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| Dinner Jazz - The Intro Collection |
VÁLOGATÁS
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első megjelenés éve: 2008
190 perc |
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3 x CD |
| 4.316 Ft
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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Moon Over Miami
George Shearing
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| 2. | Stormy Weather
Erroll Garner
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| 3. | Love For Sale
Marian McPartland
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| 4. | My Romance
Etta Jones
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| 5. | Spring Is Here
Charlie Byrd
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| 6. | Have You Met Miss Jones?
Chris Ingham
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| 7. | Tenderly
Kenny Burrell
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| 8. | These Foolish Things
Art Pepper
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| 9. | They Can't Take That Away From Me
Dizzy Gillespie
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| 10. | Summertime
EJQ
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| 11. | Someone To Watch Over Me
Donald Byrd
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| 12. | Georgia On My Mind
Etta Jones
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| 13. | The Nearness Of You
Joanna Eden
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| 14. | You Better Go Now
Adderley Brothers
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Billie's Blues
Carmen McRae
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| 2. | God Bless The Child
Ethel Ennis
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| 3. | Don't Know Why
Joanna Eden
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| 4. | Come Away With Me
Silhouette
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| 5. | Fas' Livin' Blues
Jon Hendricks
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| 6. | Blue Lester
Lester Young
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| 7. | And The Angels Swing
Stan Getz
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| 8. | Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Zoot Sims
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| 9. | 'Round Midnight
Larry Coryell
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| 10. | Take Five
The Brecon Brothers
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| 11. | Just You, Just Me
Johnny Hartman
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| 12. | In The Still Of The Night
Billy Eckstine
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| 13. | Fly Me To The Moon
Chris Ingham
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| 14. | Willow Weep For Me
Pat Martino
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| 15. | Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
Modern Jazz Quartet
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| 3. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Champagne And Caviar
Astrud Gilberto
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| 2. | The Girl From Ipanema [Garota De Ipanema]
Paula Santoro
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| 3. | Desafinado
Grupo Cubana
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| 4. | How Insensitive [Insensatez]
Simao Morto
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| 5. | Breezin'
Kymaera
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| 6. | Closest Thing To Crazy
Silhouette
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| 7. | Light My Fire
Kymaera
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| 8. | Walk On By
The Brecon Brothers
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| 9. | Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
Jazz Urbaine
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| 10. | It's Too Late
Kymaera
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| 11. | One Note Samba
Grupo Cubana
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| 12. | Corcovado [Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars]
Paula Santoro
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| 13. | Wave [Vou Te Contar]
Grupo Cubana
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| 14. | Rhiannon
Kymaera
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| 15. | Lovely Day
Kymaera
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Jazz
CD1: STANDARDS
CD2: ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT
CD3: CHAMPAGNE & CAVIAR
This 3CD set brings you a fine collection of late night classics to compliment your evening – timeless standards and legendary artists, with some smooth latin flavours thrown in for good measure. These sophisticated compositions are all you need to provide the perfect accompaniment to a mellow social evening, with classics from George Shearing, Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Stan Getz and many more.
CD1: STANDARDS
The first CD of Dinner Jazz focuses on the classic repertoire penned by the most notable contributors to the Great American Songbook, writers of such quality as to satisfy equally those who want to pay at least intermittent attention to the music or require a smoothly accessible backdrop to a mellow social evening. Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Rodgers & Hart, the Gershwins and Hoagy Carmichael naturally dominate this selection of relaxed but sophisticated compositions to provide the perfect accompaniment.
1. George Shearing - Moon Over Miami
Born blind in England in 1919, the instrumental virtuoso George Shearing settled in America in 1947 and was the first musician to develop the uniquely gentle sound of guitar, vibes and his own reflective piano style. He composed the famous standard "Lullaby Of Birdland" but here clearly relishes this evocative composition.
2. Stormy Weather - Erroll Garner
Born in Pittsburgh like his idol Earl Hines, Erroll Garner became an even more commercially successful jazz pianist than Shearing in the early 1950s with his melodic trio. Promoted by Mary Lou Williams, "Misty" gave him a breakthrough hit and his treatment of "Stormy Weather" does full justice to the immortal Harold Arlen tune.
3. Love For Sale - Marian McPartland
"Can you imagine him opening at St Mary's College with "Love For Sale"? exclaimed Eddie Calhoun when Garner shocked his audience of nuns with Porter's controversial song about a prostitute. UK-born pianist Marian McPartland, sometime wife of trumpeter Jimmy, here applies her delicate touch to the long-banned number.
4. Etta Jones - My Romance
Jones toured with Buddy Johnson as a teenager, later worked with Earl Hines and made her breakthrough as a soloist in 1960. She brings a blues-derived intimacy to Lorenz Hart's characteristically literate "My Romance".
5. Charlie Byrd - Spring Is Here
More high class composing on Rodgers & Hart's standard "Spring Is Here", first published in 1942 but later popularized in torch style by Jo Stafford and Julie London. Charlie Byrd's delicate Latin guitar, honed through study with Andres Segovia, plays this classic from the movie I Married An Angel.
6. Have You Met Miss Jones? - Chris Ingham
"Of the thousands of musicians who still approach Rodgers & Hart with the eagerness of kindred spirits, there is hardly one who warms to the popular appeal of Rodgers & Hammerstein." Critic Benny Green succinctly confirms the pre-eminence of Lorenz Hart as a songwriter there, and UK singer/pianist Chris Ingham performs this highlight from the movie Gentlemen Marry Brunettes with great aplomb.
7. Tenderly - Kenny Burrell
Bluesy but invariably tuneful, Detroit-born guitarist Kenny Burrell really deserved the popular accolades which came the way of Wes Montgomery and later George Benson, but he has always retained the greatest respect. He worked with John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Smith and Gil Evans, taking the Charlie Christian heritage further on.
8. These Foolish Things - Art Pepper
Another unmistakeable standard follows, as supremely talented saxophonist Art Pepper blows coolly through "These Foolish Things". Long associated with Stan Kenton, Pepper's career was persistently dogged by jail terms for drug use, yet he patented a distinctively pure, touching sound he developed from his first influence, Charlie Parker.
9. Embraceable You - Charlie Parker Quintet
Parker introduces the first of four memorable Gershwin tunes with his revered 1947 performance of George & Ira's tender song included in the Guy Bolton show Girl Crazy. Although Parker remains most enduringly regarded as the effective founder of often fiercely-paced modern jazz, this recording is probably his most moving of a ballad.
10. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Dizzy Gillespie
Trumpeter Gillespie was Parker's principal collaborator in New York as their 40s revolution took shape, but he too could move away from his bebop experiments when given quality conventional compositions to work with; this one appeared in 1937's Shall We Dance?, featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
11. Summertime - EJQ
George Gershwin tragically died in 1937, two years after his magnificent folk opera Porgy & Bess opened to critical bemusement. He did not live to appreciate its later exalted place in American culture, since Broadway alternately thought it too highbrow or too populist; EJQ give a lie to this with the moodily compelling "Summertime".
12. Someone To Watch Over Me - Donald Byrd
"It was fast and jazzy" said Ira Gershwin of this fourth and final selection from the brothers' work which was revised at slow tempo in their show Oh, Kay. Ex-Art Blakey Jazz Messengers trumpet player Donald Byrd gives his own take on it before his 1973 fusion album "Black Byrd" became Blue Note's best-selling vinyl LP.
13. Georgia On My Mind - Etta Jones
Gershwin is followed by two contributions from Hoagy Carmichael, the first of which gave Ray Charles his initial hit in 1960. The Billie Holiday-influenced vocalist Etta Jones also exploits an R&B background she confirmed with her single and album "Don't Go To Strangers", recorded in the same year.
14. The Nearness Of You - Joanna Eden
Carmichael's writing was frequently laconic, for instance with "Lazybones" and Rockin' Chair", but he could also become quite magical as on his masterpiece "Stardust". This song co-written with Ned Washington reveals a tenderness which also invokes the spirit of Mark Twain, and the UK's Joanna Eden grasps its Americana feel perfectly.
15. Adderley Brothers - You Better Go Now
Jeri Southern recorded an appropriately moody version of this affecting ballad reprised by the dynamic Adderleys. Trumpet and cornet specialist Nat teamed up with his elder brother, the alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball", to make a huge impact in late 1950s New York.
CD2 ROUND MIDNIGHT
The songs of Billie Holiday and Norah Jones provide the first four tracks on CD2 of this set designed for aural pleasure, as an unwinding evening softens into the night. Vocalists, guitarists, saxophonists and small groups alternate here on dreamy material, with their sensitive meditations on romance and regret inspired by the work of Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke and other wonderful tunesmiths.
1. Billie's Blues - Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae wrote the song "Dream Of Life" for Billie Holiday in 1939 when she was just nineteen. Unashamedly influenced by Lady Day, she worked at Minton's club as an intermission pianist/singer and won 1954's Downbeat poll for best newcomer; she frequently toured Europe and was at her best on sultry ballads such as this.
2. God Bless The Child - Ethel Ennis
While it was the shocking anti-racist lament "Strange Fruit" which established Holiday as a tragedian, "God Bless The Child" was another sombre work typical of her post-1939 output. Baltimore's Ethel Ennis also majored in slow songs, worked with Armstrong, Basie and Ellington, and recorded her best album "Lullabies For Losers" in 1955.
3. Don't Know Why - Joanna Eden
"My mom had this 8-album Billie Holiday set, and I picked out one that I liked and played it over and over again", said the daughter of the great Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar who adopted the stage name of Norah Jones. Joanna Eden joins the many to cover the No.1 single which came from Jones's 2002 debut album.
4. Come Away With Me - Silhouette
"Come Away With Me" won six Grammy Awards and sold over twenty million copies. Born in Brooklyn but raised in Texas, Jones moved to New York in 1999, subsequently going on to perform with Ray Charles, Ryan Adams and the Foo Fighters while impressing legions of fans with the poignant longing so ably replicated here.
5. Jon Hendricks - Fas' Livin' Blues
The hip vocal sound of Jon Hendricks was first admired by Charlie Parker. His solo career was as distinguished as his contribution to the legendary cool trio comprising himself, Dave Lambert and Annie Ross.
6. Blue Lester - Lester Young
"Prez was such a nice fellow, harmless, didn't bother nobody, loved everybody. He was the greatest." Trombonist Dicky Wells echoed everyone's views of Lester Young there, and Billie Holiday's sensitive soulmate and favourite accompanist also influenced all later saxophonists; "Blue Lester" appropriately reflected his melancholy nature.
7. And The Angels Swing - Stan Getz
Stan Getz was possessed of an altogether more combustible temperament ("whatever Stan wants, Stan Getz", joked Ronnie Scott) but was a formidable member of the late 40s Woody Herman band who, along with Zoot Sims and Serge Chaloff, was profoundly influenced by Lester. "Early Autumn" made Getz's name, but this track is equally fine.
8. Polka Dots And Moonbeams - Zoot Sims
The wisecracking but artistically dedicated Californian Zoot Sims was long associated with Herman, most notably during his 1947-49 stint in tandem with fellow tenorists Getz, Chaloff and Al Cohn, the "Four Brothers". "Stan's an interesting bunch of guys", he once said of his mercurial colleague's alarming unpredictability.
9. ‘Round Midnight - Larry Coryell
Thelonious Monk's piano-playing was often perceived as difficult, but the beauty of his composition "Round Midnight" has a more obvious appeal. The guitarist Larry Coryell was a member in 1966 of Free Spirits, arguably the first-ever jazz/rock group, before he went on to play with Gary Burton, John McLaughlin and Philip Catherine.
10. Take Five - The Brecon Brothers
In the early 1950s the music of both the Modern Jazz Quartet and Dave Brubeck found receptive audiences on the American college circuit. Pianist Brubeck studied with classical composer Darius Milhaud, and saxophonist Paul Desmond joined him in 1951, adding the glistening sound which made 1961's "Take Five" a pop hit, reprised here.
11. Just You, Just Me - Johnny Hartman
Another eager youthful student of music was Johnny Hartman, a pupil of piano and voice from the age of eight in Chicago. Perhaps most famous for his 1963 collaboration with John Coltrane, Hartman nevertheless cut many other fine sides; Clint Eastwood used him for the soundtrack to his 1995 movie The Bridges Of Madison County.
12. In The Still Of The Night - Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine later found fame as a smooth balladeer, and was the first black singer to achieve mainstream popular success. Cole Porter's elegant "In The Still Of The Night" was a compatible choice for his suave vocal style, far removed from his fiery mid 40s big band featuring Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis and Art Blakey, among many.
13. Fly Me To The Moon - Chris Ingham
Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Quincy Jones made a justly famous 1964 recording of this cool Bart Howard composition adeptly covered here by Chris Ingham's small group. The impeccable vocalists Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee were responsible for the best rival versions.
14. Willow Weep For Me - Pat Martino
Pat Martino's father had learned guitar from Eddie Lang, so his son naturally benefited greatly from this when he began playing at the age of eleven. His primary influences of Wes Montgomery and Indian music naturally inform this individual account of Ann Ronell's mellow masterpiece.
15. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - Modern Jazz Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet was effectively the brainchild of pianist John Lewis and vibes player Milt Jackson. Together in the early 50s they created the impeccably dispassionate style of "chamber jazz" which Lewis cleverly adapted from his background when working with Miles Davis several years before.
CD3 BREEZIN'
"Give Me The Night" provided George Benson with a Top Ten pop hit to warm the summer of 1980, but his brilliant guitar instrumental "Breezin'" gives us the title for this third CD to complete our collection of Dinner Jazz. Astrud Gilberto leads off with the breathy romanticism which characterized the popularity of Latin music in the early 60s and is followed by more irresistibly sensual rhythms of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Burt Bacharach, Carole King and compatible contemporaries.
1. Champagne And Caviar - Astrud Gilberto
Whatever your chosen menu for Dinner Jazz, the luxuriant sound of Astrud Gilberto will convey a gentle longing for sensual pleasure. Gilberto's very feminine voice had been nurtured from her upbringing in Bahia and subsequently in Rio de Janeiro, where she learned the technique and feeling which defined Brazilian music.
2. The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) - Paula Santoro
Gilberto was of course the original "Girl From Ipanema" who had made her name in 1963 when she sang the English lyrics to the song which gave jazz saxophonist Stan Getz an unexpected popular success and began a craze for Bossa Nova and all things Latin; Santoro revisits the song from Getz/Gilberto recorded with Astrud's then husband Joao.
3. Desafinado - Grupo Cubana
Guitarist Charlie Byrd was turned on to Boss Nova on tour in Brazil in 1961, and had hooked up with Getz to score with Jobim's "Desafinado" a year later. Grupo Cubano skilfully perform this infectious hybrid of traditional samba rhythms fused with the influence of the West Coast "Cool School" of jazz led by Gerry Mulligan.
4. How Insensitive (Insensatez) - Simao Morto
"The Girl From Ipanema" and "Desafinado" both sold a million in America, and led to novelty hits like Elvis Presley's "Bossa Nova Baby" and Eydie Gorme's "Blame It On The Bossa Nova". "How Insensitive" though was another authentic Jobim composition sensitively rendered here by Simao Morto.
5. Breezin' - Kymaera
George Benson made his name as a session musician providing dazzling licks for established artists like Jimmy Smith, before his startling talents as a guitarist were more widely recognized first by John Hammond and then Creed Taylor. He signed to Warners in 1975, scored with this Gabor Szabo composition, and gained mainstream popularity.
6. Closest Thing To Crazy - Silhouette
Katie Melua was discovered by the "brains" behind the Wombles, producer Mike Batt, who guided her with enormous success in mining the enduring appeal of confessional songwriting. Inspired by the late Eva Cassidy, the Russian-born artist took this song to No.1 in December 2003.
7. Light My Fire - Kymaera
Aldous Huxley's quotation from William Blake for his book The Doors Of Perception provided the inspiration for Jim Morrison to name his band The Doors. Their 1967 hit "Light My Fire" was very much of its time but was covered in more gentle vein by guitarist Jose Feliciano a year later and its wistful melody has retained its appeal.
8. Walk On By - The Brecon Brothers
The songwriting partnership of Burt Bacharach and Hal David produced hit records for Gene McDaniels, Jackie DeShannon, Herb Alpert, Tom Jones, Gene Pitney and the Carpenters. Cilla Black's inferior version of "Anyone Who Had A Heart" was strangely more successful, but Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By" was unbeatable.
9. Do You Know The Way To San Jose? - Jazz Urbaine
Four years later Dionne Warwick followed up with this characteristic Bacharach/David song, blending innovative melody with intelligent lyrics and complex arrangements. Instrumentalist Colin Watling is joined by Chris Ingham on piano to record this highlight from the writers' career which gave Warwick another of her twenty hits for them.
10. It's Too Late - Kymaera
New York's legendary Brill Building housed many aspiring songwriters, but few were as talented as Carole King and Gerry Goffin. The pair wrote "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?", "Crying InThe Rain" and a host of others before King almost invented the era of perceptive singer/songwriting with 1971's "Tapestry" and its hit "It's Too Late".
11. One Note Samba - Grupo Cubana
Antonio Carlos Jobim grew up in Rio de Janeiro of French descent and used his first love of big band jazz to colour his acclaimed score for 1958's Black Orpheus. "One Note Samba" featured on 1962's album by Charlie Byrd and Stan Getz titled "Jazz Samba", and it remains a focal reference point of Brazilian music.
12. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Paula Santoro
The iconic statue of Christ with outstretched arms which dominates Guanabara Bay inspired "Corcovada", and its soft melody yielded a typically evocative treatment here from Paula Santoro. The English translation into "Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars" served only to further enhance its romantic allure.
13. Wave (Vou Te Contar) - Grupo Cubana
Jobim's work was most favourably recorded on intimate vocals by such singers as Astrud Gilberto and notably Elis Regina (as on 1974's "Elis And Tom" album, in reference to his nickname), but also instrumentally by Sergio Mendes. Grupo Cubana add their account of "Wave" to the list of admirers.
14. Rhiannon - Kymaera
Kymaera close out our collection here with two performances of compelling tunes made famous by Fleetwood Mac and Bill Withers. The former were a highly accomplished 60s British R & B band who transformed themselves with 1977's "Rumours"; "Rhiannon" was an atmospheric precursor from the previous year.
15. Lovely Day - Kymaera
Bill Withers recorded his first album together with Stax Records' house band members Al Jackson and Duck Dunn, produced naturally by Booker T. Jones. His best-known songs include "Lean On Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Grandma's Hands" and of course 1978's "Lovely Day", re-mixed in chart form a decade later and again here by Kymaera.
---Compilation & Sleevenotes by Neil Kellas |
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