow, airy tunes. After the opening two tracks, the disc could probably have done without "The Rest," another slow creeper. Cutting it, though, would mean doing without Ferreira's pointillistic and lovely guitar solo. It's not surprising that Ferreira is Canniere's guitarist of choice, given the trumpeter's previous work with Ben Monder, another guitarist who works wonders with wide-open spaces. The CD closes with three live tracks of better-than-bootleg quality recorded at various New York City clubs in 2005. Ryan Ferreira mutates into a different creature on "Thirteenth Species." Gone is the Frisell sound and Mack truck-sized space between each note, replaced by a driving fuzz chop that propels Rutner to screaming heights. Then the music takes another left turn and Poor and Ferreira start a monstrous Metallica march behind Canniere's solo. Heady stuff. Live versions of "As of Yet and "Accelerated Decrepitude close the recording. Despite a few more slow spots than necessary, As of Yet is a strong opening statement from Canniere, who has immersed himself in the New York scene with everyone from Maria Schneider and Donny McCaslin to the Westchester Chamber Orchestra and the New York Repertory Orchestra. His debut gives listeners a reason to wait at the bottom of the Ivory Tower to see what else might come down from the hallowed halls of academia. ~ Jason Crane https://www.allaboutjazz.com/as-of-yet-andre-canniere-omatic-records-review-by-jason-crane.php

Personnel: Andre Canniere: trumpet; Josh Rutner: tenor saxophone; Ryan Ferreira: guitar; Ike Sturm: bass; Ted Poor: drums.

As Of Yet

Bennie Wallace - The Free Will

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1980
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:15
Size: 99,6 MB
Art: Front

(9:25)  1. The Free Will
(4:30)  2. Sophisticated Lady
(7:50)  3. Star Eyes
(6:13)  4. Back Door Beauty
(6:05)  5. Walter
(9:11)  6. Paslom

An early set as a leader from tenorist Bennie Wallace  and one of his most heartfelt albums ever! Wallace has a tone that hearkens back to the warm raspiness of the Ben Webster/Lester Young generation  yet he also blows with a freer, more open quality that's quite contemporary too  mixing free moments and swinging passages together easily, almost a bit like Archie Shepp during his return to tradition in the late 70s! The group here really stretch strongly to move with Wallace's vision a quartet that features Tommy Flanagan on piano, Eddie Gomez on bass, and Dannie Richmond on drums sometimes playing a lot more out than you might expect. Titles include "Star Eyes", "The Free Will", "Back Door Beauty", "Paslom", and "Walter". CD features three bonus alternate takes too! (Part of the Enja Jazz Master Works series!)  © 1996-2018, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/880540/Bennie-Wallace:Free-Will

Personnel:  Bennie Wallace (saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Eddie Gomez (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums).

The Free Will

Lisa Hilton - Jazz After Hours

Styles: Piano Jazz 
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:33
Size: 83,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:33)  1. Malibu
(4:24)  2. Dance with Me
(3:27)  3. Waltz for Debby
(3:32)  4. Nocturne
(3:44)  5. All Blues
(3:12)  6. Just Do It
(3:53)  7. Secret Love
(2:57)  8. All That
(2:28)  9. Azure
(2:21) 10. When We Met
(2:57) 11. Listen to Your Heart

“Hilton leaves a signature so distinct and genuine that audiences call out for more consistently. One would say her Bill Evans style talent is powerful, however, I feel she is building a note by note, composition by composition, a true niche in jazz today, unlike any other. Ms. Hilton has staying power”. ~ Karl Stober/JazzTrenzz

“Remisiscent of some of Dave Brubeck’s work” ~ RJ Lannan/The Sounding Board

“A vibrant composer and exceptional pianist with the passion and panache few artists capture” ~ Karl Stober/JazzTrenzz

“‘Jazz After Hours’ is a great album for relaxing and reenergizing, a backdrop for an intimate dinner, or even good party music” ~ Kathy Parsons/Solo Piano Publications
“When Lisa tickles the keys in her unique, playful style, you know she’s having fun” 
~ Andy Parrish, General Manager/WVSU 

“Lisa has outdone herself with this album… exquisitely setting all the right moods with the help of some very talented musicians. I absolutely LOVE this album” ~ Eric Cohen, Music Director/WAER

“Very rarely does an artist come along with the versatility of moving between such diverse styles as to nail Gershwin’s My Love is Here to Stay’ then Jobim’s Girl From Ipanema, while saving just enough for my favorite, ‘Just For Fun” ~ Al Santos/WJZW https://lisahiltonmusic.com/jazz-after-hours-album/

Personnel:  Lisa Hilton/piano, Eric Marienthal/sax, Reggie McBride/bass, Tal Bergman/drums

Jazz After Hours

Monday, October 15, 2018

Barbara Dane - Trouble In Mind

Size: 83,1 MB
Time: 35:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1957/2011
Styles: Jazz/Blues Vocals
Art: Front

01. Good Mornin' Blues (3:48)
02. Trouble In Mind (2:57)
03. Mighty Rumbling Blues (2:45)
04. Special Delivery Blues (5:04)
05. Ain't Nobody Got The Blues Like Me (3:22)
06. Misery Blues (3:48)
07. See, See Rider (3:36)
08. Oh, Papa (3:38)
09. Prescription For The Blues (2:52)
10. Muddy Water (3:33)

Personnel:
Vocals – Barbara Dane
Bass – Pops Foster
Clarinet – Darnell Howard
Piano – Don Ewell
Trombone – Bob Mielke
Trumpet – Pete Stanton

Interpretative singer who made series of standard and ballad-laden albums in late '50s, early '60s, including one '59 session for Dot with Benny Carter, Herbie Harper, Leroy Vinnegar and Shelly Manne among the supporting cast. ~by Ron Wynn

Trouble In Mind

Abigail Rockwell - Autumn Noir

Size: 111,0 MB
Time: 47:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Summer Me, Winter Me (3:53)
02. Libertango (3:22)
03. Slow Burn (4:04)
04. So In Love (4:04)
05. Miss Brown To You (4:05)
06. Autumn (3:45)
07. Almost Blue The Thrill Is Gone (4:46)
08. Am I Blue (3:51)
09. Summer Erotic (3:49)
10. Voodoo Swing (3:07)
11. Lane Closed (3:41)
12. I Wish You Love (4:57)

Personnel:
Quinn Johnson — keys
Kevin Winard — drums, percussion
Robert Mitchum — bass
Guests: Harry Allen, Jim Hynes, Mauro Refosco and Davi Vieira, Bernd Schoenhart, David Mann, Bob Mann and Bill Brendle.

"This album was born from beauty and friction. It is my love letter to the east and west coasts: the craggy edges of the east, the vast expanse of the west, and all the dark alleyways in between." ~ AR

Why Noir? That haunting sax solo line running through "Taxi Driver", the distant blow of a conch and those voodoo drums from "I Walked With A Zombie"... shadings of light and shadow... music and images that left a stamp of recognition on me like a raised brand I couldn't get rid of. That post-war, atomic age desperation still ripples that dark lake off Highway 2. Femme fatale, Lady Fate, I never know quite what she has in store for me. All I can do is surrender and go for a ride. She drives like the night, blinded but knowing, to a destination of her own choosing.

A fresh blend of originals and standards.

"Her voice is a bit deeper and fuller, but her phrasing, her use of occasional melisma, and the breathy sexiness of her sound call to mind Morgana King. I mean this as high praise.' ~ Gerry Geddes

"Although many vocalists have included torch singing in their repertoire, few have made it a specialty as has Abigail Rockwell. With her breathy, smoky voice and sultry demeanor, she is most reminscent of Julie London. What Rockwell brings to this table of torch is poetry." ~ Marilyn Lester

"Abigail Rockwell's deep, sultry tones will seduce you like an irresistible siren - entreating your heated heart to open and reveal its unspoken longings and dark mysteries." ~ Gary Catona

Autumn Noir

Raphael Wressnig With Alex Schultz & James Gadson - Chicken Burrito

Size: 74,5 MB
Time: 31:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz, Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. Chunky Thighs (3:21)
02. Nasty (4:56)
03. Born To Roam (5:28)
04. Tiny Dog Blues (4:16)
05. Chicken Burrito (4:56)
06. Get Down With It (5:36)
07. One Mo' Time (3:24)

Austria's funkiest B3 Hammond organ specialist returns with his new album "CHICKEN BURRITO". In collaboration with his longtime partner in crime ALEX SCHULTZ and the R&B drummer legend JAMES GADSON, Raphael now proudly presents a splendid, well danceable Funk & Groove album. In contrast to the soulful predecessors SOUL CONNECTION, SOUL GUMBO and SOUL GIFT, CHICKEN BURRITO is reduced to the essentials, and with only a few exceptions, it contains almost no vocals. By the way, for the first time in his career Raphael himself contributed these few vocals. JAMES GADSON , the previously mentioned drummer, is one of the most recorded drummers in Rhythm & Blues history, and has been a session musician for Bill Withers, Freddie King, Martha Reeves, Randy Crawford, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, BB King, Albert King, Paul McCartney and many, many more.

Chicken Burrito

Scott Hamilton - Blue 'N' Boogie

Size: 157,0 MB
Time: 67:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Saxophone Jazz, Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. How Deep Is The Ocean (6:09)
02. Blue 'N' Boogie (7:48)
03. Body And Soul (9:24)
04. This Can’t Be Love (4:31)
05. Come Sunday (4:58)
06. Who Can I Turn To (8:18)
07. Maybe You'll Be There (5:01)
08. Yours Is My Heart Alone (7:48)
09. Estate (7:10)
10. The Sheik Of Araby (6:35)

Personnel:
Scott Hamilton - Tenor Saxophone
Francesca Tandoi - Piano & Vocals (track 4,7 & 9)
Hans Mantel - Double Bass
Frits Landesbergen - Drums

Hearing Scott Hamilton play, is like listening to a declaration of love that already lasts for many years but still is as potent as then. And what a joy to recognize how the tenorman absorbed the musical idiom of the jazzgreats of his youth, from Coleman Hawkins to Ben Webster, and shaped his very own language and pronounciation for it. On his musical journeys in a stylistically mixed-up world, he always found in any country musicians who were glad to speak that language with him.

As in the Netherlands in OAP’s ‘Blue 'N' Boogie’: the contagious swing of drummer Frits Landesbergen, light when it can, forceful when it has to be. Or bassplayer Hans Mantel who lovingly provides his punctuation marks and reminds one (e.g. in Franz Léhars ‘Yours is my heart alone’) of a George Mraz. Italian pianoplayer and singer Francesca Tandoi is a discovery. Who heard her play and sing Bruno Martino’s ‘Estate’ doesn’t want it any other way; the romance of ‘Maybe you’ll be there’ is matching. Within her stylistically pure piano adventures always a nose for the right ‘blue notes’. Hamiltons choice of repertory mirrors the timelessness of his taste. Dizzy Gillespie’s swinging titlesong next to ‘The sheik of Araby’ that dates from 1921 but sparklingly is lifted over years and time. Or the non-sentimental beauty of ‘Body and soul’. Or Duke Ellington’s ‘Come Sunday’, with echoes of Johnny Hodges.
‘Blue 'N' Boogie’ is sheer pleasure.

Blue 'N' Boogie

Karla Harris - Certain Elements

Size: 127,8 MB
Time: 54:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Set Sophia Free (5:08)
02. The Way He Makes Me Feel (4:27)
03. Certain Elements (4:41)
04. Folds (4:31)
05. When Michael (4:00)
06. Interlude (6:51)
07. Do I Still Figure In Your Life (5:24)
08. Give This All To Me (5:13)
09. Cherish (4:42)
10. Lean On Me (3:59)
11. Flow (1:08)
12. Certain Elements (Atl Groove V.) (4:34)

Of Certain Elements, the third album from acclaimed jazz vocalist Karla Harris, it can be said that this is a place where lush contemporary comes alongside deft acoustic mainstream jazz to create the potent signature sound of this collection. Intriguingly mystical and invitingly earthy, with an aural quality all its own, the record’s tunes of varying feels – Latin, contemporary, swing, blues-inspired – showcase the velvety, dynamic range of Harris’ considerable talent to compelling effect.

Certain Elements follows up on Harris’ second release, Karla Harris Sings the Dave and Iola Brubeck Songbook, released in 2015 on Summit Records and featuring jazz all-stars Tom Kennedy on bass, drummer Dave Weckl, saxophonist Bob Sheppard and pianist/arranger Ted Howe. Harris’ vocal versions of Brubeck classics proved to be an expertly executed and well-received homage showcasing the singer’s technical chops and interpretive ability. Of the record, jazz reviewer Thomas Cunniffe wrote, “She makes these seldom-heard lyrics come alive,” and Jazziz said, “The Brubecks would be pleased.”

Harris’ new recording demonstrates evolving artistry. She leans creatively into a fuller spectrum of her gifts on Certain Elements, teaming with acclaimed producer Trammell Starks to create tracks where her authenticity and emotive power come shining through. The record’s 12 tracks feature several originals penned by the vocalist, her first outing as a songwriter, and beautifully curated cover tunes, including the album’s first single, a contemporary jazz remake of the 1960s hit “Cherish.” Harris’ “Cherish” gets lush, romantic treatment, thoughtful rhythmic variation, and nuanced delivery of those longing lyrics. Released to contemporary jazz radio mid-September, it’s generating buzz quickly. The tune’s composer, Terry Kirkman, comments that it is a “beautiful surprise” for him, and that Harris’ “rich, warm, depth throughout her range is incredible … truly inspirational.”

“Cherish” was one of the last tracks produced for the collection, which unrolled organically over a period of years. “This project actually started in 2013 – I just didn’t know it at the time,” Harris says. It was then that she recorded in Portland, Oregon, her former home, a cover of the Peter Dello tune and Joe Cocker hit, “Do I Still Figure in Your Life,” at the suggestion of Latin percussionist and bandleader Bobby Torres, who toured with Cocker for years. Torres arranged the song for Harris’ voice, creating a stripped-down ballad version of the tune that packs an emotional punch. The track stayed tucked away following a move that took Harris to Atlanta.

Not too long after that move, she experienced a period of time she describes as “creatively intense, where the muses were kind.” Riding the wave, Harris wrote several songs, six of which are included on Certain Elements. From the poetic, transcendent title track to the whimsical wordplay of the swinging “When Michael;” from the grown-up sensuality of “Folds” to the story-based blues of “Interlude” and more, Harris’ songwriting shows a love for words and wrapping them into a lyric and a melody.

“From the moment they formed, I became committed to these songs, performed them on occasion at live shows to great response, and wanted to record them, simply to complete a creative process,” Harris says. However, after bringing her material to Starks, the vision grew along with the producer’s enthusiasm over what he was hearing from the singer/songwriter. He encouraged Harris to further build out the project, and set to arranging some of her originals.

Meanwhile, Harris pulled in covers of songs arranged for her over the years by close colleagues, including that 2013 track and another done by Torres, a sultry Latin version of the Legrand/Bergman tune, “The Way He Makes Me Feel.” Harris also includes a jazz-influenced take on the Bill Withers classic “Lean on Me,” arranged by pianist Mark Simon, a close friend of Harris’ who passed away before he could finish tracking the tune. His brother, Chicago pianist Fred Simon, completed it for the recording.

The record honors other friendships made across Harris’ musical journey and features many more bright lights, from Portland, Seattle and Atlanta, including pianists Randy Porter, George Colligan, Kevin Bales, Dan Gaynor, Tyrone Jackson; bassists Sam Sims, Damian Erskine, Jeff Johnson, Neal Starkey; saxophonists Sam Skelton, Mace Hibbard; trumpeter Darren English; drummers Todd Strait, Marlon Patton, Lil’ John Roberts, Reinhardt Melz; percussionists Rafael Pereira, Bobby Torres, Carmelo Torres; guitarists Dan Baraszu, Chris Blackwell; and Trammell Starks on keyboards and programming.

“A dancing tendril on the edge of flame.”… It’s a lyric from the album’s first track, a Latin-infused tune of Harris’ called “Set Sophia Free” that carries a powerful message of awakening with its world-music, spiritual vibe. Like that dancing tendril, Harris is set to light a fire within jazz fans’ hearts

Certain Elements

Dizzy Gillespie - To Diz with Love

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:22
Size: 152,2 MB
Art: Front

(14:43)  1. Billie's Bounce
(10:37)  2. Confirmation
(12:52)  3. Mood Indigo
(11:28)  4. Straight No Chaser
(16:40)  5. A Night in Tunisia

Dizzy Gillespie's final recording, taken from a month he spent featured at the Blue Note in New York, matches the aging giant with such fellow trumpeters as Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Claudio Roditi, Wallace Roney, Red Rodney, Charlie Sepulveda and the ancient but still brilliant Doc Cheatham (who cuts both Diz and Faddis on "Mood Indigo"). Although Gillespie was no longer up to the competition, the love that these fellow trumpeters had for him (and some fine solos) makes this historic CD worth getting. ~Scott Yanow
https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-diz-with-love-diamond-jubilee-recordings-mw0000077323

Personnel:  Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet;  Doc Cheatham (track 3), Jon Faddis (track 3), Wynton Marsalis (tracks 2 & 4), Claudio Roditi (tracks 1 & 5), Wallace Roney (tracks 1 & 5), Charlie Sepulveda (track 4), Lew Soloff (unbilled, track 5) - trumpet;  Red Rodney - flugelhorn (track 2);  Junior Mance - piano;  Peter Washington - bass;  Kenny Washington - drums

To Diz with Love