Olive Brown - Empress Of The Blues - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Award-winning jazz artist Pureum Jin brings together a group of up and rising female saxophonists and NYC's most sought-after rhythm trio for a full steam of straight-ahead jazz filled with sparkling saxophone ensemble through her new group The Empress. With Pureum herself as the leader, the group features Grammy-winning artist Lauren Sevian, rising star Erena Terakubo, and versatile saxophonist Chelsea Baratz, as the saxophone quartet is supported by Steve Ash (piano), Joey Ranieri (bass), and Pete Van Nostrand (drums). The Empress presents jazz classic standards and original tunes written and arranged by legendary Germany-based baritone saxophonist Michael Lutzeier and arrangement / rearrangements by Pureum Jin. The group's debut album, Square One, showcases the driving force and the movement of women in jazz as well as Asian musicians in jazz scene that has developed tremendously in the recent years, and promises to captivate listeners with it's rich harmonies and innovative sound throughout the album. Album Tracks 1. Instant Composure 2. But Not for Me 3. Caravan 4. Everything Happens to Me 5. Bolivia 6. Stablemates 7. Mr. Syms 8. Nica's Dream 9. Milestones 10. Reminiscing 11. Yearnin'

Born in 1895, and having been an early blues innovator in the 1920s, Alberta Hunter became a living link to the jazz-age and stars like Bessie Smith, Paul Robeson and Ma Rainey. In the late '50s she started a second career as a nurse, and mostly retired from music, but by the mid-70s was lured back to live performance. In 1981, at age 85, she recorded this live set at a New York cabaret called The Cookery. Hunter was still sharp-as-a-tack; her sassy stage patter, interactions with the band and audience, and vocalizing are filled with percussive energy, knowing phrasings and deep experience and wisdom. Singing with accompaniment from Gerald Cook (piano, arrangements) and Jimmy Lewis (bass), Hunter covers standards that she wrote (and as she noted, was still collecting royalties on) as well as a selection of standards from other authors of the great American songbook Album Tracks 1. My Castle's Rockin' 2. The Love I Have for You 3. I Got Rhythm 4. Downhearted Blues 5. Time Waits for No One 6. I'm Havin' a Good Time 7. Two-Fisted Double-Jointed Rough and Ready Man 8. The Dark Town Strutter's Ball 9. Sometimes I'm Happy 10. I've Got a Mind to Ramble 11. Old Fashioned Love 12. You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark 13. Remember My Name 14. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) 15. Georgia on My Mind 16. Handy Man 17. Never Knew My Kisses 18. You're Welcome to Come Back Home

Album Tracks 1. Do I Move You? 2. Day and Night 3. In the Dark 4. Real Real 5. My Man's Gone Now 6. Backlash Blues 7. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl 8. Buck 9. Since I Fell for You 10. The House of the Rising Sun 11. Blues for Mama 12. Do I Move You 13. Whatever I Am (You Made Me)