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| Ruby Braff Goes "Girl Crazy" |
| Ruby Braff |
| első megjelenés éve: 1958 |
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| (2009)
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| 5.169 Ft
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| 1. | Embraceable You
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| 2. | Treat Me Rough
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| 3. | But Not for Me
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| 4. | Boy! What Love Has Done for Me
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| 5. | I Got Rhythm
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| 6. | Bidin' My Time
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| 7. | Could You Use Me
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| 8. | Barbary Coast
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Jazz / New Orleans Jazz
Ruby Braff - Trumpet, Cornet
First time on CD for this classic 1959 album. Ruby Braff was one of the great Swing/Dixieland cornetists. His recordings are rare and hard to find. In 1959 he recorded a tribute album to George Ira Gershwin's Girl Crazy. This great Jazz interpretation features Jim Hall, Hank Jones, Bobby Haggart and Al Cohn.
The Gershwin score for the 1930 play Girl Crazy was filled with noteworthy songs. In 1958, trumpeter Ruby Braff and an all-star sextet (also including Al Cohn on tenor, pianist Hank Jones, guitarist Jim Hall, drummer Buzzy Drootin and either George Duvivier or Bob Haggart on bass) performed eight numbers for this LP; unfortunately, the music has yet to be reissued on CD. Four of the eight selections (all of which have excellent chord changes for jazz improvising) are obscurities, but the others include "Embraceable You," "But Not for Me," "I Got Rhythm" and "Bidin' My Time." This is a high-quality mainstream date with fine solos all around, particularly by the passionate Braff. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Ruby Braff
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 16, 1927 in Boston, MA
Died: Feb 09, 2003 in Chatham, MA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Dixieland Revival, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Standards, Swing
One of the great swingDixieland cornetists, Ruby Braff went through long periods of his career unable to find work because his music was considered out-of-fashion, but his fortunes improved by the 1970s. A very expressive player who in later years liked to build his solos up to a low note, Braff's playing was instantly recognizable within seconds.
Braff mostly worked around Boston in the late '40s. He teamed up with Pee Wee Russell when the clarinetist was making a comeback (they recorded live for Savoy), and after moving to New York in 1953, he fit easily into a variety of Dixieland and mainstream settings. Braff recorded for Vanguard as a leader, and with Vic Dickenson, Buck Clayton, and Urbie Green. He was one of the stars of Buck Clayton's Columbia jam sessions, and in the mid-'50s worked with Benny Goodman. But, despite good reviews and occasional recordings, work was hard for Braff to come by at times. In the 1960s, he was able to get jobs by being with George Wein's Newport All-Stars and at jazz festivals, but it was not until the cornetist formed a quartet with guitarist George Barnes, in 1973, that he became more secure. Afterward, Braff was heard in many small-group settings, including duets with Dick Hyman and Ellis Larkins (he had first met up with the latter in the 1950s), quintets with Scott Hamilton, and matching wits with Howard Alden. He remained one of the greats of mainstream jazz until his death in 2003.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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