Ruby Braff - Ruby Braff Plays Standards And Evergreens

Styles: Cornet Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:39
Size: 120,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:14)  1. I've Got A Grush On You
(5:58)  2. Lady Be Good
(3:12)  3. Maybe
(3:50)  4. My Foolish Heart
(3:12)  5. Sweethearts On Parade
(5:38)  6. My Shining Hour
(7:05)  7. Sugar
(4:26)  8. As Times Goes By
(4:47)  9. You're Sensational / I Love You, Samantha / True Love
(4:08) 10. Basin' Street Blues
(5:04) 11. Linger A While

One of the great swing/Dixieland cornetists, Ruby Braff went through long periods of his career unable to find work because his music was considered out-of-fashion, but his fortunes improved by the 1970s. A very expressive player who in later years liked to build his solos up to a low note, Braff's playing was instantly recognizable within seconds. Braff mostly worked around Boston in the late '40s. He teamed up with Pee Wee Russell when the clarinetist was making a comeback (they recorded live for Savoy), and after moving to New York in 1953, he fit easily into a variety of Dixieland and mainstream settings. Braff recorded for Vanguard as a leader, and with Vic Dickenson, Buck Clayton, and Urbie Green. He was one of the stars of Buck Clayton's Columbia jam sessions, and in the mid-'50s worked with Benny Goodman. But, despite good reviews and occasional recordings, work was hard for Braff to come by at times. In the 1960s, he was able to get jobs by being with George Wein's Newport All-Stars and at jazz festivals, but it was not until the cornetist formed a quartet with guitarist George Barnes, in 1973, that he became more secure. 

Afterward, Braff was heard in many small-group settings, including duets with Dick Hyman and Ellis Larkins (he had first met up with the latter in the 1950s), quintets with Scott Hamilton, and matching wits with Howard Alden. He remained one of the greats of mainstream jazz until his death in 2003. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ruby-braff-mn0000357057/biography

Personnel:  Ruby Braff - cornet; Gene Di Novi (1-5) - piano;  Howard Alden (6-11) - guitar;  Frank Tate (6-11) - bass             

Ruby Braff Plays Standards And Evergreens

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Mary Ann Redmond - Send The Moon

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:00
Size: 117,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:56)  1. Fly Away Home
(5:04)  2. Fifth Gear
(5:29)  3. Not Dark Yet
(3:42)  4. I'll Get Over It
(4:12)  5. Strong Too Long
(5:14)  6. Send The Moon
(5:17)  7. I Don't Wanna Be Right
(4:54)  8. Should I Let You Know
(4:20)  9. He Wont Fall
(4:58) 10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
(3:50) 11. Damned

"If Aretha is the Queen of Soul, Redmond must be considered an official Lady in Waiting." ~ Dave Nuttycombe, Washington City Paper

"Every once in a while, a real knockout lands in the [CD] pile, a genuine jaw-dropper. Mary Ann Redmond is a stunning vocalist, she is not just covering these songs, they are transformed by her, exalted into something completely new. Her own songs are equally fine..." ~ Chris Jorgensen, Billings Gazette

"It's startling when the petite blonde with a perky smile opens her mouth and out pours an amalgam of Gladys Knight, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin." ~ Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes.

"Virginia's Mary Ann Redmond falls somewhere between Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin. Yes, her voice is that good." ~ Mike Ryan, Boston Herald.

Redmond is well-known in her home base of Washington, DC, where she's won a staggering 14 WAMMIE Awards from the Washington Area Music Association (Best Female Jazz Singer; Best Rock-Pop Vocalist, Best Roots Rock/Traditional R&B Vocalist, Best Urban Contemporary Vocalist and Best Female Blues Vocalist.) A native of Richmond Virginia, she has toured with her close friend Mary Chapin Carpenter (the first and only background singer Carpenter has ever brought on board), and has opened for an array of artists including The Pointer Sisters, The Neville Brothers, Ashford and Simpson, The O'Jays, and Smokey Robinson. She was also a close friend of the late Eva Cassidy. In addition to their vocal power, they both shared the gift of putting themselves into a song and making it her own. "Eva taught me that no matter what happens, it's got to be real," Redmond says. "You can hear it in every song she sang. And she was right." ~ AllAboutJazz.com  https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/maredmond

Send The Moon

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Bobby Timmons - Sweet And Soulful Sounds

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:51
Size: 92,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:56)  1. The Sweetest Sounds
(5:27)  2. Turn Left
(5:02)  3. God Bless The Child
(4:37)  4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(4:12)  5. Another Live One
(6:01)  6. Alone Together
(3:40)  7. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
(5:53)  8. Why Was I Born?

?Sweet and Soulful Sounds, from 1962, is a most atypical record for Bobby Timmons. Long thought of only as a funky piano player in the style that Ramsey Lewis would later make commercially successful, Timmons could also play prettily, as he does on this ballad-heavy set. There's a little funk here; the up-tempo "Another Live One" sounds like a potential Cannonball Adderley hit (Timmons, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Roy McCurdy were all once and future Adderley accompanists). But for the most part, Timmons keeps his cool, showing a very strong Bud Powell influence throughout. (Actually, the two solo tracks, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" and a meditative "God Bless the Child," sound as if Timmons had been listening to Bill Evans' solo records, as the latter in particular has the same rhythmically loose, melodically free style.) The highlights are the three standards, Richard Rodgers' "The Sweetest Sounds," a relaxed and swinging take on Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," and a version of Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's "Why Was I Born?" that turns it from a show tune into a despondent blues. This is an unusual record for Bobby Timmons, but a great one. ~ Stewart Mason https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-and-soulful-sounds-mw0000239114

Personnel: Bobby Timmons (piano); Sam Jones (bass); Roy McCurdy (drums).

Sweet And Soulful Sounds

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Red Garland - Satin Doll

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:50
Size: 91,3 MB
Art: Front

( 9:47)  1. Satin Doll
(10:44)  2. The Man I Love
( 5:38)  3. A Little Bit of Basie
( 7:10)  4. It's a Blue World
( 6:30)  5. M-Squad Theme

This out-of-print LP released for the first time five unknown selections featuring pianist Red Garland in a trio with drummer Specs Wright and either Doug Watkins or Jimmy Rowser on bass. 

"Satin Doll" has since been added as a bonus cut on another CD, but the other four numbers ("The Man I Love," "A Little Bit of Basie," "It's a Blue World" and "M-Squad Theme") have not yet resurfaced, making this an album of interest to Red Garland completists. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/satin-doll-mw0000911709 

Personnel:  Red Garland - piano;  Jimmy Rowser - (tracks 4 & 5), Doug Watkins (tracks 1-3) - bass;  Charles "Specs" Wright - drums

Satin Doll

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