Benny Carter - Benny Carter Songbook Vol II

Styles: Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:04
Size: 174,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:26)  1. My Mind Is Still On You - Joe Williams
(5:10)  2. Echo Of My Dream - Dianna Krall
(6:00)  3. Rock Me To Sleep - Ruth Brown
(4:04)  4. Stop Me Before I Fall In Love Again - Billy Stritch
(8:33)  5. He Doesn't Need Me Now - Nancy Marano
(6:05)  6. Doozy - Jon Hendricks
(5:10)  7. Nevermore - Billy Stritch
(7:05)  8. Malibu - Lainie Kazan
(5:53)  9. Blue Moonlight - Marlena Shaw
(5:30) 10. Evening Star - Kenny Rankin
(4:46) 11. Slow Carousel - Nancy Marano
(4:05) 12. Whisper To One - Barbara Lea
(5:56) 13. I'm The Caring Kind - Weslia Whitfield
(4:16) 14. When Hilma Smiles

The 1997 release of this CD helped Benny Carter celebrate his 90th birthday, featuring 14 of his original ballads by a dozen guests, in addition to a warm tribute to his wife of many years, "When Hilma Smiles," sung by Carter himself in a friendly, unpretentious manner. His smooth alto sax hasn't lost anything over the decades, and the top-notch cornet of Warren Vaché is also a nice touch. 

The highlights among the guest vocalists' contributions include Nancy Marano's emotional version of "He Doesn't Need Me Now" and Wesla Whitfield's sassy take of "I'm the Caring Kind." ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/songbook-vol-2-mw0000028108

Personnel: Benny Carter (vocals, alto saxophone); Joe Williams, Weslia Whitfield, Ruth Brown, Billy Stritch, Nancy Marano, Jon Hendricks, Lainie Kazan, Marlena Shaw, Kenny Rankin, Barbara Lea, Diana Krall (vocals); Warren Vache (cornet); Chris Neville (piano); Steve LaSpina (bass); Sherman Ferguson, Roy McCurdy (drums)

Benny Carter Songbook Vol II

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Ruth Brown - Late Date With Ruth Brown

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:14
Size: 83.0 MB
Styles: R&B, Vocal jazz
Year: 1959/2007/2013
Art: Front

[3:06] 1. It Could Happen To You
[2:13] 2. Why Don't You Do Right
[4:33] 3. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
[3:33] 4. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
[2:37] 5. I Can Dream, Can't I
[2:30] 6. You And The Night And The Music
[1:53] 7. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
[4:18] 8. We'll Be Together Again
[2:29] 9. I'm Beginning To See The Light
[2:42] 10. I Loves You, Porgy
[4:06] 11. No One Ever Tells You
[2:08] 12. Let's Face The Music And Dance

A good after-hours, smoky blues and R&B session featuring Ruth Brown in prime form. Nobody, male or female, sang with more spirit, sass, and vigor than Brown during the '50s, and this session reminded those who had forgotten that Brown could also hold her own with sophisticated material as well as sexy stuff. ~Ron Wynn

Recording Date: January 27, 1959 - February 5, 1959

Late Date With Ruth Brown

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Ruth Brown - Miss Rhythm

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 29:56
Size: 68.5 MB
Styles: R&B
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[1:45] 1. This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'
[2:30] 2. Just Too Much
[2:44] 3. I Hope We Meet (On The Road Some Day)
[2:25] 4. Why Me
[2:27] 5. Somebody Touched Me
[2:07] 6. When I Get You Baby
[2:33] 7. Jack O'diamonds
[2:31] 8. I Can't Hear A Word You Say
[2:40] 9. One More Time
[2:33] 10. Book Of Lies
[2:58] 11. I Can See Everybody's Baby
[2:35] 12. Show Me

Ruth Brown's second LP is a minor masterpiece, built around a handful of hit singles and B-sides from the prior year ("Book of Lies," "Just Too Much," "When I Get You Baby," "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'," "Why Me") and containing a pair of current single sides, "Jack O' Diamonds" and "I Can't Hear a Word You Say." Brown is amazing in her range, from the upbeat, romantic "I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)" to the jaunty shouter "Why Me" -- her timbre ranges from sweetly romantic to hard and raspy, and listening to the transformations, between the smooth, quick tempo "Just Too Much" to the hard, lusty "Somebody Touched Me," one thinks of a distaff Sam Cooke. Brown's accompaniments may have lacked the polish of Cooke's sides, and she wasn't really shooting for pop-crossover success (though she saw some). Her singing even overcomes excessively pop-oriented arrangements on "When I Get You Baby." At various times, in her upper register, Brown recalls Clyde McPhatter's falsetto singing, while in her middle and lower registers, as on "I Can't Hear a Word You Say," she comes up with a power that could melt a microphone stand. ~Bruce Eder

Miss Rhythm

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