Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Various - Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:44
Size: 148.2 MB
Styles: Standards, Easy Listening
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[2:16] 1. Annie Ross - All Of You
[2:03] 2. Peggy Lee - Always True To You In My Fashion
[2:21] 3. Count Basie - Anything Goes
[3:26] 4. Gordon Macrae - Begin The Beguine
[2:44] 5. Martha Tilton - Blow, Gabriel, Blow
[3:47] 6. Stan Kenton - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
[1:50] 7. Peggy Lee - From Now On
[2:41] 8. Stan Kenton - I Get A Kick Out Of You
[2:53] 9. Judy Garland - I Happen To Like New York
[2:15] 10. Helen O'connell - In The Still Of The Night
[2:38] 11. Dinah Shore - It's All Right With Me
[2:35] 12. Louis Prima - I've Got You Under My Skin
[2:13] 13. Nat King Cole - Just One Of Those Things
[2:37] 14. Liza Minnelli - Looking At You
[2:08] 15. Frances Faye - Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)
[2:25] 16. John Raitt - So In Love
[2:30] 17. Dean Martin - True Love
[1:51] 18. Keely Smith - What Is This Thing Called Love
[3:16] 19. Margaret Whiting - Why Shouldn't I
[2:48] 20. Jo Stafford - Wunderbar
[2:35] 21. Nancy Wilson - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
[2:35] 22. Jean Turner - You're The Top
[2:11] 23. Trudy Richards - Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
[3:03] 24. Jeri Southern - Get Out Of Town
[2:50] 25. The Andrews Sisters - You Do Something To Me

As far as all-star Cole Porter compilations go, Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes is recommended as an entertaining sampler of 25 titles performed by some of the label's biggest stars. These include, on the hip end of the spectrum, Nat King Cole, Nancy Wilson, Frances Faye, Jo Stafford, and Annie Ross, a disarming vocalist who collaborates warmly with baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. Peggy Lee is heard with George Shearing, Keely Smith with Louis Prima, Dinah Shore with Red Norvo, Tony Bennett with Count Basie and Chris Connor, and June Christy with Stan Kenton. Pop singers heard on this collection include Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Margaret Whiting, Dean Martin, Gordon MacRae, and the Andrews Sisters. This mini-survey of great moments in mid-20th century pop culture is suitable for casual listening (and optional singalong) while cleaning house, preparing food, shampooing the cat, or operating heavy machinery during rush hour. ~arwulf arwulf

Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes

Ian Matthews - Go For Broke + Hit And Run

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1977
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:12
Size: 174,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:55) 1. Darkness, Darkness
(3:33) 2. I'll Be Gone
(3:54) 3. Brown Eyed Girl
(3:23) 4. Rhythm Of The West
(2:53) 5. Groovin'
(4:48) 6. Lonely Hunter
(3:58) 7. Steamboat
(3:17) 8. A Fool Like You
(3:37) 9. Just One Look
(2:47) 10. When The Morning Comes
(4:20) 11. The Frame
(3:56) 12. One Day Without You
(4:53) 13. Times
(4:31) 14. I Will Not Fade Away
(3:34) 15. Tigers Will Survive
(3:00) 16. Just One Look
(4:11) 17. Help To Guide Me (I Need Your Help)
(3:34) 18. Shuffle
(5:59) 19. Hit And Run

Iain Matthews (born Ian Matthews MacDonald, 16 June 1946) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He was an original member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form his own band, Matthews Southern Comfort, which had a UK number one in 1970 with a cover version of Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock". In 1979 his cover of Terence Boylan's "Shake It" reached No. 13 on the US charts.

Born in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, Matthews was known in the 1960s as Ian MacDonald, but changed his name to Ian Matthews (his mother's maiden name) in 1968 to avoid confusion with Ian McDonald of King Crimson, with whom Judy Dyble began working when she left Fairport. In 1989, he changed the spelling of his first name to Iain and has been known as Iain Matthews ever since.

Influenced by both rock and roll and folk music, he has performed as both a solo artist, and as a member of various bands. He was a member of Fairport Convention during the early period when they were heavily influenced by American folk rock and sang on their first three albums before leaving in 1969. He initially embarked upon a solo career before forming the bands Matthews Southern Comfort and then Plainsong. Later in his career he was also a member of the bands Hi-Fi, No Grey Faith, and More Than A Song, and in the 2000s has twice revived both Plainsong and Matthews Southern Comfort (MSC). He continues to tour regularly with the current version of MSC. A new MSC album "The New Mine" was released in March 2020, and a vinyl-only album "Fake Tan", recorded with Norwegian band The Salmon Smokers, was released in September 2020.

In a career spanning over fifty years he has featured on over 100 albums and in 2018 published an autobiography co-written with author and broadcaster Ian Clayton, "Thro’ My Eyes : A Memoir’’, about his life in the music industry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews

Go For Broke + Hit And Run

Al Foster - Reflections

Styles: Bop
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:56
Size: 156,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:20) 1. T.S. Monk
(5:04) 2. Pent-Up House
(7:17) 3. Open Plans
(6:23) 4. Blues on the Corner
(5:32) 5. Anastasia
(8:21) 6. Six
(5:11) 7. Punjab
(6:56) 8. Beat
(4:51) 9. Alone and I
(5:36) 10. Half Nelson
(6:18) 11. Monk's Bossa

On Reflections, Foster revisits the work of several of those peers alongside an inspiring quintet of all-stars: Nicholas Payton, Chris Potter, Kevin Hays, and Vicente Archer.

Throughout the session he propels this supremely talented unit through fresh, vital treatments of well-known and less-traveled numbers by iconic legends Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, and McCoy Tyner, all of whom regarded Foster as their first-call drummer for long portions of his celebrated career at times competing for his services. Band members Payton, Potter, and Hays each contribute a tune apiece, while Foster penned three well-wrought songs, including two homages to Thelonious Monk that bookend the program.

It’s hard to overstate Foster’s contribution to the musical production of the aforementioned giants over his 60 years as a professional. But, as much as Foster likes to wax nostalgic about the past, it’s also evident on every note of this 68-minute gem that he’s fully committed to living in the moment and playing in the here and now. This follow-up to his well-received 2019 Smoke Sessions debut, INSPIRATIONS & DEDICATIONS, is Foster’s fifth leader recording and, as even the notoriously self-critical drummer surprisingly says, “It is my best record Yet." https://jazzbluesnews.com/2022/08/31/cd-review-al-foster-reflections-2022-video-cd-cover/

Personnel: Al Foster – drums; Nicholas Payton – trumpet; Chris Potter – tenor and soprano saxophone; Kevin Hays – piano and Fender Rhodes; Vicente Archer – bass

Reflections