Results for "Henry Franklin"

Henry Franklin: Jazz Is Dead 14

by Chris May
September 25, 2022

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad's Jazz Is Dead label is a moveable feast when it comes to consistency. In its fourteen albums date, there have been some great ones, some not so great ones and a couple of duds. With bassist Henry Franklin, however, the label has come up with a blinder, its most satisfying ...

Bobby Bradford and Friends: Stealin' Home: Jackie Robinson Suite

by Chuck Koton
August 8, 2022

Born in Mississippi in 1934 and raised in Dallas, Texas, cornet master and composer Bobby Bradford knows racism and segregation. When asked if Texas was completely segregated, Bradford said, “If there's a word stronger than 'completely,' that was Texas." In spite of the hate and discrimination of everyday life in the Jim Crow South, Bradford and ...

Daggerboard & The Skipper: Daggerboard And the Skipper

by Dan McClenaghan
March 16, 2022

For those who think they can tell an album's sound by its cover, think again in the case of Daggerboard and The Skipper. That cover art seems to have come from the walls of an inner sanctum of a Pre-Columbian pyramid. So what kind of music will that be? It is hard to find ...

Renaissance In Blue

By Thisbe Vos

Label: Prime Productions
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. Raindrops (T. Vos) - 5:25; 2. Distinguished Gentlemen (T. Vos) - 3:03; 3. It’s Been A Long Time (T. Vos) - 3:48; 4. My Baby Just Cares For Me (W. Donaldson/G. Kahn) - 3:25; 5. I Want You To Be Free (T. Vos) - 3:13; 6. The Nearness Of You (H. Carmichael/N. Washington) - 4:12; 7. These Are The Things That I Love (T. Vos) - 3:26; 8. He Is Just That Way (T. Vos) - 3:14; 9. I’d Rather Be Crazy Than Be A Fool (T. Vos) - 4:38; 10. What A Difference A Day Made (M. Grever/S. Adams) - 2:43; 11. Carry On By (T. Vos) - 3:17; 12. You Ain’t Heard Nothing (T. Vos) - 2:24

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Montreux Through The Decades: Jazz Recordings, Part One

by Ian Patterson
June 27, 2016

To celebrate Montreux Jazz Festival's 50th edition in 2016, and as a posthumous tribute to the festival's founder, the late Claude Nobs, All About Jazz is launching a new column entitled Montreux Through the Decades, which will periodically present reviews of officially released live recordings from MJF, from its first edition in 1967 to the present. ...

A Jazzy Christmas

By Thisbe Vos

Label: Prime Productions
Released: 2015
Track listing: 1. Let It Snow (Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne) - 2:36; 2. It Must Be Christmas Time (Thisbe Vos) - 2:54; 3. It's Beginning To Snow (Thisbe Vos) - 2:46; 4. When Moonlight Has Hit The Town (Thisbe Vos) - 2:51; 5. I'd Like You For Christmas (Bobby Troup) - 3:28; 6. Christmas Is Everywhere (Thisbe Vos/Gary Matsumoto) - 2:13; 7. Baby It' Cold Outside(Frank Loesser) - 2:55; 8. Santa Baby (Joan Javits/Philip Springer) - 3:02; 9. Silver Bells (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans) - 3:46; 10. The Christmas Song (Robert Wells/Mel Tormé) - 4:59; 11. Jingle Bells (Traditional) - 3:15; 12. Deck The Halls (Traditional) - 3:35

Walking In The Sunshine

By Thisbe Vos

Label: Prime Productions
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1. Walking in the Sunshine (Thisbe Vos/Steve Rice) - 3:25; 2. In Love With You (Thisbe Vos/Gary Matsumoto) - 3:13; 3. I Don't Really Miss Him At All (Thisbe Vos) - 4:52; 4. Route 66 (Bobby Troup) - 3:53; 5. Love Me Tender (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley) - 4:20; 6. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter) - 3:21; 7. What A Wonderful World(Bob Thiele/George David Weiss) - 3:58; 8. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Fabian Andre/Wilbur Schwandt/Gus Kahn) - 3:49; 9. A Warm, Fuzzy Feeling (Thisbe Vos) - 2:13; 10. The Man I Love (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) - 4:39; 11. Midnight Reverie (Thisbe Vos) - 2:57; 12. Accentuate The Positive (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer) - 2:45

Under Your Spell

By Thisbe Vos

Label: Prime Productions
Released: 2013
Track listing: 1. Shanghai Blues (Thisbe Vos) - 2:29; 2. Under Your Spell (Thisbe Vos) - 5:02; 3. I Thought About You (Jimmy Van Heusen/ Johnny Mercer) - 3:26; 4. That's All Right With Me (Thisbe Vos) - 4:54; 5. I Need You (Thisbe Vos) - 3:29; 6. Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk/Bernie Hanighen) - 3:07; 7. He's A Tramp (Peggy Lee/Sonny Burke) - 2:56; 8. Now You Are Here (Thisbe Vos) - 4:50; 9. Just A Fool Over You (Thisbe Vos) - 4:29; 10. Rue de la Huchette (Thisbe Vos) - 3:35; 11. Always (Irving Berlin) - 5:14; 12. Ain't Misbehavin' (Fats Waller/Harry Brooks/ Andy Razaf) - 2:34

Azar Lawrence Quartet at the RG Club

by Chuck Koton
August 9, 2013

Azar Lawrence Quartet and Special GuestsRG ClubVenice, CANovember 2, 2012-July 21, 2013Venetians like to consider themselves among the hipper denizens of the Los Angeles area, yet remarkably, there hasn't been a Venice jazz club in over 20 years. And any neighborhood that aspires to “hipness" better be able to boast of ...