Title Of Album: Coming AboutYear Of Release: 2008Label: ArtistShareGenre: Jazz, Big BandQuality: MP3 / Joint StereoBitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 KhzTotal Time: 67:48 minTotal Size: 85,3 MBWebSite: mariaschneider.comDuke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson made their first important big-band recordings seventy years ago, back whenCalvin Coolidge was in the White House and Charlie Parker was in short pants. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then. Big bands are still around, and still as musically vital as they were in 1926 - but they don't sound the same. The dance-oriented bands of the '30s and '40s are now a thing of the distant past. Today's big bands perform in clubs and concert halls, and their music is for listening, not dancing, so much so that a growing number of musicians prefer to call them "jazz orchestras." No matter what you call them, though, there's something about the sound of large jazz bands that continues to make audiences sit up and take notice, and causes composers to grab for their pens. That's why seventeen of New York's top jazz musicians get together every Monday night at Visiones, a New York nightclub, to play the music of Maria Schneider. They could be making better money doing almost anything else, from recording jingles to doing clinics. But Monday nights at Visiones aren't about money: they're about music. So is this CD... / read more /TRACKLIST01. El Viento [11:18]02. Love Theme from Spartacus [07:04]03. Part One: Bombshelter Beast [09:43]04. Part Two: Night Watchmen [11:26]05. Part Three: Coming About [12:48]06. Giant Steps [07:45]07. Waxwing [07:44] http://rapidshare.com/files/295075784/Maria_Schneider-Coming_About-_Remastered_-2008-MARIASCHNEIDER-isra.rar.html Two-time Grammy Awardwinner and one of contemporary jazzs leading vocalists, Diane Schuur, hassigned with Vanguard Records. She will be releasing her label debut, TheGathering, on June 7th. With a distinguished career that spans nearly threedecades, Schuurs new album is unique in both material and style, and featuresspecial guests Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler, Larry Carlton and KirkWhalum. The Gathering is a collection of 10 classic country songs, mostlywritten during the golden era of the 1960s, and is the first time Schuur hasfeatured this genre of music. On selections like Willie Nelsons Healing Handsof Time, Roger Millers When Two Worlds Collide, Merle Haggards Today IStarted Loving You Again and Tammy Wynettes Til I Can Make It on My Own,Schuurs great vocal versatility shines through.The Gathering wasrecorded almost entirely in one day in early December in Nashville, TN. Thesinger has always wanted to record there and work with some of the citys topmusicians. Her new association with Vanguard allowed her to achieve that dream.I knew when the label approached me it was time to do something I alwayswanted to do, Schuur says, and the way it came together seems like magic.The album sessions started at 9 a.m. on December 6th, 2010, and by lateafternoon all ten songs had been completed. Produced by Music City veteranSteve Buckingham, almost all the recording was done totally live, and most ofthe finished versions on the album are first takes. Other songs on TheGathering include Why Cant He Be You, Beneath Still Waters, Dont TouchMe, Til