Jamie Cullum and the Heritage Orchestra - BBC -2010

BBC Proms  2010 - [Jamie Cullum and the Heritage Orchestra]

Singer and songwriter, pianist and guitarist, jazz leader and
pop collaborator Jamie Cullum has been doing it all for a decade.

In a highlight of the Late Night Proms series he
joins up with the Heritage Orchestra, the forward-looking,
 boundary-crossing collective formed six years ago to play at

London's Cargo club. Soon they were recording
a session for Gilles Peterson's Radio 1 show and
appearing at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Cullum has
devised awide-ranging programme that also features
 new arrangements and some special guest appearances.

Intro

All at Sea

Just One of Those Things

Get Your Way

If I Ruled The World

It Ain't Necessarily So

Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down

What a Difference a Day Made

You and Me are Gone

Solo (I Get Along With You Very Well)

London Skies

You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

Play The Piano

Mixtape

Jamie Cullum piano/vocalist

Heritage Orchestra

Jules Buckley conductor

There will be no interval.

Bireli Lagrene & Didier Lockwood - 35th Edition - Live Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz - 2010

Last January 24 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Belgian gypsy who has been, without doubt, the European jazz musician greatest of all time.

The two best players possible to make a tribute to Django. The guitarist, also Gypsy Bireli Lagrene which debuted just being a kid in the eighties playing acoustic guitar with blinding speed. He made some recordings with bassist Jaco Pastorius, but "never want to forget to Django." His records and his concerts are always an event and on this occasion, will have the collaboration of the great violinist of Calais (France) Didier Lockwood. Spiritual son of Stephane Grappelli, which received the violin Michel Waldrop thus perpetuating the chain of French violinists. He has performed at Carnegie Hall with Dave Brubeck and the Blue Note with Miles Davis, Marcus Miller and Lenny White and has worked with Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones and the Marsalis brothers.

Undoubtedly, Didier Biréli and make the best possible tribute to the memory and music of Django Reinhardt.


LineUp

Bireli Lagrene: guitar

Frank Wolf: sax

Jurgen Attig: bass

Didier Lockwood: violin

Setlist

01 Just The way You Are*

02 After YouпїЅve Gone*

03 Pentup House

04 Nuages

05 Barbizon Blues

06 Minor Swing

07 Performer Didier Solo

08 Autumn Leaves *

Bireli Lagrene & Didier Lockwood live Festival Jazz Cinq Continents Marseille 2010

Chris Botti in Boston - 2009

In his new PBS special, CHRIS BOTTI IN BOSTON, trumpeter Botti performs with an incredible group of featured guest artists, including Sting, Josh Groban, John Mayer, Yo-Yo Ma, Lucia Micarelli, Katharine McPhee, Steven Tyler and Sy Smith, with Keith Lockhart conducting the Boston Pops. The program was filmed at Symphony Hall in Boston. It premiered February 28 and broadcasted throughout March 2009 on most PBS stations.

Sting and Josh Groban -- singing on stage together for the first time -- perform Sting's "Shape of My Heart" with acclaimed trumpeter Chris Botti in Botti's new PBS special CHRIS BOTTI IN BOSTON.

The Manhattan Transfer - Live Christmas

Live in Concert Manhattan Transfer Live Christmas with an orchestra- 2008. The current group was founded in 1972 by singers Alan Paul, Janis Siegel, Laurel Massé and Tim Hauser. Performances at Max's Kansas City, Trude Heller’s and Reno Sweeney in New York City soon brought them a cult following, and it was at the latter venue that Ahmet Ertegün, founder and chairman of Atlantic Records, saw them and offered a recording contract which led to the release, in 1975, of their first album under the new line-up, The Manhattan Transfer. The album included the group’s first hit single, the gospel tune "Operator".

The group soon did very well in Europe, where the next two albums, Coming Out and Pastiche, brought a string of top 10 hits. One was a revival of Wayne Shanklin's "Chanson D'Amour", which went to number one in the UK in 1977 but failed to chart in the US. These hits were followed by a live album, The Manhattan Transfer Live. It was recorded in the UK and captured the group's great popularity in Europe at that time. Immediately after that album was recorded, in 1978, Laurel Massé was badly injured in an auto accident and was replaced by Cheryl Bentyne. The line-up has remained the same since then.

This Christmas Album is so wonderful to watch and listen. The selected Christmas songs are just perfect for the Holidays! Who else can beat Manhattan Transfer when it comes to Acapella. The blending of their voices is just awesome! Merry Christmas to ALL!


Video clip was taken from, Vatican, Italy



Tracklist:

1 Happy Holiday
2 Let It Snow
3 Christmas Love Song
4 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
5 White Christmas, (Alan's Solo)
6 Sleigh Ride, (Janis' Solo)
7 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
8 Caroling, Caroling
9 Good King Wenceslas
10 Christmas Is Coming
11 Snow Fall
12 Merry Christmas Baby, (Tim's Solo)
13 Santa Baby, (Cheryl's Solo)
14 The Christmas Song
15 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
16 Operator
17 Happy Holiday, (Reprise)
18 Goodnight
19 Happy Holiday, (Reprise)

Jim Hall Trio (Jim Hall, Scott Colley/Bass, Lewis Nash/Drums, Kenny Barron/Piano, Dave Holland/Bass) Marciac Jazz Festival, France - 2009

Superbly supported by Scott Coley on bass and Lewis Nash on drums, Jim Hall, a true living legend of the guitar. The interpretation of "All The Things You Are" is astonishly amazing. The rest of the concert was an inspirational, very melodic and harmonics are very fine. The piano playing of Kenny Barron (In A Sentimental Mood) and Dave Holland was splendid. Excellent piano guitar duet display. Jim Hall's playing is still as accurate as ever. This concert is a success to every guitarist dream.



Jim Hall Trio (Jim Hall, Scott Colley/Bass, Lewis Nash/Drums) performing 'Beija-Flor' at 2009 Marciac Jazz Festival.

Madeleine Peyroux: Live in Los Angeles - 2009

Capturing for the first time the unique voice of Madeleine Peyroux live. She and her remarkable band perform a mixture of her distinctively-styled covers alongside the very personal songs she has written for her recently released album, Bare Bones. Concert filmed in Los Angeles in a club setting in January 2009 which captures jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux. The set also features covers she has performed throughout her career, including classic songs by Leonard Cohen, Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg and Bob Dylan.

Personnel:

Jim Beard, Lisa Germano, Larry Klein, Dean Parks, Madeleine Peyroux, Joey Waronker and
Sam Yahel

80 MINUTES

Jamie Cullum - The Pursuit - 2009

2009 album from the multi-talented British Jazz man, vocalist, pianist and songwriter. This album contains tracks spanning across the Pop, Hip Hop and Jazz genres, including the lead single 'I'm All Over It', an outstanding take on Rihanna's 'Don't Stop The Music' and the spectacular ballad 'Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down' as well as many more. Cullum mixes Jazz with melodic Pop and Rock into a crossover style that calls to mind such artists as Harry Connick, Jr., and Norah Jones. In that vein, Cullum will just as often cover a swinging Jazz standard as a modern Rock song, and his original compositions deftly move from earnest ballads to songs of sardonic wit.

SELECTIONS:

1. Just One of Those Things
2. If I Ruled the World
3. Don't Stop the Music
4. Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down
5. Mixtape
6. Jamie Cullum "Track By Track" Interview
7. twentysomething (live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)
8. You Don't Know What Love Is (live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)
9. Caravan (live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)
10. All At Sea (live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)
11. Get Your Way (live at the North Sea Jazz Festival)
12. So They Say (live at the North Sea Jazz Festival)