Beegie Adair - Grover's Hat Project

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:49
Size: 135,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:46) 1. Darkness on the Delta
(3:39) 2. King Size Papa
(4:02) 3. Tomorrow Night
(4:03) 4. San Antonio Rose
(3:33) 5. Anytime
(4:56) 6. That’s My Desire
(3:31) 7. Honey Come and Dance with Me
(3:26) 8. Among My Souvenirs
(3:45) 9. If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)
(3:04) 10. Someday Soon, Sweetheart
(4:28) 11. The Gypsy
(2:53) 12. Twelfth Street Rag
(2:53) 13. You Made Me Love You
(5:19) 14. Just a Little Lovin’
(4:25) 15. That’s My Desire (Bonus Track)

Produced by Adair Music Group, LLC, GROVER'S HAT PROJECT is a new musical experience for fans of The Beegie Adair Trio! Recorded at the legendary RCA Studio A, it is a look back at the Blues, Western Swing, Honky Tonk and the Forties' Standards. Featuring legendary instrumentalists and vocalists like Vince Gill, Delbert McClinton, Connie Smith, Ray Stevens, Ranger Doug, Charlie McCoy and many more, GROVER'S HAT PROJECT will make you want to try a little two-step with your favorite dance partner! Accepting pre-orders. Scheduled release date is December 11th. CDs will be mailed, via USPS first class or media mail. Dates subject to change. While supplies last. https://beegieadair.com/album/925194/grover-s-hat-project

R.I.P.

Born: December 11, 1937

Died: January 23, 2022

Grover's Hat Project

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Beverly Kenney - Like Yesterday

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 26:12
Size: 67,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:15)  1. Undecided
(2:09)  2. Sentimental Journey
(2:24)  3. I Had The Craziest Dream
(1:47)  4. And The Angels Sing
(2:41)  5. More Than You Know
(1:48)  6. The Dipsy Doodle
(2:20)  7. What A Difference A Day Made
(2:05)  8. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
(2:34)  9. A Sunday Kind Of Love
(1:38) 10. Any Old Time
(2:22) 11. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
(2:02) 12. Tampico

With Like Yesterday, Beverly Kenney updates a series of pop standards with a formula rooted in the archly modern sound of Eisenhower-era jazz. Experienced decades after the fact, the album boasts a timelessness that renders its basic conceits of time and place moot, especially given that the fierce intelligence of Kenney's phrasing and the sultry depth of her vocals contrast so sharply with the Doris Day stereotypes associated with the period in question. Backed by a small but exemplary supporting cast including guitarist Chuck Wayne and reedist Jerome Richardson, Kenney eschews embellishment and excess in favor of lean, taut arrangements that emphasize emotional context, Her readings of familiar songs like "More Than You Know" and "A Sunday Kind of Love" possess a startling intimacy.~Jason Ankeny http://www.allmusic.com/album/like-yesterday-mw0000529647

Like Yesterday

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Steve Slagle - Plays Monk

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:42
Size: 139,6 MB
Art: Front

( 6:45)  1. Think Of One
(11:20)  2. Worry Later
( 7:12)  3. Ugly Beauty
( 5:23)  4. Criss Cross
( 7:58)  5. Jackie-Ing
( 4:52)  6. Monk
( 4:33)  7. Light Blue
( 6:02)  8. Bemsha Swing
( 6:33)  9. Epistophy

Well, let's admit it; the whole idea of doing tribute albums has really gotten out of hand recently. But if you're going to do this type of thing, then saxophonist Steve Slagle and his talented crew have the right idea. For starters, a piano is nowhere to be heard from, with the chameleon-like guitar of Dave Stryker taking on the chordal functions. Right there we avoid any inclinations to produce a mere clone of the original. And instead of delivering the umpteenth version of "Round Midnight" or "Straight, No Chaser," Slagle has opted for a more intelligent selection of Monk charts while including one original of his own (this simply-titled affair, "Monk," also happens to be one of the highlights of the entire disc).  While it would have seemed logical for Slagle to pursue perhaps a tribute to Mingus, owing to his time currently spent with the Mingus big band, the Monk concept actually fits him quite well. His pungent alto, along with Stryker's biting tone, gives this music a contemporary edge that offers a new stance without sacrificing integrity. As an added bonus, Slagle pulls out his alto clarinet on "Jackie-ing" to great effect, at times suggesting the collective attack of Don Byron's work with Bill Frisell. Throughout, bassist Anderson and drummer Nussbaum are supportive and interactive, with Stryker's voicings often suggesting a larger front line than what we have in reality. In the final analysis, what a breath of fresh air it is to find a tribute album that manages to tip a hat to its honoree while also maintaining an identity and integrity of its own. And for anyone out there still ill at ease regarding the future survival of jazz, the sounds of Slagle and Stryker, both as a pair and separately, are just a few of the many coming from committed players who are proving you don't have to reject tradition in order to innovate. ~ C.Andrew Hovan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/steve-slagle-plays-monk-steve-slagle-steeplechase-records-review-by-c-andrew-hovan.php

Personnel: Steve Slagle- alto saxophone & alto clarinet (track 5 only), Dave Stryker- guitar, Jay Anderson- bass, Adam Nussbaum- drums

Plays Monk

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Misha Tsiganov Quintet - Misha's Wishes

Styles: Piano Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:46
Size: 154,9 MB
Art: Front

(7:13) 1. Fire Horse
(8:32) 2. Strike up the Band
(5:34) 3. Misha's Wishes
(6:09) 4. There Was a Birch Tree in the Field, So What
(2:18) 5. Lost in Her Eyes
(6:08) 6. Just a Scale
(8:20) 7. Give Me Five
(7:15) 8. Hope and Despair
(7:21) 9. Comrade Conrad
(7:51) 10. Are You with Me

Misha Tsiganov, who lived in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union until he emigrated to the U.S. in 1991, has never shied away from a challenge. That's apparent from the level's of complexity that Tsiganov embeds in the 18 arrangements and 9 originals on his three prior Criss Cross Albums.

As written in the liner notes for the album Spring Feelings, Tsiganov has established a signature blend of mixed meters, shifting tempos, changing keys and re-harmonization that he deploys in order to insure 'that something is happening’, so the listener doesn't fall asleep.

Tsiganov's latest, Misha's Wishes, doesn't eschew technical complexity. But the feel of this sophisticated, emotionally nuanced program - performed by old friends Alex Sipiagin, Seamus Blake, Boris Kozlov and Donald Edwards, with whom Misha Tsiganov feels such simpatico is different than its predecessors. https://www.challengerecords.com/products/16385399148366

Personnel: Misha Tsiganov: piano, Fender Rhodes; Alex Sipiagin: trumpet, flugelhorn; Seamus Blake: tenor saxophone; Boris Kozlov: bass; Donald Edwards: drums

Misha's Wishes

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