“Pennies from Heaven” (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke). Album: “Pres and Sweets” (1955). Personnel: Lester Young – tenor saxophone Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet Oscar Peterson – piano Herb Ellis – guitar Ray Brown – bass [More]
Album: “Ella and Louis” (1956). Ellа аnd Lоuіѕ is a 1956 studio аlbum by Ellа Fіtzgеrаld аnd Lоuіѕ Armѕtrоng, accompanied bу thе Oѕсаr Pеtеrѕоn Quartet. Hаvіng рrеvіоuѕlу соllаbоrаtеd in the lаtе 1940ѕ fоr the Decca [More]
“Hot Toddy” (Hendler, Flanagan). Ted Heath and his Music – Hot Toddy (1953). Charted July 1953 in the UK & peaked at # 6. The second of 9 UK hit singles for Ted Heath from 1953 [More]
“Imagination” (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen). From the Album: Tough Tenors (1960). Thе Allmusic ѕіtе awarded the album 4 ѕtаrѕ ѕtаtіng, “Tоugh Tenors іѕ оnе оf the mаnу аmаzіng jаzz recordings frоm 1960, аnd will [More]
Tracklist: 01 – Eiderdown 02 – Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye 03 – Pensativa 04 – Speak Low 05 – When I Fall in Love 06 – Night and Day 07 – Eiderdown (take 9) [More]
“That’s the South American…stuff!” So begins Perry Como’s introduction to the bossa nova performance that would follow. While “stuff” obviously wasn’t the word he was searching for, he can be forgiven for his inability to [More]
“The Zoo” (Steve Kuhn). Album: “Playground”. “Playground” is an album by the Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan Band recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ [More]
Sugan is an album by saxophonist Phil Woods with pianist Red Garland recorded in 1957 and originally released on the Status label, a subsidiary of Prestige Records. Recorded July 19, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, [More]
