Joyce Breach - Reel Songs

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:09
Size: 156.0 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:04] 1. I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All
[3:44] 2. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing/Tender Is The Night
[2:36] 3. Zing A Little Zong
[5:17] 4. That Old Feeling
[3:39] 5. Mind If I Make Love To You
[2:21] 6. That's For Me
[4:44] 7. All That Love Went To Waste
[5:16] 8. The Bad And The Beautiful/Laura
[3:06] 9. You Wonderful You
[4:46] 10. A Very Precious Love/A Certain Smile
[3:24] 11. The Tender Trap
[4:05] 12. Love Can Change The Stars
[3:06] 13. The Boy Next Door
[3:28] 14. Oh, But I Do
[3:46] 15. The Best Of Everything
[4:33] 16. Wild Is The Wind
[3:38] 17. Did I Remember
[3:26] 18. There Will Never Be Another You

For her sixth album for George Buck's Audiophile label, consummate cabaret songstress Joyce Breach has selected a program of torch songs, a novelty tune or two, and some up-tempo material. The common thread running through the musical agenda is that all the tunes are from movies made during the years 1929 to 1973. Thus, the album's title Reel Songs. To their credit, the producers did not fall back on familiar warhorses from movie musical scores, but instead they rescued songs that have been relegated to the oblivion bin. The arrangements tend to favor Breach being backed by piano, rhythm, and a sole instrument like sax or trumpet. This works because the instrumentalists brought in to support this singer are first class. Experienced accompanist Keith Ingham is on most cuts with his sympathetic piano. But nowhere does his ability as a singer's friend come through more than on the poignant medley "A Very Precious Love"/"A Certain Smile." His understanding keyboard work can be a model for the way a pianist should work with a vocalist. Randy Reinhard shows he is equally adept on trumpet and trombone. His soft, mellow slide horn is featured on "All That Love Went to Waste." Reinhardt favors the muted horn, à la Harry Sweets Edison, on the haunting "Laura," one the highlights of the album. Scott Robinson's Stan Getz-influenced honeyed tenor provides the support for Breach on several cuts and is especially telling on "Love Can Change the Stars" while his clarinet takes the lead on "That's for Me." Robinson is a favorite among singers, having shared a recording studio with Rebecca Kilgore. Not only is the individual work outstanding, but the ensemble playing is equally adroit. On "The Tender Trap," the group is pushed along by Ingham's blusey piano for a swinging version of this tune from the 1955 movie of the same name becoming a staple in the Frank Sinatra repertoire. With her cool, but not emotionless, understated manner of delivery, Joyce Breach, along with her talented confreres, provides a very entertaining hour's plus worth of movie tunes with arrangements shaped to show off Breach's voice and delivery at their very best. This album is recommended. ~Dave Nathan

Reel Songs

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Wild Bill Davis, Johnny Hodges - Con-Soul and Sax

Styles: Post Bop, Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:59
Size: 85,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:47)  1. On the Sunny Side of the Street
(3:15)  2. On Green Dolphin Street
(4:10)  3. Lil' Darlin'
(4:52)  4. Con-Soul and Sax
(2:30)  5. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
(3:25)  6. I'm Beginning to See the Light
(4:01)  7. Sophisticated Lady
(4:25)  8. Drop Me Off In Harlem
(3:21)  9. No One
(3:09) 10. Johnny Come Lately

Con-Soul & Sax is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the RCA Victor label. The title is a play on words based on the term "console organ", a term used by the Hammond organ company to describe the type of organs favored by Davis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con-Soul_%26_Sax

Personnel:  Wild Bill Davis - organ; Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone; Dickie Thompson, Mundell Lowe - guitar; Milt Hinton, George Duvivier - double bass; Osie Johnson - drums

Con-Soul and Sax

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Susie Arioli - Embraceable

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 40:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 91,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:49) 1. Pendulum
(3:12) 2. It's Alright With Me
(2:57) 3. My Plan
(4:48) 4. Embraceable You
(4:07) 5. On The Street Where You Live
(3:22) 6. Indifférente
(2:37) 7. Unrequited
(2:52) 8. Calling
(2:58) 9. 500 Cigarettes
(3:35) 10. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blue
(3:09) 11. Easy
(3:31) 12. Worried Mind

Clearly, Susie Arioli is on top form! This brand new album from the sunny Montreal singer follows in the footsteps of the other great offerings in the genre that she’s delivered since her debut (that’s a long time ago, but I’ll stop there. It would be impolite to suggest more). Embraceable is a happy mix of standards (Porter, Gershwin, Arlen are all invited to the table) and original compositions that have absolutely nothing to envy the classics of the Great American Songbook, both melodically and lyrically (Pendulum, My Plan, bluffing with stylistic perfection).

There are also some lovely, well-balanced blues and some frank country incursions that betray the ever-essential presence of Jordan Officer, alongside Susie, in concocting these delights. I’d like to highlight the originality of the arrangement of On the Street where you live, which enhances this standard without distorting it.

A Susie album is like returning to the roots of a happiness that is never forgotten or fades away. Every time you hear a new album by her, it’s as happy and authentic as ever. Susie is a faithful friend who you only see occasionally, which makes each return so precious. It has to be said that the last few years have seen the singer sail blindly after the divorce with her previous record label and agency. The Blü Dog label has taken over the reins, and we can’t thank them enough. All the more reason not to miss out on this.By Frédéric Cardin https://panm360.com/en/records/suzie-arioli-embraceable-jordan-officer-blu-dog-media/

Embraceable

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