Verve Jazzclub Legends (part 2) (Toppyjazz 440)

We continue with our series about Verve Jazzclub Legends with this week our choice of 13 new cd's.
Playlist :
01 - A House Is Not A Home - Ella Fitzgerald (album Live In San Francisco)
02 - Comin Home Baby - Quincy Jones (album Swinging The Big Band)
03 - O Grando Amor - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto (album Body and Soul)
04 - Begin The Beguine - Teddy Staufer (album In The Mood)
05 - Something Cool - Ruth Cameron (album Bar Jazz)
06 - Copacabana - Klaus Doldinger Quartet (album Bossa Nova)
07 - Easy To Love - Sonny Stitt (album Cole Porter Songbook)
08 - Cracle Hut - Max Roach (album Cool Jazz)
09 - Bamboo Funk - Chris Hinze (album Exotic Jazz)
10 - Unforgettable - Dinah Washington (album Jazz For Lovers)
11 - Knock On Wood - Willie Bobo (album Jazz Swings Pop)
12 - Feels Like Heaven - Al Jarreau (album Jazz For The Road)
13 - It Don't Mean A Thing - Space Jazz Dub Men (album Jazz Remixed)

Let The Sunshine In (Toppyjazz 439)

By the start of summer 2016 we have a Toppyjazz summer program.
The base is the album Let The Sunshine In by singer Buddy Greco.
We replaced only some tracks from his album with the version by other musicians.
Playlist :
01 - Let The Sunshine In - Buddy Greco (album Let The Sunshine In)
02 - Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon - Thelma Houston (album Sunshower)
03 - Yesterday When I Was Young - Charles Aznavour & Elton John (album Duos)
04 - Spinning Wheel - Caecilie Norby (album My Corner Of The Sky)
05 - Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes (album A Time To Remember 1983)
06 - Like A Rolling Stone - Buddy Greco (album Let The Sunshine In)
07 - From Atlanta To Goodbye - The Manhattans (single)
08 - If You Must Leave My Life - Kurt Edelhagen (album Edelhagen Plays Jimmy Webb)
09 - Ce Monde (You're My World) - Richard Anthony (single)
10 - Love Is A Hurtin' Thing - Lou Rawls (album Brotherman!)
11 - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up - Lisa Stansfield (album Lisa Stansfield)
12 - Let The Sunshine in (outro) - Buddy Greco (album Let The Sunshine In)
13 - Mac Arthur Park - Maynard Ferguson (album M.F. Horn)
Download :Toppyjazz 439

We Remember Mark Murphy (Toppyjazz 438)

This week we have one hour to remember our dear friend Mark Murphy, who passed away October 2015.
We spent the last 6 month's to search for some never or few heard Mark Murphy recordings.
Perhaps you never heard the stuff we collected for you.
First we ripped the album This Must Be Earth from 1969. An album where Mark seems to be out
of space some times. Mr. Johnny Trunk wrote Mark had some drug problems in that time.
Furthermore we have Mark with Jan Lundgren, The Royal Bopsters and George Gruntz.
We close with Mark's performance in Athens, Greece in 2008.
Enjoy for one hour Toppyjazz with the greatest pure jazz singer from all time : Mark Murphy(1932-2015).
Playlist :
01 - This Must Be Earth - Mark Murphy (album This Must Be Earth)
02 - The Things We Did Last Summer - Mark Murphy & Jan Lundgren (album Plays The Music of Jule Styne)
03 - Senor Blues - The Royal Bopsters incl. Mark Murphy (album Royal Bopsters Project)
04 - Bebop Lives - The Royal Bopsters incl. Mark Murphy (same album)
05 - So In Love - George Gruntz & Mark Murphy (album The Magic of a Flute)
06 - Hong Kong Blues - Mark Murphy (album 80's Hits of Jazz)
07 - Come Back Again - Mark Muprhy (same album)
08 - My Funny Valentine - Mark Murphy (album Live in Athens, Greece)
09 - On Green Dolphin Street - Mark Murphy (album Live in Athens, Greece)
10 - Fly Me To The Moon - Mark Murphy (Milestones single 1963)
Download : Toppyjazz 438
Download : This Must be Earth...please e-mail toppyjazz@t-online.de

Nagel Heyer Records (part 3) (Toppyjazz 437)

Back to the excellent catalogue from Nagel Heyer records from Hamburg, Germany.
Our first choice is the fabulous Antita Kerr Singers with 2 albums on 1 cd : Stay and Things We Did Last Summer.
Great surprise is the Nigerian singer Chinaza, it's on of the 28 tracks from the cd Vocal Jazz Ballads.

Furthermore we spinn New York All Stars with Randy Sandke, Marty Elkins and Bob Wylde.
Keep Jazzin!
Playlist :
01 - What'd I Say - Anita Kerr Singers (album Stay/Things We Did Last Summer)
02 - Moments Like These - Chinaza (album Vocal Jazz Ballads 2012)
03 - Jumpin At The Woodside - Yamaha International All Stars (album Happy Birthday Jazz Welle)
04 - All Of Me - Jeanie Lambe with Yamaha All Stars (same album)
05 - Fine and Mellow - Rex Allen's Swing Express  & Terrie Richards (album Keep Swingin')
06 - In A Mellow Tone - Randy Sandke's New York All Stars (album Broadway)
07 - Sweet Sue, Just You - Randy Sandke (album Randy Sandke Meets Bix Beiderbecke)
08 - Da Pa Virada - Keila Prahed (album Muito Prazer)
09 - Walkin' By The River - Marty Elkins (album Walkin' By The River)
10 - Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me - Bob Wylde Trio with Marty Elkins
Download :Toppyjazz 437

New on Toppyjazz June 216 (Toppyjazz 436)

5 times Toppyjazz this month with many,many new recordings. First again Harry Allen with his Something about Jobim on Stunt Records.
 As always a very fine album from Harry Allen, but what can go wrong with the Music of Tom Jobim?
More very good Music by Esperanza Spalding (Grammy!), Chuck Israels and Galen Weston.
We have a couple of Simone's this week. First Lisa Simone , she changed her name from Simone to Lisa Simone after her mother died.
We continue with Simon Molinari and close with Simone Waddell from Australia.
At last we have Diana Krall with Georgie Fame. Keep jazzin'!
Playlist :
01 - Theme For Jobim - Harry Allen (album Something About Jobim)
02 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding (album Emily's D+Evolution-Luxe Edition)
03 - Warming Trend - Chuck Israels (album Garden of Delights)
04 - Take Me Away - Lisa Simone (album All Is Well)
05 - Mr. Paganini - Simona Molinari (album Casa Mia)
06 - Tua - Simona Molinari (album Tua)
07 - Seven Days - Simone Waddell (album My Romance)
08 - Galen's Vive - Galen Weston (album Plugged In)
09 - Late and Never - Galen Weston (album Plugged In)
10 - Yeh, Yeh - Diana Krall & Georgie Fame (album Wallflower)
11 - A CAase of You - Diana Krall (album Wallflower)
Download:Toppyjazz 436

Capitol Jazz (part 8) (Toppyjazz 435)

This week another program about the fantastic jazz catalogue from Capitol Records.

We found some black vinyl Pearls so as Lee Gagnon and his group on the World Fair 1967 in Canada.
Jesse Price (1909-1974) was a famous drummer from Memphis, Ten.
Back again Stan Kenton with the cd version of his famous Adventures in... series.
We close with 84 years old Keely Smith and Mr. Jackie Gleason.
Keep Jazzin'!
Playlist:
01 - Autoroute - Lee Gagnon (album Le Jazze)
02 - Mack The Knife - Les Baxter (album Les Baxter's Young Pops)
03 - Stop, Look and Listen - George Shearing Quintet (album Rare Form)
04 - Love - George Shearing (album Here and Now)
05 - I'm The Drummer Man - Jesse Price (album The Singing Drummer Man)
06 - Kansas City Boogie - Jesse Price (same album)
07 - A Night at The Golden Nugget (first version) - Stan Kenton (album Adventures in Blues)
08 - Artemis - Stan Kenton (album Adventures in Time)
09 - Chiapas - Stan Kenton (album The Complete Integrated Sunset)
10 - Stormy Weather - Keely Smith (album Swingin' Pretty)
11 - Stardust - Keely Smith (album Swingin' Pretty)
12 - It Happened In Monterey - Jackie Gleason (album Plays The Most Beautiful Girl In The World)

Jazz with Spirit (Toppyjazz 434)

Welcome by Toppyjazz with this time the fabulous story of Alex Pangman (1976, Toronto- Canada) and her lung discease. But what a wonderful albums she made the last 17 years!
The second part is for the Canadian piano player Renee Rosnes (1962, Regina -Canada)
Playlist :
01 - Moon Ray - Alex Pangman (album They Say)
02 - Can't Stop Me From Dreaming - Alex Pangman (album Can't Stop Me From Dreaming)
03 - After You've Gone - Alex Pangman (album Live in Montreal)
04 - Breathe In - Alex Pangman (single)
05 - I Never Smile Again - Alex Pangman (album New)
06 - The Quiet Earth - Renee Rosnes (album Renee Rosnes and The Danish Radio Big Band)
07 - Milestones - Renee Rosnes (album Manhattan Rain)
08 - Written in The Rocks - Renee Rosnes (album Written in The Rocks)
09 - From Here To A Star - Renee Rosnes (album Written In The Rocks)
Download:Toppyjazz 434

The Jazz Guitar (part 6) (Toppyjazz 433)

This will be our final program about The Jazz Guitar a 6 volume box from Saar Records Milan.
The whole series is available for download after Mai 11 2016.
This week we have Wes Montgomery(1923-1968), Sal Salvador(1925-1999), George Benson(1943) and Mickey Baker(1925-2012).
Bonus tracks : Hank Garland(1934-2004) and Rune Gustafsson (1933 Göteborg, Sweden-2012 Stockholm, Sweden)
Playlist:
01 - Full House - Wes Montgomery
02 -  I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - Wes Montgomery
03 - Come Rain or Come Shine - Wes Montgomery
04 - Autumn In New York - Sal Salvador
05 - Boo Boo Be Boop - Sal Salvador
06 - Yesterdays- Sal Salvador
07 - Godchild - George Benson
08 - Robin's Nest - Mickey Baker
Bonus tracks:
09 - Secret love - Hank Garland (album Velvet Guitar)
10 - Up, Up and Away - Rune Gustafsson (album Rune At The Top)
11- Spain 14 Days - Rune Gustafsson (album Out Of My Bag)
Download all 6 volumes :The Jazz Guitar

4 & 5 Mei Special (Toppyjazz 432)

Zoals elk jaar blikken we bij Toppyjazz begin mei even terug op de muzikale tijd rond en in de tweede wereldoorlog.
We vonden weer een paar nummers van het duo Johnny & Jones, Ernst van 't Hoff en zanger Jan de Vries.
Maar we nemen u ook mee naar een jonge Edith Piaf en een aantal engelstalige hits.
Heel veel informatie over de artiesten tijdens de uitzending.
Veel plezier met een avond vol nostalgie!
 Playlist:
 01 - praktiseer nu toch niet - Bert van Dongen
 02 - Wij sloopen met muziek - Johnny & Jones
 03 - Westerbork Serenade - Johnny en Jones
04 - In The Mood - Ernst van 't Hoff
 05 - I Never Dream - Ernst van 't Hoff  & Jan de Vries
 06 - Een oogenblikje stilte - Cor Steyn & Jan de Vries
 07 - Een oogenblikje stilte - Ernst van 't Hoff
 08 - Oh Marie, Oh Marie - Dick Willebrandts
 09 - La vie en rose - Edith Piaf
 10 - La Vie En Rose - Gary McFarland
 11 - Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
 12 - I Never Smile Again - Joe Loss
 13 - You're Dancing On My Heart - Viktor Sylvester
 14 - Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
 15 - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Noel Coward
 16 - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Anita O'day
 17 - I Don't Know Enough About You - Peggy Lee
Download :Toppyjazz 432

Verve Jazzclub Legends (part 1)(Toppyjazz 431)

This week we're starting an overview of the Verve Jazzclub Legends series.
You'll hear one track of each cd from this 160 cd series.
We close with a little tribute to our late friend Jay Corre. Jay I miss you! (Jay died 2014)
We have at the end of our program 9 minutes from the interview of Hans Dulfer with Jay Corre. If you want the COMPLETE interview please e-mail us! Have fun!

Playlist:
01 - The Red House - Antonio Carlos Jobim (album One Note Samba)
02 - Non Stop To Brazil - Astrud Gilberto (album Non-Stop to Brazil)
03 - One For My Baby - Billie Holiday (album Lady Sings The Blues)
04 - Red Roses for A Blue Lady - Count Basie (album On The Sunny Side Of The Street)
05 - Things To Come - Dizzy Gillespie (album Live in Berlin)
06 - I Could Write A Book - Ella Fitzgerald (album Lady Be Good!)
07 - Aloen Again (Naturally) - George Shearing (album Swinging In A Latin Mood)
08 - Mac Arthur Park - Horst Jankowski (album A Walk In The Black Forest)
09 - Jeepers Creepers - Louis Armstrong (album Let's Fall In Love)
10 - Fly Me To The Moon - Oscar Peterson  (album Fly Me To The Moon)
11 - Hans Dulfer Meets Jay Corre (interview 2003)
Download :Toppyjazz 431

Marlene & Billy VerPlanck Special (Toppyjazz 430)

We received 22 cd's and LP records from Billy VerPlanck (1930, Norwalk,CT-2009, Hackensack, NJ) and Marlene VerPlanck (1933, Newark, NJ).
All the details about " the two of us" in our program.
Playlist:
01 - Travellin' Light - Marlene VerPlanck (album My Impetuous Heart)
02 - All In Fun - Marlene VerPlanck & George Shearing (album My Inpetuous Heart)
03 - If I Love Again - Marlene VerPlanck (album I Think Of You With Every Breath I Take)
04 - Wave - Marlene VerPlanck (Billy arranger) (album A Breath of Fresh Air)
05 - You Better love Me - Marlene VerPlanck (album You Better Love Me)
06 - Senor Blues - Billy VerPlanck (album Jazz For Playgirls)
07 - So Long Sadness - Marlene VerPlanck (Billy arranger) (album A Quiet Storm)
08 - Body and Soul - Marlene VerPlanck (album Live! In London)
09 - Playgirl Stroll - Billy VerPlanck (album The Trombone Album)
10 - It Amazes Me - Marlene VerPlanck (album Ballads...Mostly)
11 - Where Can I Go Without You - Marlene VerPlanck (album I Give Up, I'm In Love)
12 - Me and The Blues - Marlene VerPlanck (album The Mood I'm In)
Download : Toppyjazz-430

Live At Maybeck Recital Hall (part 7) (Toppyjazz 429)

Back by Toppyjazz with part 7 of our series about the Concord Records series Live At Maybeck Recital Hall.
This week we have :
Don Friedman (1935, San Francisco),
Kenny Werner (1951, Brooklyn, NY),
George Cables (1944, New York City)
Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929, Mansjoerije, China)
Ted Rosenthal (1959, Long Island, USA)
Kenny Drew jr. (1958-2014)
Monty Alexander (1944, Jamaica)
Allen Farnham (1961, Boston)
 Playlist :
01 - Alone Together - Don Friedman ( volume 33)
02- Someday My Prince Will Come - Kenny Werner (volume 34)
03 - Going Home - George Cables (volume 35)
04 - Sophisticated Lady - Toshiko Akiyoshi (volume 36)
05 - Drop Me A Line - Ted Rosenthal (volume 38)
06 - Peace - Kenny Drew jr. (volume 39)
07 - Island In The Sun - Monty Alexander (volume 40)
08 - Waltz For Debbie - Allen Farnham (volume 41)
Download :Toppyjazz 429

Bethlehem Records (part 10)(Toppyjazz 428)

Once again we found a number of Bethlehem Records : From Dave Pell, Lucy Ann Polk, Herbie Nichols, Marty Paich and Sam Most.

Playlist :
01- But Beautiful - Dave Pell Octet (album Plays Burke and van Heusen)
02 - Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Dave Pell Octet (album Plays Burke and van Heusen)
03 - Time After Time - Lucy Ann Polk (album Lucky Lucy Ann)
04 - Flyin' Colors - Howard McGhee (album Dusty Blue )
05 - To Close For Comfort - Herbie Nichols (album Love , Gloom, Cash, Love)
06 - I'm Glas There's You - Russell Garcia Orchestra with Howard Roberts (album Jazz City Presents Bethlehem Jazz Session)
07 - That Old Black Magic - Marty Paich (album The Jazz City Workshop)
08 - Them There Eyes - Marty Paich (album The Jazz City Workshop)
09 - Strickly Confidental - Sam Most Orchestra (album Sam Most Plays Bird, Bud, Monk & Miles)
10 - Blue Bird - Sam Most Sextet (album Sam Most Plays Bird, Bud, Monk  Miles)
Download : Toppyjazz 428

New on Toppyjazz (part 7) (Toppyjazz 427)

We travel through Eastern by Canoe. Of Course we mean Blue Canoe Records. This week 2 new albums, first guitar player Bill Hart (Ontario) with his album Touch of Blue.

For the third time by Toppyjazz we have Megaphone Man . That's Bryan Lopez on sax, Neal Fountain on bass and Jeff Reilly on drums. Two excellent albums to share with your friends these days.
Happy Eastern!
Second part of our program we have Toni Tennille, Barbora Swinx and a preview about Marlene VerPlanck.

 Playlist :
01 - Touch of Blue - Bill Hart (album Touch of Blue)
02 - All I Know - Bill Hart (album Touch of Blue)
03 - This Is Not A Drill - Megaphone Man (album This Is Not A Drill (live))
04 - On Ira - Zaz  (album Sur La Route)
05 - Love Will keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
06 - I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Toni Tennnille (album More Than You Know)
07 - Do It Again - Toni Tennille (album More Than You Know)
08 - September Bossa - Petr Kroutil & Barbora Swinx (album Just The Way I Am)
09 - Blues In The Night - Barbora Swinx (album Colors of Love)
10 - Come With Me - Barbora Swinx (album Colors of Love)
11 - The Mood I'm In - Marlene VerPlanck (album The Mood I'm In )
Download : Toppyjazz 427