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Красивейший джазовый альбом. Композицию "Rue Paradis"

The Rippinftons featuring Russ Freeman: "Cote D'Azur" 2011

Fans that have followed Russ Freeman and The Rippingtons for any stretch of time over the past quarter century know the versatile award winning and Grammy® nominated guitarist/composer and producer has long had a penchant for naming songs and albums after exotic places (“Aruba,” “Kenya,” “Morocco,” Weekend in Monaco, Sahara, et al). But The Ripps’ latest Peak Records recording Cote D’Azur--inspired by Freeman’s passion for the French people and the storied region of the French Riviera—is more than simply the latest stamp on Freeman’s well traveled passport. Beyond simple wanderlust or a gathering of “musical postcards” from the Southern region of France, it taps into a spirit that’s deeper and more transcendent than any other group project to date.

All of the songs on Cote D’Azur tell stories of Freeman’s extensive travels in France with his wife Yaredt Leon, a hit songwriter in her own right who contributed tracks to the Ripps Latin-themed Wild Card (2005) and Modern Art (2009). Cote D’Azur is bookended with songs they wrote together, the high energy title track and the beautiful “Mesmerized.” Yaredt has been Freeman’s consummate travel partner these past years. For a time, he couldn’t get enough of Italy, but the minute Leon (whose mixed heritage is Colombian-French) introduced him to her father’s homeland of France, Freeman was hooked.

After so many excursions to the country--and train trips from Paris to Cote D’Azur (the French Riviera)--that he loses count, Freeman felt music stirring inside him that was exotic, deeper and more heartfelt than any he had ever written and produced before —quite a bold statement considering that their music has played such a defining role in contemporary jazz since the release of Moonlighting in 1986. He also feels that both musically and technically, Cote D’Azur takes an incredible leap forward.

“This is the best album I’ve ever written,” he says, “and unlike on any other Rippingtons recording, the music is a pristine crystallization of the way I first heard it in my head. I think the incredible cultural connection between France and America hit me one night in Nice when I was watching a show on the history of St. Tropez. Brigitte Bardot was so well known as a model and film actress, but in the 60s she also did hundreds of music videos of French remakes of songs that were big hits in America. Remakes of everything from Elvis to the Beatles were huge. Johnny Hallyday is a French music superstar who patterned himself after Elvis. All of this taught me how close our cultures really are. They also were big into American surf music in the early

60s, and that inspired the new song ‘Le Calypso.’ All of this, combined with Yaredt’s French heritage, really made me fall in love with the country.”

Cote D’Azur is a daring, full-scale exploration of world that fascinates Freeman and, as he has discovered, has more ties to American culture than he ever imagined. So much so that on tour throughout the U.S. in the summer of 2010, The Rippingtons gave their thousands of loyal fans an extraordinary gift. Months before the official release of the album, the band complemented their run of classic hits with an unprecedented sweep of six songs from the new collection.

Сегодня чумею под Young Flowers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ещё красивейший джазовый альбом.

Brettina: "Brettina" 2010

From: CA, United States
Genre:
Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Classical Jazz
Everyone who has heard the music on the newly-released jazz CD "Brettina" is excited. Singer-songwriter Brettina recorded these jazz originals with live musicians, featuring production by Tracy Carter.

Brettina writes and sings from her heart. She is a native of the Bahamas, and her music mixes the tradition of the islands with influences such as Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, and Shirley Horn, creating her own organic jazz sound. She comes from a family of musicians, including her gospel-singer mother and her uncles' funk, disco, and R&B band T-Connection.
Brettina: New Sound of Jazz
What defines a female jazz vocalist today? Is it someone whose albums feature at least three American Songbook standards? Must the singer be backed by well-known jazz musicians? What about her sound? Does she have to be bluesy? Or is this checklist outdated? There's probably no concrete answer to these questions. I do know that I'm tired of hearing the same songs over and over again, no matter how good the singer's voice. For me, the singer known simply as Brettina is among those artists who are trying to break the old, tired mold.
Brettina Robinson's debut CD, Brettina, isn't a traditional jazz vocal album. It's better. On the album, Brettina works through mostly originals, each melody and arrangement more captivating than the last. Born in Nassau, the Bahamas, Brettina's warm-weather roots are evident throughout—in the stories she tells and in the lilting surfy beats on many of the tracks. Best of all, Brettina is genuine and completely inside the music.
Catch the The Bug's tidal sweep or the jazz-soul intensity of Chai. Or the shimmy-funk 1980s feel of Kirkwood Coakley's My Time to Shine and the lower-register ballad Pardon the Storm. Brettina takes on Harry Belafonte's Island In the Sun but rather than mime the calypso singer's version, she delivers the song with a rock-a-by feel. And dig One, my favorite. It builds and smolders, topping off with a terrific piano solo by Tracy Carter.

TNT the new territory 2007

2fin:

>Brettina Robinson's debut CD
Так значит Робинзон кантовался на одном из Багамских островов, и явно не один...
PS. А певица действительно неплохая.

Тhe Watch 2001.

10cc -"The Very Best"(1997)

Doctor & Medics - Spirit in the Sky

вот этого товарища)

на данный момент дебютный альбом
"Closing Time" (1973)

Синглы "Стоунз".

THE АLLMАN BROTHERS BАND - Eat a Peach'72

AVRIL LAVIGNE - GOODBYE LULLABY (2011)


Deluxe CD*DVD - CD RCA 88697801972 (Sony) / EAN 0886978019721 04.03.2011

1. Black Star 1:34
2. What The Hell 3:40
3. Push 3:01
4. Wish You Were Here 3:45
5. Smile 3:29
6. Stop Standing There 3:27
7. I Love You 4:01
8. Everybody Hurts 3:41
9. Not Enough 4:18
10. 4 Real 3:28
11. Darlin 3:50
12. Remember When 3:29
13. Goodbye 4:30
14. Alice [Hidden Track] 5:00
Bonus Tracks
15. What The Hell (Acoustic) 3:40
16. Push (Acoustic) 2:46
17. Wish You Were Here (Acoustic) 3:45
18. Bad Reputation (Acoustic) 2:42
Extras:
Bonus DVD The Making Of Goodbye Lullaby

Suicide - Suicide (1977)
когда-то этот альбом оказал ошеломляющее впечатление своей дикостью и необузданностью

Badginger -Ass(1973)

2игорь комсомоленко:

>AVRIL LAVIGNE - GOODBYE LULLABY (2011)


А зачем?

Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here (p) 2010

Doom же играли...Не ожидал, понравилось!
Уилсон руку приложил, не иначе...))))