Brad Mehldau & Jennifer Rush (Toppyjazz 342)

This week we make a choice out of 14 albums from Brad Mehldau (1970, Jacksonville, fla) and 18 albums from Jennifer Rush (1960, New York). 

 We wonder about the strange name of the number "Just Call Ne Nige".

 Some months ago there was a giant incident about a BBC worker playing an old song with "nigger" in it.

 But perhaps Brad , the name has nothing to do with that ?

 Here's a fine video of Jennifer Rush :

 

  Playlist: 

 01 - For All We Know - Art of The Trio (album The Art of The Trio, vol 3)

 02 - Franklin Avenue - Brad Mehldau (album Largo)

 03 - The Falcon Will Fly Again - Brad Mehldau (album Highway Rider) 

 04 - Just Call Me Nige - Mark Guiliana & Brad Mehldau (album Taming The Dragon) 

 05 - The Power of Love - Jennifer Rush (album Jennifer Rush) 

 06 - Flames of Paradise - Jennifer Rush & Elton John (album Heart Over Mind)

 07 - The Last Day of Summer - Jennifer Rush (album Classics) 

 08 - Ave Maria - Jennifer Rush - (album Stronghold cd1) 

 09 - Betcha Never - Jennifer Rush (album Now Is The Hour) 

 10 - Open Them Gates - Heidi Stern (album Heidi Stern)

Dutch Jazz (part 2) (Toppyjazz 341)

This week only Dutch and Belgian musicians at Toppyjazz Radio Show.

 First sax player Ben van Gelder and Caroll Vanwelden with guitar player Dirk van de Linden.

 We love to have The Jan Molenaar Big Band with us this week.

 I met Jan Molenaar several times, he's a wonderful musician.( Sadly Jan Molenaar passed away 21 january 2021).

(Willeke van Montfoort his wife died 21 september 2023)

 But the band is going on with the new leader Loet van der Lee! 

Furthermore we have Nina Ebbenhout, Vonder & Bloom (Nina please do something about that irritant piano), Henny Vonk & Tony Vos. Henny Vonk lived from 1937-2025)

 Playlist :

 01 - Frame of Reference - Ben van Gelder (album Frame of Reference)

 02 - It's Only A Papermoon - Caroll Vanwelden & Dirk van de Linden (album Cheek to Cheek) 

 03 - Them There Eyes - Caroll Vanwelden & Dirk van de Linden (album Cheek to Cheek) 

 04 - Prime Time - Jan Molenaar Big Band (album Main Street) 

 05 - Route 66 - Jan Molenaar Big Band with Willeke van Montfoort (album Main Street) 

 06 - Both Sides Now - Nina Ebbenhout (album When We Kiss) 

 07 - Brilliance of You - Vonder & Bloom (album Simple Peace of Mind) 

 08 - Early Morninglight - Vonder & Bloom (album Simple Peace of Mind)

 09 - Up, Up and Away - Henny Vonk (album Vonk First) 

 10 - Een Zwoele Zotte Zomer - Tony Vos 

 11 - Mad About The Boy - Henny Vonk (album Vonk First) 

 12 - A Tribute To Someone - Henny Vonk (album Rerootin' ) 

 13 - Souvenir - Tony Vos (album Cool Jazz From Holland) 

 14 - Who Knows Why - Greetje Kauffeld & Tony Vos

   

 In de band from Jan Moolenaar he had sax player Barry Block from California, he was several times in Amsterdam,.

 I met Barry Block on a rehearsel from the band at Wormerveer. He told me he was born 16 april 1948 at Glendale cal..

 A very nice guy. (Barry died 21 april 2017).

 

Stan Kenton Alumni (Toppyjazz 340)

This week we're starting with the wonderfull recordings from Woofy Productions LINK.

 They are specialised in West Coast Jazz  and Stan Kenton Alumni. 

 Great stuff with Giants like Carl Fontana (1928-2003), Conte Candoli (1927-2001), Bill Holman (1927-2024) and Lennie Niehaus (1929-2020). 

(picture Bill Holman & Herman van der Meij -2007 at the Bimhuis Amsterdam- @Trudy van der Meij)

The second part of this week is for bass player Joe Mondragon(1920-1987). Joe was a difficult guy, Always claiming he was the only REAL American everywhere he was playing.

Playlist :

 01 - Emily - Carl Fontana & Conte Candoli Quintet (album Complete Phoenix Recordings volume 2)

 02 - Centerpiece - Carl Fontana & Conte Candoli (album Complete Phoenix Recordings volume 4)

 03 - Darn That Dream - Bill Holman & Conte Candoli (album Live at The Royal Palms Inn)

 04 - East of The Sun - Carl Fontana & John Fedchock Quintet ( album Live at Cappozoli's )

 05 - I Wish I Knew - Carl Fontana & Arno Marsh (album Live at Cappozoli's volume 3) 

 06 - Alone Together - Lennie Niehaus Octet (album Sunday Afternoons at the Lighthouse Cafe)

 07 - The Lady's In Love With You - Shorty Rogers & Mel Tormé (Joe Mondragon bass) (album Comin' Home Baby) 

 08 - Break Bossa Nova - Lalo Schifrin (Joe Mondragon bas) (album Gone With The Wave)

 09 - Love For Sale - Marty Paich (Joe Mondragon bas) (album I Get A Boot Out Of You)

 10 - What Am I Here for/Cottontail - Marty Paich (Joe Mondragon bas) (album I get A Boot Out Of You)

We stay INCOGNITO

This week the spot on the British group INCOGNITO.

Founder were (in 1970) Jean-Paul Maurick & Paul "Tubbs" Williams.

On many album you hear the voice of Maysa Leak.

This evening the albums till 2008.

Enjoy and have a nice evening.

Playlist:

01 . I've Been Waiting - Incognito / Maysa Leak - album Tales Of The Beach

02 - Never look Back - Incognito

03 - Tales Of The Beach - Incognito

04 - Parisienne Girl - Incognito - album Jazz Funk

05 - Release Yourself - Incognito - album Inside Life

06 - I love What You Do For Me - Incognito- album Tribes, Vibes ans Scribes.

07 - Solar Fire - Incognito -album Last Night In Tokyo.

08 - On The Road (part one) - Incognito - album Stranger Than Fiction

09 - What About Our Love - Maysa Leak- album Maysa

10 - Mindin' My Business - Incognito & George Duke - album Adventures In Black Sunshine

11 - Summer In The City - Incognito -album Bees+Flowers+Things

12 - Show Me Love - Incognito  & Imaani vocal- album Eleven

New by Toppyjazz (Toppyjazz 339)

This week on Toppyjazz Radio Regina Carter (1966).

 Born in Detroit she made her first jazz violin album in 1995. 

Second : organplayer Larry Young (1940-1978).

 We got almost all his recordings, so if you're looking for Larry Young, please e-mail us!

 Furthermore we got this week Harry Salas, Josephine Cronholm (1971) and Melissa Manchester (1951-New York).

 Have fun with these fantastic musicians!

   

 Playlist : 

 01 - Softly as in a Morning Sunrise - Regina Carter & Kenny Baron (album Freefall)

 02 - Zoltan - Larry Young (album Unity)

 03 - Saudia - Larry Young (album Lawrence of Newark) 

 04 - Turn Back The Hands of Time - Harry Talas (album Turn Back The Hands of Time)

 05 - Just in Time - Harry Talas (same album)

 06 - In Your Wild Garden - Josefine Cronholm (album Wild Garden) 

 07 - Mermaids - Josefine Cronholm (album Songs of the Falling Feather) 

 08 - Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester (album The Essence of Melissa Manchester) 

 09 - Don't Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester (album Don't Cry Out Loud)

 10 - Caravan - Melissa Manchester (same album) 

 11 - When Paris was a Woman - Melissa Manchester (album When I Look Down That Road)

 Download music only (without host) :Toppyjazz-339-music 

Heaven Can Wait! (Toppyjazz 338)

In this week after  Pentecost  we have only one message : Heaven Can Wait!.

 Only jazzmusic with a link to Heaven .

 Playlist :

 01 - Pennies From Heaven - The Four Freshmen (album Voices and Brass) 

 02 - When Did You Leave Heaven? - Nancy Wilson (album Hollywood My Way) 

 03 - You'll Never Go To Heaven - Dionne Warwick (album Make Way For Dionne Warwick)

 04 - Seven Steps To Heaven - Miles Davis (album Seven Steps To Heaven) 

 05 - 88 Keys To Heaven - Lynn Cannon (album Walk In The Park) 

 06 - The Night That Heaven Fell - Tony Bennett (album More Tony's Greatest Hits)

 07 - Thank Heavens for Tears - P.J Proby (album Songwriter-Original Song demo's)  

 08 - I'm Walking Through Heaven With You - Peggy Lee (album Pretty Eyes) 

 09 - Heaven Is Where The Heart Is - Victor Wooten (album What Did He Say) 

 10 - For Heaven's Sake - Elvin Jones (album Puttin' It Together) 

 11 - Heaven On Earth - Larry Young (album Heaven On Earth) 

 12 - Three Steps To Heaven - Eddie Cochran (album The Best of Eddie Cochran) 

Anyone for Lisa, Dan, Yonrico and Robin? (Toppyjazz 337)

Toppyjazz proudly presents 4 new albums from our friends :

First Lisa Hilton with her new album Kaleidoscope.

 Some excellent musicians in her group : Larray Grenadier (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums) and J.D.Allen on tenor sax.

 See our choice on the playlist.

 We give 4 stars for Kaleidoscope.

Thank you Karen Frieske from Blue Canoe Records for the latest albums from Mr. Dan Baraszu & Yonrico Scott. 

Dan Baraszu (guitar) comes with a nice album with David Ellington (organ) and Marlon Patton (drums) titled Organ Trio. 

Watch out for the boys on Smudge and the Quincy Jones tune Soul Bossa Nova!  

 Yonrico Scott comes with Quest of the Big Drum.

 We love Yonrico with his sidemen Nick Rosen on keyboard and Joseph Patrick Moore on bassguitar and producer. 

 Again Blue Canoe Records did a wonderful job with these 2 perfect albums. 

For all downlöoads goto :BLUE CANOE RECORDS 

 The last part of our show is for singer and pianist Robin Philips from London. 

His cd Sing, Play For Pleasure is a hommage to King Pleasure.

 Guests Ian Shaw & Anita Wardell. 

 Playlist:

 01 - Bach/Basie/Bird Boogie/Blues Bop Medley- Lisa Hilton (album Kaleidoscope) 

 02 - Labyrinth - Lisa Hilton (album Kaleidoscope)

 03 - One and Only - Lisa Hilton (album Kaleidoscope)

 04 - For Us - Dan Baraszu & David Ellington (album Organ Trio) 

 05 - Smudge - Dan Baraszu & David Ellington (album Organ Trio) 

 06 - Soul Bossa Nova - Dan Baraszu & David Ellington (album Organ Trio)

 07 - Radiojingle Toppyjazz - Joseph Patrick Moore 

 08 - Quest - Yonrico Scott (album Quest of the Big Drum)

 09 - Sound of the Drum - Yonrico Scott (album Quest of the Big Drum) 

 10 - UFO - Yonrico Scott (album Quest of the Big Drum)

 11 - Doodlin' - Robin Williams & Ian Shaw (album Sing Play For Pleasure) 

 12 - Moody's Mood For Love - Robin Phillips & Anita Wardell (album Sing Play For Pleasure) 

 13 - Parker's Mood - Robin Phillips (album Sing Play for Pleasure) 

 (furst issued 2014)