Urbie Green - A Cool Yuletide

Styles: Trombone Jazz, Christmas
Year: 1954
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 23:31
Size: 55,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:20)  1. Jingle Bells
(2:53)  2. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
(2:34)  3. White Christmas
(2:58)  4. Winter Wonderland
(2:36)  5. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
(3:11)  6. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
(2:49)  7. The Christmas Song
(3:05)  8. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer

A fine jazz player with a beautiful tone who has spent most of his career in the studios, Urbie Green is highly respected by his fellow trombonists. He started playing when he was 12; was with the big bands of Tommy Reynolds, Bob Strong, and Frankie Carle as a teenager; and worked with Gene Krupa during 1947-1950. Green had a stint with Woody Herman's Third Herd, appeared on some of the famous Buck Clayton jam sessions (1953-1954), and was with Benny Goodman off and on during 1955-1957. He played with Count Basie in 1963, and spent a period in the 1960s fronting the Tommy Dorsey ghost band (1966-1967), but has mostly stuck to studio work. Urbie Green recorded frequently as a leader in the 1950s up to 1963 (for Blue Note, Vanguard, Bethlehem, ABC-Paramount, and dance band-oriented records for RCA and Command). He has appeared much less often in jazz settings since then, but did make two albums for CTI in 1976-1977. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/urbie-green-mn0000300013/biography

Personnel: Trombone – Urbie Green; Bass – Milton Hinton; Drums – Don Lamond, Jimmie Crawford; Guitar – Mundell Lowe; Piano – Buddy Weed; Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn, Al Epstein; Trumpet – Joe Wilder

A Cool Yuletide

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John Bunch - It's Love in the Spring

Styles: Piano Jazz 
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:21
Size: 114,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:09)  1. It's Love in the Spring
(4:11)  2. Celia
(4:29)  3. Cincinnati Slick
(4:04)  4. Emily
(6:27)  5. Struttin' with Some Barbecue
(5:38)  6. Dream Dancing
(5:55)  7. Night Mist Blues
(3:43)  8. Jubilee
(4:55)  9. Cincinnati Slick - Alt-Take 2
(5:45) 10. It's Love in the Spring - Alt-Take 2

John Bunch (1921-2010) was already in his mid-thirties before he made his first recordings, but he lasted long enough to leave behind a strong musical legacy. A member of the Woody Herman Orchestra in 1957, he worked along the way with Maynard Ferguson, Eddie Condon, Tony Bennett (1966-72), Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, and Gene Krupa. In the 1970s when the rise of Scott Hamilton and Warren Vaché launched the comeback of small-group swing, Bunch was utilized on many sessions despite being twice as old as many of the movement’s pacesetters. He led over 20 record dates of his own during 1975-2009. A flexible swing pianist who had no difficulty playing with both Ruby Braff and Louie Bellson, Bunch was an asset to every group in which he appeared. It’s Love In The Spring, which was recorded March 1, 1977, teams Bunch in a drumless trio with guitarist Cal Collins and bassist George Mraz on eight songs plus two previously unreleased alternate takes. The repertoire covers a wide ground, from “Struttin’ With Some Barbecue” and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Jubilee” (both of which are taken as romps) to Bud Powell’s “Celia” and “Emily.” Bunch, who contributed two originals, works very well in this setting, guitarist Collins has many fine solos, and bassist Mraz holds everything together quite well. The variety of songs and tempos make It’s Love In The Spring a very satisfying listen and an excellent example of John Bunch’s tasteful and swinging piano. ~ Scott Yanow https://syncopatedtimes.com/john-bunch-its-love-in-the-spring/

Personnel: John Bunch (p); Cal Collins (g); George Mraz (b)

It's Love in the Spring

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Scott Hamilton - Street of Dreams

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:35
Size: 130,7 MB
Art: Front

(8:09)  1. If I Were a Bell
(5:17)  2. Pure Imagination
(6:43)  3. Sunny
(8:10)  4. Tin Tin Deo
(6:42)  5. The Nearness of You
(8:16)  6. Street of Dreams
(6:42)  7. Lucky to be Me
(6:32)  8. All I Do is Dream of You

Street Of Dreams is Scott Hamilton’s seventh recording for Blau Records and the fourth, in Benicàssim with the same band featuring the pianist Dena Derose. Her musical bond with Hamilton achieves almost perfect harmony on this album, while Ignasi González on bass and Jo Krause on drums build a rhythmic section that enables Hamilton to move lyrically as the sound unfolds impeccably. The repertoire is once again focused on the classic North American songbook of Leonard Bernstein, Frank Loesser, Nacio Herb Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Chano Well ... https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/81082/scott-hamilton/street-of-dreams

Personnel: Scott Hamilton, sax; Dena Derose, piano; Ignasi Gonzalez, bass; Jo Krause, drums

Street of Dreams

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