JiLL-Decoy Association – JiLL Deco 2

Track Listing:
1.Brand-new life
2.SUMMER MAGIC
3.Ichizu na Hoshi
4.Tsubame
5.YOU&I
6.Mawaru Hito
7.Hikaru no Sasu Hou E
8.Gaka to Neko
9.Drive Drama
10.Hadaka no Uta
11.SHE IS THE SEA
12.Yofukashi Matagu
13.no name collection (Mitsu the Beats Remix)

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Yellow jackets – lifecycle (2008)

From the Artist
After simmering for years, the idea for “Lifecycle” reached critical mass when Mike Stern and the Jackets performed together at the Montreal Jazz Festival in the summer of 2007. “We’ve all been a fan of Mike’s for a long time,” says Yellowjackets keyboardist and charter member Russell Ferrante. “Our goal was to make a recording that sounded like Mike had been in the band forever, and I think we accomplished that. To my ears, it feels cohesive – like five musicians with a genuine rapport.”

From the Montreal dates in the heat of the summer to the studio sessions in rural New York State in January 2008, Stern felt the same sense of rapport. “The Yellowjackets are a great band,” he says. “I think we have a lot in common musically, and our playing together felt very natural right away. They’re the ideal collaborative team. It’s so easy to play with them because they play so well together.”

Product Description
“Lifecycle” is, in some respects, two albums in one. Seven of the ten tracks are quintet pieces featuring guitarist Mike Stern and the Jackets, while the remaining three are quartet pieces that showcase the individual and collective talents of the current Yellowjackets lineup: keyboardist Russell Ferrante, saxophonist Bob Mintzer, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Marcus Baylor. Whatever the combinations and permutations, it’s all good. Mintzer contributes three tracks: the energetic opener, “Falken’s Maze,” the rhythmically complex “Yahoo,” and the easygoing “I Wonder.”

1. Falken’s Maze
2. Country Living
3. Double Nickel
4. Dreams Go
5. Measure Of A Man
6. Yahoo
7. I Wonder
8. 3 Circles
9. Claire’s Closet
10. Lazaro

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The Very Best Of Smooth Jazz 2008

The Very Best Of Smooth Jazz 2008

Album: The Very Best Of Smooth Jazz
Track: 38
Disc: 2
Genre: Jazz
Year: 2008
Release: 15 July 2008 Amazon,CDUniverse
Combined Size: 188.15 MB (12% of original, 7 to 1 compression)
Original Size: 1.42 GB
Combined Length: 2 hours 24 minutes
Channels: 2 (stereo)
Sample Rate: 44.1 KHz;
Sample Size: 16 bit
Average Bit Rate: 180 kbps

Disc 1
1. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
2. Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
3. Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour
4. Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
5. Melody Gardot – Goodnite
6. George Benson – Give Me The Night
7. Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares For Me
8. Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man
9. Jamie Cullum – Everlasting Love
10. Kool and the Gang – Cherish
11. Ella Fitzgerald – Every Time We Say Goodbye
12. Michael Bolton – Fly Me To The Moon
13. The Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze
14. Incognito – Don’t You Worry About A Thing
15. Quincy Jones – Soul Bossa Nova
16. Gabrielle – Walk On By
17. Nayo – Smooth Operator
18. Madeleine Peyroux – Smile
19. Ray Charles & Natalie Cole – Fever
Disc 2
1. Lionel Richie – All Night Long
2. Randy Crawford – Street Life
3. Sergio Mendes feat The Black Eyed Peas – Mas Que Nada
4. Astrud Gilberto – Girl From Ipanema
5. Dame Shirley Bassey – You Only Live Twice (Album Version)
6. Leon Jean Marie – Bent out of Shape
7. Earth, Wind & Fire – After The Love Has Gone
8. Bill Withers & Grover Washington – Just The Two Of Us
9. George Benson & Al Jarreau – Breezin’
10. Dinah Washington – Mad About The Boy
11. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft
12. Carmen McRae – How Long Has This Been Going On
13. The Temptations – My Girl
14. Chaka Khan – Sweet Thing
15. Mica Paris – My One Temptation
16. Sia – Breathe Me
17. Courtney Pine – Children Of The Ghetto
18. Alison Moyet – That Ole Devil Called Love
19. Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World

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Lee Ritenour

Lee Ritenour – Smoke ‘N’ Mirrors

1. Smoke N’ Mirrors
2. Capetown
3. Southwest Passage
4. Waterz Edge
5. Blue Days
6. Spellbinder
7. Memeza
8. Povo
9. Lovely Day
10. Township
11. Forget Me Nots
12. Stone Cool
13. Motherland
14. 4 1/2 Storm

The Very Best Of Lee Ritenour

01. A Little Bumpin’
02. Water To Drink (Agua De Beber)
03. Get Up, Stand Up
04. Harlequin
05. Wes Bound
06. 4 On 6
07. Night Rhythms
08. Latin Lovers
09. Ooh-Yeah
10. Runaway
11. Bahia Funk
12. Etude
13. Rio Funk

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Daishi Dance – the Ghibli set

review:

Yo yo yo, fellow captivated nu jazz lovers and anyone who interested in nu sound of jazz, introducing DJ DAISHI DANCE/DAZE (ダイシ・ダンス)!!! Aye gak tau nama asli nih DJ siape! (serba misterius n full name-nya dirahasiain, kayak vokalis solo fusion jazz dr Jepang juga, bird). Yg aye baca dari blognya doi (oops, awas! bahasa “cacing” ) nih DJ kelahiran tahun 1976 di kota Sapporo, Prefektur Hokkaido.
Sama kayak Jazztronik (DJ Ryota Nozaki), FreeTEMPO (DJ Takeshi Hanzawa), n STUDIO APARTMENT (DJ Masanori “Masa” Morita), nih karir DJ juga dibesarkan dan melesat namanya di belakang 3 set turntable plus di dunia gemerlap dancefloor club di Jepang, terutama club “Precious Hall” di kota kelahiran doi.
Musiknya? Well, mirip banget ama musiknya FreeTEMPO n STUDIO APARTMENT (lagi2 aye baca di blognya, klo FreeTEMPO aka Hanzawa-kun itu “nakayoshi” alias close friend-nya doi, coz sering banget manggung bareng )! Musiknya “melodic melancholy” n rata2 gabungin house music ama instrumen piano/violin/gitar akustik! Beberapa lagunya featuring ama vokalis dari duet COLDFEET (mbak Lori Fine) n ada juga satu lagu yg featuring ama ratu solo violinist dari Jepang, Kinbara Chieko-san!
Karya-karyanya? Meskipun udah malang melintang di dunia dancefloor selama 10 tahunan lebih, doi baru ngeluarin 2 full album n beberapa singles/vinyl cd. Don’t know why beda ama Jazztronik yg dalam setahun bs ngeluarin banyak full album sekaligus! But, doi pernah kolaborasi bareng CLAZZIQUAI PROJECT (itu lho trio nu jazz dari Korsel) n juga nge-remix lagu2nya Hamasaki Ayumi ama Nakashima Mika…

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Tetsuo Sakurai first solo album, rare item!!

Tetsuo Sakurai – Dewdrops (1986)

review:

Buat penggemar fusion pada umumnya, khususnya Casiopea, pastinya nama Tetsuo Sakurai udah ga asing lagi. Tetsuo adalah salah satu pendiri Casiopea sekaligus pemain bassist disana.Pada tahun 83 Tetsuo Sakurai dan Akira Jimbo mengundurkan diri dari Casiopea, dan membentuk Jimsaku (Jimbo-Sakurai), selain tentunya bersolo karir dan berkolaborasi dgn banyak musisi2 lain. Di album ini, Tetsuo masuk ke genre yang secara teoritis agak “jauh” dari dunia fusion, yaitu bossa. Sebuah proyek unik yang melibatkan nama2 besar dunia bossa dari brazil seperti Djavan, Ivan Lins,Filo Machado, dan sweet female bossa vocalists menyajikan 11 lagu yang jadi jembatan penghubung antara fusion dan samba. Tetsuo membuktikan bahwa bass dapat bergabung secara harmonis dgn bossa. Berbagai paduan ini membuat album Cartas Do Brasil ini jadi unik. Buat penggemar Casiopea, Jimsaku, Tetsuo Sakurai, bossa dan musik brasil, jazz bass atau artis2 pendukung di album ini, met download deh. Enjoy
Tracks:
1.REFRESH!
2.IN THE DISTANCE
3.NIGHT DEW
4.KIMONO
5.TENSION
6.EARTH CALLING SPACE
7.VENUS
8.JESTER’S DANCE
9.PROPHET VOYAGER

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YELLOWJACKETS DISCOGRAPHY

Yellowjackets – Yellowjackets (1981)

01. Matinee Idol
02. Imperial Strut
03. Sittin’ In It
04. Rush Hour
05. The Hornet
06. Priscilla
07. It’s Almost Gone.
Yellowjackets – Mirage A Trois (1983)

01. Claire’s Song
02. Top Secret
03. I Got Rhythm
04. Pass It On
05. Goin’ Home
06. Man In The Moon
07. Elamar
08. Nimbus
Yellowjackets – Samurai Samba (1985)

01. Homecoming
02. Deat Beat
03. Daddy’s Gonna Miss You
04. Sylvania
05. Silverlake
06. Lonely Weekend
07. Los Mambos
08. Samurai Samba
Yellowjackets – Shades (1986)

01. And You Know That
02. New Shoes
03. One Family
04. Revelation
05. Oasis (Theme from the film, “Booby Trap”
06. Regular Folks
07. Black Tie
08. Sonja’s Sanfonia
09. Shades
10. Wildcats & Cougars
Yellowjackets – Four Corners (1987)

01 .Out Of Town
02. Wildlife
03. Sightseeing
04. Open Road
05. Mile High
06. Past Ports
07. Postcards
08. Room With A View
09. Geneva
10. Indigo
Yellowjackets – Politics (1988)

01. Oz
02. Tortoise & The Hare
03. Local Hero
04. Galileo (For Jaco)
05. Foreign Correspondent
06. Downtown
07. Helix
08. Avance
09. One Voice
10. Evening Dance

Yellowjackets – Collection (1995)

01. Wildlife
02. The Spin
03. Oz
04. Man Facing North
05. Revelation
06. Freedomland
07. Jacket Town
08. The Dream
09. Foreig Correspondent
10. And You Know That
11. Dewey (A tribute to Miles Davis)
Yellowjackets – Blue Hats (1997)

01. Capetown
02. With These Hands
03. Prayer For Peace
04. Statue Of Liberty
05. Coal Minor Blues
06. Savanna
07. New Rochelle
08. Coquimbo
09. Angelina
Yellowjackets – Club Nocturne (1998)

01. Spirit of the West
02. Stick to it ive ness
03. Up From New Orleans
04. The Evening News
05. Even the Pain
06. Love and Paris Rain
07. The Village Church
08. Twilight for Nancy
09. Automat
10. All is Quiet
Yellowjackets – Priceless Jazz (1998)

(sorry i couldn’t get the album cover) 😦

01. Oz
02. River Waltz
03. Even Song
04. Downtown
05. Spirits
06. 1998
07. Storytellers
08. Peace
Yellowjackets – Best of Yellowjackets (1999)

01. New Rochelle
02. Spirit Of The West
03. Daddy’s Gonna Miss You
04. Matinee Idol
05. The Chosen
06. Homecoming
07. Imperial Strut
08. Claire’s Song
09. Top Secret
10. Up From New Orleans
11. Summer Song
12. Theme from Il Postino (previously unreleased)
Yellowjackets – Mint Jam (2001)

CD 1:
01. Les Is Mo
02. Boomtown
03. Motet
04. Mofongo
05. Blues for KJ
06. Runferyerlife

CD 2:
01. Song For Carla
02. Tortoise and the Hare
03. Mosaic
04. New Jig
05. Statue of Liberty
06. Evening News

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Jazztronik – Repro (2008)

Tracklist
1. Sweet Rain
2. I Like It
3. Rising in My Heart(New Version)
4. MIYAGINO(Main Theme)
5. MEGURU(Main Theme Jyukucho Mix)
6. Street Walkin’ Woman

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John Pizzarelli – With a Song in My Heart (2008)

review:
Artist: John Pizzarelli
Title Of Album: With a Song in My Heart
Year Of Release: August 19, 2008
Label: Telarc
Genre: Contemporary Jazz Vocals, Swing
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR 170 kbps / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 43:18 min
Total Size: 52,7 mb

Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli’s smooth supper-club style is always well executed, and his familiar repertoire (see his 2006 tribute to Frank on DEAR MR. SINATRA) makes his music all the more charming. Pizzarelli continues in this vein by visiting the Richard Rodgers songbook on WITH A SONG IN MY HEART. Backed by his tasteful trio on some tracks, and a quartet of brass and reeds on others, Pizzarelli swings favorite tunes such as the title track and “The Lady Is a Tramp.” A special guest appearance from father Bucky Pizzarelli on “It’s Easy to Remember” is among the highlights.

Tracklist
01. With a Song in My Heart ( 3:50)
02. This Can’t Be Love ( 2:27)
03. I Like to Recognize the Tune ( 4:36)
04. It’s Easy to Remember ( 4:13)
05. Johnny One Note ( 2:59)
06. Nobody’s Heart ( 4:12)
07. Happy Talk ( 4:25)
08. Mountain Greenery ( 2:47)
09. I Have Dreamed ( 3:40)
10. The Lady is a Tramp ( 2:34)
11. She Was Good to Me ( 4:36)
12. You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught ( 2:59)

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Trix~style 2008 [flac]

HERE IS THE 5TH RELEASE.

* Hiroshi Kubota : Keyboards
* Mitsuru Sutoh : Bass & Ibiki
* Noriaki Kumagai : Drums, Mixing Engineer, Lyrics (3)
* Takeshi Hirai : Guitar

FLAC

RAR

n.b. i also have the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th release to here in my blog

thanks to dggsrv

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