Vanessa Rubin - Pastiche

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:14
Size: 122,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:24) 1. In a Sentimental Mood
(4:29) 2. Simone
(5:22) 3. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
(5:30) 4. When Love Is New
(4:46) 5. Black Nile
(3:32) 6. I Only Have Eyes for You
(4:02) 7. Mosaic
(4:40) 8. Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti
(4:21) 9. Weekend
(5:51) 10. A Certain Love
(4:12) 11. Arise and Shine

An appealing singer who does not improvise much, Vanessa Rubin recorded several fine albums for Novus. She studied classical music but switched to jazz early on. Rubin sang with and managed the Blackshaw Brothers (an organ quartet from Cleveland). After working with several groups locally (and recording with the Cleveland Jazz All-Stars), in 1982 Rubin moved to New York. She worked with Pharoah Sanders, Frank Foster's Loud Minority, and the big bands of Mercer Ellington and Lionel Hampton, and studied with Barry Harris in addition to teaching in the N.Y.C. public school system. In 1992 she signed with Novus and her releases for the label are quite enjoyable, including a fine tribute to Carmen McRae. ~ Scott Yanow https://music.apple.com/us/artist/vanessa-rubin/366318

Personnel: Bass – Tarik Shah; Drums – Aaron Walker; Percussion – Michael Rubin; Piano, Organ – Aaron Graves; Tenor Saxophone – Houston Person (tracks: 9); Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Roger Byam; Trombone – Steve Turre; Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater (tracks: 2, 11); Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Eddie Allen

Pastiche

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Charlie Watts - Long Ago And Far Away

Styles: Jazz, Bop
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:57
Size: 135,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:23) 1. I've Got A Crush On You
(5:04) 2. Long Ago And Far Away
(4:53) 3. More Than You Know
(4:07) 4. I Should Care
(4:56) 5. Good Morning Heartache
(2:51) 6. Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
(4:24) 7. I Get Along Without You Very Well
(3:49) 8. What's New?
(4:14) 9. Stairways To The Stars
(4:06) 10. In The Still Of The Night
(5:12) 11. All Or Nothing At All
(3:55) 12. I'm In The Mood For Love
(3:42) 13. In A Sentimental Mood
(3:13) 14. Never Let Me Go

Charlie Watts has always had a reputation as the coolest and quietest Rolling Stone. But ask the drummer about something he really cares about the great bebop players or the timeless jazz standards that the Charlie Watts Quintet perform on their new album, Long Ago and Far Away and you can’t shut him up. Watts formed the quintet in 1991 to record an album to accompany the reprinting of Ode to a High Flying Bird, a children’s book he wrote and illustrated in 1964 as a tribute to his hero, the saxophonist Charlie Parker. In the five years since the Parker project, the Stones’ backing vocalist Bernard Fowler has joined the quintet, and the group has recorded three more albums, each a labor of love undertaken by Watts in between commitments to his day job. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-charlie-watts-on-his-new-jazz-album-sketching-hotel-beds-and-the-40-year-old-sex-pistols-244375/

Personnel: Drums – Charlie Watts; Alto Saxophone – Peter King; Double Bass – David Green; Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Gerard Presencer; Orchestra – London Metropolitan Orchestra; Percussion – Louis Jardim; Piano – Brian Lemon; Vocals – Bernard Fowler

R.I.P.

Born: 2 June 1941

Died: 24 August 2021

Long Ago And Far Away

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Stanley Turrentine - Let It Go

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1966
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:21
Size: 152,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:55)  1. Let It Go
(6:58)  2. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
(5:54)  3. Ciao, Ciao
(5:31)  4. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
(5:21)  5. Good Lookin Out
(4:44)  6. Sure As You're Born
(4:49)  7. Deep Purple
(9:20)  8. Time After Time
(5:42)  9. Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)
(8:07) 10. The Lamp Is Low
(3:56) 11. The Feeling of Jazz

For fans ready to graduate from Stanley Turrentine's many fine Blue Note sets, this excellent mid-'60s date on Impulse should be the perfect option. Joined by then-wife Shirley Scott on organ, Turrentine revels in a fine array of medium cookers, three of which came from his own pen. The covers are just as impressive, including a clutch of late-night blues and ballads from the standards canon ("Time After Time") and the Ellington ("The Feeling of Jazz") and Basie catalogs ("Sent for You Yesterday"). And making it all swing in the pocket, Turrentine and Scott get top-drawer support from bassists Ron Carter and Bob Cranshaw and drummers Mack Simpkins and Otis Finch. Enjoy. ~ Stephen Cook  http://www.allmusic.com/album/let-it-go-mw0000263512

Personnel: Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone; Shirley Scott – organ; Ron Carter - bass (tracks 1-7); Mack Simpkins - drums (tracks 1-7); Bob Cranshaw - bass (tracks 8-11); Otis Finch - drums (tracks 8-11)

Let It Go

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