Radio Westerwolde proudly presents Toppyjazz 300 with Batida de Colónia, Mr. Chico Hamilton and Lena Horne.

We proudly presents the first cd from Batida de Colónia. A group with Thomas Berghaus and Anna Garden. They have a wonderful mix of Samba, Bossa Nova, Mambo and much more. We give 4 stars for this debut album.

Batida de Colónia - Friday I´m In Love from Büro.9 Music on Vimeo.

BATIDA DE COLONIA Second Mr. Chico Hamilton: we got a nice present from his manager and producer Jeffrey Caddick. We got one vinyl LP and two cd's. We will air them in about 4 weeeks. For now The Complete Pacific Recordings of Mr. Cico Hamilton. Third this week Lena Horne (1917-2010). Please celebrate this Toppyjazz number 300 with us!

Playlist :

01 - Intro Batida

02 - That's Entertainment - Batida de Colónia

03 - Barbara - Batida de Colónia

04 - Fisher in der Karibischen See - Batida de Colónia

05 - Acerola - Batida de Colónia

06 - In The Still Of the Night - Chico Hamilton

07 - Broadway - Chico Hamilton

08 - Blue Sands - Chico Hamilton

09 - Larry of Arabia - Chico Hamilton

10 - Cole Porter Medley - Lena Horne

11 - From This Moment On - Lena Horne

12 - How About You - Lena Horne

13 - Watch What Happens - Lena Horne/Gabor Szabo

14 - Yesterday When I Was Young -Lena Horne/Gabor Szabo

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Venus Records (part 2) (Toppyjazz 299)

This week we present many stars from the Japanese Venus Records label. Mostly Mr. Eddie Higgins. But also Tori Amos and Stanley Cowell.

Playlist :

01 - Satin Doll - Eddie Higgins (album Eddie Higgins)

02 - Summer Wind - Nicole Henry-Eddie Higgins (album Teach Me Tonight)

03 - Dance only With Me - Eddie Higgins (album You Don't Know What love Is)

04 - Love Is Not A Game - Meredith D'Ambrosio (album Love Is Not A Game)

05 - Night and Day - Edddie Higgins Quartet (album My Foolish Heart)

06 - Bonita - Eddie Higgins (album Speaking of Jobim)

07 - Bliss - Tori Amos (album To Venus and Back)

08 - Girl - Tori Amos (album To venus and Back)

09 - But Not For Me - Ken Peplowski Quartet (album Memories of You )

10 - La Mer - Gianni Basso & Renato Sellani (album Body and Soul)

11 - Dancers in Love - Stanley Cowell trio (album Dancers in Love)

12 - I Never Dreamed - Stanley Cowell trio (album Dancers in Love)

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Melanie Safka & Live at Maybeck Recital Hall (part 3)(Toppyjazz 298)

We got from one of our fans a box woth many LP's and CD's from female singer and guitar player Melanie Safka. So Woodstock is back for one evening. Furthermore a few albums from our series Concord recordings from Maybeck Recital Hall.

Playlist :

01 - My Beautiful People - Melanie Safka (single)

02 - Brand New Key - The Four Freshmen (album Live at Butler University)

03 - Look What They Done To My Song - Melanie Safka (album in Concert Live at Montreux)

04 - Candles In The Rain - Melanie Safka (album Candles In The Rain)

05 - Bud-Like - Kenny Baron (album Live at Maybeck vol. 10)

06 - Bluesette - Hank Jones (album Live at Maybeck vol. 16)

07 - Hello Young Lovers - Jaki Beard (album live at Maybeck vol. 17)

08 - Tuning My Guitar - Melanie Safka (album Replay)

09 - Mr. Tambourine Man - Melanie Safka (album Born To Be)

10 - Let It Be Me - Melanie Safka (album Phonogetic)

11 - Stableaates - Mike Wofford )album Live at Maybeck bol. 18)

12 - Some Other Time - Richie Beirach (album live at Maybeck vol. 19)

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Toppyjazz Standards Top 200 (part 16)(Toppyjazz 297)

This week part 16 from our Top 200 Jazz Standards numbers 151-160. Video : Marlene Dietrich with number 156 Sag Mir Adieu aka Time on My Hands. Playlist : 151 - Come Sunday - Gladys Knight (Duke Ellington) (album Before Me) 152 - I let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - The Skymasters (Duke Ellington-Henry Nemo) (album Dutch JAzz Giants 10) 153 - Lullaby Of Birdland - Julie Charnet (Shearing-Weiss) (album Is You Is) 154 - A Paper Moon - Bart van Lier (Arlen-Harburg-Rose) (album Bart's Bones) 155 - If I Could Be With You - Johnny Meyer/Dutch Swing College Band (Johnson-Creamer)(album Johnny Goes Dixie) 156 - Time On My Hands - Mark Murphy (Youmans-Anderson-Gordon) (album I'll Close My Eyes) 157 - Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea - Lita Roza (Arlen-Koehler)(album Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea) 158 - Nice Work If You Can Get It - Mark Bransfield (G & I Gerhswin) (album Night Time) 159 - The Song Is You - Mimi Fox (Kern-Hammerstein II) (album Perpetually Hip) 160 - I've Got You Under My Skin - Ginny Alvey (Cole Porter) (album In The Moment) Download : Toppyjazz 297