Thursday, July 11, 2024

Randy Sandke - The Music Of Bob Haggart

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:00
Size: 138,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:26)  1. It Ain't Necessarily So
(2:30)  2. It Takes a Long Pull To Get There
(2:35)  3. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
(3:00)  4. Summertime
(3:11)  5. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
(2:12)  6. Oh, I Can't Sit Down
(3:24)  7. I Loves You, Porgy
(4:26)  8. My Man's Gone Now
(3:07)  9. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
(2:23) 10. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
(3:20) 11. Mardi Gras Parade
(3:22) 12. What's New?
(5:42) 13. Dogtown Blues
(3:10) 14. My Inspiration
(4:39) 15. South Rampart Street Parade
(4:58) 16. At the Jazz Band Ball
(4:27) 17. Big Noise From Winnetka

Most jazz fans are well acquainted with some arrangement or another of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, but few of them are acquainted with Bob Haggart's charts of the score. The reason is simple: Haggart's arrangements, released at the same time as the Porgy and Bess movie, were pushed to the back of the record racks by versions of the same music by (among others) Miles Davis and Gil Evans, the Modern Jazz Quartet, the Oscar Peterson Trio and Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Modern-day trumpeter Randy Sandke has decided that this was an unfair quirk of history, and after some detective work and painstaking transcription he's reassembled Haggart's Porgy and Bess plus some other charts under the prosaic title The Music of Bob Haggart.

Haggart's charts for Gershwin don't try to reinvent the wheel as other interpreters at the time did; their sound, straightahead, tart and tight, takes the listener back to Gershwin's own idiom with minimum fuss and maximum verve. Frequent solo breaks allow the stellar band Sandke has assembled to shine; while everyone puts their best foot forward in this endeavor, the two most impressive players are Jon-Erik Kellso on the (frequently muted) puje, sounding period without sounding old, and Sandke himself, alternately caressing and goosing some of the most famous melodies ever written. Jazz fans shouldn't lose sleep over having favored Miles, Oscar or Louis and Ella for so many years; Haggart's version isn't that compelling. But, as this recording proves, it can be a lot of fun in the right hands. ~ Andrew Lindemann Malone  http://jazztimes.com/articles/13713-the-music-of-bob-haggart-under-the-direction-of-randy-sandke-randy-sandke

Personnel:  Bob Haggart (arranger, bass); Randy Sandke (leader, trumpet); Scott Robinson (tenor & baritone saxophones); Jack Stuckey (baritone saxophone); Byron Stripling (trumpet); John Allred, George Masso, Wycliffe Gordon (trombone); Ken Peplowski (clarinet); Derek Smith, Ed Metz, Sr. (piano); Howard Alden (guitar); Greg Cohen (bass); Joe Ascione, Tony DeNicola (drums).

The Music Of Bob Haggart

Robyn Adele Anderson - Just Play the Right Notes

Styles: Vocal
Size: 95,7 MB
Time: 40:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Year: 2022
Art: Front

1. Puttin' On The Ritz (2:25)
2. Quién Será (2:34)
3. Mambo Italiano (2:27)
4. Fly Me To The Moon (3:27)
5. All Of Me (2:58)
6. Whatever Lola Wants (3:10)
7. La Vie En Rose (2:59)
8. Why Don't You Do Right? (3:17)
9. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (3:04)
10. Quizás (2:34)
11. Take The "A" Train (3:00)
12. Summertime (3:07)
13. Witchcraft (2:33)
14. Autumn Leaves (2:55)

Robyn Adele Anderson is a New York based singer and arranger. Her career swiftly shifted gears from working in the nonprofit sector to the arts when she crossed paths with the genre-bending music collective Postmodern Jukebox back in 2013. After several years of collaborating with the group, Robyn branched out to pursue a solo music project by performing covers on her own YouTube channel. She quickly gained notability for her creative arrangements and authentic live recording style. Her most notable covers include swing versions of “Chop Suey” by System of a Down and “Bawitdaba” by Kid Rock. Across social media, Robyn has amassed nearly a million followers and more than 300 million views on YouTube.

In addition to creating videos, Robyn has performed live all over the world. She has toured on five continents and has made appearances on several TV shows including “Good Morning America,” “VH1 Morning Buzz,” and Australia’s “The Morning Show.” In New York City Robyn can be found singing at swing dance events as well as acting in the immersive theater scene. She has starred in a variety of productions including Speakeasy Dollhouse’s “Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic” and “The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini.”

Robyn has embraced not only the sound but the aesthetic of eras gone by. She pays homage to the “pinup girls” of the ‘40s and ‘50s in the form of an annual pinup calendar. She continues to combine modern and retro trends in her fashion which can be seen in her videos and portfolio of portraits. https://www.robynadele.com/about-me

Just Play the Right Notes

Thomas Marriott - Crazy: The Music Of Willie Nelson

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 57:37
Size: 106,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:05)  1. Phases And Stages, Circles And Cycles
(4:38)  2. Everywhere I Go
(4:37)  3. Write Your Own Songs
(8:43) 4. You Wouldn't Cross The Street to Say Goodbye
(3:08)  5. Blame It On The Times
(2:52)  6. I'm Building Heartaches
(7:08)  7. The Great Divide
(3:41)  8. Crazy
(4:57)  9. Time Slips Away
(7:04) 10. One In A Row
(4:39) 11. On The Road Again

If you want to put your music into compartments, it might be hard to cozy up to a "jazz" CD getting tight with the tunes of "country" icon Willie Nelson. But smart music lovers throw the labels down the man hole, and maybe remember that none other than Miles Davis counted himself a Nelson fan check out the six takes of the tune "Willie Nelson" on The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia Records, 2003) boxed set. Enter trumpeter/flugelhornist Thomas Marriott, with Crazy: The Music of Willie Nelson. Marriott and the band take on a couple of Nelson's best known compositions the 1961 Patsy Cline hit "Crazy," and the Nelson-recorded "On the Road Again" (is there a person alive who hasn't heard those tunes?), along with a bunch of lesser-known gems. But if you're expecting understated, subtle country flavors, think again. The sound has a distinctly modern and often brash tone, thanks in no small part to the three members of the under-recorded Matt Jorgensen + 451 ensemble: drummer Jorgensen, saxophonist Mark Taylor, and keyboardist Ryan Burns. Especially Burns, who switches from the acoustic piano mode of his Tree-O (Odd Bird Records, 2007) in favor of some serious musical adventurousness with his Fender Rhodes and Moog synthesizer. The opener, "Phases & Stages, Circles and Cycles" pulses to life on Geoff Harper's slow bass throb leading into a rhythm that sizzles behind Marriott's echoing horn, giving way to Taylor's cool, sweet nuances on soprano sax before Ryan Burns splashes neon colors and gleaming metallic sounds around. 

The disc closes with "On the Road Again," probably Nelson's most familiar melody. Marriott and company change the original's quiet country charm into an expansive, lush, electric wash of sound that seems as if it could have been issued from the underbelly of an alien spacecraft that has picked up an errant Willie broadcast out in space, and is now hovering in a starry sky, broadcasting its otherworldly renditions down to an awe-struck earthly crowd. And of course there's "Crazy." The band begins simply, gently, reverently, before things fall apart the horns and keys sounding like misfiring neurons crazy. This set of eleven Willie Nelson songs done up in a quite adventurous jazz mode is an unusually fine and original listening experience. ~ Dam McClenaghan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/crazy-the-music-of-willie-nelson-thomas-marriott-origin-records-review-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php

Personnel: Thomas Marriott: trumpet, flugelhorn; Mark Taylor: saxophone; Ryan Burns: Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes; Geoff Harper: bass; Matt Jorgensen: drums; Wayne Horwitz: keyboards (3); Rick Mandyck: guitar (10), vocal (11); Cecil Young: gong (11).

Crazy: The Music Of Willie Nelson

Jack Walrath - Portraits in Ivory and Brass

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:44
Size: 157,7 MB
Art: Front

( 4:59)  1. Bess, You Is My Woman
( 4:55)  2. Epitaph For Seikolos
(10:14)  3. Shadows
( 9:43)  4. Kirsten
( 9:50)  5. Monk's Feet
(11:42)  6. Road to Sophia
( 9:30)  7. Blues in F
( 7:47)  8. Green Eyes

An often exciting, thoughtful trumpeter and good arranger, Jack Walrath has steadily gained attention and exposure through his contributions to outstanding sessions. Walrath began playing trumpet at nine, and studied at Berklee in the mid- and late '60s while working with other students and backing up R&B vocalists. He moved to the West Coast in 1969, and co-led the bands Change with Gary Peacock, and Revival with Glenn Ferris. Walrath also toured a year with Ray Charles. Walrath relocated to New York in the early 70s, and worked with Latin bands before playing with Charles Mingus from 1974 to 1979, an association that gave him a certain amount of recognition. Walrath contributed some arrangements and orchestrations to Mingus' final recordings. In the 1980s and '90s, he led his own bands, toured Europe with Dannie Richmond and the British group Spirit Level, worked with Charlie Persip's Superband and Richard Abrams, and helped keep the music of Charles Mingus alive by playing with Mingus Dynasty. Jack Walrath has recorded as a leader for Gatemouth, Stash, SteepleChase, Red, Muse, Spotlite, Blue Note, and Mapleshade; he is still improving with age.By Ron Wynn https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jack-walrath/id36602597#fullText

Personnel: Jack Walrath (trumpet); Larry Willis (piano).

Portraits in Ivory and Brass