John Coltrane - Live in Comblain-la-Tour 1965

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:44
Size: 86,8 MB
Art: Front

( 9:11) 1. Vigil
( 7:29) 2. Naima
(21:04) 3. My Favorite Things

John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Coltrane moved to Philadelphia after graduating high school, where he studied music. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was one of the players at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk.

Over the course of his career, Coltrane's music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension, as exemplified on his most acclaimed album A Love Supreme (1965) and others. Decades after his death, Coltrane remains influential, and he has received numerous posthumous awards, including a special Pulitzer Prize, and was canonized by the African Orthodox Church.

His second wife was pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane. The couple had three children: John Jr. (1964–1982), a bassist; Ravi (born 1965), a saxophonist; and Oran (born 1967), a saxophonist, guitarist, drummer and singer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane

Live in Comblain-la-Tour 1965

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Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp - Songs of the Latin Skies

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:39
Size: 121,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:00) 1. Segurança
(4:34) 2. Desafinado
(5:53) 3. Oblivion
(3:38) 4. Wave
(2:39) 5. Boiou
(4:05) 6. Retrato Brasileiro
(3:47) 7. No more blues
(4:39) 8. Canta mais
(4:03) 9. La muerte del ángel
(4:54) 10. Manhã de carnaval
(4:10) 11. Sentimental melody from forest of the Amazon
(1:22) 12. El marabino
(4:48) 13. Tikata tarpuinikichu

Acclaimed German-born classical guitarist Karin Schaupp joins vocalist Katie Noonan to create a unique sound, putting a fresh spin on Latin jazz and classical pieces from the musical masters of South America. Their latest co-creation, Songs of the Latin Skies, promises to enchant audiences with their technical mastery. As some of Australia’s most versatile and beloved vocalists these ladies will bring you delicate warm sounds with their captivating voices.
https://www.musicsa.com.au/katie-noonan-and-karin-schaupp-songs-of-the-latin-skies/

Songs of the Latin Skies

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Enrico Pieranunzi - Chet Remembered

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:17
Size: 143,0 MB
Art: Front

(7:25) 1. From E. To C.
(5:55) 2. Lost and Found
(8:14) 3. Chet
(6:45) 4. Soft Journey
(8:35) 5. Fairy Flowers
(6:50) 6. Night Bird
(7:20) 7. Echoes
(6:09) 8. Brown Cat Dance
(5:01) 9. The Real You

Born in Rome in 1949, Enrico Pieranunzi has long been one of the best-known and appreciated personalities on the European jazz scene. Pianist, composer, arranger, he has recorded more than seventy CDs under his own name, ranging from solo piano to trio, and from duet to quintet. He has played in concert and in the studio with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron, Paul Motian, Chris Potter and Charlie Haden, performing at all the most important international festivals, from Montreal to Copenhagen, from Berlin to Madrid.

Pieranunzi’s formative years embraced both classical and jazz piano, and the influence of Debussy is readily apparent in the lush romanticism at the heart of his music. Emerging in the early ‘70s, Pieranunzi’s lyrical approach quickly brought him to the forefront of the European scene, and in 1984 he formed a trio with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron, the first of several outstanding groups with American musicians. In 1989, 2003 and 2008 he was voted Musician of the Year in the Musica Jazz critic’s poll and he was 1997 recipient of the Django d’Or Award for best European Jazz Musician.

In 2004 he toured Japan performing with his American trio, including bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron. In the last four, five years Pieranunzi performed more and more in the States (New York, Birdland; San Francisco, Spoleto USA Festival). On July 2010 he played the Village Vanguard and recorded live there, with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian. He is the only Italian musician ever and one of the very few European to have performed and recorded in such a historical venue.

In addition to recording many albums, he has written more than 300 compositions including “Night Bird” (recorded several times by Chet baker and performed by many others), “Hindsight” (recorded by Phil Woods) etc. Many of his compositions have become veritable international standards, three of which " two in 1991 and one in 2001 " have been included in the prestigious “New Real Books” published in the United States by “Sher Music”.

Famous writer/journalist Nat Hentoff writes: “(Pieranunzi) is a luminously lyrical pianist, with a constant flow of ideas. He builds the kind of quality of designs that have a powerful inner logic. (...) Pieranunzi can swing " crisply and surely. But in those tempos he remains his lyrical self. His music sings.”

Ray Spencer of “Jazz Journal” has written that “Enrico Pieranunzi breathes new life into contemporary jazz”https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/enrico-pieranunzi

Personnel: Enrico Pieranunzi : piano; Bert Joris: trumpet; Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn: alto saxophone, flute; Katharina Brien: alto saxophone, clarinet; Denis Gabel: tenor saxophone, clarinet; Steffen Weber: tenor saxophone, clarinet; Reiner Heute: baritone saxophone; Frank Wellert: trumpet, flugelhorn; Thomas Vogel: trumpet, flugelhorn; Martin Auer: trumpet, flugelhorn; Axel Schlosser: trumpet, flugelhorn; Gunter Bollman: trombone; Felix Fromm: trombone; Christian Jaksjo: trombone, valve trombone; Robert Hedemann: bass trombone; Hans Glawischnig: bass; Jean Paul Hochstadter: drums.

Chet Remembered

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Sarah Lancman - Parisienne

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:38
Size: 103,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:24) 1. Et ainsi va la vie
(5:06) 2. Tokyo song
(4:15) 3. C'était pour toi
(4:03) 4. Parce que
(5:06) 5. A new start
(3:31) 6. Dis-le moi
(3:07) 7. Ton silence
(4:31) 8. The moon and I
(6:25) 9. l'Hymne à l'amour
(4:15) 10. I love you more than I can sing
(0:51) 11. Index - l'hymne à l'amour

Born in 1989, Sarah Lancman is a French vocalist, pianist and songwriter based in Paris. Starting at the tender age of seven, she began classical piano studies at the Conservatoire du Centre in Paris. Many years later, whilst she was completing her Bachelor's degree in composition, jazz piano and singin at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU), she also won First Prize in the International Shure Voice Competition in Montreux (Switzerland) in 2012, chaired that year by Quincy Jones.

Sarah has toured in her home country of France and Turkey many times and has performed in other European countries such as Switzerland and Spain. In 2016, she was invited by The Jazz Foundation of America to perform in New York as one of three “Rising Stars” from being a prior Montreux Jazz Festival winner.

Sarah also toured in Japan and South Korea in 2018. She was managed by music label Jazz Eleven for five years to 2021 and just created her own company Unlimited Music France in September 2022 for producing her new album.

She returns with a sixth album, "Le pouvoir des mots" (The Power Of Words) borrowing a majestic sweetness in which she reconnects with her love of the piano by singing on original compositions inspired by the world of Michel Legrand, Charles Aznavour as well as that of the musical comedies of the 60s, thus mixing her love for Jazz & the Chanson tradition on arrangements signed by Philippe Maniez. Accompanied by the prestigious Quatuor Hanson and special guests, Belgian-New Yorker guitarist Jeanfrancois Prins, as well as the rising jazz star, the saxophonist Louis Billette, this new opus will be released in spring 2023 : May 26TH 2023
https://londonjazznews.com/2020/04/16/sarah-lancman-parisienne/

Parisienne

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Antonio Zambrini - Pinocchio E Altri Racconti

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:56
Size: 123,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:53) 1. In cerca di cibo
(5:44) 2. La madre
(5:25) 3. Equinozio
(5:19) 4. Il prete bello
(6:28) 5. Lucignolo
(6:02) 6. Geppetto
(4:38) 7. Giovedì
(4:46) 8. Notte italiana
(3:56) 9. Zazie dans le métro
(7:40) 10. Moby Dick

Antonio Zambrini, pianist and composer from Milan, has drawn the attention of the critics with his cd ""Antonia e altre canzoni", 1998, Splasc(h) Records; this was favourably reviewed on several specialized magazines, in Italy and abroad, and was selected as one of the best Italian first works by the jury of the "Django d'or" prize, patronized by the French and the Italian musical critics. Thanks to its success, on "Musica Jazz" magazine (January '99), Antonio Zambrini was classified by critics at the second position in the 1998 list of the best new talents of italian jazz.

His second cd "Forme semplici", 2000, and the last one, "Quartetto", 2001, were furtherly voted in several categories in the critics referendum on "Musica Jazz", where Zambrini was confirmed as one of the best emergent talents also for the years 2000 and 2001.

Recently, Zambrini has been invited as guest star in different musical broadcastings by Radio3 RAI ("Invenzione a due voci", "Jazzclub", "Radio3suite"). His piece "Crevalcore", from the cd "Antonia...", is present also in the last compilation of the most representative signature tunes of Radio Popolare (Raccolta differenziata, Sensible Records). His piece "Antonia" has been inserted in the tribute cd for the 20 years of "Le Scimmie" jazz club, side by side with pieces by musicians like Enrico Rava, Paul Motian, Franco D'Andrea, Massimo Urbani...

His compositions are performed by some important new jazz musicians like Stefano Bollani, in Italy, and John Law, an emergent talented English pianist, who has even dedicated to Zambrini his last Cd "The Moment".

Antonio Zambrini studied guitar, flute, composition and piano; he graduated in Choir Conduction at the Conservatorio of Padua and in Jazz Music at the Conservatorio of Parma. He studied at the Jazz Music Seminars in Siena both as flutist and pianist, but he eventually preferred piano for pursuing his musical career. He performed with different groups in several Italian jazz clubs and festivals, like "Clusone Jazz" (1995, '97 and '99), the "Jazz Italiano" Festival at Finale Ligure ('95), "Saudades" in Milan ('95), Varese Festival at Giardini Estensi in '95 and 2002, the "Parma Jazz-Frontiere" International Festival in '96, "Eurojazz" at Ivrea in '97, Berchidda Festival in '97, "Estate Jazz" in Cagliari ('97), the '98 Musical Season of the Piccolo Regio Theatre in Turin, the '98 and '99 Villa Celimontana International Festival in Rome, JVC Festival in Turin ('98), "Ah Hum Jazz Fest", Milan, (2001-2002), "Free" Jazz Festival, Milan (2002), etc.

Among others, he performed with Claudio Fasoli, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Enrico Rava, Mark Murphy, Tiziano Tononi, Gabriele Mirabassi, Emanuele Cisi, Stefano D'Anna, Roberto Bonati, Andrea Dulbecco, Giorgio Licalzi, Bruno De Filippi, Javier Girotto…

He collaborates constantly with the Cineteca Italiana, Milan, for the improvised live sonorization of silent movies festivals.

He teaches in several different music schools; since 1999, he directs a summer course of improvisation and ensemble music by the "Stages Internazionali di Orvieto" (Orvieto International Stages).

In dicember 2002, at Piccolo Teatro Studio in Milan, together with the italian singer Lucia Minetti, Zambrini has composed and performed the music of "Concerto per la pace" (Concerto for peace). In 2003 he was invited to play at Berlin for two festivals: "Italian Jazz player" and "Jazz composers night". His new CD "Due colori" ("Abeat Records") is going to be released.
http://www.jazzitalia.net/artisti/antoniozambrini_eng.asp

Pinocchio E Altri Racconti

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Junior Mance Trio & Eric Alexander - Groovin' Blues

Styles: Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:46
Size: 150,0 MB
Art: Front

( 7:16) 1. Night Train
( 7:03) 2. BlueBerry Hill
( 7:02) 3. Blues in the Closet
(11:14) 4. Lonely Avenue
( 4:04) 5. Blue 'n' Boogie
( 9:46) 6. I Got My Mojo Workin
( 7:53) 7. All Blues
( 6:15) 8. Bag's Groove
( 4:10) 9. America The Beautiful

Junior Mance was well-known for his soulful bluesy style, but was also expert at playing bop standards. He started playing professionally when he was ten. Mance worked with Gene Ammons in Chicago between 1947 and 1949, played with Lester Young (1950), and was with the Ammons-Sonny Stitt group until he was drafted. He was the house pianist at Chicago's Bee Hive (1953 to 1954), worked as Dinah Washington's accompanist (1954 and 1955), was in the first Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1956 to 1957), and then spent two years touring with Dizzy Gillespie (1958 to 1960).

After a few months with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Johnny Griffin group, Mance formed his own trio and was primarily a leader. He led sessions for Verve, Jazzland, Riverside, Capitol, Atlantic, Milestone, and Polydor, among other labels. In the '80s, Mance joined the faculty at the New School in New York City, teaching as part of their Jazz program. He also continued to record, issuing his last album, For My Fans, It’s All About You, in 2015, one year before he retired from music. Junior Mance died on January 17, 2021 in his home in Manhattan after a struggle with Alzheimer’s disease; he was 92 years old. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/junior-mance-mn0000252026/biography

Personnel: Junior Mance - piano; Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone; Chip Jackson - bass; Idris Muhammad - drums,

Groovin' Blues

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Peggy Connelly - Peggy Connelly

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:37
Size: 85,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:15) 1. That Old Black Magic
(3:19) 2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
(2:30) 3. Trav'lin' Light
(2:11) 4. Ev'ry Time
(4:27) 5. It Never Entered My Mind
(3:00) 6. Why Shouldn't I
(2:47) 7. Gentleman Friend
(2:55) 8. What Is There To Say
(2:44) 9. He Was Too Good To Me
(2:41) 10. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
(2:26) 11. Fools Rush In
(3:16) 12. Alone Together

Peggy Connelly (September 25, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was a singer and actress. Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She had a career as a singer and actress, starting with local dance bands (the first Harvey Anderson's) in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. In 1956 she recorded an album of standards, Peggy Connelly with Rusell Garcia – That Old Black Magic, for Bethlehem Records, reissued by Fresh Sound on Russell Garcia's Wigville Band. She also recorded two albums with The New Christy Minstrels. In 1957 she married Dick Martin. They divorced in the early 1960s. Connelly appeared in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), Houseboat (1958), and the television show Take a Good Look with Ernie Kovacs. She moved to Europe in the early 1970s and worked as a single act until the mid-1990s, when she, Sarah Tullamore and Wendy Taylor formed a trio called The Jazzberries. The Jazzberries played extensively in Paris and throughout Europe until they disbanded in 2000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Connelly

Personnel: Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano; Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Giuffre; Bass – Max Bennett; Drums – Stan Levey; Guitar – Al Hendrickson; Soprano Saxophone – Russ Cheever; Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman; Trumpet – Pete Candoli, Stu Williamson

Peggy Connelly

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Sant Andreu Jazz Band & Joan Chamorro - Jazzing 9 Vol.2

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:11
Size: 169,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:13) 1. Deeper
(4:26) 2. Meditacao
(5:11) 3. Yearnin’
(7:34) 4. Stardust Shine
(6:30) 5. I'll Be Seeing You
(7:32) 6. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
(3:47) 7. Star Eyes
(5:15) 8. Doodlin'
(5:15) 9. Memories of You
(4:22) 10. As Long as I Live
(5:14) 11. Tricotism
(6:21) 12. Four
(4:30) 13. Doralice
(2:53) 14. Can't You Just See Me

Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together children between 6 and 18 years old, around a classic jazz repertoire with lots of swing, which gained the public and sold-out some of the most important music auditoriums in Spain.

Twelve years of relentless efforts and love, of magical achievements represented by eight recordings on CD and DVD. Nine albums within the Joan Chamorro presents collection, starred by some of the young talents that emerged from the Sant Andreu Jazz Band to become up-and-coming stars on their own right: Andrea Motis, Eva Fernandez, Magali Datzira, Rita Payes, Marc Martin, Joan Mar Sauque, Elia Bastida and the projected labeled as La Magia de la Veu ("The magic in the voice").

Sant Andreu Jazz Band
Joan Chamorro, direction

Jazzing 9 Vol.2

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Giovanni Mirabassi & Sarah Lancman - Intermezzo

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:02
Size: 89,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:51) 1. Il poeta
(4:41) 2. Estate
(4:50) 3. Parlami d'amore mariù
(3:57) 4. Ah che sarà, che sarà
(3:42) 5. Vedrai, vedrai
(5:27) 6. La canzone di marinella
(5:32) 7. Almeno tu nell'universo
(3:36) 8. Sabato italiano
(3:21) 9. Senza fine

Giovanni Mirabassi remains one of my favorite Jazz pianists. I really love his trio efforts, be it on Terra Furiosa, Live in Toyko, or, probably my preferred one, Architectures.

Mirabassi is Italian, but has been living in Paris for many years. As mentioned above, he trio output (mainly with Gianluca Renzi and Leon Parker) is fantastic, but he’s also collaborated with some excellent singers, e.g. Angela Elvira Herrera Zaparta and Maikel Ante Fajardo on Adelante, and on Sarah Lancman’s previous 2018 albums A Contretemps and Inspiring Love. Both albums only featured Sarah on the title, now we have a recording where both Lancman and Mirabassi share the cover. The two already met in 2015 and have toured together.

Sarah Lancman is a young French singer, who studied in Paris, and has released three albums so far. There is no shortage of excellent Jazz singers today, but still, Lancman has a very recognisable, unique voice. Not suprisingly, she won the first price in a jazz contest hosted by Quincy Jones.

So what do you get? Well, you could argue, is this still Jazz?

You basically get beautiful duos where Mirabassi plays in a very intimate and connected way with Sarah, who singing exclusively in Italian (note the album cover kind of gives it away) on this album.

Every once in a while, Olivier Bogé joins playing the saxophone, with a sound somewhat reminiscent of Stan Getz. So who cares if this is Jazz or not? All of this is just hugely enjoyable, beautiful, intimate music, and really worth checking out
https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/06/07/an-excellent-new-vocal-jazz-album-with-giovanni-mirabassi-and-sarah-lancman/

Personnel: Sarah Lancman : vocal; Giovanni Mirabassi : piano; Olivier Bogé : saxophone

Intermezzo

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Brad Mehldau & Rossy Trio - When I Fall In Love

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:53
Size: 155,3 MB
Art: Front

( 8:48)  1. Anthropology
( 6:34)  2. At A Loss
(14:39)  3. When I Fall In Love
( 8:15)  4. Countdown
( 8:32)  5. Convalescent
(10:24)  6. I Fall In Love Too Easily
( 9:38)  7. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Recorded way back in 1993 in Barcelona, pianist Brad Meldau was a kid just beginning to explore the deep science of the jazz piano trio with Mario and Jordi Rossy. He was also commencing his stint with Josh Redman and backing cats like Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Cobb, and others. His working with this trio reveals a young musician (Meldau was born in 1970) in solid command of the language he is attempting to simultaneously master and deepen. This is a club date and kicks off with an ambitious and wholly successful read of Charlie Parker's "Anthropology." The steaming rhythm leaves Meldau no choice but to careen through the melody as recklessly as a saxophonist.

He inks it note for note and then begins to move through the lower register for sevenths and ninths, playing 16th and even 32nd notes to corral the rhythm section as he moves the scale over first a half, then a whole, and then two and a half steps. A ballad follows, Meldau's own "At a Loss," a bit of melodramatic glissando playing that nonetheless has at its heart an interesting harmonic series of shifts in timbre, moving from a light blue to a darker, richer chromatic that digs into the blues for a stuttering turn at swing before re-entering a balladic frame. The most exciting track on the set is Coltrane's "Countdown," with its rhythmic and mode changes occurring just before the end of each interval, blurring them somewhat and making the solos belled through. This may not be as great as some of Meldau's later trio work, but it is very impressive for such an early date.By Thom Jurek
http://www.allmusic.com/album/when-i-fall-in-love-mw0000046447

Personnel: Piano – Brad Mehldau; Bass – Mario Rossy; Drums – Jordi Rossy

When I Fall In Love

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Katie Noonan - Sweetest taboo

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:59
Size: 142,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:59) 1. Don't dream it's over
(4:21) 2. Blue
(6:03) 3. If I could
(4:45) 4. Just the way you are
(5:22) 5. True colors
(4:32) 6. Electric blue
(5:18) 7. I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)
(5:24) 8. When tomorrow comes
(4:41) 9. Russians
(6:08) 10. Sign your name
(3:53) 11. Take on me
(6:27) 12. Running to stand still

For her 20th studio album, Katie Noonan takes listeners back to where it all began - the iconic pop songs of the 1980s that first ignited her passion for music. From pooling pocket money with her brother to buy the first Crowded House album, to having her mind blown by the incredible video clips of a-ha and 1927, to dancing around in stonewash denim singing Whitney Houston, Billy Joel and Cyndi Lauper songs into a hairbrush mike, these are the singers and the songs that inspired her to pursue a career in music a career that has seen her named one of the greatest Australian singers of all time by the Herald Sun, with five ARIA Awards from 25 nominations across a number of diverse genres.

On this album Katie is joined by four of the finest jazz musicians in Australia Zac Hurren (saxophones), Sam Keevers (piano), Phil Stack (double bass) and Evan Mannell (drums) all fellow babies of the 1970s who grew up with this music as their earliest influences. They put new jazz spins on these classic tunes that reveal just how good the songwriting was, despite the occasional daggy synth effect or over-the-top production. Terence Trent D'Arby's smash hit 'Sign Your Name' is reimagined as a sultry late-night groove, while Whitney Houston's 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' is transformed into a piano ballad that exposes the heartache and longing at the core of what has long been a party-starter.

'Electric Blue' by Icehouse is given an irresistible cha cha makeover, while 'Don't Dream It's Over' and 'True Colors' are stripped right back to their bare bones, with Katie's extraordinary voice taking centre-stage and delivering performances of these songs as raw and moving as you have ever heard them. This is a joyous and heartfelt album, full of surprising and delightful takes on beloved classics. It's an album for that small part of us that is forever leaping around our bedrooms, singing along to the radio, and gazing adoringly at the posters of pop stars on our walls - even if nowadays that's a more accurate description of our children than ourselves! By Editorial Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Sweetest-Taboo-Katie-Noonan/dp/B087RGBSV7

Sweetest taboo

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New York Jazz Lounge - Trio Masterpieces, Vol. 4

Styles: Jazz, Swing
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:21
Size: 180,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:57) 1. Round Midnight
(5:12) 2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
(5:00) 3. Perdido
(7:44) 4. Star Dust
(4:34) 5. Corcovado
(4:02) 6. I Can't Get Started
(4:19) 7. Tea for Two
(5:23) 8. Just the Way You Are
(4:06) 9. One Note Samba
(4:00) 10. Cantaloupe Island
(5:10) 11. The Days of Wine and Roses
(4:27) 12. Michelle
(4:40) 13. The More I See You
(5:28) 14. All Blues
(4:16) 15. Maiden Voyage
(4:55) 16. Mercy, Mercy

Where would jazz be without New York’s “joints’ of the 1920’s – 1950’s? If Ellington hadn’t been hired to play the Cotton Club, what direction would his orchestra have taken? Without the Royal Roost, would Parker play with Miles and Max Roach, and would Miles have had a venue to perform “Birth of the Cool” in? And, where would Monk and Coltrane have played if not at the Five Spot?

I came upon this terrific history today, “Jazz Joints Through the Ages.” Written by noted jazz historian Ashley Kahn and originally published in Jazz Times in 2006, the feature provides short biographies of many of the most important clubs in jazz music’s past. It is an incredibly entertaining read…

Jazz joints come and jazz joints go especially in New York City. From tightly packed bars downtown to spacious dinner clubs uptown, it’s a historic lineage. Much has changed over the years (Birdland’s smoky elegance in the ’50s would be impossible with Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on indoor smoking) and much has not, like set lengths, drink minimums and the apparent majority view that jazz sounds best in New York City one floor below street level (Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola notwithstanding).

One jazz rule seems immutable: Before musicians can reach those grand uptown theaters or the big festival stages, they must first make it in the clubs of New York City. They are still the proving ground. It’s been that way since the ’20s. The nightclubs that follow are celebrated less for being the most popular in their day many were not and more for accurately representing the music and spirit of the time. Often they predicted sounds and societal shifts just around the corner.

It was a challenging process selecting one from each decade. Some eras, like the ’40s when 52nd Street was in full swing, offered far too many choices: Every club on “The Street” (Three Deuces, Onyx Club) and, of course, Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem held the seeds of modern jazz. Also, to which decade does the Village Vanguard belong? It has consistently presented visionary music during its 71-year history. And what about all those great neighborhood bars in Brooklyn? The list was limited to venues with a Manhattan address. Save for one, none remain standing in their original form.
https://jerryjazzmusician.com/short-history-new-yorks-iconic-jazz-clubs/

Trio Masterpieces, Vol. 4

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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Greatest Hits

Styles: Trumpet Jazz, Easy Listening
Year: 1970
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:01
Size: 76,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:20) 1. Lonely Bull
(2:11) 2. Spanish Flea
(2:15) 3. Getting Sentimental Over You
(3:05) 4. Love Potion #9
(2:45) 5. Never On Sunday
(2:15) 6. Mexican Shuffle
(2:48) 7. Taste Of Honey
(2:10) 8. Tijuana Taxi
(2:13) 9. South Of The Border
(2:52) 10. America
(2:39) 11. Whipped Cream
(4:24) 12. Zorba The Greek

Released in 1970, a bit too late to capitalize on the Tijuana Brass at the peak of their appeal, this early hits collection compounded the error of its tardy timing by only including selections from the TJB's first five albums.

Still, since the CDs of three of the five albums are currently out of print, this can serve as a decent, if brief, overview of the development of Herb Alpert's vehicle from its clever ethnic novelty beginnings into a cosmopolitan septet that could actually bridge the yawning generation gap of the 1960s. But for a more sweeping look at the TJB, there are better, more economical packages around. By Richard S. Ginell
https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-mw0000194109

Greatest Hits

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Radka Toneff - Butterfly

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:42
Size: 118,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:12) 1. It's Been a Long Long Day
(3:58) 2. Pre-Dawn Imagination
(4:16) 3. Antonio's Song
(3:47) 4. Nature Boy
(5:43) 5. Sometime Ago
(4:37) 6. Like That
(2:11) 7. The Butterfly
(2:53) 8. Before Love Went Out of Style
(4:31) 9. Black Coffee
(5:37) 10. My One and Only Love
(6:18) 11. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
(3:33) 12. Don't Weep for the Indy

Born Ellen Radka Toneff on 25.06.1952, died on 21.10.1982.

Radka was a Norwegian/Bulgarian jazz composer and singer. She was born in Oslo, and was the daughter of the Bulgarian folk singer, Toni Toneff.

From 1975 unto 1980 she played in the group "Radka Toneff Quintet" with, among others, Arild Andersen and Jon Eberson.

Radka leaves us the legacy of three albums; "Winter Poem", "It don't come easy", and "Fairytales" (the last one actually released after her death).

Posthumously: "Live in Hamburg" and "Her finest moments", has been released
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Her album "Fairytales" was the first Norwegian album to be digitally recorded, it also reached nr 12 in the contest "Best Norwegian album ever made".
https://www.last.fm/music/Radka+Toneff/+wiki

Personnel: Radka Toneff -vocals; Jon Balke / Steve Dobrogosz-Piano; Jon Eberson - Guitar; Arild Andersen - Doublebass; Jon Christensen / Alex Riel - drums

Butterfly

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Pardon Me Boys - Pardon Me Boys

Styles: Swing
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:46
Size: 73,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:08) 1. Beat Me Daddy
(3:08) 2. Shoo Shoo Baby
(2:12) 3. I-Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi
(5:08) 4. Hot Voodoo & Monkey Doodle Doo
(2:41) 5. Embraceable You
(3:58) 6. Lounging At The Waldorf
(2:31) 7. Rhythm Is Our Business
(2:30) 8. Double Trouble
(3:40) 9. Perfidia
(2:46) 10. Choo Choo Ch-Boogie

Pardon Me Boys were a short lived Australian swing jazz-cabaret band. The group released one studio album which peaked at number 63 on the Australian charts in 1988.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_Me_Boys

Members: Monica Trápaga; Ignatius Jones; William O'Riordan; Backing Vocals – Rocio Trápaga; Saxophone – Jason Breuer, Julian Gough;Trombone – James Greening; Trumpet – Michael Bukowski

Pardon Me Boys

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Sant Andreu Jazz Band & Joan Chamorro - Jazzing 10 Vol.1

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:26
Size: 162,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:49) 1. Jim
(6:17) 2. Jordu
(5:49) 3. Laura
(5:45) 4. He's My Guy
(5:19) 5. Lands End
(5:57) 6. You Go to My Head
(7:05) 7. Brown Skins
(5:46) 8. Falling in Love with Love
(4:47) 9. Hymn of the Orient
(4:42) 10. I Remember Clifford
(4:00) 11. Daahoud
(4:50) 12. Can't Help Lovin Dat Man
(5:14) 13. Split Kick

I don't know to what extent the number 10 is significant, but it is a round number and reaching this number of Jazzings (CDs of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band) for me is, at least, a great joy.

JAZZING 10, but 18 CDs, actually, since several of them are double or triple, as is the case of this last one, which consists of three volumes. The first of them (VOL. 1), dedicated to the music of Clifford Brown, with special arrangements for the occasion, of songs that were either originals by Clifford himself or songs that he used to perform.

The other two volumes (VOL. 2 and 3) are also a sample of the different recordings we have made during this 2019, both with the entire Sant Andreu Jazz Band, or in smaller formats, and in two different spaces such as the JAZZ HOUSE (home of the young orchestra) and the JAMBOREE, a regular venue during all these years, where we have also played and recorded on many occasions.

Musicians:

Koldo Munné, Nil Galgo, Alba Esteban, Marçal Perramón, Joan Marti, Joana Casanova, Èlia Bastida, Shanti Ming (Saxophones)

Elsa Armengou, Víctor Carrascosa, Alba Armengou, Joan M. Sauqué, Max Munné, Noa Galgo, Martha Vives, Gerard Peñaranda (Trumpets)

Arnau Sanchez, Joan Codina, Max Tato, Claudia Rostey, Hugo Vlach, Luc Martin, Anastasia Ivanova (Trombones)

Ton Felices, Miquel Casanova (Bass), Pablo Ruiz (drums)

Carla Motis (guitar)

Jan Domenech, Simón Palazi (Piano)

Andrea Motis, Joana Casanova, Èlia Bastida and Alba Armengou (Vocal)

Scott Hamilton, Dick Oatts, Andrea Motis, Joe Magnarelli, Fredrik Norén, Victor Carrascosa, Joan Marti, Jan Domenech, Elsa Armengou, Joan Codina, Ton Felices, Joan Mar Sauqué, Joan Chamorro, Èlia Bastida, Marçal Perramon, Martha You live, Alba Armengou, Carla Motis and Pablo Ruiz (Solos)

Jazzing 10 Vol.1

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Gloria Lynne - He Needs Me (Analog Source Remaster 2023)

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1961/2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:01
Size: 78,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:40) 1. He Needs Me
(2:38) 2. Wild Is The Wind
(2:58) 3. I Thought About You
(2:57) 4. You Don't Know What Love Is
(2:50) 5. I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
(2:45) 6. I'll Take Romance
(2:45) 7. You're Mine You
(3:03) 8. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
(2:19) 9. The Lamp Is Low
(2:57) 10. Home
(3:08) 11. Greensleeves
(2:55) 12. Make The Man Love Me

Gloria Lynne recorded many albums for Everest in her early days, slipped away into obscurity and then in the 1990's made a comeback. An excellent singer whose style falls between bop, 1950's middle-of-the-road pop and early soul, Lynne was always capable of putting on a colorful show. Her mother was a gospel singer and Lynne started out singing in church. She had five years of concert training and in 1951 won the legendary amateur competition at the Apollo Theatre.

Lynne sang with some vocal groups, became a single and in 1958 was discovered by Raymond Scott, who at the time was a top A&R man at Everest. During her busy period with Everest (at least ten records were cut between 1958-63), Lynne had hits in "I Wish You Love" (a song she virtually made a standard) and "I'm Glad There Is You." She recorded with both orchestras and jazz combos, becoming quite popular for a period.

However, with the rise of rock and the change in the public's musical tastes, Lynne was forgotten for a time. Only a commercial record in 1975 for ABC broke the silence. But starting in the early 1980's, Gloria Lynne started working regularly again, regained some of her earlier frame and in the early 1990's recorded a couple of CDs for Muse.
https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/gloria-lynne-albums/1574-he-needs-me.html

He Needs Me (Analog Source Remaster 2023)

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Jeb Patton - New Strides

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 63:14

Size: 144.8 MB

Styles: Piano jazz

Year: 2009

Art: Front

[5:07] 1. Billy

[5:59] 2. My Ideal

[5:50] 3. The Music Goes On

[7:50] 4. Sir Roland

[5:21] 5. If Ever I Would Leave You

[8:37] 6. Last Night When We Were Young

[7:00] 7. Cloak And Dagger

[7:28] 8. Estate

[5:09] 9. Street Song

[4:49] 10. Dream Dancing

Though only in his early thirties at the time of these recording sessions, pianist Jeb Patton had already firmly established himself in the jazz world. This former student of the late Sir Roland Hanna and Jimmy Heath recorded as a sideman on CDs with Heath's small groups and big bands, the Heath Brothers, while he has also performed with many other artists. His second CD features two other talented young musicians, bassist David Wong and drummer Pete Van Nostrand, who also appeared on his debut effort. Patton chose a surprising opener, a breezy setting of the neglected pianist Reuben Brown's "Billy," a driving bop piece deserving of wider recognition. The pianist modifies the usually somber bossa nova ballad "Estate" by picking up the tempo, while Van Nostrand switches to brushes for Patton's robust, swinging arrangement of the show tune "If Ever I Would Leave You." Originals include his bluesy tribute to Hanna ("Sir Roland") and the snappy "The Music Goes On." Jimmy Heath plays soprano sax in a touching duo arrangement of "Last Night When We Were Young," while Albert "Tootie" Heath takes over on drums for his brother's playful blues "Cloak and Dagger" and the pianist's sauntering, Latin-flavored "Street Song." Jeb Patton is one of the most promising jazz musicians of his generation and this CD is a fine addition to his discography. ~ Ken Dryden

New Strides

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Laila Biali - Your Requests

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:47
Size: 108,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:18) 1. Bye Bye Blackbird
(5:29) 2. Blame It On My Youth
(2:57) 3. But Not for Me
(4:51) 4. My Funny Valentine
(4:28) 5. My Favorite Things
(4:28) 6. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
(5:30) 7. Pennies from Heaven
(5:18) 8. Autumn Leaves
(3:24) 9. The Nearness of You
(3:59) 10. All the Things You Are

While the jazz pipeline produces plenty of artists who pay no mind to an audience's interests, those types figures with tunnel vision, in many if not most ways rarely reach their full potential. Instead, it's the musicians who make it a point to communicate who tend to forge the strongest bonds with those on the receiving end. Laila Biali is one such figure. This JUNO-winning gem of a vocalist, pianist, arranger and songwriter always manages to connect.

Biali has a keen awareness that the act of making music does not or should not exist in a vacuum, and that those who create are often best fueled by people who'll be hearing their creations. Her success, be it through covers or finely-crafted originals, has always been linked to the understanding of a need for receptive ears, and that fact is magnified with this listener-friendly project.

Focusing on standards for the first time in a decade, Biali plays right to her people. Having specifically asked social media followers for some requests, they obliged with more than 150 entries. Eager to honor their wishes, Biali went through the list and picked ten classics, put her inimitable arranging stamp on all of them, and then hit the studio. Working with an ace band including saxophonist Kelly Jefferson, bassist George Koller, drummers Larnell Lewis and Ben Wittman, and percussionist Maninho Costa, she found the perfect balance points in both honoring and personalizing the material.

Opening with a take on "Bye Bye Blackbird" that vacillates between straight time in seven and a driving 4/4 swing, all while showcasing the vocal melody's malleable place in time and spotlighting Jefferson's tenor and Lewis' handiwork, it's immediately obvious that this is not your basic standards session. Add to that an evocative take on "Blame It On My Youth" with textural enhancements from organist Sam Yahel and it's clear that stylistic variety within the greater whole is another early selling point for the program.

As Biali moves toward the center of the album she welcomes a variety of high-profile guests into her music. Not surprisingly, each and every one of them brings their own brand of magic to bear on her artful arrangements. Anat Cohen's clarinet makes a winning appearance on an effervescent, Brazilian-bound take on "But Not For Me." Gregoire Maret's harmonica obbligato and soloing helps to accentuate the gentle charms of "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)." And three singers of note each make an appearance alongside the leader: Kurt Elling takes notable melodic liberties during an emotionally on-point rendition of "My Funny Valentine"; Emilie-Claire Barlow meshes beautifully with Biali for an energized "My Favorite Things"; and breakout vocal sensation Caity Gyorgy drops by for a gliding "Pennies from Heaven" buoyed by a "Poinciana"-esque groove.

Leaving those visitors behind for the back end of the set, Biali continues to dazzle while sharing space with some core collaborators. The wonderful marriage between her pure-toned pipes and piano work is key at the outset of a stirring "Autumn Leaves," which later spotlights Jefferson's fiery soprano. Biali engages in a winning pas de deux with Koller on an absorbing "The Nearness of You." And then, throwing a real curveball as a closer, she gives her voice a rest and offers the keys her full attention for a smartly-shaped instrumental take on "All the Things You Are." An outing that's both in tune with Laila Biali's fanbase and musical mindset,Your Requests is a real gift to one and all. By Dan Bilawsky
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/your-requests-laila-biali-act-music

Personnel: Laila Biali: piano and vocals; Kelly Jefferson: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophones; George Koller: bass; Larnell Lewis: drums; Ben Wittman: drums, percussion; Maninho Costa: percussion; Sam Yahel: Hammond B3 (2); Anat Cohen: clarinet (3); Kurt Elling: vocals (4); Emilie-Claire Barlow: vocals (5); Grégoire Maret: harmonica (6); Caity Gyorgy: vocals (7).

Your Requests

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Sant Andreu Jazz Band - Jazzing 8 Vol.3

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:28
Size: 182,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:08) 1. Groove Marchant
(4:01) 2. I Let a Song Go out My Heart
(4:29) 3. Cool Blues
(4:27) 4. Grey Flannel
(3:59) 5. My Blue Heaven
(4:04) 6. Joy Spring
(2:38) 7. Prity Trix
(4:21) 8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(5:50) 9. Three and One
(3:24) 10. Black and Tan Fantasy
(3:01) 11. Minor Swing
(3:57) 12. Easy Living
(4:18) 13. Whisper Not
(4:57) 14. Spaceman Twist
(3:12) 15. Tishomingo Blues
(3:34) 16. Baby, You've Got What It Takes
(5:45) 17. Poor Butterfly
(7:14) 18. Moanin

Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together children between 6 and 21 years old, around a classic jazz repertoire with lots of swing, which gained the public and sold-out some of the most important music auditoriums in Spain.

Jazzing 8 Vol.3

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