Playlist 4.13.08 Sunday, Apr 13 2008

*PLAYLIST 4.13.08*

-“I Saw God” – Victor Wooten
-From the album Palymstery released on VixLix Music this April

-“Teenie’s Blues” – Oliver Nelson
¬Off the Fantabulous album released on Verve in March of 2008
-A re-release of an LP
-“Teenie’s Blues” is one of Oliver Nelson’s compositions
-Oliver Nelson (tenor sax) heads up a 12-piece group:
-Phil Woods – alto
-Art Hoyle – trumpet
-Snooky Young – trumpet
-Patti Bown – piano

-“Minor Chant” – Stanley Turrentine
-From the Look Out! (Remastered) album released on Blue Note in 1960; 2007 re-release
-Also known as “Mr. T’ or “The Sugar Man”
-Personnel:
-Horace Parlan – piano
-George Tucker – bass
-Al Harewood – drums
-Stanley Turrentine – tenor sax

-“Wabash” – Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane
-From the album The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago released in 1959
-Recorded in an unusual setting at a Chicago gig while on tour with Miles Davis at The Sutherland Lounge
-Personnel:
-Cannonball Adderley – alto sax
-John Coltrane – tenor sax
-Wynton Kelly – piano
-Paul Chambers – bass
-Jimmy Cobb – drums

“Allegro” – Gerald Wilson Orchestra
-Off the Monteray Moods album released in September, 2007
-Gerald Wilson released at age 89
-One of the movements from the “Monterey Jazz Suite,” commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival for its fiftieth anniversary
-Personnel:
-Antonio Hart – sax
-Jon Faddis – trumpet
-Ronnie Cuber – baritone sax
-Hubert Laws – guest flute

-“Aqua De Beber” – Sophie Milman
-Off the self-titled debut Sophie Milman released in November 2004
-Born in Russia, lives in Canada
-Personnel:
-Bill King – piano
-Pat La Barbera – sax
-Reg Schwager – guitar
-Lenny Solomon – violin

-“Wheelin’ and Dealin’ – Milt Jackson Quintet featuring Ray Brown
-Off the album That’s The Way It Is released on Verve in 1969

-“One for My Baby (And One For The Road)” – Toots Thielemans
-Off the One More for the Road album released in 2006 on Universal
-This song features Jamie Cullum on vocals

-“Turn Around” – Marian McPartland
-Off the album Twilight World released in March of 2008 on Concord
-Ornette Coleman tune
-Personnel:
-Marian McPartland – piano
-Gary Mazaroppi – bass
-Glen Davis – drums

-“Rosetta” – Earl Hines & Johnny Hodges
-From the album Stride Right released in January 1966 on Verve; CD re-release
-Personnel:
-Earl Hines – alto sax
-Johnny Hodges – piano
-Kenny Burnell – guitar
-Richard Davis – bass
-Joe Marshall – drums

-“Underneath the Apple Tree” – Carmen McRae
-Off the Jazz Archives – Carmen McRae compilation originally released in 1975

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Playlist 4.6.08 (The Crooners Show) Sunday, Apr 6 2008

*PLAYLIST 4.6.08 – THE CROONERS SHOW*

-“Cheek to Cheek” – Bing Crosby
-Off the Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings album released in June of 1956

-“In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)” – Mel Torme
-From the Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks recorded for Verve in 1960
-Recorded with the Johnny Mandel Orchestra in L.A. with half Count Basie and half Duke Ellington tunes

-“Beyond the Sea” – Bobby Darin
-From the Ultimate Bobby Darin album released in 1988

-“Willow Weep for Me” – Lou Rawls
-From the Gentlemen of Song: Spotlight Lou Rawls album released in 1988

-“Nice Work If You Can Get It” – Fred Astaire
-Off the Steppin’ Out: Astaire Sings 1994 release

-“Chicago” – Tony Bennett
-Off the Very Best of Crooners and Divas compilation album released in February of 2005

-“It’s Been A Long, Long Time” – Bing Crosby & Les Paul & His Friends
-Off the Bing Crosby: The Definitive Collection a 1997 release on Geffen Records
-a release focused on his radio show

-“Vagabond Shoes” – Vic Damone
-Off the Best of Vic Damone: The Mercury Years record from 1996; contains 25 tracks from his career with Mercury

-“Lean Baby” – Frank Sinatra
-Off the Sinatra 80th: All The Best album from the 1995 Capitol release
-The release coincided with his 80th birthday; a two-disc set based on the Capitol concept records and a couple of 50’s rare cuts

-“I Got the Sun In the Morning” – Dean Martin
-Off the The Rat Pack album released in April of 2004

-“On For My Baby” – Perry Como
-From the So Smooth 1955 release, his first 12” LP

-“Lush Life” – John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
-Off the John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman album from 1963
-part of a Impulse! Records’ concept in the 1960’s to bring John Coltrane to a wider audience by pairing him with the popular Johnny Hartman

-“Bye Baby Bye” – Johnny Hartman
-From the Johnny Hartman Collection 1947-1972; released on UMG Recordings in 1998

-“Pennies from Heaven” – Frank Sinatra
-From the Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First album from 1963

-“Bye Bye Blackbird” – Sammy Davis Jr.
-From The Essentials: Sammy Davis, Jr. 1998 album

-“You Stepped Out of A Dream” – King Cole Trio
-From The World of Nat King Cole album released in 2005

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