Saturday, July 17, 2021

Dave Brubeck - Lullabies

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:43
Size: 99,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:10) 1. Brahms Lullaby
(3:30) 2. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
(3:00) 3. Over The Rainbow
(3:14) 4. Danny Boy
(2:10) 5. Going To Sleep
(2:28) 6. There’s No Place Like Home
(2:46) 7. Lullaby For Iola
(4:21) 8. Koto Song
(3:07) 9. All Through The Night
(2:54) 10. Softly, William, Softly
(2:39) 11. A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
(2:20) 12. Briar Bush
(2:22) 13. Sleep
(3:31) 14. Summertime
(1:03) 15. Brahms Lullaby - Reprise

Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck's centenary falls in December 2020 and two albums are being released to coincide. One is the outstanding Time OutTakes (Brubeck Editions), consisting of out-takes from the sessions which produced Time Out (Columbia, 1959). The album includes vibrant alternative readings of "Blue Rondo A La Turk," "Kathy's Waltz" and "Time Out" itself among previously unheard versions of the first five tracks from the 1959 album. Unlike so many previously unheard (for good reason) collections of out-takes, Time OutTakes is killer.

The second commemorative disc is Lullabies, a solo set which Brubeck recorded in 2010 with his grandchildren in mind. The material comprises five Brubeck originals and nine covers including Johannes Brahms' "Wiegenlied" (aka "Brahms Lullaby"), Clarence Muse's "When It's Sleepy Time Down South," Harold Arlen's "Over The Rainbow," Frederic Weatherly's "Danny Boy," Jules Shear's "All Through The Night" and George Gershwin's "Summertime." Speaking about the project, Brubeck said, "Some are original pieces that I thought would appeal to babies as well as an older generation. I hope the littlest ones will respond to this music and that parents and grandparents will enjoy it as well."

Simple and soothing in conception and performance, Lullabies, Brubeck's last known studio recording, is light years away from the blazing, double-fisted pyrotechnics of Time Out (whose greatness has been rendered near invisible by familiarity, in the same way that Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue, also released by Columbia in 1959 is often taken for granted). But Lullabies reminds us of another side of Brubeck's music, and it is good to have it around.~ Chris May https://www.allaboutjazz.com/lullabies-dave-brubeck-verve-music-group

Personnel: Dave Brubeck - Piano.

Lullabies

Michael Dease - Coming Home

Styles: Trombone Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:07
Size: 158,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:59)  1. Solid Gold
(5:46)  2. Motherland
(7:46)  3. Blues Etude
(4:56)  4. In A Sentimental Mood
(7:01)  5. Good & Terrible
(7:43)  6. Lifewish
(6:42)  7. The Shade Of The Cedar Tree
(3:41)  8. Just In Time
(6:30)  9. All Heath
(5:41) 10. The Release
(6:18) 11. Take It To The Ozone

Trombonist Michael Dease's Coming Home is the evolutionary culmination of all of the small group work of which he has been a part. Dease's musical personality reveals itself fully on the disc, one he has populated with a very fine band and thoughtfully composed and selected pieces for that band. Dease's previous work as a leader on Dease Bones (Astrix Media, 2007), Clarity (Blues Back Records, 2008) and Grace (Legacy Jazz Productions, 2011), as well as with multi-reedist Sharel Cassity on Just For You (DW Records , 2009) and Relentless (Legacy Jazz Productions, 2009). Where Curtis Fuller is the patriarch, Wycliffe Gordon the earthy keeper of the flame (and Dease's teacher) and Luis Bonilla the Latin soul of the trombone, Dease is its intellectual heart. Following his fellow Augusta Georgia trombonist teacher to Juilliard, Dease established himself as part of an ambitious group of young musicians who were combining smarts, chops, bandstand and practice and translating that into recordings. Members of this group include Sharel Cassity, trumpeter Carol Morgan, and pianist Orrin Evans.

Dease's compositional and performance approaches are ruled by passionate precision. His playing is exact and well practiced. His tone is expansive and uniform through all registers. These characteristics are demonstrated immediately on the opening tune, "Solid Gold" where Dease shows great velocity in both head and solo playing. He adds mass to this velocity, creating an infectious momentum when playing with a mute as on Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood." Tony Lustig drops in with his tenor saxophone for the piece giving it a throaty presence. Lustig adds foundation to "Good and Terrible" with his crack baritone playing. His solo is at once gentle and virile on this angular, post-bop piece. Alto saxophonist Steve Wilson turns the gas on high, navigating Dease's complex circuitry. Dease rolls up his sleeves and gets his hands dirty on a searing performance of Oscar Peterson's "Blues Etude." While playing with his typical precision in the head, Dease begins to properly slur and wail in his solo, throwing off notes like pale blue sparks. He shares his solo space with bassist Christian McBride who amply demonstrates why he is Christian McBride and no one else. The instructive presence of pianist Renee Rosnes is heard throughout this fine disc as its timekeeper and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. Dease could not have put together a better band for this recording. He has come fully into his own as a leader. ~ C.Michael Bailey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/coming-home-michael-dease-d-clef-records-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php

Personnel: Michael Dease: trombone; Steve Wilson: alto saxophone; Renee Rosnes: piano; Christian McBride: bass; Ulysses Owens, Jr.: drums; Eric Alexander: tenor saxophone: tenor saxophone (11); Tony Lustig: tenor saxophone (4), baritone saxophone (5); Andrew Swift: percussion (10).

Coming Home

Rebecca Luker - Anything Goes: The Songs of Cole Porter

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:14
Size: 117,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:46) 1. Anything Goes
(2:42) 2. After You, Who?
(4:37) 3. Night And Day
(3:15) 4. Ridin' High
(3:36) 5. True Love
(3:46) 6. Leader Of The Big Time Band
(3:11) 7. You Do Something To Me
(3:54) 8. Dream Dancing
(3:29) 9. I Am Loved
(4:09) 10. Ah, Fong Lo!
(3:31) 11. Don't Fence Me In
(2:57) 12. In The Still Of The Night
(4:39) 13. I Like Pretty Things / Where Oh Where? (from the film Mississippi Belle)
(3:36) 14. Every Time We Say Goodbye (from Seven Lively Arts)

Actress/singer Rebecca Luker, whose Broadway credits include The Secret Garden and the 1994 revival of Show Boat, in which she played the female lead, Magnolia, makes her debut solo album with a collection of Cole Porter songs. In her acknowledgments, she thanks her musical director, Patrick Brady, also credited for arrangements and five of the orchestrations (the rest are by Larry Moore), saying his "name should grace the front of this CD." It may be that both Brady and Moore deserve that credit, since their musical treatments of the vintage songs are so stirring. They start with Moore's setting for "Anything Goes," which begins with a simple piano before involving a swing band in a sort of supercharged recollection of 1920s jazz.

On the tracks that follow, the music is vibrant and inventive, redefining the familiar Porter melodies. Luker, a sweet-voiced soprano, holds her own over the maelstrom, after signaling the feisty approach to the material in a cover photograph that finds her, decked out in black dress and elbow-length gloves, wielding a cigar and appearing to be in the middle of a triumphant laugh. It's the right image for the approach she and her orchestrators have taken to reinvigorating one of Broadway's great songwriters.~ William Ruhlmann https://www.allmusic.com/album/anything-goes-rebecca-luker-sings-cole-porter-mw0000572219

Anything Goes: The Songs of Cole Porter

Sam 'The Man' Taylor - Blue Mist

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:13
Size: 76,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:39)  1. Blue Mist
(2:51)  2. Don't Take Your Love From Me
(2:55)  3. Tara's Theme
(2:47)  4. Bluer Than Blue
(2:43)  5. To A Wild Rose
(2:48)  6. Indian Summer
(2:55)  7. Harlem Nocturne
(2:40)  8. As Time Goes By
(2:37)  9. Lonely Love Affair
(2:56) 10. September Song
(2:42) 11. The Very Thought Of You
(2:34) 12. Someone To Watch Over Me

A certified honking sax legend, Sam "The Man" Taylor's non-stop drive and power worked perfectly in swing, blues, and R&B sessions. He had a huge tone, perfect timing, and sense of drama, as well as relentless energy and spirit. Taylor began working with Scat Man Crothers and the Sunset Royal Orchestra in the late '30s. He played with Cootie Williams and Lucky Millinder in the early '40s, then worked six years with Cab Calloway. Taylor toured South America and the Caribbean during his tenure with Calloway. Then, Taylor became the saxophonist of choice for many R&B dates through the '50s, recording with Ray Charles, Buddy Johnson, Louis Jordan, and Big Joe Turner, among others. He also did sessions with Ella Fitzgerald and Sy Oliver. During the '60s, Taylor led his own bands and recorded in a quintet called the Blues Chasers. He currently has one session available on CD, recorded in the late '50s with Charlie Shavers and Urbie Green. 
Bio ~ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/sam-the-man-taylor/id31830685#fullText

Enrico Pieranunzi, Rosario Giuliani - Duke's Dream

Styles: Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:17
Size: 118,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:33) 1. Isfahan
(4:39) 2. Satin Doll
(4:16) 3. Take the Coltrane
(7:20) 4. I Got It Bad
(9:43) 5. Duke's Dream
(4:56) 6. Reflections in D
(4:19) 7. Sonnet for Caesar
(3:44) 8. Duke's Atmosphere
(2:39) 9. Trains
(5:03) 10. Come Sunday

After two decades of wonderful collaboration in different contexts Enrico Pieranunzi and Rosario Giuliani finally entered a recording studio for a project of their own. Published by the prestigious German label Intuition, Duke's dream pays tribute to Duke Ellington, true giant of twentieth century music whose brilliant compositions among them the very well known Satin Doll, Come Sunday, I Got it bad are presented here in a very refined, original way.In Duke's dream you find Pieranunzi and Giuliani at their best. They express here their common vision of music, which has long made them two stars of the international jazz scene. https://www.enricopieranunzi.it/discografia/2017/1/22/dukes-dream

Personnel: Enrico Pieranunzi piano, electric piano; Rosario Giuliani alto sax, soprano sax

Duke's Dream

Zoe Scott - Woman on Top

Styles: Vocal And Guitar
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:33
Size: 109,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:18) 1. Eight Lovers (And a One Night Stand)
(3:25) 2. Get It Somewhere Else
(4:02) 3. Hard Habit
(4:19) 4. Woman On Top
(4:45) 5. Black Roses
(3:25) 6. (You Don’t Want A) Girl Like Me
(5:02) 7. Forget About Us
(3:27) 8. Chelsea Girl
(4:26) 9. The Canyon
(3:30) 10. Nita
(4:00) 11. Orphans
(3:49) 12. Dreamer

With her new CD, Woman on Top, singer/songwriter Zoe Scott projects a vibrant spectrum of dazzling energy. Lacerating riffs, thunderous drumming, anthemic choruses and razor sharp hooks. Zoe knew exactly what these songs needed to come alive. A storied.. https://ourstage.com/epk/zoescott.

Personnel: Zoe Scott - lead vocals, guitar; Jim McGorman - lead guitar; Steve Fekete - guitar; Jenn Oberle - bass; Jake Hayden - drums; Ijeoma Njaka - vocals; Erica Driscoll - vocals

Woman on Top

Olaf Polziehn Trio Feat. Scott Hamilton - Live at Jazztone Lörrach

Styles: Saxophone And Piano Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:58
Size: 149,4 MB
Art: Front

(10:53) 1. Have You Met Miss Jones?
( 9:19) 2. I May Be Wrong
( 8:36) 3. Woody 'n' You
( 6:56) 4. If I Only Had a Brain
( 7:27) 5. As Long as I Live
( 7:01) 6. Skylark
( 3:11) 7. Pitter Panther Patter
(11:33) 8. Blues

Researching key signatures in performances of “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,” I made a discovery. Everyone else out there may have known about Olaf Polziehn, but he was new to me. After I heard him play the piece (in E-flat), further research turned up these facts: Polziehn is 40 years old. He was born in Ludwigsburg, Germany. He is professor of jazz piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. That is where the expatriate American composer, arranger and trombonist Ed Partyka is chairman of the jazz department, Dena DeRose is a professor of voice and Ed Neumeister a professor of composition, arranging and trombone. Clearly, things are happening in Graz.

Polziehn has played with, among others, Bob Mintzer, John Riley, Harry Allen, Scott Hamilton, Patti Austin and Warren Vaché. In the video of his unaccompanied version of “Wrap Your Troubles…,” we see the only a three-quarters view of the back of his head. So here, on the right, is what he looks like. Now, press play and you’ll hear what he sounded like at the Stride + Swing Piano Summit in Switzerland in 2008. If you’re curious, the original key of Billy Moll’s, Harry Barris’ and Ted Koehler’s “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” (1931) was C. If you’d like to hear a splendid version in B-Flat, click here for Hampton Hawes with Harold Land, Scott LaFaro and Frank Butler from Hawes’ album For Real.~ Doug Ramsey https://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2011/04/meet-olaf-polziehn.html

Personnel: Scott Hamilton (ts); Olaf Polziehn (p); Ingmar Heller (b); Alan Jones (dr)

Live at Jazztone Lörrach