John Pizzarelli - John Pizzarelli Salutes Johnny Mercer: Live At Birdland

Size: 152,0 MB
Time: 64:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Guitar Jazz
Art: Front

01. I Got Out Of Bed On The Right Side (Live) (3:50)
02. Intro Dearly Beloved (Live) (0:28)
03. Dearly Beloved (Live) (4:22)
04. Goody Goody (Live) (4:03)
05. You Medley (Live) (7:21)
06. Skylark (Live) (3:53)
07. Intro I'm Old Fashioned (Live) (0:26)
08. I'm Old Fashioned (Live) (2:31)
09. Jamboree Jones (Live) (3:13)
10. Emily (Live) (3:11)
11. Accentuate The Positive (Live) (5:11)
12. Academy Award Medley (Live) (3:46)
13. Slue Foot (Live) (3:10)
14. Intro October Medley (Live) (0:31)
15. October Medley (Live) (5:33)
16. Intro Somethings Gotta Give (Live) (0:21)
17. Somethings Gotta Give (Live) (4:09)
18. Empty Tables (Live) (2:56)
19. Too Marvelous For Words (Live) (3:45)
20. And So To Bed (Live) (2:00)

Jazz guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli is a technically proficient fretman with a soft voice, charming stage presence, and knack for uptempo swing. Most often performing in a trio setting sans drums, Pizzarelli has found his niche covering jazz standards and American popular song in his own urbane style. The son of journeyman swing guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, John began performing with his father at age 20 and made his recorded debut with his 1983 release, I'm Hip -- Please Don't Tell My Father. Growing up, John was exposed to the music of such jazz luminaries as Les Paul and Django Reinhardt, and he has justifiably drawn comparisons to both of these legendary guitarists.

Pizzarelli's updated old-school sound caught the ear of many jazz purists early on; notably, in 1993 the John Pizzarelli Trio opened various dates on Frank Sinatra's tour, eventually participating in the legendary vocalist's 80th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall. Interestingly, Pizzarelli's growing popularity garnered him a lead spot in the 1997 Broadway production of Dream, a tribute to composer Johnny Mercer. His 1998 RCA release, Meets the Beatles, found him reinterpreting classic songs by the iconic Liverpool quartet, while the following year he paid tribute to one of his biggest influences, pianist/vocalist Nat King Cole, on P.S. Mr. Cole. Pizzarelli then signed with the Telarc label in 1999 and released two standards-based albums, Kisses in the Rain and Let There Be Love, in 2000.

Since then, he has recorded an album with pianist George Shearing and celebrated ten years of performing with his trio by releasing the concert album Live at Birdland in 2003. Taking a break from swing, Pizzarelli released Bossa Nova in 2004. Largely featuring the works of Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, the album showcased the Pizzarelli Trio on such classics of the genre as "The Girl from Ipanema" and "Aguas de Marco [Waters of March]." In 2005 Pizzarelli returned to his usual fare of American standards with Knowing You (though he penned the title track), and, backed by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, paid his tribute to the legend himself with 2006's Dear Mr. Sinatra. With a Song in My Heart, featuring the songs of composer Richard Rodgers, followed in 2008. In 2010, Pizzarelli paid homage to legendary pianist/bandleader Duke Ellington with Rockin' in Rhythm: A Duke Ellington Tribute. The following year he appeared with his father on Family Fugue. In 2012, Pizzarelli released the album Double Exposure, featuring his take on classic jazz standards as well as contemporary pop standards from his youth, including works by Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Steely Dan, and others.By Matt Collar

John Pizzarelli Salutes Johnny Mercer

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Teddy Grace - Turn On That Red Hot Heat

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:43
Size: 179,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:14) 1. Rockin' Chair Swing
(3:08) 2. I've Got Rain In My Eyes
(2:51) 3. The Trouble With Me Is You
(2:53) 4. Turn Off The Moon
(3:08) 5. (Have You Forgotten) The You & Me That Used To Be
(2:57) 6. Alibi Baby
(2:59) 7. The Life Of The Party
(2:57) 8. Turn On That Red Hot Heat (Burn Your Blues Away)
(3:02) 9. You're Out Of This World To Me
(2:51) 10. I Want A New Romance
(2:36) 11. (I'Ve Been) Dispossessed By You
(2:52) 12. Rock It For Me
(2:55) 13. I'm Losing My Mind Over You
(2:58) 14. I'm So In Love With You
(2:55) 15. I'll Never Let You Cry
(3:18) 16. You And Your Love
(3:12) 17. Over The Rainbow
(3:22) 18. Blue Orchids
(3:21) 19. What Used To Was Used To Was (Now It Ain'T)
(3:18) 20. The Little Man Who Wasn't There
(2:48) 21. I Thought About You
(2:46) 22. Happy Birthday To Love
(2:42) 23. It's A Whole New Thing
(2:57) 24. Angry
(2:46) 25. I Wanna Wrap You Up (And Take You Home With Me)
(2:45) 26. Red Wagon

Most of singer Teddy Grace's finest recordings are on her Timeless CD. Her Hep disc, which only duplicates one selection ("I'll Never Let You Cry"), primarily focuses on Grace's recordings with the Mal Hallett and Bob Crosby Orchestras. In fact, all except one of her performances from those two associations are included on this release. Although Hallett's band was minor-league, he had a strong trumpet section, along with future star pianist Frankie Carle.

The Crosby numbers are less interesting than the Bobcats' usual instrumentals, and, truth be told, some of the lesser selections on this set are only of interest for Grace's sincere delivery and sense of swing. However, completists will want this CD, which also includes her one number ("Red Wagon") with Lou Holden's band and the four songs that resulted from the singer's first session as a leader.By Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/turn-on-that-red-hot-heat-mw0000605621

Turn On That Red Hot Heat

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Beverly Kenney - Lonely And Blue

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 24:13
Size: 55,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:38)  1. Lonely and Blue
(2:53)  2. Long Lean and Lanky
(2:15)  3. Tall Dark and Handsome
(2:35)  4. Yours Sincerely
(2:03)  5. Too Late to Be Sorry
(2:11)  6. It's a Mean Old World
(2:46)  7. Too Bad
(1:59)  8. Let's Try It Again
(2:31)  9. The Stars the Night the Moon
(2:16) 10. That Pyramid Jazz

A very talented cool-toned singer from the 1950s, Beverly Kenney tragically committed suicide in 1960 when she was only 28. She only recorded a handful of albums, with Lonely & Blue being her debut. Cut around 1952 when she was 20, the ten selections were only previously available as radio transcriptions and were forgotten until very recently. Kenney, who sounds both quite young and mature in her interpretations of the lyrics, performs ten songs that were all doomed to obscurity. While "Tall, Dark and Handsome" and "Long, Lean and Lanky" cover familiar topics, "That Pyramid Jazz" is a true oddity. 

Several of the songs have ironic lyrics considering Kenney's fate, including "Lonely and Blue," "Too Late to Be Sorry," and "It's a Mean Old World." Backed by studio musicians, some of whom had been associated with Glenn Miller a decade earlier, Kenney shows a great deal of potential that would be partly realized in her much too-brief future. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/lonely-blue-mw0001145412

Lonely And Blue

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Matt Bianco Feat. Basia Trzetrzelewska - Matt's Mood

Styles: Vocal, Smooth Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:18
Size: 101,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:40)  1. Ordinary Day
(4:51)  2. I Never Meant To
(4:01)  3. Wrong Side Of The Street
(4:05)  4. La Luna
(3:42)  5. Say The Words
(4:26)  6. Golden Days
(4:11)  7. Ronnie's Samba
(4:23)  8. Kaleidoscope
(4:20)  9. Slip & Sliding
(5:36) 10. Matt's Mood III

Polish vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska spent several years in the pop band Matt Bianco, an offshoot of Blue Rondo à la Turk, before launching a solo career in 1987. With the musical assistance of Matt Bianco's Danny White, she developed a subtle cocktail jazz-pop first showcased on her 1987 debut album, Time and Tide. Supported by the singles "New Day for You" and "Time and Tide," the record became a hit in Europe and America, where the album went platinum. Basia's second record, 1990's London Warsaw New York, was just as successful, but her third effort, 1994's Sweetest Illusion, failed to find an audience.

Clear Horizon: The Best of Basia followed in 1998 and proved to be her only release for several years, as the deaths of her mother and several close friends temporarily sapped Basia's drive to make music. Urged by her former bandmates Danny White and Mark Reilly to join the reunited Matt Bianco, however, she eventually returned to music in 2004 and issued Matt's Mood with the band. Basia then returned her focus to her solo career, releasing It's That Girl Again with White's help in early 2009.
~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/matts-mood/46814545

Personnel: Mark Reilly, Basia, Basia Trzetrzelewska (vocals); Tony Remy (guitar, vocoder); Tim Cansfield (guitar); Peter White (acoustic guitar, accordion); Andrew Ross (flute, saxophone); David O'Higgins (saxophone); Ronnie Ross (baritone saxophone); Kevin Robinson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Danny White, Danny White & Linda Nail (keyboards); Tony Mason (percussion).

Matt's Mood

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London Odense Ensemble - Live At Jaiyede Jazz Festival

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:47
Size: 75,2 MB
Art: Front

(15:37) 1. Energy Ascending
( 8:30) 2. Sojourner
( 8:39) 3. Exit Momentum

London Odense Ensemble is a powerhouse quintet that combines forces from the Causa Sui/El Paraiso family tree (Jakob Skøtt, Jonas Munk, Martin Rude) with the vibrant, experimental London jazz scene (Tamar Osborn, Al MacSween). On two studio full-lengths, released in 2022 and 2023, they have explored the confluence of psychedelia, improvisation and cosmic jazz. On this set, recorded at the 2021 edition of Denmark’s Jaiyede Jazz Festival, the energy is cranked up another notch or two.

Comprised almost entirely of exclusive material not found on the two studio records these three sonic excursions dive head-on into the fiery side of the group’s sound. Taking up the entire A-side “Energy Ascending” starts out as a gently flowing piece of dreamy jazz that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on a late 1960s Pharoah Sanders record. As the piece evolves the guitar takes it into rock territory, where it dissolves in a mesmerising breakdown before commencing a build of epic proportions, lead by Tamar Osborn’s baritone sax, channelling The Stooges as much as John Coltrane. Heavy.

On the B-side things get more electronic and spacy. Here the ensemble uses album track “Sojourner” as a starting point for a new improvisation guided by Al MacSween’s virtuoso keyboard work. The rhythm section creates a hypnotic foundation for layers of synths and electric keys to fully blossom and travel into cosmic territory.https://elparaisorecords.com/product/london-odense-ensemble-live-at-jaiyede-jazz-festival/

Personnel: Tamar Osborn: Saxophonist; Al MacSween: Keyboard player; Martin Rude: Multi-string instrumentalist; Jakob Skøtt: Drummer; Jonas Munk: Guitarist

Live At Jaiyede Jazz Festival

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