Size: 113,4 MB
Time: 48:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Jump Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full
01. Cat Be-Gone (2:39)
02. I Need A Woman (3:35)
03. Mover And Shaker (3:45)
04. Comin' Home (3:46)
05. She's Mad Again (2:28)
06. Confessions Of A Workaholic (4:57)
07. Snollygoster (3:25)
08. Ol' Sleepyhead (3:31)
09. Kiss Me Now (3:56)
10. King Of Bad Excuses (3:12)
11. Mr. Nice (5:29)
12. Lucky Charm (4:51)
13. Big Boy Boogie (3:03)
When his band, Nande & the Big Difference, disbanded in 2005, Nande turned his attention to fulfilling his dream of recording in the U.S. with American musicians he’d backed when those musicians toured Europe.
Thus began a year of planning and collaboration with James Harman that culminated in May 2006 with Nande and ace guitarist Ronni Busack-Boysen flying to California to record. With Harman as producer, the project took shape in the laid-back Oceanside, Calif. home studio of Harman’s guitarist, Nathan James, who served as engineer and who also added guitar on three tracks. Guitarist Junior Watson contributed his wickedly inventive axe work to four tracks, and Harman co-wrote and sang a couple of tracks. Harman assembled a stellar rhythm section for the endeavor, with Carl Sonny Leyland adding tasteful piano, Buddy Clark on bass, Hal Smith on drums and James Michael “Bonedaddy” Tempo on percussion.
Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I. features an abundance of danceable Nande-penned grooves. To name a few: Dig the swamp vibe of “I Need a Woman,” complete with bongos and heavily tremeloed guitar; the urgent Chicago shuffle of “Mover & Shaker,” the foot-stompin’ “Comin’ Home” (co-written with Busack-Boysen); the John Lee Hooker/Howlin’ Wolf-flavored dual harp showcase “She’s Mad Again,” and the carnivalesque two-beat feel of “King of Bad Excuses.” Sample the pure slow-dance sensibility of “Lucky Charm,” the mambo-driven “Confessions of a Workaholic,” and the pleasantly surprising ska feel of “Ol’ Sleepyhead” (co-written with Harman). The recording is a veritable litmus test in blues rhythms.
Thus began a year of planning and collaboration with James Harman that culminated in May 2006 with Nande and ace guitarist Ronni Busack-Boysen flying to California to record. With Harman as producer, the project took shape in the laid-back Oceanside, Calif. home studio of Harman’s guitarist, Nathan James, who served as engineer and who also added guitar on three tracks. Guitarist Junior Watson contributed his wickedly inventive axe work to four tracks, and Harman co-wrote and sang a couple of tracks. Harman assembled a stellar rhythm section for the endeavor, with Carl Sonny Leyland adding tasteful piano, Buddy Clark on bass, Hal Smith on drums and James Michael “Bonedaddy” Tempo on percussion.
Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I. features an abundance of danceable Nande-penned grooves. To name a few: Dig the swamp vibe of “I Need a Woman,” complete with bongos and heavily tremeloed guitar; the urgent Chicago shuffle of “Mover & Shaker,” the foot-stompin’ “Comin’ Home” (co-written with Busack-Boysen); the John Lee Hooker/Howlin’ Wolf-flavored dual harp showcase “She’s Mad Again,” and the carnivalesque two-beat feel of “King of Bad Excuses.” Sample the pure slow-dance sensibility of “Lucky Charm,” the mambo-driven “Confessions of a Workaholic,” and the pleasantly surprising ska feel of “Ol’ Sleepyhead” (co-written with Harman). The recording is a veritable litmus test in blues rhythms.
Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I
Size: 125,9 MB
Time: 54:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Jump Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full
01. Jelly Bean Baby (3:20)
02. Beware Brother (3:11)
03. Slo' Poke (5:32)
04. Ridin' The Gravy Train (3:36)
05. In A State Of Bliss (5:30)
06. Walk The Talk (3:13)
07. Let Me In (3:47)
08. The Can't Hardlies (5:17)
09. The Stubblejumper (2:07)
10. The Golden Rule (3:53)
11. Stop Now (3:23)
12. Goodbye California (3:45)
13. Bumpin' On Leonard (7:36)
Jelly Bean Baby and Other Stories from Peter Nande. Peter Nande is back from another sojourn to Southern California, U.S.A., with a brand new batch of stories to tell on his new CD, Jelly Bean Baby: California Sessions Vol. II.
Jelly Bean Baby is Nande’s second CD recording in three years under the guidance of California-based producer and blues artist James Harman. Like its predecessor, Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I (2006), it features original, danceable tunes based in the propulsive rhythms and tonal vocabulary of American blues and Caribbean music, with some jazzy touches added for good measure.
Jelly Bean Baby builds on the foundation that Nande laid with Big Boy Boogie, which was nominated for Danish Blues Album of the Year by the Danish Blues Awards in 2007 and factored substantially in Nande’s acknowledgement as Danish Blues Musician of the Year for 2007 by the Copenhagen Blues Festival. Nande wrote or co-wrote all but one of the 13 songs on Jelly Bean Baby. With Harman’s mentoring, Nande has learned that the best blues songs tell stories, often with an ironic twist, of the consequences of human desire. Listen, for example, to the cautionary tale “Beware Brother,” set to an irresistible, laid-back shuffle. “It’s rough being a prisoner in your own life,” Nande explains, in reference to the character in the song. “All your friends see it, but you’re lookin’ from inside the eye of the hurricane, trapped in an open-ended, goin’-nowhere, dead-end relationship and can’t see what’s happening.”
Listen also to “Walk the Talk,” and you’ll hear the complexity of man/woman relationships at work. The song’s lyrics denounce an unfaithful woman, but the driving shuffle beat tells a different tale, one of a woman shakin’ what her mama gave her; somehow, you know she’s going to get away with it, at least for a while. These songs work on more than one level, clearly, and bear evidence of Nande’s artistry. This is the blues, sure, but perhaps something more, as well. Nande executes his ideas with inspired support from his band mate, guitarist Ronni Busack-Boysen – who has played with Nande for three years and has earned a reputation as one of Europe’s top guitar players – and with vocal and harmonica spots by Harman, and with the exemplary work of Harman’s crack team of blues recruits. These include ace guitarist Nathan James, who also engineered the sessions and hosted them in his one-car garage studio in Oceanside, Calif.; and Harman band bassist Buddy Clark and percussionist Mike Tempo. Marty Dodson drummed on the sessions, which also included Neil Wauchope on organ; Jonny Viau on tenor sax; Toni Matoian on baritone sax (revel in the captivating on-the-spot horn arrangements that the sax duo composed); Carl Sonny Leyland on piano; and Ben Hernandez on backing vocals.
On these tracks, you’ll find laid-back, cool grooves that are easy to dance and listen to. You’ll find lots of air and space in the songs, and musicians playing to the songs and playing together, not trying to show off… well, maybe just a little,” Nande says, with a laugh.
Three years after he set out to realize his dream of recording with American blues musicians, Nande’s journey is ongoing. He’s already learned plenty, however, including the value of surrounding himself with talented musicians who share his passion for blues. The songs on Jelly Bean Baby, primarily, are Nande’s; he wrote or co-wrote all but one. However, Nande is the first to say that the songs on Jelly Bean Baby came to fruition only under the care of this entire ensemble.
Jelly Bean Baby is Nande’s second CD recording in three years under the guidance of California-based producer and blues artist James Harman. Like its predecessor, Big Boy Boogie: California Sessions Vol. I (2006), it features original, danceable tunes based in the propulsive rhythms and tonal vocabulary of American blues and Caribbean music, with some jazzy touches added for good measure.
Jelly Bean Baby builds on the foundation that Nande laid with Big Boy Boogie, which was nominated for Danish Blues Album of the Year by the Danish Blues Awards in 2007 and factored substantially in Nande’s acknowledgement as Danish Blues Musician of the Year for 2007 by the Copenhagen Blues Festival. Nande wrote or co-wrote all but one of the 13 songs on Jelly Bean Baby. With Harman’s mentoring, Nande has learned that the best blues songs tell stories, often with an ironic twist, of the consequences of human desire. Listen, for example, to the cautionary tale “Beware Brother,” set to an irresistible, laid-back shuffle. “It’s rough being a prisoner in your own life,” Nande explains, in reference to the character in the song. “All your friends see it, but you’re lookin’ from inside the eye of the hurricane, trapped in an open-ended, goin’-nowhere, dead-end relationship and can’t see what’s happening.”
Listen also to “Walk the Talk,” and you’ll hear the complexity of man/woman relationships at work. The song’s lyrics denounce an unfaithful woman, but the driving shuffle beat tells a different tale, one of a woman shakin’ what her mama gave her; somehow, you know she’s going to get away with it, at least for a while. These songs work on more than one level, clearly, and bear evidence of Nande’s artistry. This is the blues, sure, but perhaps something more, as well. Nande executes his ideas with inspired support from his band mate, guitarist Ronni Busack-Boysen – who has played with Nande for three years and has earned a reputation as one of Europe’s top guitar players – and with vocal and harmonica spots by Harman, and with the exemplary work of Harman’s crack team of blues recruits. These include ace guitarist Nathan James, who also engineered the sessions and hosted them in his one-car garage studio in Oceanside, Calif.; and Harman band bassist Buddy Clark and percussionist Mike Tempo. Marty Dodson drummed on the sessions, which also included Neil Wauchope on organ; Jonny Viau on tenor sax; Toni Matoian on baritone sax (revel in the captivating on-the-spot horn arrangements that the sax duo composed); Carl Sonny Leyland on piano; and Ben Hernandez on backing vocals.
On these tracks, you’ll find laid-back, cool grooves that are easy to dance and listen to. You’ll find lots of air and space in the songs, and musicians playing to the songs and playing together, not trying to show off… well, maybe just a little,” Nande says, with a laugh.
Three years after he set out to realize his dream of recording with American blues musicians, Nande’s journey is ongoing. He’s already learned plenty, however, including the value of surrounding himself with talented musicians who share his passion for blues. The songs on Jelly Bean Baby, primarily, are Nande’s; he wrote or co-wrote all but one. However, Nande is the first to say that the songs on Jelly Bean Baby came to fruition only under the care of this entire ensemble.
Jelly Bean Baby: California Sessions Vol. II
10 comments:
G dayjust hopeing for a reup as links have expired if you have more of his music i would be up for that to cheers
Old mann
Both links are still alive on Ziddu. Please download from there.
Please, could you re-up this two Peter Nande - Big Boy Boogie / Jelly Bean Baby? Thanks!
Post has new link.
When it's possible, I would like to have both California Sessions re-upped. Thanks in advance
New links for this post (both albums) can be found below.
Peter Nande - Big Boy Boogie (2006) [320]
MC: https://www.mirrored.to/files/UGFVJ1K8/PN-BBB.rar_links
Zippy: https://www59.zippyshare.com/v/CAnBXHsL/file.html
Peter Nande - Jelly Bean Baby (2008) [320]
MC: https://www.mirrored.to/files/OEMHBQWC/PN-JBB.rar_links
Zippy: https://www51.zippyshare.com/v/yMQKHYpg/file.html
Thanks for the re-up!
Any chance of a reup of these two albums please? Thanks
New link for:
Peter Nande - Big Boy Boogie in Flac:
https://mega.nz/file/2epXlIbB#w6Tlkf7KohSOTkzuD6j3FIZW-UzfFyJJ_NpPmhAfd4w
Peter Nande - Jelly Bean Baby in Flac:
https://mega.nz/file/vHZBnLiD#OihV10eWUjPkyEu6aJIilDW7jYeVSRcjxjP7wXKBlVY
@Flash; Thank you my friend!
Post a Comment