Mari Wilson, Barb Jungr, Claire Martin – Girl Talk (2005) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Mari Wilson, Barb Jungr, Claire Martin – Girl Talk (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 69:13 minutes | Scans included | 4,02 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,21 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Label: Linn Records # AKD 279

Award winning British Jazz Singer of the Year Claire Martin, International Cabaret award winner Barb Jungr and Neasden Queen of Soul Mari Wilson, solo and in harmony, bring the songs you love to hate to life again in this glamorous celebration of all things girlie.

Three girls give their all in silk and sequins, pinnies and rubber gloves. Bacharach, Sondheim and Tamla Motown, marriage, love and kitchen equipment combine in this hysterical, fabulously sung show performed by Britain’s best dressed divas.

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Claire Martin – I Watch You Sleep (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Claire Martin – I Watch You Sleep (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:11:02 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Stunt Records

Marking the 10th anniversary of the death of celebrated composer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, ‘I Watch You Sleep’ is a tenderly curated album conceived by American conductor, arranger, and pianist Scott Dunn, featuring award winning British jazz vocalist Claire Martin OBE with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, produced by Grammy Award winning Joshua Blair and Exec-produced by Richard’s dear friend and publisher Gill Graham.

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Claire Martin – Too Darn Hot! (2002) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Claire Martin – Too Darn Hot! (2002)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:44 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

As soon as I heard the saxophone burst that powers the opening of Something’s Coming (from West Side Story), I knew this disc was something very special, and not just another rehashing of tired old standards given quirky treatments by some new upstart trying to make a name for herself. The tune swings hard – during the instrumental break during the bridge, it’s almost impossible to resist the urge to get up and dance! The brashness, confidence and total control that Claire Martin exudes suits the song perfectly – it’s still faithful to the Bernstein/Sondheim tradition, but she sings it like she owns it!

The tracks here are an eclectic mix, ranging from the familiar to the obscure, with well- and lesser-known songs from Broadway and Tin Pan Alley, along with jazz standards; even covers of tunes made popular by artists as diverse as Buddy Holly to Nat King Cole and Joni Mitchell, with a few originals thrown in for good measure. The clever arrangements the songs are given only serve to add to your enjoyment, and elevate them far beyond the usual fare. When this album swings, as is often the case, it swings hard – due in no small part to the snappy piano playing of Gareth Williams and the excellent rhythm section featuring bassist Geoff Gascoyne and drummer Clark Tracey, who anchor most of the tracks. And Claire Martin’s voice – oh, what a voice! From sweet, to sassy and sultry – when she tells you its too darn hot, you feel the temperature rise.

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Claire Martin with The Montpellier Cello Quartet – Time & Place (2014) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Claire Martin with The Montpellier Cello Quartet – Time & Place (2014)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 47:44 minutes | Digital booklet | 2,67 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Digital booklet | 861 MB

Claire Martin has long been among the most versatile and wide-ranging of singers. Her latest venture, with the Quartet, is no exception. The listener marvels at Claire Martin’s ability and determination to create a wholly new pad of repertoire from zero.

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Claire Martin – Too Darn Hot (2002) [SACD Reissue 2004] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Claire Martin – Too Darn Hot (2002) [SACD Reissue 2004]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 56:26 minutes | Scans included | 3,45 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound

Claire Martin concentrates on her core jazz-based strengths, delivering pithy, worldly-wise lyrics with warmth and intelligence, interacting with a sparky, vigorous band.

In 2004, Claire Martin’s bestselling album, ‘Too Darn Hot!’, has been re-issued on SACD.

From an exciting new arrangement of Something’s Coming from Bernstein’s West Side Story, to Joni Mitchell’s Blue Motel Room arranged by jazz singer Ian Shaw, the album mixes jazz standards with new arrangements to create an original showcase for Claire’s clever musicality and superb vocals.
Too Darn Hot! features an enviable line-up of some of Britain’s top jazz talents plus the Tapestry String Quartet.

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Claire Martin – Secret Love (2004) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Claire Martin – Secret Love (2004)
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 52:16 minutes | Scans included | 2,98 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 52:20 mins | Scans included | 863 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound

Claire celebrates her jazz roots with a splendid line-up of some of Britain’s top jazz talents.

Originally released in 2004 ‘Secret Love’ features Gareth Williams and Richard Rodney Bennett on piano, Laurence Cottle on bass, Clark Tracey on drums and Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone. Re-issued on CD in 2011 and in Studio Master quality in January 2007.
Claire explores the classic songbook with a mature set of standards from Irving Berlin’s Cheek To Cheek to Bacharach and Costello’s God Give Me Strength, taking in Harold Arlen and Jimmy Van Heusen along the way.

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Claire Martin – Perfect Alibi (2000) [Reissue 2008] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Claire Martin – Perfect Alibi (2000) [Reissue 2008]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 48:08 minutes | Scans included | 2,89 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 939 MB

With 1998’s Take My Heart, Claire Martin made the transition from jazz to pop, and the British singer continues in a pop-oriented direction on Perfect Alibi. Even if you have a very liberal definition of jazz, this late-1999/early-2000 recording shouldn’t be considered jazz; Perfect Alibi is a pop album, although it’s a pop album with jazz, R&B, and rock references. Not surprisingly, many of England’s jazz enthusiasts are critical of Martin’s pop albums, she was among the most exciting and interesting young jazz vocalists of the 1990s, and they were sorry to see a talented improviser steering clear of improvisation. But from a pop standpoint, Perfect Alibi has a lot going for it. Martin doesn’t improvise on this album, although her performances of Jimi Hendrix’s “Up From the Skies,” the Rascals’ “How Can I Be Sure?,” and other rock and pop songs do have a personal quality. The jazz-oriented Martin of The Waiting Game and Old Boyfriends would have found a way to turn the Stylistics’ “People Make the World Go Round,” Al Kooper’s “More Than You’ll Ever Know,” and Todd Rundgren’s “Wailing Wall” into improvisatory cool jazz. The pop-oriented Martin of Perfect Alibi, however, personalizes those familiar songs without getting into improvisation. As far as Martin’s pop output goes, Take My Heart is a slightly stronger album. But Perfect Alibi is generally likable, although the jazz lovers of 1999 and 2000 hoped that she would get back to recording jazz.

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Claire Martin & Kenny Barron – Too Much In Love To Care (2012) MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Claire Martin & Kenny Barron – Too Much In Love To Care (2012)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 57:48 minutes | Scans included | 3,33 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,06 GB
or DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 57:44 minutes | 2,29 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Linn Records # AKD 390

Too Much in Love to Care’ is Claire Martin’s first US studio recording for fifteen years and guest stars Kenny Barron, ‘one of the top jazz pianists in the world’ (LA Times). It was named ‘Best New Album’ at the 2013 British Jazz Awards.

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Claire Martin – He Never Mentioned Love (2007) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Claire Martin – He Never Mentioned Love (2007)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 60:24 minutes | Scans included | 3,56 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Full Scans included | 733 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Linn Records # AKD 295

Claire Martin returns with this stylish tribute to the late and legendary American songstress Shirley Horn. “He Never Mentioned Love” sees the UK’s finest jazz singer investigate songs memorably performed by her greatest influence.

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Claire Martin – A Modern Art (2009) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Claire Martin – A Modern Art (2009)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 52:46 minutes | Digital booklet | 3,11 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Digital booklet | 1,21 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Linn Records # AKD 340 | Genre: Jazz

Is jazz still a modern art? It’s a hundred years old, after all, and some performers and fans seem to ignore everything written after 1940. But as far as the work of Claire Martin is concerned the question has only one answer. Apart from being one of the finest singers on the current scene, Martin is constantly searching for new writers and new ways to interpret them, ensuring that her own approach to music stays resolutely in the present. A Modern Art, her thirteenth album, is an eclectic recording that showcases her talents and those of a superb collection of backing musicians-it’s possibly the best album of her career to date, which is saying something.

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Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett – When Lights Are Low (2005) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett – When Lights Are Low (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 52:10 minutes | Scans included | 2,58 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 921 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo & 5.1 multichannel Surround sound | Linn Records # AKD 260

Following their two previous duo albums, ‘When Lights Are Low’ and ‘Witchcraft’, ‘Say It Isn’t So’ presents a final third chapter in the remarkable musical partnership of Claire Martin and the late Richard Rodney Bennett.

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Claire Martin – Too Much in Love to Care (2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Claire Martin – Too Much in Love to Care (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 57:49 minutes | 2,09 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

‘Too Much in Love to Care’ is Claire Martin’s first US studio recording for fifteen years and guest stars Kenny Barron, ‘one of the top jazz pianists in the world’ (LA Times).

The SACD layer is both 5.1 channel and 2-channel. The Studio Master files are 192kHz or 96kHz / 24 bit.

2013 BBC Jazz Award Nomination – Best Vocalist ‘Claire Martin’

2013 BBC Jazz Award Nomination – Best Album ‘Too Much in Love to Care’

Named ‘One of the Best Albums of 2012’ by Jazz History Online.

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Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett – Say It Isn’t So (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett – Say It Isn’t So (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:20 minutes | 732 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

“Say It Isn’t So” is a joyful celebration; both of the impeccably crafted songs of Irving Berlin and of the unique partnership between two seasoned performers at the top of their game: Claire Martin and the late Richard Rodney Bennett.

Lifelong friends on and off stage, Martin and Bennett recorded three studio albums and enjoyed acclaimed concert performances in a collaboration that flourished over two decades. Recorded in New York, ‘Say It Isn’t So’ is their last recording together and one of which Claire is immensely proud. Bennett’s skilful arrangements highlight why Berlin was widely considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time and brilliantly showcase Claire’s assured and expressive voice.

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Claire Martin – He never mentioned love (2007) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Claire Martin – He never mentioned love (2007)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:47 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

Claire Martin returns with this stylish tribute to the late and legendary American songstress Shirley Horn. “He never mentioned love” sees the UK’s finest jazz singer investigate songs memorably performed by her greatest influence.

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Claire Martin – Believin’ it (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Claire Martin – Believin’ it (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 51:33 minutes | 3,33 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

Claire Martin is joined by her all-Swedish trio as she celebrates another career milestone: recording her twentieth album for Linn Records. Uppsala-born pianist/arranger Martin Sjöstedt leads the trio comprising bassist Niklas Fernqvist and drummer Daniel Fredriksson. Sjöstedt, one of Sweden’s most gifted and talked about jazz musicians, has created imaginative new arrangements of contemporary material exclusively for Claire. Encompassing a century’s worth of tunes, tracks include ‘Broken Wings’ by Mr. Mister and ‘I’m Not in Love’ by 10cc, as well as favourites by Joe Locke, Joni Mitchell, Ivan Lins and Pat Metheny. Claire remembers legendary singer Lena Horne with her own arrangement of ‘Come Runnin’’ and pays tribute to Norway’s Karin Krog with ‘Cherry Tree Song’.

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