Showing posts with label Don Scaletta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don Scaletta. Show all posts

Friday, January 21, 2022

The Don Scaletta Trio - Sunday Afternoon At The Trident

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1967
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:19
Size: 86,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:56) 1. Summer Samba
(3:18) 2. People Will Say We're In Love
(6:41) 3. Sweet Betsy From Pike
(4:00) 4. Favela
(2:23) 5. My Little Houseboat
(8:39) 6. Love For Sale
(4:41) 7. Time Weary Rock
(3:39) 8. Cheesy Cat

Don Scaletta ( August 16, 1937 in Cumberland (Maryland) ; † May 18, 2015 ) was an American jazz pianist and music teacher.

Scaletta has toured with the Glen Miller ( Ghost Band ) and the Charlie Spivak Orchestra. Under his own name, he played in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s in a trio for Capitol and Verve Records in the pop-jazz idiom several LPs, such as Any Time ... Any Groove! , All in Good Time! and Sunday Afternoon at the Trident (1967). He has also performed at the Walt Disney World Village and worked on Disney's Magic & Wonder cruise ships. In later years he taught jazz improvisation at the University of Louisville and the University of North Florida; he also worked in the Orlando area with his own formations. In the field of jazz he was involved in 15 recording sessions between 1964 and 2000, e.g. with Don Lamond , Nathan Page and Nat Adderley . In 2004 he presented his Jazz Project , a Stan Kenton tribute album. Scaletta died of heart failure on May 18, 2015 at the age of 77.https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Don_Scaletta?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Personnel: Piano – Don Scaletta; Bass – Mel Nowell; Drums – Nikki Lamkin

Sunday Afternoon At The Trident

Friday, January 14, 2022

Don Scaletta - All In Good Time !

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:58
Size: 94,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:57)  1. Exodus
(5:36)  2. You're My Girl
(4:06)  3. Walk With Buddha
(1:55)  4. They Can't Make Her Cry
(6:18)  5. Secret Love
(8:52)  6. We Kiss In A Shadow
(2:39)  7. Chim Chim Cher-Ee
(4:09)  8. Here's That Rainy Day
(3:22)  9. Bitter Wine

If anyone has any information on this album are welcome!

Personnel: Don Scaletta(p), Ted Blondell(b), Nikki Lamkin(dr)

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Don Scaletta - Any Time, Any Groove!

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:21
Size: 96,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:03)  1. Yankee Doodle Boy
(2:54)  2. Hello,Dolly
(7:05)  3. Tomorrow Never Comes
(4:29)  4. Old Folks
(3:31)  5. Jani's Tune
(7:46)  6. York's Sauna
(3:32)  7. Over There
(5:29)  8. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair
(3:27)  9. A Taste Of Honey

A surprisingly nice little groover, with that tight kind of pop jazz feel that Capitol was so good at during the late 60s! Scaletta's trio is nothing fancy piano, bass, drums but they hit some pretty nice moments on this album, which happens to be one of their best. 
The nicest tracks have a kind of rolling soulful feel  similar to work by Les McCann and Ramsey Lewis. Titles include "York's Sauna", "Taste Of Honey", "Tomorrow Never Comes". 

Personnel:  Piano – Don Scaletta;  Bass – Ted Blondell;  Drums – Nikki Lamkin

Any Time, Any Groove!