Pete Fountain - Loving Is A Way Of Living

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:56
Size: 180.7 MB
Styles: New Orleans jazz, Clarinet jazz
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[ 6:26] 1. A Closer Walk With Thee
[ 2:27] 2. Do You Know What It Means To Miss
[ 6:03] 3. St. Louis Woman
[ 4:02] 4. Unforgettable
[11:41] 5. Avalon
[ 4:40] 6. Tin Roof Blues
[ 7:21] 7. After You've Gone
[ 2:18] 8. Stomp Mr. Henry Lee
[ 2:25] 9. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
[ 9:41] 10. Stardust / Dixie
[ 3:00] 11. Tiger Rag
[ 3:16] 12. Sweet And Lovely
[ 2:22] 13. Little Rock Get Away
[11:32] 14. Hindustan
[ 1:34] 15. Way Down Younder In New Orleans

One of the most famous of all New Orleans jazz clarinetists, Pete Fountain has the ability to play songs that he has performed a countless number of times (such as "Basin Street Blues") with so much enthusiasm that one would swear he had just discovered them. His style and most of his repertoire have remained unchanged since the late '50s, yet he never sounds bored. In 1948, Fountain (who is heavily influenced by Benny Goodman and Irving Fazola) was a member of the Junior Dixieland Band and this was followed by a stint with Phil Zito and an important association with the Basin Street Six (1950-1954), with whom the clarinetist made his first recordings. In 1955, Fountain was a member of the Dukes of Dixieland, but his big breakthrough came when he was featured playing a featured Dixieland number or two on each episode of The Lawrence Welk Show during 1957-1959. After he left, he moved back to New Orleans, opened his own club, and has played there regularly up until retiring from the nightclub business in early 2003. Fountain's finest recordings were a lengthy string for Coral during 1959-1965 (they turned commercial for a period after that). ~bio by Scott Yanow

Loving Is A Way Of Living

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Gerald Wilson Orchestra - State Street Sweet

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:28
Size: 129,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:46)  1. State Street Sweet
(6:06)  2. Lakeshore Drive
(7:50)  3. Lighthouse Blues
(5:22)  4. Come Back to Sorrento
(4:06)  5. The Serpent
(5:58)  6. The Feather
(6:29)  7. Caprichos
(8:48)  8. Jammin' in C
(6:37)  9. Carlos
(2:23) 10. Nancy Jo

Bandleader/arranger Gerald Wilson's first recording in several years is a success. He revisits "Carlos" (featuring trumpeter Ron Barrows) and "Lighthouse Blues" and performs some newer originals including "State Street Sweet," "Lakeshore Drive" and "Jammin' in C." With such soloists as trumpeters Barrows, Bobby Shew, Tony Lujan and Snooky Young, altoist Randall Willis, tenors Louis Taylor, Plas Johnson (showcased on "Come Back to Sorrento") and Carl Randall, pianist Brian O'Rourke and guitarists Anthony Wilson and Eric Otis, this edition of the Gerald Wilson Orchestra is quite strong but it is the leader's colorful and distinctive arrangements that give the band its personality. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/state-street-sweet-mw0000645243

Personnel: Eric Otis, Anthony Wilson (guitar); Louis Taylor, Jr. (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); John Stephens, Randall Willis (alto saxophone); Carl Randall, Jr., Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone); Jack Nimitz (baritone saxophone); Bobby Clark , George Graham, Ron Barrows, Snooky Young, Tony Lujan, Frank Szabo, Bobby Shew (trumpet); Alex Iles, Thurman Green, Charles Loper, Ira Nepus (trombone); Maurice Spears (bass trombone); Brian O'Rourke (piano); Mel Lee (drums);  Gerald Wilson (Arranger).

State Street Sweet

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Teresa Brewer - Let Me Go Lover

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:23
Size: 153,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:31)  1. Let Me Go Lover
(3:07)  2. Baby Baby Baby
(1:59)  3. The Banjo's Back In Town
(2:42)  4. Pledging My Love
(2:48)  5. Skinny Minnie (Fishtail)
(2:56)  6. Gonna Get Along Without You Now
(2:35)  7. Bell Bottom Blues
(2:43)  8. If You Want Some Lovin'
(2:36)  9. Silver Dollar
(2:26) 10. How To Be Very, Very Popular
(2:33) 11. Sing Sing Sing
(2:46) 12. I Don't Want To Be Lonely Tonight
(3:00) 13. Till I Waltz Again With You
(2:13) 14. I Had Someone Else Before I Had You
(2:57) 15. How Important Can It Be?
(2:39) 16. You'll Never Get Away
(2:50) 17. I Guess It Was You All The Time
(2:54) 18. Music, Music, Music
(2:36) 19. I Gotta Go Get My Baby
(3:08) 20. Choo'n Gum
(2:24) 21. Danger Signs
(2:43) 22. Richochet
(2:11) 23. Jilted
(2:10) 24. Shoot It Again
(2:48) 25. Au Revoir

Teresa Brewer started out as a spunky novelty vocalist in the 1950s and weathered the rise of rock to emerge as an exuberant jazz singer in the 1970s. Though some find it disconcerting to hear her cutesy, slightly nasal Your Hit Parade-style delivery in a jazz context, at her best she can swing with a loose and easy fervor, aided greatly by the distinguished company she often keeps on her records. Brewer started singing on Major Bowes' Amateur Hour at the age of five and scored her first big hit as a teenager in 1950 with the diabolically catchy "Music! Music! Music!" That ditty found its way onto almost every jukebox in the land and launched a series of hit singles on Coral stretching all the way to 1961. Her marriage to record producer Bob Thiele in 1972 led to her re-emergence via a long string of albums for Thiele's labels (Doctor Jazz, Signature, Red Baron), often in tandem with such luminaries as Count Basie, Benny Carter, Duke and Mercer Ellington, Stephane Grappelli, Earl Hines, and Clark Terry. ~ Richard S.Ginell  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/teresa-brewer-mn0000017882/biography

Let Me Go Lover

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George Wallington - Live! At Cafe Bohemia

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1955
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:12
Size: 122,0 MB
Art: Front

(8:29)  1. Johnny One Note
(7:03)  2. Sweet Blanche
(6:49)  3. Minor March
(5:59)  4. Snakes
(8:44)  5. Jay Mac's Crib
(8:26)  6. Bohemia After Dark
(7:39)  7. Minor March (alternate)

This live set, although led by pianist George Wallington, is most significant for giving listeners early examples of the playing of trumpeter Donald Byrd and altoist Jackie McLean; bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor complete the quintet. The music, although comprised mostly of group originals (other than "Johnny One Note" and Oscar Pettiford's "Bohemia After Dark"), is essentially a bebop jam and it is particularly interesting to hear just how much McLean was influenced by Charlie Parker at this point (although his sound was already quickly recognizable). This was a solid if short-lived group and their brand of hard bop will be enjoyed by straightahead jazz fans. The CD reissue adds a second version of "Minor March" to the original program. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/live!-at-cafe-bohemia-prestige-ojc-mw0000617315

Personnel: George Wallington (piano); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Paul Chambers (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums).

Live! At Cafe Bohemia

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Ted Curson - Plays Fire Down Below

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1962
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:17
Size: 71,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:39)  1. Fire Down Below
(4:50)  2. The Very Young
(4:47)  3. Baby Has Gone Bye Bye
(4:33)  4. Show Me
(5:30)  5. Falling In Love With Love
(6:56)  6. Only Forever

A fierce early album from Ted Curson one with a slight bit of a Latin touch, and all the fire that the title implies! Ted's working here with a quintet that include Gildo Mahones on piano, George Tucker on bass, Roy Haynes on drums, and Montego Joe on a few tracks on conga. The groove is more straight ahead and soulful than on some of Ted's more modernist work but no less edgey, as you'd expect from his always-strong work on trumpet. Titles include "Fire Down Below", "The Very Young", "Only Forever", and "Baby Has Gone Bye Bye". (Out of print.) https://www.dustygroove.com/item/557912

Plays Fire Down Below

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