Betty Johnson - Family Affair

Size: 105,7 MB
Time: 44:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Baubles, Bangles And Beads (2:24)
02. Let Me Love You (2:34)
03. How Deep Is The Ocean (2:56)
04. I'm Confessin' (2:32)
05. Speak Low (3:03)
06. The Very Thought Of You (Lydia Gray) (2:12)
07. Tea For Two (Elizabeth Gray) (2:48)
08. First Warm Day/My Love Is A Wanderer (2:55)
09. Mean To Me (Lydia Gray) (2:32)
10. So In Love (2:57)
11. S'wonderful/Time After Time (4:18)
12. Besame Mucho (3:24)
13. Autumn Leaves (3:03)
14. Spring Is Here (Lydia Gray) (3:01)
15. Today I Love Everybody (2:00)
16. In The Garden (2:02)

When Betty Johnson returned to the limelight in 1993 after a thirty-year pause, she reminded America that she had come from a singing-family tradition. A Family Affair, the first release of new Betty Johnson material after her comeback, featured prominently her daughters Lydia and Elisabeth. Professional singers in their own right, their lovely and sophisticated voices left no doubt that they dwelt vibrantly in the Johnson Family realm.

It was natural that Betty Johnson featured her daughters on the album as Betty herself had sung in a family fold as a child. Betty first touched audiences in the late 1930s and 1940s as a member of the popular Johnson Family Singers. Throughout the South and beyond, the Family sang sacred music with unchained enthusiasm, becoming one of the most popular family acts of the era.

In A Family Affair, Betty has carried on the tradition, bringing the Johnson Family sound into its seventh decade. Highlights from this collection include “The Very Thought of You,” “Today I Love Everybody,” and “How Deep is the Ocean” (which Betty sang on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts in the early 1950s).

Family Affair

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Berdon Kirksaether & The Twang Bar Kings - Latenighters Under A Full Moon

Size: 88,8 MB
Time: 37:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01. Go Cat Go (4:29)
02. Cool Cats On The Move (2:53)
03. Conrad's Bar Bounty (3:18)
04. Rendezvous (3:28)
05. Jumping The Night Away (2:54)
06. Midnight Haze (3:22)
07. Another One Going Down (4:15)
08. Take It Away - Takeaway (3:39)
09. Pitstop By The River (3:10)
10. Walk And Your Feet Will Follow (3:33)
11. Latenighters Under A Full Moon (2:50)

It is really no longer appropriate to call American Music American. It is Global music and that is all it can be. Gone are those days when shellac and vinyl discs had to be exported. Music from anywhere on earth is as close as one's computer.

Norwegian blues? Why not? Guitarist and composer Berdon Kirksaether has made a cottage industry of it at home, first as part of the locally renowned CIA and now as leader of the trio, the Twang Bar Kings. The elaborately titled Latenighters Under a Full Moon turns out to be quite apropos in its conception.

This eleven-selection disc plays like a noir suite made up of moody and tense mini-suites. Kirksaether can seamlessly adopt any guitar personae or combinations thereof he wishes. "Conrad's Bar Bounty" could have been conceived and executed during a jam session between Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Kenny Burrell. "Rendezvous" could easily be Jim Hall covering a Jimmy Buffett song while "Midnight Haze" would have been welcome on any Santana recording.

A blues musician? Certainly, but that is not all of the tricks in Kirksaether's talent bag. On Latenighters, he achieves the near impossible by achieving so many disparate moods in seemingly seamless songs bound by little more than a harmonic spider web. Each piece flows gently into the next making the whole of this recording greater than the simple sum of its parts. ~C. Michael Bailey

Latenighters Under A Full Moon

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Sara Renner - Shine The Light

Size: 83,8 MB
Time: 35:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals, Holiday
Art: Front

01. Joy To The World (4:05)
02. Angels From The Realms Of Glory (4:00)
03. Give Love (4:22)
04. This Christmas (3:37)
05. The Little Drummer Boy (3:56)
06. What A Blessed Child (4:10)
07. Come And Worship (Christ The Lord) (2:19)
08. Go Tell It On The Mountain (4:43)
09. The Christmas Song (4:15)

Sara Renner has shared her unique blend of Pop, Gospel & Jazz music in over 1000 churches, festivals and event centers in 30+ states and 10 countries. Based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota this award-winning songwriter and vocalist has produced four CDs and one live-concert DVD.

This CD went straight to the top of my Christmas music rotation. Having a substantial and varied selection, I don't always get through all of them and this one has already been played numerous times. The arrangements are fresh but not so radically different as to be almost unrecognizable as some artists tend to do. The heart of Christmas permeates the selections like the spices in mulled wine, which, by the way, is a great pairing with this CD! Well produced and arranged. A real treat to slow down with during the bustle of the season. All are worth a listen, but my favorites are "Joy to the World" and "What a Blessed Child." Two frozen thumbs up! ~Bruce T.

Shine The Light

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Jack Van Poll - Just Friends (Live At The Crypt)

Size: 128,8 MB
Time: 55:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Piano Jazz
Art: Front

01. Just Friends (4:57)
02. Emily (5:40)
03. Have You Met Miss Jones (6:17)
04. In A Sentimental Mood (5:18)
05. Down Yonder (6:06)
06. Tulpen Uit Amsterdam (2:04)
07. I Cant Get Started (4:49)
08. You Are My Sunshine (7:18)
09. The Day You Left (4:01)
10. Blue Bossa (3:08)
11. Georgia On My Mind (5:37)

Jack van Poll was born in 1934 in Roosendaal, Holland. He started playing piano at the age of four.
After the liberation of the Second World War in 1945, he discovered the first Bebop tunes on V-discs and on the American Forces Network Channel. With his teen age trio "The Rose Valley's", he took part in the Dutch Jazz Competition in Amsterdam in 1946. From the early Fifties on, he backed up single artists from the U.S.A., who performed in Holland and Belgium, like Don Byas, Ben Webster, Johnny Griffin, Clark Terry, Tony Scott, Ted Curson, Buddy DeFranco and many others. In the late seventies he opened the "September Jazz Club" in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1984 he founded the "September Jazz Records" label. He joined the Lionel Hampton band on their East Coast Summer tour in 1985 and made his debut in Manhattan with Dee Dee Bridgewater that same year. He performed at many International Jazz Festivals; Antibes, Pori, Prague, JVC Jazz Festival NYC, Cork, San Sebastian, Grahamstown, NSJF The Hague, Vienna, Comblain La Tour, Cracow, Berlin, Milano and Zurich. Apart from playing piano and tenor sax, he composes, writes lyrics, presents his weekly radio program, teaches music, and is Editor for The Belgian Magazine "Jazz Mozaiek", writes Film Music and supports young musical talents.

Just Friends

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Marc Pompe - Monk's Dream

Size: 100,6 MB
Time: 42:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. The Music Goes Round And Round (3:29)
02. Stranger In Paradise (3:20)
03. In The Still Of The Night (4:35)
04. Ask Me Now (5:49)
05. Estate (4:36)
06. My Chicago (3:35)
07. I've Got Your Number (3:36)
08. In A Sentimental Mood (5:49)
09. The Song Is You (3:08)
10. In The Wee Small Hours (4:38)

Personnel:
Marc Pompe– Vocals
Bob Ojeda – Arranger, conductor
Dennis Luxion– Piano
Nick Schneider – Bass
Bob Rummage – Drums
Eric Schneider – Alto saxophone
Greg Fishman – Tenor saxophone
Bill Overton – Alto/baritone saxophone
Jerry DiMuzio - Baritone saxophone
Bill Porter – Trombone
Mark Olen – Trumpet
Doug Scharf– Trumpet
Bob Ojeda – Trumpet

“He dreamed it was music he had to play.... he dreamed when he played, he would play his way,” sings Marc Pompe on the title cut of Monk’s Dream. And he means it. It’s been almost 50 years since he and best friend/mentor, legendary saxophonist Bob Centano dreamed about doing a big band recording together back in days of the “Taylor Street Little Italy” neighborhood of Chicago. Joining them was arranger/writer/trumpet player (and future Basie Band member), Bobby Ojeda. Over the years, the project remained a work in progress. But after the recent passing of Bob Centano, Pompe and Ojeda knew it was time to fulfill the dream in his honor. Monk’s Dream is an exquisite dream that has finally come true.

In this stunning recording, Marc Pompe blazes a trail through romance, adventure, lost and found love, passion and hope––and does it all with unbridled joy. Among the wittiest and most versatile performers in today’s world of jazz, the seasoned singer/pianist/lyricist/composer and all-around cool guy, showcases his amazing tapestry of vocal virtuosity in front of an 11-piece band of Chicago jazz all-stars. With wonderful and appealing arrangements by Bobby Ojeda, we are treated to an eclectic and colorful selection of bebop, ballads, bossanovas and burning swing. Driven by a great rhythm section, and powered by the ensemble work and inspired solos of an elite eight-man horn section, Ojeda has created the perfect platform for Pompe’s innovative and highly stylized vocals. Ranging from quirky, high energy phrasing to lush, heart-melting tenderness, Pompe makes every song his own.

Among the standouts on the album are “Estaté,” a sultry bossa nova which Pompe sings in Italian; “My Chicago,” by the late Joe Vessia, with newly updated and highly entertaining lyrics by Pompe; “The Music Goes Round and Round,” a 1930s hit given an adventurous new life by Ojeda’s high-energy arrangement and Pompe’s intense and humorous vocal. The songs that have an especially profound and emotional impact are the two Monk cuts. “Ask Me Now” is a showcase for Pompe’s ability to deliver a reflective lyric over an incredibly dense harmonic landscape. “Monk’s Dream” features Pompe’s punchy-yet-soulful phrasing, along with his super-articulated reading of the lyrics. The song has a rhythmic drive and melodic angularity that tells a mini biography of Monk’s life and approach to music, one that very much mirrors Pompe’s own.

This album is an instant Chicago classic. Everyone shines. Bobby Ojeda’s great arrangements, the top-notch band, and the sonic talents of engineer Steve Yates have all combined to deliver Marc Pompe’s long-time dream of a Taylor Street reunion. Monk’s Dream is indeed a dream come true. ~Reviewed by Judy Roberts

Monk's Dream

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Anna Maria Sturm Quintett - Tales Of Woe

Size: 83,7 MB
Time: 35:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Standards
Art: Front

01. Ich Weib Nicht, Zu Wem Ich Gehore (2:35)
02. Help Me (4:56)
03. Indifferente (2:57)
04. Nature Boy (6:34)
05. I Fall In Love Too Easily (5:00)
06. Ces Petits Riens (3:51)
07. You Go To My Head (3:10)
08. Couleur Cafe (2:39)
09. You've Changed (4:14)

I have loved singing and making music ever since I can remember. Thanks to people like the following, I have now recorded some of my favorite jazz standards, Serge Gainsbourg chansons and German songs:
Louis Armstrong. I've discovered “What a Wonderful World” on a cassette when I was approximately 10 years old. I used to rewind it time after time.
Billie Holiday, whose voice I've heard when I was 16 years old and who has enchanted me.
Stan Getz and João Gilberto. I’ve listened to their album “Getz / Gilberto” with pianist Antônio Carlos Jobim and singer Astrud Gilberto when I was 17 years old. Since then, I've known for sure I want to sing.
Wanja Slavin, a saxophone player whom I've met by chance in a music shop in 2006. He has gotten me in contact with the musicians of this quintet and with music as such.
And my grandmother, who could play the piano wonderfully. When I was little, she used to say to me: “It makes me very sad, that none of my grandchildren sings!”

Tales Of Woe

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Claudia Acuna - En Este Momento

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:46
Size: 109.3 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz vocals, Latin jazz
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:19] 1. El Cigarrito
[5:05] 2. Te Recuerdo Amanda
[4:11] 3. Tulum
[5:44] 4. That's What They Say
[4:15] 5. El Derecho De Vivir En Paz
[7:36] 6. Contigo En La Distancia
[3:59] 7. Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado
[3:27] 8. Vuelvo Al Sur
[2:51] 9. Sueño Contigo
[7:14] 10. La Mentira (Se Te Olvida)

Claudia Acuña's first effort for Marsalis Music and fourth CD overall -- the previous on Max Jazz and two for the Verve label -- is a subdued recording, much more introspective and thoughtful. Due to the presence of acoustic guitarist Juancho Herrera, the mood is more serene and wistful, with words sung in Spanish save a single track done in English. Electric and acoustic pianist Jason Lindner is also much more reserved, in the backdrop and less forceful than he usually is, but no less distinctive. Where bassist Omer Avital and drummer Clarence Penn have worked with Acuña and Lindner for several years, it is very clear from the outset they all know exactly what to do in their subliminal roles. It seems these sensitive and reflective songs have been on Acuña's mind for some time. The Chilean born vocalist taps classic sources and material she knew during childhood, including music from Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, and Cuba. More specifically, there are lyrics from her fellow Chilean, the freedom fighter and poet Victor Jara, and tunes of her own. Classic works by Jara, "El Cigarrito" and "Te Recuerdo Amanda," kick off the set, the former with clockwork rhythms via Penn swinging and swaying about before an atypical steely electric guitar solo from Herrera, the latter a yearning modal song in 5/4 time. Slow and somber respectively, "That's What They Say" -- sung in English -- is a tune of confusion and not belonging, while Jara's "El Derecho de Vivir en Paz" has Acuña and Herrera conferring in a retreat of reorganization, while the drifting "Contigo en la Distancia" retrospectively observes life from faraway locales. Branford Marsalis joins the group, playing soprano sax on his sole cameo, "Cuando Vuelvo a Tu Lado," while the ensemble goes deep into the dark blue spectrum for Astor Piazzolla's sad tango "Vuelvo a Sur." It takes the band nine tracks to step up their energy as on the bouncy, much more spirited "Sueño Contigo." Lindner is always more than able to play individualistically, no matter the tempo, mood, or underpinning required, and should be listened to with rapt attention. Because of the personal nature of this music, Acuña herself is not as pronounced or bold as on previous dates, but delivers the goods in a deliberate yet subtle manner. This is mood and moody music, suited to be played under cover of darkness, not romantic, not sanguine, definitely heartfelt, and rewarding in many ways that are far less obvious on the surface. ~Michael G. Nastos

En Este Momento

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Neil Andersson - C'est Si Bon

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:28
Size: 115.5 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz, Gypsy Swing
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:42] 1. Bohème Auberge
[5:18] 2. Le Ciel Azur
[4:01] 3. Nuits De Saint Germaine Des Pres
[4:03] 4. Le Rive Gauche
[3:28] 5. Flèche D'or
[4:59] 6. Emerald City Blues
[4:48] 7. Tenderly
[5:14] 8. Douce Ambiance
[4:57] 9. Mélodie Au Crépuscule
[5:25] 10. C'est Si Bon
[4:28] 11. Stardust

Neil Andersson was born in Tacoma, WA and graduated from Wilson High School in1963. He received his Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BFA in painting from the University of Washington, and a BA in Art from the University of Puget Sound.

Neil started playing guitar in high school and in 1964 joined the famous Northwest rock group the Wailers. As a guitarist, he has done session work and played in many groups - recording for United Artists, Janus Records, Etiquette Records, and Modern Hot Records. He is a member of the Northwest Music Hall of Fame. In 1993 he began a collaboration with Dudley Hill that led to the formation of the jazz group Pearl Django; Pearl Django subsequently recorded 10 CDs and maintains its own record label, Modern Hot Records. Neil also released a solo disc, C’est si bon, as well as two collaborations with fellow guitarist Peter Pendras: Malibu Manouche and As the Crow Flies. In 2010 Neil retired from Pearl Django to focus on art and other musical endeavors.

C'est Si Bon

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Luther Henderson - Clap Hands!

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 30:57
Size: 71.0 MB
Styles: Jazz-pop/Easy listening
Year: 1959/2012
Art: Front

[2:14] 1. Stay As Sweet As You Are
[2:25] 2. Out Of Nowhere
[2:36] 3. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[3:10] 4. Three Little Words
[2:23] 5. The Honey Song
[3:11] 6. Sometimes I'm Happy
[2:22] 7. I Love Paris
[2:39] 8. Let's Fall In Love
[2:12] 9. A-Two-At-A-Time
[2:53] 10. Lover, Come Back To Me
[2:29] 11. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley
[2:17] 12. I'll See You Again

Henderson developed into one of the main so-called "classical arms" of Duke Ellington, stepping in to score and arrange orchestrations that went beyond the big-band format. According to various biographical sources Henderson was not consistently satisfied with the credit he received for these contributions to the Ellington canon, a reoccurring theme in the story of one of the greatest jazz composers in which many sidemen, particularly horn players, claimed to have improvised riffs that were later copyrighted by the bandleader.

The inevitable career result is best described by Henderson biographer Devra DoWrite: "Luther Henderson is not a household name, not even a B-list celebrity in the eyes of the general public. Finding a publisher for his biography has been a lengthy and difficult process, but I am pleased to say that I have been offered a contract, am in negotiations right now, and hope to announce the signing very soon. Meanwhile, people are asking me 'Luther who?' and 'Why him?'"

From the '50s onward Henderson kept his own studios going for various arranging and conducting assignments. He worked with vocalists Eartha Kitt and Carmen McRae as well as performers from the world of musical comedy including the lovely Polly Bergen and the hilarious Victor Borge. Much of this work was done for the expanding television industry; Henderson contributed to the Playhouse 90 series and The Ed Sullivan Show, among other boob tube offerings. On Broadway he was associated with many hits: Flower Drum Song, Funny Girl, No No Nanette, Ain't Misbehavin', and Jelly's Last Jam among them.

Shortly before his death Henderson was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. He is not the same Luther Henderson who played trumpet on a handful of recordings from the '20s. ~excerpt from the bio by Eugene Chadbourne

Clap Hands!

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The Oliver Gannon Quartet - That's What

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:55
Size: 144,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:19)  1. Jay's Blues
(5:51)  2. Bright Mississippi
(6:54)  3. Four Cats
(5:31)  4. Brooklyn
(7:23)  5. Goodbye Porkpie Hat
(9:04)  6. Stella By Starlight
(6:46)  7. That's What
(5:48)  8. Talk Of The Town
(8:16)  9. Soul Journey

Gannon's February 28, 2004 performance at the Cellar documented on That's What features pianist Miles Black, bassist Miles Hill and drummer Blaine Wikjord. There are three Gannon originals, two pieces by Black, a pair of standards (Victor Young's classic "Stella by Starlight and Jerry Livingston's "Talk of the Town ) and one apiece by Monk and Mingus. His choice of the unhackneyed "Bright Mississippi as the Thelonious Monk tune is an inspired one. Based on "Sweet Georgia Brown, the tune is one of the more obscure compositions in Monk's ouevre. It lives up to the first word in its title and includes some delightful paraphrases of other pieces by the Sphere-ical one as Black's solo takes off. Mingus's "Goodbye Porkpie Hat has long been a favorite with jazz guitarists. Gannon's version can stand with the best of them, as he takes the bittersweet paean to Lester Young at a medium lope, a shade faster than many folks have in the past, and conveys the joy as well as the pathos inherent in the melody. There's a deep blues bedrock underlying this interpretation. ~ Bill Bennett  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/mike-rud-live-from-lotusland-the-oliver-gannon-quartet-thats-what-by-bill-bennett.php#.VEGnohawTP8

Personnel: Oliver Gannon: guitar; Miles Black: piano; Miles Hill: bass; Blaine Wikjord: drums.

That's What

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Madeleine Peyroux - Keep Me In Your Heart For A While: The Best Of Madeleine Peyroux CD 1 And CD 2

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:01 (CD 1)
Size: 128,4 MB (CD 1)
Time: 54:11 (CD 2)
Size: 128,5 MB (CD 2)
Art: Front

CD 1

(3:11)  1. Don't Wait Too Long
(3:26)  2. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
(3:14)  3. (Getting Some) Fun Out Of Life
(3:45)  4. Between The Bars
(3:29)  5. I'm All Right
(3:22)  6. La Vie En Rose
(4:23)  7. Half The Perfect World
(3:58)  8. Dance Me To The End Of Love
(4:01)  9. Smile
(4:01) 10. Once In A While
(3:58) 11. The Summer Wind
(3:53) 12. Careless Love
(3:55) 13. Guilty
(5:20) 14. Desperadoes Under The Eaves

CD 2

(3:10)  1. Changing All Those Changes
(2:56)  2. J'Ai Deux Amours
(5:22)  3. River Of Tears
(3:43)  4. The Things I’ve Seen Today
(4:38)  5. Damn The Circumstances
(4:12)  6. La Javanaise
(4:00)  7. The Kind You Can't Afford
(3:29)  8. Bye Bye Love
(4:49)  9. Walkin' After Midnight
(5:47) 10. Standing On The Rooftop
(5:14) 11. Instead
(3:35) 12. Keep Me In Your Heart
(3:10) 13. This Is Heaven To Me

Vocalist and composer Madeleine Peyroux has a stylistic reach well beyond that of jazz. Her only peer in this respect is Nora Jones. True, she has a great fascination with Billie Holiday, but she has managed to assimilate this influence into her own presence and parlay it into the para-jazz realm with intelligent programming and song choice. These have been the hallmark of Peyroux's art over her six recordings.

Peyroux's music is beautifully crafted and organic with more polish than late '90s Cassandra Wilson. The instrument choice on a given song is as carefully chosen as the song itself; careful programming being another hallmark of Peyroux's art. Her book is no rubber-stamp of the Great American Songbook, assaulted yet another time. Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" is the closest thing to a standard in this collection (from Half a Perfect World, (Rounder, 2006)). It is delivered with spare instrumentation and a gently strolling tempo.

Peyroux's cover of Edith Piaf's iconic "La Vie En Rose" is perfect in its sardonic spirit, begging the question why Piaf has not provided much more material to contemporary singers to interpret. Randy Newman's "Guilty" is given a sleek, Ray Charles circa 1963 strings treatment. Her singing is closely set among the elaborate instrumentation, bearing a slight sepia tone without sounding archival. Part of Peyroux's genius lies in her melding of the new and the old into something that is both new and familiar.

Notable are the inclusion of two Warren Zevon pieces, making Peyroux Zevon's biggest benefactor since Linda Ronstadt. "Desperados Under the Eaves" is delicately provocative, sung in a comely and humid fashion. This is grown-up Zevon, performed with intent and grace. "Keep Me in Your Heart," one of Zevon's last songs is given a plaintive treatment demonstrating the extent of Peyroux's evolution from the album opener, "Don't Wait Too Long." In an age when a "Best of" compilation is suspect in the absence of the 45 rmp record (downloads are meaningless), it says a lot to release a recording like this. A collection of Peyroux's best is long overdue. ~ C.Michael Bailey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/keep-me-in-your-heart-for-a-while-the-best-of-madeleine-peyroux-madeleine-peyroux-rounder-records-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php#.VEaKqMlNeKU

Personnel: Madeleine Peyroux: vocals and guitar; Dean parks: guitars (1-3, 5, 6, 8-11, 13, 15); Larry Goldings: keyboards (1-3, 5, 9, 11, 15); David Piltch: bass (1-3, 5-8, 15); Jay Bellerose: drums (1-3, 5, 8-11, 15). Cyrus Chestnut: piano (4); Steve Kirby: bass; Leon Parker: drums; Sam Yahel: keyboards (6, 8, 10); Till Bronner: trumpet (6); Scott Amendola: drums (6, 8); Mark Ribot: guitar (7, 12); Regina Carter: violin (7); Charlie Giordano: accordion (7); Gary Foster: alto saxophone (8); Christopher Bruce: guitar (12); Charlie Drayton: drums (12); John Kirby: keyboards (12); Meshell Ndegcello: bass (12); Larry Klein: bass (13); Vinnie Colaluta: drums (13); Jim Beard; piano (13); Duke Vinnie: guitar, bass (14); Jane Scarpantoni: cello (14); Robert Burke: drums(14); Lee Thornberg: trumpet (15).

Keep Me In Your Heart For A While: The Best Of Madeleine Peyroux CD 1, CD 2

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Sonny Criss - Saturday Morning

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:41
Size: 79,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:26)  1. Angel Eyes
(6:44)  2. Tin Tin Deo
(5:06)  3. Jeannie’s Knees
(6:41)  4. My Heart Stood Still
(5:02)  5. Saturday Morning
(5:39)  6. Until the Real Thing Comes Along

Just a week after recording the classic Criss Craft for Muse, altoist Sonny Criss made the nearly equal Saturday Morning for Xanadu. Assisted by the great bop pianist Barry Harris, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Lenny McBrowne, Criss performs four superior if often-overlooked standards ("Angel Eyes," "Tin Tin Deo," "My Heart Stood Still" and "Until Tthe Real Thing Comes Along"), his blues "Jeannie's Knees" and one of his better originals, "Saturday Morning." Criss, an underrated altoist who was instantly recognizable within three notes, was neglected during long portions of his career but he did leave behind several memorable recordings, such as this one. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/saturday-morning-mw0001881966

Personnel: Sonny Criss (alto saxophone); Barry Harris (piano); Leroy Vinnegar (bass); Lenny McBrowne (drums)

Saturday Morning

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