David Broekman Revival (Toppyjazz 566)

DAVID BROEKMAN REVIVAL
Als gast hebben we vanavond wederom in de studio Cees Mentink, auteur van het naslagwerk De Leidse Jazz Geschiedenis; een prachtig uitgevoerd werk met maar liefst 20 hoofdstukken en 2 cd's met allen voornaamste Leidse jazzartiesten.
Grote ontdekking was David Broekman, geboren in 1899 in Leiden en in Amerika vanaf de jaren 30 een tycoon in de filmmuziek. Hij maakte oa. vele opnamen met zangers als Frank Sinatra en Dick Haymes.
Cees vertelt over de link van de familie Mentink met de Leidse Jazz Geschiedenis en vele anekdotes.
Wij vonden 2 filmpjes , een over David Broekman en een over Jan van der Most. U vindt alle bijzonderheden in het boek.
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Leidse Jazz 

Playlist :
01- Make Mine Millers - Het Miller Sextet (album Leidse Jazz Geschiedenis)
02 - The Trolley Song - Frank Sinatra (album A Voice In Time)
03 - Dialogue For Lovers - David Broekman (album Leidse Jazz Gechiedenis)
04 - Girls, Girls - Skymaster & Jan van der Most
05 - Mister Toto Stomp - Dixieland Pipers & Frits Holz (album Leidse Jazz Geschiedenis)
06 - Star Eyes - Rita Reys & Tom Dissevlt (zelfde album)
07 - Moonliner - Pierre Wijnobel (zelfde album)
08 - Caravan - Tom Beek ( zelfde album)
09 - Alone Together - Miles Davis (album Blue Moods)
10 - For All We Know - Ben Webster (album Leidse Jazz Geschiedenis)

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Leidse Blues - en Jazzweek 2020 (Toppyjazz 565)

(foto : Cees Mentink- Tienja Hensens- Herman van der Meij )

Als gast in de studio van Radio Westerwolde, Cees Mentink muziekjournalist uit Leiden.
Hij vertelt over de geschiedenis van de Leidse Jazz week, die dit jaar tussen 20 en 26 januari wordt gehouden. Cees heeft heel veel bijzonderheden over musici, die vaak in Leiden optraden.
Een daarvan is bandleider Chris Barber, een vaste gast bij de Leidse Jazz Week.

U hoort heel veel nieuwtjes van Cees Mentink, een Leidenaar pur sang. Cees gaat vanavond en de komende 2 weken uitvoerig in op zijn werk als muziek journalist en als label manager bij platenmaatschappij Bovema, waar hij samen met Toppyjazz samensteller Herman van der Meij gewerkt heeft.
Alle verdere bijzonderheden over de Leidse Jazz Week :

Leidse Jazz Week

Muziekkeus :
01 - Swanee River - Chris Barber
02 - Triphoppin with Hans - Hans & Candy Dulfer
03 - How Deep Is The Ocean- Pierre Courbois & Jack Monterose
04 - How Insensitive - Rita Reys & Rogier van Otterloo
05 - I Can't Make You Love Me - Candy Dulfer
06 - Line For Lyons - Roos Jonker
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(Het interview werd eerder uitgezonden in januari 2009)

Lisa Hilton Hit It Again (Toppyjazz 564)

The latest album from Lisa Hilton hit you between the ears. It's a perfect album for any sunday afternoon.
Clever songs like the mood of German singer Ute Lemper in Waltz From Nowhere.
We jump from Tropic of Tango to our other choices :  Sympathy For Blues and Chalkboard Destiny with , as always, the firm tenor from JD Allen. On this beautiful album again on drums Rudy Royston and bassplayer Luques Curtis. **** stars!
(note : I lived for many years in Bloemendaal ( the most expensive place in Holland) where Lisa  Hilton's uncle came from)
Herman van der Meij/Toppyjazz.

We also bring you again to jazzclub De Spiegel in Groningen, Holland for the complete concert
from Arnett Cobb in 1982. But this time in 320 kbps mp3 format.
Further Rein de Graaff, piano - Jacques Scholz on bass and John Engels drums.
Recorded 13 November 1982.
We found the cd from this concert in Japan!
Keep jazzin'

Playlist :
01 -  Cobb's Idea - Arnett Cobb (album Live at De Spieghel, Groningen, Holland)
02 - Sweet Georgia Brown - Arnett Cobb
03 - Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Arnett Cobb
04 - Boda And Soul - Arnett Cobb
05 - I Got Rhythm - Arnett Cobb
06 - Final Words By Arnett Cobb
07 - Sympathy For Blues - Lisa Hilton (album Chalkboard Destiny)
08 - Waltz From Nowhere - Lisa Hilton (album Chalkboard Destiny)
09 - Chalkboard Destiny - Lisa Hilton (album Chalkboard Destiny)
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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'!
Download : Toppyjazz 557

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)
Download : Toppyjzz 551