DIHANN CARROLL: Tribute To Ethel Waters (jazz vinyl LP)

Release Date: 1990-07-10, Audio CD, Delta

Release Date: 2010-01-25, Audio CD, Max Cat Records

A trio of jazz performances -- material by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae -- all pulled from the production archives of Sonny Lester! The package is a bit short on notes, which means that we can't tell you the date of the material -- but all if it's pretty groovy, that update of older jazz modes that Lester first started bringing to his work in the late 60s. Titles include ''I Fall In Love Too Easily'', ''All The Things You Are'', ''You Are The Sunshine Of My Life'', and ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'' by Carmen McRae; ''Embraceable You'', ''Misty'', ''Lover Man'', and ''I Had A Ball'' by Sarah Vaughan; and ''I Won't Dance'', ''That Old Black Magic'', ''Cabaret'', and ''I Love You Madly'' by Ella Fitzgerald.

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2009 debut solo release from My Morning Jacket leader Jim James. Tribute To... is a collection of George Harrison songs that James recorded back in 2001, a few days after Harrison had passed away. The tracks were recorded on his cousin John's "ol faithful" Fostex 8 track reel-to-reel. Features 'Long Long Long', 'My Sweet Lord', 'All Things Must Pass' and more..

VINYL LP! CUTOUT! Esquire's All-American Hot Jazz! Features Louis Armstrong, Barney Bigard, Don Byas, Harry Carney, Buck Clayton, Johnny Collins, Vic Dickenson, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Chubby Jackson, J. J. Johnson, Barney Kessel, Remo Palmier, Charley Shavers, Billy Strayhorn, Jack Teagarden, Dave Tough, Shadow Wilson & Teddy Wilson. Tracks: A1. Long Long Journey - Esquire's All-American 1946 Award Winners; A2. Gone With the Wind - Esquire's All-American 1946 Award Winners; A3. Snafu - Esquire's All-American 1946 Award Winners; A4. Buckin' The Blues - Esquire's All-American Award Winners; A5. Indiana Winter - Esquire's All-American Award Winners; A6. Indian Summer - Esquire's All-American Award Winners; A7. Blues After Hours - Jack Teagarden's Big Eight; B1. Blues For Yesterday - Louis Armstrong And His Hot Six; B2. Jumping For Jane - Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra; B3. Angel Face - Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra; B4. Spotlite - Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars; B5. Low Flame - Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars; B6. From Dixieland To Be-Bop - Lucky Thompson And His Lucky Seven; B7. Just One More Chance - Lucky Thompson And His Lucky Seven; & B8. Boulevard Bounce - Lucky Thompson And His Lucky Seven.

2009 debut solo release from My Morning Jacket leader Jim James. Tribute To... is a collection of George Harrison songs that James recorded back in 2001, a few days after Harrison had passed away. The tracks were recorded on his cousin John's "ol faithful" Fostex 8 track reel-to-reel. Features 'Long Long Long', 'My Sweet Lord', 'All Things Must Pass' and more..

The French horn has a surprising history in jazz that is overshadowed by so-called "traditional" jazz instruments. Fortunately, key individuals saw the potential (as opposed to the limitations) of the instrument in jazz, and demonstrated that, when given the chance, the horn could participate as an equal. It took outstanding performers, like Julius Watkins, John Graas, David Amram, Willie Ruff, and later Tom Varner, John Clark, Vincent Chancey, Arkady Shilkloper, and many more, to show that the horn could fulfill this potential, and this recording is certainly inspired by and dedicated to them. It is also a tribute to all performers, bandleaders, composers, and arrangers who saw the value of including the horn in jazz settings. This recording is also a tribute to Central Washington University's strong jazz program. Its collaborative attitude among faculty, students, and alumni is represented on this recording. Jeffrey Snedeker has taught at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, since 1991. As a performer, Jeff has been featured at conferences of the International Horn Society, Historic Brass Society, Northwest Horn Society, Washington Music Educators Association, among others, has played concertos, recitals, and natural horn and jazz gigs all over the US, and in Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Finland, Taiwan, South Africa, and Australia. He has released two solo CDs, has over 50 publications on various topics, and has also been featured on recordings of the works of Douglas Hill and Lowell Shaw. His jazz credits include a critically-acclaimed solo CD, First Times, side work with Tom Gause and the CWU Faculty Jazz Ensemble, featured solos with the CWU Jazz Band I, and performances as a featured jazz soloist at conferences of the International Horn Society, Northwest Horn Society, Jazz in the Valley Festival, the Call of the Wild Festival, and other places that are open to jazz horn

Reimagine Music To Release 1000 Limited Edition Vinyl LPs of Dylan Tribute:Due to the success of digital download of 'Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute To Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' Reimagine Music will be releasing numbered 1000 limited edition Vinyl LPs.The album includes some of the most celebrated indie artists on the scene today including The Morning Benders, Mirah, Castanets, Asobi Seksu, Peter Moren (of Peter Bjorn & John), Helio Sequence and additional download card that includes bonus tracks by William Fitzsimmons, J. Tillman (of Fleet Foxes), Sea Wolf and others, as well as a digital booklet with liner notes by rock historian Simon Warner.On its original release, ''Bringing It All Back Home, '' was a delicious and challenging step into the unknown, a platter that carried Dylan from the cultish fringes to the popular mainstream. Released in March 1965, it hit #1 on the UK charts and was his first Top 10 album in the US. Dylan's song writing clearly stepped up a gear with this album simultaneously presenting a caustic cocktail of spiky emotions and an outpouring of angst that in many ways, signaled the end of that Greenwich Village coffee house career.'Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute To Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' was produced by Jim Sampas whose work includes recent Billboard Heatseeker #1 album ''Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur (Atlantic Records) and This Bird Has Flown: A Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul (Razor & Tie) w/ Sufjan Stevens, Ted Leo, Fiery Furnaces, Low and others.On choosing artists for the album Jim said, ''Dylan's original album inspired The Beatles and so many other artists, to change their whole perspective on songwriting. It was also his moment of ''going electric'' with a full band on side one, a bold approach that caused quite a stir within the folk community. In selecting these artists, I've sought out people whose music also pushe

Two Men with the Blues is no more a jazz album than a blues album. It's neither jazz returning home, nor blues wandering out. What Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis have created is a compilation of jump-blues standards with arrangements that compliment both genres. While most of the album is careful not to take itself too seriously, there are a few tracks that seem to plod on for ages. The live set kicks off with the upbeat "Bright Lights, Big City, " on which Marsalis' horn is crisp and full. "Ain't Nobody's Business" and "Basin Street Blues" are arranged slower than better known versions but still fit the album's context. Nelson and Marsalis's take on "Stardust" comes off as a bit too "Sinatra" for Nelson's thin vocal, while "Georgia on My Mind" just doesn't work at all. Still, the things that work, work well. "Night Life" and "Rainy Day Blues" are particular stand-outs, and "Caldonia" is a faithful homage to the Louis Jordan original--minus Jordan's screaming punch line, of course. The album ends riding high on the last song, "That's All, " with its straight-out-of-a-New-Orleans-Baptist-church feel. Both Nelson and Marsalis are notorious for collaborating with other artists. Therefore, it seems only natural that they've found themselves on a project together. Overall, this set is well worth the wait. --Eric C.P. Martin People en Español Aunque a primera vista un dúo entre Willie Nelson y Wynton Marsalis suena como una combinación extraña, la realidad es que Two Men with the Blues es un disco bastante interesante. El álbum fue grabado el 12 y 13 de enero de 2008 en dos actuaciones en el famoso Jazz at Lincoln Center en Nueva York. No se puede negar que por momentos Willie Nelson parece un poco perdido el dentro del jazz, pero también demuestra el por qué es una leyenda de la música en canciones como "Caledonia" y "Georgia on My Mind, " ambas interpretadas de forma espectacular. Quizá este no sea el mejor disco de Blues, Jazz o Country del año, pero sin duda es una adquisición obligatoria para los fanáticos tanto de Nelson y Marsalis. Además hay que decir que el sonido del álbum es magnífico, muchos músicos sueñan con sonar así dentro de un estudio. --Ernesto Sánchez (People en Español )