Rosemary Clooney - Everything's Rosie!

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:20
Size: 90,6 MB
Art: Front

(1:49) 1. Everything's Coming Up Roses
(1:26) 2. This Can't Be Love
(2:55) 3. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
(3:12) 4. My Old Flame
(2:49) 5. I Get A Kick Out Of You
(2:54) 6. Goodbye Blues
(2:18) 7. Mountain Greenery
(2:50) 8. But Not For Me
(2:09) 9. Our Love Affair
(1:34) 10. If This Isn't Love
(2:10) 11. It's All Right With Me
(1:29) 12. Shine
(3:04) 13. Manhattan
(3:02) 14. Harbor Lights
(2:54) 15. You Make Me Feel So Young
(2:37) 16. Witchcraft

This sixteen-song collection of rare Rosemary Clooney songs features nine unreleased tracks.

Seven are with Buddy Cole, with whom Clooney recorded the 1959 album "Swing Around Rosie." Since these tracks also date from 1959, they're probably session outtakes although the liner notes don't say.

The other two unreleased tracks were recorded in 1952 with the Earl Shelton Orchestra.

That leaves nine other songs on here. They'd already been released on the 1986 album "The Uncollected Rosemary Clooney," but since that collection isn't well-known, these songs will be new to most people.

The CD contains a lot of highlights. One of the best is Clooney's version of the Rodgers & Hart standard "Manhattan," where she adds just the right amount of earnestness to this ironic (and iconic) song.

Her take on "Witchcraft" contains some lyrics not features in the more famous version by Frank Sinatra. And even though most people are already very familiar with "Mountain Greenery," "But Not For Me," and "I Get A Kick Out Of You," it's definitely a kick to hear Clooney wrap her voice around these melodies.

The natural sound quality of this disc is also impressive. This CD was manufactured before producers starting pushing the "loudness" factor to the limit, so there is no "over-compression" or distorted sound. Because of that, Clooney is able to shine in all her vocal glory.

Thank You "Days of the Broken Arrows"for your contribution to the Blog!!

Everything's Rosie!

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New York Blue Note Quintet - A Weekend At Le Vauban Feat. Joe Magnarelli

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:14
Size: 168,0 MB
Art: Front

( 9:23) 1. 81 Points
( 9:31) 2. Crystalline
( 8:44) 3. Turquoise Twice
( 7:41) 4. Ballad from Leadership Suite
( 7:03) 5. Minority
( 7:21) 6. The Last Time I Saw Paris
( 8:43) 7. All God's Children Got Rhythm
(11:40) 8. Star Eyes
( 1:04) 9. Cherokee

In February and March 2020, just before the pandemic, we did the second European tour with this quintet, for me truly a dream-team on and off the bandstand, bringing together five musicians from different parts of the world who share the same love: classic swinging “New York Blue Note Jazz.” New York has been the world capital of jazz since decades, I still remember the last days of August 2007 when I first got there and had the chance to listen to my idols such as Cedar Walton, Jimmy Cobb, Louis Hayes, and many more. One of them was Joe Magnarelli who I first heard with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra on a Monday night, back then I never thought that I would play music with him more than 10 years later.

Joe Magnarelli has been one of the world’s leading trumpeters for three decades. He moved to New York in 1986 and has worked since then with the Lionel Hampton Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi, the Buddy Rich Band, Maria Schneider, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and many more. Born in St. Petersburg, Dmitry Baevsky moved to New York in 1996 to study at the famous New School and has since become an integral part of the New York jazz scene. Jeb Patton is one of the outstanding pianists of the younger generation. He studied with Sir Roland Hanna and Jimmy Heath and is a permanent member of the “Heath Brothers” and the “Jimmy Heath Generations Quintet” since then. Further, he worked with Etta Jones, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash, Steve Nelson, Jimmy Cobb, Jackie McLean, Frank Wess, James Moody... His personal, swinging style, presents the entire history of jazz piano from Art Tatum through Phineas Newborn to Cedar Walton. I met Fabien Marcoz when I moved to Paris in 2012, he is one of the finest bassists in Europe and has accompanied many international jazz soloists including true giants such as Harold Mabern.

In the middle of our 2020-tour we got the real gift of doing a recording like in the old days. Jacques Person, organizer of the “Jazz at Le Vauban”-concerts, invited us to stay in Brest for two days to do a studio/live-album under the direction of our mutual friend Jordi Pujol, producer and owner of the internationally well-known jazz label “Fresh Sound Records” in Barcelona. The circumstances were perfect, we spent a wonderful weekend at “Le Vauban”; the concert venue was in the basement, the restaurant/bar on the ground floor and the hotel rooms just upstairs. Besides, Jacques Person took us to great restaurants in the area, so we could really enjoy, relax, have a good time and then focus on the music. We took a very early flight from Copenhagen to arrive in Brest on Saturday by noon, in the afternoon we already recorded a whole set of music under studio conditions without audience. On Sunday evening we did the sold-out concert for a wonderful and warm public, a memorable experience for all of us! What you hear on this release is the result of this “Weekend At Le Vauban”, our selection of two Saturday-no audience and seven Sunday-live tracks from these two days in Brest!

The repertoire of the band follows the timeless “Blue Note” recordings, including a nice variety of classics by masters such as Cedar Walton and Jimmy Heath, well-known standards and standard-arrangements (Minority, arranged by Jeb Patton) and two originals by Joe Magnarelli (81 Points, dedicated to Kobe Bryant) and Jeb Patton (Crystalline). All compositions require strong section playing on the melodies by Joe and Dmitry, supported by an active rhythm-section, and provide the perfect ground for extensive soloing for all the band members.

It was a great pleasure to be part of this, thanks to Jacques and Jordi for making it happen and to Mags, Dmitry, Jeb and Fabien for great playing and wonderful moments on the road! Very much looking forward to seeing you all again, having a glass of wine and of course playing music together!!! By Bernd Reiter https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/new-york-blue-note-quintet-albums/53681-a-weekend-at-le-vauban.html

The New York Blue Note Quintet are: Joe Magnarelli (trumpet), Dmitry Baevsky (alto sax), Jeb Patton (piano), Fabien Marcoz (bass), Bernd Reiter (drums).

A Weekend At Le Vauban Feat. Joe Magnarelli

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Jimmy Raney Quintet - Complete Recordings 1954-1956

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:53
Size: 144.0 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[5:10] 1. Stella By Starlight
[4:13] 2. Five
[4:38] 3. Joanne
[5:53] 4. Back And Blow
[2:51] 5. Spring Is Here
[3:46] 6. One More For The Mode
[2:42] 7. What's New
[3:25] 8. Tomorrow, Fairly Cloudy
[4:03] 9. A Foggy Day
[3:10] 10. Someone To Watch Over Me
[3:51] 11. Cross Your Heart
[3:38] 12. You Don't Know What Love Is
[3:44] 13. Two Dreams Of Soma
[3:52] 14. Scholar's Mate
[3:24] 15. Gone With The Wind
[4:24] 16. Yesterdays

These recordings established Jimmy Raney (1927-1995) as a leading modern jazz guitarist, and introduced two potentially major young jazz talents: trumpeter John Wilson, and altoist Phil Woods.

Raney was both a maturely thoughtful and emotionally honest mind. As a result, he avoids effects as an end in themselves, and whatever he played in a jazz session, he felt. Thereby he communicated directly to the listener whether his communicative materials were complex or simple. He was a man of calmly exciting conception.

Tracks #1-4: John Wilson (tp), Phil Woods (as), Jimmy Raney (g), Bill Crow (b), Joe Morello (d). Recorded in Hackensack, NJ, on August 11, 1954 Tracks #5-16: John Wilson (tp), J. Raney (g), Hal Overton (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Nick Stabulas (d). Recorded in Hackensack, NJ, on February 18, 1955, March 8, 1955, May 4, 1956

Complete Recordings 1954-1956

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Scott Hamilton - Talk to Me, Baby

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:00
Size: 115,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:34) 1. Talk To Me, Baby
(5:32) 2. All My Tomorrows
(6:37) 3. Along Came Betty
(6:27) 4. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
(7:01) 5. Someone to Light Up My Life
(5:14) 6. The Underdog
(9:04) 7. I Remember you
(3:27) 8. Alfie

Back in 1977 when Scott Hamilton first burst upon the jazz scene, small group swing was in danger of becoming extinct. Swing was associated with World War II. big band nostalgia and most young jazz-oriented musicians were more interested in playing fusion, avant-garde explorations, or soul jazz. Hamilton’s appearance on the scene as a tenor-saxophonist in his early twenties with a large personal tone, a swinging melodic style, a love for vintage standards, and impeccable musicianship inspired generations of up-and-coming players to explore the songs and styles of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s. Even after 45 years, Scott Hamilton has never strayed far from his original goal of playing good tunes with compatible rhythm sections. His tone and ideas are as fresh as ever and his playing remains very much in its prime.

Hamilton had previously recorded no less than five albums with the rhythm section of pianist Dena DeRose, bassist Ignasi González, and drummer Jo Krause for the Blau label: La Rosita, The Shadow Of Your Smile (both from Dec. 7, 2015), Moon Mist (Oct. 12, 2017), Street Of Dreams (Mar. 23, 2019), and Two For The Road (July 5, 2021). Dena DeRose, who is also an excellent singer, displays her own fresh chord voicings on the piano and is masterful at creating her musical message during concise solos. Ignasi Gonzalez has been a regular on the Blau label since 2010 (recording with saxophonists Toni Sola and Dmitry Baevsky, trumpeter Valery Ponomarev and pianist-singer Champian Fulton) while Jo Krause also recorded for Blau with Benny Golson. One can understand why Hamilton enjoys playing with this trio for the musicians are supportive, swinging, and tastefully inventive.

During the relaxed set, Hamilton explores and uplifts eight superior standards. In-depth analysis is certainly not needed to enjoy these performances. Just to mention a few highlights, two obscurities (Johnny Mercer’s “Talk To Me Baby” which Frank Sinatra recorded, and Al Cohn’s “The Underdog”) get welcome revivals, there are definitive versions of the quietly emotional ballads “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most” and “All My Tomorrows,” “Someone To Light My Life” is joyous, and “I Remember You” receives a lengthy and relatively heated exploration. Suffice it to say, throughout Talk To Me Baby, Scott Hamilton plays as beautifully as ever.(Scott Yanow, jazz critic/historian, and author of 12 books including Life Through The Eyes Of A Jazz Journalist) https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/94323/scott-hamilton/talk-to-me-baby

Personnel: Scott Hamilton - (sax); Dena DeRose - (piano); Ignasi Gonzalez (bass); Jo Krause - (drums)

Talk to Me, Baby

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