When Harry Meets Johnny (Toppyjazz 495)

This week meets singer Harry Connick jr.(1967, New Orléans) alt sax player Johnny Hodges (1907-1970).
We pick the best of all 34 recordings of Harry we have in stock. Last part of our program is for Johnny Hodges.
Playlist :
01 - It Had To Be You - Harry Connick jr (album When Harry Met Sally)
02 - More - Harry Connick jr. (album Only You)
03 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius - Harry Connick jr. (album Songs I Heard)
04 - Take her To The Mardi Gras - Harry Connick jr. (album In Concert On Broadway)
05 - That Would Be Me - Harry Connick jr. (album That Would Be Me)
06 - Honey Bunny - Johnny Hodges (album Perdido + Creamy)
07 - Just Another Day - Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges (album The Complete 1960 Cellar Session)
08 - Blue Hodge - Jonnny Hodges (album Blue Hodges)
09 - Basin Street Blues - Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges (album Back To Back)
10 - Dreary Days - Johnny Hodges & Lalo Schifrin (album Buenes Aires Blues)
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Capitol Jazz (part 9) (Toppyjazz 494)

For so far ,this will be the final program about Capitol Records. We made it through the best we found fromCapitol Records in the last 10 years.
This week we end with :
 Bob Cooper (1925-1993)
Mel Tormé (1925-1999)
 Howard Roberts(1929-1992)
 June Hutton (1920-1973)
 Anita O'Day (1919-2006)
Bob Manning (1926-1997)
 Billy Eckstine (1914-1993)
 Dave Pell (1925-2017)
 George Shearing (1919-2011)
 Ray Anthony (1922)
 Milt Bruckner (1915-1977)
 Marion Montgomery (1934-2002)
Playlist :
01 - Tongue Twister - Bob Cooper (album Shifting Winds)
 02 - A Stranger in Town - Mel Torme (album The Capitol Rarities)
 03 - The In Crowd - Howard Roberts (album All-Time Great Instrumental Hits)
 04 - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - June Hutton (album Great Ladies Of Song)
 05 - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Anita O'Day (album Great Ladies Of Song)
 06 - P.S. I Love You - Bob Manning (album Great Gentlemen Of Song)
 07 - I Want A Little Girl - Billy Eckstine (album Great Gentlemen Of Song)
 08 - Naps's Dream - Dave Pell Octet (album I Had The Craziest Dream)
 09 - Call Me Irresponsible - George Shearing (album Here and Now)
10 - Here's That Rainy Day - Ray Anthony (album Dancing Alone Together)
11- Lullaby Of The Leaves - Milt Buckner (album Send Me Softly)
12 - Hurt So Bad - Trombones Unlimited (album Big Boss Bones!)
13 - The Man I Love - Marion Montgomery (album Nice & Easy)
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Summer Toppyjazz Mix (Toppyjazz 493)

This week we dig into the series The Super Audio Sound of Linn Records.
Another SACD sound comes from The Absolute Sound series.
Furthermore we have singer Youn Sun Nah(1969) from South Korea, Karrin Allyson (1963, Kansas) and Dave Bass(1950, Ohio).
We close with a wonderful sax player Helmut Brandt /1931, Berlin- 2001-Stuttgart).
Sonorama had a beautiful project Spree Coast Jazz. We give 5 stars for this issue!
Playlist :
01 - Georgia On My Mind - Martin Taylor (album Linn Records Multichannel SACD)
02 - Barangrill - Ian Shaw (album The Super Audio Surround Collection vol. 2)
03 - Painting By Numbers - Judith Owen (album Linn Records Super Audio Surround Sampler 3)
04 - Love Hurts - Strengemusikken (album The Absolute Sound 2003)
05 - My Favorite Things - Youn Sun Nah (album Same Girl )
06 - Too Late - Youn Sun Nah (album She Moves On)
07 - The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Karrin Allyson (album Many A New Day)
08 - Lost Valentine - Dave Bass & Karrin Allyson (album NYC Sessions)
09 - Dark Eyes - Dave Bass (album NYC Sessions)
10 - Trifi - Helmut Brandt Orchestra (album Spree Coast Jazz )
11 - Fotoalbum - Helmut Brandt Orchestra (album Spree Coast Jazz)
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Iiro Rantala Special (Toppyjazz 492)

We thought there are no or less Finnish jazz musicians: but what about pianoplayer Iiro Rantala?
He was born in Helsinki ,1970.
Reading his biography we were stunned. His work :
Trio Toykeät 1988-2006.
5 music schools.
Musicals, filmmusic, tvmusic and many classical concerts. BRAVO!
We pick the best out of his discography
Playlist:
 01 - Out Of Tune - Trio Toykeät (album G'Day)
 02 - Let Me In - Big Bad Family (album Big Bad Family)
 03 - Happy Hour - Trio Toykeät (album One night In Tampere)
 04 - Caravan - Iiro Rantala (album My History Of Jazz)
 05 - Singing In The Rain/Somewhere Over The Rainbow Iiro Rantala (album Studio 1 Halberg 2013)
 06 - Announcement Iiro Rantala (WDR 2 Jazzfest 2014
 07 - Freedom - Power Trio (wolfgang Haffner/Lars Danielsson/Iiro Rantala)
 08 - Finlandia - Jukka Perko & Iiro Rantala (album It Takes Two To Tango)
 09 - Tears For Esbjörn - Berlin Philharmonic V (album Lost Hero)
 10 - Imagine - Berlin Philharmonic V (same album)
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