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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Al Jarreau - Live at Lugano Estival Jazz-Switzerland 2006

Al Jarreau (voc)Chris Walker (b, m. director), Ross Bolton (g), Mark Simmons (dr), Joe Turano (keys, s),
Larry Al Jarreau (March 12 1940 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin -) is a singer American jazz and soul.
Wire of Pasteur and a pianist, Al Jarreau starts to sing as of the 4 years age to the church.
Al Jarreau has a voice except standard with exceptional modulations. It is not confined with only one musical style. Moreover, it with the characteristic to be rewarded (Grammy Awards) in three different, namely jazz, pop categories and R&B. This concert in Lugano is almost 1 hour of jazzin Jarreau....

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Patricia Barber - Live at Ladies Jazz Festival at Gdynia - 2006

Patricia Barber - live at Ladies Jazz Festival at Gdynia 2006. Patricia herself is a great pianist and a good singer. She's very popular in the Audiophile recordings and has built a quite reputation of a jazz pianist and singer.

When you want to play a concert video on your blu-ray or dvd players. First thing you will notice is the sheer scale of option to watch. That sometimes it can rather be daunting. In this time of modern technology. There are interesting choices of movies and jazz concerts to watch. Having a wider library of concerts, it would be very difficult to decipher which one is nicer. But if you get to watch this concert video. You'll be amaze of Patricia's performances in this concert. Overwhelming jazz singing and piano perfromances. It will surely grab your attention. Get the experience from the great expertise and a professional jazz singer herself Patricia Barber. Her music is a bit different from an ordinary jazz singer. Hers has an extra load of an up-beat jazz , a little originality and a twist of Joni Mitchell's touch. With Almost 2 hrs. of jazz music...

Monday, December 18, 2006

Kenny G reatest Hits

Kenny G exploring jazz music. This guy can carry a melodic tune to any of his compositions that is definitely always have an immense impact to everyone. This video is not actually a concert. These are compilations of his greatest hits. Songs like, Songbird, Don't make me wait for love. Going home , Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas and many more. 40 minutes of commercial cool jazz!

Ricky Lee Jones Live at Wiltern Theater

Ricky Lee Jones has been known as a folk singer with a very distinct voice. Her compositions are a bit lyrical with a little taste of Jazzy tune. Very melodic phrases with lots of loveness. Very ambitious approach and cool, cool voice phrasing. Critics are comparing her to Joni Mitchell 's style but I can vouch for this singer that she's a good one. 60 minutes of pure entertainment. Playing along with her recent band and singing mostly her popular tunes. Lee songs include "Well You Needn't," "Making Whoopie," "Texaco," "Must Be Love," "Don't Like Goodby," "White Boy's Cool."

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Michael Franks - Live at The Blue Note - Japan

Michael Franks

(1944) is a jazz singer and songwriter from the United States. Born in La Jolla, California, he began singing folk-rock, accompanying himself on guitar, in High School. He studied music in college, earned an M.A. from UCLA in Comparative Literature and a PhD from the University of Oregon and teaching undergraduate music courses.
He was on records with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee and recorded an eponymous CD now titled Previously Unavailable (originally Brut, now DRG Records) before landing a contract with Warner Brothers Music in 1973. Since then, Michael

has recorded over 15 more albums.
His best known works include in the Rain,” “Rainy Ni“Popsicle Toes,” “Monkey See-Monkey Do,” “The Lady Wants To Know,” “When the Cookie Jar is Empty,” “Tiger ght in Tokyo” and “Tell Me All About It”. His biggest hit came in 1983 with 'When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)', from the album Passionfruit. Through his entire career of singing he has accomplished 18 albums since he started. Upto now, his latest CD release is the Rendevouz in Rio 2006. Women really just love his singing mellow voice. In This concert you will witness and listen mostly to his popular songs. You will easily fall for this Heartrob Michael Franks. 1 hour and 30 minutes of entertaining jazz.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Dionne Warwick - Live at Syracuse - Jazz Festival 2003

Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters .

Born to parents Mansel Warrick and Lee Drinkard, Dionne Warrick began singing gospel with her family, and started her professional career after graduating from the University of Hartford. In the earliest stage of her career, she sang backing vocals on records by Chuck Jackson, Dinah Washington and Solomon Burke, among others. Her first solo single was 1962's "Don't Make Me Over", supplied by Warrick herself when she snapped the phrase at producers Burt Bacharach and Hal David during an arduous recording session producers. In this concert she sung some of her most memorable greatest hits. Celebrating her 40th year in the music industry.

Julia Fordham - That's Live - 2003

Julia Fordham (born August 10, 1962, Portsmouth, England) is a singer-songwriter based in California. Her professional career started in the early 1980s, under the name "Jules Fordham," as a backing singer for the likes of Mari Wilson & the Wilsations and Kim Wilde.
In 1988, she released her first album on Circa Records, Julia Fordham. The album, which contained a pair of UK top 40 singles, introduced her as a singer with considerable vocal range, and her deeply emotional lyrics endeared her to a small, committed audience. Licensed to Virgin Records America, the album was a minor hit and paved the way for the success of 1989's Porcelain. The lead single from this LP, "Manhattan Skyline," was an adult contemporary radio and VH-1 hit. Her music can be considered and categorized as Jazz music. In this concert she has guested multiple -jazz singers which resulted a very entertaining one.