venerdì 9 dicembre 2016

Merry Fuckin’ Jazzin' Xmas




A selection of Christmas songs performed in jazz style by musicians as Dexter Gordon, Bill Evans, Jimmy Smith , John Coltrane and many others



01 Dexter Gordon - Have yourself a merry little Christmas

02 Bill Evans - Santa Claus is coming to town
03 Jimmy Smith - White Christmas
04 Etta James - This Time of Year
05 Chet Baker - Silent Night

06 Roy Hargrove - Frosty th snowman
07 Billie Holiday - I've got my love to keep me warm
08 Kenny Burrell - My Favorite things
09 Ella Fitzgerald - Have yourself a nerry little Christmas
10 Yuji Ohno Trio - Candlelight For Two
11 Nicholas Payton - Santa Claus is coming to town
12 Kenny Burrell - Twelve days of Christmas

13 Dave Brubeck Quartet - Santa is coming to town
14 Jimmy Smith - Jingle Bells
15 Etta James - Merry Christmas, Baby
16 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Jingle Bells

17 Ella Fitz Gerald - Rudolph , the re nose reindeer
18 John Coltrane - Greensleeves
19 Chet Baker - Winter Wonderland
20 Yuji Ohno Trio - The Christmas Song

21 Lena Horne - Santa Claus is coming to town
22 Mark Whitfield - Those soulful Jingle bells
23 Louis Jordan And His Orchestra - May Everday Be Christmas


HERE






giovedì 8 dicembre 2016

Merry Soulful Christmas




Christmas mixtape collecting some classics and some original songs performed by the best of American Soul scene. Why leave your Christmas carols in the hands of white racist rednecks ???



01 James Brown - Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto
02 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
03 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Christmas Song
04 The Emotions - What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas
05 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Believe In Christmas Eve
06 Donny Hathaway - This Christmas
07 Marvin Gaye - Want To Come Home For Christmas
08 The Rotary Connection - Christmas Love
09 Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings  - Just Another Christmas Song
10 The Whispers - Sant Claus Is Coming To Town
11 Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby
12 Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me
13 The Emotions - Black Christmas
14 The Shirelles  - Blue Holiday
15 The Temptations - Give Love On Christmas Day
16 The Rotary Connection - Christmas Child
17 James Brown - Soulful Christmas
18 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Can Tell When Christmas Is Near
19 Marvin Gaye - Purple Snowflakes
20 Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas
21 William Bell - Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday
22 The Whispers - This Time Of The Year
23 The Staple Singers - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas  
24 Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings - Please Come Home for Christmas
25 The Temptations - Silent Night
26 The Platters  -  Joy to the World


HERE





venerdì 2 dicembre 2016

The art of Yuji Ohno




A musical journey in the universe of Yuji Ohno, the famous Japanese pianist author of the wonderful music related to Lupin III cartoon . A clean and smudge jazz, romantic and enveloping.





01 Theme From Lupin The Third (Full size version)

02 Adios Santiago
03 Dear Belladonna
04 Theme from Fujiko
05 Treasures of time (Swing Version)
07 The Third
08 Milchkaffee
09 Manhattan Joke
10 Just Fall in Love
11 Love Theme
12 Zenigata March
13 Woman from Memphis
14 The Gift! (Recado Bossa Nova)
15 Members Only
16 Theme From Lupin The Third ('99 Version)
17 Cute
18 He's Gone
19 Lonesome City Breeze
20 Manhattan Joke (Bossa version)
21 Love Squall
22 Saudades do Rio
23 Theme from Lupin III ( More Lupintic version)
24 Manha de carnaval
25 Bourbon Street Lullaby
26 You are my sunshine
27 Where Is The Love
28 Love in Sao Paulo

29 Across the wind
30 Funny Walk
31 Rojo
32 Remember
33 Mayflower
34 A Day Of The Town
35 Manhattan Joke ( 2010 version )
36 Magnum Dance
37 Urban Shadow
38 Theme From Lupin The Third ( 2010 Version)
39 JFK Memories

40 Candlelight For Two
41 Goemon's Theme
42 Alone Together
43 Zenigata Rock
44 Treasurer of Time (Piano solo)
45 Angel Dance
46 Penisola

47 Recherche
48 Theme From Lupin The Third (Funky & Pop version)


HERE





For those interested, the blog FUSION WORLD 3.0 provides the collection of 2cd entitled "LUPIN! LUPIN LUPIN !! !!!" including all the versions of "Theme From Lupin The Third"

 Yuji Ohno - [2007] LUPIN! LUPIN!! LUPIN!!! (2 CD)


giovedì 1 dicembre 2016

The Sound of the North : Norwegian Jazz




A look on the Norwegian jazz scene between free jazz, electronic and ancestral sounds.



01 Helge Lien Trio - Gamut Warning
02 Arild Andersen - Molde Canticle, Pt 1
03 Bugge Wesseltoft - (All I Wanted Was To Make You ) Feel Good
04 Håkon Kornstad - Damascus
05 Jaga jazzist - Airborne
06 Jan Garbarek - Esoteric Circle
07 Karl Seglem -Gammal Rõrsle (Old Movement)
08 1982 Trio - 02.01
09 Mats Eilertsen - Elegy
10 Nils Petter Molvaer -  Baboon Moon
11 Nymark Collective - Goose Funk
12 Siri Gjaere & Tord Gustavsen - Better So  
13 Tord Gustavsen - The Embrace
14 Ola Kvernberg Trio - Roland
15 Karl Seglem -Morenelys
16 Stian Westerhus - Shine
17 Arve Henriksen - Hymn
18 Jaga jazzist - Lithuania
19 Jan Garbarek - Dansere
20 Siri Gjaere & Tord Gustavsen - The Canonization
21 Helge Lien Trio - Troozee
22 Huntsville - Star Spangled Pillow
23 Mats Eilertsen - Sukha
24 Tord Gustavsen - Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg
25 Nils Petter Molvaer -  Bloodline
26 Arve Henriksen - Alpine Pyramid
27 1982 Trio - 02.18
28 Ketil Bjornstad - Remembrance I
29 Nymark Collective - Reunion Hymn
30 Terje Rypdal - Ornen
31 Mats Eilertsen - Radio
32 The Thing - India

 HERE