Monica Ramey - Make Someone Happy

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:27
Size: 107,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:33)  1. Hey John
(4:38)  2. Dream Dancing
(4:03)  3. Passion Flower
(2:53)  4. You Hit The Spot
(4:44)  5. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
(4:29)  6. Tenderly
(2:50)  7. Even In Paris
(2:59)  8. Give Him The Ooh-La-La
(3:40)  9. When The Sun Comes Out
(4:22) 10. Goodbye Is All That's Left To Say
(3:48) 11. You're The Top
(4:23) 12. Make Someone Happy

“I first heard Monica Ramey sing several years ago in a vocal class at The Nashville Jazz Workshop. I pulled her aside to encourage her to take her talent seriously. I soon realized that Monica didn’t really need to hear that from me. She was already well focused on building the skills she’d need as a student of standards and jazz music.  Monica has become quite a serious singer and fine interpreter of the Great American Songbook. I’m sure you’ll agree upon hearing her debut release, Make Someone Happy.” -Jim Ferguson, Bassist/Vocalist

"Midwest native Monica Ramey's intellect, sophistication, honesty are on full display on her debut CD, "Make Someone Happy." Ramey's voice floats on top of the music provided by some of Nashville's best including the Lori Mechem Trio, Denis Solee, Roy Agee, George Tidwell, James Hollihan and special guest Beegie Adair.

"Make Someone Happy" is sexy, smart, fresh and full of swing. Listening to this CD makes me happy, one listen and you'll be happy too." -Maxx Myrick, Myrick Media

"The American Songbook is truly the gift that keeps on giving, constantly reinventing itself with each new generation. It does my heart - and my ears! - so much good to hear Monica Ramey pick up the torch and run with it. Her theatrical roots combine with her obvious deep affection for the classic popular song to give us a freshly unique take on the material she's chosen for her debut. It's sassy, swinging and totally enjoyable. Looking forward to Volume II!"-Jeff Steinberg, Musician/Arranger/Composer

"Make Someone Happy" is like a meal that someone cooked for you with lots of love. You can taste the love."-Heather Brand, Photographer

"Let me say about Monica Ramey...
I have watched and listened to this woman grow by leaps and bounds over the last 4 years. She is now the consummate professional... talented, creative, energetic & commited. Anyone fortunate enough to hear this lovingly crafted album, her first solo effort, is in for a treat. You will be, as I was, totally enamoured by her charms. It is a pleasure and an honor to be a part of it. Way to go, Monica!" -Denis Solee, Musician/Arranger/Educator

This refreshing, highly-anticipated album features Monica Ramey's "Dream Team" including Lori Mechem, Roger Spencer, Chris Brown, Denis Solee, George Tidwell, Roy Agee, James Hollihan and special guest, Beegie Adair. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/monicaramey

Make Someone Happy

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Beegie Adair & Monica Ramey - Some Enchanted Evening

Size: 110,4 MB
Time: 47:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Cabaret
Art: Front

01. If I Were A Bell (From Guys & Dolls) (3:24)
02. They Say It's Wonderful (From Annie Get Your Gun) (3:37)
03. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face (From My Fair Lady) (3:25)
04. Always True To You In My Fashion (From Kiss Me, Kate) (3:27)
05. My Funny Valentine (From Babes In Arms) (5:00)
06. C'est Magnifique (From Can-Can) (3:40)
07. If I Loved You (From Carousel) (3:59)
08. 's Wonderful (From Funny Face) (3:45)
09. I Have Dreamed (From The King & I) (4:34)
10. People Will Say We're In Love (From Oklahoma) (3:19)
11. Some Enchanted Evening (From South Pacific) (4:25)
12. Someone To Watch Over Me (From Oh, Kay!) (4:27)

Beegie Adair grew up in Cave City, Kentucky, where she began taking piano lessons at age five. She continued to study piano throughout college, earning a B.S. in Music Education at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. During and after college, she played in jazz bands, and spent three years teaching music to children before moving to Nashville, where she became a session musician, working at WSM-TV and on The Johnny Cash Show (1969-71). She and her husband also started a jingle company to write music for commercials. In 1982, she and saxophonist Denis Solee formed the Adair-Solee Quartet, which evolved into the Be-Bop Co-Op, a jazz sextet. She made her first album under her own name, Escape to New York, with a rhythm section consisting of Bob Cranshaw and Gregory Hutchinson. But her subsequent albums, The Frank Sinatra Collection, The Nat King Cole Collection, and Jazz Piano Christmas, were made with bassist Roger Spencer and drummer Chris Brown. ~ William Ruhlmann

Some Enchanted Evening

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Monica Ramey And The Beegie Adair Trio - St

Styles: Vocal Jazz, Piano Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:56
Size: 165,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:19)  1. As Long As I Live
(5:54)  2. I Thought About You
(6:45)  3. I'll Close My Eyes
(4:07)  4. Witchcraft
(3:33)  5. This Could Be the Start of Something Big
(7:42)  6. Change Partners
(4:05)  7. Look At Me Now
(5:40)  8. Lullaby of the Leaves
(5:17)  9. Fly Away
(4:41) 10. You Fascinate Me So
(5:16) 11. Whisper Not
(5:48) 12. It Amazes Me
(3:46) 13. Will You Still Be Mine
(4:54) 14. Why Did I Choose You

The true beauty of any Beegie Adair recording is that it will be straight down the middle mainstream jazz. It is money in the bank. Adair's 50-year career has found her leading her jazz trio, writing advertising jingles and accompanying vocalists, as she does on the present Monica Ramey and the Beegie Adair Trio. Ramey, a native of the midwest, take a predictably conservative approach to the Great American Songbook. Her doing so does us the favor of reminding us of jazz's most sturdy and enduring legacies, the assimilation and transformation of Tin Pan Alley and Show Tunes into the fabric of the American music vernacular.  Ramey and Adair together create a certain low-key synergy, something like the momentum achieved when a large object starts to move. That large object is the repertoire and the singer and pianist have launched it against a zero coefficient of friction making the music seem to float regardless of its historic baggage. The tempi are breezy to brisk and the arrangements are dependable. The additions of trumpeter George Tidwell and saxophonist Denis Solee are well placed in the overall scheme of the recording. This is a very able recording to remind us of the simple pleasure of cocktail hour jazz: not too demanding and superbly played. ~ C.Michael Bailey   http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=44361#.Usskh7Rc_vt

Personnel: Monica Ramey: vocals; Beegie Adair: piano; Roger Spencer: bass; Chris Brown: drums; George Tidwell: trumpet, flugelhorn; Denis Solee: saxophones, flute.

Monica Ramey and the Beegie Adair Trio

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