Jean DuShon - Make Way For Jean Dushon

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:20
Size: 83,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:40)  1. I'm Thru With Love
(2:59)  2. The Best Is Yet To Come
(4:59)  3. Don't Explain
(2:41)  4. Hitch Hike
(2:53)  5. Night Song
(2:56)  6. More
(2:53)  7. Evenin'
(2:36)  8. Early One Morning
(3:47)  9. Lorna's Here
(3:06) 10. Baia
(2:46) 11. If Ever I Should Leave You

Jean Du Shon revisits her jazz roots on her Chess/Argo debut. Previous labels ABC Paramount, Okeh, and Atlantic recorded Du Shon as an R&B/soul artist.

Three-fifths of the Lou Donaldson Quintet also signed to Argo Herman Foster (piano), Earl May (bass), and Bruno Carr (drums) accompanies the lovely songbird on 11 well-arranged tracks. The tasty morsels include Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's "Lorna's Here" from Golden Boy; Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe's "If Ever I Should Leave You"; and Arthur Herzog and Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain," "The Best Is Yet to Come," and "Night Song." ~ Andrew Hamilton https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-way-for-jean-du-shon-mw0000855121

Personnel: Vocals – Jean DuShon; Bass – Earl May; Drums – Bruno Carr; Piano – Herman Foster

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Make Way For Jean Dushon

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Herman Foster - The One And Only

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1984
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:27
Size: 97,9 MB
Art: Front

(7:45)  1. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
(7:02)  2. The Shadow Of Your Smile
(7:23)  3. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
(7:31)  4. Over The Rainbow
(3:26)  5. It's Only A Papermoon
(4:41)  6. Monsterbeach Blues
(4:35)  7. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

The one and only Herman Foster, indeed a pianist who only cut a handful of records, but always managed to leave his mark! You might know Foster from his wonderful work with Lou Donaldson in the early 60s Blue Note years, or his bluesy albums as a leader for Columbia around the same time but here, the pianist has this lyrical flow that's really amazing and quite a change from his style of the early years! As before, Foster really knows how to do a lot with a little make each note count, and in this way that's mighty powerful, even on the few mellow moments and he gets some strong accompaniment from the full, round bass of Jeff Fuller, and the drums of Victor Jones. Titles include "Monsterbeach Blues", "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise", "The Shadow Of Your Smile", and "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To".https://www.dustygroove.com/item/749900

Personnel:  Herman Foster – piano;  Jeff Fuller – bass;  Victor Jones - drums

The One And Only

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Herman Foster - Explosive piano of/ Have you heard

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:22
Size: 173,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:04)  1. Yesterdays
(5:48)  2. Like Someone In Love
(5:52)  3. Carol
(4:19)  4. Dancing In The Dark
(6:33)  5. Goodbye
(5:57)  6. Dream
(4:48)  7. Herman's Blues
(9:21)  8. Volare
(7:22)  9. Lover Man
(6:45) 10. When I Fall In Love
(4:49) 11. Strange
(9:38) 12. Angel Eyes

A longtime sideman, primarily to Lou Donaldson, blind pianist Herman Foster only made three albums as a leader, the two combined on this discount-priced two-fer CD, recorded and released by Epic Records in 1960-1961, and Ready and Willing for Argo in 1963. Although Have You Heard and the inappropriately named The Explosive Piano Of (placed in reverse chronological order on this disc) are both agreeable collections that demonstrate Foster's distinctive piano technique, you can tell why he remained mainly a backup musician for most of his career. Foster has a locked-hands approach, with which he plays the same chords in different keys, sometimes precisely, sometimes in slightly jagged fashion to create a rolling, rhythmic effect. 

Then he will break off and play single-note runs, though "runs" is not the right word "ambles" would be more like it. He is respectful of the melodies of what are usually standards, at least when playing the head, and he enjoys tossing in quotations from other well-known tunes here and there. Accompanied on each LP only by bass (Earl May) and drums (Grassella Oliphant or Frankie Dunlop), he is given plenty of room to shine, and he takes it to create interpretations that are consistently engaging without ever being disturbing. Other jazz musicians of the early '60s may have been exploring the uses of dissonance and extreme freedom, but Foster still had a lot left to say in the bop idiom. He may not have been a virtuoso like his heroes, especially Bud Powell, but he could find new approaches to traditional melodies that illuminated them, and his albums remain highly listenable.~William Ruhlmann http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-explosive-piano-of-herman-foster-have-you-heard-mw0000659366

Personnel: Herman Foster (piano); Earl May (bass); Grassella Oliphant, Drnkie Dunlop (drums).

Explosive piano of/ Have you heard

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