Susan Tobocman - Live In Detroit With The Cliff Monear Trio

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:54
Size: 177,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:28)  1. How Deep Is the Ocean?
(5:39)  2. I Never Meant to Dream of You
(5:28)  3. When Lights Are Low
(6:54)  4. I Got Lost In His Arms
(5:33)  5. Leaves of Absence
(4:07)  6. Wild Is the Wind
(6:00)  7. I Love Being Here With You
(7:26)  8. Nice and Easy
(3:46)  9. Where Do You Start?
(5:10) 10. I Don't Think of Him Anymore
(4:46) 11. Make Someone Happy
(7:55) 12. Besame Mucho
(3:52) 13. Again It's Spring
(4:43) 14. It's Alright With Me

Singer/composer/lyricist/producer/arranger, Susan Tobocman has been making a name for herself among audiences and musicians alike on the New York City jazz scene for a number of years. Whether leading her own gigs at Zinc Bar (where she was the original artist-in-residence), Cornelia Street Cafe, Flatiron Room, Fine & Rare, Symphony Space, Highline Ballroom, Smalls, the Bitter End, Birdland, Cliff Bell's, Steinway Jazz Gallery, Smoke, or Cleopatra's Needle (among others)- or as the guest of such luminaries as Barry Harris, Al Foster, or the late Doc Cheatham Susan is equally comfortable working as a leader or sideman.

Susan’s extensive repertoire of standards from the familiar to the obscure is distinctly enhanced by her inventive arrangements, in addition to her original compositions, some of which are strictly instrumental. Among her influences, the Detroit-born singer cites Shirley Horn, Carmen Mcrae, Joao Gilberto, Dena Derose, Johnny Mandel, and Andy Bey. Not only is Tobocman the first-prize recipient of the National Scholastic Writing Award for Poetry, she has also received the Ascaplus Composer Grant for the past fifteen consecutive years. Susan collaborates as both composer and lyricist with several of New York’s finest jazz musicians, including pianists Henry Hey and David Hazeltine, trumpeter Jim Rotondi, and trombonist Steve Davis. Her work is signed to renowned jazz publisher/grammy-winner Don Sickler; Susan has also written for and been recorded by Denise Donatelli, Norman Simmons, Allan Harris, and Rodgers Grant among others. https://www.bluellamaclub.com/event/susan-tobocman-quartet

Live In Detroit With The Cliff Monear Trio

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Clifton Davis,The Beegie Adair Trio - Never Can Say Goodbye

Styles: Piano Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:43
Size: 113,0 MB
Art: fRONT

(2:43)  1. I've Never Been in Love Before
(4:49)  2. Never Can Say Goodbye
(3:58)  3. Two for the Road
(4:43)  4. Swept Away
(4:46)  5. The Folks Who Live on the Hill
(3:15)  6. Too Marvelous for Words
(4:21)  7. So Many Stars
(4:17)  8. Começar De Novo
(3:37)  9. Somewhere in the Hills
(3:56) 10. Teach Me Tonight
(3:40) 11. Minha Alma
(4:32) 12. Leaving It up to You

An actor, singer, and songwriter, Clifton Davis has appeared in several television shows and films. He has recorded numerous inspirational and gospel hits and has made a name for himself as a songwriter. More recently, he has taken to public speaking, mainly making motivational speeches at colleges and universities. Clifton Davis was born in Chicago and is the son of an evangelist. By the age of 15, he was set on an acting career. In 1963, he graduated from Pine Forge Institute and from there concentrated on his singing and acting career. During the '60s, his career focused mainly on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1968 with How to Steal an Election with music and lyrics by Oscar Brand. He also starred in Two Gentlemen of Verona, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. For his role in the musical Do It Again, he received the Theatre World Award. Despite his success on Broadway, the star became involved in drugs and alcohol at an early age. Davis recounts these experiences during his seminars and lectures across the country. He blames his addictions on peer pressure. During this time he claims he "lost valuable time and money and gained sickness, depression and desperation." Lately he has been reaching out to college and university students, telling them his story, hoping they learn from his experiences.

Aside from his stage reputation, Davis has also garnered film and television credits. In 1971, he made several appearances on Love American Style. This was followed by him becoming the host of his own variety show, The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show, on ABC. His film career began in 1974 with the film Lost in the Stars. From 1974-1975, he portrayed Clifton Curtis on the comedy show That's My Mama. The '80s were a very important decade for Davis. His popularity and fame grew enormously in 1986 when he starred as Reverend Reuben Gregory, opposite Sherman Hemsley, on the comedy sitcom Amen. During the four years the show was on the air, Davis also played the role of a minister in real life. He was the associate pastor at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in California. He also starred in several movies in the '80s, including The Night the City Screamed, Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, and Dream Date. Aside from his singing and acting talents, Davis is also credited with being a songwriter. He wrote the Jackson 5 hit "Never Can Say Goodbye." Despite obstacles and hardships, Clifton Davis remains a famous, inspiring actor and singer who contributed greatly to stage, film, and television. ~ Kim Summers https://www.allmusic.com/artist/clifton-davis-mn0000158244

Beegie Adair is a prolific, award-winning jazz pianist and arranger known for her interpretations of jazz and popular standards and show tunes. She has sold over two million recordings globally. Her melodic, fleet-fingered style reflects the sounds of her major influences, including George Shearing, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, and Erroll Garner. Adair grew up in Cave City, Kentucky, where she began taking piano lessons at age five. She continued to study piano throughout college, earning a B.S. in music education at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. During and after college, she played in jazz bands, and spent three years teaching music to children before moving to Nashville, where she became a session musician, working at WSM-TV and on The Johnny Cash Show (1969-1971). She and her husband also started a jingle company to write music for commercials. In 1982, she and saxophonist Denis Solee formed the Adair-Solee Quartet, which evolved into the Be-Bop Co-Op, a jazz sextet. In 1998, she released Escape to New York, her first trio-led date with a rhythm section consisting of Bob Cranshaw and Gregory Hutchinson. She signed to the fledgling Hillsboro label for 2001's Dream Dancing: The Songs of Cole Porter; bassist Roger Spencer and drummer Chris Brown joined her. Dream Dancing was the first of dozens of themed albums devoted to songwriters and singers. In 2002, she was named a Steinway Artist.

Most of Adair's recordings have been issued by the independent jazz label Green Hill Productions. They include 2008's Yesterday: A Solo Piano Tribute to the Music of the Beatles, 2010's Swingin' with Sinatra, and 2012's The Real Thing (which spent 20 weeks on the jazz charts and was chosen one of the year's best 100 jazz albums). In 2015, her trio collaborated with saxophonist Don Aliquo on Too Marvelous for Words. Since 2011, Adair and her trio have played Birdland in New York. While visiting, they have often collaborated with vocalist Monica Ramey. In the spring of 2016, that partnership bore fruit on the album Some Enchanted Evening. The following year saw Adair issue the compilation By Request, which featured her most requested and personal favorites. ~ William  Ruhlmann  https://www.allmusic.com/artist/beegie-adair-mn0000149265/biography

Never Can Say Goodbye

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