Gregory Porter - Insanity ft. Lalah Hathaway

Favoritos 2.014 (I)

Com faig habitualment per aquestes dates un resum d'aquelles cançons que mes he escoltat en el darrer any que ara s'acaba.

Zbonics amb Gregory Porter - Issues of life.



Alexander Stewart - Call me.



Rigmor Gustafsson -Call me lonely.



Rubben Studdard - I can't make you love me.



The Handsome Family - Far from any road.



Nicola Conte - Shades of joy.



Christopher Cross - Reverend Blowhard.



Ben Sidran - "A" is for allighator.



Jamie Cullum - My one and only love.



Juan Perro y la Zarabanda - La Nave estelar.



Neil Young - Glimmer.



Robben Ford - Top down blues.



Leyla McCalla - Heart of gold.



Gregory Porter - Moanin'.

Favoritos 2.013 (II)

I continuem amb les millors cançons del any...

Long time gone - Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones.



Liquid Spirit - Gregory Porter.



You got it - Nils Landgren Funk Unit.



When love comes to town - Torsten Goods.



Catch the sunshine - Mario Biondi and Leon Ware.



When i get famous - Jamie Cullum.



Seventy days of love - Raphael Gualazzi.



I'll find a way (to carry it all) - The Blind Boys of Alabama and Shara Worden.



Just the two of us - Sabrina Starke.



One fine thing - Harry Connick Jr.

Favoritos 2.012 (II)

I continuem la llista del 2012. Per cert, hi han algunes versions força recomanables. Bon any nou.

Be Good (Lion's Song) - Gregory Porter (Be Good)



Cherish the day (feat. Lalah Hathaway) - Robert Glasper Experiment(Black Radio)



I Feel Fine/Sidewinder - John Pizzarelli (Double Exposure)



Please Forgive My Heart - Bobby Womack (The Bravest Man In The Universe)



It's Your Thing (feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater) - Christian McBride (Conversations with Christian)



Reality and Fantasy - Raphael Gualazzi (Reality and Fantasy)



Don't Cry For no Hipster - Ben Sidran (Don't Cry For No Hipster)



Hot Stuff - China Moses (Crazy Blues)



Feelin Good - Meshell Ndegeocello (Pour un âme souveraine)



Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Maceo Parker (Soul Classics)

Work Song

Ahora que es época de reformas laborales y huelgas generales no estaría mal recordar las versiones de una canción como "Work song" escrita por Nathaniel Adderley en 1960. A destacar la versión ska hecha por Raphael y el excelente último cover de Gregory Porter.

Nat Adderley - Work song (1960)



Oscar Brown Jr. - Sin & Soul (1960)



The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Them dirty blues (1960)



Nina Simone - Forbidden fruit (1961)



Herp Albert & The Tihjuana Brass - The work song (1966)



The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)



Raphael - La canción del trabajo (1966)



Simone - Simone on Simone (2008)



Gregory Porter - Be Good (2012)

Favoritos 2.011 (II)

Continuamos con las canciones que mas he escuchado en el año que esta a punto de acabar. Que seáis felices en el nuevo 2012.

Nick Lowe - Restless feeling (The old magic)



Gretchen Parlato - Holding back the years (The lost and found)



Ron Sexsmith - Get in line (Long player late bloomer)



Kurt Elling - Steppin'out (The Gate)



Lucinda Williams - Copenhagen (Blessed)



Robbie Robertson - Straight down the line (How to become clairvoyant)



Gregory Porter - 1960 What? (Water)



John Hiatt - Damn this town (Dirty jeans and hudslide hyms)



Nicola Conte - Here-Master (Love & Revolution)



Hugh Laurie - St. James Infirmary (Let them talk)



Rumer - Slow (Seasons of my soul)

Favoritos 2.011 (I)

Estando cerca el final del año voy a repasar aquellas canciones que mas he escuchado. Como todas las listas que se publican en estas fechas, esta es personal e intransferible y refleja los temas que mas me han impactado. Asi que vamos alla...

Nicola Conte - Do you feel like i fell? (Love & Revolution)



Gregory Porter - Illusion (Water)



Kyle Eastwood - Marciac (Songs from the Chateau)



Hugh Laurie - Tipitana (Let them talk)



Booker T. Jones - Crazy (The road from Memphis)



Charlie Haden & Melody Gardot - If i'm lucky (Sophisticated Ladies)



Kurt Elling - Norwegian wood (The Gate)



Robbie Robertson - Wow to become clairvoyant (How to become clairvoyant)



Rumer - Am i forgiven (Seasons of my soul)



Joe Henry - Heaven's escape (Reverie)



Lana del Rey - Video Games

Feeling Good

La canción que hoy presentamos fue escrita por Anthony Newley y Leslie Bricusse en 1.964 para el musical "The roar of the Greasepaint-The smell of the crowd" e interpretada originalmente por Cy Grant. Ha sido versioneada por muchos intérpretes entre los que encontramos a los vástagos de Frank Sinatra y Nina Simone. A destacar la última versión de 2.010 a cargo de Gregory Porter, un excelente cantante de jazz de la nueva hornada.  

Cy Grant - The roar of the greasepaint (1964)



Nina Simone - I put spell on you (1965)



Eels - On what a beautiful morning (2000)



Michael Buble - It's time (2005)



Randy Crawford & Joe Sample - Feeling Good (2006)



Frank Sinatra Jr. - That Face (2006)



Lisa Simone - Simone on Simone (2008)



Gragory Porter - Water (2010)