Jane Bunnett - Radio Guantanamo: Guantanamo Blues Project, Vol. 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2019 . Multiple Juno award winner and two time Grammy nominee, Jane Bunnett and her all female Cuban Jazz band Maqueque are back with 'On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme'. This is their third studio album and music just keeps getting better. Since the new year the band has played Panama, Germany, Amsterdam, Switzerland and Spain. US and Canadian Jazz Festivals and stand alone shows are scheduled for the remainder of 2019 and into next year. The spirit and energy of the band continues with 12 new tracks On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme. Album Tracks 1. La Linea (The Line Up) 2. Monkey See Monkey Do 3. Momentum 4. On Firm Ground 5. Habana de Noche (Havana at Night) 6. Sky High 7. The Occurance (to Amelie) 8. Reencuentro (Re-United) 9. Broken Heart 10. Mystery of Jane's House 11. Pa' Con Paz 12. Musica en El Alma (Music in the Soul)

By now the international Jazz community knows the story that Maqueque came out of a jam session at the Cohiba Hotel in Havana that introduced renowned Jazz musician Jane Bunnett with young women musicians and composers who had recently graduated from the Cuban conservatory. Over ten years the band has created opportunities for composing and performing extraordinary Jazz that has taken this all female ensemble around the world and has expanded to include not only women players from Cuba, but also brilliant vocalist Joanna Majoko (from Zimbabwe) and has had musicians from the Dominican Republic, Latin America, Spain and Lebanon. The band has won a Juno Award, was nominated for a Grammy and annually tours Europe, Latin America, the US and Canada. Downbeat Mag picked this group as one of the Top Ten Touring Groups of 2019. NPR has featured the band in specials and they have done a Tiny Desk Concert. On PLAYING WITH FIRE The evolution of this all female Cuban-based collective continues Album Tracks 1. Human Race 2. Tempus Fugit 3. Sierra 4. Daniela's Theme 5. A God Unknown 6. Turquoise/Turquesa 7. Bolero a Un Sueño 8. Jump Monk 9. Tomorrow 10. Playing with Fire

Broadway star and all around show business superstar Jane Morgan takes you through the hits of the 1963 Carl Foreman film 'The Victors'. With a mix of older standards and newly written songs, Morgan's stunningly elegant voice blends a wistful wartime nostalgia with a stirring contemporary feel on popular tracks including 'Sweet Talk', 'Pennies from Heaven' and 'Red Sails in the Sunset'. Album Tracks 1. My Special Dream 2. Red Sails in the Sunset 3. Does Goodnight Mean Goodbye? 4. Let's Fall in Love 5. Sweet Talk 6. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 7. Bless 'Em All 8. No Other Man 9. The Glory of Love 10. Pennies from Heaven 11. Magda's Song 12. March of the Victors