ELLA FITZGERALD - COMPACT JAZZ
Mack the Knife
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Desafinado
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Youll Have to Swing
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I Can't Get Started
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A Night in Tunisia
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A-Tisket A-Tisket
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Shiny Stockings
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Smooth Sailing
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Goody Goody
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Rough Ridin
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The Boy from Ipanema
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Sweet Georgia Brown
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Dukes Place (C Jam Blues)
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Misty
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Somebody Loves Me
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How High was the Moon
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Ella Fitzgerald "Compact Jazz" Album Review
The Ella & Louis hour
The COMPACT JAZZ series reunites Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald with samples from their classic 1956-'57 VERVE sessions. These two scat singers couldn't have been more opposite vocally, and yet the combination worked fabulously. Armstrong with his ruined lip still was an expressive vocalist, while Ella was in her singing prime.
The program is weighted with Gershwin tunes. The reason is some material here was drawn from the twosome's PORGY & BESS LP, while the other Gershwin standards were scattered between the ELLA AND LOUIS and ELLA AND LOUIS AGAIN albums. This is a fine early-stereophonic collection of standards performed by two of 20th Century's best. Highly recommended.
TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 57:45
HORACE SILVER - SIX PIECES OF SILVER
Cool Eyes
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Shirl
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Camouflage
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Enchantment
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Senor Blues
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Virgo
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For Heavens Sake
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Senor Blues (Alternate 45 Take)
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Tippin
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Senor Blues (vocal version)
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Horace Silver "Six Pieces of Silver" Album Review
Worth far more than six, or 30, pieces of silver--no betrayal of the listener.
Simply put, any Silver session recorded before 1964's "Song for My Father" and featuring Hank Mobley on tenor is essential. This one was made in 1956, the year that found Silver on an unprecedented tear: the sublime "Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers" (on Columbia), the delicately shaded and varied "Silver's Blue" (on Epic) and the latin-flavored "Six Pieces of Silver" (on Blue Note), with three versions of Horace's "hit"--"Senor Blues." Though the latter suffers from some of the overly arranged formulaic sameness of "Song for My Father," it's complemented by seven additional gemlike Silver miniatures, each affording more room for expressive solo work than the tightly wound main attraction. Finally, the two Silver trio selections--"Shirl" and "For Heaven's Sake"--rank among the pianist's most effective solo offerings.
After acquiring the aforementioned trilogy of vital disks, you'll want to pick up "Horace-Scope" (with "Strollin'"), "Further Explorations" (with "Moon Rays") and "Stylings of Silver" (no hits, just superb interplay between Mobley and Farmer). At that point, if you want your record collection to look like everyone else's, get the Blue Notes with "The Preacher," "Song for My Father," and "Blowin' the Blues Away." Just don't bet on them seeing the most playing time in your CD player.
Video 'Senor Blues' by Horace Silver
From the classic 1956 Blue Note record release 'Six Pieces Of Silver' comes the vocal version of the track 'Senor Blues' by the GREAT Horace Silver,..vocals by Bill Henderson. I am a VERY BIG Blue Note jazz fan.
HORACE SILVER - SONG FOR MY FATHER
Song for My Father
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The Natives are Restless Tonight
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Calcutta Cutie
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Que Pasa
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The Kicker
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Lonely Woman
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Sanctimonious Sam
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Que Pasa (Trio version)
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Sighin and Cryin
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Silver Treads Among My Soul
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Horace Silver "Song for My Father" Album Review
a great jazz album.
i have met people who actually live without this album. whenever i think about that, i always shake my head in wonder. i don't know how they do it.
Video Song for My Father by Horace Silver
Here's a performance by my quintet of Horace Silver's "Song for My Father." This was recorded at the Lighthouse a Foursquare Church in Kenmore, WA in August of 2004. The quintet features Ray Coglas - Saxophone, Patrick Broenkow - Guitar, Eric Popowicz - Keys, Marc Miller - Bass, Dave DelZotto - Drums. Thanks for viewing and enjoy!
JOHN SCOFIELD - WHO'S WHO
Looks Like Meringue
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Cassidae
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The Beatles
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Spoons
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Who's Who
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How the West was Won
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Beckon Call
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New Strings Attached
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How to Marry A Millionaire
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Fat Dancer
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John Scofield "Who's Who" Album Review
Transitional Scofield
This is a curious Scofield date. Although Sco's style usually varies from record to record, he tends to stay stylistically consistent on any one record. Who's Who is the exception to this rule. Half of the tunes are post bop, with the personnel sounding similar to the Dave Liebman Quintet Scofield was a member of at the time. The other half, with a different group of players, hints at the funk/fusion direction Scofield would take in the 80's. The post bop stuff is a harder listen--it took me a while to get into the harsh sound of the quartet. In contrast, the funk/fusion stuff is slick, just gorgeous. I'm probably being stingy with my star rating.... For those of you who don't know, Sco also recorded with Mingus, Miles, and Chet Baker. All those recordings are worthwhile, if you can find them.
Video Cyro Baptista and Billy Martin Exotic Percussion Workshop
Cyro Baptista and Billy Martin Exotic Rhythms Percussion Workshop This video documents a series of workshops conducted by Cyro Baptista (Beat The Donkey, Trey Anastasio Band, Herbie Hancock) and Billy Martin (MMW, The Lounge Lizards, Chuck Mangione). The two plan to hold more of these workshops in the future. For more information about The Workshops: http://www.cyrobaptista.com/page.cfm?content=workshop_spring07 For more information on Billy Martin: http://www.billymartin.net/ For more information on Cyro Baptista: http://www.cyrobaptista.com/ CYRO BAPTISTA Recently recording with pianist Herbie Hancock on his 2005 release, Possibilites, Cyro's credits read like a 'Who's Who' of modern music. In 2002 Cyro toured with Yo-Yo Ma's Brazil Project (as well as appeared on the Obrigado Brazil album - winner of two Grammy awards), Trey Anastasio (of Phish), and John Zorn. He recorded and performed worldwide with Herbie Hancock's Grammy award winning Gershwin's World. Cyro collaborated with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for a Brazilian Carnival modern jazz concert. For over two years, he toured with Paul Simon's Rhythm of the Saints tour and appears on his Concert in Central Park release. In addition, Cyro toured the globe with Sting in 2001. Performing his unique blend of percussion with some of music's most popular artists has given Cyro remarkable credibility within the industry. The wide range of artists Cyro Baptista has performed and recorded with include: David Byrne, Derek Bailey, Kathleen Battle, Gato Barbieri, Dr. John, Brian Eno, Robert Palmer, Melissa Etheridge, Laurie Anderson,James Taylor, Michael Tilson Thomas, Daniel Barenboim, Bobby McFerrin, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Medeski Martin & Wood, Spyro Gyra, Trey Anastasio, Carlos Santana, Tim Sparks, Sting, Stephen Kent and John Zorn, yet the list goes on. He has also played with many respected Brazilian artists such as Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, Marisa Monte, Badi Assad, and Nana Vasconcelos. Cyro has performed on five Grammy award winning albums: Yo-Yo Ma's Obrigado Brazil, Cassandra Wilson's Blue Light 'Til Dawn, The Chieftains' Santiago, Ivan Lins' A Love Affair, and Herbie Hancock's highly-acclaimed Gershwin's World. He has also recently played on Tony Bennet s Grammy Nominated album entitled Duets - an Amercian Classic. Beat the Donkey Continuing the momentum, he created his own project: the percussion and dance ensemble known as Beat the Donkey. The group recently released its second CD, Love the Donkey, independently on John Zorn 's Tzadik record label, featuring the percussion-heavy beats and Brazilian rhythms. Beat the Donkey now tours the U.S., expanding into new markets taking the stage at performing arts centers, festivals, and conferences. Cyro's debut self-titled CD with Beat the Donkey, (Tzadik) was picked by The New York Times as one of the ten best alternative albums of 2002. Readers of JAZZIZ and DRUM magazine voted it as "Best Brazilian CD of the Year" and named Cyro "Best Percussionist of 2002." Downbeat Magazine's 51st annual critics' poll selected Cyro as 'Rising Star' in percussion. Billy Martin: Billy Martin plays drums and percussion for the avant-garde jazz-funk trio Medeski, Martin & Wood. Before becoming part of Medeski, Martin & Wood, Martin was part of the NYC Brazilian scene in the 1980's. He performed regularly with Pe De Boi, Batucada and several Bob Moses bands for over a decade. He also joined Chuck Mangione's touring group for three years. Most notably he developed his unique percussion style with The Lounge Lizards and the John Lurie National Orchestra, and has collaborated with artists such as John Zorn, DJ Logic, Dave Burrell and Miho Hatori. He has also started his own record label, Amulet, specializing in eclectic percussion albums. Other collaborations include Iggy Pop, Eyvind Kang, DJ Olive, Ikue Mori, John Scofield, Maceo Parker, Marty Ehrlich, and Min Xiao-Fen. Martin also sometimes goes by the moniker Illy B. The most notable releases as Illy B include the Illy B Eats series of breakbeat records. DJ Logic convinced Martin to record a breakbeat album for DJ's and other producers to use and remix. At the last minute, Martin decided to place an insert which invited remixers to submit their mixes for a follow up compilation, and Drop the Needle was born. This year (2006) has been prolific for Martin as he created new chamber compositions for John Zorn's Tzadik label, Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood released Out Louder on MMW's new label Indirecto, a slew of new art, and an upcoming drum book entitled Riddim. Timeline of these events
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