Lambert

Lambert – Open (2022-05-13)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:50 minutes | 758 MB | Genre: Classical
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Modern classical composer and pianist Lambert returns to his piano roots with a new atmospheric slow-tempo album

Introspective and beautifully sparse, this 15-track album of downtempo solo piano music and ambient electronics invites you into a chill lo-fi trance
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Lambert – Sweet Apocalypse (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:01 minutes | 337 MB | Genre: Classical
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Masked composer and pianist Lambert presents Sweet Apocalypse, a dystopian and romanticized take on the end of the world, paired with 24 illustrations to tell the story.

The pieces touch on classical ideals, but incorporate drums and technology, taking an unconventional approach to piano music. Stepping into the public eye three years ago, Lambert has only been seen wearing a mask inspired by Carnevale. Using it as an aesthetic tool, Lambert adds further depth to his image of allure and mystery.

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Lambert – False (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:12 minutes | 841 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

False the new album by the extraordinary Berlin-based composer and pianist Lambert is released on Mercury KX. All 14 tracks are collaborations, resulting in Lambert’s most dazzlingly diverse album yet. Encompassing urgent breakbeats (with Tre B Mal), furious freeform jazz (aided by Pernille Solberg), gliding pedal steel Americana (from both Bob Drew and Jean Daeriou), industrial soundscapes (via Cole Collective) and even, on Room Trail collaboration Spheres, a full-on Autotuned vocal pop workout.

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Lambert – Alles in bester Ordnung (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 27:40 minutes | 490 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

The premier jazz vocal act of all time, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross revolutionized vocal music during the late ’50s and early ’60s by turning away from the increasingly crossover slant of the pop world to embrace the sheer musicianship inherent in vocal jazz. Applying the concepts of bop harmonies to swinging vocal music, the trio transformed dozens of instrumental jazz classics into their own songs, taking scat solos and trading off licks and riffs in precisely the same fashion as their favorite improvising musicians. Vocal arranger Dave Lambert wrote dense clusters of vocal lines for each voice that, while only distantly related, came together splendidly. Jon Hendricks wrote clever, witty lyrics to jazz standards like “Summertime,” “Moanin’,” and “Twisted,” and Annie Ross proved to be one of the strongest, most dexterous female voices in the history of jazz vocals. Together Lambert, Hendricks & Ross paved the way for vocal groups like Manhattan Transfer while earning respect from vocalists and jazz musicians alike. The act grew out of apartment jam sessions by Lambert, a pioneering arranger and bop vocalist who had appeared in groups led by Gene Krupa and Buddy Stewart – though he had also gained infamy leading a vocal choir on the disastrous “Charlie Parker with Voices” session recorded for Clef in 1953. That same year, Lambert met Jon Hendricks, who had similar vocal specialties that extended to lyrical changes.
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Lambert – All This Time (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:57 minutes | 806 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

In a way, All This Time is Lambert‘s way of coming out. Those who love him—this reviewer counts himself amongst them—have always suspected it. That’s right, Lambert isn’t quite who he seems. He is… whisper it… a jazz musician (gasp!)

If you’ll forgive an obvious pun, in fact the signs have been there all this time. His melodies have often used blue notes, his chord progressions are more inventive than the average neoclassical pianist, and if like this reviewer you’re lucky enough to have seen him perform live you will likely have witnessed him getting lost in a wonderfully playful jam with his drummer.

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