Welcome 2020 by Toppyjazz 563

Toppyjazz wishes you a good 2020 with all the best for you and your family!

We found some very fine musicians from Holland and the latest cd from Susan Wong, Nina Michelle and Ian Shaw.
Keep Jazzin'!

Playlist :
01 - Misty -Katelijne van Otterloo (album Best Audiophile Vocal)
02 - Who Can I Turn To? - Harry Allen & Mike Renzi (album Rhode Island Is Famous For You)
03 - Too Good - Nina Michelle (album Love Confessions)
04 - Take The A-Train - Lex Jasper Trio (album Notes From The Netherlands)
05 - I Should Care - Lex Jasper Trio (same album)
06 - Vincent - Susan Wong (album Close To Me)
07 - The Rules Of The Road - Nicolas Bearde (album I Remember You)
08 - Almenu tu nell' universo - Luca Aquino (album The Italian Songbook)
09 - Drive In Saturdaynight - Ian Shaw & Clifford Slapper (album Bowie Songs One)
10 - Les euilles mortes - Paulien Vermeulen (album Live )
11 - Toppyjazztune Chico Hamilton

A Jack Russell Christmas

Have a happy doggone Christmas from our Toppyjazz Dogs! Left Waldo- Right Bibi.

@Copyright :Herman van der Meij

Toppyjazz Christmas Special 2019.

Toppyjazz wishes you a very merry Christmas with one hour the best we could find in jazzland.
From now on we give you the Toppyjazz download in 320 kbps format.
Keep Jazzin!

Playlist :
01 - Kyrie - Paul Horn (album Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts)
02 - In The Bleak Midwinter - Clara Vuust (album A Winter Tale)
03 - Oh Christams Tree - Jack Jezzro (album Dixieland Christams)
04 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Jaimee Paul (album Christmas Time Is Here)
05 - Sleigh Ride - Beegie Adair (album Winter Romance)
06 - The Man With The BAg - Wynton Marsalis & Veronica Swift (Big Band Holidays II)
07 - In der Weihnachtsbäckerei - Helene Fischer (album Weihnachten Luxe Edition)
08 - The Christmas Song - Mel Tormé (album My Kind Of Music)
09 - Twelve Days Of Christmas - Kristin Chenoweth (album Angels Among Us)
10 - Toppyjazz Christmas Wish by Joseph Patrick Moore (Blue Canou Records)
11- Kerstmis - Herman Finkers (album Ik voel me als een kerstboom zonder piek)
12 - Winter Doesn't End - Rigmor Gustafsson (album Come Home)
13 - Oh Christmas Tree (version 2) - Jack Mezzro

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Toppyjazz December sale (Ttoppyjazz 561)

This week jazz music just left over this year, but still very nice sounds!

Anna Paceo (1984, Ivory Coast) singer
Live Maria Roggen (Norway, 1970) singer
Matt Dusk (Canada) singer
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (1999)
Maria Kim (South Korea) singer
Ada Rovatti (Italy, 1976) tenor & sopransax
Jack Jezzro (Rivesville, WV, 1957) guitar
Clara Vuust and Family (Christian, Mikkel,Peter, Frederik)Denmark
Jill Seifers Walsh (VS, 1965,+2012) singer
Mika Pohjola (Finland) piano
Sissel Vera Pettersen (Oslo, 1977) singer.

Playlist :
01 - Bright Shadows - Anne Paceo (album Bright Shadows)
02 - Caravan - Come Shine (Live Maria Rogge) (album Norwegian Caravan)
03 - All Because Of You - Matt Dusk (album Jet Set Jazz)
04 - Pra machucar meu coracao - Maria Kim (album Fotographia)
05 - Something New - Trondheim Jazz orchestra (album The End His Voice Will Be The Sound Of Paper)
06 - Rocks - Randy Brecker & NDR Big Band (album Rocks)
07 - My Little Boat - Jack Jezzro (album Cocktail Bossa Nova)
0ß - Some Other Time - Clara Vuust (album Before You Walk Away)
09 - I'm Glad There's You - Jill Seifers Walsh & Mika Pohjola
10 - Besame Mucho - Mika Pohjola & Rigmor Gustafsson (album New York Jazz Vocals)
11- Bye, Bye Blackbird - Sissel Vera Pettersen (album By The River)
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Just For Sinterklaas (Toppyjazz 560)

This time all good musical stuff for the bag of Sinterklaas.

Suprise, surprise : We got a double Stan Kenton cd from 1959 titled A Kenton Celebration.
And Stan Kenton in Holland with Tim Hagans, Dick Shearer de Baron John von Ohlen.
Also new stuff from
Tubby Hayes,
Hanna Hukkelberg (1979, Norway)
Batida (Holland, 1983)
Judi Jackson (Virginia)
Randy Hoexter (Atlanta) (Blue Canoe Records)
Kristin Chenoweth (1968, Tulsa ,Oklahoma)
Quator Debussy (1990, France)

Just pick the best of it and go to Blue Canou Records!

Playlist :
01 - My Old Flame - Stan Kenton (album Kenton Live In Europe)
02 - Opus A La Kenton - BYU Synthesis Big Band (album A Kenton Celebration)
03 - Here's That Rainy Day - Tubby Hays (album A Little Workout )
04 - Tell Me - Judi Jackson (album Live In London)
05 - Happy Mango Song - Batida (album Batida)
06 - Only You - Jazzmenia Horn (album Love and Liberation)
07 - On A Clear Day - The Super Trio (album Softly As in a Morning Sunrise)
08 - Summer Shadows - Hanne Hukkelberg (album Birthmark)
09 - Seasons In The Sun - Randy Hoexter (album Fromage)
10 - You Light Up My Life - Randy Hoexter & Agie Driscoli (album Fromage )
11 - The Man That Got Away - Kristin Chenoweth (album For The Girls)
12 - C- Influences - Quator Debussy (album Debussy ...et le Jazz)
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Toppyjazz Keeps You Warm (Toppyjazz 559)

On this cold November week we have :
Cyrille Aimée (France, 1984) singer.
Susan Weinert (Neunkirchen,1965) guitar
Torun Eriksen ( Norway, 1977) singer
Jazzchor Freiburg (!990)
Chico Hamilton & Paul Horn (1930-2014))
Sony Holland (Denver) singer
Fred Hersch, piano
Gabor Szab0 & Kati Kovacs (Hungarn)

Playlist :
01 - Not While I'm Around - Cyrille Aimée (album Move On)
02 - Not While I'm Around - Barbra Streisand (album The Broadway Album)
03 - Being Alive - Barbra Streisand (album The Broadway Album)
04 - Smetimes I'm Happy - Chicago Jazz Orchestra (album Burstin' Out!)
05 - Fjord - Susan Weinert (album Fjord)
06 - Glittercard - Torun Eriksen (album Luxury and Waste)
07 - Goodnight - Torun Eriksen & Jazzchor Freiburg (album A Capella)
08 - Lord Randell - Chico Hamilton & Paul Horn (album Chico Hamilton & Paul Horn)
09 - Besame Mucho - Sony Holland (album Kitchen Sessions)
10 - Out Someplace - Fred Hersch & WDR Big Band (album Begin Again)
11 - My Love - Gabor Szabo & Kati Kovacs (album Jazzpodium '74)
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Toppyjazz In Our Blue Canoe (Toppyjazz 558)

This week we paddle on our Toppyjazz river with another Blue Canoe release.This time from Hiroe Sekine. Hiroe is born in Japan, but plays the piano in the Los Angeles Area from 1993.
Er first 3 albums were excellent recordings. This new album Hiroe's Spirit must be another fine example from her mixture of jazz-classic and own writings. We give 4 stars for this album, thanks also to Mr. Russell Ferrante!
We have also:
Mark Turner (1965, Ohio) sax player.
U-Nam (1970, Paris) guitar
Patrice Rushen (1954, Los ANgeles) singer.
Adrian Younge (1978, Los Angeles) composer, arranger, multi instruments.
Susan Weinert (1965, Germany) guitar. (made more than 3000 recordings!!

Keep Jazzin' !

Playlist:
01 - I Hear A Rhapsody - Hiroe Sekine (album Hiroe's Spirit)
02 - Traumerei - Hiroe Sekine (album Hiroe's Spirit)
03 - Insensatez - Sant Andreu Jazz Band (album Jazzing 9 volume 1)
04 - What's New - Mark Turner & Gary Foster (album Mark Tuirner Meets Gary Foster)
05 - Before You Go Breezin' - U-Nam (album Weekend In L.A)
06 - Never Gonna Give You Up - Patrice Rushen (album The Best Of Patrice Rushen)
07 - Mack The Knife -  Stanley Clarke/ Ndugu Chancler/ Patrice Rushen (album Jazz Straight Up)
08 - Revence Is Sweet - Adrian Younge (album Twelve Reasons To Die)
09 - Eisblume - Susan Weinert (album Beyond The Rainbow)
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Simon Nabatov & 3 times Sara (Toppyjazz 557)

That was a fantastic concert from Mr. Simon Nabatov in the Amsterdan Bimbuis we aired on Toppyjazz 554.
Therefore this week a couple of new recordings from Simon Nabatov. all of them recorde at the Köln Jazzclub Loft.
Three times Sara is :
Sara K. (Sara Katherine Wooldridge, 1956, Dallas, Texas)
Sara Tavares (1978, Lissabon, Portugal)
Sara Gazarek (1982, Seattle)
(Bonus Sara Leib (1981,os Angeles ) singer

and we have
Luc Houtkamp (1953, Den Haag) composer and saxplayer.
Martin Blume (1956, Arnsberg, Germany) drums
Matthias Schubert (1960, Kassel, Germany) saxplayer
Oguz Büyükberber (1970, Turkye) multi instruments.
Josh Nelson (1978, California) piano.

Keep Jazzin'!
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Playlist:
01 - Slip Away - Simon Nabatov/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway (album Luminous)
02 - Horse I Used To Ride - Sara K. (album Play On Words)
03 - Bumping - Luc Houtkamp/Simon Nabatov/Martin Blume (album Encounters)
04 - I've Got A Song In My Heart - Sara Tavares (album Min Ma Bo)
05 - Delusion - Matthias Schubert & Simon Nabatov (album Descriptions)
06- Joline _ Sara Gazarek (album Thirsty Ghost)
07 - Atempause - Simon Nabatov & Oguz Büyükberber (album Wobble Strata)
08 - Don't Know You From Somewhere - Sara K. (album Made In The Shade)
09 - Sunny Side Of The Street - Sara Gazarek & Josh Nelson (album Dream In The Blue)
10 - Ginga - Sara Tavares (album Fitzadu)
bonus :
11 - It Could Happen To You - Sara Leib (album It's Not The Moon)

'Tis Autumn (Toppyjazz 556)

Toppyjazz is in full autumn swing with everything you want for October this year.
So we start with our good frine Joop Visser and his song Herfst(Autumn).
By the way : Greetings from Jessica van Noord!
All other musicians see our playlist.
Keep Jazzin'.

Playlist :
01 - Herfst - Joop Visser (album Best seller-1976)
02 - Autumn Leaves - Jacintha Abisheganaden (album Autumn Leaves)
03 - Autumn In New York - Oscar Peterson Trio (album Oscar Peterson at Newport)
04 - When October Goes - Lea Salonga (album Inspired)
05 - When Fall Comes To New England - Cheryl Wheeler (album Driving Home)
06 - October Odyssey - Liesbeth List & Rod McKuen (album Two Against The Morning)
07 - Autumn To May - Peter, Paul and Mary (album Peter, Paul and Mary)
08 - Herbstgewitter über Dächern - Reinhard Mey (album Mein achtel Lorbeerblatt)
09 - Theme From Autumn - Stan Kenton (album Live at Butler University)
10 - One Could Have Loved - Gary McFarland & Steve Kuhn (album The October Suite)
11 - Thirteen - Gabor Szabo & Kati Kovacs (album In Budapest)
Toppyjazz 556

J goes for JAZZ (Toppyjazz 555)

Welcome this week by Toppyjazz with mostly musicians with capital J.
We have :
Ingrid Jensen (53, Norway) trumpet.
Jacob Young (1970, Lillehammer, Norway) guitar.
Siril Malmedal Hauge (1992, Oslo, Norway) fantastic singer!
Jon Cleary ,(England) guitar.
Jane Roman-Pitt (1949, Detroit) singer.
Julie Erikssen (1982, France) singer.
Jakob Bro (1978, Denmark) guitar, composer.
Jane Manning (Canada ??) singer.
Joyce Griffin (USA) actrice, singer.
Joanne Tatham (USA) singer
Jimmy Smith organ

Playlist:
01 - Foxy Trot - Ingrid Jensen (album Invisible Sounds For Kenny Wheeler)
02 - The Ballad Of The Sad Young Man - Jacob Young & Siril Malmedal Hauge /album Last Things)
03 - Lark In The Sky - Siril Malmedal Hauge (album Uncharted Territory)
04 - Dyna-Mite - Jon Cleary (album Dyna-Mite)
05 - I Just Ask - Jane Roman-Pitt (album I Forget About The Stars)
06 - I Started To See - Julie Erikssen (album Out Of Chaos)
07 - Oktober - Jakob Bro (album Returnings)
08 - I Could Write A Book - Jayne Manning (album One For The Road)
09 - Uskudar' a Gideriken - Joyce Griffin (album Love Languages)
10 - If You Never Come To Me - Joanne Tatham (album The Rings Of Saturn)
11 - Bashin' - Jimmy Smith (album Bashin')
12 - Toppyjazz Tune - Stanley Turrentine
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New On Toppyjazz September 2019. (Toppyjazz 551)

 Back with us Dena DeRose and Scott Hamilton and their fantastic album The Shadow Of Your Smile.
Lisa Wahlandt is here with the cd Venus Ib The Backyard in the series "Die drei Damen". Great album!
 Blue Canou Records brings the new cd from Joseph Patrick Moore titled Nevada Sun. That's 4 stars for JP!
Furthermore we have Nils Wülker,Clark Terry, Dotschy Reinhardt and Steve Kühn.
 Who needs more??
 Playlist:
 01 - The Shadow Of Your Smile - Scott Hamilton & Dena DeRose (album The Shadow Of Your Smile)
 02 - Moon Mist - Scott Hamilton & Dena DeRose (same album)
03 - Never Let Me Go - Steve Kühn Trio (album To And From The Heart)
04 - Dat Dere - Die drei Damen (Lisa Wahlandt / Andrea Hermenau /Christiane Ötti) (album Venus In The Backyard)
05 - Not Now Maybe Then - Dotschy Reinhardt (album Chaplin's secret)
06 - Porgy & Bess - Nigel Kenneday (album Kennedy Meets Gershwin)
07 - Summertime - Clark Terry & Chicago Jazz Orchestra (album Porga & Bess)
08 - Fearless - Joseph Patrick Moore (album Nevada Sun)
09 - Happy Girl - Joseph Patrick Moore (same album)
10 - Season - Nils Wülker (album Decade Live)
11 - Wanderlust - Nils Wülker (album Decade Live)
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Toppyjazz Club Live Summer 2019. (Toppyjazz 554)

Welcome by the summer editioen of Toppyjazz from the famous BIMHUIS at Amsterdam, Holland.
Watch that great Simon Nabatov!
Just sit down and relax for one hour with these fine musicians:

Playlist:
01 - With A Little Help Of My Friends - Curtis Clark Quintet (Bimhuis, 1988)
02 - A Portrait Of Rosswell Bud - Ad Baars Trio with guests (Bimhuis, 2003)
03 - Make Me A Rainbow - Benny Sings (Bimhuis, 2005)
04 - Twelve Bars - Simon Nabatov (Bimhuis, 2009)
05 - Elvin Lisbon - Endangered Blood (Bimhuis, 2010)
06 - The Singer - Roy Hargrove (Bimhuis, 2010)
07 - My Ideal - Joris Roelofs kwartet (Bimhuis, 2010)
08 - The Lady and The Unicorn - Jasper Blom (Bimhuis, 2019)
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A - B - C Jazz on Toppyjazz 553

This week some musicians from A to C on Toppyjazz.

Claudia Acuna (1971, Chile)
Charlotte Illinger (Germany)
Claire Martin with her new cd Believin' It from Linn Records .
Alexis Cuadrado (Barcelona, Spain)
Bo Sundstrom (Sweden)
Brent Spiner (1949)
Bebel Gilberto.
Anan Gazzola (Brazil)
Ruud Bos (1936, Holland)
Tiffany Austin (Los Angeles)

Keep Jazzin' !

Playlist :
01- But Beautiful - Claudia Acuna (album Turning Pages)
02 - Furniture - Chatlotte Ilinger (album But Beautiful)
03 - P.s. I Love You - Claire Martin (album Believin' It)
04 - Asesinato - Alexis Cuadrado (album A Lorca Soundscape)
05 - Monica's Vals - Bob Sundstrom (album Mitt Dumma jag)
06 - A Rude Awakening - Brent Spiner (album Dreamland)
07 - Son Nice - Bebel Gilberto (album Live At The Belly Up)
08 - Summertime - Anan Gazzola (album Brazilian Blues)
09 - Han's Blues - Ruud Bos orkest (album The Secret All Star Band)
10 - Resolution - Tiffany Austin (album Unbroken)
11 - Greenwood - Tiffany Austin (album Unbroken)
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Hans Theessink Blues Night (Toppyjazz 550)

Toppyjazz 550 has Dutch blues guitar player Hans Theessink. Born 7 April 1948 at Enschede, Holland, Hans startet in 1970 with his first recording Next Morning At Sunrise.
HansTheessink worked in Copenhagen and Germany in the '70's.
From the 80's most around Vienna, Austria.
All other info about Hans Theessink is giving by our host Gretha.
Intermezzo in our program brings jazz singer Lina Nyberg (1970, Stockholm,Sweden)

Playlist :
01 - Next Morning At Sunrise - Hans Theessink (E.P)
02 - Late Last Night - Hans Theessink (album Late Last Night)
03 - Baby Wants To Boogie - Hans Theessink (album Baby Wants To Boogie)
04 - Set Me free - Hans Theessink (album  Journey on)
05 - Titanic - Hans Theessink (album Blue Grooves From Vienna)
06 - Blackbird - Lina Nyberg (album When The Sun Shines Through)
07 - Somewhere - Lina Nyberg (album West Side Story)
08 - Sweet Home Chicago - Hans Theessink & Sassy Holzinger (album 70th Birthday Bash)
09 - Godu bleibst heute Nacht bei mir - Hans Theessink (same album)
10 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Hans Theessink (same album)
11 - I Saw The Light - Hans Theessink & The Blind Boys Of Alabama (same album)
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