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Stan Kenton: Road Shows
by Jack Bowers
For younger readers: yes, there was a time long ago when large groups of talented jazz musicians traveled without respite from city to city and town to town, braving one-night stands or more night after night in (mostly) sold-out concert halls, dance halls, pavilions, nightclubs, schools and other venues. They were known as big bands, so ...
Relaunch Of Iconic 1950's Jazz Catalog, Bethlehem Records Announced By Verse Music Group & Naxos Of America
Classic Albums Will Be Restored & Remastered For CD, Digital, and 10” & 12” Vinyl Release First Reissue Set Debuts August 27, 2013 Bethlehem Records legacy is a lengthy discography that freshly and ambitiously captures and preserves an era of music, including West Coast Cool Jazz and East Coast Bop. Bethlehem Records roster of artists includes ...
Take Five With Kathy Sanborn
by AAJ Staff
Meet Kathy Sanborn:Kathy Sanborn is an American singer, pianist, producer and composer. Based in California, Sanborn has released four albums. Her latest jazz album, Six Degrees of Cool, has recently reached Amazon's MP3 Vocal Jazz Bestseller list. Sanborn's upcoming release, Sultry Night, is set to drop on September 2013.John Shelton Ivany of ...
Sings Gentle Bossa Nova
By Chris Connor
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2012
Track listing:
01. A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:30; 02. Downtown (Tony Hatch) - 2:14; 03. A Taste of Honey (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) - 3:09;
04. The Shadow of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:39; 05. Feeling Good (L. Bricusse) - 3:27; 06. Who Can I Turn To ((Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 1:56;
07. Can´t Get Over the Bossa Nova (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Marilyn Gins) - 2:40; 08. A Quiet Thing (John Kander, Fred Ebb) - 3:31;
09. Dear Heart (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) - 2:44; 10. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte (Mack David, Frank DeVol) - 2:15;
11. Baby, the Rain Must Fall (Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon) - 2:38; 12. Stranger on the Shore (Robert Mellin, Acker Bilk) - 2:45.
Roger Davidson Trio: We Remember Helen
by Dan Bilawsky
The music business holds claim to more than its share of selfish, self-promoting, greedy individuals who built their fortunes on the backs of others but, within its ranks also exist a certain class of individual that truly looks out for the best interests of the music and the people who make it. Helen Keane, by all ...
Kathy Kosins: To the Ladies of Cool
by C. Michael Bailey
Okay... first there came Kate McGarry's superb Girl Talk (Palmetto, 2012). Then Sara Gazarek followed her 2012 release with Triosence, Where Time Stands Still (Charleston Square) with Blossom &Bee (Palmetto, 2012). Now, vocalist Kathy Kosins follows up her excellent Mood Swings (Chiaroscuro, 2002) and inventive Vintage (Self Produced, 2005) with To the Ladies of Cool, a ...
Eyal Vilner Big Band: Introducing The Eyal Vilner Big Band
by Hrayr Attarian
Most contemporary big band music is either of the heavily arranged, progressive jazz variety or the light-swing, Glenn Miller orchestral type played mainly for the benefit of nostalgic dancers. It is therefore refreshing to hear an ensemble that embraces the exuberance of mid-20th Century large groups and simultaneously delivers a bop-ish and elaborate sound.
Kathy Kosins: To the Ladies of Cool
by Larry Taylor
Singers June Christy, Chris Connor, Anita O'Day and Julie London were prominent in the 1940s and '50s. Christy, O'Day and Connor all spent time with Stan Kenton's band, while the sultry London became a pinup as well as a big record seller. Popular with both jazz and pop fans, these singers could regularly be heard on ...
Chris Connor: Sings Gentle Bossa Nova
by AAJ Italy Staff
La Justin Time, emerita casa discografica canadese, ha tirato fuori dagli archivi un album della cantante Chris Connor, pubblicato nel 1965 dalla ABC-Paramount e prodotto allora da Ken Greenglass. Lei, bionda platinata e dalla voce irresistibilmente “cool," era uscita nel 1962 dalla scuderia Atlantic e dopo due album con la FM, codiretta dal suo manager Monte ...
Chris Connor Sings Gentle Bossa Nova
By Chris Connor
Label: Just A Memory
Released: 2011
Track listing: A Hard Day's Night; Downtown; A Taste Of Honey; The Shadow of Your Smile; Feeling Good; Who Can I Turn To; Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova; A Quiet Thing; Dear Heart; Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte; Baby the Rain Must Fall; Stranger On the Shore.
