Danny Moss, Roy Williams Quintet - Steamers!

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:09
Size: 173,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:17)  1. Just In Time
(7:39)  2. It's Allright With Me
(5:40)  3. Them There Eyes
(4:57)  4. Too Late Now
(4:36)  5. It's A Wonderful World
(5:58)  6. Li'l Darlin'
(5:24)  7. You're My Everything
(3:46)  8. Isn't It Romantic
(6:48)  9. There Is No Greater Love
(4:38) 10. Mood Indigo
(6:06) 11. Hiya
(8:15) 12. Blues To Be There
(4:58) 13. I've Found A New Baby

Britisher Danny Moss and long time side kick, Roy Williams, with their group carry on in the tradition of small group swing recalling those great combos led by John Kirby, Charlie Shavers, Benny Carter, Buck Clayton and many, many others. The Moss/Williams quintet takes us on a stroll through 13 tunes, all but two of them oft-heard standards. The other two tracks, Johnny Hodges' "Hiya" and Duke Ellington's "Blues to Be". The Ellington tune is from his and Billy Strayhorn's "Newport Suite" which they prepared for the 1958 edition of that festival. Moss, until he retired, was a mainstay of the British jazz scene since the 1950's and has performed with many US jazzers when they visited that part of the world. His approach to the tenor sax has been influenced by the likes of Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims and Al Cohn. The co-leader of the Quintet, trombonist, Roy Williams, is also a jazz veteran starting his professional career in 1960, and over the years has developed a reputation as an unsurpassed sight reader. His trombone recalls the great ones, Carl Fontana, Frank Rosolino and Lawrence Brown. The other members of the quintet, John Pearce on piano, Len Skeat on bass and Charly Antolini on drums have the task of backing Moss and Williams, which they do with fervor and skill. There's nothing earth shattering on this disk, nor do I suspect was there any intention that there should be. 

The album features comfortable and versatile playing in slow, medium and up tempos for the ensemble work and for Moss' and Williams' solos. Pearce and Skeat are given the opportunity to showcase their wares on a pleasant medium tempo "You're My Everything". "Isn't It Romantic" features Williams playing trombone in the style of Frank Rosolino. Danny Moss' tenor turns sultry and the Williams trombone assumes a languid tone on a very slowly navigated "L'il Darlin'". "Just in Time"," I've Found a New Baby" and "There Is No Greater Love" are given a spirited, but not frantic, reading. Moss and Williams combine for a moving version of "Mood Indigo". They kick off the tune together and then each takes an extended solo with some knowledgeable and sophisticated improvisions on the theme of this lovely tune. Steamers! is an album you'll pull out after a hard day at the office, on the freeway or when entertaining in an intimate setting. This one is recommended. ~ Dave Nathan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/steamers-danny-moss-review-by-dave-nathan.php

Personnel: Danny Moss - Tenor Saxophone; Roy Williams - Trombone; John Pearce - Piano; Len Skeat - Bass; Charly Antolini - Drums

Steamers!

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The Danny Moss Quartet - Steampower!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:41
Size: 177.8 MB
Styles: Bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[7:24] 1. Shiny Stockings
[6:28] 2. Doggin' Around
[5:25] 3. Limehouse Blues
[5:55] 4. This Is Always
[5:41] 5. Robin Hood
[4:50] 6. Day By Day
[5:55] 7. I'm Beginning To See The Light
[5:33] 8. Falling In Love Is Wonderful
[6:00] 9. Robbin's Nest
[7:23] 10. But Beautiful
[5:07] 11. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
[5:42] 12. This Can't Be Love
[6:13] 13. Take The A Train

Dennis Moss MBE (16 August 1927 – 28 May 2008) was a British jazz tenor saxophonist. He was known for playing with most of the high-profile figures of British jazz, including Vic Lewis, Ted Heath, Johnny Dankworth, Alex Welsh, and Humphrey Lyttelton.

The son of a toolmaker, Moss was born in Redhill, Surrey in 1927. At the age of thirteen, he saw a jazz band appear briefly in a Bowery Boys film on a family cinema visit, and was so inspired by the clarinet playing that he swapped his most valued possession, his ice skates, for a second-hand instrument of his own. Self-taught on both this and the tenor saxophone, which he took up at school, he started playing professionally after leaving at the age of sixteen.

A spell of National Service at the age of eighteen saw Moss performing for three years in a Royal Air Force regional band. After leaving the forces he joined the Vic Lewis Orchestra, and in the next few years moved around various bands, especially ones with the potential for a soloist. In 1952, he joined Ted Heath's band, a well-paid role which he described as "the prestige job of all time". Soon, however, Moss found the group's focus on novelty numbers and faithful musical reproductions, including that of solos, to be limiting to his skills as an improviser, and he left after three years. In 1957 Moss joined John Dankworth's orchestra. Here, with the band's encouragement, he began to develop his characteristic saxophone sound, eschewing the contemporary focus on light tone and fast phrasing in favour of a thicker and more spacious sound informed by American pioneers such as Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. When the Dankworth band visited America, Moss' style was singled out for compliment by Count Basie, who declared his playing "real Texas tenor... the way it should sound!" He left Dankworth's band in 1962, as the band itself was winding down. From here, he joined Humphrey Lyttelton's group, where he continued to hone his style for another two years.

He then married jazz singer Jeanie Lambe, and the two moved from London to Sussex at her suggestion. Here, he formed his own quartet, playing a mix of club gigs, festival appearances and radio broadcasts for the BBC. He continued to tour with this quartet throughout the 1970s and 1980s, also playing and recording with high-profile singers like Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan and Rosemary Clooney, and appearing as a guest soloist with American musicians such as Buck Clayton in the mid-'60s and Louis Armstrong on his last British tour. Moss also co-founded British jazz "supergroup" Pizza Express All-Stars in 1980, playing with them until the end of the 1980s.

Moss and Lambe moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1989, although Moss continued to play regularly in Europe; indeed, his distance from Europe only seemed to increase the level of demand for his performances there. Moss was appointed MBE in 1990.

Steampower!

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Danny Moss - Weaver Of Dreams

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:20
Size: 163.3 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[5:19] 1. 9:20 Special
[5:23] 2. This Heart Of Mine
[5:02] 3. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
[4:40] 4. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
[4:27] 5. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
[5:33] 6. A Gal In Calico
[5:03] 7. In A Mellow Tone
[5:59] 8. My Romance
[4:09] 9. Fine And Dandy
[4:41] 10. Weaver Of Dreams
[6:05] 11. I'm Glad There Is You
[3:31] 12. Poor Butterfly
[6:09] 13. There's No You
[5:13] 14. Blue Lou

An excellent English tenor saxophonist, Danny Moss had a rare opportunity to record as a leader for the Nagel-Heyer label during late 1994, in what was his 50th year as a professional musician. Accompanied by pianist Brian Lemon, bassist Len Skeat, and drummer Butch Miles, Moss digs into 14 standards, alternating stomps with ballads. He is a fine player who, due to being based in Europe, tends to get overlooked in the U.S. when one discusses top swing stylists of the 1990s. Moss' quartet outing is easily recommended to fans of straight-ahead mainstream jazz. ~Scott Yanow

Weaver Of Dreams

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George Masso Allstars - The Wonderful World Of George Gershwin

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:26
Size: 175.0 MB
Styles: Trombone jazz
Year: 1992/1999
Art: Front

[ 7:27] 1. Strike Up The Band
[11:51] 2. But Not For Me
[ 6:47] 3. Summertime
[ 7:26] 4. Soon
[ 4:44] 5. Lady Be Good
[ 9:06] 6. Porgy And Bess
[11:36] 7. Somebody Loves Me
[ 5:49] 8. I've Got A Crush On You
[11:35] 9. 's Wonderful

Bass – Len Skeat; Clarinet – Kenny Davern; Drums – Jake Hanna; Piano – Eddie Higgins; Tenor Saxophone – Danny Moss; Trombone – George Masso; Trumpet – Randy Sandke.

For the initial release on the German Nagel-Heyer label, trombonist George Masso heads an all-star mainstream septet that also includes clarinetist Kenny Davern, trumpeter Randy Sandke, the fine Engligh tenor Danny Moss, pianist Eddie Higgins, bassist Len Skeat and drummer Jake Hanna. Together they jam on eight George Gershwin songs plus Higgins plays a "Porgy and Bess Medley." Although the liner notes (unlike later releases) are in German, the music easily comunicates; highlights include a blazing "Strike Up the Band," "Soon," and 11-1/2-minute versions of "Somebody Loves Me" and "S'Wonderful." ~Scott Yanow

The Wondeful Of George Gershwin

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Various - Blues Of Summer

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 67:48
Size: 155.2 MB
Styles: Post bop, Straight ahead jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[5:29] 1. Danny Moss - Summer Blues
[7:08] 2. Allan Vaché - No Regrets (Blues For Hans)
[7:05] 3. Warren Vaché - Too Phat Blues
[7:30] 4. Buck Clayton - Black Sheep Blues
[4:57] 5. Butch Miles - Barney's Blues
[7:08] 6. Bill Allred - Dear Hans Blues
[6:01] 7. Dave Glasser - Intimacy Of The Blues
[4:14] 8. Bob Wilber - I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
[2:26] 9. Oscar Klein - Farewell Blues
[5:15] 10. Wycliffe Gordon - St. Louis Blues
[5:29] 11. Warren Vaché - Blues Times 2 (H & S)
[5:02] 12. Harry Allen Quartet - Every Day I Have The Blues

Germany-based record company, Nagel-Heyer, has pulled together some of the best from their stable of performers for a compilation built around the blues, Summer blues to be specific. These tracks were culled from albums made between February 1990 and June 1999. Nagel-Heyer has an impressive stable of stars, all of them well-steeped in the jazz and blues tradition. There's Warren Vache and Allan Vache, trumpeter/ vocalist Byron Stripling, preeminent guitarists Howard Alden and Oscar Klein among the many jazzmiesters represented here. There are also a variety of instrumental combinations that perform the music including the swing big band of the late Buck Clayton, a fortuitous combination of jazz veterans mixed with younger players. The album from which this track is taken was cut just before Clayton passed on and is one of his many legacies. His "Black Sheep Blues," which combines outstanding ensemble and solo work, is one of the album's highlights. There are also cuts featuring trios, quartets, septets and other small groups. There's excellent solo track by New Orleans swing guitarist Oscar Klein. Only two vocals are included, Pug Norton on "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" and Warren Vache on an appropriate lament for Summer, "Too Phat Blues." Since the album is tied to Summer, depressing type blues are avoided while happy, bouncy and occasionally sultry, blues are emphasized. The only downer is the cha-cha-cha version of "St. Louis Blues" by Wycliffe Gordon and company.

All in all, this very good compilation should achieve its objective, i.e., to encourage jazz fans to buy complete albums from which these samples have been harvested. ~Dave Nathan

Blues Of Summer

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Scott Hamilton and Danny Moss - Mainstream Giants of Jazz 2007

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:55
Size: 176,6 MB
Art: Front + Back

(5:55)  1. Fine & Dandy
(8:57)  2. Poimciana
(5:24)  3. Like Someone In Love
(5:32)  4. A Smo-o-o-o-oth One
(4:03)  5. It Could Happen To You
(3:40)  6. Star Dust
(6:38)  7. It's You Or No One
(6:21)  8. Sugar
(7:06)  9. My Shining Hour
(7:56) 10. It's All Right With Me
(6:41) 11. On The Alamo
(8:37) 12. St. Louis Blues

Saxophonist Danny Moss's final Edinburgh Jazz Festival gig before his death last year saw him paired with a fellow tenor titan, American Scott Hamilton. This CD, recorded a month after their Edinburgh summit, is characterised by the same magic: these two players were perfectly matched  both have a bluesy, forthright style  and their duets here are electric. There's excellent accompaniment from a rhythm section that includes Dave Cliff (guitar) and John Pearce (piano).   http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/album-review-scott-hamilton-and-danny-moss-1-1353713

Mainstream Giants of Jazz 2007

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Danny Moss - Danny Moss Meets Buddha's Gamblers: A Swingin' Affair

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 63:04
Size: 144.4 MB
Styles: Swing, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[4:50] 1. Just You, Just Me
[6:35] 2. Moten Swing
[5:30] 3. D.M. Blues
[6:12] 4. Moppin' And Boppin'
[4:14] 5. A Smooth One
[6:39] 6. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
[4:17] 7. Georgia On My Mind
[4:47] 8. Crazy Rhythm
[6:59] 9. Swingin' The Blues
[4:49] 10. Sweet And Lovely
[8:07] 11. The King

A superior swing-based tenor saxophonist, Danny Moss is heard here on one of his finest sessions. He is joined by Buddha's Gamblers, an exciting German septet. Together they explore some of the most viable devices of the swing era, including heated and riff-filled renditions of "Just You, Just Me," "The Jeep Is Jumpin'," "Crazy Rhythm," and "The King." Moss and the band clearly inspired each other, and there are plenty of stirring performances throughout this highly recommended German import. ~Scott Yanow

Danny Moss Meets Buddha's Gamblers: A Swingin' Affair

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Jeanie Lambe And The Danny Moss Quartet - Blue Noise Session

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:54
Size: 160,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:02)  1. Long Ago And Far Away
(3:40)  2. Just Squeeze Me
(4:55)  3. Black Coffee
(2:32)  4. Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night In The Week
(5:31)  5. I Get Along Without You
(2:41)  6. Don't Go Away Mad
(4:26)  7. Just One Of Those Things
(4:25)  8. Mad About The Boy
(4:08)  9. Love For Sale
(3:41) 10. Honeysuckle Rose
(4:31) 11. The Thrill Is Gone
(3:29) 12. Day In, Day Out
(3:27) 13. Here's That Rainy Day
(3:15) 14. A Foggy Day In London Town
(4:54) 15. It Never Entered My Mind
(3:13) 16. Come Rain Or Shine
(4:02) 17. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
(2:53) 18. Do I Love You

Born 23 December 1940, Scotland. Lambe sang at the age of 17 with the Clyde Valley Stompers and then for many years she worked in the London area with a variety of bands including Kenny Ball, Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Alex Welsh. Gradually, her fame spread, partly owing to appearances at many international jazz festivals where she often sang with small groups led by her husband Danny Moss. With him, she spent time in Australia, residing there at the start of the 90s but continuing to tour annually either in America or Europe. During her career Lambe has sung with modern and mainstream jazz musicians including Monty Alexander, Ben Webster, Budd Johnson, Oscar Peterson, Wild Bill Davison, Kenny Davern, Joe Pass and Buddy Tate. Over the years, Lambe’s voice has subtly darkened, adding greater texture to an already fluid musical instrument. ~ Bio  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeanie-lambe-mn0000232729.

Personnel: Jeanie Lambe, Danny Moss, John Pearce, Len Skeat, Phil Flanigan, Ed Metz, Jr., Charly Antolini.

Blue Noise Session

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Danny Moss - Keeper Of The Flame

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:25
Size: 172,7 MB
Art: Front + Back

(5:18)  1. Three Little Words
(5:55)  2. When Your Lover Has Gone
(4:25)  3. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
(6:54)  4. Speak Low
(4:55)  5. Where Or When
(6:09)  6. Moten Swing
(4:53)  7. Cry Me A River
(5:46)  8. It Only Happens When I Dance With You
(7:39)  9. Taking A Chance Of Love
(4:47) 10. I Should Care
(6:21) 11. Perdido
(6:58) 12. I Thought About You
(5:20) 13. Small Fry

British tenor saxophonist Danny Moss is the real deal, an up-from-the-heels wailer whose swinging declamations remind me of such consummate titans as Sonny Rollins and Zoot Sims. From the opening "Three Little Words," a rollicking romp a la Rollins, to the curtain-closing "Small Fry," it's a magic carpet ride through a dozen-plus standards guaranteed to leave one smiling and happy to be taking nutrition.

Moss, in the manner of swing-bop masters like Dexter Gordon, paints with a bold brush. On the loping "When Your Lover Has Gone," while inside the groove, he's also an astute observer of his ongoing work able to comment on proceedings with wry asides and pungent quotes from the canon of bop. As a balladeer, his earthy sound and palpitating vibrato inform his commentaries with a wisdom at once worldly and yet also appreciative of the miraculousness of the moment. For samples, check the burnished vibrancy of his limnings of "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" and the smoldering "Where Or When" or "Cry Me a River."

Throughout, the amiable tenorist receives hand-in-glove support from the trio of pianist John Pearce, bassist Len Skeat and drummer Charly Antolini, whose in-the-pocket backings simmer and steam. As the music casts its spell, it soon becomes clear why Moss was a favorite of stalwarts Maynard Ferguson, Tony Bennett, Buddy Rich and Louis Armstrong. Now, in this heartfelt date, the spotlight shines on the venerable Moss who connects with both body and soul. ~ Chuck Berg   http://jazztimes.com/articles/12102-keeper-of-the-flame-danny-moss-quartet

Keeper Of The Flame

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