Even if comparisons with Lennie Tristano, Al Haig and Bud Powell are inevitable, Dodo Marmarosa's music has a surrealistic imprint essentially unlike that of any other pianist in or out of bop. In honor of this cardinal truth, the Lone Hill Jazz label has come forward with the Complete Studio Recordings of the Dodo Marmarosa Trio (including alternate takes), bringing together three different West Coast sessions from 1946 and 1947, four selections waxed in his home town of Pittsburgh in 1950, and an entire second disc's worth of mature Marmarosa material recorded in Chicago in 1961 and 1962. The instrumentation is well worth scrutinizing; the two earliest tracks, dated January 11, 1946, involved bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jackie Mills. Tracks three through 14, waxed on or after September 23, 1946, had no drummer -- only guitarist Barney Kessel and bassist Gene Englund played with the pianist. A rare example of Dodo the vocalist, "I've Got News for You" was originally released on the Atomic record label. The bedrock of this man's musical legacy is a series of sides recorded for the Dial label in Los Angeles on December 3, 1947 (disc one, tracks 15-19 and 24-29). The first cascading bars of "Bopmatism" plunge the listener into an intoxicating groove from which there is no retreat. Here Dodo worked with Harry Babasin, a bassist who doubled on the cello, and once again percussionist Jackie Mills. The Pittsburgh Savoy session found the pianist in the company of bassist Thomas Mandrus and drummer Joe Wallace. More than ten years fraught with personal crises passed before Dodo Marmarosa, by then operating in Chicago, recorded again in a studio with a trio. On May 9 and 10, 1961, the pianist recorded ten tracks with bassist Richard Evans and drummer Marshall Thompson. Almost exactly one year later, on May 4, 1962, seven additional performances were waxed with the great Sam Jones replacing Evans. Both those who are just discovering Marmarosa's music and seasoned jazzheads who are mainly familiar with his earlier work will find this raft of latter-day Dodo a treasure well worth savoring time and again. arwulf arwulf
Tracklist 1 :
1 Mellow Mood 3:12
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
2 Dodo's Blues 3:11
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
3 Raindrops 2:47
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
4 I've Got News For You 2:58
Written-By – L. Easton
5 Compadoo 2:18
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
6 I'm In Love 2:35
Lyrics By – LeBaron / Music By – Kreisler
7 Opus No. 5 1:45
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
8 You Thrill Me So 2:44
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
9 Dodo's Bounce 1:41
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
10 Escape 1:42
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
11 Lover Come Back To Me 2:49
Lyrics By – Hammerstein II / Music By – Romberg
12 Raindrops 2:09
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
13 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 2:38
Lyrics By – Harbach / Music By – Kern
14 Bopmatism 1:20
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
15 Bopmatism 2:55
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
16 Dodo's Dance 3:06
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
17 Trade Winds 3:08
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
18 Dary Departs 2:35
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
19 Cosmo Street 3:51
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
20 My Foolish Heart 2:36
Lyrics By – Washington / Music By – Young
21 Blue Room 3:04
Written-By – Hart-Rodgers
22 Why Was I Born 3:13
Written-By – Kern-Hammerstein II
23 The Night Is Young 2:48
Written-By – I. Kahal
24 Bopmatism 3:06
25 Dodo's Dance 3:04
26 Trade Winds 3:05
27 Dary Departs 2:45
28 Dary Departs 2:43
29 Cosmo Street 3:25
Tracklist 2 :
1 April Played The Fiddle 4:07
Written-By – Monaco, Burke
2 Why Do I Love You 3:19
Written-By – Kern-Hammerstein II
3 Everything Happens To Me 4:39
Music By – Carmichael / Words By – Mercer
4 Me And My Shadow 4:04
Lyrics By – Rose / Music By – Dreyer / Written-By – Jolson
5 On Green Dolphin Street 3:15
Lyrics By – Washington / Music By – Kaper
6 Tracy's Blues 3:36
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
7 You Call It Madness 3:56
Written-By – Conrad, DuBois, Gregory, Columbo
8 Mellow Mood 3:57
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
9 I Thought About You 5:29
Lyrics By – Mercer / Music By – VanHeusen
10 A Cottage For Sale 4:56
Lyrics By – Conley / Music By – Robison
11 The Song Is You 7:31
Written-By – Kern-Hammerstein II
12 Just Friends 5:17
Lyrics By – Klenner / Music By – Lewis
13 Yardbird Suite 4:18
Written-By – C. Parker
14 I Remember You 3:41
Lyrics By – Mercer / Music By – Schertzinger
15 The Moody Blues 4:09
Written-By – D. Marmarosa
16 The Very Thought Of You 4:02
Written-By – R. Noble
17 Yardbird Suite 3:50
Written-By – C. Parker
Credits :
Bass – Gene Englund (tracks: 1-3 to 1-14), Ray Brown (tracks: 1-1, 1-2), Richard Evans (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10), Sam Jones (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10), Thomas Mandrus (tracks: 1-20 to 1-23)
Bass, Cello – Harry Babasin (tracks: 1-15 to 1-19, 1-24 to 1-29)
Drums – Jackie Mills (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-15 to 1-19, 1-24 to 1-29), Joe Wallace (tracks: 1-20 to 1-23), Marshall Thompson (tracks: 2-1 to 2-17)
Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 1-3 to 1-14)
Piano – Dodo Marmarosa
Vocals – Dodo Marmarosa (tracks: 1-4)
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DODO MARMAROSA TRIO — Complete Studio Recordings (2004) 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
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CLEA BRADFORD - Her Point of View (1968) lp / Mp3
Vocals. Exuberant jazz and blues vocalist who had series of good albums
released in '60s, enjoyed some success with Cadet in late '60s, though
these were more soul-oriented records arranged by Richard Evans. She had
more straight jazz sessions with Clark Terry, Oliver Nelson and others
on Mainstream, Tru-Sound. web
Tracklist:
A1 My Love's A Monster 2:55
Written-By – Bradford, Evans
A2 Spring Is Here 3:20
Written-By – Rodgers & Hart
A3 Summertime 3:00
Written-By – Heyward, Gershwin
A4 The Thrill Is Gone 2:58
Written-By – Brown, Henderson
A5 Bye Bye Blackbird 2:52
Written-By – Dixon, Henderson
A6 Think About That 3:13
Written-By – Clea Bradford
B1 I Need Love 3:00
Written-By – Bradford, Evans
B2 A Place In The Sun 3:20
Written-By – Wells, Miller
B3 What Is This Thing Called Love 2:50
Written-By – Porter
B4 Anything Goes 3:00
Written-By – Porter
B5 Any Day Now 4:22
Written-By – Schuster, Rosenberg, Cunningham
B6 The View From Up Here 3:12
Written-By – Clea Bradford
Credits:
Arranged By – Les Hooper (tracks: A5, B5), Richard Evans (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B1 to B4, B6)
Vocals – Clea Bradford
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DOROTHY ASHBY – Afro-Harping (1968-2003) RM | SERIE : LP Reproduction | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Tracklist :
1 Soul Vibrations 3:22
Richard Evans
2 Games 3:57
Dorothy Ashby
3 Action Line 3:43
Dorothy Ashby
4 Lonely Girl 3:15
Redd Evans / Neal Hefti / Jay Livingston
5 Life Has Its Trials 4:31
Dorothy Ashby
6 Afro-Harping 3:01
Dorothy Ashby
7 Little Sunflower 3:47
Freddie Hubbard
8 Theme from Valley of the Dolls 3:35
André Previn
9 Come Live With Me 2:39
André Previn
10 The Look of Love 4:06
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
Credits :
Arranged By [Original] – Richard Evans
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
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JOACHIM KÜHN — Europeana : Jazzphony No. 1 (Michael Gibbs) (1995) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
Europeana won the Annual German Record Critics' Award upon its initial CD release in 1995. ACT Tracklist : 1 Castle In Heaven 4:16 Fr...