Playlist 23rd August 2010

This Madness Called Love   4:26 Emma Pask This Madness Called Love (James Morrison) oz MOR #012 oz  Blaine Whittacre sax; James Morrison p; David Blenkhorn g; Phil Stack b; Craig Simon d. Paradise studios in Syd 2003 

Love Is Here to Stay   2:50 Marian McPartland  Jazz After Dark - Relaxin' in the Small Hours (G & I Gershwin) Metro Doubles #545 Jazz After Dark 2006

Visions 5:23 Stevie Wonder Innervisions (Remastered) (Stevie Wonder) Umgd/Motown #157355 S W b, har, p, d, kybds, voc, moog synth, org, moog bells; Austin Godsey, Dan Barbiero rec; Clarence Bell org; Robert Margouleff moog synth, arp; David T. Walker, Dean Parks, Ralph Hammer g's; Malcolm Cecil, Scott Edwards, Willie Weeks b; Sheila Wilkerson perc, bongos, gourd; Yusuf Roahman perc, shaker; Larry Latimer perc, conga, voc. 1973 

You're a Lucky Guy   4:40 Warren Vache With Bill Charlap, Dennis Irwin, Eddie Locke & Harry Allen Dream Dancing (S Cahn/S Chaplin) Arbors Records #19289 Warren Vache cornet, voc; Bill Charlap p; Dennis Irwin b; Eddie Locke d. 2006

From the Heart   4:51 Leah Chase At Last (Roland Guerin) Fertile Crescent Records #109090 Brice Winston t sax, Derek Douget a sax, Peter Martin piano, Roland Guerin b, Troy Davis d. Guests- Dr. Michael White cl; Wendell Brunious tpt; Freddy Lonzo tbn. 2005

Lift Your Spirit High   5:18 Art Farmer The Meaning Of Art (Slide Hampton) 1995  Art Farmer trot; Ron Blake sop,  t sax; Slide Hampton tbn; Geoffrey Keezer p; Kenny Davis b; Carl Allen d  May 9th and 10th, NYC 1995  Trumpeter Art Farmer b. August 21, 1928, in Council Bluffs, IA; died on October 4, 1999, in New York, NY; began playing the trumpet at the age of 14. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer was a bassist, and they moved to Los Angeles in 1945. Farmer found work on Central Avenue, the jazz centre of Los Angeles, where he played with Horace Henderson and Johnny Otis. Art Farmer performed with many of jazz's finest musicians for five decades. Farmer was one of the most sensitive and swinging improvisers. He began his career on the West Coast, playing with a number of bands in the late 1940s, led his own bands in the 1950s, and moved to Europe at the end of the 1960s. During the 1970s Farmer toured Asia and recorded a series of albums. In 1982 Farmer and Golson toured and recorded. In 1991 Farmer began playing an instrument called the flumpet, designed by David Monette. In June of 1999 he played with his quartet at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles. Sadly he died on October 4, 1999. 

Big Time   3:52 Caecilie Norby & Curtis Stigers Slow Fruit (Caecilie Norby) ENJA Records #9185-2 Caecilie Norby voc; Carsten Dahl grand p; Jesper Nordenström grand p, synth; Ulf Wakenius g; Morten Lund d; Lars Danielsson cello, b; Xavier Desandre Navarre perc. 2005

'Taint What You Do   3:06 Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra The Jazz Arranger Volume 1 (1928-1940) (J Young/Sy Oliver) Cbs #465678 2 Arr Sy Oliver tpt; Eddie Tompkins Paul Webster tpt; Elmer Crumbley Russell Bowles tbn; s James 'Trummy' Young tbn voc; s Willie Smith Earl Carruthers cl a sax; Ted Bruckner Don Grissom a sax; Joe Thomas cl t sax; Edwin Wilcox p; Al Norris g; Moses Allen d. Paul Webster (August 24, 1909 - May 6, 1966) a jazz trumpeter played in the big band era. 

Round About Midnight   7:02 Wynton Marsalis One by One (Thelonious Monk) with Art Blakey and Bobby Watson  Bobby Watson b. August 23, 1953 is an American post bop jazz a lot saxophonist, composer, producer and educator.

Witchcraft 2:54 Frank Sinatra The Capitol Years [Disc 2] (Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh) CDP #7 94317 2  1957 Carolyn Leigh - b. 21st  1926; d. 11/19/1983; Lyricist: Hey Look Me Over, Witchcraft, The Best Is Yet to Come, Young at Heart, The Rules of the Road etc. Lyricist Carolyn Leigh was born in New York City on August 21, 1926.

That Old Black Magic   3:19 Dave Brubeck & Carmen McRae Vocal Encounters (H Arlen/J Mercer) Sony #61551 Carmen McRae voc; Danny Barcelona d; Dave Brubeck p; Billy Kyle p; Eugene Wright b; Irv Manning b; Jimmy Rushing voc; Joe Darensbourg cl; Joe Morello d. LIVE 1 of 18 Protected 2001 Danny Barcelona b. 23rd 1929; d. 4/1/2007; drums.  

Make Someone Happy   4:35 LaVerne Butler A Foolish Thing to Do (Jule Styne/Adolf Green/Betty Comden) Max Jazz Records #140113 Laverne Butler vocals; (Terell Stafford tpt; David 'Fathead' Newman t sax;) Bruce Barth (org), p; Darryl Hall b; Victor Lewis d. 2001 

Feeling Good  4:00 Barb Junger Just Like A Woman (A Newley/L Bricusse) Linn AKD #283 Barb Jungr vocals and backing vocals; Mark Lockheart saxes, clarinets; Jenny Carr dir, p, and bacvoc; Jessica Lauren org, harmonicas, mbira, autoharp, mellotron, electronic tanpura, bacvoc; Danny Thompson b; Johnny Lee perc, d. 

Knock Knock   6:21 Ted Vining Trio Together (Malcolm Sedergreen) ABC #4964962 Ted Vining d; Bob Sedergreen p; Barry Buckley b. 1998   Bob Sedergreen  pianist - b. 24th August 1943;  Bob played with the Fred Bradshaw Quartet (1962-70), Ted Vining Trio (1971-72), Alan Lee's Plant (1973), Brian Brown's Quintet (1974) and Brian Brown's Quartet (1977). In the 1980s, he worked with the Australian Jazz Ensemble, Onaje and Peter Gaudion's Blues Express and the popular Blues on the Boil. Bob has toured extensively both around Australia and overseas. 

Lonely Town   3:43  Mel Tormé New York For Lovers (Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden/Adolph Green) Marty Paich Orchestra 1960 LA 2005  Leonard Bernstein - b. 25th 1918; d. 10/14/1990; composer/conductor: Music: West Side Story; Maria; America; I Feel Pretty; It's Love; Lucky to be Me; New York, New York; Some other Time; Tonight; Something's Coming; Lonely Town; etc.

All That Jazz   4:10 Lea DeLaria The Leopard Lounge Presents: The Very Best of Lea DeLaria (L Kander/F Ebb) 2007

Easy Street   3:41 Richie Cole The Man With the Horn Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer Jazz Excursion Rec in San Francisco May 1981, album contains the first and previously unreleased studio recording of saxophonist Richie Cole's quintet, featuring Bobby "The Wildman" Enriquez p; Bruce Forman g; Marshal Hawkins b; Scott Morris d.  2007

Some Cats Know   5:20 Marcia Rutledge Summertime (J Leiber/M Stoller) Marcia Rutledge 275185 Marcia Rutledge voc; Andrew Carroll keyboards; Mark Copani g; Tom Bronzetti g's; Mike Schoeffter bass; Greg Evans drums.  200

Down Under   5:29 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Mosaic [RVG Edition]Freddie Hubbard Verve RVG#0946 3 5597 2 0 Freddy Hubbard tpt; Curtis Fuller tbn; Wayne Shorter t sax; Cedar Walton p Jymie Merritt b; Art Blakey d. 2/10/1960 Van Gelder studios New Jersey  1961 Wayne Shorter b. 25th August 1933 t sop sax.