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Malene Mortensen Malene Songs | 1. | Another Day |
| 2. | Laughin' At Life |
| 3. | Morning Sun & Velvet Moon |
| 4. | If You gotta Make a Fool of Somebody |
| 5. | Sea of Lies |
| 6. | City Love |
| 7. | Temptation |
| 8. | November Came |
| 9. | Empty Skies |
| 10. | Desperado |
| 11. | Where Would I Be Without You |
| 12. | Aarestrup I Marts |
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Malene Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  MALENE, a pinnacle of her work. Just delicious.
I implied in my review of her earlier 2005 album, Date With A Dream, that this 2006 album, MALENE, is satisfyingly rich. This is the one to get, if you only get one. Her exquisite voice and sophisticated sense of phrasing with rock-carving voice of honey she steers into elated territory. For example, try out the first cut, ANOTHER DAY, the Branford Marsalis tune. But be warned! You will likely wear out your CD player on this cut alone. Damn! It's good.
SEA OF LIES; NOVEMBER CAME, WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT YOU, though are all hers and her writing group. One thinks that perhaps here on this CD are some of the new 'standards' that could be around for the historians.
Great band, that on this CD at least, never gets in her way, but unobtrusively keeps pushing her to new ground, and Malene's exceptional voice, at once naturally trained on the delivery and also on the soul carries these songs. I hope we hear lots more from her and her people.
Submitted by BFlat.harmonic (California) 
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Purchase Malene CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Joao Gilberto Amoroso/Brasil CD (1977)
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Joao Gilberto is perhaps forever destined to be lesser known to casual jazz fans than his occasional collaborator Stan Getz (whose GETZ/GILBERTO albums introduced the United States to bossa nova) and his ex-wife Astrud Gilberto (whose shy, delicate voice made her one of the most distinctive and beloved jazz vocalists of the '60s). However, true fans of Brazilian music recognize that Gilberto is second only to Antonio Carlos Jobim as a writer and interpreter of traditional Brazilian music and Brazilian-influenced jazz.
These two albums, collected in full on one CD, are among Gilberto's best solo albums. Alternating between standards like "'S Wonderful" or "Besame Mucho" and Brazilian tunes like Jobim's "Wave" and the original "Triste," AMOROSO is a fine, romantic jazz album. BRASIL, as the title suggests, consists of six traditional-style sambas, sung in Portuguese to acoustic guitars and hypnotic percussion. Both are essential to Gilberto fans and neophytes.
AMOROSO was released in 1977.
BRASIL was released in 1981.
BRASIL personnel: Joao Gilberto (vocals, guitar); Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania (vocals); Clare Fisher (keyboards); Milcho Leviev, Michael Boddicker (synthesizer); Jim Hughart (bass); Joe Correro (drums); Paulhinho Da Costa (percussion).
Producer: Joao Gilberto.
AMOROSO personnel: Joao Gilberto (vocals, guitar); Ralph Grierson, Clare Fisher (keyboards); Milcho Leviev, Michael Boddicker (synthesizer); Jim Hughart (bass); Grady Tate, Joe Correro (drums).
Producers: Tommy LiPuma, Helen Keane.
Reissue
| | John Mclaughlin Live At The Royal Festival Hall CD (1989) (Import)
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John McLaughlin, known for his successful experiments with rock fusion, Indian modal music, orchestral music, and Spanish guitar stylings, here plays virtuoso jazz on acoustic guitar, accompanied by the brilliant electric bass player Kai Eckhardt and Trilok Gurtu's unique, spellbinding percussion. They perform mostly original tunes, at once complex, rhythmically diverse, harmonically advanced, and beautifully melodic.
The group really burns on "Florianapolis" and "Mother Tongues," the latter of which features blazing solos by all three players. The concert ends with a moving blues for the then- Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, where McLaughlin's haunting, melancholy playing soars with passion. The tune climaxes with a wonderful vocal duet between the guitarist and Gurtu.
Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England on November 27, 1989.
Personnel: John McLaughlin (acoustic & electric guitars); Kai Eckhardt (electric bass); Trilok Gurtu (percussion).
| | Shirley Horn You Won't Forget Me CD (1991)
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Interestingly, Horn rarely takes a solo, but repeats the songs over and over, slightly changing the phrasing and continuously building on the piano to change the emphasis. Every cut is a masterpiece, but the stand out is the title cut. Drummer Steve Williams sets up a strange, repetitive quarter note pattern which sounds like a ticking clock over which Miles Davis' muted trumpet floats and soars as Horn sings and plays piano. The track is especially poignant, as it was one of Davis' last appearances on record. The effect is nothing short of breathtaking. This album is a wonderful jazz treasure.
Shirley Horn focuses on romantic love songs on this third release for the Verve label. In addition to her powerful rhythm section (Charles Ables on bass, Steve Williams on drums) this release features guest appearances by some of jazz's luminaries: Miles Davis (long a champion of Horn's music), Wynton and Branford ...
| | Stan Getz Getz/Gilberto CD (1963)
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Opening track "The Girl From Ipanema," a breezy, infectious Jobim composition with vocals by both Joao and Astrud, became one of the biggest (and most recognizable) hits of the era, and the single most popular Brazilian tune in America. The exquisite shuffle "Desafinado," the Joao-Astrud duet "Corcovado," and the eminently grooving "So Danco Samba" have gone on to become standards of both bossa nova and jazz, and the versions here are definitive. Getz's sensitive playing blends seamlessly with the deceptively casual rhythmic sophistication of Jobim, Gilberto, and percussionist Milton Banana. The material, the musicianship, and the gentle, minimal arrangements and production ensure that GETZ/GILBERTO will never date, age, or tire. It's a perfect album.
The record that started the bossa nova craze of the mid-'60s, GETZ-GILBERTO is a justly recognized classic. The disc's success is attributable to its spectacular personnel: the man who basically invented bossa nova, Antonio Carlos Jobim; the man who defined and perfected the genre, Joao Gilberto; his charmingly waifish-sounding wife, Astrud Gilberto; and American tenor ...
| | Shirley Horn I Remember Miles CD (1998)
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I REMEMBER MILES won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.
This stunning album is Shirley Horn's loving tribute to her friend and colleague, the legendary late Miles Davis. Davis was so taken by Horn's first album EMBERS AND ASHES that he forced The Village Vanguard to let her virtually-unknown trio open for him during his 1961 run there. Their friendship and admiration for each other's music lasted through the years, and Shirley Horn's 1991 recording YOU WON'T FORGET ME, was one of the last recordings Miles Davis made.
Horn selected mostly ballads from Davis' Columbia Records catalogue for her tribute because, as she explains in the liner notes, Davis liked her to sing ballads, and ballads are Horn's specialty. She can slow down time in a unique and spellbinding way. Her sultry and smoky vocals are intimate and conversational, relying on odd metered timing and silence, rather than volume, to make an emotional point.
This album's knock out punch is the epic (over 10 minutes long) "My Man's Gone Now" performed in an uncharacteristically (for Horn) abstract style with a double rhythm section and Roy Hargrove wailing and soaring on the trumpet. This may well be one of the greatest tracks Horn ever recorded.
Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, New York from December ...
| | Earth, Wind, And Fire Essential Earth, Wind & Fire CDs (2002) Limited Edition; Remastered
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Additional personnel includes: Ken Yerke, Harris Goldman (violin); Rollice Dale (viola); Dennis Karmazyn Harry Schultz (cello); Fred Jackson Jr., Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson (saxophone); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Harvey Mason, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Beloyd Taylor (background vocals).
Recorded between 1973 & 1983. Includes liner notes by Leo Sacks, Virginia Prescott, and William C, Rhoden.
"These songs are as close as we came to perfection," says group founder and leader Maurice White in the liner notes to THE ESSENTIAL EARTH, WIND & FIRE. Given the quality of the music in this double-disc package, it's hard to argue. Remarkable for both its commercial success and its inventive hybrid of funk, soul, jazz, and African folk music (White's kalimba is featured as a solo instrument on "Evil," for example), Earth, Wind & Fire are deservedly regarded as one of the finest ensembles of the 1970s.
A thorough retrospective of the band's evolution and multiple stylistic directions (often achieved within one song), ESSENTIAL spans from the early, earthy funk of "Mighty Mighty" to the disco-flavored "Boogie Wonderland" (with the Emotions). In between are all of the group's smash hits--the infectious "Shining Star," the feel-good "Sing a Song," their jazzy interpretation of Lennon/McCartney's "Got to Get You Into My Life," and the early '80s dance-floor favorite "Let's Groove," to name a few. Throughout, complex horn parts, rich vocal harmonies, and the formidable chops of the band's instrumentalists dazzle on ballads, heady improvisations, and funk workouts alike. This is the definitive compilation of one soul's mightiest groups.
All ...
| | Claudio Roditi Samba-Manhattan Style CD (1995)
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Brazilian music with a heavy dose of jazz ...
| | Best Of Al Dimeola CD (1992)
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Compilation producer: Steven Schenfeld.
Personnel: ...
| | Panther: A Tribute To Pantera CD (2000)
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| | Native American Meditations CD (1999) (Import) United Kingdom
$15.09 | | David Axelrod Earth Rot CD (2001) (Import) United Kingdom
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EARTH ROT is a 1970 release by jazz-rock composer and arranger David Axelrod, featuring two side-long suites on ecological topics.
Axelrod's most unique recording. Originally released in 1970, 'Earthrot' is an ecological ...
| | Obus El Destino Jugo Sus Cartas CD (2004) (Import) Import; Spain
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| | Kouhei Hanai Tokyo (Mini LP Sleeve) CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Allison Hot Biscuits Kerr Sit On The Porch & Swing CD (2004)
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Allison Kerr's Hot BiscuitsOriginal Southern-style, Jazz & Blues:"Her voice is full of music...it is her album that demands a stop where you are and listen..."-Shelbyville Times-Gazette Bob Scruggs"Allison sings the most authentic, charismatic and soulful, sophisticated blues."-Cove Struck MusicRobert Kiefer"She's got it all, the voice, the smile..."-Sarah Cannon/Minnie PearlVocalist/songwriter, Allison Kerr, crafts tunes with a southern savoir-faire and sings them with an honest, honey-rich voice that captures the true flavor of the south. She has performed all over the world from Las Vegas show palaces like Caesar's and the Desert Inn to the top clubs and concert halls in Japan. Recently, this native Texan appeared to a full house as the featured artist in the Jackson Symphony Orchestra's POP Series.She has two CD's, "Allison Kerr" and "Sit On the Porch and Swing," both available at www.CDBaby.com.As a MT-BC, Board Certified Music Therapist, ...
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