Jazz Vocal

Annie Ross

 Sings A Handful Of Songs

Tracks

01. Handful Of Songs 

02. All Of You 

03. Fly Me To The Moon 

04. Nature's Boy 

05. What's New 

06. Love For Sale 

07. Lot Of Livin' To Do 

08. Let Me Love You 

09. All The Things You Are 

10. I'm Gonna Go Fishin' 

11. Like Someone In Love 

12. Limehouse Blues

Personnel

Annie Ross - vocals

Johnnie Spence - arranger, conductor

Sings A Handful Of Songs

Sarah Vaughan & Lester Young 

One Night Stand: The Town Hall Concert 1947 

Tracks

01. Lester Leaps In (Lester Young)

02. Just You, Just Me (Lester Young)

03. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (Lester Young)

04. Sunday (Lester Young)

05. Don't Blame Me (Sarah Vaughan)

06. My Kinda Love (Sarah Vaughan)

07. I Cover the Waterfront (Sarah Vaughan)

08. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (Sarah Vaughan)

09. Lester's Be Bop Boogie (Sarah Vaughan)

10. These Foolish Things (Lester Young Sextet)

11. Movin' With Lester (Lester Young)

12. The Man I Love (Sarah Vaughan)

13. Time After Time (Sarah Vaughan)

14. Mean To Me (Sarah Vaughan)

15. Body and Soul (Sarah Vaughan)

16. I Cried For You (Sarah Vaughan & Lester Young)

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

Billie Holiday

Solitude 

Tracks

1. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)

2. Blue Moon

3. You Go To My Head

4. You Turned The Tables On Me

5. Easy To Love

6. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)

7. I Only Have Eyes For You

8. Solitude

9. Everything I Have Is Yours

10. Love For Sale

11. Moonglow

12. Tenderly

13. If The Moon Turns Green (bonus track)

14. Remember (bonus track)

15. Autumn In New York (bonus track, LP Take)

16. Autumn In New York (bonus track, 78 rpm)

Personnel

Billie Holiday – vocals

Charlie Shavers – trumpet

Flip Phillips – tenor saxophone

Oscar Peterson – piano

Ray Brown – double bass

Barney Kessel – guitar

Alvin Stoller – drums

Solitude

Jesse Belvin 

Mr. Easy

Tracks

01 It's All Right with Me3:26

02 Something Happens to Me:235

03 What's New3:21

04 In the Still of the Night2:38

05 Blues in the Night4:30

06 Let There Be Love2:32

07 Imagination3:33

08 The Best Is Yet to Come2:25

09 Makin' Whoopee!3:20

10 Angel Eyes3:15

11 I'll Buy You a Star2:34

12 The Very Thought of You3:18

Personnel

Alto Saxophone – Art Pepper (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8)

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Art Pepper (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11)

Arranged By, Conductor – Marty Paich

Bass – Joe Mondragon

Drums – Mel Lewis

Engineer – Al Schmitt

Guitar – Al Hendrickson (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11), William Pitman (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 8, 10, 12)

Liner Notes – Bill Olofson

Orchestra – Marty Paich Orchestra

Piano – Russ Freeman

Producer – Dick Peirce

Trombone – Dick Nash (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11), Frank Rosolino (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8), Harry Betts (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9,11), Marshall Cram (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9,11), Pete Carpenter (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11), Verne Friley* (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8)

Trumpet – Al Porcino (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9,11), Conte Candoli (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9,11), Dick Collins (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11), Jack Sheldon (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9,11), Raymond Triscari* (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8), Stu Williamson (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9,11)

Tuba – Red Callender (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8)

Vibraphone, Percussion – Larry Bunker (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8), Milt Holland (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11)

Vocals – Jesse Belvin

Mr. Easy

Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan 

Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home 

Tracks

01. One O'Clock Jump

02. Doodlin'

03. Cousin Mary

04. April in Paris

05. Feed Me

06. Melba's Blues

07. Dis Hyunh

08. Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home

09. Gimmie That Wine

10. Watermelon Man

11. Walkin'

12. Cloudburst

13. Jumpin' at the Woodside

14. It's Sand, Man

15. Stops and Goes Blues

Personnel

Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks , Yolande Bavan - vocals

George Tucker - bass 

Thad Jones (tracks: 13 to 15) - cornet, trumpet

Jimmie Smith - drums 

Gildo Mahones - piano

Pony Poindexter (tracks: 5 to 7)- soprano saxophone 

Booker Ervin (tracks: 13 to 15) , Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 10, 11) - tenor saxophone

Clark Terry (tracks: 10, 11) - trumpet

Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home

Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie

 A Classy Pair

 

Tracks 

 1 Honeysuckle Rose 

 2 My Kind Of Trouble Is You 

 3 Teach Me Tonight 

 4 Organ Grinder's Swing

 5 Don't Worry 'Bout Me 

 6 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 

 7 Ain't Misbehavin' 

 8 Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'

 9 Sweet Lorraine 

 Personal 

 Dennis Wilson- trombone

 Ray Brown 

 Ella Fitzgerald - vocals 

 Count Basie - piano 

 Freddie Green - guitar 

 John Clayton - bass 

 Charlie Fowlkes - saxophones

 Bill Hughes

 EricDixon

 Sonny Cohn

A Classy Pair 

Mark Murphy

Once to Every Heart

Tracks

01 I'm Through with

02 When I Fall in Love/My One and Only Love

03 Skylark/You Don't Know What Love Is

04 Our Game

05 I Know You from Somewhere

06 Bein' Green

07 Once to Every Heart

08 It Never Entered My

09 Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me

10 Love Is Here to Stay

Personnel

Agnieszka Antonina BartschCello

Ulf Borgwart Cello

Mixing, Piano, Producer, Trumpet, Vocals

Christian Büttner Violin

Frank Chastenier Horn Arrangements, Piano, Vocals

Tilmann Dehnhard Flute

Daniel Draganov Violin

Martin Essmann Violin

Anne Feltz Violin

David Hausdorf Cello

Holger Herzog Viola

Brigitte Kãser Violin

Juliane Maniak Violin

Anna Margunawa Violin

Atsuko Matsuzak iViola

Mark Murphy Composer, Horn Arrangements, Liner Notes, Piano, Vocals

Hannes Neubert Violin

Igor Prokopec Bass

Michiko Prysiasznik Violin

Pjotr Prysiasznik Violin

Song Qiang Violin

Christian Raake Flute

Markus Rez Bass

Barbara Sadowski Violin

Martin Schaal Bass

Martin Schaller Viola

Christoph Starke Viola

Gabriel Tomayo Viola

Susanne Tribut Violin

Christian VonKaphengst Bass (Acoustic)

Volkmar Weiche Cello

Barbara Weigle Violin

Ralf Zetti Violin

  Once to Every Heart

Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers

                              
                             Chucho's Steps

Veteran Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdés pays tribute to many of his mentors and peers on Chucho's Steps. The first hint of his intention comes with the instrumentation of a sextet also featuring Juan Carlos de Castro Rojo Blanco on drums, Lázaro Rivero Alarcón on bass, Yaroldy Abreu on percussion, Carlos Miyares Hernández on tenor saxophone, and Reynaldo Melián Álvarez on trumpet. Valdés dubs the band "the Afro-Cuban Messengers," thus referencing both Dizzy Gillespie's bebop orchestra and Art Blakey's hard bop band the Jazz Messengers. It's Gillespie who gets an initial nod in "Zawinul's Mambo," which, despite its title, is more suggestive of him than of Joe Zawinul. "Danzon" is a ballad that gives a showcase to Hernández, while "Begin to Be Good" (mixing elements of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" and George Gershwin's "Lady Be Good") does the same for Álvarez. "New Orleans" is subtitled "A Tribute to the Marsalis Family," and it has a Dixieland feel. The most African track on the disc is "Yansa," on which Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé provides keening vocals. "Julian" refers to the real name of Cannonball Adderley, and naturally it is in his soul-jazz style. The title tune, echoing John Coltrane's "Giant Steps," is cool jazz. None of these stylistic excursions is very strict, however. Valdés never loses his identity as a rhythmic Latin jazz pianist, and the Latin percussion nearly always maintains the band's true nationality. Still, this is a versatile set demonstrating the 68-year-old pianist's continuing vitality and invention, along with his reverence for the history of jazz.

(William Ruhlmann)

Tracks

1. Las dos caras

2. Danzón 

3. Zawinul's Mambo 

4. Begin To Be Good 

5. New Orleans 

6. Yansá 

7. Julián 

8. Chucho's Steps 

  Personal 

Chucho Valdés – piano 

Carlos Manuel Miyares Hernández - tenor saxophone 

Reinaldo Melián Álvarez – trumpet 

Lázaro Rivero Alarcón – bass Juan Carlos Rojas Castro – drums 

Yaroldy Abreu Robles – percussion 

Dreiser Durruthy Bambolé - drums, vocals 

Mayra Caridad Valdés - vocals

Chucho's Steps

Lalo Schifrin/Astor Piazzolla - Two Argentinians In Paris

Lalo Schifrin/Astor Piazzolla 

 Two Argentinians In Paris

Those who are fans of both Lalo Schifrin and Astor Piazzolla should be delighted by this reissue of important early works. The tunes here were originally on separate albums by their respective artists and have been long out of print until the issue of this BMG compilation.
The first eight songs are by Lalo Schifrin and they show the listener both his piano virtuosity and his already strong skills as an arranger. I recognize many of these songs having heard them done by other artists in my father's record collection. Though the "tropical" sound may seem dated and quaint to modern ears, several listens will show you just how far advanced Schifrin was for his time. Jack del Rio's Latin percussion work is just outstanding across the board! The booklet says that Schifrin is embarrassed by the title of the album on which these songs were originally available, and so they have been omitted from his discography and from previous compilations. Once you hear them, you will be perplexed by his embarrassment.
The last eight songs are from an Astor Piazzolla recording session in Paris done the same year (1955) as the Schifrin sessions. They are available with other songs from the Paris sessions on another CD called Paris 1955 that I own and which can be obtained from the French music publisher that owns its rights. These were done at a time when Piazzolla was getting away from the traditional "orquesta tipica" that dominated the Argentine tango scene and began blending his tango with classical and jazz elements. The results here are nothing short of spectacular. Never before and never since had Piazzolla made a recording of such dazzling beauty! I am a fan of most of what Piazzolla did in his career, but these timeless compositions remain among my favorites. If you are a Piazzolla fan who hasn't yet heard these obscure and admittedly hard to find recordings, then your understanding of Piazzolla's music and career cannot yet be fully developed.
With the CD comes a booklet in French and English. Though it is very informative, the French portion is much more thorough in its commentary.
After listening, I find it hard to believe that this great music is already more than 50 years old. Order Two Argentinians In Paris today and you will hear what I am writing about.

(Kurt Harding)

Tracks

01.Moulin Rouge - Lalo Schifrin

 02.Oignons [Mamba] - Lalo Schifrin 

03.Fascination [Boléro] - Lalo Schifrin

04.Cabello Rojo [Guarahca] - Lalo Schifrin 

05.Mon Homme - Lalo Schifrin 

06.Mam-Bop - Lalo Schifrin 

07.Pigalle - Lalo Schifrin 

08.Sérénade Méditerranéenne [Boléro] - Lalo Schifrin 

 09.Picasso - Astor Piazzolla 

10.Mi Tentacion - Astor Piazzolla 

11.Sens Unique - Astor Piazzolla 

12.Estamos Listos - Astor Piazzolla 

13.Chau Paris - Astor Piazzolla 

14.Bando - Astor Piazzolla 

15.Luz y Sombra - Astor Piazzolla 

16.Tzigane Tango - Astor Piazzolla.

Personal

Jack del Rio - Latin PercussionPierre Michelot - BassAstor Piazzolla - Bandoneon, ArrangerLalo Schifrin - PianoMartial Solal - Piano, CelesteJean-Louis Viale - Drums.

Two Argentinians In Paris