Q's Jazz n' Blues 27th September 2010 

Its Raining In Paradise   6:25 Allan Browne, Gary Costello & Barry Duggan L'etranger (Barry Duggan) NEW #30000 2/2 Barry Duggan sax; with bassist Gary Costello and drummer Allan Browne. 1997 Wonderful Melbourne drummer and a special treat to find him attending the Noosa Jazz Festival.  

You Stepped Out Of A Dream   2:13 Julie London The Best of Julie London (Gus Kahn/Nacio Herb Brown) EMI #7243 4 39396 2 5  2002 Julie London (September 26, 1926 in California– October 18, 2000) was an American singer, game show panellist, character actor, Best known for her smoky, sensual voice, she was at her singing career's peak in the 1950s. Her acting career lasted more than 35 years. London's most famous single, "Cry Me A River", was written by her high school classmate Arthur Hamilton and produced by her husband, Bobby Troup. The recording became a million-seller after its release in December 1955. London also made more than 20 films. 

On The Sunny Side Of The Street   3:00 John Coltrane John Coltrane - Complete Studio Sessions with Johnny Hodges (McHugh/Field) DRCD #11258 Harold "Shorty Baker tpt; Lawrence Brown tbn; Johnny Hodges a sax; John Coltrane t sax; Call Cobs p; John Williams b; Louie Bellson d. LA 2nd July 1954 John William Coltrane or "Trane"; b. September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967, alto saxophonist and composer. "Coltrane once said: "I would like to bring to people something like happiness. I would like to discover a method so that if I want it to rain, it will start right away to rain. If one of my friends is ill, I'd like to play a certain song and he will be cured; when he'd be broke, I'd bring out a different song and immediately he'd receive all the money he needed."  No wonder he was Beatified by the African Orthodox Church in San francisco in 1971, as Saint John William Coltrane. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, he helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz. He organised at least fifty recording sessions as a leader during his career. As his career progressed, his music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension.  He influenced innumerable musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history. He received many awards, among them a posthumous Special Citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board in 2007.  

'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do   2:46 Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls  Stormy Monday (Clarence Williams/Porter/Grainger/Robert Prince) Blue Note Records #91441Lou Rawls voc; Les McCann p, voc; Leroy Vinegar b; Ron Jefferson d. released 1990 Les McCann (born September 23, 1935, soul jazz piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul. 

Dear John C.   3:51 Elvin Jones Jazz Club: Superdrummers! (Bob Hammer/George Douglas) Verve #06024 9843535 Charlie Mariano a sax; Sir Roland Hanna p; Richard Davis b; Elvin Jones d. 2006 Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) a post-bop jazz drummer, showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac Michigan. Served in the Army from 1946 - 1949 Then joined Billy Mitchell's band. He moved to NYC in 1955 as a side man with Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis. From 1960 to 1966 he was with the John Coltrane quartet, during a celebrated recording phase, until 1966. Jones led several small groups, some under the name The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine. He recorded with both his brothers during his career, jazz pianist Hank Jones and trumpeter Thad Jones. Elvin was touted by Life Magazine as "the world's greatest rhythmic drummer", and his free-flowing style was a major influence on many leading rock drummers, including Ginger Baker and Mitch Mitchell, Jimmy Hendrix called him "my Elvin Jones."    

You've Got Buckley's   4:30 The Ted Vining Trio For Elvin... (Mal Sedergreen) Move Raecords MD#3287 Drummer Ted Vining, pianist Bob Sedergreen and bassist Barry Buckley first got together in August 1969, and have played around the world ever since. guest guitarist Steve Magnusson on a couple of tracks. This CD is dedicated to Elvin Jones Who died in 2004 released  2004 One of oz's most versatile pianists Bob Sedergreen featured in this year's Noosa line up.  

Jambalaya 1:59 Jerry Lee Lewis The Very Best of Jerry Lee Lewis (Hank Williams) Rajon #631187 released 2008 Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American rock and roll and country music singer and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis would often kick the piano bench out of the way to play standing, rake his hands up and down the keyboard for dramatic accent, sit down on the keyboard and even stand on top of the instrument. His first TV appearance, in which he demonstrated some of these moves, was on The Steve Allen Show in 1957 singing A Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin On. On October 29, 2009, Lewis opened the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concert in NYC.  

I Got What It Takes   4:29 Koko Taylor South Side Lady (Willie Dixon) Evidence #26007 2 Koko Taylor voc; Willie Mabon p; Louis Myers, Jimmy Rogers g; Dave Myers b; Fred Below d. cut in a French studio and live in the Netherlands in 1973. Chicago's undisputed blues queen. 2007 Koko Taylor b. September 28, 1928 - d. June 3, 2009, was a blues singer known primarily for her rough, powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings. Born Cora Walton in Tennessee, the daughter of a sharecropper, she moved to Chicago in 1952. In the late 1950s she began singing in clubs, where she was spotted in 1962 by Willie Dixon. By 1965, she was signed by Chess Records. Touring in the late 1960s and 1970s. She signed with Alligator Records  in 1975, and recorded nine albums, 8 of which were Grammy-nominated. Known as the "Queen of the Blues," like DW before her she came to dominate the female blues singer ranks, winning twenty five W. C. Handy awards  - more than any other artist. The 1990's found Taylor in films such as Blues Brothers 2000 and Wild at Heart.  

You Rascal You   4:34 Nicholas Payton Verve Impressions: More Saxes (Sam Theard) Umgd/Verve #549419 Nicholas Payton tot, flghn, fen rhds, voc; Paul Stephens, Ray Vega tot, flghn; Bill Easley cl, fl, a sax; Scott Robinson fl, bass cl, bar sax; contrabass sax; Tim Warfield fl, sop, t sax;   Vincent Gardner tbn; Bob Stewart tu; Anthony Wonsey p; Melvin Rhyne org;  Peter Bernstein g; Reuben Rogers b; Adonis Rose d; Kenyatta Simon perc; 2005 Nicholas Payton b. September 26, 1973 in NO. The son of bassist and sousaphone player Walter Payton. Nicholas  took up the trumpet at the age of four and by the time he was nine he was playing alongside his father. After touring with Marcus Roberts and Elvin Jones in the early 90s, Payton signed  with Verve. His "From This Moment," appeared in 1994. By 1996 he was performing on the soundtrack of the movie "Kansas City." In 1997 he received a Grammy for Best Instrumental Solo for his playing on the album "Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton." After seven albums on Verve, Payton signed with Warner Bros, releasing "Sonic Trance,' in 2003. He also plays piano, and sometimes uses both instruments simultaneously, accompanying his right-handed trumpet with left-handed chords.  

Time And Tide (Live)   3:54 Basia Basia On Broadway (Barbara Trzetrzelewska/Danny White) Cbs/Epic/Wtg Records #67386 Basia voc; Danny White p, kbds; Peter White g, kbds; Chris De Margary sax, fl; Kevin Robinson tpt, flglhn, bvoc; Fayaz Virji tbn, kbds, shaker; Randy Hope Taylor b; Richard Bailey d; Karl Vanden Bossche perc. 1995 selling almost two million copies. Basia Trzetrzelewska known professionally as Basia b. September 30, 1954 is a Polish singer/songwriter and record producer. She established a successful international recording career featuring Latin flavoured songs during the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan. She is noted for possessing a wide vocal range, approximately three octaves that span from contralto to soprano, as well as her singular jazz stylings and multi-layered harmonies. She is currently touring in Indonesia and Singapore. 

The Man From The South   2:57 Bob Barnard/Tom Baker The Man From The South (Bloom/Woods) LB7#101 - LB #9701 oz; sampler no information re musicians on this track. Tom Baker tpt, sax and tbn; b. 14th of Sept 1952 in California  -  Died 23 Oct 2001 in the Netherlands. Baker's family moved to Australia in 1971 they returned and Tom got a job in a music store playing the odd local gig. He began to play full time when he joined the Ray Price Band. Tom left Ray's band in 1975 and formed his own band called the San Francisco jazz band, which ran for nearly three years and played at the Sacramento jazz festival. In 1978 Tom went to Europe with a band called the Australian Jazz ensemble, he would return every year until his death. Next he formed a group called Groove City, then the Chicago Seven which he formed in 1980, this band ran simultaneously with the Swing Street Orchestra.  

You're Driving Me Crazy 3:07 Lester Young And His Band  Early Cool (Donaldson) MC #078 Lester Young t sax; Joe Albany p; Irving Ashby g; Red Callender b; Chico Hamilton d. Aug 1946 LA 1946  Chico Hamilton (born Foreststorn Hamilton, b. September 20th, 1921 in California, is an American jazz drummer and band leader. at school with some of the best musicians led to his early work as a sideman he began leading his own band in 1955. Hamilton appeared in the film "You'll Never Get Rich" in 1941, as part of the backing group supporting Fred Astaire and performed on the soundtrack of the Bing Crosby/Bob Hope film "Road to Bali." He recorded his first LP in 1955 and formed an unusual quintet in L.A. featuring cello, flute, guitar, bass and drums; it has been described as one of the last important West Coast jazz bands. He formed a commercial and film production company in 1965; and scored several feature films and hundreds of commercials for TV and radio. He performed at Montreux Jazz Festivals in 1972 and 1973. Formed a new "Players" group in 1975. He formed a new group "Euphoria" in 1987. Touring Europe in 1987, 1988, 1990. Hamilton released "Foreststorm" in 2001 And in 2007, he received a Living Legend Jazz Award. In 2006, he released four CDs in celebration of his 85th birthday. Still recording with his group and special guests; composing and performing music for film; and working on his autobiography.  

Shiny Stockings   3:56 Ella Fitzgerald The Concert Years Disc 2 (Frank B Foster/Ella Fitzgerald) Pablo #4414 skat Count Basie big band version Tommy Flannigan p; Ella Fitzgerald voc. 1953 Frank B Foster t, sop sax, fl and composer; Foster was born on 23rd September 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1949, where he joined the local jazz scene. Finishing his military service in 1953 he joined Count Basie’s band. Wrote popular songs such as “Down for the Count,” “Blues Backstage,” “Back to the Apple,” “Discommotion,” and “Blues in Hoss Flat” the standard, “Shiny Stockings,” and others. Foster continues composing and arranging at his home in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he resides with his wife and personal manager of nearly 45 years, Cecilia Foster. In 2002, the National Endowment for the Arts presented Dr. Foster with its NEA Jazz Masters Award, the highest honour in jazz. 

Don't Sing Me The Blues 2:53 Miles Davis Boplicity (1) (Ornette Coleman) SMDCD #D359 Miles Davis tpt; Gene Ammons t sax; Connie Wainwright g; Linton Garner p; Tommy Potter b; Art Blakey d. Earl Coleman, Ann Baker voc; LA 1946 2001 Tommy Potter b. on September 21, 1918 - died March 1, 1988, was a double bass player. Potter is best known for having been a member of Charlie Parker's "classic quintet", with Miles Davis between 1947 and 1950   

I've Got You Under My Skin   2:37 George Duvivier The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Expanded) Cole Albert Porter Blue Note #32137  Bud Powell p; Curly Russell b; Max Roach d. 1951 released 2001 Bud Powell, Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell b. September 27, 1924 - d. July 31, 1966) Bud Powell is one of the most important pianists in jazz history. He came from a musical family and by the age of fifteen Powell was playing in his brother's Richie's band. Powell soon became renowned for his ability to play accurately at fast tempos. In November 1947 he was admitted to a psychiatric centre where he received shock treatment which caused severe memory loss. Powell suffered from mental illness throughout his later life, possibly triggered by a beating by the police in 1945 when he was twenty and he never fully recovered from that. As a result, he suffered pain and drank and took drugs to alleviate it. An aggressive alcoholic, Powell recorded for both Blue Note and Granz throughout the fifties, interrupted by another long stay in a mental hospital from late 1951 to early 1953. His playing after his release from hospital began to be seriously affected by the medication, Largactil.  

All Of You   3:32 Helen Merrill I Get A Kick Out Of You: Cole Porter Songbook Vol. 2 (Cole Porter) Verve #511 070 2 Bobby Jasper fl; Bill Evans p; George Russell g; Oscar Pettiford bb; Jo Jones d. 21/2/58 NYC 1991 Oscar Pettiford b. 30 September 1922 in Oklohoma - d. 8 September 1960. Bassist, cellist and composer, he was of American Indian and African descent, known particularly for his pioneering work in bebop. 1942 he joined Charlie Barnet's band and gained public attention after recording with Coleman Hawkins on his album, "The Man I Love" in 1943. Pettiford is considered the pioneer of the cello as a solo instrument in jazz and he continued to perform and record with it, throughout the remainder of his career.  

Ozboppin'   5:14 Mike Nock Quintet Ozboppin' (Mike Nock) Naxos Jazz #86019 2 Mike Nock p; Tim Hopkins t sax; Phil Slater tpt, flghn; Cameron Undy b; David Goodman d. 24th, 25th Jan 1998 Mike Nock b. September 27, 1940 in Christchurch, New Zealand 70 years old today is a jazz pianist, currently based in Australia. He began studying piano at 11 and by 18 was performing in oz. He headed a trio that toured England in 1961 and then attended Berklee Collage of Music. He was a member of Yusef Lateef's Band from 1963 to 1965. During 1968-70 Nock was involved with fusion, leading The Fourth Way. After a few years he became a studio musician in New York (1975-85) and then returned to oz. e currently lives in NSW where he teaches at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney He records and performs with both his trio and big band.  

Antonio's Song   4:44 Michael Franks Live With Crossfire (Michael Franks) Warner Music Australia #0927495902 oz Crossfire - formed by Jim Kelly g, Michael J Kenny on keypads and percussionist Ian Bloxsom. Additional band members on this night included Tony Buchanan sax, flutes; Phil Crorgie bass; Steve Hopes drums. 1980 Michael Franks b. 18 September 1944 in La Jolla Southern California, a jazz singer and composer. He has recorded with a Who's Who of artists too numerous to name. At age 14, Michael bought his first guitar, a Japanese Marco Polo for $29.95 with six private lessons included - the only music education that he received. At university in Irvine, Michael discovered the poetry of Theodore Roethke with his off-rhymes and hidden meter. Franks earned a B.A. from UCLA in comparative literature in 1966, and a M.A. from the Uni Of Oregon in 1968. He started writing songs, for the antiwar musical "Anthems in E-flat "starring Mark Hamill. Which led him on to a great musical career.

The Goof and I   3:01 Red Rodney's Be-Boppers Verve Impressions: More Saxes (Al Cohn) Stateside Spotlite #ITJ-80090 2005 Red Rodney b. September 27, 1927 d. May 27, 1994, was a bop and hard bop trumpeter. He became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940s for many swing bands. In 1949 he accepted an invitation from Charlie Parker to join his quintet. As the only white member of the group, he was billed as Albino Red when playing in the racially segregated southern United States. In 1950 he joined the Charlie Ventura band. He also recorded extensively.  

Twisted   3:56 Marlena Shaw Live At Montreux (Wardell Gray/Annie Ross) Blue Note #72432749 2 5 George Gaffney p fender rhodes p; Edwin Boyer b; Harold Jones d. 1973 Marlena Shaw b. Marlina Burgess, September 22, 1942 in New Rochelle NY. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her talent includes all forms of music. In 1952, her uncle Jimmy Burgess brought her on stage at the Appollo Theatre in Harlem to sing with him and his band. This led to playing at small clubs from 1964 until 1966. Her career took off in 1966 when she landed a gig with the Playboy Club chain in Chicago. It was through this gig, that she met with representatives Of Chess Records, she soon signed with them. Shaw still performs and records today. In 2001 and 2007 She was one of the performers at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.  

When Day Is Done   2:58 Benny Carter All Of Me (Sylva/Katscher) MC #058 Benny Carter Orch Benny Carter tpt, a sax; Tommy McQuater, Duncan Whyte tpt; Andy McDevitt cl, a sax; Buddy Featherstonaugh t sax; Pat Dodd p; George Elliot G; Al Burke b; Ronnie Gubertini d. 4/1936 London. Thomas Mossie "Tommy" McQuater b. September 4, 1914 - d. January 20, 2008 was a Scottish trumpeter, most notable for his work in Britain with Bert Ambrose in the 1930s, and also for his recordings with George Chisholm and Benny Carter. He turned professional in his teens and got a regular position with Louis Freeman's Band. In his later years, concentrated his energy and playing around the Ealing Jazz Festival. He died in London, aged 93, and was survived by his two sons.  

You Turned The Tables On Me   2:53 Helen Ward and Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Big-Band Voices (Mitchell/Alter) MC #053 Pee Wee Erwin, Nate Kazebier, Chris Griffin tpt; Red Ballard, Murray McEachern tbn; Benny Goodman cl; Hymie  Schertzer, Bill DePew a sax; Art Rollini, Dick Clark t sax; Jess Stacy p; Allen Reuss g; Harry Goodman b; Gene Kruper d. 13/8/36 LA 1998 singer Helen Ward b. September 19, 1913, NYC - d. April 21, 1998.Sshe appeared on radio broadcasts and worked as a staff musician at radio WNYC. Starting in 1934, she sang in Benny Goodman's first band, and became one of the first popular swing "girl singers", as they were then called, and among Goodman's most popular. She and Benny had a brief romance and he came very close to proposing marriage to her in either 1935 or 1936. However, according to Ward in the documentary, Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing, he called it off at the last minute, citing his career. She married financier Albert Marx the following year and left the band In 1938, Marx arranged for Goodman's Carnegie Hall concert to be recorded for her as an anniversary present. During the 1940s, Ward worked with Hal McIntyre and Harry James. She became a radio show producer for WMGM in 1946-1947. After her marriage to Marx ended, she later married the audio engineer William Savory, who was part of the team that invented the 33⅓ rpm long playing record. Ward continued to do sporadic studio work and did occasional tours with Goodman in the 1950s, but effectively retired by 1960. She made a brief return in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She returned to singing at NYC clubs in 1979. In 1981, she released her final album, The Helen Ward Song Book Vol. I.  

Quiet Riot   3:28 Buddy Rich & His Orchestra Legendary Jazz Drummers (N Castle/B Rich/D Brooks) Stardust Records CLP #3720  2009 Bernard "Buddy" Rich b. September 30, 1917 d. April 2, 1987, was a legendary drummer and band leader, Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his virtuosic technique, power, groove, and speed. Rich was born in Brooklyn. His talent for rhythm was first noted by his father, who saw that Buddy could keep a steady beat with spoons at the age of one. He began playing drums in vaudeville  when he was 18 months old, billed as "Traps the Drum Wonder." At the peak of Rich's childhood career, he was reportedly the second-highest paid child entertainer in the world after Jacky Coogan. At 11 he was performing as a bandleader.