Tiny Grimes - Food For Thought

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:53
Size: 150.8 MB
Styles: Soul-jazz
Year: 1970/2004
Art: Front

[ 8:41] 1. Morgantini With Mime No. 1
[ 9:33] 2. Morgantini With Mime No. 3
[ 3:32] 3. Food For Thought
[10:13] 4. Connie Hayes Groovy Eyes
[ 8:17] 5. Young Blood's Blues
[ 4:49] 6. Everyday I Have The Blues
[ 6:06] 7. Some Groovy Fours
[ 3:24] 8. Sid's West End Blues
[ 3:50] 9. Lill Darlin'
[ 4:05] 10. Swinging Mama
[ 3:19] 11. Sid's West End Blues (Take 3)

Bass – Hayes Alvis; Drums – Paul Gunther; Guitar – Tiny Grimes; Organ – François Biensan; Piano – Jay McShann; Tenor Saxophone – Georges Kelly.

This CD was recorded during two sessions led by Tiny Grimes in Bordeaux in 1970, Barcelona in 1970 and in Paris in 1974 with the valuable collaboration of pianist Jay McShann, tenor sax player George Kelly and drummer Panama Francis. Digitally remastered.

Food For Thought mc
Food For Thought zippy

---

Karin Krog, Per Borthen Swing Department - Swingin' Arrival

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:05
Size: 89.5 MB
Styles: Swing
Year: 1980
Art: Front

[4:21] 1. Sailboat In The Moonlight
[2:45] 2. Did You Mean It
[3:44] 3. When A Woman Loves A Man
[4:09] 4. Wop
[4:18] 5. The Moon Looks Down And Laugh
[4:06] 6. When Day Is Done
[3:07] 7. Say It With A Kiss
[4:23] 8. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
[3:32] 9. What Shall I Say
[4:35] 10. Moten Swing

Alto Saxophone – Kristian Bergheim; Bass – Bjørn Pedersen; Drums – Arvid Bjerke[ Guitar – Finn Westbye; Tenor Saxophone – Totti Bergh; Trombone – Aage Teigen; Trumpet – Per Borthen; Vocals – Karin Krog.

Karin Krog (born May 15, 1937 in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz singer. She is considered one of Norway's premier jazz singers and enjoys great international recognition. She is the granddaughter of musician/composer Anders Heyerdahl. Karin Krog's career began at jam sessions at Penguin Club in Oslo under contract as a singer in Kjell Karlsen's sixth (1955). In the following period she became known throughout the radio, and when the first jazz festival in Molde was held, she also sang there with Kjell Karlsen's quartet. In 1962 she started her first own band, but also collaborated with Frode Thingnæs and Egil Kapstad. In 1964 she released her first solo album, By Myself. In 1965 she joined the Norwegian Jazz Forum and became leader of this. In 1969, she began studying song at Ivo Knecevic. In the following years, she has collaborated with a host of well-known national and international musicians, such as Jon Christensen, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Kenny Drew, Don Ellis, Archie Shepp, John Surman, Red Mitchell, Bengt Hallberg and others.

Per Borthen (born July 12, 1940) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet) and band leader. His own "Per Borthen Swing Department Ltd." was established in 1966. They performed with Swingin 'Arrival (Talent Studios, 1980), participated in Jazz in Norway 1960-1970 (Herman Records) and Swingin' (Evigo, 2001) with vocalist contributions from Karin Krog and Laila Dalseth (as a time-song with the group).

Swingin' Arrival

---

Tommy Banks, Big Miller - Legacy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:56
Size: 84.5 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Hey There
[3:30] 2. When Sunny Gets Blue
[4:30] 3. Bye Bye Blackbird
[5:35] 4. Without A Song
[5:21] 5. If I Ruled The World
[4:06] 6. But Beautiful
[2:36] 7. All Of Me
[5:17] 8. Since I Fell For You
[3:21] 9. We'll Be Together Again

The story starts in 1922 when Miller was born in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1949 he began singing with Lionel Hampton out of Kansas City and then moved to Jay McShann’s band. The same band Charlie Parker started in. Miller was big, almost 6’ 4”, and made his reputation as a Kansas City shouter. You had to be commanding to appear in front of the territory bands or you would get blown off the stage. He worked with Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and many other well-known bands.

In 1967 he got stranded in Canada when he was appearing as part of Jon Hendricks’ review – The Evolution of the Blues – and they went broke. He started taking one off gigs to raise the money to go back to the US but after visiting Edmonton and appearing with Banks on several occasions he was persuaded to stay. High praise for Banks and great news for Alberta.

This CD is a duet recording with Miller on vocals and Banks on piano. It was recorded in an afternoon in August 1989 and is a program of nine jazz standards, originally intended as a demo for a band recording that was never realized. It is a warm intimate session that could only have been produced by two old friends and consummate professionals who could hear each other breathe. ~R. Doull

Legacy mc
Legacy zippy

---

George Robert - Featuring Mr. Clark Terry Live

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:59
Size: 171.7 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[12:28] 1. The Snapper
[ 7:10] 2. Michelle
[10:25] 3. Samba De Gumz
[12:36] 4. On Green Dophin Street
[11:37] 5. Simple Waltz
[ 7:39] 6. Joan
[13:02] 7. Mumbles

Alto Saxophone – George Robert; Bass – Isla Eckinger; Drum – Peter Schmidlin; Flugelhorn – Clark Terry; Piano – Dado Moroni. Live at Jazzclub Q-4 Rheinfelden, Dec 8, 1990.

Born on September 15, 1960 in Chambésy (Geneva), Switzerland, George Robert is internationally recognized as one of the leading alto saxophonists in jazz today. His discography includes more than 50 albums, among others with Kenny Barron (7), Clark Terry (5), Tom Harrell (5), Phil Woods (4), Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Ivan Lins, Ray Drummond, Rufus Reid, Billy Hart, the Metropole Orchestra and many others.

In 2008 he was named Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic. He has been touring throughout the world since 1984 and is the author of « The Music of George Robert » (Advance Music). He is an international Yamaha recording & performing artist and is also endorsed by D’Addario/Rico reeds.

Featuring Mr. Clark Terry Live mc
Featuring Mr. Clark Terry Live zippy

---

Murray Anderson, Lance Field, Murray Stewart - Cape Town Today

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:30
Size: 88.1 MB
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[2:31] 1. Muizenberg Dollar
[1:56] 2. Dawn On Signal Hill
[2:03] 3. District Twelve
[2:36] 4. Adderley Street
[1:55] 5. Young Boys
[2:05] 6. All Alone
[2:07] 7. Come Walk With Us
[2:00] 8. Hola Magents
[2:17] 9. Suikerbossie
[2:44] 10. Warmpampoensetees
[2:43] 11. Karringmelkwals
[2:59] 12. Al Le Die Berge Nog So Blou
[2:14] 13. Malmesbury In Die Swartland
[2:10] 14. Daar Kom Die Alabama
[2:35] 15. Huis Toe
[1:40] 16. January, February, March
[1:44] 17. Vat Jou Goed En Trek

Cape Town Today mc
Cape Town Today zippy

---

Jon Hendricks - Evolution Of The Blues Song

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:31
Size: 106.5 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1960/2018
Art: Front

[3:14] 1. Jon Hendricks - Introduction
[1:10] 2. Jon Hendricks & Chorus - Amo
[2:29] 3. Jon Hendricks - Some Stopped On De Way
[5:23] 4. Hannah Dean & Chorus - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
[3:40] 5. Pony Poindexter - New Orleans
[4:33] 6. Big Miller - If I Had My Share
[3:21] 7. Jimmy Witherspoon - Please Send Me Someone To Love
[2:24] 8. Big Miller - Sufferin' Blues
[2:26] 9. Hannah Dean & Chorus - That's Enough
[1:49] 10. Jon Hendricks & Chorus - Aw, Gal
[3:51] 11. Jimmy Witherspoon - See See Rider
[2:47] 12. Jon Hendricks - Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
[2:08] 13. Jimmy Witherspoon - Sun Gonna Shine In My Door
[2:44] 14. Jon Hendricks - W.P.A. Blues
[4:26] 15. Big Miller & Chorus - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Of the many projects Hendricks has been involved in, this is his crowning glory. It toured the country as a stage production, depicting the history of African-American roots music, from spirituals and field hollers to blues, gospel, and jazz. Hendricks recites signposts of the musical progression in rhyme, and singing here and there. Pony Poindexter plays a little tenor sax and talks about New Orleans, while Ike Isaacs' trio backs the singers. An intro by Hendricks postulates that adults "have their minds made up, don't confuse 'em with facts" and refers to musicians as "metaphysicians." This is one of several pieces where the chorus hums while Hendricks tells his tale. African drums, serving as a call-and-response device, inform "Amo." A slave story told in a Harry Belafonte style by Hendricks accents "Some Stopped on De Way," while a spiritual rap precedes "Swing Low Sweet Chariot." Big Miller digs into a personalized gospel blues, "If I Had My Share," and Witherspoon belts "Please Send Me Someone to Love" like only he can. A highlight is Miller's "Sufferin' Blues," followed by Hendricks' field holler "Aw, Gal" and Witherspoon's groovin' "C.C. (Circuit) Rider." Poindexter returns on "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid," which includes references to jazz and Lester Young. The program ends with Witherspoon's brilliant rendition of Big Bill Broonzy's "Sun Gonna Shine," Hendricks' downtrodden take on "W.P.A. Blues," and Big Miller's turn on "Motherless Child." If you'd like to get your children -- or uninformed grown-ups -- a quick, painless, enjoyable lesson in the last 100+ years of our American classical heritage, this is a perfect primer. ~Michael G. Nastos

Evolution Of The Blues Song mc
Evolution Of The Blues Song zippy

---

Jonah Jones Quartet - Swingin' At the Cinema

Styles: Trumpet Jazz, Swing
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 26:38
Size: 61,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:30)  1. True Love
(2:32)  2. Tammy
(1:56)  3. Gal In Calico
(2:23)  4. Around The World
(2:14)  5. Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
(1:54)  6. Colonel Bogey March
(1:51)  7. An Affair To Remember
(2:12)  8. Secret Love
(2:11)  9. Three Coins In The Fountain
(1:56) 10. Fascination
(2:46) 11. All The Way
(2:09) 12. Lullaby Of Broadway

One in a lengthy series of Capitol albums by trumpeter/vocalist Jonah Jones and his quartet (there were five in 1958 alone), this set finds Jones looking for gold by performing a dozen numbers that originally debuted in Hollywood movies. There were no hits this time around, but the LP sold fairly well. Jones, joined by pianist George Rhodes, bassist John Brown and drummer Harold Austin, uplifts such tunes as "True Love," "Colonel Bogey March," "Three Coins In the Fountain" and "Lullaby of Broadway."~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/swingin-at-the-cinema-mw0000877882

Swingin' At the Cinema

---

Ruth Price - The Party's Over

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:57
Size: 76,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:06)  1. By Myself
(2:49)  2. Street Of Dreams
(3:05)  3. If I Love Again
(2:42)  4. The Masquerade Is Over
(3:06)  5. I Had The Craziest Dream
(2:39)  6. Bye And Bye
(2:22)  7. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
(2:33)  8. Take My Love
(3:59)  9. I'm The Girl
(2:10) 10. Something To Remember You By
(2:32) 11. The Party's Over
(2:48) 12. I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest

The aptly titled The Party's Over documents that moment in time when the conversation ends, the liquor runs dry, and the guests have all gone home. A contemplative, beautifully melancholy record, it captures a side of Ruth Price largely absent from her other LPs, paring her music to the essence of its being. Price favors a slightly breathy vocal approach that eloquently underscores the deeply personal intensity of songs like "By Myself," "If I Love Again," and "I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest." Norman Paris' small-combo arrangements are no less thoughtful: while the jazzy, piano-trio settings strip away unnecessary augmentation, the music is far from black-and-white splashes of instrumental color buoy Price's vocals at all the right moments.~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-partys-over-mw0000905473

The Party's Over

---

Ellis Marsalis - An Evening with the Ellis Mars

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:33
Size: 175,5 MB
Art: Front

( 8:17)  1. Bloomdido
( 4:27)  2. After
(12:38)  3. Sweet Georgia Brown
( 6:37)  4. Doctone
( 6:23)  5. Infant Eyes
( 5:50)  6. If I Were a Bell
( 9:50)  7. Delilah
(12:59)  8. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
( 3:28)  9. Friendships
( 5:59) 10. Free Form Blues

It is a bit ironic that Ellis Marsalis had to wait for sons Wynton and Branford to get famous before he was able to record on a regular basis, but Ellis finally received his long-overdue recognition. The father of six sons (including Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason), Ellis Marsalis' main importance to jazz may very well be as a jazz educator; his former pupils (in addition to his sons) include Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, Harry Connick, Jr., Nicholas Payton, and Kent and Marlon Jordan, among others. Born in New Orleans in 1934, he started out as a tenor saxophonist, switching to piano while in high school. Marsalis was one of the few New Orleans musicians of the era who did not specialize in Dixieland or rhythm & blues. He played with fellow modernists (including Ed Blackwell) in the late '50s with AFO, recorded with Cannonball and Nat Adderley in the 1960s, played with Al Hirt (1967-1970), and was busy as a teacher. Marsalis freelanced in New Orleans during the 1970s and taught at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He recorded with Wynton and Branford on Father and Sons in 1982, an album that they shared with Chico and Von Freeman. After that, Marsalis recorded for ELM, Spindletop (a duet session with Eddie Harris), Rounder, Blue Note, and Columbia, issuing Twelve's It on the latter in 1998. Duke in Blue followed a year later. 

Since that time, Marsalis has kept busy releasing 2000's Afternoon Session, 2005's Ruminations in New York, and 2008's An Open Letter to Thelonious. In 2011, he offered his second holiday-themed effort, New Orleans Christmas Carol. He then joined son Branford and pianist Makoto Ozone for 2012's Pure Pleasure for the Piano. The following year, he offered the urbane solo piano recording On the First Occasion. In 2014, he guested on son Delfeayo's The Last Southern Gentlemen and then joined trumpeter Scotty Barnhart and the legacy Count Basie Orchestra for 2015's A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas. An active performer, Marsalis tours often and appears regularly at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ellis-marsalis-mn0000795979/biography

Personnel:  Ellis Marsalis - piano;  Derek Douget - tenor & soprano sax;  Bill Huntington - bass;  Jason Marsalis - drums

An Evening with the Ellis Mars

---

Didier Lockwood - Storyboard

Styles: Violin, Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:31
Size: 126,4 MB
Art: Front

(7:35)  1. Thought Of A First Spring Day
(4:40)  2. Back To Big Apple
(5:45)  3. En Quittant Kidonk
(7:42)  4. Mathilde
(4:51)  5. Tableau D'une Exposition
(6:59)  6. 'Serie B'
(3:58)  7. Storyboard
(4:52)  8. Irremediablement
(8:06)  9. Spirits Of The Forest

This is a diverse CD that rewards repeated listening. Violinist Didier Lockwood's most rewarding recording in several years also features Joey DeFrancesco on organ and trumpet, bassist James Genus and guest Steve Wilson (doubling on alto and soprano) on the first three numbers. The biggest revelation of the set is that Lockwood takes a credible alto solo on "Serie B." Performing his originals along with a few obscurities, the violinist shows a great deal of versatility, sometimes distorting his tone to get a rockish sound and other times swinging hard. The music (well worth checking out) is fresh and contains its share of surprises.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/storyboard-mw0000619396

Personnel:  Didier Lockwood - violin, alto saxophone;   Steve Gadd - drums;   Joey DeFrancesco - organ, trumpet;  James Genus - bass;  Steve Wilson - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone;  Denis Benarrosch - percussion.

Storyboard

---

Allan Harris - The Genius Of Eddie Jefferson

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:56
Size: 94,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:59)  1. So What
(4:09)  2. Sister Sadie
(3:31)  3. Dexter Digs In
(3:53)  4. Billy's Bounce
(4:30)  5. Body And Soul
(4:18)  6. Jeannine
(3:29)  7. Filthy McNasty
(3:51)  8. Lester's Trip To The Moon
(3:54)  9. Memphis
(5:17) 10. Waltz For A Rainy Bebop Evening

In an accompanying press release, Allan Harris compares his deep dive into Eddie Jefferson’s groundbreaking oeuvre to “taking a master class at MIT.” No question that navigating the tricky, rapid-fire, street-smart wordplay of vocalese an art form Jefferson is widely credited with creating and of which he remains the undisputed champ, even 39 years after his untimely death is a daunting endeavor. But although he’s best known for his buttery tributes to Nat “King” Cole and Billy Eckstine, Harris ranks among the most dexterous singers around, and he proves fully up to the challenge. Indeed, it’s intriguing to hear these 10 gems mostly vocalese, plus such covers as “Memphis” and Duke Pearson’s “Jeannine” rechanneled from Jefferson’s vocal grit to Harris’ rich baritone. Befitting so notable a project, Harris has enlisted top-drawer support: tenor saxophonist Ralph Moore, pianist Eric Reed, bassist George DeLancey, drummer Willie Jones III and, most significant, alto saxophonist Richie Cole, who worked closely with Jefferson in his later years, including on the night he was shot and killed after a Detroit gig in 1979. The beauty of so many Jefferson creations is that they’re not only based on jazz standards but also reworked to lyrically celebrate jazz masters and jazz lore. “So What” recalls Miles and Coltrane’s famous mid-performance co-exit, while “Body and Soul” venerates Coleman Hawkins. Prez, Bird, Dex and Horace Silver are all genuflected to. Aptly, Harris closes with Cole’s “Waltz for a Rainy Bebop Evening,” a whirling salute to the jazz life and its giants. ~ Christopher Loudon https://jazztimes.com/reviews/vox/allan-harris-eddie-jefferson/

The Genius Of Eddie Jefferson

---