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I agree with Bob here. Twenty-five years ago, I visited a retail shop that sold Linn turntables. Their sales pitch was "garbage in, garbage out." I came away believing that good speakers cannot overcome the mediocre signal of a crummy turntable. What I have liked about CDs from the start is that they don't wear out because of use.

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Antonio Adolfo "Samba Jazz Alley" Impacting: August 22 2019 Format(s): Jazz Artist Title Time Antonio Adolfo Ceu E Mar 06:06 Antonio Adolfo Hello, Herbie 06:41 Antonio Adolfo So Por Amor 05:12 Antonio Adolfo Casa Forte 04:29 Antonio Adolfo Tristeza De Nos Dois 05:09 Antonio Adolfo The Frog 03:38 Antonio Adolfo Obrigado 05:42 Antonio Adolfo Passarim 05:35 Antonio Adolfo Corcovado 05:45 Rio de Janeiro native Antonio Adolfo was just a teenager in the early 1960s when he became part of the bossa nova revolution that was sweeping Brazil and the rest of the world. Not content to spend most of his career backing vocalists, the pianist and many of his peers began crafting a more rhythmically robust instrumental interpretation of the lithe and flirtatious bossa. Influenced by the Bebop, Soul Jazz and West Coast trends that ruled the day in the U.S., the potent result was coined “Samba Jazz.” The movement experienced a surge of popularity thanks to the emergence of such soon-to-be-famous artists as Sérgio Mendes, Moacir Santos, The Tamba Trio, Elis Regina, Leny Andrade, Raul de Souza and... Antonio Adolfo. Samba Jazz Alley is the latest chapter in a series of releases on Adolfo’s AAM label that have explored a wide range of stylistic variants of Brazilian music. The session’s title refers to an obscure dead-end alley in the heart of Rio’s storied Copacabana neighborhood that served as a breeding ground for the city’s up-and-coming instrumentalists and singers during the heyday of bossa nova. The alley was termed Beco das Garrafas (Bottles Alley) because residents of neighboring apartments would shower the tiny space with beer bottles to protest the early morning racket produced by Bohemian revelers and impromptu jam sessions. Bottles Bar, the alleyway’s main venue, is reputed to have showcased over 100 of Brazil’s most noted musicians and vocalists of the day. The budding pianist and composer recalls taking a bus with his 3D Trio companions to perform a set at the bar in 1964. “It’s impossible to know how many tunes that became standards were first performed there,” he states. “Bottles Bar was like a ‘notable peoples’ club!” On Samba Jazz Alley, Adolfo has the luxury of performing with a core ensemble that features the talents of some of the best Brazilian jazz musicians of their genera- tion. The three-horn frontline of trumpeter Jessé Sadoc, woodwind artist Marcelo Martins and trombonist Rafael Rocha provides a muscular ensemble sound that’s perfect for this hard-hitting genre. Joining Adolfo in the rhythm section is an equally distinguished crew, including guitarist Lula Galvão, bassist Jorge Helder, drummer Rafael Barata, and percussionist Dada Costa. The session’s nine tracks capture the vivacious character of Samba Jazz via Adolfo’s ingenious arrangements of songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim (“Corcovado” and “Passarim”), Johnny Alf (“Céu E Mar”), Edu Lobo (“Casa Forte”), Baden Powell (“Só Por Amor”), João Donato (“The Frog”), and two themes by the leader (“Obrigado” and “Hello, Herbie,” a tribute to Herbie Hancock). A particularly mesmerizing take is the gorgeous bossa ballad “Tristeza De Nos Dois” (The Sadness of the Two of Us), featuring one of the song’s three co-composers, the legendary harmonica player Maurício Einhorn, in the company of Gabriel Grossi, Brazil’s current harmonica sensation. Samba Jazz Alley is another triumph for Antonio Adolfo and a landmark recording in the still evolving Samba Jazz movement. Artist: ANTONIO ADOLFO Title: SAMBA JAZZ ALLEY Label: AAM MUSIC (AAM 0713) Artist Website: antonioadolfomusic.com Release Date: JULY 29, 2019 UPC Code: 19417135835 aammusic.com 1. CEU E MAR 6:05 2. HELLO, HERBIE A TRIBUTE TO HERBIE HANCOCK 6:40 3. SO POR AMOR 5:12 4. CASA FORTE 4:31 5. TRISTEZA DE NOS DOIS 5:09 6. THE FROG 3:38 7. OBRIGADO 5:43 8. PASSARIM 5:35 9. CORCOVADO 5:45 Produced By: ANTONIO ADOLFO Musicians: PIANO AND ARRANGEMENTS: Antonio Adolfo, ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS: Lula Galvao, DOUBLE BASS: Jorge Helder, DRUMS: Rafael Barata PERCUSSION: Dada Costa and Rafael Barata (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8) TRUMPET: Jesse Sadoc, FLUGELHORN: Jesse Sadoc (Track 9) SOPRANO, TENOR SAXES: Marcelo Martins, ALTO FLUTE: Marcelo Martins (Track 9), TROMBONE: Rafael Rocha Special guests: VALVE TROMBONE: Serginho Trombone (Track 6), HARMONICAS: Mauricio Einhorn and Gabriel Grossi (Track 5) SHAKER: Claudio Spiewak (Tracks 1, 5, 8), ACOUSTIC GUITAR: Claudio Spiewak (Track 1).

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We are now at the mid-point of the season, so let's take a look at the standings. https://www.cfl.ca/standings/ We know that three teams will not make the playoffs. Toronto and BC have each won only once. Ottawa has lost six of its last seven. Unless another team collapses because of injuries, I have to think that we already know who won't make the playoffs. So this should allow the fourth West team to cross over. I expect that to be the Riders. I think there have been two big surprises thus far. The first has been that BC's o-line has been terrible. The Lions' free agent signings over the winter made them look like a powerhouse. But they are the worst in the league in allowing sacks, and that's a mark of a really bad team. The second surprise is that the Als have become competitive. The credit has been given to Vernon Adams, Jr., but he hasn't been doing it by himself. Today it appears that Montreal will host a playoff game.

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Val Gardena "Across the Divide" Impacting: August 27 2019 Format(s): Jazz, Smooth Jazz Val Gardena first new album in 5 years includes Back in Time featuring Chris Botti's amazing improvised solo plus 9 new original compositons from Christopher James and Andy Snitzer. "20 years ago Chris Botti made a guest appearance on the Val Gardena album, Migration. Since that time he has gone on to be become a worldwide superstar in the Jazz world. I am honored that he would join Val Gardena for another guest appearance, playing alongside a fabulous rhythm section featuring, Grammy nominated John Patitucci on Bass, Gene Lake on Drums, and Taylor Eigsti on Piano. “Back in Time” is a retro feeling tune that combines ambient simplicity, a catchy theme and soulful playing". Produced by Andy Snitzer, World renowned contemporary jazz solo performer, composer and producer. www.christopherjamesmusic.net Artist Title Time Val Gardena Back in Time (studio) 04:59 Val Gardena Two of One (studio) 04:47 Val Gardena What I Meant to Say (studio) 03:16 Val Gardena Do You Know the Way? (studio) 04:24 Val Gardena Take Me with You (studio) 04:13 Val Gardena Why Not? (studio) 04:19 Val Gardena Nazere (Studio) 04:03 Val Gardena Across the Divide (studio) 04:12 Val Gardena The Voice I Hear (studio) 04:02 Attachments Val Garden.. ValGardena..

Chrissie Hynde and the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble "How Glad I Am" Impacting: August 27 2019 Format(s): Jazz, Non-Commercial, NPR, Triple A CHRISSIE HYNDE AND THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE SET TO RELEASE BRAND NEW ALBUM - VALVE BONE WOE - AVAILABLE VIA BMG ON SEP 6 THE ALBUM WAS PRODUCED BY MARIUS DE VRIES AND ELDAD GUETTA, AND FEATURES 14 TRACKS WRITTEN BY THE LIKES OF BRIAN WILSON, FRANK SINATRA, JOHN COLTRANE, NICK DRAKE, RAY DAVIES AND MORE “HOW GLAD I AM” – WRITTEN BY JIMMY WILLIAMS & LARRY HARRISON AND ORIGINALLY MADE FAMOUS BY NANCY WILSON – AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLAY NOW! “Absolutely sensational! I’m blown away by the completeness and maturity of this work; it sounds like they’ve spent a lifetime doing music like this. The production is utterly astonishing – I couldn’t have imagined that a big band palette, so gloriously fat and dirty, could be combined with digitalism so beautifully. An amazing piece of work”.-Brian Eno

Artist Title Time Mark Winkler Route 66 04:26 Mark Winkler Please Belong to Me 04:01 Mark Winkler Triskaidekaphobia 03:33 Mark Winkler I'm With You 03:29 Mark Winkler It Happened Once Before 02:58 Mark Winkler Three Bears 02:44 Mark Winkler Their Hearts Were Full of Spring 03:31 Mark Winkler Hungry Man 03:13 Mark Winkler In No Time 02:58 Mark Winkler Snootie Little Cutie 03:15 Mark Winkler Lemon Twist 04:00 Mark Winkler Hungry Man (Halloween Version) 03:13 Mark Winkler "I'm With You: Mark Winkler sings Bobby Troup" Impacting: August 19 2019 Format(s): Jazz A popular and prolific songwriter, recording artist and globally renowned performer, Mark Winkler has developed an enduring affinity for the great Bobby Troup. While perhaps best known for his spirited standard "Route 66," the legendary singer, pianist, tunesmisth and master lyricist left behind a deep and wild treasure trove of quirky/playful and heartfelt songs from which Winkler pays homage to in his latest album I'M WITH YOU. The 12-track collection is a uniaque gathering of freshly re-imagined Troup songs done in Winkler's cool and swinging manner. The project came about when Troup's two daughters, Ronne and Cynnie gifterd Winkler with a box of Troup's personal sheet music and 8 CDs iof Troup tunes. Featured Musicians include: Kevin Axt/Joe Bagg/Gabe Davis/ Rich Eames/Mark Ferber/ Grant Geissman/ Bob Shppard/Dave Tull/ Anthony Wilson Produced by Mark Winkler and Dolores Scozzesi Attachments I'm With Y.. Mark with .. Promo Shot.. MW BIO- Go.. I'm With Y..

Artist Title Time Wynton Marsalis Daily Battles 03:24 New WYNTON MARSALIS and a heavy hitting jazz crew deliver a powerful performance of “DAILY BATTLES” the ThomYorke penned song that conjures images of the 1950s-era gin-soaked Harlem jazz club seen in the film. From the upcoming Edward Norton film. Performed by Wynton Marsalis, Joe Farnsworth, Russell Hall, Isaiah J. Thompson & Jerry Weldon “I was sitting on the edge of my bed in the dark, crying from listening to this song” - Edward Norton Wynton Marsalis -9x Grammy winner -Pulitzer Prize for Music -National Medal of Arts -National Humanities award • 7 brand new Wynton Marsalis recordings on the soundtrack • All star cast with Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann and Michael Kenneth Williams • DAILY BATTLES heavily featured & spotlighted in MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN trailer out 8/22 • Closing the NY Film festival and chosen to be featured at the Toronto International Film Festival • Film opens Nov. 1st • Thom Yorke-Flea version of DAILY BATTLES click here • Split 7” vinyl available f/ both versions of the song - Oct. 2019

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Edmonton 41....Toronto 26 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2597/edmonton-eskimos-vs-toronto-argonauts/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-toronto-argonauts-edmonton-eskimos-recap-week-10-1.5250553 https://stats.cbc.ca/football/cfl/recap/76106 https://3downnation.com/2019/08/18/eskimo-airshow-takes-down-argos-ten-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2019/08/16/ellingson-harris-reunite-as-eskimos-offence-lights-up-argos/ ***** Hamilton 21....Ottawa 7 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2598/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-ottawa-redblacks/ https://stats.cbc.ca/football/cfl/recap/76107 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-ottawa-redblacks-hamilton-ticats-recap-week-10-1.5251281 https://3downnation.com/2019/08/19/ticats-win-snoozer-over-redblacks-and-nine-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2019/08/18/obnoxious-offence-dooms-redblacks-11-other-thoughts-on-losing-to-the-ticats/ Lewis Ward missed a field goal attempt for the first time this year. https://3downnation.com/2019/08/17/lewis-wards-consecutive-field-goal-streak-snapped-at-69/ The Redblacks had a Gay Pride rainbow sticker on their helmets. What's up with that? ***** Montreal 40....Calgary 34 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2599/montreal-alouettes-vs-calgary-stampeders/ https://stats.cbc.ca/football/cfl/recap/76108 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-clgary-stampeders-montreal-alouettes-recap-week-10-1.5251331 https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/18/recap-montreal-40-calgary-34/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/17/roberson-ties-league-lead-with-6th-int/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/17/begelton-comes-close-to-tying-cfl-record-with-4-receiving-tds/ This was the first time the Als beat the Stamps in Calgary in ten years! Bo Levi Mitchell was expected to return this week, but his arm still hurts, so he was put back onto the six-game list. https://3downnation.com/2019/08/16/stampeders-put-qb-bo-levi-mitchell-back-on-the-six-game-injured-list/ ***** Week 10 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/19/ellingson-makes-a-spectacular-catch-in-the-timber-mart-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Jonathan Newsome has signed with BC. https://3downnation.com/2019/08/20/lions-sign-former-riders-redblacks-dl-jonathan-newsome/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/20/lions-add-dl-jonathan-newsome-db-oshane-samuels-practice-roster/ ***** In Ottawa, Rick Campbell has decided to let Joe Paopao call the plays. https://3downnation.com/2019/08/20/redblacks-hand-play-calling-duties-to-joe-paopao/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/20/rick-campell-speaks-on-redblacks-coaching-shuffle/ ***** The Argos are shopping James Wilder, Jr. https://3downnation.com/2019/08/16/argos-shopping-star-rb-james-wilder-jr/| https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/19/oleary-argos-offer-little-clarity-wilder-jr-situation/ ***** Jeff Knox, Jr., has signed with Ottawa. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/20/redblacks-add-jeff-knox-jr-practice-roster/ ***** power rankings https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/20/nissan-titan-power-rankings-window-opportunity/ http://pifflespodcast.com/blog/gregonsports-power-rankings-week-10-edition https://firstdownsportspodcast.com/2019/08/19/cfl-power-rankings-after-week-10-2/ ***** QB index https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/19/rockstar-qb-index-appointment-viewing-big-play-va/ ***** Week 10 recaps https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/19/totalpickem-recap-week-10/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/19/landrys-5-takeaways-week-10-3/| https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/19/steinbergs-mmqb-one-best-ever/ https://s165.podbean.com/pb/a5813939521666a622c17a76dbbee42c/5d5c6fd0/data2/fs132/810062/uploads/2andOut_189.mp3?pbss=13952cb6-e822-5abf-9a7b-bfb0ba267fc6

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 Artist Title Time Lisa Rich Highwire The Aerialist (for Philippe Petit) 02:58 Lisa Rich Contessa 05:43 Lisa Rich Celeste/ Prelude to a Kiss 04:27 Lisa Rich Bud Powel 03:01 Lisa Rich Stardancer 03:16 Lisa Rich Lonely Woman 05:54 Lisa Rich Songbird 03:53 Lisa Rich The Jinn 02:14 Lisa Rich We'll Be Together Again 05:20 Lisa Rich The Silence of a Candle 04:50 Lisa Rich "Highwire" Impacting: August 20 2019 Format(s): Jazz “You will find excellence on many levels. Pitch, tone, improvisation song selection and arrangement-sheer talent, too” Mark Murphy “Lisa’s voice is a great instrument” Steve Khun “… the complaint has often been lodged that no young jazz singers are coming up to take over from the Fitzgeralds and Vaughans. Every once in awhile a singer such as Lisa Rich will come along and give the lie to this theory." Leonard Feather Los Angeles Times “Lisa’s voice is strong, elastic, and capable of conveying a wide range of emotions” W. Royal Stokes Lisa Rich was one of the most promising jazz singers of the 1980s. Blessed with a very attractive voice, she performed in a wide variety of often-prestigious settings during a 15 year period. She made her recording debut with her album Listen Here in 1983, recorded Touch Of The Rare with Clare Fischer in 1985, performed at a series of groundbreaking concerts in China (the first jazz events in that country since 1949), and also sang in India in 1990. Unfortunately, bad health forced her to stop performing altogether in the early 1990s so she opened up a music studio and has worked as a teacher ever since. She hopes to make a comeback soon. In 1987, Ms. Rich recorded her third album which she recently remixed and is releasing for the first time. She had made the acquaintance of Chick Corea who gave her several of his songs, none of which had been sung before and only one of which (“Bud Powell”) has since become well known. With sensitive support provided by pianist Marc Copland (David Kane takes his place on two numbers), bassist Drew Gress and drummer Michael Smith, Lisa Rich interprets five Chick Corea songs, two by Ralph Towner, one apiece by Duke Ellington, Ornette Coleman, and Loonis McGlohon, and the standard “We’ll Be Together Again.” Although the material is often challenging with some wide interval jumps (the Corea and Towner pieces were not originally meant to feature a singer), Rich sounds relaxed throughout, and her vocal flights are effortless and natural. The opener, Corea’s “High Wire The Aerialist,” was not recorded by anyone else until the composer with singer Chaka Khan documented it in 2009, 32 years after this version. The beauty of Lisa Rich’s voice and the ease in which she sings the intervals are very much in evidence. Next up is Corea’s “Contessa,” an obscure jazz waltz that the pianist never recorded, and a straightforward ballad medley of Towner’s “Celeste” (with words by Norma Winstone) and Ellington’s “Prelude To A Kiss.” “Bud Powell” is one of Corea’s happier melodies and this is it's first and possibly only vocal recording. Lisa takes the song for a joyful and swinging ride. “Stardancer,” which was also receiving its recording debut, is an adventurous jazz waltz with the singer hitting each note perfectly. Most of the second half of the program is comprised of slow ballads (other than Corea’s brief and energetic “The Jinn”), including out-of-tempo duets with pianist Kane on a quietly emotional version of Ornette Coleman’s “Lonely Woman” and Copland on Towner’s “The Silence Of A Candle.” McGlohon’s “Songbird” features classic ballad singing and the vocalist really digs into each word during a tasteful “Well Be Together Again.” Although it was recorded 32 years ago, the performances on High Wire are timeless and still sound fresh. This is arguably Lisa Rich’s finest recording and is easily recommended. - Scott Yanow, The Los Angeles Jazz Record August 2019

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Week 10 results Winnipeg 32....BC 16 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2596/bc-lions-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-bc-lions-winnipeg-blue-bombers-recap-week-10-1.5248873 https://stats.cbc.ca/football/cfl/recap/76105 https://3downnation.com/2019/08/15/matt-nichols-leaves-with-injury-but-bombers-punish-mike-reilly-in-win-over-b-c/ Andrew Harris set the career record for all-purpose yards by a Canadian. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/15/harris-becomes-time-canadian-leader-yards-scrimmage/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/15/bombers-andrew-harris-makes-cfl-history/ Matt Nichols hurt his throwing arm, and will miss four to six weeks. https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/15/matt-nichols-leaves-game-with-shoulder-injury/| https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/19/bombers-nichols-least-4-6-weeks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/19/oshea-provides-update-on-matt-nichols/ https://3downnation.com/2019/08/19/bombers-qb-matt-nichols-non-participant-at-practice-but-without-a-sling/ This means that next week Harris and Reilly will be the only starting QBs to have started every game.

I think that the most important (by far) thing about Woodstock was and is that it was the festival for NEW YORK CITY. New Yorkers not only think they have the best of everything, they think that everybody else thinks so too! And everything we read about Woodstock is a product of the New York media. It was my view then and now that Woodstock never for a moment was as special as the Monterey Pop Festival.

Enrico Rava flugelhorn Joe Lovano tenor saxophone, tarogato Giovanni Guidi piano Dezron Douglas double bass Gerald Cleaver drums Enrico Rava, the doyen of Italian jazz, joins forces with Joe Lovano, masterful US tenorist. Together they lead a spirited quintet through well-loved tunes and more on this energetic live recording. Avishai Cohen trumpet Yonathan Avishai piano This first duo album bears testimony to a long musical friendship. Original compositions and a touching interpretation of an Israeli tune meet themes from jazz tradition improvised freely, playfully and soulfully. OTHER NEWS ON ECM © 2019 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

1. Eliane Elias - A Man And A Woman 03:16 2. Eliane Elias - Baby Come To Me 05:02 3. Eliane Elias - Bonita 05:52 4. Eliane Elias - Angel Eyes 05:25 5. Eliane Elias - Come Fly With Me 05:52 6. Eliane Elias - The Simplest Things 03:59 7. Eliane Elias - Silence 04:04 8. Eliane Elias - Little Boat 05:48 9. Eliane Elias - The View 04:17 GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ELIANE ELIAS’ LOVE STORIES SERVES AS A CLASSIC HOMAGE TO LOVE IN ITS MANY FACETS AND FORMS New orchestral project features originals, compositions from bossa nova’s golden age, and songs made famous by Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim IMPACTING JAZZ Eliane Elias ascends to a new echelon of artistic expression with the August 30, 2019 release of Love Stories on Concord Jazz. A multi-hyphenate musician whose recent releases Made in Brazil (2015), Dance of Time (2017) and Man of La Mancha (2018) have earned her multiple GRAMMY Award wins and No.1 Billboard chart debuts, Elias’ new orchestral project serves as a classic homage to love in its many facets and forms. Love Stories is an orchestral album, revealing Elias’ mastery and preeminence as a multifaceted artist – a vocalist, pianist, arranger, composer, lyricist and producer. Sung almost entirely in English, the album features three original compositions plus seven superb arrangements of pieces from bossa nova’s golden age, including songs made famous by Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim. As both an interpreter and composer, Elias inhabits the rich tradition of bossa while bringing the music into the present. She infuses familiar songs with unexpected twists that intensify the music’s evocative power – whether by creating harmonic modulations that enhance a lyric or shifting the rhythmic feel of a section to heighten its emotion – allowing the subtle complexities of her voice to take centerstage, all the while. Noting that romantic love is just one of a wide range of ways the emotion gets manifested, Elias says, “The idea for this album was to bring to life various stories of love and loving through this collection of songs.” As she tells those stories, Elias brings a depth of feeling to the album that comes courtesy of her evocative approach as a pianist and singer as well as the precision with which she’s able to execute her musical vision. “From the moment of conception, it couldn’t be more integrated,” she explains. “From the first note that’s chosen, every color I create in the arrangements, the modulations, the choice of keys, the small group arranging, the possibilities for orchestra – it’s as deep into my personal taste as it can go…because I’m envisioning the arrangement; deciding how to convey the song and perform it with the band, and being mindful of the future orchestrations all at once.” For the album, Elias invited some of her favorite Brazilian rhythm section players to join her – Marcus Texiera on guitar and Edu Ribeiro, Rafael Barata and Celso Almeida on drums – plus her core collaborators, co-producer and bassist Marc Johnson and co-producer Steve Rodby. Orchestrator Rob Mathes returns for his fourth recording with Elias as well, bringing his lush string arrangements into flawless sync with Elias’ rich harmonic and varied rhythmic approaches, as he did on her GRAMMY Award-winning 2015 album, Made in Brazil. A celebrated interpreter of Jobim, Elias sees undercurrents of his long collaborative history with orchestrator Claus Ogerman in the working relationship she’s developed with Mathes. Says Johnson: “Rob’s orchestrations all go so deep and are so beautifully intertwined with Eliane’s small group arrangements. He also understands voice distribution so well. He’s said that in the process of writing the arrangements, he immerses himself in the recorded basic tracks, and, in even more detail, into Eliane’s piano voicings. Rob is absolutely on the same emotional wavelength as Eliane.” This emotional connection is essential given the circumstances from which the album was born.Elias began working on the music for Love Stories through a difficult year in which she lost herfather, and four months prior to his passing, fractured her shoulder in an accident in her hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She was rendered virtually immobile for months while recovering in her apartment there. As she recuperated, her window view of breeze-tickled palm trees and balconies against the blue Sao Paulo sky became the backdrop for a new set of musical inspiration. “During that period, I wasn’t allowed to move, my left arm was in a sling and so to avoid surgery I had to stay immobilized and really still,” she recalls. “Meanwhile, I created and wrote all of these arrangements in that state.” The album opens with a tone-setting bossa nova groove and Elias’ sensual, velvety voice, inspiring us with the message of taking a chance on love, from the vintage pop gem of Frances Lai’s theme song from the Oscar-winning 1966 French film, “A Man and a Woman.” It’s a seamless jump from that to Elias’ take on “Baby, Come to Me.” Made famous in the early ’80s by Patti Austin and James Ingram, the song gets reworked here in characteristic Elias fashion, as she smoothly moves from a bossa nova to a hybrid Latin feel, with brilliant harmonic and tempo modulations. Added to the backdrop of soaring strings and rich piano voicings, the tune becomes altogether new. “I like the message of cultivating a relationship, of keeping the romance alive when you find someone you love.” says Elias, who enlisted yet another of her go-to collaborators, Take 6’s multiple GRAMMY Award-winning Mark Kibble, to cover the background vocals. There’s a heartfelt vulnerability to Elias’ lilting, expressive singing on “Bonita,” a dreamy rendition of one of Jobim and Sinatra’s late ’60s collaborations that features some lovely interplay between the piano and orchestra alongside Elias’ delicate and nuanced vocal phrasing. “It’s a very pure expression of someone who wants their love to be accepted and returned,” Elias says. The Sinatra homage continues with a twinkling, sexy take on “Angel Eyes,” followed by a brilliant rendition of “Come Fly with Me” that’s re-imagined with a Brazilian groove and carries the listener away with a passionate, high-flying piano solo. Elias explores yet another aspect of love on her warm toned original “The Simplest Things,” a rich and multi-layered musing on a love that has stood the test of time. The message here – about looking back on a love that’s matured and discovering that “the simplest things are the wonderful things” in that shared life – is a profound and sweet universal truth that we can all relate to. On “Silence,” the album’s second original piece, the mood is decidedly more intense as Elias channels the protagonist of the story’s anguish. “My voice here is the most exposed on the album,” Elias says. “I believe that most everyone has experienced disappointment or disillusionment at some point in their lives. The question is how does one respond to that?” A bright and buoyant rendition of “Little Boat,” where you can almost feel the waves gently undulating in time with Elias’ rocking piano solo, changes the mood again. Roberto Menescal, the song’s composer, plays the guitar on this track and the opening verse features the only moment on the recording in which Elias sings in Portuguese. The album closes with one more original, “The View.” This story is a bit more adult and complicated, given its suggestive imagery. There’s a rendezvous and a vision of a woman rolling down her stockings – but her apparition is almost like a dream or an angel. “The story is about something more internalized,” says Elias, “somewhere between reality and imagination, erotic yet pure in love and love’s expression.” It’s also an appropriately complex finish to an album that digs deep musically to shine new light on one of our deepest human experiences. In the process, it offers a portrait of an incomparable artist whose sound resonates from decades of experience – in music as in life. Of the connection with her instrument Elias has said, “the piano is an extension of my body and the deepest expression of my soul.” Love Stories proves her voice now occupies that place, as well. For More Information http://elianeelias.com/

Speaking of the album cover, I have a pet peeve:The word "blue" is printed with red letters. The uniform of the Ottawa Redblacks football team spells out "red" in red letters, but "blacks" in white letters. Would "counter-intuitive" be the correct term for this? Anyway, there oughta be a law.

Leon Lee Dorsey Explores the Music of Thelonious Monk On "MonkTime," Bassist's First Album in 20 Years, Set for September 13 Release On Jazz Avenue 1 Records Recording Features Eight Monk Compositions, Performed by His DSC Trio Featuring Guitarist Greg Skaff, Drummer Mike Clark August 16, 2019 Twenty years after the release of his last album, bassist Leon Lee Dorsey reassumes the mantle of a recording artist in his own right with the September 13 release of MonkTime (Jazz Avenue 1 Records). The debut of Dorsey's DSC Band, which also includes guitarist Greg Skaff and celebrated drummer Mike Clark, features the trio applying their potent chemistry to eight compositions by jazz titan Thelonious Monk. While Dorsey is himself a talented, accomplished composer and arranger, he brings a minimal, spacious treatment to bear on MonkTime -- preferring to let the tunes speak for themselves. "We wanted to retain the original character of Monk's music," Dorsey says. "We weren't looking to reinvent the wheel on masterpieces. We wanted to keep the essence of the songs, that timeless commonality they have, while blending in our own spices and flavors." Those spices and flavors are simultaneously bold and subtle: a paradox that Monk would surely have appreciated. Skaff, as the DSC Band's principal soloist, favors lean single-note lines that tend toward the low and middle registers (as on "Blue Monk"), imbuing them with a distinctive round, dark tone. It gives extra oomph to the chords and high crescendos he does employ in places like "Little Rootie Tootie." Clark reins in his famously brawny chops; he keeps the swing supple and assured but eschews pyrotechnics, even in his solos on "Monk's Dream" and "Epistrophy." Dorsey, meantime, sets the pace. Whether it comes through his beautiful reading of the melody on "Monk's Mood" or the gentle pulse and solo he lends to "Ugly Beauty," the bassist's command of both the repertoire and ensemble avoids flash, yet is nevertheless unmistakable. Dorsey keeps it tight on MonkTime; only one of the eight tunes strays beyond to the six-minute mark, and then just barely. "We took a page out of the vinyl era in keeping the songs at a manageable length," he says. It brings a sense of clarity and focus to the performances, spotlighting the trio's interplay as much as the individual improvisations. L. to r.: Mike Clark, Leon Lee Dorsey, Greg Skaff. Leon Lee Dorsey was born March 12, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a family that was plugged in to the Steel City's storied jazz lineage. He began playing piano in third grade and, the following year, switched to classical cello studies with members of the Pittsburgh Symphony at the famed Center for the Musically Talented, where he remained throughout high school. He also picked up electric bass in the seventh grade and, later, in high school, was drawn to the double bass, having always loved the instrument. Dorsey attended Oberlin College Conservatory, graduating with double degrees in music in 1981. Under the tutelage of bass legend Richard Davis, he received his first master's at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a second master's from the Manhattan School of Music in New York. Dorsey then pursued doctoral studies at the City University of New York under Ron Carter, finishing his doctorate at Stony Brook University. In 1986, Dorsey began a two-year stint with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, including performances with Frank Sinatra and visits to the White House, which honed his skills for his next endeavor, namely as a Jazz Messenger. In 1988 he joined Art Blakey's most fabled of jazz finishing schools, which left a lasting impact on his subsequent career. Since arriving in New York, Dorsey has performed and recorded with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Hilton Ruiz, Cassandra Wilson, James Carter, Freddie Hubbard, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He released his acclaimed debut album, The Watcher, in 1995 and followed it up with 1999's Song of Songs. In 2003 he founded Leon Lee Dorsey Studios in New York City, at which more than 100 albums have since been produced. Dorsey is also prominent as a jazz educator. From 2008 to 2011 he was Coordinator of Jazz Studies and Director of the Jazz Seminar at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he teaches harmony and jazz arranging and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He looks forward to working with the DSC Band and hopes to be announcing performance dates soon. "I felt from the start that with the chemistry of this band -- there's no horn and no piano, the two instruments that defined Monk's sound -- we could go to the magical music level." Photography: John Hasselback III DSC Band - "Well You Needn't" from MonkTime Web Site: leonleedorsey.com

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