Lena Horne - Sings Your Requests + Like Latin (2 LP on 1 CD)

Styles: Jazz Vocal
Year: 2008
Time: 67:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 155,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:50) 1. Love
(2:33) 2. I Wish I Was Back In My Baby's Arms
(2:22) 3. Why Was I Born
(3:38) 4. Good For Nothin' Joe
(2:57) 5. Love Me Or Leave Me
(3:46) 6. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
(3:21) 7. Stormy Weather
(2:24) 8. Poppa Don't Preach To Me
(2:57) 9. Honeysuckle Rose
(2:21) 10. The Lady Is A Tramp
(3:25) 11. Lover Man
(2:45) 12. Can't Help Lovin' That Man
(1:54) 13. From This Moment On
(2:27) 14. Take Me
(2:44) 15. Night And Day
(2:43) 16. Old Devil Moon
(1:47) 17. More
(2:28) 18. My Blue Heaven
(3:37) 19. Cuckoo In The Clock
(2:23) 20. Meditation
(2:47) 21. By Myself
(2:24) 22. Island In The West Indies
(2:49) 23. Ours
(2:03) 24. Falling In Love With Love
(1:52) 25. He Loves Me (Bonus track)

Sings Your Requests + Like Latin

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Lena Horne undeniable artistry in weaving each of these songs adds conclusive proof to the previously convincing evidence that she is great with any kind of song. On the first album of this collection, she interprets some of her favorite tunes, together with Marty Paich, in a swinging combination which would go on to be widely accepted.

As for the songs she chose to include in the second album, they seem tailor-made for her unique interpretations. Lenas husband, Lennie Hayton, conducts the orchestra, and the skillful arrangements are by Shorty Rogers. Garnishing some of the tracks with an innovative jazz-samba rhythm, Lena offers moving interpretations to such great songs as Night And Day and Meditation. Here you will find clear evidence of the incomparable versatility that made her one of the worlds greatest stars.

Tracks #1-12, from the Charter album "Lena Sings Your Requests" (CLS 101)

Tracks #13-24, from the Charter album "Lena Like Latin" (CLS 106)

Tracks #25 is a non-LP bonus track

Orchestras conduceted by Marty Paich & Lennie Hayton

Arrangements by Marty Paich, Bob Florence & Shorty Rogers

Collective personnel includes:

Jack Sheldon, Al Porcino, Don Fagerquist, Bud Brisbois, Ray Triscari, Ollie Mitchell (tp), Lew McCreary, Bob Knight, Lawrence Lofton, Harry Betts, Dick Leith (tb), George Roberts (b-tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Bud Shank, Ronny Lang, Ted Nash, Harry Klee, Gene Cipriano, Justin Gordon (reeds), Larry Bunker (vib), Al Hendrickson (g), Gene DiNovi (p), Joe Mondragón, Monty Budwig (b), Shelly Manne (d), Frank Guerrero (conga), Ann Stockton (harp), 12 violins; 6 violas; 4 cellos.

All tracks recorded in Hollywood, 1963

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Bobby Bryant - Chicago Years (2 LPs on 1 CD) + Bonus Track

Styles: Hard Bop, Progressive Jazz, Swing, Big Band,
Year: 2015
Time: 75:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 175,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:19) 1. Blues Excerpt
(4:40) 2. 'Round Midnight
(3:23) 3. Secret Love
(3:33) 4. Love for Sale
(2:13) 5. Sleepy
(3:35) 6. Cry Me a River
(2:39) 7. Indiana
(3:05) 8. Falling in Love with You
(4:10) 9. Harlem Rain
(3:17) 10. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
(3:29) 11. Husky
(3:31) 12. Church Seat
(5:20) 13. Sandra's Dream
(2:31) 14. Travelin'
(3:32) 15. Swingin' & Things
(3:15) 16. Santifism
(3:09) 17. Antler Rock
(4:28) 18. Nocturne
(2:44) 19. Unholy Four
(4:20) 20. Wild Wrice
(4:16) 21. Blues for the "Q"

Bobby Bryant Chicago Years

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These recordings were made when Bobby Bryant (1934-1998) lived in Chicago, and document the beginnings of his later successful career in the Hollywood studios. The first ten tracks were recorded in 1961 for Vee Jay Records, but were released only in 1974 as Big Band Blues. As he recalled in the album notes, it was intended to bring out of obscurity a number of talented musicians. As it turned out, a couple of them did become better known, while others just remained in Chicago and are no more prominent today than they were then. The band was specially assembled for the session; we never did any gigs together.

The second album, Wild!, was made when drummer Larry Wild Wrice returned to Chicago in 1959, after eight months away, and formed the group heard here, with James Spaulding, Bobby Blevins, and Bobby Bryant, who arranged much of the groups material and wrote all the albums tunes except Travelin, written by Wrice.

The last track on this collection comes from the album The Billy Williams Revue, an example of the musical excitement with which the irrepressible Williams and company packed the countrys most celebrated night spots. A unique blues in waltz time, Blues for the Q features an electrifying trumpet solo by Bryant.

Tracks #1-10, from the album Big Band Blues (Vee Jay VJS 3059)

Tracks #11-20, from the album The Big Sound of Larry Wild Wrice Wild! (Pacific Jazz PJ ST 24)

Track #21, from the album The Billy Williams Revue (Coral CRL 757343)

Personnel on Big Band Blues: Bobby Bryant, trumpet, conductor & arranger; John Howell, Marty Marshack, Fortunatus Fip Ricard, trumpets; John Avant, Bill Porter, Louis Satterfield, trombones; Bill Adkins, Willie Randall, alto saxes; James Spaulding, tenor sax, flute; Eddie Williams, tenor sax; George Hunter, baritone sax; John Young, piano; Robare Edmondson, bass; Marty Clausen, drums. On #5-7, 9 & 10 Wilbur Wynne, added on guitar. Recorded in Chicago, February 9 (#1-4 & 8) and 13 (#5-7, 9 & 10), 1961

Personnel on Larry 'Wild' Wrice -Wild!: Bobby Bryant, trumpet & arranger; James Spaulding, flute, alto and tenor saxes; Bobby Blevins, organ; Larry Wild Wrice, drums. Recorded in Chicago, October 1959

Personnel on Bonus Track:  Bobby Bryant, trumpet with Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra. Recorded in New York, June 27, 1960

This CD is testimony to the memory of the talented soloist, composer and arranger Bobby Bryant was.

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Stan Getz & Lionel Hampton - Hamp & Getz (Bonus Track Version)

Styles: Swing, Cool Jazz
Year: 2021
Time: 78:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 181,0 MB
Art: Front

(9:21) 1. Cherokee
(8:13) 2. Ballad Medley_ Tenderly_Autumn In New York_East Of The Sun_I Can't Get Started
(6:52) 3. Louise
(8:29) 4. Jumpin' At The Woodside
(7:48) 5. Gladys
(2:47) 6. Stella By Starlight *
(3:01) 7. Time On My Hands *
(3:17) 8. Tis Autumn *
(3:07) 9. The Way You Look Tonight *
(3:00) 10. Lover Come Back To Me *
(3:19) 11. Body And Soul *
(3:27) 12. Stars Fell On Alabama *
(3:01) 13. You Turned The Tables On Me *
(3:23) 14. Thanks For The Memory *
(2:58) 15. Hymn Of The Orient *
(3:25) 16. These Foolish Things *
(2:48) 17. How Deep Is The Ocean? *

If one were to believe the clichés and stereotypes common in some jazz history books, this duo should not have worked. By 1955, Lionel Hampton was a veteran swing vibraphonist while Stan Getz was the leader of the "cool school" of young tenors. But what these two masters had in common (in addition to a healthy respect for each other's talents) was the ability to swing as hard as possible. Joined by a fine trio, the duo really rips into "Cherokee" and "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (listen to their blistering tradeoffs) and, even with a fine ballad medley, it is these torrid jams that make this a highly recommended LP.~ Scott Yanow

"Hamp and Getz" (Verve MGV-8128) came to be after producer Norman Granz attended a series of July-August 1955 sessions on which both Stan Getz and Lionel Hampton were present, appearing as guests of the Benny Goodman orchestra for the soundtrack of Benny’s biographical film The Benny Goodman Story. Hamp and Getz would be the second and last recorded encounter of the tenor saxophonist and the vibraphonist. The complete LP "Stan Getz Plays" (Norgran MGN1042), presenting Getz in a quintet format with Jimmy Raney and Duke Jordan, has been added here as a bonus.

Personnel includes: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone), Lionel Hampton (vibraphone), Lou Levy (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Shelly Manne (drums).

(*) Bonus Album (6-17): 'Stan Getz Plays' Stan Getz, tenor sax; Jimmy Raney, guitar; Duke Jordan, piano; Bill Crow, bass; Frank Isola, drums.

Hamp & Getz

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