New York Swing - The Music Of Jerome Kern

Styles: Piano And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:20
Size: 127,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:15)  1. The Song Is You
(2:52)  2. Why Was I Born?
(4:20)  3. I'm Old Fashioned
(3:19)  4. All The Things You Are
(4:51)  5. Remind Me
(3:33)  6. Nobody Else But Me
(2:55)  7. I Dream Too Much
(4:04)  8. Why Do I Love You
(3:06)  9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
(4:35) 10. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
(4:11) 11. Sure Thing
(3:24) 12. Pick Yourself Up
(4:40) 13. Bill
(4:10) 14. Yesterdays

New York Swing consists of pianist John Bunch, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, and bassist Jay Leonhart, while the group worked with more than one drummer during their existence. On this 1993 session, Dennis Mackrel rounds out the group. The music is drawn exclusively from the Jerome Kern songbook, starting with a breezy, playful arrangement of "The Song Is You." But while the group plays a number of time-tested standards, including "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Pick Yourself Up," "All the Things You Are," and "Yesterdays," all with a freshness that belies the vintage of these songs and the numerous times they have been recorded by jazz musicians, it is some of the less familiar tunes that especially stand out. The leisurely waltz "I Dream Too Much" and the shimmering ballad "Remind Me" are worthy of greater exploration, too. Pizzarelli's guitar is prominent throughout the date, though Bunch and Leonhart are capable soloists as well, with the veteran Mackrel focusing primarily on keeping time. This is one of the better releases in producer Sonny Lester's series of budget releases that have appeared on various labels.By Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/plays-the-music-of-jerome-kern-mw0000234669

New York Swing: John Bunch (piano); Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); Jay Leonhart (bass); Dennis Mackrel (drums).

The Music Of Jerome Kern

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The Las Vegas Boneheads - Sixty and Still Cookin'

Styles: Trombone Jazz
Year: 2022
Time: 55:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 127,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:09) 1. Al Cohn Tune
(5:25) 2. Ceora
(6:10) 3. Samba Deez Bones
(6:59) 4. Home Again
(4:11) 5. Carl
(6:05) 6. Skylark
(4:47) 7. The Nervous Nellie
(6:33) 8. I Thought About You
(4:22) 9. Cherokee
(6:35) 10. Giant Steps

There aren't many albums a listener might care to revisit again immediately after an initial spin. This is one of them. The Las Vegas Boneheads, a trombone-and-rhythm nonet formed by Abe Nole in 1962, marked their sixtieth(!) anniversary by recording Sixty and Still Cookin', an album that more than lives up to its name while presenting a master class in how contemporary jazz trombone should be played, individually and collectively.

There's never a dull or wasted moment here, thanks to an impressive inventory of standard and original tunes and superlative blowing by all hands including special guest Andy Martin who is eloquent and persuasive as always on Gordon Goodwin's "Home Again," Curt Miller's "The Nervous Nellie" and Ray Noble's "Cherokee." He's far from alone, however, as Miller and his frontline mates Nathan Tanouye, Nate Kimball, Andrew Boostrom and Ilai Macaggi are given ample room to stretch and make the most of every opportunity.

They are supported on most numbers by bass trombonists Sonny Hernandez and Ralph Pressler and an exemplary rhythm section comprised of pianist Uli Geissendorfer (also a splendid soloist), bassist Steve Flora and drummer Larry Aberman who are replaced for reasons unknown on the last tune, John Coltrane's "Giant Steps," by Dave Richardson , Rochon Westmoreland and Johnny Friday. Besides "Nervous Nellie," Miller who joined the ensemble in 1978 shortly after graduating from college wrote the charming, light-hearted "Samba Deez Bones," while Billy Rogers penned the incendiary opener, "Al Cohn Tune," Bill Holman the irrepressible "Carl," presumably to honor one of the ensemble's several renowned alumni, the late great Carl Fontana.

Rounding out the seductive program are Lee Morgan's gently swaying "Ceora," Hoagy Carmichael's enchanting "Skylark" and Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Mercer's tender-hearted "I Thought About You." The Boneheads are brilliant on every one, leaping to the head of the class thanks for the most part to their high-grade intensity, blowing with the sort of stamina and enhusiasm that belies their newly-earned senior status. As noted, there's never a tedious moment, and the Las Vegas Boneheads are definitely still cookin' even at their advanced age. Let us hope that another sixty years don't pass before we hear more from this well-knit team of masterful musicians.By Jack Bowers
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/sixty-and-still-cookin-the-las-vegas-boneheads-cellar-records

Personnel: Trombone – Andy Martin (tracks: 4, 6, 9); Bass – Rochon Westmoreland (tracks: 10), Steve Flora (tracks: 1 to 9); Bass Trombone – Ralph Pressler; Drums – Johnny Friday (tracks: 10), Larry Aberman (tracks: 1 to 9); Ensemble – The Las Vegas Boneheads; Piano – Dave Richardson (15) (tracks: 10), Uli Geissendoerfer (tracks: 1 to 9); Trombone – Andrew Boostrom (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 10), Curt Miller, Hai Macaggi (tracks: 5, 6), Nate Kimball, Nathan Tanouye

Sixty and Still Cookin'

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Karin Krog - Karin Krog (Live)

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2024
Time: 50:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 116,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:33) 1. All I Want
(5:52) 2. Once Upon a Summertime/Watch What Happens
(4:01) 3. I'm Shadowing You
(5:20) 4. Who Knows
(4:10) 5. My Romance
(2:54) 6. On a Clear Day
(4:44) 7. Don't Get Scared
(4:10) 8. It Could be Hip
(3:10) 9. Sweet Talker
(8:34) 10. Canto Mai
(3:12) 11. Everytime We Say Goodbye

Karin Krog is perhaps Norway’s leading jazz singer and certainly its most idiomatic. She is a unique song artist with a great international reputation, possessing her own distinctive style and voice. Her constantly creative approach towards contemporary jazz has never been bound by tradition, even though her music bears a deep respect for its forms. Karin is equally at home with jazz standards, blues or electronic experimental techniques and has continued to explore all of these avenues throughout her long career.

In addition to Karin’s work as a vocalist she has been active in improving the working conditions for musicians, and contributing towards a vital jazz milieu in Norway. In 2014 she celebrated 50 years since her first LP as a solo artist was released.

Karin Krog was born in Oslo, Norway, on the 15th of May 1937, and started to sing during her teenage years together with various local musicians. She attracted attention during jam sessions at the Penguin club in Oslo, and in 1955 was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet. Her broadcasting debut on Norwegian radio happened during the following year. By 1957 Karin was singing at the Humlen Restaurant in Oslo in company with some of the best Norwegian jazz musicians of that time, among others tenor saxophonist Mikkel Flagstad and pianist Einar Iversen and going on to participate in several Norwegian jazz concerts towards the end of the decade.

Karin was a natural choice on the bill when the very first Molde International Jazz Festival was formed, appearing there with Kjell Karlsen’s quartet. From 1962 she fronted her own groups as well as singing with trombonist Frode Thingnæs’ Quintet and pianist Egil Kapstad’s trio. During the period from 1962 to 1969 Karin studied with the American singer Anne Brown (the first Bess in Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”).

Karin’s recording debut, in 1963, was on the LP “Metropol Jazz”. She made her own solo album “By Myself” in 1964, and performed the same year at the Antibes festival, the Gyllene Circeln in Stockholm, and the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway. In 1965 Karin received the Buddy award, the most coveted mark of honour from the Norwegian Jazz Federation. That same year Krog and several of her colleagues formed the Norwegian Jazz Forum, where she became its first chairman. The Forum was instrumental in getting jazz out of the night-clubs and into concert settings, thus securing a place for live jazz performance and providing a platform for jazz musicians to perform and to receive inspiration....More.. https://karinkrog.no/biography/

Karin Krog (Live)

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Peter Bernstein - Messengers in Jazz with Peter Bernstein at Termansens

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 71:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 167,4 MB
Art: Front

( 9:30) 1. Simple as That
(11:03) 2. One Step Ahead
( 9:00) 3. Blood Moon Wolf Blues
( 7:16) 4. Headin' Home
( 8:57) 5. This I Dig of You
(11:33) 6. Dragonfly
(13:38) 7. Old Devil Moon

Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein was born September 3, 1967, in New York City. He got his first break while attending the New School when he met Jim Hall, who recruited him for a concert of guitarists as part of the 1990 JVC Jazz Festival in New York. The show was recorded by MusicMasters and issued as Live at Town Hall, Vol. 2. Bernstein quickly began playing with other jazz musicians, notably appearing on albums by Lou Donaldson, Michael Hashim, Larry Goldings, Mel Rhyne, Jesse Davis, and Geoff Keezer. He recorded his first album as a leader, Somethin's Burnin', for Criss Cross in December, 1992, as part of quartet with pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist John Webber, and drummer Jimmy Cobb.

After working with such artists as Patti Page, Walt Weiskopf, Brian Lynch, Laverne Butler, Eric Alexander, and Hendrik Meurkens in 1993-1994, Bernstein returned to his solo work with Signs of Life. Issued in May of 1995, the album once again found the guitarist backed by pianist Mehldau, along with bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. Further work as a sideman with Ghetto Philharmonic, Trudy Desmond, Teodross Avery, Joshua Redman, Kevin Mahogany, Grant Stewart, and Mike LeDonne preceded the release of his third album, Brain Dance, in June 1997. This time, he led a quintet also containing organist Goldings, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, trombonist Steve Davis, and drummer Billy Drummond. Prior to his fourth album, Earth Tones, Bernstein recorded with Ralph Lalama and Eric Comstock, among others. Earth Tones, issued in August, 1998, found him fronting a trio with Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart.

Five years elapsed before the release of Heart's Content, Bernstein's fifth album as a leader, and he occupied the time working with a wide variety of musicians including Tom Aalfs, Group 15, Jimmy Cobb's Mob, David Bubba Brooks, Doug Lawrence, Sam Yahel, David Morgan, Jon Gordon, Michael Karn, Spike Wilner, Anna Lauvergnac, Harry Allen, Paula West, Nicholas Payton, Etta Jones, Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Lee Konitz, Klaus Doldinger, and Ralph Bowen. Heart's Content, which was released in May 2003, was credited to "Peter Bernstein + 3," and the three were Mehldau, Bill Stewart, and bassist Larry Grenadier. The same year the album appeared, Bernstein could be heard on albums by Ryan Kisor, Wycliffe Gordon, Janis Siegel, and Martin Sasse, among others.

Stranger in Paradise, Bernstein's sixth album, was released in June 2004 by the Japanese Tokuma label, and employed the same lineup as that on Heart's Content. In addition to musicians with whom he had recorded before, Bernstein appeared on albums by Jim Rotondi and Dr. Lonnie Smith in 2004 and Kathy Kosins in 2005. On August 23, 2005, Mel Bay released the DVD Peter Bernstein Trio Live at Smoke, taped at a jazz club on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Among his many sideman sessions in the mid-2000s, Bernstein added dates with Joe Magnarelli, Alvin Queen, Planet Jazz, Anton Schwartz, John Pisano, David "Fathead" Newman, Don Friedman, Cory Weeds, and Andrew Suvalsky to the list of his credits, along with repeat appearances with others. In January 2009, the newly reactivated Xanadu label released Bernstein's seventh album, Monk, a tribute to Thelonious Monk featuring bassist Doug Weiss and drummer Bill Stewart.

In 2013, he paired with guitarist Joachim Schoenecker for the duo album Dialogues. A year later, he joined longtime associates Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart on Ramshackle Serenade. He then made his Smoke Sessions debut with 2016's Let Loose, a lively quartet date featuring pianist Gerald Clayton. Also that year, he collaborated with fellow guitarists Rale Micic, John Abercrombie, and Lage Lund on Inspired. For the guitarist's second Smoke Sessions date, Signs Live!, he reunited the band that had recorded his 1995 album Signs of Life, including pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. Released in 2017, Signs Live! was the first time Bernstein and the members of the quartet had all played together in over 20 years. By William Ruhlmann https://www.amazon.com/Simple-as-That/dp/B0CVRWDYB2

Messengers in Jazz with Peter Bernstein at Termansens

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