Wild Is the Wind is jazz singer-songwriter and pianist Nina Simone's sixth album for Philips Records. The album was compiled from several recordings that were left over from sessions (in 1964 and 1965) for previous Philips albums.

Pink Martini’s fourth studio album — Splendor In The Grass — encapsulates the band’s history and spirit of global collaboration and inclusivity. Comprised of nine original songs and four covers (with songs in English, Neapolitan, Italian, French and Spanish), Splendor In The Grass was recorded in the band’s hometown of Portland, Oregon and produced by bandleader/pianist Thomas Lauderdale and longtime collaborator and muse Alex Marashian—a college cohort of Lauderdale and vocalist China Forbes.
Pink Martini Personnel :
China Forbes, vocals
Gavin Bondy, trumpet
Robert Taylor, trombone
Nicholas Crosa, violin
Pansy Chang, cello
Dan Faehnle, guitar
Phil Baker, upright bass
Maureen Love, harp
Timothy Nishimoto, vocals & percussion
Brian Davis, congas & percussion
Derek Rieth, congas & percussion
Martin Zarzar, drums & percussion
Thomas M. Lauderdale, piano
Featuring the Harvey Rosencrantz Orchestra
Produced by Thomas M. Lauderdale & Alex Marashian
Recorded by Dave Friedlander at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Oregon, September 2008 �— July 2009.
Mixed by Dave Friedlander with Guillaume Lejault (2nd engineer) at Studio de la Grande Armée in Paris, France, July 2009.
Mastered by Bernie Grundman with Joe Bozzi (2nd engineer) at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles, August 2009.
Design & layout by Mike King at Crash Design in Portland, Oregon.
Booklet cover photo by João Canziani.
Photographs by Thomas M. Lauderdale & Peter Murray.

温暖慵懒的轻吟、纯净恬淡的曲风与有如夏夜微风的爵士情调，让肯妮贝儿Corinne Bailey Rae自2006年起缔造无数傲人成绩。2006年肯妮贝儿以首张同名专辑《追风箏的女孩Corinne Bailey Rae》空降英国金榜冠军，成为该排行榜近30年来，继安妮蓝妮克丝Annie Lennox与娜塔莎Natasha Bedingfield后，第三位以首张作品空降专辑榜冠军的新进女歌手。这样的表现无愧英国BBC国家广播电台网站，当初誉她为「2006年十大闪耀推荐新星Sound of 2006」的头号代表。首张同名专辑发行后，获得英美乐评一致高分推荐，纷纷预告一颗即将照亮世界的璀璨新星已经诞生。这样的预言在2006年进入尾声之际确实得到印证：肯妮贝儿的首张同名专辑除了荣获英国音乐权威杂誌Mojo，选为2006年度最佳专辑之一；在英国著名杂誌Q主办的Q Awards颁奖典礼上，肯妮贝儿更突破重围一举拿下「年度最佳新人Best New Act Award」的大奖。
出生英国里兹的肯妮贝儿，自小在一般教堂礼拜中演唱诗歌展现天生好歌喉，学生时期攻读古典音乐，并拉得一手绝佳小提琴才能，随后在获得人生第一把电吉他，开啟肯妮音乐另一扇门，同时开始试著词曲创作。签入EMI音乐集团前，肯妮早已累积十年演唱经历，简洁纯净恬淡创作风格，揉合各种不同音乐对她的影响，完成此张倍受讚誉的首张同名专辑。当中更不乏放克灵魂作品〈Call Me When You Get This〉，并佐以典雅弦乐点缀；〈Choux Pastry Heart〉带著微甜鬆软音感谱写出对於情爱世界期望，让人徜徉在一个不见压力的男女亲密关係之中；而〈Butterfly〉以及打造爵士灵魂外衣的〈Seasons Change〉，都是肯妮展现令人震撼且最具实力之明证。
肯妮贝儿在迈入2007年之际，可说完全绽放她的光芒，不但常驻销售排行榜，更在2007年全英音乐奖Brit Awards中获得「全英最佳女歌手British Female Solo Artist」、「全英年度最佳单曲British Single」以及「全英年度最佳新人British Breakthrough Act」三项提名。她的魅力同时横扫大西洋彼岸，在第49届葛莱美音乐奖Grammy Awards公布的入围名单中，肯妮贝儿亦为「年度最佳歌曲Song of the Year」、「年度最佳录音Record of the Year」以及「年度最佳新人Best New Artist」等热门奖项的候选人，而她在全美的唱片销量更已大破白金。

为Diana Krall带来真正巨大成功的是她在1998年Verve唱片公司发行的第五张个人专辑《When I Look in Your Eyes》。这是一张在评论界和商业上都取得了巨大成功的专辑，从1998年到1999年这张专辑连续52周驻扎在Billboard爵士专辑榜的冠军位置上，这是整整一年的时间！在整个世界范围内，这张爵士乐专辑的销量都非常出色，不仅在美国远远突破了白金销量，在加拿大更是突破了200万的双白金销量，在葡萄牙和法国，这张专辑也突破了白金和金唱片销量。同时这张专辑还是Diana Krall首次以完整的综合爵士演奏乐队进行表演和录制，著名音乐家Johnny Mandel带领着一支爵士乐队协助了Diana Krall这张唱片的录制。评论界的好评如同疾风暴雨的袭来，格莱美奖也不会再次与Diana Krall擦肩而过了。令人惊奇的是，《When I Look in Your Eyes》在第42届格莱美颁奖典礼上获得了包括最重量级的年度最佳专辑奖（Album of the Year）在内三项大奖提名，这是在25年时间里首次有爵士乐唱片获得格莱美年度最佳专辑奖的提名，其他获得该奖项提名的是摇滚乐老将Santana，正值颠峰的超级偶像后街男孩组合，主流乡村音乐的代表南方小鸡组合，以及当红的R&B城市音乐组合TLC的作品，这是极少见的爵士乐与主流的流行音乐风格一起分庭抗礼。在这届颁奖典礼上，Diana Krall最终获得了最佳爵士演唱奖（Best Jazz Vocal Performance），而专辑《When I Look in Your Eyes》也获得了最佳非古典类录音工程奖（Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical）。除此之外，在加拿大最重要的音乐奖Juno奖评选中，这张专辑又获得了最佳爵士演唱专辑奖（Best Vocal Jazz Album）。

有些煽情的简介:英国查尔斯王子力荐，艾尔顿强赞誉为“2004年主流乐界拥有不可思议般才华的表演者”英国销售大破百万张，蝉联流行榜52周排行，音乐史上销售速度最快的爵士专辑特别收录“BJ单身日记-男人祸水”主题曲“Everlasting Love”与3首横跨流行爵士、动感嘻哈、另类摇滚的精采翻唱时代杂志年度最佳专辑最佳新进艺人、2004 MOBO黑人音乐奖最佳爵士艺人、全英音乐奖最佳突破艺人提名英国顶尖爵士专业杂志Jazzwise：他拥有酷玩乐团(Coldplay)般的摇滚精力，还有葛瑞盖斯(Gareth Gates)可爱讨好的外型，而他的作品更是无人可比！苏格兰独立报Sunday Herald：杰米卡伦的外型足以进入少男偶像团，但他带来的却是未来爵士乐的革命！爵士评论志Movin’ Music：杰米卡伦不是罗比威廉斯也不是小亨利康尼克(Harry Connick Jr.)而是更具潜力的新星！美国时代杂志The Times：极具个人魅力，杰米卡伦的才华足以突破以往爵士的狭窄界线！

On her sixth album, Eleni Mandell delivers a magnificent, late night, lights-low set -- her sexiest recording yet. Her conversational alto is set beautifully against the reeds (Jeff Turmes, who has backed James Harman and Badly Drawn Boy), guitar (Nels Cline of Wilco), vibes (DJ Bonebrake of X) and her longtime rhythm section of drummer Kevin Fitzgerald and bassist Ryan Feves. Produced by Andy Kaulkin and mixed by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith), the album is a sonic marvel. Her captivating songwriting has taken an optimistic turn, concentrating on love found instead of love lost. Already a local hero -- Los Angeles Magazine named Eleni best local singer and the LA Weekly anointed her as best songwriter -- Miracle of Five will open the world to this timeless chanteuse.

这次要介绍的艺人比较特别，一来因为虽然他们因为法文歌曲而一举成名，在法国也有相当的知名度，并且也持续的在演唱法文歌曲，但深受法国人喜爱的他们却不是法国团体。第二，他们也是 巴黎 在介绍这么多艺人当中，有贴身采访并且聊天过的艺人！！他们就是 Pink Martini 红粉马汀尼！ 　　这张《Sympathique》《轻松欢愉》翻唱各种曲风的老歌，从香颂、拉丁、爵士、轻古典、波丽露、老电影主题曲、到日本民谣都有，全都在他们巧手打造下，保留原本风味，却展现出既优雅且华丽但又清新的质感。其中由团长兼钢琴手 Thomas M.Lauderdale 与女主唱 China Forbes 共同谱写的〈Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler〉〈我不想工作〉，不但被选为雪铁龙汽车毕加索车系广告主题曲，这专辑中唯一的法文歌曲也打动了法国人的心，征服了他们的耳朵，除了攻占排行榜第十七名，也在二○○二年被众多法国巨星翻唱！！ 　　『我不想要工作，我不要吃中饭，我只想要遗忘，所以我要抽烟。很久以前我就知道爱情的味道，像是百万朵玫瑰，闻起来却不是那么甜美。现在只要有朵花在我身边，我就感觉不对劲！』China 恍似回到一九五○年代的磁性歌声，与轻巧的钢琴揭开序幕，小编制的沙龙乐团，温馨但清脆回响的空心吉他，淡淡的 Cha Cha 风情，这里是巴黎这古城、这花都，某个慵懒的暖洋洋清晨，你有那么点低迷，因为捉摸不定的爱情，所以耍任性耍忧郁的靠在窗台，无意识的以目光扫射街头来往行人；坐在 Café de Flore 花神咖啡馆 或 Les Deux Magots 双叟咖馆 露天咖啡座上，点了根烟，但袅袅的烟雾却如心头烦闷萦绕不去。幸好这歌声，幸好这乐音，像 Café au Lait 上的柔润奶沫，香甜的解了一丝蓝色情绪。 　　Pink Martini这张Sympathique专辑的封面以法国艾菲尔铁塔为背景，加上前景中几个怎么看都像欧洲小鬼的溜冰者，使得整张专辑外观洋溢着浓厚的欧洲风味，然而，这个1994年成立于波特兰的音乐团体，却是道地道地的美国乐团。旁的不说，光团名就足已令人产生无限遐想，更何况整个乐团所呈现出的多元与国际化，不仅揉合了爵士、拉丁及古典乐曲的精神，更以一种奇幻的诠释方式来告诉乐迷，原来我们平日熟悉的乐曲，其实也可以具有许多不同的丰富面貌。 　　例如专辑中第九首改编自希腊民歌的【Never on Sunday】，低频的鼓音震波加上如怨如慕，如泣如诉的女声口白，请特别注意曲中两分十五秒时，那极富戏剧效果的叹息声；至于专辑中的【Sympathique】，则被法国雪铁龙车厂拿去做Picasso车型的广告配乐。【Que Sera Sera】是大伙儿耳熟能详的曲子，Pink Martini则将这首曲子表现得有些奇特。对我个人来说，那有点像是儿时旋转木马的变奏曲，而突兀的和弦采用，也许会让一些受过基本音乐训练的聆听者有些不惯，而使整首曲子带有些微迷离的幻觉。【La Soledad】在曲子开始的前一分多钟具有肖邦风格的浓厚古典气息，随后曲风一转，气宇轩昂的男声，立刻代入高贵的拉丁气质。之后，则化为拉丁与古典的深度对谈。倘使你对拉丁乐曲情有独锺，那么第六首与第七首曲子，无疑就是典型的代表。 　　最后，我想特别推荐专辑中的【Brazil】。这首拉威尔改编曲里，不仅有优美的小号、典雅的钢琴，更有浪漫的吉他以及定位精准的康加鼓，衬托着细腻的女声，可说是整张专辑里的经典极致

Although it is often reported that Coltrane and Hartman had known each other since their days playing with Dizzy Gillespie's band in the late 1940s, the truth is that their time in the band never overlapped. Coltrane might have heard Hartman sing at a 1950 Apollo Theater performance at which they shared the stage.Hartman is the only vocalist with whom the saxophonist would record as a leader. Initially when producer Bob Thiele approached Hartman with Coltrane's request that the two record together Hartman was hesitant as he did not consider himself a jazz singer and did not think he and Coltrane would complement one another musically.However, Thiele encouraged Hartman to go see Coltrane perform at Birdland in New York to see if something could be worked out. Hartman did so, and after the club closed he, Coltrane and Coltrane's pianist, McCoy Tyner, went over some songs together. On March 7, 1963, Coltrane and Hartman had decided on 10 songs for the record album, but en route to the studio they heard Nat King Cole on the radio performing "Lush Life", and Hartman immediately decided that song had to be included in their album.
The compilation was made that same day at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Hartman once said that each song was done in only one take, except for "You Are Too Beautiful", which required two takes because Elvin Jones dropped one of his drumsticks during the first take.In 2005, the raw tapes were reviewed by jazz archivist Barry Kernfeld, who documented there were actually complete alternate takes for all six songs that he considered "absolutely riveting."Until clear ownership of these tapes is established between the Coltrane family and Universal Music, there are no plans for their release.
John Coltrane – tenor sax
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Johnny Hartman - vocals
Elvin Jones – drums
McCoy Tyner – piano

Perry Como 是二十世纪最受欢迎的流行歌手之一，这张唱片收录了Perry Como在RCA期间1943至1987录制的部分歌曲，其中包括50年代的上榜歌曲 Papa Loves Mambo，Magic Moments， Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)以及70年重返歌坛的作品It´s Impossible，演绎的Don Mclean作品And I Love You So也是相当完美。