Lee Wiley - At Carnegie Hall

Styles: Vocal, Swing, Cabaret 
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:09
Size: 143,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:30)  1. Intro
(2:42)  2. Back Home Again In Indiana
(0:15)  3. Announcement
(2:21)  4. When I Fall In Love
(4:35)  5. You Lucky To Me
(0:12)  6. Announcement
(2:47)  7. A Love Like This
(3:15)  8. Moon River
(0:15)  9. Announcement
(4:16) 10. Come Sunday
(3:04) 11. I'm Coming Virginia
(2:34) 12. A Woman Intuition
(4:18) 13. Sugar
(0:19) 14. Announcement
(2:07) 15. Manhattan
(3:24) 16. Someone To Watch Over Mee
(2:01) 17. Street Of Dreams
(2:02) 18. Some Sunny Day
(2:58) 19. Chicken Today And Feathers
(3:52) 20. A Ghost Of A Chance
(1:44) 21. Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere
(1:17) 22. 'S Wonderful
(1:12) 23. Somebody Loves Me
(1:26) 24. Soft Lights And Sweet Music
(2:20) 25. The Man I Love
(2:11) 26. Any Time Any Day Anywhere

Lee Wiley was a superior singer whose style feel between swing and cabaret. She gave straightforward interpretations of lyrics yet also had a strong sense of swing. Discouraged by the music business, Wiley retired in 1958 when she was still in her prime. She made a brief return during 1971-72 when she recorded a final album and performed at the first Newport in New York Jazz Festival. The latter concert has been released for the initial time on this Audiophile CD and is Wiley's final recording. Accompanied by cornetist Bobby Hackett, pianist Teddy Wilson, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, bassist George Duvivier and drummer Don Lamond, Lee Wiley sounds in surprisingly good form. Although her voice had deepened a little, she is quite recognizable and had not declined at all. Before a loving crowd (that sounds quite delighted to get the rare chance to see her), Wiley sings 11 songs. Best are "Indiana," "You're Lucky to Me," an emotional "Come Sunday" and "Sugar." Although she forgets the words at one point on "Manhattan" (a surprise request from George Wein), Lee Wiley does quite well and exits on top. The remainder of this CD is comprised of ten songs recorded at a rehearsal in 1952 with Wein himself on piano, bassist John Field and drummer Marquis Foster. The trumpeter is listed as Johnny Windhurst but I would opt for Bobby Hackett. Although quite informal (and some of the renditions are under two minutes), this rehearsal is an important addition to the relatively slim discography of the charming Lee Wiley. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-carnegie-hall-concert-mw0000913043

Personnel:  # 1-16:  Lee Wiley - vocal;  Bobby Hackett - cornet;  Teddy Wilson - piano;  Bucky Pizzarelli - guitar;  George Duvivier - bass;  Don Lamond - drums
# 17-26:  Lee Wiley - vocal ;  Johnny windhurst - trumpet ;  George Wein - piano ;  John Field - bass;  Marquis Foster - drums

At Carnegie Hall

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Various - The Music Of Henry Mancini

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:59
Size: 100.7 MB
Styles: Stage & Screen
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:44] 1. Andy Williams - Moon River
[2:11] 2. Johnny Mathis - The Sweetheart Tree
[3:20] 3. Lola Albright - Dreamsville
[3:11] 4. Bobby Hackett - Theme From Peter Gunn
[1:59] 5. Buddy Greco - It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Sta Sera)
[2:53] 6. Andy Williams - Dear Heart
[2:52] 7. Don Costa And His Orchestra - Baby Elephant Walk
[2:53] 8. Charlie Byrd - Two For The Road
[2:50] 9. Patti Page - Days Of Wine And Roses
[3:19] 10. Johnny Mathis - Whistling Away The Dark
[2:30] 11. Andy Williams - Charade
[2:43] 12. Ray Conniff - Nbc Mystery Movie Theme
[2:32] 13. Bobby Hackett - Theme From Mr. Lucky
[2:14] 14. Henry Mancini - Natasha's Theme
[2:48] 15. Johnny Mathis - Darling Lili
[2:53] 16. Andy Williams - In The Arms Of Love

If the recognition of one's peers is the true measure of success, then few men are as successful as composer, arranger, and conductor Henry Mancini. In a career that spanned 40 years, writing for film and television, Mancini won four Oscars and twenty Grammys, the all-time record for a pop artist. For 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's alone, Mancini won five Grammys and two Oscars. Breakfast at Tiffany's includes the classic "Moon River" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer), arguably one of the finest pop songs of the last 50 years. At last count, there were over 1,000 recordings of it. His other notable songs include "Dear Heart," "Days of Wine and Roses" (one Oscar, two Grammys), and "Charade," the last two with lyrics by Mercer. He also had a number one record and won a Grammy for Nino Rota's "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet." Among his other notable film scores are The Pink Panther (three Grammys), Hatari! (one Grammy), Victor/Victoria (an Oscar), Two for the Road, Wait Until Dark, and 10. His television themes include "Peter Gunn" (two Grammys, recorded by many rock artists), "Mr. Lucky" (two Grammys), "Newhart," "Remington Steele," and The Thorn Birds television mini-series.

Mancini's heyday was the early '60s, when his score for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) yielded the Oscar-winning hit single "Moon River," which instantly became a pop standard. The following year, he wrote the music for Days of Wine and Roses, which also won an Oscar for its title song. Throughout the next three decades, he continued to be one of the most successful film composers in the world, as well as a popular concert conductor. He continued working until his death in 1994; just prior to his demise, he was writing the score for the musical adaption of Victor/Victoria.

What kept Mancini's work fresh was his ability to write in almost any style imaginable and his successful experimentations with unusual sounds and instruments. In his 1989 memoir Did They Mention the Music?, Mancini's co-author Gene Lees wrote that "More than any other person, he Americanized film scoring, and in time even European film composers followed in his path," and that Mancini wrote scores that "contained almost as many fully developed song melodies as a Broadway musical." Had he not remained true to his first love, film scoring, Mancini would have more than likely made as large an impact on the Broadway stage as he made on the silver screen. ~Kenneth M. Cassidy

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Bobby Hackett - The Trumpet Player

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:34
Size: 131.8 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[3:12] 1. Ain't Misbehavin'
[2:45] 2. That Da-Da Strain
[2:27] 3. Blue And Disillusioned
[2:56] 4. You You And Especially You
[3:14] 5. I Surrender Dear
[2:46] 6. Clarinet Marmalade
[2:54] 7. If Dreams Come True
[3:32] 8. Ja-Da
[3:06] 9. Singin' The Blues
[3:51] 10. All Through The Night
[2:26] 11. Dardanella
[2:54] 12. Sunrise Serenade
[2:40] 13. That's How Dreams Should End
[2:57] 14. Embraceable You
[2:23] 15. That Old Gang Of Mine
[2:58] 16. A Ghost Of A Chance
[2:36] 17. Doin' The New Low-Down
[2:36] 18. At The Jazz Band Ball
[2:31] 19. After I Say I'm Sorry
[2:42] 20. Bugle Call Rag

Hackett was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He made his name as a follower of the legendary cornet player Bix Beiderbecke: Benny Goodman hired him to recreate Bix's famous "I'm Coming Virginia" solo at his (Goodman's) 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. In the late 1930s Hackett played lead trumpet in the Vic Schoen Orchestra which backed the Andrews Sisters. Hackett can be heard on the soundtrack to the 1940 Fred Astaire movie Second Chorus. In 1939 the talent agency MCA asked Hackett to form a big band with its backing. Unfortunately the band failed and Hackett was in substantial debt to MCA after it folded. Hackett joined the bands of Horace Heidt and then Glenn Miller to pay down this debt. To make matters worse, his lip was in bad shape after dental surgery, making it difficult for him to play the trumpet or cornet. Glenn Miller came to Hackett's rescue, offering him a job as a guitarist with the Miller Band. "When I joined the band and I was making good money at last, jazz critics accused me of selling out. Hell I wasn't selling out, I was selling in! It's funny, isn't it, how you go right into the wastebasket with some critics the minute you become successful". Despite his lip problems, Hackett could still play occasional short solos, and he can be heard playing a famous one with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on "A String of Pearls".

A dream come true for Hackett was his inclusion in Louis Armstrong's 1947 Town Hall Jazz Concert. In 1954, Hackett appeared as a regular on the short-lived ABC variety show The Martha Wright Show, also known as The Packard Showroom.

However, what made Hackett something of a household name was his being hired by Jackie Gleason as a cornet soloist for some of Gleason's earliest mood music albums. Starting in 1952, Hackett appeared on Gleason's first Capitol Records album, Music for Lovers Only. The record – as well as all of Gleason's next 10 albums - went gold. Hackett went on to appear on six more Gleason LPs. This association led directly to Hackett signing with Capitol for a series of his own albums.

In 1965, he toured with singer Tony Bennett. In 1966 and 1967 Hackett accompanied Bennett on two European tours. In the early 1970s, Hackett performed separately with Dizzy Gillespie and Teresa Brewer. In 2012, Hackett was selected to be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame.

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Bobby Hackett - Plays The Music Of Bert Kaempfert

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1963
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:06
Size: 85,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:12)  1. Danke Schoen
(3:09)  2. Wonderland By Night
(2:31)  3. A Swingin' Safari
(3:31)  4. The Bass Walks
(2:40)  5. Mexican Market Day
(2:42)  6. Now And Forever
(2:58)  7. Bert's Tune
(2:38)  8. Afrikaan Beat
(3:18)  9. Sunday In Madrid
(2:46) 10. Only Those In Love
(2:59) 11. Take Me
(2:38) 12. The Happy Trumpeter

Bobby Hackett's mellow tone and melodic style offered a contrast to the brasher Dixieland-oriented trumpeters. Emphasizing his middle-register and lyricism, Hackett was a flexible soloist who actually sounded little like his main inspiration, Louis Armstrong. When Hackett first came up he was briefly known as "the new Bix" because of the similarity in his approach to that of Bix Beiderbecke, but very soon he developed his own distinctive sound. Originally a guitarist (which he doubled on until the mid-'40s), Hackett performed in local bands, and by 1936 was leading his own group. He moved to New York in 1937, played with Joe Marsala, appeared at Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert (recreating Beiderbecke's solo on "I'm Coming Virginia"), recorded with Eddie Condon, and by 1939 had a short-lived big band. Hackett played briefly with Horace Heidt, and during 1941-1942 was with Glenn Miller's Orchestra, taking a famous solo on "String of Pearls." Next up was a stint with the Casa Loma Orchestra, and then he became a studio musician while still appearing with jazz groups. Hackett was a major asset at Louis Armstrong's 1947 Town Hall Concert, in the 1950s he was a star on Jackie Gleason's commercial but jazz-flavored mood music albums, and he recorded several times with Eddie Condon and Jack Teagarden. During 1956-1957, Hackett led an unusual group that sought to modernize Dixieland (using Dick Cary's arrangements and an unusual instrumentation), but that band did not catch on. Hackett recorded some commercial dates during 1959-1960 (including one set of Hawaiian songs and another in which he was backed by pipe organ), he worked with Benny Goodman (1962-1963); backed Tony Bennett in the mid-'60s; co-led a well-recorded quintet with Vic Dickenson (1968-1970); and made sessions with Jim Cullum, the World's Greatest Jazz Band, and even Dizzy Gillespie and Mary Lou Williams, remaining active up until his death. Among the many labels Bobby Hackett recorded for as a leader were Okeh (reissued by Epic), Commodore, Columbia, Epic, Capitol, Sesac, Verve, Project 3, Chiaroscuro, Flying Dutchman, and Honey Dew. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bobby-hackett-mn0000077698/biography

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Bobby Hackett - Soft Lights And Bobby Hackett (Expanded Edition)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:40
Size: 102.3 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:08] 1. Soft Lights And Sweet Music
[2:49] 2. Bobby's Blues
[2:24] 3. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)
[2:24] 4. You Turned The Tables On Me
[2:45] 5. Under A Blanket Of Blue
[2:53] 6. How About You
[2:16] 7. Easy To Love
[3:01] 8. That Old Black Magic
[2:32] 9. Someday You'll Be Sorry
[2:42] 10. The Song Is You
[3:26] 11. It's All Right With Me
[2:33] 12. Sleep
[2:51] 13. Bewitched (Bonus Track)
[6:49] 14. All Through The Night (Bonus Track)
[3:00] 15. Lazy River (Bonus Track)

Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet, and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Hackett is probably best known for being the featured soloist on some of the Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s.

Hackett was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He made his name as a follower of the legendary cornet player Bix Beiderbecke: Benny Goodman hired him to recreate Bix's famous "I'm Coming Virginia" solo at his (Goodman's) 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. In the late 1930s Hackett played lead trumpet in the Vic Schoen Orchestra which backed the Andrews Sisters. Hackett can be heard on the soundtrack to the 1940 Fred Astaire movie Second Chorus. In 1939 the talent agency MCA asked Hackett to form a big band with its backing. Unfortunately the band failed and Hackett was in substantial debt to MCA after it folded. Hackett joined the bands of Horace Heidt and then Glenn Miller to pay down this debt. To make matters worse, his lip was in bad shape after dental surgery, making it difficult for him to play the trumpet or cornet. Glenn Miller came to Hackett's rescue, offering him a job as a guitarist with the Miller Band. "When I joined the band and I was making good money at last, jazz critics accused me of selling out. Hell I wasn't selling out, I was selling in! It's funny, isn't it, how you go right into the wastebasket with some critics the minute you become successful". Despite his lip problems, Hackett could still play occasional short solos, and he can be heard playing a famous one with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on "A String of Pearls".

A dream come true for Hackett was his inclusion in Louis Armstrong's 1947 Town Hall Jazz Concert. In 1954, Hackett appeared as a regular on the short-lived ABC variety show The Martha Wright Show, also known as The Packard Showroom.

However, what made Hackett something of a household name was his being hired by Jackie Gleason as a cornet soloist for some of Gleason's earliest mood music albums. Starting in 1952, Hackett appeared on Gleason's first Capitol Records album, Music for Lovers Only. The record – as well as all of Gleason's next 10 albums - went gold. Hackett went on to appear on six more Gleason LPs. This association led directly to Hackett signing with Capitol for a series of his own albums.

Soft Lights And Bobby Hackett (Expanded Edition)

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Bobby Hackett - Bobby Hackett Plays Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:05
Size: 64.3 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1966
Art: Front

[2:46] 1. Smile
[2:46] 2. Put On A Happy Face
[2:35] 3. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
[2:48] 4. The Good Life
[2:35] 5. Rags To Riches
[2:43] 6. Just In Time
[2:55] 7. Stranger In Paradise
[2:57] 8. I Wanna Be Around
[2:58] 9. The Shadow Of Your Smile (Love Theme From The Sandpiper )
[2:57] 10. Because Of You

Throughout his career, Hackett was in demand for a wide variety of studio dates due to his highly appealing tone on cornet. He was utilized by Jackie Gleason for a series of commercially successful mood music albums and spent a period touring with Tony Bennett. In tribute to Bennett, Hackett recorded ten songs associated with the singer.

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Teresa Brewer - What A Wonderful World

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:23
Size: 91,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:04)  1. What A Wonderful World
(4:04)  2. June Night
(4:15)  3. I Dream Of You
(5:03)  4. Just Imagine
(3:22)  5. Isn't It A Lovely Day?
(3:45)  6. I've Got A Feeling
(2:55)  7. Live Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
(3:46)  8. On The Road Again
(3:50)  9. Come And Drive Me Crazy
(5:18) 10. My Heart Belongs To Daddy

A 1989 release of Brewer singing and being backed by Stephane Grappelli and Ruby Braff. I'd rather hear them.~Ron Wynn http://www.allmusic.com/album/what-a-wonderful-world-mw0000201527

Personnel: Teresa Brewer (vocals); Bob Haggart (whistling); Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John Bertoncini (guitar); Diz Disley (acoustic guitar); Martin Taylor (electric guitar); Stéphane Grappelli, Svend Asmussen (violin); Bob Wilber (clarinet, saxophone); Bud Freeman (tenor saxophone); Yank Lawson (trumpet); Ruby Braff , Bobby Hackett (cornet); Vic Dickenson, Benny Morton (trombone); Derek Smith , Hank Jones , Ralph Sutton , Earl Hines (piano); Ron Traxler, Grady Tate, Gus Johnson , Oliver Jackson (drums)

What A Wonderful World

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Teddy Wilson - Moments Like This

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:00
Size: 182,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:26)  1. Alone with You
(3:09)  2. Moments Like This
(3:01)  3. I Can't Face the Music
(3:06)  4. Don't Be That Way
(2:57)  5. If I Were You
(3:17)  6. You Go to My Head
(3:12)  7. I'll Dream Tonight
(2:53)  8. Jungle Love
(3:15)  9. Now It Can Be Told
(2:57) 10. Laugh and Call It Love
(2:46) 11. On the Bumpy Road to Love
(2:52) 12. A Tisket A Tasket
(3:06) 13. Everybody's Laughing
(2:48) 14. Here Is Tomorrow Again
(2:42) 15. Say It with a Kiss
(3:12) 16. April in My Heart
(3:03) 17. I'll Never Fail You
(3:11) 18. They Say
(2:56) 19. You're So Desirable
(3:03) 20. You're Gonna See a Lot of Me
(2:48) 21. Hello, My Darling
(2:56) 22. Let's Dream in the Moonlight
(3:09) 23. What Shall I Say
(3:03) 24. It's Easy to Blame the Weather
(3:10) 25. More Than You Know
(2:50) 26. Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine

Teddy Wilson had a wonderful gift for musical paraphrase and melodic symmetry. His light-fingered, mellifluous approach to the piano was unparalleled among his peers. Art Tatum was a virtuoso genius, and Earl Hines was a great practitioner of stride piano stylings, but Wilson's subtle and dynamic playing made his brand of swing especially popular among '30s jazz audiences. Moments Like This features classic performances from Chu Berry, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, and Ben Webster among others, and many fine vocal selections from Nan Wynn and the great Billie Holiday, including gorgeous renditions of "You Go to My Head," "On the Bumpy Road to Love," "Let's Dream in the Moonlight" and other romantic classics. The band swings with elegance, and Wilson supports each vocalist with the kind of charm and musical insight that few before or after have equaled. http://www.allmusic.com/album/moments-like-this-mw0000080097

Personnel: Teddy Wilson (piano); Billie Holiday (vocals, background vocals); Nan Wynn (vocals); Allan Reuss, Al Casey (guitar); Ernie Powell (clarinet, cornet); Pee Wee Russell (clarinet); Benny Carter (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Edgar Sampson, Johnny Hodges, Tab Smith, Nuncio "Toots" Mondello (alto saxophone); Chu Berry, Gene Sedric, Lester Young , Ben Webster, Bud Freeman (tenor saxophone); Harry James, Jonah Jones, Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Bobby Hackett (cornet); Benny Morton, Trummy Young (trombone); Cozy Cole, Jo Jones , Johnny Blowers (drums).

Moments Like This

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Bobby Hackett - Halfway To Everywhere

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:36
Size: 175,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:41)  1. I Found A New Baby
(2:19)  2. But Not For Me
(3:30)  3. Wild Man Blues
(2:27)  4. Oh Baby
(2:29)  5. Sweet Georgia Brown
(2:35)  6. When A Woman Loves A Man
(2:37)  7. Butter And Egg Bossa Nova (I Want A Big Butter And Egg Man)
(3:26)  8. Embraceable You
(2:25)  9. Everybody Loves My Baby
(2:47) 10. The Good Life
(2:22) 11. Exactly Like You
(2:42) 12. Moma's Gone, Goodbye
(3:54) 13. Sentimental Blues
(2:39) 14. S' Wonderful
(3:40) 15. When The Saints Go Marching In
(2:35) 16. Rags To Riches
(2:20) 17. Someday You'll Be Sorry
(2:30) 18. 'Deed I Do
(3:36) 19. I'll Never Be The Same
(2:55) 20. Oh Baby
(2:58) 21. The Shadow Of Your Smile
(2:30) 22. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
(3:43) 23. Swing That Music
(2:53) 24. New Orleans
(3:20) 25. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
(3:29) 26. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Bobby Hackett's mellow tone and melodic style offered a contrast to the brasher Dixieland-oriented trumpeters. Emphasizing his middle-register and lyricism, Hackett was a flexible soloist who actually sounded little like his main inspiration, Louis Armstrong. When Hackett first came up he was briefly known as "the new Bix" because of the similarity in his approach to that of Bix Beiderbecke, but very soon he developed his own distinctive sound. Originally a guitarist (which he doubled on until the mid-'40s), Hackett performed in local bands, and by 1936 was leading his own group. He moved to New York in 1937, played with Joe Marsala, appeared at Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert (recreating Beiderbecke's solo on "I'm Coming Virginia"), recorded with Eddie Condon, and by 1939 had a short-lived big band. 

Hackett played briefly with Horace Heidt, and during 1941-1942 was with Glenn Miller's Orchestra, taking a famous solo on "String of Pearls." Next up was a stint with the Casa Loma Orchestra, and then he became a studio musician while still appearing with jazz groups. Hackett was a major asset at Louis Armstrong's 1947 Town Hall Concert, in the 1950s he was a star on Jackie Gleason's commercial but jazz-flavored mood music albums, and he recorded several times with Eddie Condon and Jack Teagarden. During 1956-1957, Hackett led an unusual group that sought to modernize Dixieland (using Dick Cary's arrangements and an unusual instrumentation), but that band did not catch on. Hackett recorded some commercial dates during 1959-1960 (including one set of Hawaiian songs and another in which he was backed by pipe organ), he worked with Benny Goodman (1962-1963); backed Tony Bennett in the mid-'60s; co-led a well-recorded quintet with Vic Dickenson (1968-1970); and made sessions with Jim Cullum, the World's Greatest Jazz Band, and even Dizzy Gillespie and Mary Lou Williams, remaining active up until his death. Among the many labels Bobby Hackett recorded for as a leader were Okeh (reissued by Epic), Commodore, Columbia, Epic, Capitol, Sesac, Verve, Project 3, Chiaroscuro, Flying Dutchman, and Honey Dew. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi  http://www.shazam.com/discover/artist/9601/album/65461040

Halfway To Everywhere

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The Bobby Hackett Quintet - A String Of Pearls

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:32
Size: 88.2 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz, Easy Listening
Year: 1965/2002
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Perfidia
[2:36] 2. Adios
[3:09] 3. Blue Moon
[3:38] 4. Georgia On My Mind
[2:58] 5. Tuxedo Junction
[3:10] 6. Jersey Bounce
[3:39] 7. Poor Butterfly
[3:52] 8. Rhapsody In Blue
[3:05] 9. A String Of Pearls
[3:15] 10. Moonlight Serenade
[2:58] 11. Stompin' At The Savoy
[3:22] 12. In The Mood

Bobby Hackett was in Glenn Miller's band for a little over a year in 1941-1942, and he had a memorable solo on "A String of Pearls." This collection, recorded more than 20 years later, recalls Hackett's tenure with Miller, but in a noticeably different style. "And Other Great Songs Made Famous by the Glenn Miller Orchestra" is the subtitle, but the contents do not live up to that claim. "Blue Moon," "Georgia on My Mind," and "Rhapsody in Blue" were famous long before Miller ever organized a band, and "Jersey Bounce," "Poor Butterfly," and "Stompin' at the Savoy" were not hits for him, but for others. That's half the tracks that don't conform to the album's concept. Hackett is accompanied by what the liner notes call "Wall-to-Wall Strings and Brass," a large ensemble, in new arrangements by Miller alumnus George Williams. This is really an attempt to update Miller in a style more reminiscent of Lawrence Welk or Jackie Gleason. As he did with Gleason, Hackett gives the music some jazz credibility, playing distinctively when he gets in front of the microphone. But the result is still closer to easy listening music than swing. ~William Ruhlmann

A String Of Pearls

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Bobby Hackett - Plays Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1966
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:02
Size: 64,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:45)  1. Smile
(2:46)  2. Put on a Happy Face
(2:35)  3. I Left My Heart in San Francisco
(2:48)  4. The Good Life
(2:36)  5. Rags to Riches
(2:43)  6. Just in Time
(2:54)  7. Stranger in Paradise
(2:56)  8. I Wanna Be Around
(2:58)  9. The Shadow of Your Smile
(2:56) 10. Because of You

Throughout his career, Hackett was in demand for a wide variety of studio dates due to his highly appealing tone on cornet. He was utilized by Jackie Gleason for a series of commercially successful mood music albums and spent a period touring with Tony Bennett. In tribute to Bennett, Hackett recorded ten songs associated with the singer. Unfortunately, all of these renditions clock in at three minutes or less, making for a 28-minute LP, and none of the performances wander far from the melodies, which include such dubious material as "Put On a Happy Face," "Stranger In Paradise" and of course "I Left My Heart In San Francisco." Pass this one by. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/plays-tony-bennetts-greatest/id945582352

Plays Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits

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Bobby Hackett - Dream Awhile

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 37:31

Size: 85.9 MB

Styles: Easy Listening

Year: 2012

Art: Front

[3:04] 1. Stairway To The Stars

[3:38] 2. Stardust

[2:53] 3. Misty

[2:25] 4. The Boy Next Door

[3:14] 5. These Foolish Things

[3:36] 6. Fools Rush In

[3:03] 7. Sweet And Lovely

[2:51] 8. Bewitched

[2:59] 9. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night

[3:30] 10. Dream

[2:41] 11. It's Been A Long, Long Time

[3:32] 12. That Old Feeling

Bobby Hackett was one of the true class acts in space age pop. His wistful trumpet solos added a unique and essential touch to music by everyone from Glenn Miller to Jackie Gleason to Dizzy Gillespie. Before he died of a heart attack just short of collecting Social Security, he joked that "I've been working steady since I was 14."

Hackett actually started out playing guitar as much as trumpet, and when working for Glenn Miller in the early 1940s, he only occasionally got to bring out his horn. Despite this fact, he got the spotlight solo on "String of Pearls" when MGM made The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart (and Henry Mancini arrangements). Hackett worked swing, Dixieland, and bebop, depending on the gig, and earned a peerless reputation regardless of the setting. Jazz critic Leonard Feather wrote that Hackett had "a consistent habit of unceremoniously putting all the notes in the right place at the right time."

That reputation led Jackie Gleason to ask for Hackett by name when he was putting his first easy listening album together. He gave Hackett free rein to improvise over the melody, and a distant and fading coda of Hackett's playing closed out many a Gleason number. Hackett was for several years the only performer to be mentioned by name on Gleason's album. Hackett later returned the compliment, commenting only half-jokingly, "I got my music lessons from Jackie Gleason." After Hackett moved on to other things, Gleason enlisted Harry "Sweets" Edison (and later, Don Goldie) to reproduce Hackett's sound.

Hackett put out a number of albums under his own name on a variety of labels. For the most part, these are imitation Gleason albums, only with Hackett featured a little more prominently. He also did an occasional straight jazz album, but not as often as most of his fans would have liked.

He shifted away from easy listening toward the end of his career, when he moved from New York City to Cape Cod. He became a regular at the legendary Colorado Jazz Parties and appearing with small combos in New York Boston. If Hackett tended to be pretty undiscriminating in his choice of what he played on, the same can't be said of his performances. Bobby Hackett was one of the few performers who truly shaped the sound of easy listening and space age pop.

Dream Awhile

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Bobby Hackett - Rendezvous

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:13
Size: 80,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:04)  1. You Are Too Beautiful
(2:38)  2. Thank You For A Lovely Evening
(2:38)  3. Autumn Nocturne
(2:59)  4. Cocktails For Two
(3:08)  5. When I'm With You
(3:07)  6. We Kiss In A Shadow
(2:36)  7. Two Cigarettes In The Dark
(2:35)  8. The Very Thought Of You
(2:33)  9. The Way You Look Tonight
(3:14) 10. Moonlight Becomes You
(3:07) 11. Love Me
(2:27) 12. One Kiss

Hackett was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a family of Irish immigrants. He made his name as a follower of the legendary cornet player Bix Beiderbecke: Benny Goodman hired him to recreate Bix's famous "I'm Coming Virginia" solo at his (Goodman's) 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. In the late 1930s Hackett played lead trumpet in the Vic Schoen Orchestra which backed the Andrews Sisters. Bobby Hackett can be heard on the soundtrack to the 1940 Fred Astaire movie Second Chorus. In 1939 the talent agency MCA asked Bobby Hackett to form a big band with its backing. Unfortunately the band failed and Hackett was in substantial debt to MCA after it folded. Bobby Hackett joined the bands of Horace Heidt and then Glenn Miller to pay down this debt. To make matters worse, his lip was in bad shape after dental surgery, making it difficult for him to play the trumpet or cornet. Glenn Miller came to Hackett's rescue, offering him a job as a guitarist with the Miller Band. "When I joined the band and I was making good money at last, [...] [jazz critics] accused me of selling out. Hell I wasn't selling out, I was selling in! It's funny, isn't it, how you go right into the wastebasket with some critics the minute you become successful". Despite his lip problems, Hackett could still play occasional short solos, and he can be heard playing a famous one with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on "A String of Pearls."

A dream come true for Hackett was his inclusion in Louis Armstrong's 1947 Town Hall Jazz Concert. In 1954, Hackett appeared as a regular on the short-lived ABC variety show, The Martha Wright Show, also known as The Packard Showroom.However, what made Hackett something of a household name was his being hired by Jackie Gleason as a cornet soloist for some of Gleason's earliest mood music albums. Starting in 1952, Hackett appeared on Gleason's first Capitol Records album, Music for Lovers Only. The record as well as all of Gleason's next ten albums went gold. Hackett went on to appear on six more Gleason LPs. This association led directly to Hackett signing with Capitol for a series of his own albums. In 1965, he toured with singer Tony Bennett. In 1966 and 1967 Hackett accompanied Bennett on two European tours. In the early 1970s, Hackett performed separately with Dizzy Gillespie and Teresa Brewer.In 2012, Hackett was selected to be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. Bio ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Hackett

Rendezvous

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Bobby Hackett - Rosalie

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 87:09
Size: 202,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:04)  1. Rosalie
(2:43)  2. S'Wonderful
(2:41)  3. Oh Baby!
(2:33)  4. Royal Garden Blues
(3:01)  5. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
(3:04)  6. Fidgety Feet
(2:27)  7. Sunday Coots, Grey
(2:41)  8. I Found a New Baby
(3:03)  9. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
(2:17) 10. My Monday Date
(2:39) 11. If I Had My Way
(2:21) 12. C'est Magnifique
(2:49) 13. Cheek to Cheek
(2:08) 14. That Naughty Waltz
(2:16) 15. It's Been so Long
(2:38) 16. Spring Beautiful Spring
(2:47) 17. Paradise
(4:29) 18. That's a Plenty
(3:57) 19. It's Wonderful
(1:23) 20. Bye Bye Blues
(2:25) 21. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
(3:00) 22. Muskrat Ramble
(3:11) 23. Big Butter and Egg Man
(2:31) 24. Moonlight Becomes You
(2:44) 25. Moma's Gone, Goodbye
(3:31) 26. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
(2:57) 27. Cocktail for Two
(2:26) 28. Everybody Loved My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody Buy Me)
(2:20) 29. Struttin' With Some Barbecue - Alternative Version
(4:52) 30. Royal Garden Blues - Live Version
(2:57) 31. Oh Baby

Bobby Hackett's mellow tone and melodic style offered a contrast to the brasher Dixieland-oriented trumpeters. Emphasizing his middle-register and lyricism, Hackett was a flexible soloist who actually sounded little like his main inspiration, Louis Armstrong. When Hackett first came up he was briefly known as "the new Bix" because of the similarity in his approach to that of Bix Beiderbecke, but very soon he developed his own distinctive sound. Originally a guitarist (which he doubled on until the mid-'40s), Hackett performed in local bands, and by 1936 was leading his own group. He moved to New York in 1937, played with Joe Marsala, appeared at Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert (recreating Beiderbecke's solo on "I'm Coming Virginia"), recorded with Eddie Condon, and by 1939 had a short-lived big band. 

Hackett played briefly with Horace Heidt, and during 1941-1942 was with Glenn Miller's Orchestra, taking a famous solo on "String of Pearls." Next up was a stint with the Casa Loma Orchestra, and then he became a studio musician while still appearing with jazz groups. Hackett was a major asset at Louis Armstrong's 1947 Town Hall Concert, in the 1950s he was a star on Jackie Gleason's commercial but jazz-flavored mood music albums, and he recorded several times with Eddie Condon and Jack Teagarden. During 1956-1957, Hackett led an unusual group that sought to modernize Dixieland (using Dick Cary's arrangements and an unusual instrumentation), but that band did not catch on. Hackett recorded some commercial dates during 1959-1960 (including one set of Hawaiian songs and another in which he was backed by pipe organ), he worked with Benny Goodman (1962-1963); backed Tony Bennett in the mid-'60s; co-led a well-recorded quintet with Vic Dickenson (1968-1970); and made sessions with Jim Cullum, the World's Greatest Jazz Band, and even Dizzy Gillespie and Mary Lou Williams, remaining active up until his death. Among the many labels Bobby Hackett recorded for as a leader were Okeh (reissued by Epic), Commodore, Columbia, Epic, Capitol, Sesac, Verve, Project 3, Chiaroscuro, Flying Dutchman, and Honey Dew. 

~ Scott Yanow, Rovi  http://www.shazam.com/discover/artist/9601/album/62033986

Rosalie

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Bobby Hackett Quartet - Butterfly Airs

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:07
Size: 142.2 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[4:31] 1. The Good Life
[8:01] 2. Take The A Train
[6:35] 3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
[4:22] 4. Satin Doll
[6:51] 5. How High The Moon
[3:14] 6. Poinciana
[5:42] 7. Sweet Georgia Brown
[3:23] 8. You Do Something To Me
[3:38] 9. As Long As He Needs Me
[3:10] 10. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
[5:55] 11. Exactly Like You
[6:38] 12. Perdido

The always subtle and creative cornetist Bobby Hackett is teamed with pianist Sir Charles Thompson's trio on this live reissue. The dozen songs were originally issued, along with two others ("Poor Butterfly" and a second version of "How High the Moon"), on a pair of LPs put out by the obscure Honeydew label. It is a pity that all 14 performances were not reissued on this CD, since the 12 songs only total 62 minutes. The recording quality is decent but not impeccable; however, it is improved from the LPs. Thompson's boppish solos and accompaniment work surprisingly well with Hackett, and the cornetist plays melodically, showing that he was much more than a Dixieland player. Few surprises occur on this relaxed and sometimes sleepy outing (things do not pick up much until the final two songs), but the overall results are pleasing and lightly swinging. ~Scott Yanow

Butterfly Airs

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Bobby Hackett & Jack Teagarden - Baby, Won't You Please Come Home

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:20
Size: 76,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:02)  1. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
(3:28)  2. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
(4:38)  3. 55th And Brodway
(2:24)  4. Everybody Loves My Baby
(2:55)  5. Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)
(2:26)  6. Oh Baby
(2:41)  7. 'S Wonderful
(3:56)  8. It's Wonderful
(2:42)  9. Mama's Gone, Good Bye
(2:25) 10. Sunday
(2:39) 11. I Found a New Baby

One of the classic giants of jazz, Jack Teagarden was not only the top pre-bop trombonist (playing his instrument with the ease of a trumpeter) but one of the best jazz singers too. He was such a fine musician that younger brother Charlie (an excellent trumpeter) was always overshadowed. Jack started on piano at age five (his mother Helen was a ragtime pianist), switched to baritone horn, and finally took up trombone when he was ten. Teagarden worked in the Southwest in a variety of territory bands (most notably with the legendary pianist Peck Kelley) and then caused a sensation when he came to New York in 1928. His daring solos with Ben Pollack caused Glenn Miller to de-emphasize his own playing with the band, and during the late-'20s/early Depression era, "Mr. T." recorded frequently with many groups including units headed by Roger Wolfe Kahn, Eddie Condon, Red Nichols, and Louis Armstrong ("Knockin' a Jug"). 

His versions of "Basin Street Blues" and "Beale Street Blues" (songs that would remain in his repertoire for the remainder of his career) were definitive. Teagarden, who was greatly admired by Tommy Dorsey, would have been a logical candidate for fame in the swing era but he made a strategic error. In late 1933, when it looked as if jazz would never catch on commercially, he signed a five-year contract with Paul Whiteman. Although Whiteman's Orchestra did feature Teagarden now and then (and he had a brief period in 1936 playing with a small group from the band, the Three T's, with his brother Charlie and Frankie Trumbauer), the contract effectively kept Teagarden from going out on his own and becoming a star. It certainly prevented him from leading what would eventually became the Bob Crosby Orchestra. In 1939, Jack Teagarden was finally "free" and he soon put together a big band that would last until 1946. However, it was rather late to be organizing a new orchestra (the competition was fierce) and, although there were some good musical moments, none of the sidemen became famous, the arrangements lacked their own musical personality, and by the time it broke up Teagarden was facing bankruptcy. 

The trombonist, however, was still a big name (he had fared quite well in the 1940 Bing Crosby film The Birth of the Blues) and he had many friends. Crosby helped Teagarden straighten out his financial problems, and from 1947-1951 he was a star sideman with Louis Armstrong's All-Stars; their collaborations on "Rocking Chair" are classic. After leaving Armstrong, Teagarden was a leader of a steadily working sextet throughout the remainder of his career, playing Dixieland with such talented musicians as brother Charlie, trumpeters Jimmy McPartland, Don Goldie, Max Kaminsky, and (during a 1957 European tour) pianist Earl Hines. Teagarden toured the Far East during 1958-1959, teamed up one last time with Eddie Condon for a television show/recording session in 1961, and had a heartwarming (and fortunately recorded) musical reunion with Charlie, sister/pianist Norma, and his mother at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival. He died from a heart attack four months later and has yet to be replaced.   https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jack-teagarden/id279808#fullText

Baby, Won't You Please Come Home

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