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 (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 ( 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 bas) (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)

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)