Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Toppyjazz In Our Blue Canoe (Toppyjazz 558)


This week we paddle on our Toppyjazz river with another Blue Canoe release.This time from Hiroe Sekine. Hiroe is born in Japan, but plays the piano in the Los Angeles Area from 1993.
Er first 3 albums were excellent recordings. This new album Hiroe's Spirit must be another fine example from her mixture of jazz-classic and own writings. We give 4 stars for this album, thanks also to Mr. Russell Ferrante!
We have also:
Mark Turner (1965, Ohio) sax player.
U-Nam (1970, Paris) guitar
Patrice Rushen (1954, Los ANgeles) singer.
Adrian Younge (1978, Los Angeles) composer, arranger, multi instruments.
Susan Weinert (1965, Germany) guitar. (made more than 3000 recordings!!

Keep Jazzin' !

Playlist:
01 - I Hear A Rhapsody - Hiroe Sekine (album Hiroe's Spirit)
02 - Traumerei - Hiroe Sekine (album Hiroe's Spirit)
03 - Insensatez - Sant Andreu Jazz Band (album Jazzing 9 volume 1)
04 - What's New - Mark Turner & Gary Foster (album Mark Tuirner Meets Gary Foster)
05 - Before You Go Breezin' - U-Nam (album Weekend In L.A)
06 - Never Gonna Give You Up - Patrice Rushen (album The Best Of Patrice Rushen)
07 - Mack The Knife -  Stanley Clarke/ Ndugu Chancler/ Patrice Rushen (album Jazz Straight Up)
08 - Revence Is Sweet - Adrian Younge (album Twelve Reasons To Die)
09 - Eisblume - Susan Weinert (album Beyond The Rainbow)
Download :Toppyjazz 557

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Simon Nabatov & 3 times Sara (Toppyjazz 557)


That was a fantastic concert from Mr. Simon Nabatov in the Amsterdan Bimbuis we aired on Toppyjazz 554.
Therefore this week a couple of new recordings from Simon Nabatov. all of them recorde at the Köln Jazzclub Loft.
Three times Sara is :
Sara K. (Sara Katherine Wooldridge, 1956, Dallas, Texas)
Sara Tavares (1978, Lissabon, Portugal)
Sara Gazarek (1982, Seattle)
(Bonus Sara Leib (1981,os Angeles ) singer

and we have
Luc Houtkamp (1953, Den Haag) composer and saxplayer.
Martin Blume (1956, Arnsberg, Germany) drums
Matthias Schubert (1960, Kassel, Germany) saxplayer
Oguz Büyükberber (1970, Turkye) multi instruments.
Josh Nelson (1978, California) piano.

Keep Jazzin'!
Download : Toppyjazz 557

Playlist:
01 - Slip Away - Simon Nabatov/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway (album Luminous)
02 - Horse I Used To Ride - Sara K. (album Play On Words)
03 - Bumping - Luc Houtkamp/Simon Nabatov/Martin Blume (album Encounters)
04 - I've Got A Song In My Heart - Sara Tavares (album Min Ma Bo)
05 - Delusion - Matthias Schubert & Simon Nabatov (album Descriptions)
06- Joline _ Sara Gazarek (album Thirsty Ghost)
07 - Atempause - Simon Nabatov & Oguz Büyükberber (album Wobble Strata)
08 - Don't Know You From Somewhere - Sara K. (album Made In The Shade)
09 - Sunny Side Of The Street - Sara Gazarek & Josh Nelson (album Dream In The Blue)
10 - Ginga - Sara Tavares (album Fitzadu)
bonus :
11 - It Could Happen To You - Sara Leib (album It's Not The Moon)

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

'Tis Autumn (Toppyjazz 556)

Toppyjazz is in full autumn swing with everything you want for October this year.
So we start with our good frine Joop Visser and his song Herfst(Autumn).
By the way : Greetings from Jessica van Noord!
All other musicians see our playlist.
Keep Jazzin'.

Playlist :
01 - Herfst - Joop Visser (album Best seller-1976)
02 - Autumn Leaves - Jacintha Abisheganaden (album Autumn Leaves)
03 - Autumn In New York - Oscar Peterson Trio (album Oscar Peterson at Newport)
04 - When October Goes - Lea Salonga (album Inspired)
05 - When Fall Comes To New England - Cheryl Wheeler (album Driving Home)
06 - October Odyssey - Liesbeth List & Rod McKuen (album Two Against The Morning)
07 - Autumn To May - Peter, Paul and Mary (album Peter, Paul and Mary)
08 - Herbstgewitter über Dächern - Reinhard Mey (album Mein achtel Lorbeerblatt)
09 - Theme From Autumn - Stan Kenton (album Live at Butler University)
10 - One Could Have Loved - Gary McFarland & Steve Kuhn (album The October Suite)
11 - Thirteen - Gabor Szabo & Kati Kovacs (album In Budapest)
Toppyjazz 556

STEVE KUHN SPECIAL (Toppyjazz 227)

De op 24 maart 1938 in Brooklyn geboren pianist STEVE KUHN is het thema van deze week bij TOPPYJAZZ.  Wij lopen zijn muzikale loopbaan door ...