Rebecca Kilgore - With Hal Smith's California Swing Cats

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:03
Size: 148.9 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:47] 1. With Plenty Of Money And You
[3:48] 2. 'deed I Do
[4:30] 3. Sleepy Time Down South
[2:40] 4. Swing, Brother, Swing
[3:51] 5. Georgia On My Mind
[4:13] 6. You
[3:59] 7. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
[4:09] 8. Thou Swell
[4:30] 9. A Kiss To Build A Dream On
[2:43] 10. Piano Man
[4:32] 11. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
[4:03] 12. Drum Boogie
[3:57] 13. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
[5:08] 14. Sing, Sing, Sing
[3:12] 15. Pardon My Southern Accent
[3:30] 16. Cow Cow Boogie
[3:24] 17. La Vie En Rose

As an interpreter of classic American popular songs from the 1930s and 1940s, vocalist and guitarist Rebecca Kilgore helped revive the hits of yesterday for modern-era jazz audiences. Born in Waltham, MA, in 1949, she relocated to Portland, OR, at the age of 30, beginning her music career fronting an area swing band dubbed the Wholly Cats and recording a 1982 LP titled Doggin' Around. Following the group's 1984 breakup, she formed her own unit, the Rebecca Kilgore Quintet, which quickly emerged as a mainstay of the Northwest jazz scene, and in 1989, she released the cassette-only I Hear Music. Most of Kilgore's subsequent recordings were in conjunction with other performers: In 1990, she teamed with John Miller for Put on a Happy Face, and in 1993 appeared with Portland's Tall Jazz Trio on their Plays Winter Jazz disc. However, Kilgore's most fruitful collaborations were in conjunction with pianist Dave Frishberg; after teaming for 1993's Looking at You, they reunited a year later for I Saw Stars, followed in 1997 by Not a Care in the World and again in 2001 with The Starlit Hour. At the same time, Kilgore also fronted a '60s-style country band, Beck-a-Roo, and in 1994 contributed vocals to the score of the CBS animated special Tales From the Far Side, inspired by the popular Gary Larson comic strip. ~ bio by Jason Ankeny

With Hal Smith's California Swing Cats

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Hal Smith's Roadrunners - Absolutely! Vol.3

Styles: Post Bop, Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:58
Size: 170,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:09) 1. The Song Is Ended
(2:46) 2. All Dressed up with a Broken Heart
(4:10) 3. Louisiana Fairy Tale
(2:45) 4. Limehouse Blues
(3:43) 5. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
(4:10) 6. Take It from Me
(5:03) 7. I Want To Be Happy
(3:47) 8. Absolutely
(3:54) 9. Strut, Miss Lizzie
(4:08) 10. Apex Blues
(2:54) 11. Don't Leave Me, Daddy
(1:46) 12. Hallelujah!
(2:58) 13. Barrelhouse
(3:23) 14. Some Sweet Day
(3:41) 15. Four or Five Times
(3:32) 16. Sweet and Lowdown
(3:30) 17. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
(4:29) 18. My Buddy
(5:25) 19. Memories Of You
(2:35) 20. I'll See You in My Dreams

A drummer with strong inclinations toward traditional jazz performance, Hal Smith was born in Indianapolis, IN, on July 30, 1953. Taking up drums at the age of ten among his teachers was the great Jake Hanna he made his professional debut in 1978, and in the years to follow served with the likes of the Dukes of Dixieland and the Grand Dominion Jazz Band. Smith also led groups including the Frisco Syncopaters and the Down Home Jazz Band, and regularly collaborated with Butch Thompson and Bobby Gordon. Among his recording dates are 1994's California Here I Come, 1995's Swing, Brother, Swing, and 1996's Bourbon Street Memories. Smith was also a respected jazz journalist, contributing countless articles to publications including Jazz Rambler, Mississippi Rag, and West Coast Rag.~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hal-smith-mn0000660509/biography

Personnel: Rebecca Kilgore – Guitar, Vocals; Bobby Gordon – Clarinet, Vocals; Ray Skjelbred – Piano; Mike Duffy – Bass, Vocals; Hal Smith – Drums, Leader

Absolutely!

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Hal Smith's Roadrunners, Rebecca Kilgore - Waiting at the End of the Road

Styles: Post Bop, Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:15
Size: 166,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:21) 1. I Need Lovin'
(5:28) 2. What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
(5:13) 3. Wolverine Blues
(4:13) 4. You're Luck to Me
(3:18) 5. San Antonio Rose
(5:38) 6. Creole Love Call
(4:20) 7. Once or Twice
(3:45) 8. Someday You'll Want Me to Want You
(4:05) 9. Who Walks in When I Walk Out?
(4:42) 10. When I Dream Of You
(4:18) 11. Mutiny in the Parlor
(3:44) 12. True Blue Lou
(3:45) 13. It Must Be True
(3:01) 14. Texas and Pacific
(4:11) 15. Sorry
(4:48) 16. Waiting at the End of the Road
(3:16) 17. Your Mother's Son in Law

A drummer with strong inclinations toward traditional jazz performance, Hal Smith was born in Indianapolis, IN, on July 30, 1953. Taking up drums at the age of ten among his teachers was the great Jake Hanna he made his professional debut in 1978, and in the years to follow served with the likes of the Dukes of Dixieland and the Grand Dominion Jazz Band. Smith also led groups including the Frisco Syncopaters and the Down Home Jazz Band, and regularly collaborated with Butch Thompson and Bobby Gordon. Among his recording dates are 1994's California Here I Come, 1995's Swing, Brother, Swing, and 1996's Bourbon Street Memories. Smith was also a respected jazz journalist, contributing countless articles to publications including Jazz Rambler, Mississippi Rag, and West Coast Rag.~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hal-smith-mn0000660509/biography

Personnel: Rebecca Kilgore - vocals, Hal Smith - drums, Bobby Gordon - clarinet, Ray Skjelbred - piano, Mike Duffy - bass.

Waiting at the End of the Road

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Peter Ecklund - Ecklund At Elkhart The Classic All-Stars

Styles: Trumpet And Cornet Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:00
Size: 156,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:55)  1. Opening Remarks
(6:19)  2. Sweethearts On Parade
(3:20)  3. Yacht Club Swing
(4:29)  4. Trees
(5:51)  5. Somebody Stole My Gal
(3:47)  6. The Moon Is Low
(3:17)  7. Indian Summer
(2:47)  8. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
(5:10)  9. Borneo
(4:44) 10. Black Cat Moan
(5:48) 11. Doin' The New Low-Down
(2:18) 12. Nobody's Sweetheart
(4:18) 13. How And I To Know?
(4:03) 14. Prince Of Wails
(4:47) 15. Where The Blue Of The Night

This CD has trumpeter and cornetist Peter Ecklund leading an all-star septet that he assembled for the 1994 Elkhart Indiana Jazz Festival. Ecklund is joined by the members of the Orphan Newsboys (clarinetist Bobby Gordon, rhythm guitarist and singer Marty Grosz, and bassist Greg Cohen) plus trombonist Dan Barrett, pianist Mark Shane, and drummer Hal Smith. Grosz has four vocals, Ecklund whistles on "Where the Blue of the Night," and the band romps on such numbers as "Yacht Club Swing," "Borneo," "Nobody's Sweetheart," and "Prince of Wails." The musicians play up to their usual level, so this set is easily recommended to mainstream swing collectors. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/ecklund-at-elkhart-mw0000775326

Personnel: Peter Ecklund (whistling, trumpet, cornet); Marty Grosz (vocals, guitar); Bobby Gordon (clarinet); Dan Barrett (trombone); Mark Shane (piano); Hal Smith (drums).

Ecklund At Elkhart The Classic All-Stars

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Joyce Breach - Nothing But Blue Skies

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:06
Size: 153.6 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. Blue Skies
[4:15] 2. If I Had You
[4:11] 3. Somebody Loves Me
[3:20] 4. You're An Education
[5:39] 5. I Can Dream, Can't I
[3:33] 6. Sand In My Shoes
[3:53] 7. But Not For Me
[4:17] 8. P.S. I Love You
[3:04] 9. I've Heart That Song Before
[3:40] 10. Look At That Face
[2:26] 11. Too Marvelous For Words
[6:36] 12. The Nearness Of You
[3:22] 13. A Hundred Years From Today
[4:30] 14. What's New
[4:13] 15. Love Is Here To Stay
[4:09] 16. You're Gonna Hear From Me
[2:54] 17. Just One Of Those Things

Joyce Breach is a fine cabaret singer with a deep voice who mostly sings songs fairly straightforwardly. This is one of her most jazz-oriented releases, not because she starts improvising any more than normal, but due to her strong sidemen: trombonist Bob Havens, clarinetist Bobby Gordon, pianist Keith Ingham, bassist Bob Haggart and drummer Hal Smith (who is the leader of the backup quintet). Most of the selections are either from the swing era or played in that style, and there are plenty of short solos from Havens and Gordon. Breach sounds fine on such tunes as "Somebody Loves Me," "I Can Dream, Can't I," "But Not for Me" and "A Hundred Years From Today," although she rarely makes any of the vintage standards her own. ~Joyce Breach

Nothing But Blue Skies

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Rebecca Kilgore & Hal Smith's Rhythm Makers - Sings The Music Of Fats Waller

Size: 151,8 MB
Time: 64:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999/2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. How Jazz Was Born (3:53)
02. If It Ain't Love (4:46)
03. What's Your Name (2:48)
04. I Hate To Leave You Now (4:43)
05. Concentratin' (On You) (2:39)
06. Gone (3:35)
07. Old Yazoo (2:48)
08. How Can I (With You In My Heart) (3:04)
09. I'm More Than Satisfied (3:31)
10. My Heart's At Ease (2:21)
11. It's You (3:19)
12. Honey Hush (4:29)
13. What Will I Do In The Morning (3:29)
14. When Gabriel Blows His Horn (3:44)
15. Sittin' Up, Waitin' For You (3:37)
16. Gotta Be, Gotta Be Mine (3:17)
17. Dixie Cinderella (3:48)
18. That Rhythm Man (4:36)

Out of the West Coast traditional jazz (often erroneously referred to as Dixieland) mold of Lu Watters, Turk Murphy, and the Firehouse Five Plus Two comes the Hal Smith Rhythmakers with guest, the undervalued but very talented singer Rebecca Kilgore. She also works a little on guitar. The regular Rhythmakers have also been expanded with the addition of three young musicians, to wit, trumpet player Marc Caparone, bass player Clint Baker, and pianist Chris Dawson. Together they have fashioned an album of Fats Waller melodies ranging from the infectious swinging material he was famous for as well as some very pretty melodies, most, but not all, penned with Andy Razaf. The album is by no means limited to oft-played Waller tunes. To their credit, Smith and Kilgore saw fit not to include "Ain't Misbehavin" and "Honeysuckle Rose" on the program. Instead, there is more than a smattering of Waller tunes that get a lot less play than these two warhorses. The very pretty "Gone" and the slow drag "How Can I, With You in My Heart" are just a few of the many gems that have been unearthed. There's plenty of hot jazz, too, to get the toe tapping. "I'm More Than Satisfied" features Caparone's burning muted trumpet and "It's You" once more with Caparone's trumpet on top along with stride piano by Dawson and strong bass by Baker. The New Orleans-like clarinet of Bobby Gordon, rarely stirring from the middle register, adds to the authenticity of this session's traditional style, especially with his solo on "I Hate to Leave You Now." There's a risk with issuing an album of traditional jazz in that it can get humdrum after a while. That trap is avoided with the presence of Rebecca Kilgore who has shown time and time again that no matter what she sings, she brings it to life. Moreover, Kilgore is quite familiar with this style of playing having recorded music in a similar vein with Dan Barrett and Dave Frishberg. A balanced play list performed by enthusiastic and talented musicians at home with Waller tunes pushes this album into the recommended category. ~by Dave Nathan

Sings The Music Of Fats Waller  

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