Buddy DeFranco - You Know I Know

Styles: Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 124:42
Size: 288,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:23)  1. If I Should Lose You
(2:54)  2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
(3:08)  3. Samia Shuffle
(5:21)  4. Lover Man
(4:04)  5. Left Field
(6:11)  6. You Go to My Head
(3:10)  7. The Way You Look Tonight
(3:33)  8. Deep Purple
(3:16)  9. Show Eyes
(4:23) 10. It Could Happen to You
(8:02) 11. The Things We Did Last Summer
(6:27) 12. Mine
(2:49) 13. Sweet Georgia Brown
(4:42) 14. Tenderly
(7:03) 15. But Not for Me
(5:08) 16. Ferdinando
(3:15) 17. Sophisticated Lady
(2:42) 18. Street of Dreams
(7:52) 19. Bass on Balls
(2:52) 20. Gone with the Wind
(3:56) 21. Autumn in New York
(2:49) 22. Get Happy
(3:08) 23. Just One of Those Things
(3:00) 24. Carioca
(7:33) 25. Autumn Leaves
(6:36) 26. Gerry's Tune
(2:50) 27. Cairo
(3:22) 28. Lover Come Back to Me

Buddy DeFranco is one of the great clarinetists of all time and, until the rise of Eddie Daniels, he was indisputably the top clarinetist to emerge since 1940. It was DeFranco's misfortune to be the best on an instrument that after the swing era dropped drastically in popularity and, unlike Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, he has never been a household name for the general public. When he was 14, DeFranco won an amateur swing contest sponsored by Tommy Dorsey. After working with the big bands of Gene Krupa (1941-1942) and Charlie Barnet (1943-1944), he was with TD on and off during 1944-1948. DeFranco, other than spending part of 1950 with Count Basie's septet, was mostly a bandleader from then on. Among the few clarinetists to transfer the language of Charlie Parker onto his instrument, DeFranco has won a countless number of polls and appeared with the Metronome All-Stars in the late '40s. He recorded frequently in the '50s (among his sidemen were Art Blakey, Kenny Drew, and Sonny Clark) and participated in some of Norman Granz's Verve jam session. During 1960-1963 DeFranco led a quartet that also featured the accordion of Tommy Gumina and he recorded an album with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers on which he played bass clarinet. Work, however, was difficult to find in the '60s, leading DeFranco to accept the assignment of leading the Glenn Miller ghost band (1966-1974). He has found more artistic success co-leading a quintet with Terry Gibbs off and on since the early '80s and has recorded throughout the decades for many labels. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/buddy-defranco-mn0000638918/biography

You Know I Know

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Polly Bergen - Act One Sing Too

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1963
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:09
Size: 78,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:28)  1. The Continental
(2:28)  2. They Can't Take That Away From Me
(3:07)  3. The Way You Look Tonight
(2:58)  4. Through A Long And Sleepless Night
(2:36)  5. As Time Goes By
(2:42)  6. Cheek To Cheek
(2:20)  7. Easy To Love
(3:10)  8. For Every Man There's A Woman
(2:26)  9. Bye Bye Baby
(3:00) 10. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(3:47) 11. Hi-Lili-Hi-Lo
(3:01) 12. Aren't You Glad You're You

Polly Bergen's final Philips LP Act One-Sing, Too is also her most alluring. Arranger Jerry Fields channels inspiration from contemporary pop and jazz to create a hip, stylish atmosphere that perfectly complements her dusky voice. Fields introduces melancholy horns, vibes and other accents that underscore the session's after-hours atmosphere, while Bergen responds with a thoughtful performance that fully capitalizes on the world-weary sophistication of her distinctive approach. The material's a bit tame and predictable, but at least the forward-thinking arrangements compensate. And while it's inaccurate to suggest that Bergen reinvents chestnuts like "The Way You Look Tonight" and "As Time Goes By," she certainly approaches them from interesting angles. ~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/album/act-one-sing-too-mw0000855707

Act One Sing Too

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Kenny Wheeler Quintet - Butterfly Flutter By

Styles: Flugelhorn, Cornet Jazz
Year: 1988
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:33
Size: 112,4 MB
Art: Front

(9:33)  1. Everybody's Song But My Own
(5:11)  2. We Salute The Night
(9:21)  3. Miold Man
(8:51)  4. Butterfly Flutter By
(8:23)  5. Gigolo
(7:14)  6. Little Fella

Recorded at a time when trumpeter Kenny Wheeler was playing regularly in bassist Dave Holland's band, this quintet outing with Holland, Stan Sulzman (who switches between soprano, tenor and flute), pianist John Taylor and drummer Billy Elgart features six of Wheeler's originals, some of which were written quite a few years before. "Everybody's Song But My Own" and "Flutter By, Butterfly" are probably the most memorable of the compositions but each of the performances (which feature consistently rewarding solos) are worth hearing.

 ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/flutter-by-butterfly-mw0000197545

Personnel: Kenny Wheeler - flugelhorn, cornet; Stan Sulzmann - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute; John Taylor - piano; Dave Holland - bass; Billy Elgart - drums

Butterfly Flutter By

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Ralph Sharon - Portrait Of Harold

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:07
Size: 139,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:01)  1. My Shining Hour
(4:01)  2. Ill Wind
(2:02)  3. Let's Fall In Love
(3:53)  4. This Time The Dream's On Me
(2:32)  5. It's Only A Paper Moon
(5:05)  6. Portrait Of Harold
(2:42)  7. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(3:04)  8. It Was Written In The Stars
(3:13)  9. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
(4:07) 10. The Man That Got Away
(3:53) 11. I've Got The World On A String
(4:39) 12. Out Of This World
(3:56) 13. Sing My Heart
(3:42) 14. A Sleepin' Bee
(2:36) 15. Hit The Road To Dreamland
(3:03) 16. Right As The Rain
(3:30) 17. That Old Black Magic

Subtitled "The Harold Arlen Songbook," this 60-minute disc finds the Ralph Sharon Trio with Douglas Richeson on bass and Clayton Cameron on drums highlighting the work of the most jazz and blues oriented of the Broadway and Hollywood composers of the 1940s and '50s. Sharon is typically subtle and swinging, never losing the sense of Arlen's bluesy melodies, but elaborating on them with intricately played figures that never seem to show the effort they must take to achieve. ~ William Ruhlmann https://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-harold-mw0000183247

Personnel: Piano – Ralph Sharon; Bass – Douglas Richeson; Drums – Clayton Cameron

Portrait Of Harold

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The Jazz Messengers - The Legacy Of Art Blakey: Live At The Iridium

Styles: Straight-ahead/Mainstream 
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:04
Size: 152,0 MB
Art: Front

(10:21)  1. One By One
(11:41)  2. A La Mode
(11:08)  3. Whisper Not
(10:51)  4. Oh, By The Way
(10:04)  5. Plexus
(11:58)  6. Blues March

Seven years after drummer Art Blakey's death, a Jazz Messengers reunion group was formed for a tour and this recording. Led by tenor saxophonist Benny Golson (who acts as the band's musical director), the sextet also includes trumpeter Terence Blanchard, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Geoff Keezer, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash (in Blakey's spot). Together they perform Wayne Shorter's "One By One," and Cedar Walton's "Plexus," and compositions by Blanchard and Fuller, plus a pair (including "Blues March") by Golson. The overall results are predictable and very much in the hard bop tradition but full of spirit, not so much adding on to Art Blakey's legacy as much as simply revisiting it. ~Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-legacy-of-art-blakey-mw0000597768

Personnel: Benny Golson (saxophone); Terence Blanchard (trumpet); Curtis Fuller (trombone); Geoff Keezer (piano); Peter Washington (bass); Lewis Nash (drums).

The Legacy Of Art Blakey:  Live At The Iridium

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