Lisa Hilton & George Duke Special (Toppyjazz 304)

Lisa Hilton sent us her latest album called Getaway. 

Some great names were involved in making this cd.

 David Foster produces, Larry Grenadier on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums.

 Perhaps the best way to review this album is the title of track 4 "Stepping into Paradise". We give you our choice of Mrs. Hilton's best albums.

 Second Mr. George Duke (1946-2023).

 We offer you the best of his Complete MPS Fusion Recordings. 

 And two tracks of Eydie Gormé (1928-2013) , a little tribute to Eydie , who passed away August 2013, from Toppyjazz.

 

Playlist :

 01 - Stepping Into Paradise - Lisa Hilton (album Getaway)

 02 - Unforgotten - Lisa Hilton (album Getaway) 

 03 - Getaway - Lisa Hilton (album Getaway) 

 04 - Getaway - Lisa Hilton (album In The Mood For Jazz)

 05 - Take Five - Lisa Hilton (album My Favorite Things) 

 06 - Hit The Road Jack - Lisa Hilton (album Midnight In Manhattan)

 07 - Yes My Darling Daughter - Eydie Gormé ( UK single)

 08 - Feels So Good - George Duke (album My Soul, The Complete MPS Fusion Recordings)

 09 - I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry - George Duke (same box)

 10 - Love - George Duke (same album) 

 11 - Tryin' and Cryin' - George Duke (same album)

 12 - After The Love - George Duke (same album)

 13 - How Long Has This Been Going On - Eydie Gormé

Hans Koller & Rob Pronk Special (Toppyjazz 303)

This week we dig in the music from sax player Hans Koller (Vienna -1921-2003) and arranger/pianist Rob Pronk (Malang - 1928-/München 2012). 

 All information about the musicians in our radio show.

 

Playlist : 

 01 - Blues For Twelve - Various (album International Jazz Concert Frankfurt 1962) 

 02 - Dig - Various (same album) 

 03 - Don't You Ever Learn - Klaus Weiss (album Lightnin') 

 04 - So Here You Are - Klaus Weiss (album Lightnin') 

 05 - A String Of Pearls -Kurt Edelhagen (album Big Band Hits) 

 06 - Exodus - Kurt Edelhagen (album Concerto!) 

 07 - My Old Flame - Zoller/Koller/Solal (album Zoller/Koller/Solal) 

 08 - Piece For T.C. - Jurgen Wuchner - (album Piece For Mouth) 

 09 - Call Me Eric - Hans Koller Ensemble (album Forum West) 

 10 - West Coast Blues - Hans Koller (album Wes Montgomery Live in Europe) 

 11 - More Than You Know - Sylvia Vrethammar (album Champagne) 

(first issued 2013)

Toppyjazz Standards Top 200 (part 17)(Toppyjazz 302)

 

This week the places 161/170 with Vikki Carr , Sam Cooke, Rhoda SCott and more.

 Playlist Top 200 (161-170) 

 161 - Mood Indigo - Rhoda Scott (Duke Ellington-Lorenzo Tio) (1930)(album Summertime) 

 162 - I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Terence Blachard & Dianne Reeves (McHugh-Fields)(1928) (album Let's Get Lost) 

 163 - Straight No Chaser - Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Monk)(1951) (album In San Francisco)

 164 - My Melancholy Baby - Vikki Carr (Burnett-Norton)(1911) (album Discovery II) 

 165 - Sheik Of Araby - Dutch Swing College Band (Snyder-Smith-Wheeler)(1921) (album Dixieland Jazz) 

 166 - I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Johnny Mathis (McHugh-Gaskill)(1926) (album Johnny) 

 167 - Stairway To The Stars - Rita Reys (Malneck-Signorelli-Parish)(1935) (album Young At Heart) 

 168 - Yardbird Suite - Karrin Allyson (Charlie Parker) (1946)(album Azure Te) 

 169 - Get Happy - Tierney Sutton (Arlen -Koehler)(1929) (album On The Other Side) 

 170 - God Bless The Child - Sam Cooke (Herzog-Holiday)(1941) (album Tribute to The Lady) 

 170 - God Bless The Child - Discussion Billie Holiday with Tony Scott 

(first issued 2013)

Ahmad Jamal & Ledisi (Toppyjazz 301)

Looking for some material from Mr. Howard Roberts we found an old record from Ahmad Jamal with Howard Roberts "The Bright The Blue and The Beautiful". 

 Ahmad Jamal (1930-2023) is praised and knocked down for his music.

 Some critics say 

1. Ahmad Jamal is no important musician (Wiki USA)

 2. Most important pianist after 1945 (Wiki Netherlands) 

3. Jamal is a nice barpianist (Wiki Germany). 

 We heard the Mosaic box with Ahmad Jamal's Arco period.

We are sorry to say we don't think Jamal is a great pianist. 

Also his usage of "space", fingersettings , understatement and crack in the vinyl effect is sometimes very weird.

 But judge by yourself this week by Toppyjazz. 

 Ledisi Young (1972-New Orleans)  is our second musician and what a great voice.

 Special listen to her fantastic version of Straight no Chaser. Highly recommanded! 

 Playlist :

 01 - Yesterdays - Ahmad Jamal (album The Bright The Blue The Beautiful)

 02 - But Not For Me - Ahmad Jamal (album Mosaic Arco recordings) 

 03 - The Surreu With The Fringe on Top (album Mosaic Arco Recordings)

 04 - Superstition - Ahmad Jamal (album '73) 

 05 - It's Easy To Remember - Ahmad Jamal (album Count Em '88)

 06 - Wave - Ahmad Jamal (album The Awakening) 

 07 - Straight No Chaser - Ledisi Young (Album Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue) 

 08 - Getta Outta My Kitchen - Ledisi (album Soulsinger : The Revival ) 

 09 - Papa Loved To Love Me - Ledisi (album Soulsinger : The Revival)

 10 - In The Morning - Ledisi (album Lost & Found)

 11 - Them Changes - Ledisi (album Turn Me Loose)

 12 - Shut Up - Ledisi ( album Pieces Of Me)

 13 - I Gotta Get To You - Ledisi (album Pieces Of Me) 

(first issued 2013)

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)

Welcome by Toppyjazz Club (1) (Toppyjazz 296)

From this week on Toppyjazz only in English and sometimes in German. 

This is the first Toppyjazz radioshow from a series with a full hour LIVE MUSIC. 

 Have Fun!

Playlist : 

 01 - Welcome to The club - Nat King Cole (album Welcome To The Club)

 02 - Madrid - Nat King Cole (album Welcome To the Club) 

 02 - I Got Rhythm - Barbara Dennerlein (album Live on Tour) 

 04 - Body and Soul - Michal Urbaniak (album Polish jazz vol.24) 

 05 - Roxanna - Sting/Gil Evans (album Last session -Live at Perugia 1987)

 06 - Introduktion of the Band - Sting/Gil Evans (same album)

07 - Lullaby of Birdland - Saori Yano (album Bebop at The Savoy)

 08 - Laura Peacock - Saori Yano (same album)

 09 - Ol' Man River - Gitte Haenning (album Jazz) 

 10 - My Kinda World - Gitte Haenning 

 11 - There's No Business Like Show Business - Gitte Haenning

 12 - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Gitte Haenning 

(first issued 2013)

Ladies Jazz (Toppyjazz295)

In deze week komen een aantal vrouwelijke musici aan bod welke wij nog niet eerder bij Toppyjazz uitzonden.

 Veel aandacht voor de Duitse Inga Rumpf bekend van Rockpalast.

Uit Saratoga Cal, komt zangeres Jacqui Naylor en tot slot Ulita Knaus, ook in Nederland geen onbekende. Ze studeerde in Hilversum en is nu meestal in Hamburg te vinden.

 Veel meer bijzonderheden in de uitzending. 

 Video : Ulita Knaus :

Playlist: 

 01 - Amerika - Inga Rumpf (album Second Hand-Mädchen) 

 02 - Stormy Weather - Inga Rumpf & Joja Wendt (album Fifty-Fifty) 

 03 - Backwater Blues - Inga Rumpf (album at Rockpalast) 

 04 - Still Got The Blues - Inga Rumpf (album It's A Man's World) 

 05 - Lazy Bones - Jacqui Naylor (album Jacqui Naylor) 

 06 - Shelter - Jacqui Naylor (album Shelter) 

 07 - Blue Moon - Jacqui Naylor (album The Color Five)

 08 - Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Jacqui Naylor (album Lucky Girl) 

 09 - So Lost Like Peace - Ulita Knaus (album So Lost Like Peace) 

 10 - The Blue and Me - Ulita Knaus (album Sea Journey) 

 11 - The Way Back Home - Ulita Knaus (album It's The City) 

 12 - Und Wie Heisst Du? - Ulita Knaus (album Tambor) 

 13 - Lass Mich Gehen - Ulita Knaus (album Tambor) 

(first issued 2013)

Lazy Jazz (Toppyjazz 294)

Deze week bij Toppyjazz muziek om lekker bij te relaxen en even niets te doen. 

Ook besteden we even aandacht aan vakantie lectuur. 

 Wij reisden mee met Paul Theroux door Afrika in zijn boek Dark Star Safari. 

Een onthullende kijk op ontwikkelingsamenwerking. 

 De over het paard getilden ontwikkelingssamenwerkers in hun gloednieuwe Landrovers, te beroerd om 1 lifter mee te nemen. (Paul was zelf onderwijzer in Afrika voor vele jaren).

Alleen als de heren een camera zagen, dan werden ze aktief!

 Lezen dat boek!

 Video : Fats Domino  

 Playlist :

 01 - Africa - Toto 

 02 - Lazy - Michael Holiday 

 03 - Sweet, Soft & Lazy - Viktor Lazlo 

 04 - Lazy Woman - Fats Domino 

 05 - Blue Moon - Blank & Jones 

 06 - Lazy Summer Night - Claudine Longet

 07 - Up A Lazy River - Manhattan Transfer 

 08 - Lazy Afternoon - Karin Krog 

 09 - Lazy Bird - John Coltrane 

 10 - Better Days Are Coming - Neil Sedaka 

 11 - Lazy Afternoons - Angela Hagenbach 

 12 - Rock and Roll High School - Elke

(first issued 2013)

Toppyjazz Standards Top 200 (deel 15)(Toppyjazz 293)

Deze week zijn wij toe aan de plaatsen 141 t/m 150. 

U hoort veel details over de liedjes tijdens de uitzending. 

De bonustrack is van de zweedse zangeres Caroline Leander.

Playlist : 

 141 - Moonlight in Vermont - Mel Tormé (Suesdorf-Blackburn) 1944 (album Swingin' On The Moon) 

 142 - Sweet and Lovely - Wardell Gray (Daniels-Tobias-Arnheim?) 1931 (album Memorial)

 143 - Gone With The Wind -Cassandra Wilson (Wrubel- Magidson) 1937 (album Dinner Jazz) 

 144 - Old Folks - Wynton Kelly (Robinson-Lee Hill) 1938 (album Blues on Purpose)

 145 - Three Little Words - Urbie Green (Ruby-Kalmar) 1930 (album The Melodic Tones of Urbie Green) 

 146 - Flamingo - Eddie Higgins (Grouya-Anderson) 1941 (album A Handful of Stars)

 147 - Like Someone In Love - André Previn (van Heusen- Burke) 1944 (album 4 to Go!) 

 148 - C Jam Blues - Horace Parlan (Ellington-Bigard) 1941(album Movin' and Groovin') 

 149 - Sometimes I'm Happy - Pete Rugolo (Youmans-Caesar) 1925 (album 10 Saxophones and 2 Basses)

 150 - Gee Baby , Ain't I Good To You - Deborah Brown (Redman- Razaf) 1929 (album Songbird)

 Bonus track: 

 150 b One of A Thousand - Caroline Leander (album Melting Into Happiness)

(first issued 2013)

Benny Golson Special (Toppyjazz 292)

Zoals vorig jaar belooft is hier eindelijk de Benny Golson Special.

Benny Golson werd in 1929 in Philadelpia geboren en overleed in september 2024.

Benny Golson was bandleider, componist, arrangeur en tenor saxofonist. 

Video Benny Golson met Stablemates van Concertscheune, Salzau Duitsland.  

 Playlist :

 01 - Blues March (Benny Golson) - Cal Tjader - (album Hip Vibrations) 1967.

 02 - Sweet Lorraine - Earl Bostic (album The E.P Collection) 1955.

 03 - East of The Sun - Earl Bostic (album The E.P Collection) 1956.

 04 - Tail Feathers - Ron Carter (album Stardust) 2001.

 05 - Mack The Knife - Benny Golson (album That's Funky) 1994. **

 06 - L'Adieu - Beny Golson (album New Time, New Tet) 2008.

 07 - Sad To Say - Benny Golson (album The Jazztet Real Time) 1986. 

 08 - Milano - Jazztet (album The Jazztet and John Lewis) 1961.

 09 - Whisper Not - Benny Golson , vocal Al Jarreau (album New Time, New Tet) 1986.

 10 - Are You Real - Benny Golson (album The Best of Benny Golson) 1986.

 11 - That Old Devil Called Love - Jazztet (album The Complete Argo- Mercury Recordings) 1960. 

(** first stated recorded 22-23 december 2000. Later corrected 22-23 december 1994.)

(first issued 2013)

Jutta Hipp & Karin Krog (Toppyjazz 291)

Deze week de in 1937 in Oslo geboren Noorse zangeres Karin Krog en de in 1925 in Leipzig geboren Duitse pianiste Jutta Hipp. Jutta overleed in 2003 in New York.

 Jutta werd door criticus Leonard Feather in de jaren 50 de hemel in geprezen.

 De cd's en platen van Jutta zijn nu peperduur geworden. Cd box met foto's (uitgave Bear Records) kost maar liefst meer dan € 160,00 !

 U hoort er alles van in onze uitzending.

 Playlist :

 01 - I Got Your Number - Karin Krog (album Jazz Moments)

 02 - Blue Eyes - Karin Krog (album Joy)

 03 - Soul Eyes - Karin Krog & Archie Shepp ( album Hi-Fly) 

 04 - Cleopatra - Jutta Hipp ( album Frankfurt Special)

 05 - Intro Leonard Feather 

 06 - Take Me In Your Arms - Jutta Hipp (album At The Hickory House)

 07 - Moonlight In Vermont - Jutta Hipp (idem vol 2) 

 08 - Angel Eyes - Karin Krog and Bergen Big Band (album Seagull) 

 09 - The Joint Is Jumping - Karin Krog & Morten Larsen (album In A Rag Bag) 

 10 - We Could Be Flying - Karin Krog (album Raindrops, Raindrops) 

 11 - Anything Goes - Jutta Hipp (album Cool Dogs and Two Oranges) 

 12 - Wee-Dot - Jutta Hipp & Zoot Sims (album Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims) 

(first issued 2013)