Blossom Dearie - The Diva Series

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:50
Size: 120,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:49) 1. I'm Hip
(3:12) 2. Our Love Is Here To Stay
(4:13) 3. I Walk A Little Faster
(2:58) 4. Dance Only With Me
(2:15) 5. You For Me
(2:13) 6. Rhode Island Is Famous For You
(3:11) 7. Blossom's Blues
(4:19) 8. It Amazes Me
(5:59) 9. Someone To Watch Over Me
(3:45) 10. They Say It's Spring
(2:50) 11. It's Love
(2:51) 12. Always True To You In My Fashion
(2:27) 13. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
(2:45) 14. Once Upon A Summertime
(2:31) 15. Plus Je T'Embrasse
(3:25) 16. When In Rome

Blossom Dearie's time spent with Verve during the late '50s resulted in several albums of great music, and her entry in the label's 2003 The Diva Series is one of the better single-disc wrap-ups of her career. This one is much longer than Verve's previous attempts; it also does a good job of compiling most of her best moments, including "I'm Hip," "Blossom's Blues," and "Always True to You in My Fashion."

It certainly isn't perfect, though; notable exclusions like "'Deed I Do," "I Won't Dance," "It Might as Well Be Spring," and "Give Him the Ooh-La-La" make this a tough one to recommend for beginners. (It may well have been intentional, in order to give more space for a focus on her Verve material that has remained unissued on CD.) By John Bush
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-diva-mw0000595314

The Diva Series

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Mark Colby - Speaking of Stan: A Tribute to Stan Getz

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:32
Size: 152,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:34) 1. When It Matters
(6:24) 2. Only Trust Your Heart
(6:50) 3. How Deep Is the Ocean
(6:30) 4. Sometime Ago
(4:56) 5. What Is a Buddha?
(9:26) 6. Sea Journey
(6:43) 7. Out of Focus
(6:45) 8. Give and Take
(4:44) 9. Blue Getz Blues
(4:39) 10. Goodbye
(2:55) 11. Speaking of Stan

Almost fifteen years after the death of tenor saxophonist Stanley Gayetzky, aka Stan Getz, the sheer breadth of his musical accomplishments still boggles the mind. Thus it was with some skepticism that I began to listen to Speaking of Stan, tenor man Mark Colby's tribute to the man about whom Trane said, "Let's face it. We would all play like him, if we could. Colby, however, succeeds masterfully in capturing a good bit of the essence of Getz, due in no small part to his own superb tone, providing an intimate take on his friend and mentor.

Over twenty other musicians aid Colby in presenting his paean. He has chosen well, and although a sax/guitar pairing akin to Getz' famous collaborations is lacking, much else is here. "Blue Getz Blues is an awesomely cooking big band reprise of a swinger from Getz's early days with Woody Herman (Early Autumn, Capitol, 1949) and the string arrangements of Focus (Verve, 1961) are tenderly reminisced through the newly penned compositions "When It Matters and "Give and Take.

Former Getz pianist Jim McNeely appears on four cuts, soulfully dueting with Colby on a stunningly sincere rendering of a tender "Goodbye, coolly swinging on "How Deep is the Ocean and "Sometime Ago and, yes, adding to the bop festivities of Colby's own "What is a Buddha? . Vibraphonist Dick Sisto assists in bringing bossa/samba to the fore with a breezy interpretation of Benny Carter's "Only Trust Your Heart and a hot construction of Chick Corea's "Sea Journey by way of Eric Hochberg's bass and Bob Rummage's drums, while Gary Burton's "Out of Focus injects a more modern edge into the proceedings. Colby's spoken outro adds a finishing touch to this highly personal portrait. By Elliott Simon
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/speaking-of-stan-mark-colby-hallway-records-review-by-elliott-simon

Personnel: Mark Colby: tenor saxophone; Tracks 1,8: Jim Trompeter: piano; Eric Hochberg: bass; Bob Rummage: drums; Peter LaBella, Kevin Case, Teresa Fream, Mike Shelton: violin; Terri Van Valkinburgh: viola; Pete Szczepanek: cello; Tracks 2,6,7: Dick Sisto: vibraphone; Eric Hochberg: bass; Bob Rummage: drums; Tracks 3-5: Jim McNeely: piano; Kelly Sill: bass; Joel Spencer: drums; Track 9: Rob Parton, Scott Wagstaff, Kirk Garrison, Mike McGrath: trumpet; Bob Frankich, Bob Rzeszutko, Brian Budzik, Ted Hogarth: reeds; Tom Garling, Brian Jacobi, Andy Baker: trombone; Tom Matta: bass trombone; Don Stille: piano; Tim Fox: bass; Bob Rummage: drums; Track 10: Jim McNeely: piano.

Speaking of Stan: A Tribute to Stan Getz

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Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio - Reflections

Styles:  Straight-ahead/Mainstream, Guitar Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:22
Size: 115,5 MB
Art: Front

(9:08)  1. Reflections
(3:33)  2. You Go To My Head
(4:00)  3. Fall
(9:49)  4. East Coast Love Affair
(5:20)  5. Ask Me Now
(6:23)  6. Ana Maria
(8:55)  7. More Than You Know
(3:11)  8. You've Changed

Like an Ian McEwan short story, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel can say more in a few lines than most guitarists manage over the course of an entire recording. On Standard Trio: Reflections he inscribes his signature sound on a set of ballads all classic tunes except for one original. His trio of bassist Eric Revis and drummer Eric Harland are perfect companions on a collection where less is truly more; they eschew the pyrotechnics for a steady accompanying swing. Harland a member of the SFJAZZ Collective who has also played with Charles Lloyd has worked with Rosenwinkel before, accompanying the guitarist on his last disc, The Remedy (Artist Share, 2007), a burning display of technique and soloing from an engagement at the Village Vanguard with saxophonist Mark Turner and pianist Aaron Goldberg. Gone is the exhilaration of that live set, replaced here with the robustness of a confident player settling down to tell a more intimate story. 

Rosenwinkel's listeners are his confidants as he negotiates two tracks by Thelonious Monkand two by Wayne Shorter. He soars over the bossa nova laid down behind Shorter's "Ana Maria" and nudges against the bright urban beat of "Fall." Rosenwinkel slyly reworks both Monk tunes. As Harland skips and Revis bounces the beat on "Ask Me Now," Rosenwinkel cradles the melody, rocking back-and-forth. Likewise, he forces the title track, Monk's "Reflections," to be reconsidered not with nostalgia for the past, but a blues-inspired hopefulness for the future. Elsewhere, the classic tracks "More Than You'll Know," "You Go To My Head," and "You've Changed" exude a luxuriousness, not of affluence but delight. Rosenwinkel, Harland, and Revis bypass the circuitous here for a direct and transparent take on some beautiful music. By Mark Corroto http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reflections-kurt-rosenwinkel-wommusic-review-by-mark-corroto.php

Personnel: Kurt Rosenwinkel: guitar; Eric Revis: bass; Eric Harland: drums.

Dutch Swing College Band - At The North Sea Jazz Festival

Styles: Swing
Year: 1988
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:33
Size: 148,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:56) 1. Coal black shine
(2:46) 2. Heebie jeebies
(4:41) 3. Back home again in indiana
(4:50) 4. Canal street blues
(8:45) 5. Moten swing
(7:53) 6. Basin street blues
(5:58) 7. Stealing apples
(4:44) 8. Just sqeeze me
(5:25) 9. Someday you'll be sorry
(9:25) 10. Mood indigo
(6:06) 11. Swing that music

The Dutch Swing College Band "DSCB" is a traditional dixieland band founded on 5 May 1945 by bandleader and clarinettist/saxophonist Peter Schilperoort.

Highly successful in their native home of The Netherlands, the band quickly found an international following. It has featured such musicians as Huub Janssen (drums), Henk Bosch van Drakestein (double bass), Kees van Dorser (trumpet), Dim Kesber (saxes), Jan Morks (clarinet), Wout Steenhuis (guitar), Arie Ligthart (banjo/guitar), Jaap van Kempen (banjo/guitar), Oscar Klein (trumpet), Dick Kaart (trombone), Ray Kaart (trumpet), Bert de Kort (cornet), Bert Boeren (trombone), Rod Mason, Rob Agerbeek (piano) among many others.

The band provided the interval act for the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 presented live from Den Haag.

The band continues to tour extensively, mainly in Europe and Scandinavia, and record directed by Bob Kaper, himself a member since 1967, following the former leader, Peter Schilperoort's death on 17 November 1990. Schilperoort had led the band for more than 45 years, albeit with a five-year sabbatical from 13 September 1955, when he left to pursue an engineering career before returning to lead the band again officially on 1 January 1960. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Swing_College_Band

At The North Sea Jazz Festival

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