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HERB CARUSO & ULI DATLER

Since 1985 Herb Caruso (a.k.a. Hansi Caruso), who has been hyped by critics as Austrian Frank Sinatra, has been active as a jazz singer and performer and has been one of the most interesting crooners in Austria ever since.
Who else could come up with the idea in Vienna to keep the long and venerable tradition of the American Songbook alive?
In Uli Datler he found the perfect duo partner to realize the right atmosphere for his performances, live and also here as Studio recording!
They picked out some great contemplative songs about love and life. From the first moment on you are catched by the intime sound!

Undertitled: MOST SAD JAZZ BALLADS

Someone to Watch Over Me 4:44 – GEORGE GERSHWIN / IRA GERSHWIN
I Remember Clifford 4:47 – LEE MORGAN / BERNY GOLSON
Lush Life 5:33 – BILLY STRAYHORN
Loverman 4:17 – JAMES SHERMAN / JIMMY DAVIS / RAMIREZ ROGER
Round Midnight 4:53 – THELONIUS MONK / GERRY MULLIGAN
Practical Arrangement 5:08 – STING / ROB MATHES
You Must Believe in Spring 3:48 – MICHEL LEGRAND / JACQUES DEMY
I‘m a Fool to Want You 5:54 – FRANK SINATRA / JACK WOLF / JOEL HERRON
How Do You Keep the Music Playing 4:20 – MICHEL LEGRAND / ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN


P⃝ & C⃝ 2023 Jive Music austria JM-2113-2

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Awful Love (Album Version)  Hey, Boy!
It's just the rain I Go Wherever You Go
Point of view Love shock
Awful Love (Radio Edit) Comfort Me

The motto of this album is "....only with humor!....". The artist finds that all we need is a "Love Shock" to wake up, see the true values ​​of the world, and feel more alive and happier! All songs on this album are again from her own pen (lyrics & music) and on most of them she is again accompanied by the excellent Hungarian MISKOLC DIXIELAND BAND. As composer she has once again succeeded in writing songs that immediately catch your eye (and stay), as if they were existing standards! Theme: love and life.
Two bonus tracks show other interesting aspects of the artist: on the one hand a Latin pop version of one of the songs,
“Awful Love” (à la J.Lo), which also appears as a single, on the other hand a beautiful, intimate pop ballad “Comfort Me“ (à la Shakira)!

1 Point of view | 2 Hey Boy | 3 It's just the rain | 4 Awful Love | 5 Love Shock | 6 I Go Wherever You Go | BONUS TRACKS: 7 Awfull Love (Latin Pop Version)  | 8 Comfort Me

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You Mean The World To Me  I`ll Remember April
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Susmogus  Leo und Yuna  
The Gypsy in My Soul  Caravan  
 

By adding female Jazz vocalist Patricia Ferrara to the new grounded GYPSY SWINGTET new dimension opens up for bassist Joschi Schneeberger and guitarist Martin Spitzer.
The longyear partners in Joschi's formations and also in the Diknu Schneeberger Trio (till round 2020) build. together with guitarist Julian Eggenhofer, a fine &delicate sound around this clear jazzy voice!
Nice, well-chosen standards andsome original compositions, most vocal songs but also 3 instrumentals, make a round, pleasant jazz experience: easy-going with some surprising up-tempo highlights!

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Pete´s Message  Nocturne Op. 9 
Brazilian Nature  The Edge
Here We Are What Now My Love?

In the Corona year 2020 this great project developed out of a spontaneous studio jamsession of four jazz personalities:
A strong Jazz Organ Quartet, of course with the legendary Wes Montgomery Quartet in the back of the head, with some of the best musicians of Vienna, Austria.
The Clubs were closed, so better meet in the studio of drummer Dusan Novakov (projects with Mark Murphy, Oliver Lake, George Cables, John Marshall, Dick Oatts, Don Menza, Kirk Lightsey, Michelle Hendricks, Toninio Horta, Dusko Gojkovic, Valery Ponomarev, Andi Bey, Bread Lealy, Karl Ratzer, Timna Brauer und Elias Meiri Ensemble, Fernando Correa, Fritz Pauer, Big Band Graz, Frank Lacy, Gregory Porter, Paul Zauner, and Andy Middleton) and record some tunes! 
On the soundgiving Hammond Organ: Erwin Schmidt (projects a.o. with Kevin Mahogany, Ray Charles, Christian Havel, Elly Wright, Ingrid Maria Wagner, Carole Alston, Heinz von Hermann, Joris Dudli, Hans Salomon. Joschi Schneeberger,  Walther Großrubatscher).
On the cool jazz guitar: Christian Havel (projects Dennis Irwin, Charles Fambrough, Tony Scherr, Paolo Cardoso, Peter Herbert, Paul Imm, Jack Walrath, Ralph Ericson, Valerie Ponomarev, Juraj Bartos, Ingrid Jensen, Lee Harper, Ed Thigpen, Mario Gonzi, Joris Dudli, Fritz Pauer, Jon Davis, John di Martino, Roberto di Gioia, Harry Sokal, Klaus Dickbauer, Andy Middelton, Thomas Kugi, Rudi Berger, Erwin Schmidt, Carole Alston, Toninho Horta, Nelson Faria)
On saxophone and flute: Bernhard Wiesinger (projects FREE TENORS feat. Harry Sokal , Miss Moravia, Joris Dudli, Christian Havel, Fritz Pauer, Lori Williams, John DiMartino, Danny Grissett, Klemens Marktl, Rob Bargad, Renato Chicco Jon Davis, Gina Schwarz,Kevin Hays, Scott Colley, Bill Stewart)

1. Pete´s Message (Bernhard Wiesinger) 2. Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 (Frédéric Chopin) 3. Within A Word (Christian Havel) 4. Brazilian Nature (Christian Havel) 5. Here We Are (Bernhard Wiesinger)
6. Blue Rose (Duke Ellington) 7. The Edge (Erwin Schmidt) 8. Walkin´ In Monk´s Shoes (Bernhard Wiesinger) 9. What Now My Love?  Cover design by Rens Newland for GRFX

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Snowy Mountains Blues Twins A Guade Luft 
Flying Fox Time Fog Dr. Feelgood 
Miri Nebudu 

A new chapter for Joschi Schneeberger's band: since his son Diknu Schneeberger went his own way, the new quartet has emerged! 
Also on board: the longyear companions pianist Aaron Wonesch, Latin percussionist Anton Mühlhofer and jazz guitarist Martin Spitzer.
All band members have contributed some own compositions and of course also show up as soloists! Beboppy modern jazz, gipsy swing and Latin beats.
Fresh, cheeky, friendly and virtuoso - an album with a very positive aura, which is already evident in the name of the album: “Wanderlust”!

1 Snowy Mountains Blues 2 Twins 3 A Guade Luft 4 Flying Fox Time 5 Fog 6 Reiselust 7 Caesar Negro 8 Dr. Feelgood 9 Ägäis 10 Copper And Black 11 Miri Nebudu 12 La Route Bleue

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Jerry Lee  Gugigugigugugugu Take Me 
One Man Show (radio edit) Jazz-Zenész
Love Won´t Wait (feat. Susan Blake on Trombone)
Minden Jó Shut Up! I´m Not In Love With You 
Have You Seen Mr Green? I Say Thank You

All the songs on this album are written by Susan Blake (words & music)! She did lots of touring with Dixieland bands - especially some from Hungary - ever since she left schools. One of these bands is the MISKOLC DIXIELAND BAND, which is the fine backing group on this record. As a composer Susan Blake is quite succesful: in the last years, while doing some more country stuff as a singer, in two following years she won prizes for the best song - composer and lyricist - at the Austrian Country Awards! Here on these recordings she came back to her Dixie roots, but in a delicate mix with Mainstream Jazz, Pop and Country influences. The songs sound positve and light, as if you already know them, the lyrics are with a lot of humour, about love and life. There is also a lot of room for the bands soloists and on the title track Miss Blake takes a solo on the trombone, one of her additionnal instruments.

1. Jerry Lee  2. All These Little Things   3. Take Me  4. Minden Jó  5. Love Won´t Wait (feat. Susan Blake on Trombone) 6. Shut Up! I´m Not In Love With You  7. Gugigugigugugugu 8. Have You Seen Mr Green?  9. One Man Show  10. Jazz-Zenész  11. Why Should You Not Love Me?  12. Let Make It Happen  13. I Say Thank You 14. One Man Show (radio edit)

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Luny Tune Senza Fine  Minor Truth
Peace Groovin on Dr. John One for ST
Rumpelstilzchen Balkan Flood

Erwin Schmidt, Martin Fuss, Wolfgang Pointner and Vladimir Kostadinovic are all masters of their respective instruments in any case and these four musicians have more in common than their jazz expertise: what makes The Organ Champs unbeatable as a quartet is their shared grounding in the blues. Plus that a certain funky vibe always underlies their mellow songs and solos. Their debut recording required no major advance coordination, but they simply counted themselves in and turned it on. “Turn it on” is also the name of the album, which kicks off with a vigorous drumroll! At its epicentre is the earthy, vibrant sound of the Hammond organ, a recurrent feature throughout the history of jazz that gives the music an irresistible tingling warmth. The Organ Champs also like to make forays in the direction of soul jazz and hard bop, with classics by the likes of Horace Silver, Lee Morgan or Larry Young. In their own songs, though, they skilfully bring their wide-ranging influences bang up to date. 

1. Luny Tune - 2. Senza Fine - 3. Minor Truth - 4. Peace - 5. Groovin on Dr. John - 6. One for ST - 7. Way Up North - 8. Why does it have to be so bad - 9. Sonic Boom - 10. Rumpelstilzchen - 11. Balkan Flood - 12. Are You Serious

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Martins Song Nuages Game Of Elements
Love For Everybody Hope Of Universe
Around The Lake Krokus Rebel

This is the 5th album of Diknu Schneeberger and marks a new milestone in his career: It's the NEW Diknu Schneeberger Trio with two fellow musicians of his own age. These are actually live recordings, BUT in the Corona crisis, so a stream wthout audience - like a live radio studio sesion! It's a nice combination of clear sound plus fresh and sassy playing/improvising! Almost all of the tracks are compositions by the bandleader himself. Just one Django Reinhardt song made it into the programm: Nuages!

1. Martins Song 2. Love for Everybody 3. Frische Minze 4. Hope of Universe 5. Game of Elements 6. Around the Lake 7. Rebel 8. Krokus 9. Nuages 10. Feuerlicht 11. Abenteuer Erde 12. Miri Dai 13. Swing de Vienne

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A Song for You   Who Can I Turn To
Send In the Clowns  My One and Only Love
Christmas bonus tracks: The Christmas Song  Let it Snow

Since 1985 Herb Caruso (a.k.a. Hansi Caruso), who has been hyped by critics as Austrian Frank Sinatra, has been active as a jazz singer and performer and has been one of the most interesting crooners in Austria ever since.
Who else could come up with the idea in Vienna to keep the long and venerable tradition of the American Songbook alive?
Who else could develop the over-sized stage personality of a Hansi Caruso for many years with different formations based on the way of life of this American era?
Herb Caruso here presents a mature album with a real sense for the genre of jazzballads and swing. It transports the compositions of his great idols effortlessly into the 21st century without making the impression of being on a nostalgic trip. His simple but convincing maxim: „You can bring what you feel" and „You can sing when you swing“.
For this very imtimate recordings he invited a very delicate rhythm section with pianist, organist and arranger Erwin Schmidt, the great jazz guitarist Christian Havel and drummer Lukas Böck.
The album also has wonderful versions of The Christmas Song and Let it Snow!

01. A Song for You 3:42 * 02. Yesterday I Heard the Rain 3:45 * 03. The Christmas Song 4:48 * 04.Who Can I Turn To 4:15 * 05. A Stranger In Paradise 4:18 * 06. Send in the Clowns 3:18 * 07. I Am In the Mood for Love 5:07 * 08. My One and Only Love 3:20 * 09. My Foolish Heart 5:15 * 10. Let It Snow 2:49 * 11. One for the Road 3:27 

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Lilibets Dance  Besinnung 
Elisabeth  Hochzeitswalzer
Winnetou und Old Shatterhand

Christian Havel and Erwin Schmidt are a sworn harmonic team since some decades already:
they understand and feel each other perfectly and are reaching an extremly high level in playing and phrasing together as well as complementing each other in sounds.
They choosed to dedicate these recordings to their wifes, and in general to the WOMEN of the world.
For this purpose each of them made some special compositions and they added some fitting originals plus two standards to complete this fine album.
Erwin Schmidt plays the grand piano as well as the Hammond Organ. Christian Havel plays his great Jazz guitar and does some lead singing, too.
Both did also some backvocals.

01. Lilibet`s Dance (C.Havel) 02. Hochzeitswalzer (E.Schmidt) 03. Senza Fine (Gino Paoli) 04. Elisabeth (C.Havel) 05. Bridges to Bridget (E.Schmidt) 06. Winnetou und Old Shatterhand (C.Havel/E.Schmidt) 07. Besinnung (C.Havel) 08 Liebeslied (E.Schmidt) 09. Norwegian Wood (Lennon/McCartney)