Gordon Webster and Hetty Kate - Gordon Webster Meets Hetty Kate

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:09
Size: 113,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:15)  1. Button Up Your Overcoat
(2:57)  2. Blitzkrieg Baby
(3:50)  3. Peek-a-boo
(3:22)  4. Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy
(2:40)  5. How D'ya Like to Love Me?
(4:16)  6. Eight, Nine & Ten
(3:06)  7. There's Frost On The Moon
(2:55)  8. Busy Line
(3:30)  9. Sweet Lover No More
(4:45) 10. I Wanna Be Around
(3:30) 11. Hard Hearted Hannah
(5:43) 12. Besame Mucho
(5:15) 13. I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City

Celebrated ‘King of Swing’, New York pianist Gordon Webster, met Melbourne’s Hetty Kate on the bandstand at the swing dance event Jumptown Jam 2013.. amidst a crowded dance hall full of fast footwork, twirling skirts and dapper gentlemen. After this fateful meeting, and thanks to Swing Patrol Australia, Jumptown Swing and Australia's exuberant supportive dancers, Gordon and Hetty successfully fundraised and recorded an album in New York (Sept 2013). Well Gordon barely needs any introduction as he’s lauded as the number one pianist and bandleader for dancers, Gordon Webster regularly tours around the world, often invited to Europe and Asia as well as touring regularly across the USA. Drawing on influences as diverse as Fats Waller, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and Gene Harris, Gordon passionately serves up a smorgasbord of styles unified by one characteristic.. irresistible danceability! Gordon has many albums on CDBaby, so make sure to search his name and check out all his music. Pure of tone, sweet sounding and dangerously infectious, Melbourne jazz vocalist Hetty Kate has built quite a career for herself and can often be seen singing for packed dance floors at lindy-hop and blues events around Australia. Born in England, raised in Australia and now based out of Paris Hetty performs as a jazz vocalist at clubs and festivals, and has released 9 albums of her own. "Like Peggy Lee on a Vespa" Marc Myers Jazzwax USA. Hetty also has a few other albums on CDBaby, so please check them out and visit her on facebook whilst you're here! Both Gordon and Hetty would like to thank all the generous supporters, and the welcoming swing community, it's a pleasure to play for you, and keep on dancing. We hope you like the album! https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/gordonmeetshetty

Personnel:  Gordon Webster (piano) and Hetty Kate (voice)

Gordon Webster Meets Hetty Kate

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Gordon Webster - Live In Rochester

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:08
Size: 124,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:59)  1. Night Train
(4:04)  2. Five Foot Two
(4:29)  3. Ochi Coymiye
(3:47)  4. Paramour
(5:12)  5. Darkness On The Delta
(4:15)  6. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
(4:47)  7. Sweet Sue
(3:15)  8. Diga Diga Doo
(4:26)  9. Sweet Potato Fries
(4:23) 10. Comes Love
(5:37) 11. I Like Pie
(5:47) 12. Dream A Little Dream

Pianist Gordon Webster has performed with Wycliffe Gordon, Grant Green Jr., Tim Hagans, Donny McCaslin, Ingrid Jensen, Chris Parker, Steve LaSpina, Jim Rotondi, Adam Nussbaum, Ron McClure, Chris Potter, Joel Frahm, and Jim Black among others. His playing has been showcased in numerous New York City venues including the Blue Note, The Iridium, Sweet Rhythm, The Cutting Room, Cleopatra’s Needle, Makor, 92nd Street Y, Mannahatta Lounge, Kavehaz, Triad Theater, Smalls, Cafe Vivaldi, The Bar Next Door, St. Nick’s Pub, Night and Day, and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Webster graduated from the Manhattan School of Music Masters Degree in jazz studies program in 2006, and has studied privately with Kenny Barron, Garry Dial, Sonny Bravo, Ari Heonig and Samir Chatterjee. He has performed in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Australia, and throughout the United States and Canada at international jazz festivals, jazz clubs, and dancing events including lindy exchanges, workshops and camps. 

Originally from Ottawa, Webster began studying music at the age of four. In 1993 he moved to Toronto where he earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto in 1999. During his eleven years as a Toronto resident, Webster was able to collaborate with many of Canada’s finest jazz instrumentalists and singers. His first trio recording, as a leader, “Three We” was released in 2000 with sidemen Duncan Hopkins and Kevin Dempsey. Other recording credits include Canadian jazz releases with Chris Robinson, Kim Addison, Rita di Ghent; groove/fusion projects KITE, Jukejoint and Gruvoria; a recent duo album with Rochester trumpeter Mike Kaupa; and brother Mike Webster’s fall 2005 release Leading Lines featuring bassist John Benitez (Eddie Palmeri, Chick Corea, John Scofield) and trumpeter Mike Rodriguez (Charlie Haden, Joe Lovano, Clark Terry). 

Gordon has taught jazz improvisation and piano at Jazzworks summer camp near Ottawa, Canada for five years, maintains a sizeable roster of private students, and has appeared in educational concerts for children with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in collaboration with conductor Boris Brott. In addition to his ongoing creative pursuits as a jazz musician, Gordon developed a passion for lindy hop and blues dancing over the past six years, which has become a significant influence in his life since 2001. ~ Bio   http://www.last.fm/music/Gordon+Webster/+wiki

Personnel: Naomi Uyama, Steven Mitchell, Aurora Nealand, Jesse Selengut - vocals; Gordon Au, Jesse Selengut - trumpet; Aurora Nealand, Dan Levinson - reeds; Matt Musselman - trombone; Gordon Webster - piano; Cassidy Holden - guitar; Rob Adkins - bass; Jeremy Noller - drums

Live In Rochester

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Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 60:07
Size: 110,8 MB
Art: Front

( 3:45)  1. Milenberg Joys
( 3:59)  2. Honeysuckle Rose
( 3:57)  3. Joshua Fit The Battle
( 2:50)  4. Twenty-Four Robbers
( 2:31)  5. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
( 5:16)  6. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
( 4:24)  7. Route 66
( 5:31)  8. Moonglow
( 5:27)  9. When I Get Low
( 4:14) 10. Don't Get Around Here Any More
( 4:12) 11. C Jam Blues
(13:53) 12. Sister Kate
( 0:04) 13. Extra Track

Pianist Gordon Webster has performed with Wycliffe Gordon, Grant Green Jr., Tim Hagans, Donny McCaslin, Ingrid Jensen, Chris Parker, Steve LaSpina, Jim Rotondi, Adam Nussbaum, Ron McClure, Chris Potter, Joel Frahm, and Jim Black among others. His playing has been showcased in numerous New York City venues including the Blue Note, The Iridium, Sweet Rhythm, The Cutting Room, Cleopatra’s Needle, Makor, 92nd Street Y, Mannahatta Lounge, Kavehaz, Triad Theater, Smalls, Cafe Vivaldi, The Bar Next Door, St. Nick’s Pub, Night and Day, and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Webster graduated from the Manhattan School of Music Masters Degree in jazz studies program in 2006, and has studied privately with Kenny Barron, Garry Dial, Sonny Bravo, Ari Heonig and Samir Chatterjee. He has performed in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Australia, and throughout the United States and Canada at international jazz festivals, jazz clubs, and dancing events including lindy exchanges, workshops and camps. 

Originally from Ottawa, Webster began studying music at the age of four. In 1993 he moved to Toronto where he earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto in 1999. During his eleven years as a Toronto resident, Webster was able to collaborate with many of Canada’s finest jazz instrumentalists and singers. His first trio recording, as a leader, “Three We” was released in 2000 with sidemen Duncan Hopkins and Kevin Dempsey. Other recording credits include Canadian jazz releases with Chris Robinson, Kim Addison, Rita di Ghent; groove/fusion projects KITE, Jukejoint and Gruvoria; a recent duo album with Rochester trumpeter Mike Kaupa; and brother Mike Webster’s fall 2005 release Leading Lines featuring bassist John Benitez (Eddie Palmeri, Chick Corea, John Scofield) and trumpeter Mike Rodriguez (Charlie Haden, Joe Lovano, Clark Terry). Gordon has taught jazz improvisation and piano at Jazzworks summer camp near Ottawa, Canada for five years, maintains a sizeable roster of private students, and has appeared in educational concerts for children with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in collaboration with conductor Boris Brott. In addition to his ongoing creative pursuits as a jazz musician, Gordon developed a passion for lindy hop and blues dancing over the past six years, which has become a significant influence in his life since 2001. ~ Bio   http://www.last.fm/music/Gordon+Webster/+wiki

Live In Philadelphia

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Gordon Webster - Happy When I'm With You

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:18
Size: 117,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:10)  1. Sometimes I'm Happy
(3:57)  2. Long Gone John
(4:04)  3. Summertime
(2:39)  4. Twenty Four Robbers
(3:40)  5. Sermonette
(4:47)  6. I'm Confessin' That I Love You
(3:46)  7. Sweet Lorraine
(5:44)  8. Uptown Sop
(4:18)  9. September In The Rain
(4:07) 10. All Of Me
(3:20) 11. Bill Bailey
(4:41) 12. All Right, Okay, You Win

For those of you who aren’t NYC regulars or who haven’t heard Gordon Webster since Blues Till Dawn (or his Philly Lindy Love marathon late nights), his second CD release "Happy When I’m With You" is going to knock your socks off. For those of you who are, it's the Gordon "and Friends" you know and love captured live in your very own CD player!  Sure Gordon’s still grooving the piano like the dickens on numbers like “Uptown Sop” and his supporting musicians, like Rob Adkins on bass and Adrian Cunningham on sax and clarinet, are first rate and swinging equally hard. Also, Brianna Thomas is here on vocals, capturing much of the playful energy she packs into live performances on numbers like “All Right, Okay, You Win”, “All of Me”, and particularly “Summertime”, where her vocals and Gordon’s piano work dance together nicely (also listen as Jesse turns in some great muted trumpet work on that track). “September in the Rain”, “Sweet Lorraine”, and “Sometimes I’m happy” are also solid tracks with Brianna on vocals and which have a comfortable, laid back feel. However, for me, the best work on the album are Gordon’s collaborations with trumpeter/vocalist Jesse Selengut. 

These 4 numbers brings out a whole new range of piano that those who aren’t familiar with Gordon’s recent work, won’t be aware of. The energetic version of “24 Robbers” packed the dance floor in Richmond with energy last weekend and “Long John” (now available free for a limited time at the link below) and “Bill Bailey” are equally packed with wonderful hard swinging performances by his all star side men. I particularly enjoyed the interplay of Jesse on vocals and Matt on trombone in “I'm Confessin That I Love You”. There’s truly not a weak cut on this release, which, given the wide range of material, is a testament to Gordon’s abilities as a top notch band leader, above and beyond his great piano work. "Happy When I’m With You" is an appropriate title for this release because it’ll leave you tapping your foot and feeling just that way yourself. ~ Bill Speidel   http://www.gordonwebsterswings.com/home.html

Happy When I'm With You

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Gordon Webster - Blues Till Dawn

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:16
Size: 143,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:21)  1. Don't Go To Strangers
(5:44)  2. The Very Thought Of You
(4:53)  3. Mo' Better Blues
(5:43)  4. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
(5:52)  5. Georgia On My Mind
(5:31)  6. When Did You Leave Heaven?
(5:39)  7. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
(5:53)  8. What The World Needs Now
(7:08)  9. Makin' Whoopie
(6:23) 10. Just Squeeze Me
(4:03) 11. Girl From Ipanema

It's well after midnight and you want to slow things down. Create the perfect mood with this collection of soulful piano playing, singing and trombone playing. Featuring special guests: amazing singer Brianna Thomas, and trombonist extraordinaire Roland Barber. Whether you're dancing or just listening, this album is guaranteed to put you in a perfect late night groove. Pianist Gordon Webster is one of the most sought after musicians in the lindy hop world. His tremendous musicianship and passion, supported by his first-hand knowledge of social dancing, have inspired lindy hoppers at hundreds of dance events worldwide. Drawing on influences as diverse as Fats Waller, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and Gene Harris, Webster serves up a smorgasbord of styles unified by one characteristic: irresistible danceability. Blues Till Dawn is a collection of slow, bluesy jazz tracks influenced by the sultry atmosphere of a late night dancing event in the lindy hop/blues scene.
Here's what dancers are saying about Gordon Webster:

"...an extremely rare combination of eloquence, passion, and accessibility - like a shot of something pure that goes straight to the head and heart." ~ Elizabeth Miller, dance instructor, event promoter
Boston, MA

"Gordon plays every note like it's the last note he's going to play in his entire life."~ Steven Mitchell, worldwide lindy hop instructor

"Gord's very well musically educated, and it's evident. However, it's HOW he plays that makes the biggest impact - his soul wells up in his hands and either flows or explodes out through his fingers and into the keys. He's incredibly moving. Incredibly."~ Michelle Long, dancer Rochester, NY   http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gordonwebster

Blues Till Dawn

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