Showing posts with label Todd Johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Todd Johnson. Show all posts

Saturday, May 22, 2021

The Kristin Korb-Todd Johnson Trio - Get Happy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:44
Size: 136.8 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:53] 1. I'm Old Fashioned
[4:59] 2. Top Of The World
[4:45] 3. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
[4:19] 4. If You Never Fall In Love With Me
[4:10] 5. Moon River
[4:42] 6. Sunshine & Slim
[4:30] 7. Cheek To Cheek
[2:08] 8. Wonder Why
[3:28] 9. Get Happy
[4:04] 10. You Don't Know What Love Is
[4:42] 11. Goin' Home
[2:58] 12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
[3:09] 13. Everything Happens To Me
[4:32] 14. Blues For Hellen
[3:19] 15. When You're Smilin'

Kristin Korb, vocals & upright bass; Todd Johnson-6-string bass; Kendall Kay, drums.

My vision for a "bass duo" began sometime in 2003. I'd been working successfully as a solo bass act, but missed the interplay of another musician. I knew if I could find the right bass player it just might work. Shortly thereafter, I discovered Kristin Korb. I contacted her and spoke with her about my idea. She said, "Let's give it a try." So I booked us at a duo series I was hosting. She came and had dinner with my family and me, we talked over a few tunes and we were off to the gig. Well, the rest is history. My vision was rapidly becoming a reality. Just one thing was missing. I found it quickly in Kendall Kay. He's one of the finest drummers and people you'll ever hope to work with. He ALWAYS plays the RIGHT thing at the RIGHT time. My vision is now complete.

I hope you find this CD musical, entertaining, and a little bit innovative. Not bad for 2 bass players and a drummer! ~ Todd Johnson

Get Happy

Friday, November 11, 2016

Kevin Mahogany - Pride & Joy

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:22
Size: 116,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:28)  1. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
(6:27)  2. Pride and Joy
(5:26)  3. I Can't Get Next to You
(4:57)  4. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
(3:33)  5. The Tears of a Clown
(2:53)  6. Reach Out I'll Be There
(5:11)  7. My World Is Empty Without You
(4:19)  8. Never Can Say Goodbye
(6:14)  9. She's Out of My Life
(3:30) 10. The Hunter Gets Caputured by the Game
(5:19) 11. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

The Tamala-Motown songbook...Kevin Mahogany is a bit of a quandary. A very fine jazz vocalist, Mahogany is not content just to recapitulate the standards. His current Pride & Joy and 2000's Pussy Cat Dues The Music of Charles Mingus are both tightly focused efforts intent on shining a light on little illuminated corners of jazz. Pride & Joy is a swinging tribute to Motown. Mahogany opens his tribute with a down-on-the-corner a cappella "Signed, Sealed, and Delivered." Marvin Gaye's "Pr;ide and Joy" is transformed from a Motown template into a swinging jazz vehicle that Mahogany takes for a spin. "Tear's of a Clown" is delivered as an angular ballad with only guitar accompaniment. 

A cappella delivery returns with "Reach Out I'll Be There." "Never Can Say Goodbye" is slickly produced and perfored. Mahogany throws off these gems in the same way George Gordon, Lord Byron could throw off brilliant verse without effort. Pride & Joy is well-conceived and delivered...Signed and Sealed. ~ C.Michael Bailey https://www.allaboutjazz.com/pride-and-joy-kevin-mahogany-telarc-records-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php
 
Personnel: Kevin Mahogany, Gregory Clark, Todd Johnson, Gerald Trottman, Peter Eldridge: Vocals;  Jon Faddis: Trumpet;  James Weideman:  Piano;  Dave Stryker:  Guitar;  Melissa Slocum:  Bass;  Charles Haynes:  Drums/Telephone Books:  Don Alias:  Percussion

Pride & Joy