QUIET! please…

From ‘Quiet Light’ to ‘Slow and Easy’ , we have mixed 20 ‘Relaxing Jazz and Other Musics‘ tunes around the theme of ‘Tranquility‘. It has Dave Brubeck, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rigmor Gustafsson, Julie London and many more.

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IMAGE : Shush Photo by Conny Liegl
INFORMATIONS

Bill Evans @Amazon: More emotionally naked than his recordings with other labels. And you cannot miss the duet tracks with Eddie Gomez. The music is as overwhelming and heart-wrenching as the extremely personal liner notes.

Rigmor Gustafsson : In ’96 Rigmor moved back to Stockholm again. There she formed a Swedish quintet with whom she recorded her third CD “Rigmor Gustafsson Live”. 1996-2000 she was, besides performing, also teaching jazz voice at the Royal Academy of Music.

Carmen Lundy : Ms. Lundy attended The University Of Miami as an Opera major, but soon discovered that jazz was where her talent really shined. She later graduated with a degree in Studio Music and Jazz – one of the first singers to do so.

Nino Katamadze on Myspace : Starting from 1999 Nino Katamadze is performing with group “Insight” at different clubs and venues in Georgia, Russia and Europe. Awards: 2002-….

Nostalgia 77 : My name is Benedic Lamdin and Nostalgia 77 is the name of my music project. In various guises as Nostalgia 77 I have produced 10 LP/CD’s since 2004, some solo, some with the nostalgia octet and some with other folks altogether.

Zlatne Uste : Zlatne Uste (Golden Lips) is an internationally known group of American-born musicians playing traditional music of the Balkans, primarily representing Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Romany (Gypsy) traditions. Four-time invited guest at the Dragachevo Brass Festival in Gucha, Serbia, the 12-piece band is among the foremost presenters of traditional Balkan dance music in the United States.

Vitor Ramil : Compositor, cantor e escritor, o gaúcho Vitor Ramil começou sua carreira artística ainda adolescente, no começo dos anos 80. Aos 18 anos de idade gravou seu primeiro disco Estrela, Estrela, com a presença de músicos e arranjadores que voltaria a encontrar em trabalhos futuros, como Egberto Gismonti, Wagner Tiso e Luis Avellar, além de participações das cantoras Zizi Possi e Tetê Espíndola.

Olivia Ong on Facebook : With her sultry, soulful, pristine and innocent vocals, she reinterprets Frank Sinatra‘s hits such as “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars”, among other jazz and pop numbers. She is one of the new wave of Singaporean talent being exported internationally.

PLAYLIST : Bill Evans – Quiet Light (2.29) . Pepé Castro Neves – Calma (2.35) . Wayne Shorter – Calm (3.24) . Cesaria Evora (with Pedro Guerra) – Tiempo Y Silencio (3.20) . Jane Monheit – In The Still Of The Night (5.06) . Vitor Ramil – Quiet Music (3.25) . Carmen Lundy – Quiet Times (3.40) . Nino Katamadze and Insight – Calm (5.55) . Luiz Bonfa – The Silence Of Love (2.12) . Rigmor Gustafsson – Still (4.24) . Otis Spann – Goin’ Down Slow (3.52) . Ibrahim Ferrer – Silencio (4.38) . Julie London – Go Slow (2.14) . Nostalgia 77 – Quiet down (5.50) . Zlatne Uste – Slow Song (2.51) . Dave Brubeck – Slow and Easy (3.30) . Olivia Ong – Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars (4.28) . Billy May – This Room Is My Castle Of Quiet (2.25) . Rua – Sound Of Silence (4.34) . Keith Jarrett – Silence (3.10) .

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