Barbara Rosene & Vince Giordano - Deep Night

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:34
Size: 139,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:51)  1. Fit As a Fiddle
(3:01)  2. Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon
(3:30)  3. Deep Night
(3:16)  4. It All Depends on You
(3:14)  5. I Have to Have You
(3:23)  6. Blue, Turning Grey Over You
(2:44)  7. Me Minus You
(3:19)  8. Exactly Like You
(3:18)  9. Am I Blue?
(3:00) 10. Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?
(3:03) 11. You're the One I Care For
(2:47) 12. Twenty Million People
(2:50) 13. 'Deed I Do
(3:25) 14. Guilty
(2:40) 15. Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love
(3:03) 16. There's Something in the Air
(2:56) 17. I'm Nobody's Baby
(2:40) 18. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
(3:00) 19. Lovable and Sweet
(2:26) 20. I'm in Training for You

New York/Cleveland vocalist Barbara Rosene has teamed up with Vince Giordano and the latest incarnation of the Nighthawks for a romp through 20 songs from the 1920s and 1930s. Some of these nuggets are familiar, others haven't been recorded for awhile. These Prohibition-era tunes were performed by Ruth Etting, Annette Hanshaw, Connee Boswell, and others, who laid down the foundations for popular-song singers to come. Even though some of the tracks retain that "old" sound, such as the title tune, "Deep Night," which has that Russian Tea Room violin of Andy Stein playing the interludes, they don't sound dated for nary a minute. Many of the old trappings are present. When Rosene sings the line about knockin' on wood on "Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?," there's Arnie Kinsella hitting the wood block. 

Among the selections Rosene picked for this session is "Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love," a tune made popular by Fanny Brice in the 1929 film Be Yourself. Rosene brings just the right vocal expression and emphasis to each tune with her very appealing vocalizing. She has a great feel for the offbeat syncopation inherent in music from this era, such as on "Exactly Like You," in which Rosene warbles with Rose Murphy in mind, while Conal Fowkes' music hall piano is plunking the melody right along with the singer, a rarity these days. These orchestrations are from the fine hand of Giordano. Rosene is fortunate to have the veteran trad jazz stylist on this her debut album. There are few who have devoted more time to transcribing, performing, and recording vintage jazz from the period covered by the album. The result? A fun, happy CD is the product of a fine vocalist and top-of-the-list musicians and is recommended.      

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/deep-night-vince-giordano/id449710088

Personnel: Barbara Rosene (vocals); Matt Munister, Jay Berliner (guitar); Vince Giordano (banjo, tuba); Andy Stein (violin); Dan Levinson (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jon-Erik Kellso (cornet); Brad Shigeta (trombone); Conal Fowkes (piano); Arnie Kinsella (drums, timpani).

Deep Night

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Barbara Rosene and Her New Yorkers - Moon Song

Styles: Vocal

Year: 2005

File: MP3@256K/s

Time: 78:18

Size: 144,4 MB

Art: Front

(3:34)  1. Get Under the Moon

(4:51)  2. Moonglow

(3:02)  3. Me and the Man in the Moon

(3:49)  4. Moon Song

(2:18)  5. I Never Knew What the Moonlight Could Do

(4:09)  6. Under the Moon (You-oo-oo-oo)

(4:00)  7. Moonlight Becomes You

(3:16)  8. Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight

(4:30)  9. It's Only a Paper Moon

(2:21) 10. Me and the Moon

(5:01) 11. Moonlight and Roses

(3:24) 12. (There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time

(4:18) 13. The Moon Got My Eyes

(2:51) 14. On a Chinese Honeymoon

(3:32) 15. Moonburn

(3:43) 16. When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain

(3:15) 17. I Thank You, Mr. Moon

(3:45) 18. Sheltered By the Stars, Cradled By the Moon

(3:49) 19. Moonstruck

(3:21) 20. Shine On Harvest Moon

(5:20) 21. I Wished on the Moon

Barbara Rosene has built an unequalled reputation for interpreting the great music of the 1920s and 30s and 40s. She is a passionate vocalist whose interpretations uncover the richness of jazz classics through the subtle, skilled delivery of one truly in love with the genre she sings. Rosene gives voice to songs in ways that are both gracefully provocative and warmly welcoming. Few singers have her feel for classic material, from all eras of Jazz, interpreting the music with not only a full understanding and love of the original time period but with the rare ability to make the material sound fresh and emotionally relevant today. In her established career she has shared stages with jazz icons, performing internationally with The Harry James Orchestra, Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks, the late Les Paul at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club, The Woody Allen Band, at The Carlyle Hotel, as well as directing her own New Yorkers, and as guest artist with orchestras and in festivals across the world. She has played such venues as The Iridium, Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, The Montreal Jazz Festival,  Night Town (Cleveland), Blues Alley (DC), The Arizona Music Festival, Jazz Amarinois, and The Hotel Villa Flori, Lake Como. Barbara has been featured on Judy Carmichael’s NPR program  ”Jazz Inspired”, and recently on NPR’s “Hot Jazz Saturday Night.” She has been recognized by Backstage Magazine (Bistro Award, 2006), “Jazz Improv Magazine”, and is featured in Scott Yanow’s “Great Jazz Singers.” Rosene is personally committed to the significance of jazz music in American Popular Song and in America’s roots and spirit. Finding the soul of a song and linking its heart and expression with her own story brings this seductive blonde singer the satisfaction of a career well-spent. Recently she has begun lecturing on The Tin Pan Alley composers and early women jazz singers. “Do what thrills you. Do what has meaning,” says Rosene, genuinely. “One thing I know is that it really is a privilege to perform. When someone is touched or broadened by something you have given them it is a gift to be able to give back to the world in that way.” Barbara’s CDs include several on the Stomp Off label, all of which pay homage to the great composers and vocalists of the 1920s and 30s. Including  “Nice and Naughty”, a collection of double entendre tunes, which features Conal Fowkes who’s voice and piano stylings as Cole Porter, were featured in “Midnight In Paris”.  Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks ( Boardwalk Empire) collaborated on Barbara’s first CD entitled “Deep Night”. Will Friedwald, author of Jazz Singing and Sinatra! has written: “No one evokes more vividly the music of the great singers of the 1920s than Barbara Rosene.” Barbara’s CDs include releases on the Blues Back, Arbor’s and Azica labels. http://barbararosene.com/biography/

Moon Song

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Barbara Rosene & Her New Yorkers - It Was Only A Sun Shower

Size: 179,7 MB
Time: 75:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals, Ragtime
Art: Front

01. Oo-Oo-Ooh! Honey (What You Do To Me) - Ooh! That Kiss (2:32)
02. There Must Be Somebody Else (2:50)
03. My Baby Knows How (2:35)
04. Close Your Eyes (3:17)
05. Tip Toe Through The Tulips (4:01)
06. Love Me Tonight (3:29)
07. Mine All Mine (3:10)
08. Song Of The Wanderer (Where Shall I Go ) (3:18)
09. Just Like A Melody Out Of The Sky (3:18)
10. It Was Only A Sun Shower (3:17)
11. Jeannine, I Dream Of Lilac Time (3:28)
12. Love Me Or Leave Me (2:13)
13. Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (2:32)
14. Say It Isn't So (3:29)
15. Nobody's Using It Now (3:27)
16. We're Back Together Again (3:03)
17. He's My Secret Passion (4:50)
18. I Think You'll Like It (4:20)
19. Was It A Dream (2:46)
20. The Right Key But The Wrong Key Hole (3:58)
21. I Don't Mind Walking In The Rain (2:50)
22. Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do (3:26)
23. Got No Time (3:16)

Barbara Rosene has built an unequalled reputation for interpreting the great music of the 1920s and 30s and 40s. She is a passionate vocalist whose interpretations uncover the richness of jazz classics through the subtle, skilled delivery of one truly in love with the genre she sings.

Rosene gives voice to songs in ways that are both gracefully provocative and warmly welcoming. Few singers have her feel for classic material, from all eras of Jazz, interpreting the music with not only a full understanding and love of the original time period but with the rare ability to make the material sound fresh and emotionally relevant today.

In her established career she has shared stages with jazz icons, performing internationally with The Harry James Orchestra, Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks, the late Les Paul at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club, The Woody Allen Band, at The Carlyle Hotel, as well as directing her own New Yorkers, and as guest artist with orchestras and in festivals across the world. She has played such venues as The Iridium, Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, The Montreal Jazz Festival, Night Town (Cleveland), Blues Alley (DC), The Arizona Music Festival, Jazz Amarinois, and The Hotel Villa Flori, Lake Como.

Barbara has been featured on Judy Carmichael’s NPR program ”Jazz Inspired”, and recently on NPR’s “Hot Jazz Saturday Night.” She has been recognized by Backstage Magazine (Bistro Award, 2006), “Jazz Improv Magazine”, and is featured in Scott Yanow’s “Great Jazz Singers.”

Rosene is personally committed to the significance of jazz music in American Popular Song and in America’s roots and spirit. Finding the soul of a song and linking its heart and expression with her own story brings this seductive blonde singer the satisfaction of a career well-spent. Recently she has begun lecturing on The Tin Pan Alley composers and early women jazz singers.

“Do what thrills you. Do what has meaning,” says Rosene, genuinely. “One thing I know is that it really is a privilege to perform. When someone is touched or broadened by something you have given them it is a gift to be able to give back to the world in that way.”

Barbara’s CDs include several on the Stomp Off label, all of which pay homage to the great composers and vocalists of the 1920s and 30s. Including “Nice and Naughty”, a collection of double entendre tunes, which features Conal Fowkes who’s voice and piano stylings as Cole Porter, were featured in “Midnight In Paris”. Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks ( Boardwalk Empire) collaborated on Barbara’s first CD entitled “Deep Night”.

Will Friedwald, author of Jazz Singing and Sinatra! has written: “No one evokes more vividly the music of the great singers of the 1920s than Barbara Rosene.”

It Was Only A Sun Shower

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Barbara Rosene - Nice And Naughty

Size: 183,6 MB
Time: 78:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Ragtime
Art: Front

01. There Ain't Much Good In The Best Of Men Now Days (4:43)
02. Kiss Your Pretty Baby Nice (3:17)
03. Easy Come, Easy Go (4:39)
04. My Man O' War (4:07)
05. I've Got Somebody Now (4:04)
06. Nuthin' (3:15)
07. Don't Take That Black Bottom Away (2:59)
08. Do What You Did Last Night (2:33)
09. Go Home And Tell Your Mother (2:50)
10. Don't Tell Him What Happened To Me (3:55)
11. Get Up Off Your Knees, Papa (3:48)
12. If You Want The Rainbow (You Must Have The Rain) (3:15)
13. What Do I Care What Somebody Said (2:51)
14. Don't Leave Me, Daddy (2:44)
15. Don't You Leave Me Here (I'm Alabama Bound) (3:24)
16. My Handy Man Medley (3:57)
17. You're The Cream In My Coffee (3:36)
18. Glad Rag Doll (4:38)
19. You're My Everything (4:15)
20. I'm Wild About That Thing (5:05)
21. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (4:24)

Barbara Rosene has built an unequalled reputation for interpreting the great music of the 1920s and 30s. She is a passionate vocalist whose interpretations uncover the richness of jazz classics through the subtle, skilled delivery of one truly in love with the genre she sings.

Rosene gives voice to songs in ways that are both gracefully provocative and warmly welcoming. Few singers have her feel for classic material, from all eras of Jazz, interpreting the music with not only a full understanding and love of the original time period but with the rare ability to make the material sound fresh and emotionally relevant today.

In her established career she has shared stages with jazz icons, performing internationally with The Harry James Orchestra, Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks, the late Les Paul at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club, The Woody Allen Band, at The Carlyle Hotel, as well as directing her own New Yorkers, and as guest artist with orchestras and in festivals across the world. She has played such venues as The Iridium, Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, The Montreal Jazz Festival, Night Town (Cleveland), and The Arizona Music Festival.

Barbara has been featured on Judy Carmichael’s NPR program ”Jazz Inspired”, and recently on NPR’s “Hot Jazz Saturday Night.” She has been recognized by Backstage Magazine (Bistro Award, 2006), “Jazz Improv Magazine”, and is featured in Scott Yanow’s “Great Jazz Singers

Nice And Naughty

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Barbara Rosene - All My Life

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:12
Size: 115,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:04)  1. All My Life
(3:56)  2. Till Then
(4:00)  3. Stairway to the Stars
(2:57)  4. (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know
(4:23)  5. Fools Rush in
(3:21)  6. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
(4:05)  7. Blame It on My Youth
(2:56)  8. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
(3:56)  9. Trust in Me
(5:50) 10. You Are Too Beautiful
(3:40) 11. What Is There to Say
(3:31) 12. It Could Happen to You
(3:25) 13. I'll Look Around

On her first two recordings, Deep Night and Ev'rything's Made for Love, both made for the Stomp Off label, Barbara Rosene showed how comfortable and natural she is singing material from the 1920s. Rather than copying her predecessors, she sounds very much like herself. All My Life moves Rosene up to the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, displaying her talents as a creative and warm swing singer. Her beautiful voice perfectly fits the material, as does her subtle improvising. Backed by a fine jazz quintet that includes trumpeter Simon Wettenhall, Peter Martinez on clarinet and tenor, and pianist Tom Roberts, Rosene makes the vintage material sound fresh, lively, and sometimes touching. Among the highlights are such superior songs as "Till Then," "Fools Rush In," "Trust in Me," and "It Could Happen to You." While listening to these tunes, it becomes clear that Barbara Rosene really knows the meaning behind the lyrics, and she sometimes brings out hidden beauty in even the most familiar songs. Even on the sadder ballads, All My Life is a musical joy. It is highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-my-life-mw0000145781

All My Life

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Barbara Rosene - On The Brink

Size: 138,0 MB
Time: 59:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Brief And Breezy (4:09)
02. Where Are You (3:44)
03. Frigidaire (3:45)
04. Theme From Picnic (4:07)
05. He Loves Me Not (4:27)
06. How Am I To Know (4:43)
07. Almost In Your Arms (3:10)
08. Dancing In The Ballroom Of Our Hearts (4:47)
09. Did You Ever See A Dream Walking (2:50)
10. I Must Have That Man (5:36)
11. Perfidia (2:50)
12. There Will Never Be Another You (3:56)
13. That Sunday, That Summer (4:10)
14. The Shadow Of Your Smile (3:59)
15. On The Brink (2:45)

Personnel: Barbara Rosene, vocals; Ray Machiarola, James Chirillo, Howard Alden, guitars; Boots Maleson, Joel Forbes, bass; Wycliffe Gordon, trombone; Randy Sandke trumpet and flugelhorn; Joe Ascione, drums and djembe.

Barbara Rosene taps an all-star line up of musicians and arrangers for this treasure trove of tunes. Champion guitarists James Chirillo and Howard Alden take turns with their plectrum and arrangement talents on such songs as "Where Are You?," "Almost in Your Arms," "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?," "Perfidia," and "There Well Never Be Another You." Guitar fans, these are your moments.

The focus, of course, is Barbara Rosene's singing which more than capitalizes on the fine arrangements, including those done by Ray Machiarola, Wycliffe Gordon and Randy Sandke. Great recordings such as this, like any musical ensemble is the result of successful collaboration and, again, this is an exemplary effort. "Frigidaire," exhibits yet another talent, that of Rosene's abilities as a composer. Sandke's muted trumpet sound adds just the right feeling for the hot-ice message of the lyric. "Theme From Picnic," reprises those memorable dance scenes of Kim Novak and William Holden, adding new insights to the romance of that union. Rosene provides her own special interpretation of the soundtrack, augmenting again Alden's subdued but evocative arrangement. Gordon's trombone solo kicks in at just the right time with just the right wailing tones. Alden's interpretation of "There Will Never Be Another You," solidifies his multitudinous talents. Although the verse is often overlooked, its inclusion here adds appropriate emphasis and meaning to this wonderful inexhaustible old song, enhanced in the upbeat section by Gordon.

For this listener's money, the prize track is "That Sunday, That Summer," where both Rosene and Chirillo excel at their offerings. Chirillo's solo is perfectly charming, played with just the right number and nature of notes in just the right mix of lines, chord melody, and voicings. Joel Forbes' bass, too, is right on for the temper of the tune.

All in all, musicians, arrangements, vocals, tune selection ? this is a AAA winner!

On The Brink

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