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 (1 Customer Review)
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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 $11.99    
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 ...
| | Shirley Horn You Won't Forget Me CD (1991)
Malene
$9.65
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 ...
| | Stan Getz Jazz Samba CD (1962)
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$14.69 
Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Suha Gur (Polygram Studios).
The album that launched Jobim's now classic "Desafinado" Jazz Samba was released in 1962, in the early days of America's bossa nova craze and before the music lost its charm to cliche. Joined by fellow Latin jazz pioneer Charlie Byrd on classical guitar, and a discreet bass and drums team, tenor saxophonist Getz makes light and elegant music out of a collection of catchy bossas and sambas. His virtuosity, bluesy drive and smooth, soft tone make the music cook like bossa jazz rarely has since. There are still enough surprises to make this record more than just a period piece, and it stands as a fine example of Getz's lyrical genius.
This is part of the Verve Master Edition series.
Recorded at Pierce Hall, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington, D.C. on February 13, 1962. Originally released on Verve (8432). Includes liner notes by John Litweiler and Dom Cerulli.
Recorded ...
| | Stan Getz Getz/Gilberto CD (1963)
Malene
$15.05
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 ...
| | Shirley Horn I Remember Miles CD (1998)
Malene
$12.39
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 ...
| | Earth, Wind, And Fire Essential Earth, Wind & Fire CDs (2002) Limited Edition; Remastered
Malene
$15.95
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, ...
| | Claudio Roditi Samba-Manhattan Style CD (1995)
Malene
$13.79
| | Best Of Al Dimeola CD (1992)
Malene
$12.05
| | Panther: A Tribute To Pantera CD (2000)
Malene
$10.89
| | Native American Meditations CD (1999) (Import) United Kingdom
$16.09 | | Obus El Destino Jugo Sus Cartas CD (2004) (Import) Import; Spain
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$20.39
| | Kouhei Hanai Tokyo (Mini LP Sleeve) CD (2007) (Import)
Malene
$31.55
| | Allison Hot Biscuits Kerr Sit On The Porch & Swing CD (2004)
Malene
$18.99
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 ...
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