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| Five Fine Violins - Celebrating 100 Years |
| Stuff Smith |
első megjelenés éve: 2010
65 perc |
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| (2010)
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| 5.061 Ft
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| 1. | Stand By Blues
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| 2. | How High The Moon
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| 3. | Timme's Blues
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| 4. | Soft Winds
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| 5. | Swingin' Softly
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| 6. | When You're Smiling
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| 7. | Swingin' Softly
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| 8. | Ain't She Sweet
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| 9. | C Jam Blues
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| 10. | Caravan
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| 11. | Timme's Blues
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| 12. | Oh, Lady Be Good
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Jazz
Alex Riel Drums
Anders Stefansen Producer
Anthony Barnett Liner Notes
Art Van Kamhusene Layout
Bjarne Rostvold Drums
Charles B. Nardell Photography
Duke Ellington Composer
Erik Mølbak Bass
Fletcher Henderson Composer
George Gershwin Composer
Ira Gershwin Composer
Jack Yellen Composer
Joe Goodwin Composer
Jorgen Borch Piano
Juan Tizol Composer
Kenny Drew Piano
Larry Shay Composer
Mark Fisher Composer
Milton Ager Composer
Morgan Lewis Composer
Nancy Hamilton Composer
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Bass
Ove Rex Drums
Poul Olsen Violin
Ray Nance Violin, Vocals
Soren Christensen Vocals, Violin
Stuff Smith Violin, Vocals, Composer, Photography
Svend Asmussen Vocals, Violin
After his heyday in the 1930s with the hit "I'se Muggin'," jazz violinist Stuff Smith was sporadically recorded over the remainder of his career, which ended with his death in 1967. But that hasn't stopped collectors from seeking and issuing long overlooked broadcasts, telecasts, and private recordings. While a cursory look at the song list on the back cover might make one think that this CD is compiled with tracks from earlier Smith releases on Storyville, that is not the case, as only one song has previously appeared anywhere, while most of the repertoire will be familiar to his longtime fans. Smith is heard in five different settings. The opening selection, the violinist's "Stand by Blues," pairs him with Dutch violinist Paul Olson, pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels Pedersen, and drummer Alex Riel (his regular rhythm section). Smith's bluesy dissonant sound contrasts with the more conventional style of his partner. Smith uses the same rhythm section for the next two songs, including an upbeat swinging setting of "How High the Moon" with terrific solos by Smith, Drew, and Pedersen (the latter who was a few weeks shy of his 19th birthday at the time). Smith is joined by two violinists, Ellington sideman Ray Nance and Søren Christiansen, for "Soft Winds," a fun performance in spite of the uneven sound (due to an aged source tape) and editing to remove an obnoxious voice-over by a hapless announcer. The violin trio is also heard on "When You're Smiling," while Smith alone plays his relative tame "Swinging Softly." Several additional tracks feature Smith and Christiansen sharing the vocals, while the only previously issued track, "Oh, Lady Be Good," pairs Smith with the Danish violinist Svend Asmussen (who often played the lower-pitched tenor violin in sessions with other violinists to provide great contrast, as he does here). This good-natured performance features fun vocals, scatting, very swinging solos, and lots of trading of fours. Smith scholar Anthony Barnett, who composed a bio-discography of the violinist and has also issued several rare Smith sessions on his own AB Fable label, contributed the informative liner notes. This CD will be of great interest to fans of Stuff Smith. ~ Ken Dryden, Rovi
If it all falls a bit short of the rather portentous title, it’s nonetheless very good fun – something that most jazz simply isn’t nowadays
Chris Mosey -- AllAboutJazz
Of the five Radio sessions represented on this release, four of them contain Stuff Smith teaming up with fellow violinists Ray Nance and Danes Svend Asmussen, Søren Christensen and Poul Olsen, three of these have never been released before.
On April 4, 1965 Stuff Smith participated in a radio jubilee concert. Only recently has a mislabeled, long thought lost tape been recovered from the Timme Rosenkrantz archive. The astute listener will question the absence of drummer Alex Riel. There was confusion about the start time of Smith’s set following an interval and Riel failed to appear. Thus, we have a rare glimpse of a late Smith trio with just piano and bass. Riel, as good a drummer as he is, is really not missed. And that’s Stuff tapping on the violin ?. In an act of generosity, Smith introduces "Timme’s Blues" as written by his friend and manager Timme Rosenkrantz. It was, of course, written by Stuff Smith and it had a previous life in the USA under the title "Play:.
Stuff Smith
Active Decades: '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s
Born: Aug 14, 1909 in Portsmouth, OH
Died: Sep 25, 1967 in Munich, Germany
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Standards, Jive, Gypsy, South/Eastern European Traditions, Continental Jazz
Stuff Smith was one of the big three of pre-bop violinists along with Joe Venuti and Stephane Grappelli. Many of his fans said that he could outswing all of his competitors, and certainly Stuff was a major force on the bandstand. Smith, who cited Louis Armstrong as his main influence, studied music with his father and played with the family band as a child. His first major job and recordings were with Alphonse Trent's territory band in the 1920s, but it was not until 1936 that he had his breakthrough. Leading a quintet at the Onyx Club with trumpeter Jonah Jones, Smith's comedy vocals and hard-swinging approach made the group a hit on 52nd Street for several years; his novelty "I'se a Muggin'" became a hit. Smith worked regularly with his trios in the 1940s, but was in danger of being forgotten in the '50s when Norman Granz recorded him fairly extensively for Verve; Stuff also participated in Nat King Cole's After Midnight sessions for Capitol. The violinist moved to Copenhagen in 1965 and was active until his death two years later.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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