Italian Jazz (Toppyjazz 498)

This week we dig in the Italian Jazz Scene.
 Starring : Nicola Conte & ... Die Falschen Freunde
Nailah Porter & Till Bronner
Chiara Civello
 Stefania Dipierro
 Ivan Lins
Eraldo Volontè
 Maria Moris.
 Playlist :
 01 - Dort - Die Falschen Freunde (album Mastering The Art)
02 - Love From The Sun - Nailah Porter & Till Bronner (album Love & Revolution)
03 - Paper Clouds - Chiara Civello (album Rituals)
04 - Bossa Per Due - Nicola Conte (album Bossa Per Due)
05 - Jola - Nicola Conte & Stefania Dipierro (album Natural)
06 - The Meaning Of Love - Nicola Conte & Stefania Dipierro (album Natural)
07 - Maybe One Day - Ivan Lins & Chiara Civello (album Inventario Incontra)
08 - Stella D'a Mia - Ivan Lins & Maria Pia de Vito (same album )
09 - Noctambule - Eraldo Volontè (album Impressions By Night)
10 - Spontaneous - Eraldo Volontè (album Safari)
11 - Safari - Maria Moris & Eraldo Volontè (album Safari)
12 - You Are A Weaver Of Dreams - Eraldo Volntè (album My Point Of View)

Caecilie Norby & Lars Danielsson by Toppyjazz 497

This is the start of the eleventh year of TOPPYJAZZ!

We have a little party with  TOPPYJAZZ 500 SHOW on October 2017.

This week Caecilie Norby (1964, Frederiksberg, Denmark) & Lars Danielsson.(1958, Sweden)
Also Elisabeth Melander (1957, Boden, Sweden)

Playlist :
01 - Wild Is The Wind - Caecilie Norby (album Caecilie Norby)
02 - Newborn Broken - Caecilie Norby (album Queen Of Bad Excuses)
03 - Midnight Sun - Caecilie Norby (album First Coversation)
04 - The Rules Of The Road - Caecilie Norby (album London-Paris-Live)
05 - Women Of Santiago - Caecilie Norby (album Arabesque)
06 - Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Caecilie Norby (album Silent Ways)
07 - Sarabande - Caecilie Norby & Lars Danielsson (album Just The Two Of Us)
08 - J.C. Hymn- Lars Danielsson (album New Hands)
09 - Liberetto - Lars Danielson (album Rolf Liebermann Studio Hamburg)
10 - One Insight - Elisabeth Melander (album Reflections Of A Voice)
11 - A Song Of Joy - Elisabeth Melander (same album)
12 - Taksim By Night - Lars Danielsson (album Liberetto III)

JAPO Records(part 2) (Toppyjazz 496)

Welcome back by Toppyjazz with this week part two about Jazzby Post aka Japo Records.

Playlist :
01 - Reason - Tom van der Geld (1947, Boston, USA) (album Children At Play)
02 - Sola - Enrico Rava (1939, Triest, Italy)- (album Quotation Marks)
03 - Lock - Magog/Hans Kennel (1939, Schwyz) (album Magog)
04 - Karpfenteich - OM (1972,Zürich)/Urs Leimgruber(1952, Luzern)(album Kirikuki)
05 - For Marianne - Manfred Schoof Quintet (1936, Magdeburg)(album Scales)
06 - Violin Suite - Glen Moore(1941, Postland,Oregon) & Larry Karush(1946-2013) (album May 26,1976)
07 - Daybreak - Herbert Joos (album Daybreak: The Dark Side of Twilight)
08 - Borkenkind - Stephan Micus (1953, Stuttgart) (album Implosions)
09 - Derek Was only A Bairn - Ken Hyder (1946, Scotland)(album Land Of Stone)
Download : Toppyjazz 496

When Harry Meets Johnny (Toppyjazz 495)

This week meets singer Harry Connick jr.(1967, New Orléans) alt sax player Johnny Hodges (1907-1970).
We pick the best of all 34 recordings of Harry we have in stock. Last part of our program is for Johnny Hodges.
Playlist :
01 - It Had To Be You - Harry Connick jr (album When Harry Met Sally)
02 - More - Harry Connick jr. (album Only You)
03 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius - Harry Connick jr. (album Songs I Heard)
04 - Take her To The Mardi Gras - Harry Connick jr. (album In Concert On Broadway)
05 - That Would Be Me - Harry Connick jr. (album That Would Be Me)
06 - Honey Bunny - Johnny Hodges (album Perdido + Creamy)
07 - Just Another Day - Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges (album The Complete 1960 Cellar Session)
08 - Blue Hodge - Jonnny Hodges (album Blue Hodges)
09 - Basin Street Blues - Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges (album Back To Back)
10 - Dreary Days - Johnny Hodges & Lalo Schifrin (album Buenes Aires Blues)
Download : Toppyjazz 495

Capitol Jazz (part 9) (Toppyjazz 494)

For so far ,this will be the final program about Capitol Records. We made it through the best we found fromCapitol Records in the last 10 years.
This week we end with :
 Bob Cooper (1925-1993)
Mel Tormé (1925-1999)
 Howard Roberts(1929-1992)
 June Hutton (1920-1973)
 Anita O'Day (1919-2006)
Bob Manning (1926-1997)
 Billy Eckstine (1914-1993)
 Dave Pell (1925-2017)
 George Shearing (1919-2011)
 Ray Anthony (1922)
 Milt Bruckner (1915-1977)
 Marion Montgomery (1934-2002)
Playlist :
01 - Tongue Twister - Bob Cooper (album Shifting Winds)
 02 - A Stranger in Town - Mel Torme (album The Capitol Rarities)
 03 - The In Crowd - Howard Roberts (album All-Time Great Instrumental Hits)
 04 - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - June Hutton (album Great Ladies Of Song)
 05 - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Anita O'Day (album Great Ladies Of Song)
 06 - P.S. I Love You - Bob Manning (album Great Gentlemen Of Song)
 07 - I Want A Little Girl - Billy Eckstine (album Great Gentlemen Of Song)
 08 - Naps's Dream - Dave Pell Octet (album I Had The Craziest Dream)
 09 - Call Me Irresponsible - George Shearing (album Here and Now)
10 - Here's That Rainy Day - Ray Anthony (album Dancing Alone Together)
11- Lullaby Of The Leaves - Milt Buckner (album Send Me Softly)
12 - Hurt So Bad - Trombones Unlimited (album Big Boss Bones!)
13 - The Man I Love - Marion Montgomery (album Nice & Easy)
Download :Toppyjazz 494

Summer Toppyjazz Mix (Toppyjazz 493)

This week we dig into the series The Super Audio Sound of Linn Records.
Another SACD sound comes from The Absolute Sound series.
Furthermore we have singer Youn Sun Nah(1969) from South Korea, Karrin Allyson (1963, Kansas) and Dave Bass(1950, Ohio).
We close with a wonderful sax player Helmut Brandt /1931, Berlin- 2001-Stuttgart).
Sonorama had a beautiful project Spree Coast Jazz. We give 5 stars for this issue!
Playlist :
01 - Georgia On My Mind - Martin Taylor (album Linn Records Multichannel SACD)
02 - Barangrill - Ian Shaw (album The Super Audio Surround Collection vol. 2)
03 - Painting By Numbers - Judith Owen (album Linn Records Super Audio Surround Sampler 3)
04 - Love Hurts - Strengemusikken (album The Absolute Sound 2003)
05 - My Favorite Things - Youn Sun Nah (album Same Girl )
06 - Too Late - Youn Sun Nah (album She Moves On)
07 - The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Karrin Allyson (album Many A New Day)
08 - Lost Valentine - Dave Bass & Karrin Allyson (album NYC Sessions)
09 - Dark Eyes - Dave Bass (album NYC Sessions)
10 - Trifi - Helmut Brandt Orchestra (album Spree Coast Jazz )
11 - Fotoalbum - Helmut Brandt Orchestra (album Spree Coast Jazz)
Download : Toppyjazz 493

Iiro Rantala Special (Toppyjazz 492)

We thought there are no or less Finnish jazz musicians: but what about pianoplayer Iiro Rantala?
He was born in Helsinki ,1970.
Reading his biography we were stunned. His work :
Trio Toykeät 1988-2006.
5 music schools.
Musicals, filmmusic, tvmusic and many classical concerts. BRAVO!
We pick the best out of his discography
Playlist:
 01 - Out Of Tune - Trio Toykeät (album G'Day)
 02 - Let Me In - Big Bad Family (album Big Bad Family)
 03 - Happy Hour - Trio Toykeät (album One night In Tampere)
 04 - Caravan - Iiro Rantala (album My History Of Jazz)
 05 - Singing In The Rain/Somewhere Over The Rainbow Iiro Rantala (album Studio 1 Halberg 2013)
 06 - Announcement Iiro Rantala (WDR 2 Jazzfest 2014
 07 - Freedom - Power Trio (wolfgang Haffner/Lars Danielsson/Iiro Rantala)
 08 - Finlandia - Jukka Perko & Iiro Rantala (album It Takes Two To Tango)
 09 - Tears For Esbjörn - Berlin Philharmonic V (album Lost Hero)
 10 - Imagine - Berlin Philharmonic V (same album)
Download :Toppyjazz 492

TOPPYJAZZ DOWNLOADS 2017.

We found some typical Toppyjazz downloads for our TOPPYJAZZ fans: ALL RADIO SHOWS From 2007-2017 are still available for download (without the first 2 minutes Dutch News!) write to toppyjazz@t-online.de

DOWNLOADS:

Nat Peck Tu Parles trop 

Svend Asmussen & Horst Jankowski Classics album
Paul Cacia - Tribute To Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton - Kenton Wagner & Stan'Dart Kenton
Shirley Scott/Gary McFarland-Latin Shadows
Tony Kinsey- Time Gentlemen Please
Linda Kosut: 2014 - Interview album Linda Kosut Sings Johnny Green
 Download
LINDA KOSUT INTERVIEW 2009 part 1
LINDA KOSUT INTERVIEW 2009 part 2

Teddi King - Bidin' My Time
Toppyjazz 01-2007
Toppyjazz 02-2007
Toppyjazz 03-2007
Toppyjazz 71-2009- Cees Mentink (Leidse Jazz Week)
Toppyjazz 72-2009- Cees Mentink (Leidse Jazz geschiedenis)
Toppyjazz 73-2009- Cees Mentink Muziekjournalist
Toppyjazz 86-2009 -
Toppyjazz 177-2011 (Volle Maan 1)
Swing Tanzen Verboten download
Toppyjazz 327
Toppyjazz 328
Toppyjazz 458-2016 Volle Maan 2
Jazz In Paris : Catalogue Catalogue
Jazz In Paris Sampler Sampler
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Vive La France (part 9)(Toppyjazz 491)

This week we have , for this year , the last part of our Vive La France 2017 series. Next year we continue with the rest of the Polygram Master Series.
Playlist :
01 - Brezhoneg'raok - Alan Stivell (1944)
02 - San Salvador - Bernard Lavilliers (st. Etienne,1946)
03 - L'ocomotive d'or - Claude Nougaro (1929-2004)
04 - La fuite - Georges Chelon (Marseille, 1943)
05 - N'y pense plus, tout est bien - Hugues Aufrey (1929)
06 - Zorba - Melina Mercouri (1920-1994)
07 - Brooklyn By The Sea - Mort Shuman New York,1936- Paris,1991)
08 - Mamy Blue - Nicoletta Grisoni (1944)
09 - L'ere de la putrefaction - Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes (Lyon,1941)
Download :Toppyjazz 491

Vive La France (part 8) (Toppyjazz 490)

Deze week alweer het einde van de Ronde van Frankrijk, maar wij gaan nog 2 weken door met onze serie Vive La France, die deze maand gevoed wordt door de Polygram Master series.
Playlist :
01 - C'est la faute a Dylan - Alain Bashung (1947-2009)
02 - Aline - Christophe (Daniel Bevilacqua, 1945)
03 - Envoyez la musique _ Daniel Guichard (Paris, 1948)
04 - De musique en musique - Enrico Macias (Algerije, 1938)
05 - Wally noule Noire - Francois Feldman (1958)
06 - Cent mille chansons - Frida Boccara (1940-1996)
07 - Les bourgois - Jacques Brel (Schaarbeek, 1929- Bobigny,1978)
08 - Lolita Go Home - Jane Birkin (London,1946)
09 - Je vis la vie que j'ai choisie - Mike Brant (Cyprus,1947- Paris,1975)
10 - Manuel - Yves Simon (1944)
11 - La chansonnette - Yves Montand (1921-1991)
12 - Zo heerlijk rustig - Wim Sonneveld (1917,1974)
13 - Mon coeur - Alain Barriere (1935)
14 - Tu t'en vas - Alain Barriere & Noelle Cordier
15 - Poses blaches de Corfou - Nana Mouskouri (1934)
16 - Paisir d'amour - Nana Mouskouri & Charles Aznavour
Download : Toppyjazz 490

Vive La France (part 7)(Toppyjazz 489)

We continue our series of the best French musicians from the Polygram Master Series.

Playlist :
01 - Papa chanteur - Jean-Luc LaHaye (Paris, 1952)
02 - Je suis come je suis - Juliette Gréco (Montpellier, 1927)
03 - Peppermint Twist - Les Chausettes noires (1959-1964)
04 - Barbara - Marcel Mouloudji (1922-1994)
05 - Non comment - Serge Gainsbourg ( 1928-1991)
06 - Mean woman blues - Vince Taylor (1939-1991)
07 - Funérailles d'antan - Georges Brassens (1921-1981)
08 - La chasse - Henri Tachan (Moulins, 1939)
09 - Franky & Johnny - Paul Personne (Argenteuil, 1949)
10 - Ma petite fille de reve - Jean-Michel Caradec (1949-1981)
11 - Laisse béton - Renaud (Renaud Peirre Manuel Séchan)(Paris, 1952)
12 - Je suis malade - Serge Lama (Bordeaux,1943)
13 - Femme,femme,femme - Serge Lama
14 - Les loups sont entres dans Paris - Serge Reggiani (1922-2004)

Vive La France (part 6) (Toppyjazz 488)

July 2017 one whole month with only French Musician' s on Toppyjazz.
We picked the best of the Polygram Master Series volume 1-5.
All the info about artists on our program.

Playlist :
01 - Adeline - Gérard Blanchard
02 - L'etranger - Graeme Allwright
03 - Ich Liebe dich Marlene - Guy Marchand
04 - Capri c'est fini - Hervé Vilard
05 - La Parisienne - Marie-Paule belle
06 - Pour Un Flirt - Michel Delpech
07 - Lady Night - Patrick Juvet
08 - Excalibur - William Sheller
09 - Touchez pas a la mer - Antoine
10 - Comme d'habitude - Claude Francois
11 - Vivre ou survivre - Daniel Balavoine
12 - Ma France - Jean Ferrat


Download :Toppyjazz 488

Boogie Woogie Time by Toppyjazz 487

This week one hour Boogie Woogie Time by Toppyjazz with:
Axel Zwingenberger
Pia Beck
Marylin Scott
Miller Sextet.

Playlist:
01 - Get Up Them Stairs - Pia Beck (single)
02 - I'm Feeling Blue At The Blue Note - Pia Beck (album Cafe Amsterdam)
03 - Beer Bottle Boogie - Marylin Scott (blues singer)
04 - Honky Tonky Train Blues - Axel Zwingenberger (album Boogie Woogie Breakdown)
05 - Jazzland Blues - Zwingenberger Bros (album Boogie Woogie Bros)
06 - St. Louis Boogie Blues - Axel Zwingenberger (album Boogie Back To New York City)
07 - Barbecue Boogie Woogie - Axel Zwingenberger & Big Jay McNeely (album Saxy Boogie Woogie)
08 - St. Louis Blues - Axel Zwingenberger & Lila Ammons (album Lady Sings The Boogie Woogie)
09 - Sympathy For The Drummer - Axel Zwingenberger (album The Magic Of Boogie Woogie)
10 - Route 66 - Axel Zwingenberger (album Live in Paris)
11 - Beat Me Pia, Eight To The Bar - Pia Beck &  Eddy Doorenbos (album Best of The Pia Beck Trio)
12 - Sweet Georgia Brown - Miller Sextet  (album Gone 1945-1961)
13 - Coquette - Miller Sextet (same album)
Download :Toppyjazz 487

Dutch Jazz 2017 (Toppyjazz 486)

This week only Dutch musicians on Toppyjazz.
Again the surprise of Toppyjazz 481 : singer Simone Honijk.
Simone sent us 2 more albums which you hear  on the end of the program.
First 2 more tracks of From This Moment On, the surprisingly good new cd from Simone Honijk.
Furthermore the cd Sessions from Ben van den Dungen and The Joris Posthumus Group with some bad boys from Tokyo!

Playlist :
01 - Astronout - Simone Honijk (album From This Moment On)
02 - The Healing - Simone Honijk (album From This Moment On)
03 - Two Sessions 2 - Ben van den Dungen (album 2 Sessions)
04 - Situation On Easy Street - Ben van den Dungen (album 2 Sessions)
05 -One Eyed Felix - Joris Posthumus Group (album Tokyo's Bad Boys)
06 - Tokyo's Bad Boys - Joris Posthumus Group (album Tokyo's Bad Boys)
07 - Fair Weather - Simone Honijk (album Mosaic)
08 - Interplay - Simone Honijk & Bert van den Brink (album Interplay)
09 - Groovin' High - Scott Hamilton & Rein de Graaff Trio (album Live At The Jazz Room)
Download :Toppyjazz 486

Encore.....Toppyjazz (part 11) (Toppyjazz 481)

Once a year we look back at former Toppyjazz programs and supply extra information about some musician's.
First all the time to repeat  Christoph Neuhaus and My Foolish Heart, we missed it in Toppyjazz 471!
Second excuses to Nueva Manteca, their cd Crime was lost somewhere in our studio.
Very nice cd with music to "Murder By".
Only what has "America" from West Side Story to do with Crime?
Why not pick The Rumble from their cd "Latin Tribute to West Side Story" ?
We air another cd from Ben van Dungen. We love his project New York Round Midnight.
4 stars for this project!
Two more fantasticd cd's : 1.Listening To You from our friend Judy Niemack.
Judy it was nice to meet you in Groningen (Holland).

2. Simone Honijk comes from Alkmaar, Holland.
 She started singing at 38! We got 3 cd's from her. (2 cd's next month)
Just out her cd From This Moment On with a very good backing group from leader/pianist Dirk Balthaus. Just sit and enjoy 60 minutes these fantastic musician's!
Playlist :
01 - My Foolish Heart - Christoph Neuhaus (album Matter of Three)
02 - America - Nueva Manteca (album Crime!)
03 - Blues In The Night - New York Round Midnight Project (Ben van den Dungen)
04 - Tengo Tango - New York Round Midnight Project (Ben van den Dungen)
05 - Little Red Rooster - Guy Davis (album Kokomo Kid)
06 - Trip To Brazil - Luiz Henrique (album Coffee Time Jazz)
07 - Harlem Nocturne - Sylvia Brooks (album Dangerous Liaisons)
08 - All The Things You Are - Judy Niemack (album Listening To You)
09 - Listening To You - Judy Niemack (album Listening To You)
10 - From This Moment On - Simone Honijk (album From This Moment On)
11 - Dienda - Simone Honijk (album From This Moment On)
Download : https://app.box.com/s/ph04d2j68b7v8cmai4bg372m2fpbdrnh