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4.1.10

Diana Krall - All for You

All for You is a tribute to the Nat "King" Cole Trio of the 1940s, when Cole performed as both a singer and a pianist. Krall, like her heroes Lena Horne and Carmen McRae, is also a singer-pianist, and she plays both roles on most of the songs here. She's able to link her singing to her piano playing in sympathetic ways and projects tremendous feeling through both. Like Cole in the '40s, Krall plays with a drummerless trio--here with guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Paul Keller. Their sense of intimate rapport is especially valuable on ballads such as "You Call It Madness" and "I'm Thru with Love," but also allows such uptempo tunes as "Hit That Jive Jack" to swing with surprising lightness.
--Geoffrey Himes

Tracklist:
1. I'm An Errand Girl For Rhythm
2. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
3. You Call It Madness
4. Frim Fram Sauce
5. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
6. Baby Baby All The Time
7. Hit That Jive Jack
8. You're Looking At Me
9. I'm Thru With Love
10. Deed I Do
11. A Blossom Fell
12. If I Had You
13. When I Grow Too Old TO Dream

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18.11.09

Ve que - Tran Manh Tuan

Tran Manh Tuan was born in Hanoi on May 7th to a family with a tradition in the performing arts. His father, mother and sister are all stage performers of the traditional "Cai Luong" (The Renovated Theater), a theatrical art based on song and dance, created in the South of Vietnam.

Yet he found his own musical love in jazz and has responded by becoming one of the leaders of the Vietnamese jazz movement.
While Tuan plays Jazz, Pop, R&B, his favorite is a combination of traditional Vietnamese music and contemporary music that brings to the music-loving public a feeling of unity and a common language. This music evokes love, breath and happiness.

Taught at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, working as composer, producer, arranger and saxophonist.
So far Tuan has released 7 solo CDs, and has collaborated with many well-known Vietnamese singers. He has received many music awards for his talent and for taking the voice of Vietnam and Vietnam TV and also for his performances to students.

He has performed in many countries including France, Germany, the United States, Holland, Russia, China, Thailand, Singapore, and many more.

Tracklist:
01. Ve que
02. Nguoc dong Huong Giang
03. Chi toi (Trong Dai)
04. Chi toi (Tran Tien)
05. Me yeu con
06. Huyen thoai me
07. Tro ve dong song tuoi tho
08. Que huong
09. Thang 4 ve

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2.10.09

Katie Melua - Pictures

Those who were irked last time around by Katie Melua’s unsubstantiated claims that there are, and I quote, "nine million bicycles in Beijing" and that indeed "that’s a fact, it’s a thing we can’t deny"--when at best it can be no more than an exaggerated guesstimate and at worst just plain made up--will be pleased to learn that there are no comparable aspersions on new album Pictures. There may still be instances when things just don’t seem to make much sense at all, and metaphors can tire in her company, though set alongside a trademark melting lullaby such moments don’t really tend to linger. Pictures is an album that, while essentially doing only what it should and little more, also begins to signal that her potential could yet be realised. Where she has always had the silk-lined voice of a fairy admiring her beauty in a dew-drop, and her albums of modern mainstream jazz have become naturally affiliated with bubble baths by candlelight, or large glasses of red wine sipped slowly, or both, this is where she starts exhibiting signs of maturity. On "What I Miss About You", "Spellbound" and "Perfect Circle" she sounds older, more contemplative, almost commanding, and genuinely soulful. Rising above the generic parapet she makes small steps towards an identity of her own. Perhaps more than just a pretty voice after all.
--James Berry

Tracks:

01 - Mary Pickford (03:12 min.)
02 - It's All In My Head (04:03 min.)
03 - If The Light Go Out (03:14 min.)
04 - What I Miss About You (03:48 min.)
05 - Spellbound (03:00 min.)
06 - What It Says On The Tin (03:44 min.)
07 - Scary Films (04:02 min.)
08 - Perfect Circle (04:00 min.)
09 - Ghost Town (03:31 min.)
10 - If You Were A Sailboat (04:02 min.)
11 - Dirty Dice (03:39 min.)
12 - In My Secret Life (04:23 min.)

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30.9.09

Street Tango - Carel Kraayenhof (Accordion)

The imaginary walks Piazzolla makes through the streets of these two metropoles tell the story of the immigrant who, inwardly torn, has learned to survive in two worlds: one in which he tries to find a new home, and one that only lives in his memory and wistfulness. Piazzolla was a great admirer of composer Leonard Bernstein. No wonder, then, that he was present at the premiere of the musical 'West Side Story' in New York. Inspired by the meeting of these two composers, Kraayenhof decided to adapt several pieces from the musical for Sexteto Canyengue by translating them into their specific tango idiom, among them were 'Prologue', 'Maria','A Boy Like That', 'The Rumble'. Led by bandoneón maestro Carel Kraayenhof, the Dutch based sextet, present an engaging repertoire of new arrangements of well-known tango classics, and some fine new compositions.

Tracks:

01. Ausencias
02. Street Tango
03. Prologue
04. Desconcierto
05. Tres Minutos con la Realidad
06. Resurreccion del Angel
07. Rumble
08. Ave Maria
09. Mambo
10. Knife Fight
11. Maria
12. Boy Like That- I Have a Love, A
13. One Hand, One Heart
14. Libertango
15. Alma de Bandoneon

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24.9.09

Ahma (Maria Kalaniemi)

The accordion has never sounded as good as it does beneath Maria's expert cuticles, helped on by all the top players from the Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department, which comprises the band Aldargaz. Sibelius? That's in Helsinki, Finland, mate.

The playing is inspired, and more akin to jazz than any World Music mask you make it wear. Instrumental on the whole, there are times when a da dada voice comes in to make itself a part of the orchestration, as in the jig-like 'Melos', king of the bar room set. Jovial, social, a real swing at the fences.

A far cry from the one that follows it, a moody 'Lovina' that seems to sweep the Finnish countryside, using the soft violin as a divining rod for locating old ghosts, while the accordion which brushes the main tune on in gentle dabs stays well out in front, never afraid, only yearning.

Ahma is said to combine Finnish folk, jazz improv and Argentinean tango into Maria's 3rd solo release, and the first cd for the great NorthSide label. Oh yes, the melodies are superb, almost multi-layered, needing more than one listen to hear everything going on behind the ears. 'Namas' itself takes traditional music further than the typical ballad, melting lush components together for a rich landscape of sounds that are of their own time. Not now. Not then. They are of a different definition of classical (music), a beauty to behold. Timo Alakotila's piano and Olli Varis' acoustic guitar are only several compartments into which your thinking mind will fall and try to fathom its way out.

They call her Queen of 5-Row Accordion. Maria's talent is obvious, but the mark of a Good queen is to surround herself with the best musicians the world has to offer. Already a good one, this would then have to make her Great.

Tracks:

01 Ahma
02 Ängskär
03 Huuma (Los Mareados)
04 Kaamos (Polar Night)
05 Melos
06 Lovina
07 Nibe
08 Bingjö
09 Kamppi
10 Namas
11 Nautilus
12 Arctic Paradise

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26.6.09

Catrin Finch: Crossing the Stone

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http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6129120/a/Crossing+The+Stone+/+Catrin+Finch.htm

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Tracklist:

01. Mountain Dance (4:49)
02. Harper's Bizarre (3:13)
03. James (2:19)
04. Concerto for 2 Harps "Over the Stone": 4th mvt, Crossing the Stone (4:17)
05. Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006: 1st movement, Prelude (3:59)
06. Electric Counterpoint: 3rd movement (4:24)
07. Concerto for 2 Harps "Over the Stone": 2nd mvt, Eternal Dream (4:47)
08. Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (3:40)
09. Concerto for 2 Harps "Over the Stone": 6th mvt, Cafe Vamp Latino (4:52)
10. Spain (3:25)
11. Buenos Aires hora zero (4:56)
12. Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune (6:05)
13. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue no 1 in C, BWV 846 - Prelude (4:26)
14. Ave Maria
15. Thingamujig (2:25)
16. Suo Gan (3:27)
17. Palladio "Diamond Music": 1st movement

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Bremer Kaffeehaus Orchester: Rendezvous im Kaffeehaus

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http://www.amazon.de/Rendezvous-im-Kaffeehaus-Bremer-Orchester/dp/B00004SCZO

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Tracklist:

01. Neapolitanisches Ständchen
02. La Cunparsita
03. Gold und Silber
04. Torna a Surriento
05. Bis früh um fünfe
06. Je te veux
07. Por una Cabeza
08. Lockenköpfchen op. 45
09. La Serenata Reinhören
10. Heinzelmännchens Wachparade op. 5
11. Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 5 fis-moll
12. Czardas
13. Solvejgs Lied Nr. 4 op. 55
14. Leichtes Blut op. 319

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Teatime at the Savoy

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http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Wolfgang-Heinzel/Conductor/96357-3

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Tracklist:

01.Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
02.Porgy and Bess: Summertime by George Gershwin
03.Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
04.Babes in arms: The lady is a tramp by Richard Rodgers
05.Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Se vuol ballare, Signor contino by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
06.Funny Face: 'S Wonderful by George Gershwin
07.Boléro by Maurice Ravel
08.Breakfast at Tiffany's: Moon River by Henry Mancini
09.Take Five by Paul Desmond
10.Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
11.Stompin' At The Savoy by Benny Goodman
12.No, No, Nanette: Tea for Two by Vincent Youmans
13.Der fliegende Hollander: Bleib', Senta! Bleib, nur einen by Richard Wagner
14.Zar und Zimmermann: Den Hohen Herrscher...Heil sei dem Tag by Albert Lortzing
15.Variations (12) for Piano in C major on "Ah vous dirai-je maman", K 265 (300e) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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11.6.09

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh: Jazziza

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http://www.amazon.com/Jazziza-Aziza-Mustafa-Zadeh/dp/B0000568RT

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Azeri jazz artist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh released her fifth album, Jazziza, in 1997. The title of the album comes from the nickname her father Vagif gave her when she was a child. The album was particularly successful in UK, USA, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Japan and in Australia. The sales of album exeed 3.000.000 copies worldwide.

Tracklist:

01 I Can't Sleep
02 Sunny Rain
03 How Insensitive
04 Black Orpheus
05 Nature Boy
06 My Funny Valentine
07 Butterflies
08 You've Changed
09 Take Five
10 Character
11 Scrapple From The Apple
12 Lover Man

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Trio Rouge: Galeazzi/Courtois/Godard

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http://www.amazon.com/Trio-Rouge/dp/B0006OL5QI

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Galeazzi, indeed, has one of those voices that instantly grabs the listener - rich, intense and filled with emotion, but never straying from a breathtaking precision that shines of musicality. And like all great musicians, she employs her talents with the utmost versatility. Passion and defiance seep through every note of songs like ‘Voglio Una Casa’, whilst sensitivity and tenderness characterise ‘Per Vita Bella’. The most impressive tune of the collection is the short but absorbing ‘Stornelli A Saltrarello’. Accompanied only by steady clapping, Galeazzi’s expressive vocals glide with ease through the rhythmical mesh of this beautiful traditional melody. The rapid blast of notes at the end has to be heard to be believed...

Tracklist:

01. Bella Ciao
02. Voglio una casa
03. Per vita bella
04. Ah, vita bella
05. La Luze de oro
06. C'era una volta
07. Una serenata
08. Stornelli a saltarello
09. Per la Ninna Nanna
10. La Muntagnella
11. La tarantelle translucida
12. Per gorizia
13. Gorizia (canzone tradizionale della 1° guerra mondiale)
14. Rosso

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9.6.09

Viktoria Tolstoy: My Russian Soul

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http://www.amazon.com/My-Russian-Soul-Viktoria-Tolstoy/dp/B001CDF022

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Viktoria Tolstoy, great-granddaughter of famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, is one of the most successful female Scandinavian singers.

The songs here are mainly based on classical music, though two traditional folk songs were added into the mix, and Tolstoy and producer Nils Landgren looked through the annals of Russian pop for inspiration.

"A spectacular success. Only those possessing a heart stonier than the Great Wall of China will fail to be moved. Tolstoy's most personal and ambitious work to date." -- Jazzwise

Tracklist:

01. Home
02. Word by word
03. The curtain falls
04. Little pretty
05. Our stories
06. Stranger in Paradise (From the musical"Kismet" based on polowetzer Tänze by Alexander P. Borodin)
07. You can go home again
08. Silent rhapsody
09. Although you're gone
10. Our man
11. No news
12. Aftermath

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Ha trang - Tran Manh Tuan

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Very well known pop songs written my Vietnam's famous composer Trinh Cong Son. Trinh Cong Son is also known as Vietnam's Bob Dylan. Music selection was arranged by Tran Manh Tuan in a contemporary style

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Yet he found his own musical love in jazz and has responded by becoming one of the leaders of the Vietnamese jazz movement.

While Tuan plays Jazz, Pop, R&B, his favorite is a combination of traditional Vietnamese music and contemporary music that brings to the music-loving public a feeling of unity and a common language. This music evokes love, breath and happiness.

Taught at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, working as composer, producer, arranger and saxophonist.

So far Tuan has released 7 solo CDs, and has collaborated with many well-known Vietnamese singers. He has received many music awards for his talent and for taking the voice of Vietnam and Vietnam TV and also for his performances to students.

He has performed in many countries including France, Germany, the United States, Holland, Russia, China, Thailand, Singapore, and many more.

Tracklist:

01 Ha Trang
02 Ru Em Tung Ngon Xuan Nong
03 Mot Coi Di Ve
04 Mua Hong
05 Uot Mi
06 Em Hay Ngu Di
07 Song Ve Dau
08 Ru Ta Ngam Ngui
09 Bien Nho
10 Cat Bui

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Body and Soul - Tran Manh Tuan

Welcome to the world where musical notes speak the language of the romantic, the timeless and the universal: the world of jazz ballad. A jazz ballad is a time for reflection.

So far Tuan has released 8 solo CDs, and has collaborated with many well-known Vietnamese singers. He has received many music awards for his talent and for taking the voice of Vietnam and Vietnam TV and also for his performances to students. He has performed in many countries including France, Germany, the United States, Holland, Russia, China, Thailand, Singapore, and many more. He also had chances to meet & perform with Drummer Manu Cache, composer and pianist Rob Mullins, Singer Stephan Echer, Singer Co Co York, pianist Mike Del Frerro, Six Sun Band, We We We Band, the Bill Head Trio, Infolio Band, Jazzisimo Band, Mezcal Jazz Unit, Bassist Harvie S, Saxophonist Hans Dulfer, Saxophonist Fulvio Albano, Felix Slovacek Big Band, Guitarist Alfred Simms-Protz, singer Jennifer Ryan, pianist John Ferguson, recently with Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter when they have been visited Viet Nam,Dana Leong Band, Adam Klipple & Drive by Leslie Band and others.

Tracklist:

01 Body & Soul
02 I'm in the Mood for Love
03 Nature Boy
04 Over the Rainbow
05 The Good Life
06 Skylark
07 My Funny Valentine
08 As Time Goes By
09 My One and Only Love
10 My Foolish Heart

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Bèo dạt mây trôi - Trần Mạnh Tuấn (Drifting blossoms, floating clouds - Tran Manh Tuan)

A fusion of modern jazz with traditional Vietnamese melodies, performed by Tran Manh Tuan (saxophonist), Vietnam's first Berklee graduate.

Tracklist:

1 Drifting Blossoms, Floating Clouds (Beo Dat May Troi)
2 Fragrant Flowers, Flirty Butterflies (Hoa Thom Buom Luon)
3 As I Was Crossing The Bridge (Qua Cau Gio Bay)
4 Cai Mon Ballad (Ly Cai Mon)
5 Learning Against The Boatside (Ngoi Tua Man Thuyen)
6 The Bridge - Crossing Ballad (Dieu Ly Qua Cau)
7 PLease Stay, Don't Leave (Nguoi Oi Nguoi O Duong Ve)
8 South Vietnamese Lullaby (Ru Con Nam Bo)

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