Boots Randolph - A Whole New Ballgame

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 58:57
Size: 135.0 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:09] 1. I'm Beginning To See The Light
[5:40] 2. Billy's Bounce
[3:18] 3. I'll Be Seeing You
[4:08] 4. Take Me Out To The Ballgame
[3:31] 5. Candy
[6:16] 6. Basically Blues
[4:33] 7. 'round Midnight
[3:53] 8. Dream Dancing
[3:49] 9. Stompin' At The Savoy
[5:55] 10. Cry Me A River
[5:09] 11. L-O-V-E
[3:38] 12. You'll Never Know
[3:43] 13. I'll Walk Alone
[1:10] 14. Nature Boy

Boots Randolph will always be best-known for his cornball pop hit "Yakety Sax" and for his association with country music, but he has long loved swinging jazz. Years ago he recorded an effective jazz album with Richie Cole called Yakety Madness! Randolph's huge tone, influenced by Illinois Jacquet, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Coleman Hawkins, perfectly fits into the idiom, and on A Whole New Ballgame, he performs no-nonsense jazz. Although the occasional synthesized strings of keyboardist Jason Webb sounds a little cheesy in spots, Randolph is heard throughout in top form. He displays very impressive technique, knows the songs well and swings hard without going too over the top. The rhythm section is fine in support, with pianist Steve Willets and guitarist Roddy Smith having solo space, but Randolph is the main show, really blowing up a storm on "L-O-V-E," an up-tempo "Take Me out to the Ballgame" and "Basically Blues." Recommended. Unfortunately, Radolph died about a month after this was released. ~ Scott Yanow

Recording information: The Groovhouse, Nashville, TN (02/2006-04/2006).

Boots Randolph (tenor saxophone); Boots Randolph; Mark Stallings (Hammond b-3 organ); Jason Webb (keyboards); Tim Smith (bass guitar); Ray VonRotz (drums, drum, percussion); Roddy Smith (guitar); Steve Willets (piano).

A Whole New Ballgame

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James Newton - James Newton

Styles: Flute Jazz
Year: 1983
Time: 36:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 84,0 MB
Art: Front

( 7:05) 1. Daydream
(10:05) 2. Budapest
( 8:39) 3. Ismene
( 3:49) 4. Persephone
( 7:03) 5. The Crips

Flutist James Newton teams up with six distinctive players on this continually interesting set: violinist John Blake, trombonist Slide Hampton, vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, pianist Anthony Davis, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Billy Hart. The five selections include Billy Strayhorn's beautiful "Daydream," Davis' "Persephone" (a 17-bar piece), and three of the flutist's originals. The variety in the music ranges from an atonal "The Crips" to "Budapest," which recalls Charles Mingus, and the high quality of the players makes this thoughtful presentation a recommended set.
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James Newton

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Win Pongsakorn - Time Has Changed

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 58:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 134,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:51) 1. Man In The Mirror
(5:18) 2. Pensri
(5:57) 3. Hummingbirds At Balata Garden
(6:16) 4. Time Has Changed
(5:40) 5. Caipirinha
(6:12) 6. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
(5:35) 7. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
(5:59) 8. Theme For Ernie
(6:10) 9. Imagination
(5:26) 10. Pearls

Time Has Changed is the second recording as leader by trumpeter Win Pongsakorn who was born in Bangkok, Thailand, but has been firmly wedded to American-style contemporary jazz since he started playing trumpet at age fourteen in 2011. As on his debut album, Yes, It Is! (Cellar Music, 2020), Pongsakorn is backed by a stellar rhythm section overseen by the elebrated pianist David Hazeltine with Paolo Benedettini on bass and Jason Brown on drums.

Unlike that initial enterprise, on which Pongsakorn composed seven of eight numbers, he has written only four (of ten) this time around—including the next four in a row after Glen Ballard and Sarah Garrett's opening theme, the trim and handsome "Man in the Mirror." Besides the graceful title song, they include the waltz-like "Pensri," gently swaying "Hummingbirds at Balata Garden" and limber "Caipirinha." Pongsakorn then turns elsewhere with largely admirable results, covering Carole King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," the standard "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me," Fred Lacey's pensive "Theme for Ernie" and "Imagination" (not the standard) before closing with Hazeltine's sleek and shiny "Pearls."

Much of the rationale for the complimentary appraisal rests on Pongsakorn's singular ability to embrace and enhance the heart and soul within any song, owing to his keen and soulful approach. In reviews of his earlier album, Pongsakorn was compared to such masters as Blue Mitchell, Carmell Jones and Bobby Shew, among others, and he offers no reason to amend that opinion. The phrases are logical and clean, the tone is pure, and the improvisations are sharp and perceptive. An impartial listener might arguably contend that Pongsakorn plays older than his age, which is not yet thirty.

Ponsakorn also benefits from the expertise of his rhythm section, which not only provides staunch and unerring support but shares solo honors on most tracks, with Hazeltine, as always, especially creative and pleasing. Anyone who may have expected a sophomore slump from Pongsakorn will find no trace of one here. Yes, Time Has Changed, but that alteration has done nothing to lessen Pongsakorn's skills or demeanor. Indeed, based on the evidence presented here, a persuasive argument could be made that he is becoming an even more focused and inventive artist as time goes by. By Jack Bowers https://www.allaboutjazz.com/time-has-changed-win-pongsakorn-cellar-music-group

Personnel: Win Pongsakorn – Trumpet; David Hazeltine – Piano; Paolo Benedettini – Double Bass; Jason Brown – Drums

Time Has Changed

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