This brand new release is from Algerian/Australian producer, composer, songwriter, guitarist and singer Ilias. Somewhere In Time is a production that has a bit of history as it was written over a 10- year period years and after six months of recording. Ilias performs lead, harmony & background vocals, drums, bass, keyboards, piano, acoustic, electric 6 & 12 string guitars - truely a labor of love! Smooth, cool vibes, laid-back, and polished thoughout each of the 11 tracks is how one can describe this release. This Australian musician one one to watch for in the coming years. Tracks include: Never Utter The Word Never; Loving You; One Of A Kind; If I See You; Last Words; This Life; September Memory; Lonely; Sense; Only One; and Sometimes I Wonder...
Mighty keyboards from Francesco Gazzara – easily one of our favorite Irma Records artists from years back – still sounding pretty darn great here in a nicely mature setting! The album's got a bit of the bossa promised in the title, but also has a wider-ranging groove too – echoes of older keyboard modes, mixed with bits of jazz funk at times – all handled by Gazzara on a range of Fender Rhodes, Hammond, Korg, and other keys – with core bass and drums, and additional help from Lily Latuheru on vocals and Dario Cecchini on flute and saxes! Most tracks are instrumentals, but Lily's soulful tones definitely make the vocal tracks sound great too – and titles include "New Frontier", "Blow Your Mind", "Ivory Skyscrapers", "Bahia Moon", "Berimbau", "Black Jack", and "Song For My Father". ~ Dusty Groove
BILLY BANG - DA BANG!
One of the last sessions ever recorded by the legendary Billy Bang – but a set that still bristles with all the intensity that first made us fall in love with his music! If anything, the album's almost a back-to-basics effort for Billy – served up with the kind of soulful, searching sounds he first brought to his seminal albums on the Black Saint/Soul Note label – and quite different than some of his higher concept sessions in more recent years. The group's a great one, full of pulsating improvisational energy – as Billy's violin is joined by the trombone of Dick Griffin, piano of Andrew Bemkey, bass of Hilliar Greene, and drums of Newman Taylor Baker. Griffin's presence is especially great, and really helps deepen the sound – and titles include "All Blues", "Day Dreams", "Guinea", "Da Bang", and "Law Years". ~ Dusty Groove
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