Nat King Cole Trio - Live At The Circle Room & More

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:40
Size: 173,6 MB
Art: Front

(0:39)  1. Opening Theme
(2:57)  2. Oh, But I Do
(3:10)  3. I'm Thru With Love
(3:49)  4. ''C'' Jam Blues
(3:13)  5. My Sugar Is So Refined
(4:11)  6. I'm In The Mood For Love
(2:35)  7. I Found A New Baby
(3:03)  8. I Don't Know Why
(2:29)  9. If You Can't Smile And Say Yes
(3:05) 10. It's Only A Paper Moon
(3:55) 11. One O'Clock Jump
(2:23) 12. Everyone Is Saying Hello Again
(2:34) 13. Sweet Georgia Brown
(3:26) 14. Sweet Lorraine
(2:44) 15. Oh, But I Do
(3:21) 16. My Sugar Is So Refined
(1:44) 17. Closing Theme (F.S.T.)
(2:58) 18. My Mother Told Me
(2:43) 19. Exactly Like You
(3:25) 20. Part Of Me
(2:35) 21. What Have You Got In Those Eyes
(3:16) 22. Top Hat Bop
(3:07) 23. Go Bongo
(2:37) 24. Rhumba Blues
(2:28) 25. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

This Live at the Circle Room date has been issued before, but the bonus material of the same band from a later date makes this an extra special set. For starters, the Circle Room, in the Hotel La Salle in Milwaukee, was the town's premier jazz spot in 1946. The first 17 tracks on this CD come from four performances between September 21 and 25 of that year. Cole, with Oscar Moore and Johnny Miller, had begin his singing career in earnest, and playing in front of a lounge crowd seemed like the most natural thing in the world for him. Indeed, as bottles click, and the periodic murmur of voices in the foreground appear in the mix, the listener will be transported into Cole's magical space. From Ellington's "C Jam Blues," to "I'm in the Mood for Love," "I'm Thru With Love," and "Sweet Georgia Brown," the Cole trio kicks it with grace and elegance. The latter eight cuts here are form 1949, from a date in Los Angeles, and feature Joe Comfort and Jack Constanzo as the rhythm section. While the development of Cole's voice and arrangements were well-suited for the nightclub, his harmonic adventures were curtailed in this setting. ~ Thom Jurek https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-circle-room-more-mw0000104438

Personnel:  Nat King Cole (vocals, piano);  Oscar Moore, Irving Ashby (guitar);  Johnny Miller, Joe Comfort (bass);  Jack Costanzo (bongas, congas)

Live At The Circle Room & More

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Leroy Vinnegar - Presenting Oscar Moore with Leroy Vinnegar

Styles: Jazz, Bop
Year: 1962
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 27:31
Size: 50,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:55)  1. I Can't Get Started With You
(2:44)  2. There's a Small Hotel
(2:30)  3. Angel Eyes
(3:49)  4. To a Wild Rose
(4:45)  5. It's a Pity to Say Goodnight
(3:08)  6. Tangerine
(2:44)  7. Sweet Loraine
(3:16)  8. If You Were Mine
(1:35)  9. Taborra

An excellent guitarist influenced after 1939 by Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore was an invaluable part of the Nat King Cole Trio during 1937-1947, appearing on virtually all of Cole's records during the period. He also recorded with Lionel Hampton, Art Tatum (1941), the Capitol Jazzmen, and Lester Young. Unfortunately, Moore's post-Cole career was not that successful. He played with his brother Johnny Moore in the Three Blazers from 1947 to the mid-'50s (the group declined in popularity after pianist/singer Charles Brown left) and he recorded three records for Verve and Tampa during 1953-1954, but then was largely outside of music with the exception of a 1965 Cole tribute album. 

~ Scott Yanow  https://itunes.apple.com/mu/artist/oscar-moore/id366552#fullText

Personnel: Leroy Vinnegar (Bass);  Oscar Moore (Guitar).

Presenting Oscar Moore with Leroy Vinegar

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Inez Jones & Oscar Moore - Have You Met Inez Jones

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:42
Size: 141.3 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:14] 1. Too Marvelous For Words
[2:47] 2. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
[3:03] 3. Tangerine
[2:36] 4. Since I Fell For You
[2:53] 5. I Can't Get Started With You
[3:19] 6. Where Or When
[2:26] 7. Angel Eyes
[1:50] 8. Dancing On The Ceiling
[3:46] 9. To A Wild Rose
[3:01] 10. Moonlight In Vermont
[4:42] 11. It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
[3:08] 12. Don't Worry 'bout Me
[2:40] 13. Sweet Loraine
[2:06] 14. Don't Take Your Love From Me
[2:40] 15. There's A Small Hotel
[1:49] 16. Big, Fat Butterfly
[3:13] 17. If You Were Mine
[2:27] 18. Happy
[1:26] 19. Taborra
[2:24] 20. Take A Back Seat Mr Jackson
[2:21] 21. They Say
[2:32] 22. I Want A Man To Gimme Some Luck
[2:09] 23. Proud Of You

Tracks #1,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16 & 18 are from the 12” LP “Have You Met Inez Jones?” first issued on Riverside (RLP 12-819), and Omegatape (ST-7018). Tracks #3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17 & 19 are from “Presenting Oscar Moore”, Omegatape (ST-7012). Tracks #3 & 15 also issued on the 12” LP “Have You Met Inez Jones?” Riverside (RLP 12-819). Tracks #20 & 21 from the 78 rpm Victor 20-5135. Tracks #22 & 23 from the 78 rpm Victor 20-4989.

Personnel on tracks #1,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18: Inez Jones (vcl), Oscar Moore (g), Carl Perkins (p), Curtis Counce (b), and Bill Douglas (d); Master Recorders, Los Angeles, May 27, 1957. Personnel on tracks #3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19: Oscar Moore (rhythm guitar, and solo guitar [overdubbed]), and Leroy Vinnegar (b); Audio Arts Studio, Los Angeles, Dec. 12 & 14, 1956. Personnel on tracks #20-23:Inez Jones (vcl), Howard Biggs (p), Red Callender (b), and Chico Hamilton (d); Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, July 17, 1952.

Inez Jones was a good singer whose solid reputation, especially among the jazz cognoscenti, never really spread much beyond San Francisco’s Bay Area, where she worked steadily during the Forties and the Fifties. With a light, attractive voice, a little reminiscent of Maxine Sullivan, she could swing, and her deft phrasing and reading of a lyric enabled her to handle a variety of material with persuasive authority.

Her rare recorded work is notable for the fact that she brought the intimate manner of her club performances into the studio, and for the accomplished jazzmen she used to make the handful of recordings on which she appeared. On the 1957 album these include the near legendary pianist, Carl Perkins, part of a fine West Coast rhythm section with bassist and celebrated bandleader Curtis Counce, and drummer Bill Douglas, as well as guitarist Oscar Moore, who achieved his greatest fame in the trio of another singer, Nat King Cole. (Incidentally, on the instrumental numbers turned by Moore in this album, two guitars are heard, both by Oscar. Bass, played by Leroy Vinnegar, and rhythm guitar were recorded first, and then solo guitar was overdubbed.)

As a bonus, four tracks from two rare 78rpm albums Miss Jones recorded five years earlier are included, and all the tunes from the Moore and Vinnegar session that were not released on the album.

Have You Met Inez Jones

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