Radio Westerwolde proudly presents Toppyjazz 300 with Batida de Colónia, Mr. Chico Hamilton and Lena Horne.

We proudly presents the first cd from Batida de Colónia.

 A group with Thomas Berghaus and Anna Garden. 

They have a wonderful mix of Samba, Bossa Nova, Mambo and much more.

 We give 4 stars for this debut album.  

 Second from the late Mr. Chico Hamilton: we got a nice present from his manager and producer Jeffrey Caddick. 

We got one vinyl LP and two cd's. We will air them in about 4 weeeks.

 For now The Complete Pacific Recordings of Mr. Cico Hamilton.

 Third this week Lena Horne (1917-2010).

 Please celebrate this Toppyjazz number 300 with us! 

 Playlist :

 01 - Intro Batida 

 02 - That's Entertainment - Batida de Colónia 

 03 - Barbara - Batida de Colónia 

 04 - Fisher in der Karibischen See - Batida de Colónia 

 05 - Acerola - Batida de Colónia 

 06 - In The Still Of the Night - Chico Hamilton 

 07 - Broadway - Chico Hamilton 

 08 - Blue Sands - Chico Hamilton 

 09 - Larry of Arabia - Chico Hamilton 

 10 - Cole Porter Medley - Lena Horne

 11 - From This Moment On - Lena Horne 

 12 - How About You - Lena Horne 

 13 - Watch What Happens - Lena Horne/Gabor Szabo

 14 - Yesterday When I Was Young -Lena Horne/Gabor Szabo 

(first issued 2013)

Venus Records (part 2) (Toppyjazz 299)

This week we present many stars from the Japanese Venus Records label.

 Mostly piano player Mr. Eddie Higgins (1932-2009). 

But also Tori Amos (1963)(piano-vocal) and Stanley Cowell (1941-2020)(piano) . 

 Playlist :

 01 - Satin Doll - Eddie Higgins (album Eddie Higgins) 

 02 - Summer Wind - Nicole Henry-Eddie Higgins (album Teach Me Tonight) 

 03 - Dance only With Me - Eddie Higgins (album You Don't Know What love Is) 

 04 - Love Is Not A Game - Meredith D'Ambrosio (album Love Is Not A Game) 

 05 - Night and Day - Edddie Higgins Quartet (album My Foolish Heart) 

 06 - Bonita - Eddie Higgins (album Speaking of Jobim) 

 07 - Bliss - Tori Amos (album To Venus and Back) 

 08 - Girl - Tori Amos (album To venus and Back) 

 09 - But Not For Me - Ken Peplowski Quartet (album Memories of You ) 

 10 - La Mer - Gianni Basso & Renato Sellani (album Body and Soul) 

 11 - Dancers in Love - Stanley Cowell trio (album Dancers in Love) 

 12 - I Never Dreamed - Stanley Cowell trio (album Dancers in Love) 

(first issued 2013)

Melanie Safka & Live at Maybeck Recital Hall (part 3)(Toppyjazz 298)

We got from one of our fans a box woth many LP's and CD's from female singer and guitar player Melanie Safka (1947-2024).

 So Woodstock is back for one evening!

 Furthermore a few albums from our series Concord recordings from Maybeck Recital Hall.

We have Kenny Baron (1943), Hank Jones (1918-2020), Jaki Byard (1922-1999),Mike Wofford (1938) and Richie Beirach (1947).

  Playlist : 

 01 - My Beautiful People - Melanie Safka (single) 

 02 - Brand New Key - The Four Freshmen (album Live at Butler University) 

 03 - Look What They Done To My Song - Melanie Safka (album in Concert Live at Montreux) 

 04 - Candles In The Rain - Melanie Safka (album Candles In The Rain) 

 05 - Bud-Like - Kenny Baron (album Live at Maybeck vol. 10) 

 06 - Bluesette - Hank Jones (album Live at Maybeck vol. 16) 

 07 - Hello Young Lovers - Jaki Byard (album live at Maybeck vol. 17) 

 08 - Tuning My Guitar - Melanie Safka (album Replay) 

 09 - Mr. Tambourine Man - Melanie Safka (album Born To Be) 

 10 - Let It Be Me - Melanie Safka (album Phonogetic) 

 11 - Stablemates - Mike Wofford )album Live at Maybeck bol. 18) 

 12 - Some Other Time - Richie Beirach (album live at Maybeck vol. 19) 

Toppyjazz Standards Top 200 (part 16)(Toppyjazz 297)

This week part 16 from our Top 200 Jazz Standards numbers 151-160.

 Video : Marlene Dietrich with number 156 Sag Mir Adieu aka Time on My Hands.

 

Playlist :

 151 - Come Sunday - Gladys Knight (Duke Ellington) (1943)(album Before Me) 

 152 - I let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - The Skymasters (Duke Ellington-Henry Nemo)(1938) (album Dutch JAzz Giants 10) 

 153 - Lullaby Of Birdland - Julie Charnet (Shearing-Weiss)(1952) (album Is You Is) 

 154 - A Paper Moon - Bart van Lier (Arlen-Harburg-Rose)(1932) (album Bart's Bones) 

 155 - If I Could Be With You - Johnny Meyer/Dutch Swing College Band (Johnson-Creamer)(1930)(album Johnny Goes Dixie)

 156 - Time On My Hands - Mark Murphy (Youmans-Anderson-Gordon)(1930) (album I'll Close My Eyes)

 157 - Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea - Lita Roza (Arlen-Koehler)(1931)(album Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea) 

 158 - Nice Work If You Can Get It - Mark Bransfield (G & I Gerhswin)(1937) (album Night Time) 

 159 - The Song Is You - Mimi Fox (Kern-Hammerstein II) (1932)(album Perpetually Hip) 

160 - I've Got You Under My Skin - Ginny Alvey(1936) (Cole Porter) (album In The Moment)

 (first issued 2013)