Al Hirt, Ann-Margret - Beauty And The Beard

Styles: Trumpet And Vocal Jazz
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:51
Size: 74,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:12)  1. Personality
(2:11)  2. Tain't What You Do
(3:15)  3. Bill Bailey
(2:07)  4. My Baby Just Cares for Me
(2:13)  5. Everbody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me)
(2:12)  6. Little Boy (Little Girl)
(3:11)  7. The Best Man
(2:17)  8. Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)
(2:39)  9. Mutual Admiration Society
(2:20) 10. Row, Row, Row
(3:29) 11. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Remastered
(2:39) 12. Just Because

Beauty and the Beard is an album by Al Hirt released by RCA Victor in 1964. Ann-Margret was featured on the album. The album was arranged by Marty Paich and produced by Steve Sholes. The album landed on the Billboard 200 chart in 1964, reaching #84. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beard

Personnel:   Ann-Margret - vocals;  Al Hirt - trumpet;  Jerry Hirt - trombone;  Pee Wee Spitelera - clarinet;  Eddie Miller - tenor saxophone;  Red Norvo - vibraphone; Fred Crane - piano; Al Hendrickson - guitar;  Lowell Miller - bass;  Jimmy Zitano - drums

Beauty And The Beard

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Jacqui Dankworth - Le Départ

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:07
Size: 104,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:06)  1. Butterfly's Wing
(4:15)  2. Angel Feet
(4:00)  3. The Bear Song
(5:39)  4. Le départ
(3:47)  5. The Bridge
(3:37)  6. Just a Song
(1:45)  7. The Madman
(3:12)  8. To Marie
(4:26)  9. The Knee
(5:17) 10. The Alchemist and the Catflap
(4:57) 11. Poem on a Rainy Day

For this irresistible feast of songs, Grammy-Award-winning singer Jacqui Dankworth is joined by an all-star line-up: award winning composer and jazz pianist David Gordon; Ben Davis, whose group Basquiat Strings have been Mercury-nominated; and Christian Garrick, widely recognised as the UK's leading jazz violinist.  In 2002 David Gordon added the violin and cello strings of Garrick and Davis to his already established duo with Jacqui Dankworth to create the group Butterfly's Wing. Four fantastic musicians, a wonderfully transparent sound-world  by turns magical, witty, powerful  and a panoply of seductive rhythms, cutting-edge improvisation and lyrics, at once heart-rending, joyous and surreal. 'Le Depart' is the group's first recording, here, on Garrick's Flying Blue Whale label. https://www.propermusic.com/product-details/Jacqui-Dankworth-Christian-Garrick-David-Gordon-and-Ben-Davis-Butterflys-Wing-Le-Depart-253380

Le départ

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Sol Yaged - It Might as Well Be Swing

Styles: Clarinet Jazz, Swing
Year: 1962
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:08
Size: 85,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:20)  1. Yacht Club Swing
(2:55)  2. Easy Living
(4:52)  3. Love Me or Leave Me
(3:26)  4. I'll Never Be the Same
(6:05)  5. It Might as Well Be Swing
(3:18)  6. Auf Wiedersehen My Dear
(2:47)  7. Lulu's Back in Town
(7:21)  8. After You've Gone

Sol Yaged is one of the final living legends from the original era of American Big Band & Swing music. Born 1922, playing clarinet since 1935, Sol has played alongside every jazz great you can imagine from Glen Miller to Lionel Hampton to Gene Krupa. Known as “the disciple of Benny Goodman,” Sol was amazed by Goodman’s abilities and attended nearly every single Benny Goodman orchestra live show, band rehearsal, or recording date. So much so that when it came time to film the 1956 movie “The Benny Goodman Story” Sol Yaged was hired to fly out to Hollywood for a month to teach lead role Steve Allen how to play, look and act like Benny Goodman. Now 95 years old, Sol continues to remain a world-renown clarinetist and legend in the underground jazz, big band and swing communities from players of all ages, especially in his home: New York City.  What lies before you is Sol’s debut LP release “It Might As Well Be Swing.” Released in 1956 and out of print since 1962, Pine Hill Records and Sol Yaged teamed up to bring this wonderful album back to life with a limited edition reissue on white vinyl, digipak CD, and digital. This is the first time any Sol Yaged recording has been made available digitally. This album features fellow living legend Harry Sheppard on vibraphone. At 89 years old, Harry still performs regularly in Texas where he now lives. He remains the only other surviving musician on this album. The album was delicately and passionately remastered to make it sound the highest quality possible while keeping it true to its original sound. This is a very limited edition pressing of 300 LP’s [White vinyl w/ Download Card] and 300 Digipak CD’s. Pine Hill Records is honored to bring this back over 60 years after its original release. Sol and Harry are two wonderful people who have and continue to give their entire lives to music. Don't miss out on this piece of big band history! https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/solyaged1

Personnel:  Clarinet – Sol Yaged; Bass – Mort Herbert; Drums – Mickey Sheen; Piano – Ken Kersey; Vibraphone – Harry Sheppard

It Might as Well Be Swing

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Barney Kessel - Supreme Jazz

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:11
Size: 142,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:43)  1. Speak Low
(3:25)  2. Love Is Here To Stay
(3:15)  3. On A Slow Boat To China
(3:18)  4. How Long Has This Been Going On?
(3:09)  5. A Foggy Day
(3:18)  6. 64 Bars On Wilshire
(3:12)  7. Prelude To A Kiss
(4:26)  8. Begin The Blues
(3:22)  9. Embraceable You
(3:07) 10. Midnight Sun
(3:49) 11. Jeepers Creepers
(3:37) 12. My Old Flame
(2:50) 13. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
(3:55) 14. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
(4:02) 15. Easy Like
(4:09) 16. That's All
(2:44) 17. April In Paris
(2:43) 18. North Of The Border

One of the finest guitarists to emerge after the death of Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel was a reliable bop soloist throughout his career. He played with a big band fronted by Chico Marx (1943), was fortunate enough to appear in the classic jazz short Jammin' the Blues (1944), and then worked with the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1944-1945) and Artie Shaw (1945); he also recorded with Shaw's Gramercy Five. Kessel became a busy studio musician in Los Angeles, but was always in demand for jazz records. He toured with the Oscar Peterson Trio for one year (1952-1953) and then, starting in 1953, led an impressive series of records for Contemporary that lasted until 1961 (including several with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne in a trio accurately called the Poll Winners). After touring Europe with George Wein's Newport All-Stars (1968), Kessel lived in London for a time (1969-1970). In 1973, he began touring and recording with the Great Guitars, a group also including Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd. A serious stroke in 1992 put Barney Kessel permanently out of action, but many of his records (which include dates for Onyx, Black Lion, Sonet, and Concord, in addition to many of the Contemporaries) are available, along with several video collections put out by Vestapol. Kessel was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in 2001, which eventually took his life in May of 2004. He was 80 years old. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/barney-kessel-mn0000784527/biography

Supreme Jazz

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Jacques Loussier Trio - Ravel's Boléro

Styles: Piano
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:55
Size: 124,5 MB
Art: Front

(17:15)  1. Ravel's Boléro
( 6:10)  2. Nymphéas I. Allegro
( 5:45)  3. Nymphéas II. Andante
( 5:29)  4. Nymphéas III. Vivace
( 6:02)  5. Nymphéas IV. Largo
( 3:54)  6. Nymphéas V. Presto
( 3:08)  7. Nymphéas VI. Cantabile
( 4:08)  8. Nymphéas VII. Prestissimo

As with his CD The Bach Book , Jacques Loussier is again embellishing the work of another master composer on this recent Telarc release entitled Ravel's Bolero. This CD is as much, and even more so about Loussier's own compositional abilities, for with the exception of the title cut, all songs were composed and arranged by Loussier. As great a record as the Bach Book is, Bolero easily surpasses it on many different levels. Maybe it's the fact that Loussier and Ravel share a common heritage and nationality, or that Loussier's formative years where spent studying with Yves Nat, himself a disciple of Ravel. It's this reviewers opinion that Ravel is just more of a modern figure than Bach, and being that there is less of a gap in the lineage between Ravel and modern players like Loussier, Ravel's music is simply more accessible, leaving a lot of space for creative improvisations. Take the title cut for example, an extended line played over a pedal point. With such minimalism at work, Loussier is able to extend over and beyond the composers harmonic conception, by improvising complex lines that revolve around, and are at times intertwined with original theme. A feeling of impressionism and noir prevail throught this CD from the opening Bolero, which faithfully reproduces the exotic flavor of Ravel's original score, within the confines of the piano trio. Although the piece Nympheas, with it's seven movements, was composed by Loussier; it's various themes filled with violent storms and eerie silence, manage to suggest melodies and harmonies found within the repetitive structure of Ravel's Bolero. 

It is clear that Loussier and trio are playing off one another, and demonstrating extreme control over the use of time, tone, and timbre. The music on this disc represents homage being paid to one master gone, from another master living. ~ AAJ Staff https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ravels-bolero-telarc-records-review-by-aaj-staff.php

Personnel: Jacques Loussier (piano); Benoit Dunoyer De Segonzac (bass); Andre' Arpino (drums)

Ravel's Boléro

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