Artykuł Roy Orbison<br /> In Dreams pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

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Artykuł John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones Coltrane Plays The Blues pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

On this release, Benjamin Britten conducts the London Symphony Orchestra performing „Nocturne.“ Additionally, Peter Pears and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden perform „Four Sea Interludes“ and „Passacaglia“ from „Peter Grimes.“

Nocturne is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, written for tenor, seven obbligato instruments and strings. The seven instruments are flute, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, harp, French horn and timpani. Nocturne was Britten’s fourth and final orchestral song cycle. It was dedicated to Alma Mahler.

Nocturne was premiered in the Leeds Town Hall at the centenary Leeds Festival on 16 October 1958 by Peter Pears and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Rudolf Schwarz.

The theme of the piece, as its name Nocturne suggests, is sleep and darkness, both in the literal and figurative sense. In this respect, the work is reminiscent of Britten’s earlier Serenade. Unlike Serenade, Nocturne is presented as a continuous piece rather than separate movements. This is emphasized by a number of figures which occur throughout, most notably the ‚rocking‘ string motif which opens the work. The conflicting tonal relationship between C and D-flat is also evident throughout, reflecting the contrast between the untroubled and the more perturbed aspects of sleep which are also described by Britten’s choice of poems.

Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia are from Britten’s opera „Peter Grimes.“
Both pieces are often performed together.

Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, conductor
Peter Pears
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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Artykuł Diana Krall<br /> All for you – (A Dedication To The Nat King Cole Trio) <br /> 2 x 45 rpm pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

Artykuł Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnson <br />Ben Webster and Associates pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

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Bluesman Jon Hendricks is in Superb Form Here! Featuring such Major Sidemen as Pony Poindexter and Billy Mitchell, this Spirited Album is Essential to Any Audiophile’s Collection!

Jon Hendricks helped to originate vocalese, which is an art form of adding lyrics to existing instrumentals and replacing instruments with vocalists. He is also considered to be one of the best scat performers. Jazz critic and historian Leonard Feather called him the „Poet Laureate of Jazz“. Al Jarreau has called him „pound-for-pound the best jazz singer on the planet – maybe that’s ever been“.

After his service in the Army during World War II, Hendricks attended the University of Toledo as a pre-law major. Just as he was about to enter the graduate law program, his G.I. benefits ran out, which forced him to choose a different career path. Recalling that Charlie Parker had encouraged him to come to New York two years earlier to look him up, Hendricks took him up on his offer and moved there and began his singing career. In 1968, he moved his family to London, England to further his solo career and so his five children could receive a better education.

„Qualities one associates with the jazz vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – swing, hipness, and witty, offbeat lyrics – were very much in evidence when band member Jon Hendricks released Fast Livin‘ Blues in 1962. A looser approach, however, allowed more room for the instrumentalists to both stretch out and insert perfectly-timed fills with an air of spontaneity… For someone who has the blues in all kinds of ways, the front man sure seems to be having a good time, spinning tales of friendship, fast living, and fish fries that will inspire smiles more than sadness. Again I applaud Original Recordings Group for picking a less-than-obvious title that well deserves a reassessment and for capturing a natural sound on noise-free 180-gram 45rpm pressings. Every time the horn section kicks in, it’s exquisite – rich, sweet-sounding brass in all its glory.“ – Music 3.5/5, Sonics 4.5/5 – Jeff Wilson, The Absolute Sound, February 2013, p. 142

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The two jazz giants Ben Webster and Harry „Sweets“ Edison had long wanted to record an album together, and in 1962 it came to fruition with excellent accompaniment from Hank Jones (piano), George Duvivier (bass) and Clarence Johnston (drums). Although associated with two different orchestras (Edison/Basie and Webster/Ellington), these two swing kings found that they indeed had a lot in common! For evidence of this classic pairing look no further than these sides!

This album features both horn men on three medium tempo blues numbers „Better Go,“ „Kitty,“ and „Did You Call Her Today.“ In addition, Webster gets two tenor features, contributing absolutely luscious solos on both „How Long Has This Been Going On“ and „My Romance.“ After listening to these songs, there can be no doubt that Webster is one of the best balladeers jazz has ever produced.

Edison also gets his moment in the sun as well on the album closer which finds Sweets playing a wonderful, even fairly modern sounding, rendition of „Embraceable You“ using a Harmon mute. The ballads, enhanced by the wonderful harmonic sense of pianist Hank Jones, are the highlight of this release, and show both Webster and Sweets‘ unbeatable melodic sense.

Ben Webster was considered to be on of the three most important ’swing tenors‘ along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Known by some as „The Brute,“ he had a tough, raspy and brutal tone on stomps but could deliver warmth and sentiment on softer ballads.

Trumpeter Harry „Sweets“ Edison spent his early childhood in Kentucky where he was introduced to music by his uncle. After moving back to his hometown of Columbus, Ohio at the age of 12, he began playing the trumpet with local bands, eventually landing a spot with the Count Basie Orchestra.

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