15.10.24

SOLVEIG SLETTAHJELL · SLOW MOTION QUINTET — Silver (2004) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The album was awarded the "Spellemannsprisen," the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Take It With Me 4:37   
Kathleen Brennan / Tom Waits
2    Second Time Around 5:14
Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen
3    What Is This Thing Called Love 5:39
Cole Porter
4    D. Parkers Wisdom 4:23   
Dorothy Parker / Solveig Slettahjell
5    What If 2:30   
Morten Qvenild
6    You Won't Forget Me 6:08   
K. Goell / Kermit Goell / Fred Spielman
7    Nobody's Fault But Mine 3:32
Nina Simone
8    Moon River 1:57   
Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer
9    Time After Time 4:17   
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
10    12th of Never 3:01
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
11    The More I See You 3:49
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
12    Look for the Silver Lining 1:42
Buddy DeSylva / Jerome Kern
Credits:
Bass – Mats Eilertsen
Drums – Per Oddvar Johansen
Piano – Morten Qvenild
Trumpet – Sjur Miljeteig
Vocals – Solveig Slettahjell

14.10.24

LARS DANIELSSON with Bugge Wesseltoft + Nils Petter Molvær — Mélange Bleu (2006) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"A masterpiece - a convincing, finely balanced blend of acoustic moods and electronic ambient sounds." - JAZZTHING ACT
Tracklist :
1    Mélange Bleu    3:59
 Written-By, Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
2    Makro 5:29
 Written-By, Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
Sampler [Beats & Samples] – Mario Basanov, Vytas Basanov

3    Les Coulisses 4:47
Written-By, Arranged By – Bugge Wesseltoft, Lars Danielsson
4    Ironside 7:39
 Written-By, Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
Synthesizer – Gustaf Ljunggren
Voice – Caecilie Norby

5    Judas Bolero    19:49
 Written-By, Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
6    Minor People 3:52
 Written-By, Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
Piano [Solo] – Bugge Wesseltoft

7    Sketches Of Twelve 10:33
Written-By, Arranged By – Bugge Wesseltoft, Lars Danielsson
8    Naive    5:28
 Written-By, Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
9    Bacchanalia 4:07
 Written-By, Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Lars Danielsson

10    After Zero    4:17
 Written-By, Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
Credits :
Lars Danielsson – Cello, Acoustic Bass, Fender Bass, Piano, Fender Rhodes
Bugge Wesseltoft – Piano
Nils Petter Molvær – Trumpet
Eivind Aarset – Guitar
Jon Christensen – Drums, Percussion
Anders Engen - Drums
Jan Bang – Samples, Livesampling
Pål ''Strangefruit'' Nyhus – Vinyl Channeling
Vytas & Mario Basanov – Beats & Samples
Cæcilie Norby - Voices
Gustaf Ljunggren – Steel Guitar, Syntheziser
Xavier Desandre Navarre - Percussion

MATTHIAS SCHRIEFL — Shreefpunk Live In Köln 'Special Guest : Django Bates (2009) Serie : young german jazz | FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

"Clever-subversive modern jazz." - AUDIO
"An exciting discovery in terms of youthfully fresh jazz from Germany." - IN MUSIC ACT
PART 1: Shreefpunk Live At Stadtgarten    
1    Flying To New York    7:09
2    Blüte    7:04
3    Baustelle    7:03
4    Fiarn Sepp    4:21
5    Wien    6:03
6    München    4:30
7    Rom    4:32
8    KVB    5:58
PART 2: Shreefpunk Plus Strings At The Philharmonie, Special Guest: Django Bates    
9    Geräusche In Der Nachbarschaft    11:44
10    Regen    9:53
11    Kölsche Karnickel    5:35
Credits :
PART 1: Shreefpunk Live At Stadtgarten (Tracks 1 - 8)
Matthias Schriefl - Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Johannes Behr - Guitars
Robert Landfermann - Doublebass
Jens Düppe - Drums

PART 2: Shreefpunk Plus Strings At The Philharmonie, Special Guest: Django Bates (Tracks 9 - 11)
Matthias Schriefl - Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Johannes Behr - Guitars
Robert Landfermann - Double Bass
Jens Düppe - Drums
Hannah Weirich, Nadine-Goussi Aguigah - Violin
Axel Porath - Viola
Thomas Schmitz - Cello

13.10.24

GWILYM SIMCOCK & YURI GOLOUBEV — Reverie At Schloss Elmau (2014) Duo Art Series | FLAC (tracks), lossless

"Reverie at Schloss Elmau" presents nine reveries oscillating between jazz and classical music, in an intimate dialogue played by two world-class musicians. With Gwilym Simcock and Yuri Goloubev, two musicians have found each other who think and feel in the same categories, even from their musical DNA. Both are united by the will to transfer their romantic-classical vein into the jazz context and so the joint sound journey on "Reverie at Schloss Elmau" was a logical consequence. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Pastoral    8:13
Composed By – Gwilym Simcock
2    Lost Romance    7:01
Composed By – Yuri Goloubev
3    Shades Of Pleasure    7:03
Composed By – Gwilym Simcock
4    Antics    4:06
Composed By – Gwilym Simcock
5    A Joy Forever    6:12
Composed By – Gwilym Simcock
6    Non-Schumann Lied    8:23
Composed By – Yuri Goloubev
7    Flow    5:46
Composed By – Gwilym Simcock
8        Vain Song    7:10
Composed By – Yuri Goloubev
9    Reverie
Composed By – Giovanni Bottesini
Credits :
Bass – Yuri Goloubev
Piano – Gwilym Simcock

KLAUS PAIER - ASJA VALCIC — Timeless Suite (2015) FLAC (tracks), lossless

 "Universale Kammermusik - zum Weinen schön" - Süddeutsche Zeitung. "Timeless Suite" connects past eras with the present in a distinctive language. Curiosity and courage are the outstanding virtues that unite the two adventurous sound-space explorers in a congenial alliance. An exciting dance that one hopes will never end. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Incontro Con Stravinsky    5:26
Composed By – Igor Stravinsky / Klaus Paier
2    Inside A Flower    4:40
Composed By – Klaus Paier
3    Saskia's Dance    5:33
Composed By – Asja Valcic
4    Amelie's Fairy Tale    5:13
Composed By – Asja Valcic
5    Vocalmente    3:34
Composed By – Klaus Paier
6    Sarabande    4:39
Composed By – Asja Valcic / Johann Sebastian Bach
7    Ibiza At Noon    4:00
Composed By – Asja Valcic
8    Dramatique    5:14
Composed By – Klaus Paier
9    Green Rondo    4:39
Composed By – Klaus Paier
10    Maestoso & Melodioso    4:13
Composed By – Asja Valcic / Johann Sebastian Bach
11    Oblivion    4:49
Composed By – Astor Piazzolla
Credits :
Accordion, Bandoneon – Klaus Paier
Cello – Asja Valcic
Cover – Katharina Grosse

HUONG THANH & NGUYÊN LÊ — Fragile Beauty (2007) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

For sheer melodic and timbral beauty, there are few languages that can match Vietnamese -- like most tonal languages, it sounds like it'...