Sinatra at the Sands
Frank Sinatra, Count Basie
Sinatra at the Sands
THE RAT PACK
24/10/2008 : Pour les 20 ans de Firenze, une grande fan de Frank Sinatra et du Rat Pack... Pour info, le Rat Pack chante avec l'orchestre de Count Basie dirigé par un certain Quincy Jones...
Quand Marlène a le blues...
26/09/2008 : music Count Basie & Joe williams "Every Day I have the Blues"ONT PARTICIPÉ: Marlène Dietrich (moi c'est la pauv'), Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Ginger Rogers, Samy Davis Jr (je l'adore), Gene Kelly et Frank Sinatra (salut FRED), Rita Hayworth, Leslie Caron, Danny Kaye, Marilyn Monroe (coucou les "3 Grâces") et Yves Montand (Hello Daniela), Shirley McLaine, et PAS MOI !
On The Sunny Side of The Street - Roman Dixieland Few Stars
22/04/2008 : Live at the Cotton Club - Rome, Italy. Michael Supnick - cornet, trombone Gianni Sanjust - clarinet Michele Pavese - trombone, leader "Peter" Ricci - banjo Gianluca Galvani - Sousaphone http://www.michaelsupnick.com/michelepavese.html http://www.cambiamusica.it Realization and editing by Antonio Parisi adservice@tiscali.it "On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Having become a jazz standard, it was played (usually as an instrumental) by such greats as Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Errol Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie. Frankie Laine had a hit with his recording, and the song also was recorded by other leading vocalists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra. The children's group Sharon Lois and Bram recorded a version for their Sing A to Z recording. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt recorded their well-known version on their Sonny Side Up album. The lyrics begin: Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worries on the doorstep Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street Can't you hear the pitter-pat And that happy tune is your step Life can be complete On the sunny side of the street http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Sunny_Side_of_the_Street
I Wish I Knew - Harry Edison
03/01/2008 : I wish I knew ? Harry ?Sweets? Edison The 1945 Harry Warren composition ?I Wish I Knew? has been a favourite of trumpeter Harry ?Sweets? Edison for many years. He performs it here at a jazz party in Vienna Austria with the excellent rhythm group of Milt Hinton bass, Marion McPartland piano, and Louie Bellson on drums Harry "Sweets" Edison (1915 ?1999), was born in Columbus, Ohio. At the age of 12, the young Edison began playing the trumpet with local bands. In 1933, he became a member of the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra in Cleveland. Afterwards he played with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band and Lucky Millinder. In 1937 he moved to New York and joined the Count Basie Orchestra. His colleagues included Buck Clayton, Lester Young (who named him "Sweets"), Buddy Tate, Freddie Green, Jo Jones, and other original members of that famous band. In the early 1950s, he settled on the West Coast and became a highly sought-after studio musician, making important contributions to recordings by such artists as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald. In 1956 he recorded the first of three albums with tenor great Ben Webster. Ih his later years he appeared frequently in Europe and Japan until shortly before his demise..
The best is yet to come
07/10/2007 : Stacey Kent & Miss Tic. . The Best Is Yet to Come is a song composed by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. It is particularly associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album It Might As Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie, under the direction of Quincy Jones. It was the last song that Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995. The words The Best Is Yet to Come are imprinted on Sinatra's tombstone.
Ghost of a Chance Edison
08/03/2007 : Ghost of a chance A Peplowski 1994 Ken Peplowski Quintet in a 1994 concert. Their special guest is famous trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison. Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 - July 27, 1999), was born in Columbus, Ohio. He spent his early childhood in Kentucky, where he was introduced to music by an uncle. After moving back to Columbus at the age of 12, the young Edison began playing the trumpet with local bands. In 1933, he became a member of the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra in Cleveland, and after a year moved to New York and joined the Count Basie Orchestra. His colleagues included Buck Clayton, Lester Young (who named him "Sweets"), Buddy Tate, Freddie Green, Jo Jones, and other original members of that famous band. "Sweets" Edison came to prominence as a soloist with the Basie Band and as an occasional composer/arranger for the band. He also appeared in the 1944 film Jammin' The Blues. When the Basie Band temporarily disbanded in 1950, Edison pursued a varied career as leader of his own groups, traveling with Jazz at the Philharmonic and freelancing with other orchestras. In the early 1950s, he settled on the West Coast and became a highly sought-after studio musician, making important contributions to recordings by such artists as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Milt Hinton-Ol' Man Time
22/02/2007 : Ol'Man time Hinton Milt 1995 Milt Hinton 1910-2000 Milt Hinton was widely regarded as the dean of jazz bassists. Born in 1910 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Milt's career began in Chicago with Boyd Atkins, Jabbo Smith, and in 1931, Eddie South. He played with Freddie Keppard, Zutty Singleton, and Erskine Tate. In 1936, Milt joined Cab Calloway and stayed with him until 1951. During this period , he recorded with Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Ethel Waters, And Teddy Wilson. After leaving Cab, he began a long free-lance career in New York City. He has toured overseas with Pearl Bailey and Bing Crosby as well as stints with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and the Louis Armstrong All-Stars. Other credits include many television, radio, and motion picture sound track performances, as well as Paul Anka, Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Sam Cooke, Sammy Davis, Jr., Patti LaBelle, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, and Guy Lombardo. He was one of the most-recorded musicians in the history of the business. At the 1995 Summit Jazz Festival in Denver, Milt was a member of the Bob Wilber All-Stars. Wilber introduced him saying that he possesses "..the strongest pulse of any bass player in the world." He is also the master of the "slap" bass technique that originated in New Orleans with Bill Johnson (born in 1872), a man Milt knew during his early Chicago days. Jazz historian Richard Hadlock has described Milt's slapping as "..a living link with the New Orleans bass style." A parallel career for Milt was jazz photography. Some of his outstanding photos (there are 35,000 negatives) of jazz greats have been compiled in two books, Bass Line and Over Time, by Milt Hinton, David G. Berger, and Holly Maxson (Pomegranite Artbooks, Box 808022, Milt Hinton's widow Mona started a website in memory of her husband. http://www.milthinton.com/home.html
