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[Dennie]

West Side Story -- Original Master Recording -- :text-bravo: :text-bravo:

Andre Previn and his Pals, Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell

1960 Contemporary/Mofi Records

West Side Story is a jazz album by pianist André Previn. Previn, along with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Red Mitchell, chose eight compositions from the original score of the musical and re-arranged them in a jazz style.

Original music by Leonard Bernstein.

1. "Something's Coming"
2. "Jet Song"
3. "Tonight"
4. "I Feel Pretty"
5. "Gee, Officer Krupke!"
6. "Cool"
7. "Maria"
8. "America"

 

[Dennie]

Shelly Manne 2 3 4 -- :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Shelly Manne

1962 Impulse Records A-20

This unique session contains five selections from a date featuring the great tenor Coleman Hawkins, pianist Hank Jones, bassist George Duvivier and drummer Shelly Manne. Both Take the 'A' Train and Cherokee find the group at times playing two tempos at once and showing that they had heard some of the avant-garde players. The most swinging piece, Avalon, was previously available only on a sampler while Me and Some Drums features Hawkins and Manne in a very effective duet with the veteran tenor making his only recorded appearance on piano during the first half. The set is rounded out by a pair of trio features for Eddie Costa (with Duvivier and Manne); one song apiece on vibes and drums. A very interesting set with more than its share of surprises.

A1 Take The "A" Train 7:23
A2 The Sicks Of Us 5:53
Piano, Vibraphone - Eddie Costa
A3 Slowly 5:27


B1 Lean On Me 6:18
Piano, Vibraphone - Eddie Costa
B2 Cherokee 3:22
B3 Me And Some Drums 5:54

Credits

Bass - George Duvivier (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2)
Drums - Shelly Manne
Piano - Hank Jones (tracks: A1, A3, B2)
Producer - Bob Thiele
Saxophone [Tenor], Piano - Coleman Hawkins (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)

 

[mzpro5]

My normal fallback when working

Listen via the Squeezebox, great internet radio station.

http://www.radioparadise.com/index.php

 

[Dennie]

Boss Sounds! :text-bravo:

Shelly Manne & His Men at Shelly's Manne-Hole

1966 Atlantic Records - Mono

Although drummer Shelly Manne was closely associated with the Contemporary label for many years, he also recorded for other companies after Contemporary slowed down operations. This particular session was a set that was cut for Atlantic.

The 1966 version of Shelly Manne's Men (altoist Frank Strozier, trumpeter Conte Candoli, pianist Russ Freeman, and bassist Monty Budwig) played in a similar style to his 1950s groups. Only Strozier hints (and only slightly in spots) at the avant-garde explorations then going on elsewhere. The quintet performs three group originals, an obscurity, "The Breeze and I," and "Margie" (which was arranged by Jimmy Rowles). Fine hard bop music. Very highly recommended not only to jazz mavens, but newbies to jazz as well. One of the great recorded sessions at his night spot.

Track Listing:

1 Margie
2 Idle One
3 The Breeze and I
4 Frank's Tune
5 Wandering
6 You Name It Freeman

Musician Credits:

Shelly Manne - Drums
Frank Strozier- Sax (Alto)
Monty Budwig - Bass
Conte Candoli - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Russ Freeman - Arranger, Piano

 

[Dennie]

The Stones Jazz

Joe Pass

1966 Pacific Jazz

An album of songs by the Rolling Stones hardly sounds like promising material for any jazz release, even in the hands of a master guitarist like Joe Pass. Featuring ten of their hits with arrangements by Bob Florence and an unidentified cast of musicians, other than tenor saxophonist Bill Perkins, this LP was clearly one for a paycheck when most jazz players were scratching for work. Unlike the works of Lennon and McCartney of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones' music doesn't lend itself to jazz. Pass doesn't solo with the gusto one came to expect from his many great sessions from the 1970s to the end of his life for Pablo and elsewhere. Even the closing blues "Stones Jazz," credited to Florence and Pass, sounds severely dated and not worth a second hearing to today's jazz listener. A very unlikely candidate for reissue on CD, this record will be sought by Joe Pass fanatics only. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards unless otherwise noted.

1. "Play With Fire" (Nanker Phelge)
2. "19th Nervous Breakdown"
3. "I Am Waiting"
4. "Lady Jane"
5. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)
6. "Mother's Little Helper"
7. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
8. "Paint It, Black"
9. "What A Shame"
10. "As Tears Go By" (Jagger, Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham)
11. "Stone Jazz" (Joe Pass)


* Joe Pass – guitar
* Dennis Budimir – guitar
* John Pisano – guitar
* Bob Florence – piano
* Chuck Berghofer – bass
* John Gain – drums
* Victor Feldman – percussion
* Bill Perkins – tenor sax
* Milt Bernhardt – trombone
* Dick Hamilton – trombone
* Herbie Harper – trombone
* Gale Martin – trombone

 

[Dennie]

There's One In Every Crowd

Eric Clapton

1975 RSO Records

There's One in Every Crowd is a 1975 album by blues rocker Eric Clapton. Recorded shortly after 461 Ocean Boulevard, There's One in Every Crowd features a style very similar to its predecessor, but did not enjoy similar commercial success.

After the success of "I Shot the Sheriff" single Eric and his backing band went to Jamaica to record "There's One in Every Crowd". However with Eric's growing alcohol problem and problems in Jamaica, the record was very hard to record.

1. "We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon)" (Willie Johnson/Traditional) – 4:28
2. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Traditional) – 3:33
3. "Little Rachel" (Jim Byfield) – 4:06
4. "Don't Blame Me" (Eric Clapton/George Terry) – 3:35
5. "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James) – 3:58
6. "Singin' the Blues" (Mary McCreary) – 3:26
7. "Better Make It Through Today" (Clapton) – 4:07
8. "Pretty Blue Eyes" (Clapton) – 4:45
9. "High" (Clapton) – 3:30
10. "Opposites" (Clapton) – 4:52

 

[Dennie]

Harvest -- :text-bravo: :text-bravo:

Neil Young

1972 Reprise Records


Harvest is the fourth solo album by Neil Young, released on February 14, 1972 on Reprise Records, catalogue RS 6317. It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks, while noted guests David Crosby, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills, and James Taylor contributed vocals. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks, and spawned two hit singles, "Old Man", which peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Heart of Gold", which peaked at #1. It was the best-selling album of 1972.

1 Out on the Weekend
2 Harvest
3 A Man Needs a Maid
4 Heart of Gold
5 Are You Ready for the Country?
6 Old Man
7 There's a World
8 Alabama
9 The Needle and the Damage Done
10 Words (Between the Lines of Age)

 

[Dennie]

Main Squeeze - Promo Sticker - Promo Label -- :text-bravo:

Chuck Mangione

1976 A&M Records

More and more a creature of the studio, Mangione employs a coterie of '70s New York session players on an album that wears its make-out-music intentions right on its velvet sleeve. All of the titles reflect some aspect of a love affair; the playing is intricate but highly controlled and not terribly exciting. Oddly enough, Chuck effectively attaches a wah-wah pedal to his flugelhorn on a few tracks -- shades of Miles Davis' "jungle band" period -- and he gets off his best non-electronically modulated solo on "If You Know Me Any Longer Than Tomorrow." There are orchestrations, but the arrangements are just decorations, not an integral part of the material. But then, after all of the warm, fuzzy stuff has run its course for five tracks, the last cut "Main Squeeze" acts as an ecstatic release, a fine, funky jam session where all seem to be thoroughly enjoying themselves. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

A1 (The Day After) Our First Night Together 8:01
Composed By - Chuck Mangione
A2 If You Know Me Any Longer Than Tomorrow 7:55
Composed By - Chuck Mangione
A3 Love The Feelin' 4:44
Composed By - Chuck Mangione
B1 I Get Crazy (When Your Eyes Touch Mine) 4:24
Composed By - Chuck Mangione
B2 Doin' Everything With You 7:05
Composed By - Chuck Mangione
B3 Main Squeeze 5:25
Composed By - Bob Mann , Chuck Mangione , Don Grolnick , John Tropea , Ralph MacDonald , Richard Tee , Rubens Bassini , Steve Gadd , Tony Levin

 

[Dennie]

Bellavia

Chuck Mangione

1975 A&M Records

A grammy winning album played live in the studio without any overdubs or corrections. Dedicated to his parents, Chuck is the result of the support they have given him and his music all along his career. This feels a little bigger than his usual sound, mostly through the addition of the orchestra, but also because of the arrangement of some of the material. If you like Chuck, you'll like this. Very "deco" feels to the cover and photos too.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Come Take a Ride With Me;

2. Listen to the Wind;

3. Carousel;

4. Bellavia;

5. Dance of the Windup Toy;

6. Torreano;

 

[Batman]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!

 

[Dennie]

Blind Faith -- :text-bravo:

Blind Faith

1969 RSO Records

The short-lived classic-rock supergroup Blind Faith's sole album has aged remarkably well. In 1969, Blind Faith fused the psychedelic blues of Eric Clapton and the soulful vocals and keyboards of Steve Winwood with the polyrhythmic, Afrocentric leanings of drummer Ginger Baker. "Can't Find My Way Home" is one of the hippie era's most lyrically poignant, sonically subtle tunes. The record has a lot of surprises; "Presence of the Lord" is rousing and melancholy at the same time, while the way the bass and guitar double-team on the introductory melodic line to "Had to Cry Today" makes a hard-rock cliché fresh again. The 10-minute drum solo on "Do What You Like" is pretty good as 10-minute drum solos go. --Mike McGonigal

Side 1

1. "Had to Cry Today" (Steve Winwood) – 8:48
2. "Can't Find My Way Home" (Winwood) – 3:16
3. "Well All Right" (Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin) – 4:27
4. "Presence of the Lord" (Eric Clapton) – 4:50

Side 2

1. "Sea of Joy" (Winwood) – 5:22
2. "Do What You Like" (Ginger Baker) – 15:20

 

[Batman]

Arcade Fire: The Suburbs

 

[Dennie]

Pat, Jaco and Bob Moses......this is goin' to be gooooood! :eusa-clap:

Bright Size Life -- :text-bravo: :text-bravo:

Pat Metheny

1976 ECM Records

Amazon.com essential recording

Larger ensembles may have provided Pat Metheny with his most visible successes, but he's repeatedly fired up his most fluid and personal playing in leaner trio settings, starting with this, his 1976 debut as a leader. Bob Moses brings both delicacy and effortless dynamics to his drumming, but it's the late Jaco Pastorius's lyrical electric bass that clinches the guitarist's coming-out party: with Metheny already displaying the liquid tone and exquisite touch that define his sound, old friend Pastorius radiates a sympathetic lyricism and unerring sense of swing. Metheny would match, but not transcend, this level of interplay in justly celebrated troikas with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins (on Rejoicing) and Dave Holland and Roy Haynes (on Question and Answer). --Sam Sutherland.

1. "Bright Size Life" – 4:45
2. "Sirabhorn" – 5:29
3. "Unity Village" – 3:40
4. "Missouri Uncompromised" – 4:21
5. "Midwestern Nights Dream" – 6:00
6. "Unquity Road" – 3:35
7. "Omaha Celebration" – 4:18
8. "Round Trip/Broadway Blues" (Ornette Coleman) – 4:58


* Pat Metheny: 6-string guitar, electric 12-string guitar
* Jaco Pastorius: fretless bass
* Bob Moses: drums

 

[Xgm3]

I think this is their best album!

 

[Dennie]

Lou Rawls Live! -- :text-bravo: :text-bravo:

Lou Rawls

1966 Capitol Records

At long last, September 22, 2005
By Thomas Honig (Santa Cruz, CA United States)
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

This is truly one of the greatest jazz albums of the 1960s. It has it all: soul, humor and hipness. Lou Rawls is always good, but this recording shows him in his prime -- in great voice, and at the height of his creativity. The material is sensational, and so is the accompaniment. The great Herb Ellis is on guitar, and the piano player Tommy Strode, brings tears to your eyes. Whatever happened to him? He should be in a hall of fame somewhere.


1. (They Call It) Stormy Monday by Walker 3:21
2. A. Southside Blues/B. Tobacco Road by Loudermilk/Rawls 7:56
3. St. James Infirmary by Primrose/Traditiona 4:34
4. Shadow of Your Smile by Mandel/Webster 4:18
5. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water by Miller 3:10
6. Goin' to Chicago Blues by Basie/Rushing 2:50
7. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) by Carr/Raye 6:48
8. Girl from Ipanema by DeMoraes/Gimbel/Job 4:55
9. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) by Ellington/Webster 3:14
10. A. Street Corner Hustler's Blues/B. World of Trouble by Brown/Rawls 8:06

* Herb Ellis : Guitar
* Earl Palmer : Drums
* Jimmy Bond : Bass
* Tommy Strode : Piano

 

[Dennie]

PAULY, LOOK AWAY.........I mean it.....LOOK AWAY!!

:laughing-rolling: Yeah, right....


Just ordered that and this box set:

That's a great early Clapton Set!

I don't have that one, but I have this one and can highly recommend it....

Perfect companion to the Crossroads 1, August 3, 2009
By Max Edwards (Nashville, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Crossroads 2: Live In The Seventies (Audio CD)

This is perfect if you just have the "Crossroads" box set and want to hear Eric 70s live material. There are extended jams and a guest appearance by Carlos Santana on "Eyesight to the blind / Why does love have to be so sad". There are also three songs that are unavailable on any other Clapton CD. Those songs are: "Cryin, Water on the ground, and to make somebody happy". Highly recommended for the Clapton fanatic or casual fan.

 

[Dennie]

Two Men with the Blues -- 2 LP Set :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Willie Nelson - Wynton Marsalis

2008 Blue Note Records

Two Men with the Blues is no more a jazz album than a blues album. It's neither jazz returning home, nor blues wandering out. What Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis have created is a compilation of jump-blues standards with arrangements that compliment both genres. While most of the album is careful not to take itself too seriously, there are a few tracks that seem to plod on for ages. The live set kicks off with the upbeat "Bright Lights, Big City," on which Marsalis' horn is crisp and full. "Ain't Nobody's Business" and "Basin Street Blues" are arranged slower than better known versions but still fit the album's context. Nelson and Marsalis's take on "Stardust" comes off as a bit too "Sinatra" for Nelson's thin vocal, while "Georgia on My Mind" just doesn't work at all. Still, the things that work, work well. "Night Life" and "Rainy Day Blues" are particular stand-outs, and "Caldonia" is a faithful homage to the Louis Jordan original--minus Jordan's screaming punch line, of course. The album ends riding high on the last song, "That's All," with its straight-out-of-a-New-Orleans-Baptist-church feel. Both Nelson and Marsalis are notorious for collaborating with other artists. Therefore, it seems only natural that they've found themselves on a project together. Overall, this set is well worth the wait. --Eric C.P. Martin

1. "Bright Lights Big City" – 5:20

2. "Night Life" – 5:44

3. "Caldonia" – 3:25

4. "Stardust" – 5:08

5. "Basin Street Blues" – 4:56

6. "Georgia On My Mind" – 4:40

7. "Rainy Day Blues" – 5:43

8. "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It" (Williams) – 4:56

9. "Ain't Nobody's Business" – 7:27

10. "That's All" (Merle Travis) – 6:08


*Willie Nelson – vocals and guitar

* Wynton Marsalis – trumpet and vocals

* Mickey Raphael – harmonica

* Walter Blanding – saxophone

* Dan Nimmer – piano

* Carlos Henriquez – bass

* Ali Jackson – drums

 

[PaulyT]

That one I actually have already - and I like it! Very interesting combination, those two work well together, and there's some good audience interaction on some of those tracks.

 

[Dennie]

That one I actually have already - and I like it! Very interesting combination, those two work well together, and there's some good audience interaction on some of those tracks.

The more I listen to it, the more I really like it!

Good stuff....... :handgestures-thumbup:


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music........

His Band and the Street Choir -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Van Morrison

1970/1990 Warner Bros. Records

Amazon.com

His Band and the Street Choir appeared at a time--1970--when Van Morrison was building on the great critical successes of Astral Weeks and Moondance. His third Warner Bros. album contains a number of radio-friendly tracks clearly aimed at the singles market and few clues of the serious, brooding melancholy of Astral Weeks. Kicking off with the jaunty "Domino," the album is generally dominated by uptempo swingers such as "Call Me Up in Dreamland," "Give Me a Kiss," and "Blue Money." The cover photography and liner notes by then wife Janet Planet reveal a smiling Morrison and hint at a newfound personal contentment. This mood did not last long after Van left the artists' community of Woodstock. But even here, in "I'll Be Your Lover Too" and "Crazy Face," there are moments that are essential listening for fans of his sullen splendor and mysticism. --Rob Stewart
Side one

1. "Domino" – 3:06
2. "Crazy Face" – 2:56
3. "Give Me a Kiss (Just One Sweet Kiss)" – 2:30
4. "I've Been Working" – 3:25
5. "Call Me Up in Dreamland" – 3:52
6. "I'll Be Your Lover, Too" – 3:57

Side two

1. "Blue Money" – 3:40
2. "Virgo Clowns" – 4:10
3. "Gypsy Queen" – 3:16
4. "Sweet Jannie" – 2:11
5. "If I Ever Needed Someone" – 3:45
6. "Street Choir" – 4:43