Sarah Vaughan & Lester Young - One Night Stand: The Town Hall Concert 1947

Styles: Vocal and Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:33
Size: 151,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:11)  1. Lester Leaps In
(5:22)  2. Just You, Just Me
(3:50)  3. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
(6:20)  4. Sunday
(3:47)  5. Don't Blame Me
(1:47)  6. My Kinda Love
(3:36)  7. I Cover The Waterfront
(3:55)  8. A Ghost Of A Chance
(4:53)  9. Lester's Bebop Boogie
(4:56) 10. These Foolish Things
(5:51) 11. Movin' With Lester
(3:33) 12. The Man I Love
(2:52) 13. Time After Time
(2:40) 14. Mean To Me
(4:06) 15. Body And Soul
(3:46) 16. I Cried For You

This 1997 CD has music from a previously unreleased Town Hall concert. The program is split between the Lester Young sextet and Sarah Vaughan with the two principals only coming together on the final song, "I Cried for You." The recording quality is listenable, if not flawless, and it features the two giants at interesting points in their careers. Tenor great Lester Young sounds excellent on his seven features, but his backup group is sometimes a bit shaky, particularly during uncertain moments on "Just You, Just Me" and "Sunday"; bassist Rodney Richardson does not mesh well with the eccentric pianist Sadik Hakim. The young Roy Haynes is fine, although some of his "bombs" are overrecorded, while trumpeter Shorty McConnell comes across as a second-rate Howard McGhee, sincere but streaky. But the reason to acquire this CD is Sarah Vaughan, who at age 23 was already a marvel; what a voice! Very influenced by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Vaughan mostly lays way behind the beat during her ballad-oriented performances, swirling between notes like a first altoist and often settling on very unlikely (and boppish) notes. She gives the impression that she could do anything with her voice, and some of her flights (particularly on "Don't Blame Me," "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Mean to Me") border on the miraculous. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-night-stand-the-town-hall-concert-1947-mw0000097698

Personnel: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Shorty McConnell (trumpet); Sadik Hakim, Sammy Benskin (piano); Freddie Lacey (guitar); Rodney Richardson (bass); Roy Haynes (drums).

One Night Stand: The Town Hall Concert 1947

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The Rodney Richardson Trio - This Is The Rodney Richardson Trio

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 57:47
Size: 132.3 MB
Styles: Organ jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[0:25] 1. In
[4:28] 2. This Modern Life
[6:17] 3. Mtr
[5:27] 4. Phantom Other
[6:03] 5. Golden Brown
[8:10] 6. Alone Together
[9:41] 7. Clifton
[7:17] 8. Leah
[4:06] 9. Hubbub
[5:25] 10. When We Are A Part
[0:25] 11. And Out

The Rodney Richardson Trio is one of the few organ trios in Washington DC. Utilizing that distinct organ trio sound, Rodney has chosen a repertoire for the band that paints a broad musical picture. Alongside a few of Rodney’s original compositions, the band features music ranging from jazz standards to adaptations of modern jazz and rock songs. With Will Rast on organ and Larry Ferguson on drums, two of DC’s top players, the guitar-led trio has a truly unique sound. You can find the Rodney Richardson Trio performing in and around the Washington DC area on a regular basis.

"They sometimes call them “organ-grinder groups” — the soul-inflected jazz trios centered around a Hammond B-3 organ, in the tradition of players like Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff. D.C.’s contribution is the Rodney Richardson Trio. Richardson is actually the guitarist; Will Rast is the organist (and Larry Ferguson is the drummer). But it’s Richardson’s subtle, delicate touch that pushes the trio into its idiosyncratic sound. Rast pulsates and explores, doesn’t jam, and Ferguson punctuates and makes surprisingly careful fills. It keeps audiences guessing, but also intrigued." ~Michael J. West

This Is The Rodney Richardson Trio

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