These Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer by TOPPYJAZZ

Want more Sun??

We have this week a summerly Toppyjazz, with only ONE VIEW : Enjoy jourself with many good old favourites like Nat King Cole, Blood Sweat & Tears , Walter Wanderley, Buddy and Mark.

All the guests Nat King Cole, Astrud Gilberto, The Four Freshmen, Beach Boys, Blood-Sweat & Tears, Tony Bennett, Larry Coryell, Mel Torme, Kraak & Smaak, Alison Moyet,Harry Connick, Buddy Greco, Charles Earland en Mark Murphy.

Have more fun with albums like Here Comes The Summer!  en  Jazz For A Summer Night.

Playlist :

 01 . Those Lazy Hazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole

02 - So Nice (Summer Samba) - Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley

03 - Stella By Starlight - Charles Earland

04 - Ursula - Larry Coryell

05 - Light My Fire - Jose Feliano

06 - Comin Home Baby - Mel Tormé

07 - I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett

08 - They Can't Take That Awy From Me - Buddy Greco

09 -It's A Blue World - The Four Freshmen

10 - Island Fever - Beach Boys

11 - The Old Devil Called Love - Allison Moyet

12 - Spinning Wheel - Blood Sweat & Tears

13- Keep On Searching - Kraak en Smaak

14- Whisper - Harry Conninck jr.

15 - Jump For Joy - Mark Murphy

(first issued 2008)

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) 

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 (deel 13) (Toppyjazz285)

We gaan deze week verder met onze lijst van Toppy Jazz Standards Top 200 en wel de plaatsen 121 t/m 130. 

 Als bonus tot besluit hoort u het Island Jazz Quintet. 

Alle informatie over de liedjes en musici hoort u zoals altijd in de uitzending.  

 Playlist : 

 121 - Autumn in New York (Vernon Duke)(1934) - Caterina Valente (album I Happen to like New York) 

 122 - Easy to Love (Cole Porter)(1936) - Charlie Parker (album jazz ballads 16-disc 1)

 123 - This Can't Be Love (Rodgers- Hart)(1938) - Dave Brubeck (album Bossa Nova USA) 

 124 - Little Girl Blue (Ridgers-Hart)(195) - The Four Freshmen (album Voices in Love/Love Lost)

 125 - East of The Sun (Brooks Bowman)(1934) - Wendy Nottonson (album Lover Man) 

 126 - Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson-Dixon)(1926) - Mark Murphy (album Bop for Miles) 

 127 - If You Could See Me Now (Dameron-Sigman)(1946) - Richie Kamuca (album Charlie) 

 128 - Moonglow (Eddie de Lange)(1934) - Eddie Daniels/Gary Burton (album Late Night Jazz) 

 129 - Blue Skies (Irving Berlin)(1927) - Dena DeRose (album Introducing Dena DeRose)

 130 - April in Paris (Duke-Harburg)(1932) - Lydia van Dam (album Dutch Jazz Giants 6) 

 Bonus : So Many Stars - Island Quintet 

(first issued 2013)

TOPPYJAZZ STANDARDS TOP 200(deel 5)(aflevering 248)

Deze week de nummers 41 t/m 50 van onze Top 200.

 VIDEO:
 PLAYLIST:
41 - Indiana (Ballard/MacDonald)- Lee Wiley
42 - You Go To My Head (Coots/Gillespie) - Coleman Hawkins
43 - There Will Never Be Another You (Gordon/Warren) - Chris Montez
44 - Georgoa On My Mind (Carmichael/Gorrell) - Ray Charles
45 - Satin Doll (Ellington/Strayhorn) - Duke Ellington
46 - Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington/Gordon/Mills) - Ben Webster
47 - I Should Care (Stordah/Cahn/Weston) - Julia Feldman
48 - Stompin' At The Savoy (Goodman/Razaff) - André Previn
49 - How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin) - Peggy Lee
50 - I cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) - Jacqui Naylor
43 a - There Will Never Be Another You - The Four Freshmen

Bonus : It's Not Unusual - The Four Freshmen

(herhaling van 2012)

Toppyjazz Standard Top 200 (5)(Toppyjazz 577)

We're back this week with part 5 of our Toppyjazz Standsard Top 200.

VIDEO:

PLAYLIST:
41 - Indiana (Ballard/MacDonald)- Lee Wiley
42 - You Go To My Head (Coots/Gillespie) - Coleman Hawkins
43 - There Will Never Be Another You (Gordon/Warren) - Chris Montez
44 - Georgoa On My Mind (Carmichael/Gorrell) - Ray Charles
45 - Satin Doll (Ellington/Strayhorn) - Duke Ellington
46 - Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington/Gordon/Mills) - Ben Webster
47 - I Should Care (Stordah/Cahn/Weston) - Julia Feldman
48 - Stompin' At The Savoy (Goodman/Razaff) - André Previn
49 - How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin) - Peggy Lee
50 - I cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) - Jacqui Naylor
43 a - There Will Never Be Another You - The Four Freshmen
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10 Years Toppyjazz - Program 500

We have a little party going on : 10 years Toppyjazz.
 We celebrate this with some of our best friends :
  -Stanley Turrentine, the man who made our Toppyjazz jingle, edited by Herman van der Meij.         - Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars, remembering those Balboa Island time.
- Mr. Chico Hamilton is present with a live recording from Artpark Festival.
- German bassplayer Thomas Stabenow give us his latest cd A tribute to Joe Galiardo.
And....
Beach Boys/Four Freshmen
Lyambiko
Caro Emerald
Marge Dodson and Ian Shaw.
Thanks for listening!
Playlist:
 01 - Pia - Stanley Turrentine (album That's Where Is At)
02 - Hermosa Summer - Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars (album Volume 4)
03 - Ain't Nobody Calling Me - Chico Hamilton (album Trio!-Live @Artpark)
04 - Essential Point _ Thomas Stabenow (album So Long Ago)
05 - The Bed Montage - Beach Boys/Four Freshmen (album Love & Mercy)
06 - Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (album The 50th Aniversary Collection)
07 - Stardust - Lyambiko (album Love Letters)
08 - A Night Like This - Caro Emerald Island Tour
09 - My Heart Loves The Samba - Marge Dodson (album A Lovely Way To Live)
10 - Don't Explain - Marge Dodson (same album)
11- Letter From A Dead Soldier - Ian Shaw (album Lifejacket)
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Encore....Toppyjazz (part 10) (Toppyjazz 457)

Once a year we take you back to earlier programs of Toppyjazz and give some new information about musician we love.
First drummer John Hollenbeck , we promised to be back with his Simple album, when we have this in house. (Toppyjazz 425)
Here it is with Anna Webber on tenor sax and flute.
We found the last take that our dear friend Jay Corre, recorded before he passed away.
It's Pergunta sem fin with Portugese singer Carmen Souza. (Toppyjazz 431) And a fine video from Jay with Dick Cully.
At last a new album by Madeleine Peyroux. It's Secular Hymns recorded in England.
We read a wonderful book by the Finnish autor Arno Paasilina : De gifkokkin. 4 stars!
That brought us to the question is there Finnish Jazmusic??
We found 5 Finnish musicians : The Five Corners Quintet.
From Germany we have the orchestra of Stan Kenton at Stuttgart 1972 with a great prformance.

Playlist :
01 - Emoticon - Anna Webber & John Hollenbeck (album Simple)
02 - Pergunta sem fin - Carmen Souza & Jay Corre (album Verdade)
03 - Tango Till The're Sore - Madeleine Peyroux (album Secular Hymns)
04 - Hard Times Come Again No More - Madeleine Peyroux (album Secular Hymns)
05 - Three Corners - The Five Corners Quintet (album Chasin' The Jazz Gone By)
06 - Come and Get Me - The Five Corners Quintet & Mark Murphy (album Hot Corner)
07 - Trading Eights - The Five Corners Quintet (album The Helsinki Sessions)
08 - Rhapsody In Blue - Stan Kenton (album The Stuttgart Experience)
09 - Autumn Leaves - The Four Freshmen (album Voices and Brass)
Download : Toppyjazz 457

TOPPYJAZZ STANDARDS TOP 200(deel 5)(aflevering 248)

 Deze week de nummers 41 t/m 50 van onze Top 200.

 VIDEO:
 PLAYLIST:
41 - Indiana (Ballard/MacDonald)- Lee Wiley
42 - You Go To My Head (Coots/Gillespie) - Coleman Hawkins
43 - There Will Never Be Another You (Gordon/Warren) - Chris Montez
44 - Georgoa On My Mind (Carmichael/Gorrell) - Ray Charles
45 - Satin Doll (Ellington/Strayhorn) - Duke Ellington
46 - Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington/Gordon/Mills) - Ben Webster
47 - I Should Care (Stordah/Cahn/Weston) - Julia Feldman
48 - Stompin' At The Savoy (Goodman/Razaff) - André Previn
49 - How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin) - Peggy Lee
50 - I cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) - Jacqui Naylor
43 a - There Will Never Be Another You - The Four Freshmen

Bonus : It's Not Unusual - The Four Freshmen

CAPITOL JAZZ bij Toppyjazz (deel 1) (Toppyjazz 197)

Aflevering 197 van Toppyjazz brengt u de eerste van een serie uitzendingen over Capitol Records.

 Toppyjazz mocht al een keer in de kelders van EMI records duiken , afdeling Capitol, en dat was smullen.
We beginnen met zangeres DINAH SHORE. De tweede helft aandacht voor THE FOUR FRESHMEN.
Video Dinah Shore :

Playlist :

01 - It's Easy To Remember - Dinah Shore

02 - Yours - Dinah Shore & Xavier Cugat

03 - Chevy Commercial - Dinah Shore

04 - Bye Bye Blues - Dinah Shore

05 - Taking A Chance On Love - Dinah Shore

06 - The Man I Love - Dinah Shore & Andre Previn

07 - Caroussel Medley - Dinah Shore

08 - Day By Day - The Four Freshmen

09 - Indian Summer - The Four Freshmen

10 - Stella By Starlight - The Four Freshmen

11 - Lil' Darlin - The Four Freshmen & Bill Holman

12 - I'm Gonna Go Fishin'  -The Four Feshmen

13 - Call Me Irresponsible - The Four Freshmen

14 - Moonlight In Vermont - The Four Freshmen

15 - Surfer Girl - The Four Freshmen

16 - There Will Never Be Another You - The Four Freshmen & Stan Kenton 

Vocal groepen ( Toppyjazz058)

We geven deze week een selectie uit het repertoire van een aantal (jazz) vocal groepen. Eerst The Anita Kerr Singers als groep onder eigen naam, en als achtergrondkoor bij zanger Buddy Greco.
Een groep die in 1951 door Stan Kenton werd ontdekt; The Four Freshmen hoort u 20 minuten lang in de uitzending van 15 oktober. We besluiten de avond met de groep die door Ward Swingle werd opgericht : The Swingle Singers.

Playlist :

01 - A House Is Not A Home - Anita Kerr Singers

02 - How Soon - Anita Kerr singers

03 - I'm Glad You Made Me So Very Happy - Anita Kerr Singers

04 - Fool On The Hill - Anita Kerr Singers

05 - Cast You Fate To The Wind - Anita Kerr Singers

06 - You Win Again - Buddy Greco & Anita Kerr Singers

07 - Granada - Four Freshmen

08 - There Will Never Be Another You - Four Freshmen

09 - A Beautiful Friendship - Four Freshmen

10 - Sunshine Of My Life - Four Freshmen

11 - Moonlight In Vermont - Four Freshmen

12 - Fugue nr. 2 - Swingle Singers

13 - Aria - Swingle Singers

14 - Norwegian Wood - Swingle Singers

15 - Blackbird - Swingle Singers

16 - Three Windows - Swingle Singers & Modern Jazz Quartet

 

Zomerspecial bij Toppyjazz (043)

Bij het begin van de zomer zijn we weer van de partij met een extra zonnige uitzending.

Gasten Nat King Cole, Astrud Gilberto, The Four Freshmen, Beach Boys, Blood-Sweat & Tears, Tony Bennett, Larry Coryell, Mel Torme, Kraak & Smaak(foto), Alison Moyet,Harry Connick, Buddy Greco, Charles Earland en Mark Murphy.

Verder met de zomer en de albums Here Comes The Summer!  en  Jazz For A Summer Night.

Playlist :

 01 . Those Lazy Hazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole

02 - So Nice (Summer Samba) - Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley

03 - Stella By Starlight - Charles Earland

04 - Ursula - Larry Coryell

05 - Light My Fire - Jose Feliano

06 - Comin Home Baby - Mel Tormé

07 - I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett

08 - They Can't Take That Awy From Me - Buddy Greco

09 -It's A Blue World - The four Freshmen

10 - Island Fever - Beach Boys

11 - The Old Devil Called Love - Allison Moyet

12 - Spinning Wheel - Blood Sweat & Tears

13- Keep On Searching - Kraak en Smaak

14- Whisper - Harry Conninck jr.

15 - Jump For Joy - Mark Murphy

Lente aflevering (Toppyjazz031)

Het is lente in JAZZLAND en dat zult u merken ook vanavond bij Radio Westerwolde.

U hoort liedjes die bijna allemaal iets met lente (spring) te maken hebben.

We vergeten ook de komische noot niet vanavond , gebracht door Gerard Cox.

Wie komen er zoal langs? Allereerst Mark Murphy, Gary McFarland en Gabor Szabo (foto), Margriet Hermans en Robert Long, Incognito, Traincha, Laura Fygi, Ann Hampton Callaway, Oscar Peterson, The Four Freshmen en onze eigen toppyjazz musicus Jay Corre.

Playlist :

01 - Spring Can Really Hang You Up THe Most - Mark Murphy

02 - Stablemates - Mark Murphy

03 - Spring Song - Gary McFarland & Gabor Szabo

04 - Hey Here's A Heart - Gary McFarland & Gabor Szabo

06 - Meen Je Dat - Margriet Hermans & Robert Long

07 _Lekker tempo - Greetje Kauffeld & Robert Long

08 - Wim - Gerard Cox

09 - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Incognito

10 - Chase The Clouds Away - Incognito

11 - That's What Friend Are For - Traincha

12 - For Me Formidable - Laura Fygi

13 - Dansez Maintenant - Laura Fygi & Dave

14 - You Can't Rush Spring - Ann Hampton Callaway

15 - It Happens Every Spring - Oscar Peterson

16 - Spring Is Here - The Four Freshmen

17 - After All It's Spring - Jay Corre

Capitol sings................ (Toppyjazz 22)

Capitol records heeft een prachtige serie CD's uitgegeven met de titel Capitol sings...

De serie geeft een overzicht van de beroemdste Amerikaanse populaire componisten, van Harry Warren tot Irving Berlin.

Op radio Westerwolde hoort u woensdagavong tussen 9 en 10 uur een selectie van deze serie.

Playlist : 

01 - Anything Goes - Tony Bennett

02 - True Love - Dean Martin

03 - Standing On The Corner - The Four Freshmen

04 - I've Never Been In Love Before - Chet Baker

05 - A Foggy Day - Dorothy Donegan

06 - I've Got A Crush On You - Anna Maria Alberghetti

07 - Ac-Cent-Thu-Ate The Possitive - Johnny Mercer

08 - Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland

09 - George On My Mind - Lou Rawls

10 - How Little We Know - Nat King Cole

11 - All By Myself - Bobby Darin

12 - Heat Wave - Margaret Whiting

13 - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Four Preps

14 - Dearly Beloved - Nancy Wilson

15 - I'm Shooting High - Ann Richards

16 - When My Sugar Walks Down The Street - Peggy Lee

17 - Days Of Wine And Roses - Matt Monro 

18 - The Caroussel Waltz - Singonia Of London

19 - Glad To Be Unhappy - Sarah Vaughan 

September in the rain (Toppyjazz 3)

Aflevering 3 (19 & 20 september )gaat deze week over de maand SEPTEMBER.
U hoort muziek van John Barry, Dinah Washington, Michael Holliday, Saint Privat , Chico Hamilton, Frank Sinatra, Astrud Gilberto, Deodato, Gene McDaniels, Duke Ellington, Gabor Szabo, Windows, June Christy, Anita O'Day en onder voorbehoud Greetje Kauffeld.
Alle platen hebben als rode draad de maand September. Veel plezier!

Playlist:

01 - The Challenge - John Barry (album Stringbeat)

02 - September In The Rain - Dinah Washington (album Teach Me Tonight)

03 - Gone Fishin' - Michael Holliday (album Happy Holliday)

04 - Alabamy Bound - Michael Holliday (album Happy Holliday)

05 - September Song - Saint Privat (album Riviera)

06 - Song of September - Chico Hamilton (album Chico)

07 - Forest Flower - Chico Hamilton (album Man of Two Worlds)

08 - It Might as Well Rain Until September - Carole King

09 - The September of My Years - Frank Sinatra (album Frank Sinatra at The Sands live)

10 - Holiday - Astrud Gilberto (album September 17, 1969)

11 - September 13 - Eumir Deodato (album Prelude)

12 - In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington (album The Best of Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra)

13 - Concorde - Gabor Szabo (album Nightflight)

14 - Elbow Rooms - Windows (album Blue September)

15 - September Song - The Four Freshmen & June Christy (album Road Show)

16 - Indian Summer - Anita O'day (album Incomparable!)

17 - Alles Geht Im Kreis - Greetje Kauffeld & Addy Flor (album Days of Summer)

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