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)

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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)

JIMMY SMITH SPECIAL

 This week we're back with a special about Jimmy Smith (1928-2005).

The best of the best fo the best from Jimmy with Oliver Nelson, the Jimmy Smith Trio  and Lako Shifrin.

Playlist :
01 -Walk On The Wild Side - Album Bashin' The Incredible Jimmy Smith.(with Oliver Nelson)
02 - Blues In The Night - album The Cat. (with Lalo Shifrin)
03 - Minor Chant - album Back at The Chicken Sack.(with Stanley Turrentine)
04 - Step Right Up! - album Bashin' The Incredible Jimmy Smith.(with Oliver Nelson)
05 - Mission Impossible - album Livin It Up.
06 - Beggar For The Blues - Album Bashin' The Incredible Jimmy Smith.(with The Trio)
07 - Day In- Day Out - album I'm Movin On. (with Grant Green guitar)
08 - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - album Stay Loose. (with Grady Tate drums)
09 - Chain Of Fools -  album Stay Loose
10 - Ol' Man River - Album Bashin' The Incredible Jimmy Smith.(with Oliver Nelson)
11- 1-2-3 - album Got My Mojo Workin'.(with Oliver Nelson)

Back to the Fifties (Toppyjazz 336)

In this WWII liberation week we take you back to the Fifties, the time when all went very better then nowadays.

 Have fun with the best music from 1950-1959.(Year indicates the song only!)

 Playlist :

 1950 - From This Moment On - Frank Sinatra (album A Swingin' Affair) 

 1951 - I'm A Fool To Want You - Michael L. Roberts (album Moving Is Living)

1952 - Night Train - Jimmy Forest (album Night Train)

 1953 - Secret love - Thomas Quasthoff (album The Jazz Album) 

 1954 - I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Mark Murphy (album Mark Time/A Swingin', Singin' Affair)

 1955 - Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most - Jane Monheit (album Come Dream With Me) 

 1956 - Somewehere- Stan kenton (album Kenton's West Side Story) 

 1957 - The Meaning Of The Blues - Peter Herbolzheimer (album Wait A Minute) 

 1958 - Afro Blue - Sasha Masakowski (album Musical Playground)

 1959 - Moanin' - Ray Charles (album Genius+Soul=Jazz) 

 Bonus : In Einem Kühlen Grunde - Max Raabe & Thomas Quasthoff (album Heute Nacht oder Nie)

Asian Jazz (part 2) (Toppyjazz 335)

This time only jazz from our Asian friends like Chihiro Yamanaka from Japan, Yoshioko Yui also from Japan and Susan Wong from Hong Kong.

 Furthermore the sound of Ayumi and Eiji Taniguchi.

 The Japanese SSJ label brings the wife of Al Cohn Flo Handy with some beautiful music.

 At last we have Haromi Uehara, Helen Sung and Atsuko Hashimoto in our radio show.

 Have Fun!

   

 Playlist : 

 01 -The Moon Was Yellow - Chihiro Yamanaka (album Forever Begins) 

 02 - My Generation - Yui (album I Love Yesterday) 

 03 - So Far Away - Susan Wong (album Come Into My Dreams)

 04 - Fly Me To The Moon - Ayumi (album Doxy) 

 05 - You'ved Changed - Eiji Taniguchi & Eden Atwood (album The Sweet Sound of Bossa Nova)

 06 - How Long Has This Been Going On - Flo Handy (album The Remarkable Voice of Flo Handy) 

 07 - No Moon At All - Flo Handy (same album) 

 08 - Ue Wo Muite Aruko - Haromi Uehara (album Beyond Standard) 

 09 - Haze - The Trio Project (album Voice)

 10 - So In Love - Atsuko Hashimoto (album ..Until The Sun Comes Up) 

 11 - Never let Me Go - Helen Sung (album Anthem For A New Day)

New Jazz Records (Toppyjazz 334)

We give you this week a selectings out of a bunch of new jazz recordings. 

We start with The Alexandrina Simeon Quintet.

 Alexandrina (1976) comes from Bulgaria and sings on concerts from Germany to Bulgaria.  

 Next American Idol 3 singer John Stevens(1987)from Buffalo and Ginger Bess (1977) from Texas.

   

 Finally we have Josh Groban(1981 - Los Angeles) and Carol Sloane (1937- Provence RI) in our radio show. 

 Playlist : 

 01 - Roots - Alexandrina Simeon Quintet (album Roots & Influence) 

 02 - The Truth - same 

 03 - Mi Corazon - Alexandrina Simeon Quintet (album Roots & Influence)

 04 - Come Fly With Me - John Stevens (album Red) 

 05 - Here, There and Everywhere - John Stevens (album Red) 

 06 - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Ginger Bess (album Give Me The Simple Life)

 07 - I'll Be Seeing You - Ginger Bess (album Give Me The Simple Life) 

 08 - The Moon is a Harsh Misstress - Josh Groban (album All that Echoes) 

 09 - E Ti Promettero - Josh Groban & Laura Pausini(album All that Echoes) 

 10 - Take My Tears - Kasia Lins (album Take My Tears)

 11 - Liar - Kasia Lins (album Take My Tears) 

 12 - Here's That Rainy Day - Carol Sloane (album Whisper Sweet)

 13 - Whisper Sweet - Carol Sloane (album Whisper Sweet)

 14 - Zoot Walks In - Carol Sloane (album We'll Meet Again) 

(first issued 2014)