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Artist: Al Basile Title: Woke Up In Memphis Year Of Release: 2014 Label: Sweetspot Genre: Blues, Memphis Blues, Blues Soul Quality: Flac (image, log, .cue) Total Time: 54:35 Total Size: 447 Mb (covers) Tracklist: 01. Yesterday You Left (5:23) 02. Don't Make Me Beg (4:01) 03. When Things Get Tough (3:07) 04. One More Stone In The Pitcher (2:48) 05. I Woke Up In Memphis (4:26) 06. Jimmy & Johnny (3:14) 07. Saved By The Blues (3:45) 08. Nibblin' Through The Fence (3:15) 09. Make A Little Heaven (4:27) 10. Falling Stars (3:07) 11. Too Tough (3:53) 12. Big Like Elvis (4:14) 13. You Choose Me (4:07) 14. Masked Man (3:58) Al Basile is just about to release his tenth solo album titled Woke Up In Memphis. The former member of Roomful Of Blues has done it his way as his own Sunspot label has now celebrated 15 years of existence. He has always been a friend of blues guitarist Duke Robillard who has produced his latest release. If Robillard is going to be in the studio, he might as well contribute his guitar skills, which are some of the best in the business. In addition to Robillard; he has gathered a talented band to back him in the studio. Current Roomful Of Blues sax player Rich Lataille, former member and baritone sax player Doug James, drummer Mark Teixeira, keyboardist Bruce Bears, and bassist Brad Hallen all support Basil's vocals and cornet. They add up to an excellent aggregation. Basile has always been a first-rate song writer and all tracks bear his signature. His lyrics are personal, incisive, and always interesting. The music has layers of textures and his use of horns provide a defining emphasis. His new album, while grounded in the blues, travels in a number of directions as it incorporates elements of rock, jazz, and gospel. Guest vocalist Sista Monica Parker propels "Make A Little Heaven" into a gospel fused extravaganza. Add in "Saved By The Blues," "Don't Make Me Beg," "One More Stone In The Pitcher," and "Big Like Elvis," and you have a nice selection of very listenable songs. Al Basile has a lot of years and miles under his belt. Woke Up In Memphis is a fine addition to his legacy.(Review by David Bowling) http://rapidgator.net/file/eff9f9d60f96b5f11d74fe250af5806c/ab100wuim.rar.html http://ssh.tf/lGzCKtWtP/ab100wuim.rar http://uploaded.net/file/tmhu33r1/ab100wuim.rar

Artist: Al Basile Title: The Tinge Year Of Release: 2008 Label: Sweetspot Records Genre: Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Soul Blues Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (image, log, .cue) Total Time: 58:16 Total Size: 184/467 Mb (covers) Tracklist: 01. Go Back Home To The Blues 02. Just Wait And See 03. Airlift My Heart 04. Not The Wrong Woman 05. Can I Trust You With A Kiss? 06. Give Me The Rainbow 07. Too Slow 08. While We're Dancing 09. Daddy Got A Problem 10. She's In Love With Losing 11. You're Still Right 12. Losing My Cool 13. Strawberries And Cream Al Basile started out as a poet and fiction writer, but a meeting with Duke Robillard (who produced this CD) changed his life. He became a trumpet player in Roomful of Blues, then went on to gigs with Joe Turner, Red Prysock, and other soul and blues heavies. Since the '70s he's been a regular co-writer with Robillard, while on his own he placed a tune on Ruth Brown's Grammy-nominated album R+B = Ruth Brown. As a leader, he's cut jazz, soul, and blues albums, with The Tinge falling into the latter category. Robillard's production, as is his wont, gives the music a clean, wide-open feeling, allowing each instrument room to breathe. Basile has a mellow, midrange tenor, with a classic crooner's phrasing, and brings plenty of humor to his vocals. The innuendo-rich "Too Slow" is done in the style of Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, with Basile paying tribute to Vinson with his vocal phrasing. Robillard drops in a mellow solo, Basile blows some nice muted cornet, and Bruce Katz, who is inspired throughout the session, tickles the ivories. "While We're Dancing" is a classic saloon song, done with a tip of the hat to Louis Armstrong. "I want to hold you while we're dancing," Basile sings from the viewpoint of an older gentleman who still has romance in his soul. It's a beautiful, slow ballroom groove and Basile's trumpet solo makes it one of the album's highlights. On "Airlift My Heart" Basile delivers a fluttering cornet solo to complement a tune that likens a cold heart to the Cold War. Katz plays some bluesy electric piano and the horn section simmers quietly. "Can I Trust You with a Kiss?" brings to mind a meeting of New Orleans R&B and Memphis soul with a simple I-IV-V progression, a poignant vocal from Basile, and sanctified keyboard work from Katz. "You're Still Right" is a gritty, swampy putdown with a sneering vocal from Basile, Robillard's greasy slide guitar, and Katz getting all funky on piano. The Tinge shows Basile as a first-class tunesmith fronting a solid band that lays down arrangements that span the entire history of blues, soul, and small-combo jazz. - AMG http://rapidgator.net/file/8566bc2ccdc21d639bb39bac9ffe2950/abandtt.rar.html http://ssh.tf/NsFvq58QP/abandtt.rar http://uploaded.net/file/5lx5es5p/abandtt.rar http://rapidgator.net/file/d080ee30655de462ae8ef23f3bdaf533/ab100tt.rar.html http://ssh.tf/OcLGQFFtP/ab100tt.rar http://uploaded.net/file/em13zurb/ab100tt.rar

Artist: Al Basile Title: Soul Blue 7 Year Of Release: 2009 Label: Sweetspot Genre: Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Soul Blues Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (image, log, .cue) Total Time: 01:04:43 Total Size: 176/465 Mb (covers) Tracklist: 01. Housekey Blues 02. Dollar To A Dime 03. You Showed Me Something 04. Lonely Are The Brave 05. I Hope You're Right 06. Causing Joy 07. This Dream (Still Coming True) 08. Where Are You Tonight? 09. Wrong Love 10. Give It Like You Get It 11. Fool Me Again 12. Today's Your Birthday 13. Termites In My Basement Duke Robillard has been on fire lately, not only issuing his own gems but aiding and abetting a whole raft of other very worthy artists (Sunny Crownover being just one), most often sitting in with them. Al Basile's another, but there's an unusual story here as well. Basile was a writer and poet, the first to earn a Master's from Brown University in Creative Writing, who then met and heard Robillard in 1969 and decided music was the way to go. Duke hired him in '73 as the trumpeter for Roomful of Blues, a group many reading this forum are quite familiar with, and things just grew from there. Basile waited quite a while before going solo, meanwhile writing songs that have been picked up by others. Lately, he's been producing material used in TV and film, co-written with Robillard. 1998, however, saw his debut on the tightrope, and this is his seventh solo since-he has, as the succession of disc after disc has shown, been well accepted. Soul Blue 7 highlights the reason, a swingin' jazz-blues gig featuring Duke on guitar alongside six other gents, half of them horn players. Ah, but I haven't told you yet what axe Basile's toting: the cornet, a much ignored instrument outside classical musics but one capable of unusually muted melancholy, an instrument I see as akin to the oboe (even though the oboe looks more like a clarinet). Then there's the matter of a set of vocal chords as bluesily bopping as Robillard's fog-cutting guitar work. Excepting a few mid-tempo tracks, the rhythm section is lush and lazy, rarely sprinting to stoke the fire, content to lay back and wallow in the mode, barroom boozy. Basile's blues croon lofts above it all and, though he wields that exotic little horn of his to great effect, singing is his gig. This means we have to watch out, 'cause that voice is going to catch on and brass lovers will be sweating, praying he hangs onto the axe. In effect, Al's kinda going the George Benson route so far, dividing time, and that's perfectly fine. As well, the disc's cuts devote plentiful spots to the entire band, achieving a lounge atmosphere to drown in. I think more than a few will find he's also a skosh like Louis Prima, not in any of the hyperkinetic sense Prima's legend still enjoys, but in feel and tenor. And, man o man, those Robillard interludes (catch Lonely are the Brave, where Basile gets down into it on his horn as well)! Beyond that, there's Basile's devotion to music. Check out the liner photos of his CD collection. Yow, shades of Al Kooper! A man after my own heart ('cept I dig vinyl). And that blurred statuette of Flaming Carrot on page 2 of the booklet? Way too cool. And, Al, if ya ever get to meet Bob Burden, ask to see his private sketchbooks.some very funny-ass shit, as good or better than his Flaming Carrot comix. Especially catch his Little Nemo take-offs on taco eaters.(Review by Mark S. Tucker) http://rapidgator.net/file/40015dc9f1d08ca4add0b35fd8c9c9cf/abandsbs.rar.html http://ssh.tf/gYVwcYMQP/abandsbs.rar http://uploaded.net/file/nbem4alc/abandsbs.rar http://rapidgator.net/file/b0df4106ebd7affdfd19c169d14fa2ff/ab100sbs.rar.html http://ssh.tf/FRemlnVtP/ab100sbs.rar http://uploaded.net/file/64t4hpeq/ab100sbs.rar

Artist: Al Basile Title: Mid-Century Modern Year Of Release: 2016 Label: Sweetspot Records Genre: Memphis Blues, R&B, Blues Soul Quality: FLAC MP3 Total Time: 50:37 Total Size: 348 MB 120 MB Tracklist: 1. Keep Your Love, Where's My Money (3:40) 2. Like You Or Despise You (3:39) 3. Midnight Blue Persuasion (4:20) 4. Tickle My Mule (3:11) 5. I've Got To Have Meat (With Every Meal) (2:26) 6. Like A Woman, Like A Man (4:03) 7. Blank Dog (4:00) 8. Carry These Blues (5:05) 9. No Truth To The Rumor (4:24) 10. Listen To The Elders (4:03) 11. Night Crossing (3:10) 12. Big Trees Falling (3:26) 13. Lie Under The House With Me (5:05) Al Basile's 13th CD is a collection of new songs based on mid-century blues and classic R&B musical style, with Al's heralded lyric writing. Produced by Duke Robillard, it has Duke's rhythm section joined by 'Monster' Mike Welch on guitar, and Roomful of Blues alumni horns. Familiar musical influences include Louis Jordan, Buddy Johnson, Richard Berry, Albert King, Lee Dorsey, Slim Harpo, and mid-period Miles Davis. Radio promotion by Todd Glazer Promotions, a four month publicity campaign by Mark Pucci Media, print ads, etc. Basile has been nominated five times since 2010 for a Blues Music Award as Best Horn player and his cornet solos and soulful, perfectly suited vocals are featured throughout. http://rapidgator.net/file/26bb9a1d6f71a976740bb09477e4322c/AlBasileModernLL2016.rar.html http://rapidgator.net/file/9be27260ea47168b7fdc23794fd20af5/AlBasileModern2016.rar.html http://ssh.tf/suwbH35QO/AlBasileModernLL2016.rar http://ssh.tf/5rs3OgUQO/AlBasileModern2016.rar https://bytewhale.com/eo6jd1ld4lq9/AlBasileModernLL2016.rar https://bytewhale.com/xiasnflvaj5p/AlBasileModern2016.rar