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| Live at Nick's, NYC [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Phil Napoleon |
| első megjelenés éve: 1999 |
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| (1999)
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| 5.510 Ft
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| 1. | Blue Danube C 1949
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| 2. | For Me And My Gal/ Smiles/Darktown Strutters Ball
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| 3. | World Is Waiting For The Sunrise/Blowing Bubbles/Swannee
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| 4. | Peg O' My Heart
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| 5. | Can't Give You Anything But Love/What Can I Say/ Mean To Me
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| 6. | Somebody Loves Me/Poor Butterfly/Some Of These Ddays
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| 7. | Georgia On My Mind
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| 8. | Mary Lou/Put Your Arms Around Me/Old Grey Bonnet
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| 9. | Do You Ever Think Of Me/At Sundown
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| 10. | Up A Lazy River
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| 11. | Wonder Who's Kissing Her Know/Oh How I Miss You Tonight
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| 12. | In My Merry Oldsmobile/Old Mill Stream
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| 13. | Tin Roof Blues
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| 14. | Always Chasing Rainbows/Ma She's Making Eyes At Me/Somebody Stole My Gal
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| 15. | Rose Room
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| 16. | Apple Blossom Time/All By Myself/Stumbling
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| 17. | Memphis Blues
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| 18. | Rock A Bye My Baby/Ja Da/Till We Meet Again
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Jazz
Phil Napoleon - Trumpet
Phil Napoleon is one of the unsung heroes of jazz history. He was arguably the first trumpeter based in New York to swing, recording excellent small-group jazz with an attractive tone and a legato style as early as 1921, a time when most other brassmen in the city were emphasizing staccato phrases. This particular CD (previously unreleased material put out in 1996) features Phil Napoleon and his 1949-50 sextet from a variety of live club performances. With the exception of the fine drummer Tony Spargo (a member 30 years earlier of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band), the sidemen are obscure with clarinetist Phil Olivela a main soloist and trombonist Andy Russo mostly sticking to colorful work behind the other players. Of the eighteen tracks, all but seven are medleys comprised of two-four songs and the emphasis throughout is on ensembles. Napoleon, who only takes a few solos, offers a strong and lyrical melodic lead, showing that he knew how to say a lot in a short period of time. The performances are nostalgic (most of the songs date from the 1920s), quite danceable and swinging. The only lowpoint is Spargo's occasional whistling (which is far offmike) although he makes up for it with a hot kazoo solo.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Phil Napoleon
Active Decades: '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Sep 02, 1901 in Boston, MA
Died: Sep 30, 1990 in Miami, FL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Dixieland, Classic Jazz
Although it is often overlooked, Phil Napoleon was one of the top trumpeters to be active in New York during 1921-1925. At a time when most so-called hot players in the Big Apple were still playing staccato and halting lines (not being up to the level of their Chicago counterparts), Napoleon's warm sound and legato phrasing swung (before the word had been coined). Classically trained, Napoleon decided to play popular music. By 1921, he was recording frequently with many overlapping groups (most notably the Original Memphis Five, Ladd's Black Aces, the Carolina Cotton Pickers, and, later on, the Charleston Chasers), appearing on literally hundreds of excellent melodic jazz records where his appealing tone and solid lead were a major asset. Although a slight influence on Red Nichols and Bix Beiderbecke (as much for his professionalism and consistency as for his tone), Napoleon never did become a big name. He worked in the studios during the 1930s and '40s, leading his own big band briefly in 1938 and spending part of 1943 with Jimmy Dorsey. In 1949, he emerged with a new version of the Original Memphis Five, playing Dixieland for seven years at Nick's. Napoleon eventually moved to Miami, opened a club called Napoleon's Retreat, and played regularly during his declining years.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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