Joy Williams

Joy Williams - Front Porch (2019) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at May 2, 2019

Joy Williams finds comfort in the familiar with the poignant video for “Front Porch,” the title cut from her forthcoming solo album. The clip, directed by the sister and brother team of Alexa and Stephen Kinigopoulos, captures sweet and simple moments in the lives of an interracial couple, while also hinting at the challenges they face from others around them.

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Mary Lou Williams - 1927-1940 (1992) Music

Posted by gribovar at July 26, 2020

This CD features the great pianist Mary Lou Williams during her earliest period. She is heard in 1927 on six selections with The Synco Jazzers (a small group that included her then-husband John Williams on alto) and then on the first 19 selections ever recorded under her own name. Performed during the long period when she was the regular pianist with Andy Kirk's 12 Clouds of Joy, Williams is featured on two hot stride solos in 1930, leading trios in 1936 and 1938, playing "Little Joe from Chicago" unaccompanied in 1939 and heading septets in 1940; among her sidemen were trumpeter Harold "Shorty" Baker and the legendary tenor Dick Wilson. Many of the compositions were written by Williams including "Night Life," "New Froggy Bottom," "Mary's special," and "Scratchin' the Gravel;" her version of Jelly Roll Morton's "The Pearls" is a highpoint.

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Paul Williams - Colours of Joy (2020) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at July 27, 2020

Paul Williams - Colours of Joy (2020)
FLAC tracks | 42:34 | 239 Mb
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz / Label: MMPA Music Production

Right from the first play the deliciously smooth sound of Williams' exemplary musicianship exudes from the stereo and his Benson-esque guitar stylings make you want to delve deeper into the improvisational nuances of this oh-too-short offering. Paul Williams is one of the founding members of instrumental group Collaboration and has in the past played the UK gospel scene alongside the likes of Barbara Brooks Thomas, Freddie Kofi and Dorothy Allen. 'Colours Of Joy' is a delightful, mature, well produced and wonderful musical treat - a great taster for anyone who is new to the sound of this talented gospel jazz guitarist.

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Sunny and Her Joy Boys - Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys (2009) Music

Posted by Designol at June 28, 2021

Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys is the debut CD from singer Sunny Crownover, backed by a band led by acclaimed guitarist/producer Duke Robillard. Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys is the brainchild of award-winning guitarist and producer Duke Robillard, and debuts the stunning voice of Sunny Crownover, whose beautiful interpretations of these tunes from the Great American Songbook are nothing less than a revelation. Sunny spent a large part of her life in the Dallas/Fort Worth/Austin area and is now based in New England. Robillard heard her sing for the first time in late 2007 at a Harvard University concert and knew he'd found the voice he was looking for to bring a project to life he'd been wanting to do for over 35 years. That project became Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys, a CD that salutes the golden era of women vocalists of the '20s through the '50s, where big bands and small combos alike created classic American pop, swing and blues songs of the day.

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Roderick Williams, Susie Allan - A Birthday Garland (2024) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at March 14, 2024

Roderick Williams, Susie Allan - A Birthday Garland (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:16:00 | 326 Mb
Genre: Classical

SOMM RECORDINGS is delighted to announce Vaughan Williams – A Birthday Garland, a recording of baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Susie Allan’s popular 2022 concert tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams originally marking the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

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Cootie Williams - Concerto For Cootie: Selected Recordings 1928-62 (2024) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at March 7, 2024

Cootie Williams - Concerto For Cootie: Selected Recordings 1928-62 (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 4:50:10 | 889 Mb
Genre: Jazz

Charles Melvin Cootie Williams was a jazz trumpeter, born in Mobile Alabama in 1911, who enjoyed a lengthy career as a sideman and bandleader, and was especially renowned for his associations with Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. This collection takes its title Concerto For Cootie from a tune Duke Ellington composed in his honour.

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Hallé, Sir Mark Elder & Roderick Williams - A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams (2022) Music

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 10, 2023

Hallé, Sir Mark Elder & Roderick Williams - A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 247 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 167 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:44
Classical, Vocal | Label: Hallé Concerts Society

This album represents the culmination of what leading British baritone Roderick Williams described as ‘a dream come true’. It features premiere recordings of his orchestrations of songs by Vaughan Williams and other composers associated with him and is released to commemorate those who perished in WWI.

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Don Williams - Greatest Hit Best Audiophile (2011) SHM-CD, 2CDs Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 20, 2023

Don Williams (born Donald Ray Williams; May 27, 1939 – September 8, 2017) was an American country singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 number one country hits. His straightforward yet smooth bass-baritone voice, soft tones, and imposing build earned him the nickname: "Gentle Giant" of country music.

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John Williams - John Williams Conductor (2018) Music

Posted by Rtax at July 7, 2023

John Williams - John Williams Conductor (2018)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 5.6 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 2.78 GB
20:42:58 | Classical, Score, Soundtrack | Label: Sony Classical

N a career that spans five decades, John Williams has become one of America's most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage. He has served as music director and laureate conductor of one of the country's treasured musical institutions, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and he maintains thriving artistic relationships with many of the world s great orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mr. Williams has received a variety of prestigious awards, including the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Olympic Order, and numerous Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. He remains one of our nation's most distinguished and contributive musical voices. John Williams Conducts is a new CD box set that features all of his definitive recordings for Sony Classical including The Star Wars Trilogy, The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration, Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams, American Journey, Summon the Heroes.

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The Tony Williams Lifetime - Berkeley 1979 (2023) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 23, 2023

The Tony Williams Lifetime - Berkeley 1979 (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 242 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 109 MB
47:20 | Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk, Fusion | Label: Equinox

This is the lost incarnation of Tony Williams Lifetime, formed to tour in support of his 1978 all-star release The Joy Of Flying. A band of young unknowns including guitarist Tod Carver and fretless bassist on-the-rise Bunny Brunel allow Williams' powerhouse grooves and solos to shine. The tunes here are from the LPs Ego (1971), Million Dollar Legs (1976) and The Joy of Flying (1978). The concert was performed live at the Thirteenth Annual Berkeley Jazz Festival, University of California, Berkeley Campus, CA on the 25th of May, 1979 and broadcast by KFAT-FM.

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