Enoch Light & The Light Brigade

 It's great to hear the hits of the Big Band Era, I never get tired of hearing them and Enoch Light does a great job recreating the sound !

          1. Begin The Beguine

Los Indios Tabajaras

Classic's via Guitar sounds, great even if you are not familiar with the melody's

        4. El Yuelo Del Moscardon.( Flight Of The Bumblebee)

Kay Starr

 Some early Kay Starr from the 50's

          6. Tonight You Belong To Me

Karl Ehrlich Band

Not been to a Beer festival for years and this lot seems to be enjoying themselves lots quite a few of well known tunes and some that you can join in even if you don't know them... it's that infectious!!...wonder where Auntie Jean is !!

Helmut Zacharias & Orchestra

Once again we are in "Belgium" via "Bob" and a very different "Helmut Z" in fact I would say its one of his best !!!...give it a download and see if you agree!!!!

          8. America

Johnny Mathis

Another one from Johnny singing songs of the 70's !!

1. Where Do I Begin (Love Story)
2. Rose Garden
3. Ten Times Forever More
4. It's Impossible
5. I Was There
6. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life

1. We've Only Just Begun
2. Traces
3. For The Good Times 
4. My Sweet Lord
5. Loss Of Love

        10. My Sweet Lord

Oklahoma..London Cast

Another trip "Out West" in "America" for the music and "London" for the visuals via Mp3's.....This seems to be a recording that was made of an actual "live" performance in 1980.
All the great "Rogers & Hammerstein's" song's that everybody knows and by the sound of the recording it definatly has atmosphere echoey' when the singers seem to move around the stage and of course all the audience applause so its a great one !!!

 

No No Nanette..London Cast

Still in Theatre Land we now have an older show from 1925....That came to London in 1973 and this is the one that is here !!!....Once again we have songs two I think that are now "Standards" namely "Tea For Two" and "I Want To Be Happy"...so get your Tappy Toes Tapping !!!

 

De Beste Van De Edison Winnaars..VA

Wow what a surprise when I came across this one !!...thanks AJ...I wonder if she  

was in Holland and bought this back !!...its a great L/P Thanks AJ !! Thanks !

The Edison Award is annual Dutch music prize, awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is one of the oldest music awards in the world, having been presented since 1960. 

          4. A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Emerson Lake & Palmer.

 Well now let's "Rock" with a classic L/P !!...that to all the "Rock Guy's & Gals" will be no stranger too !!...all the other's be a devil and have a listen !! you might be surprised and like it !!!

Ted Heath

Ted Heath in "Phase 4 Stereo" doing most of Glenn Millers Classic hits !...from one great band to another !!

1. In The Mood

2. Little Brown Jug

3. At Last

4. Chattanooga Choo-Choo

5. Moonlight Serenade

6. American Patrol

1. Anvil Chorus

2. String Of Pearls

3. I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo

4. Pennsylvania 65000

5. Serenade In Blue

6. Tuxedo Junction

         8. String Of Pearls

Steely Dan

 First time I have heard tracks from Steely Dan...Thanks John !!

1. Do It Again

2. Dirty Work

3. Kings

4. Midnight Cruiser 

5. Only A Fool Would Say That

1. Reelin' In The Years

2. Fire In The Hole

3. Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)

4. Change Of The Guard

5. Turn The Heartbeat Over Again

          5. Only A Fool Would Say That

Johnny Cash

The man in black singing some classic country songs....

1. In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home

2. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

3. Frankie's Man Johnny

4. In The Jailhouse

5. My Shoes Keep Walking back To You

1. Don't Take Your Guns To Town

2. Great Speckled Bird

3. Five Feet High And Rising

4. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know About Her

         3. Frankie's Man Johnny

Ed Bickert

Some great guitar playing now...so turn the volume up and have a listen !!

Edward Isaac Bickert, CM (November 29, 1932 – February 28, 2019) was a Canadian jazz guitarist.

A native of Hochfeld, Manitoba, Bickert grew up in Vernon, British Columbia. When he was eight years old, he started playing guitar. He performed at country dances with his parents, who were musicians, his mother on piano, his father on fiddle. During the early 1950s, Bickert he worked as a radio engineer in Toronto.

Later, Bickert became a studio musician, recording as a sideman for Ron Collier, Moe Koffman, Phil Nimmons, and Rob McConnell and performed in a duo with Don Thompson and a trio with Thompson and Terry Clarke. He worked with American musicians when they toured in Toronto such as Ruby Braff, Paul Desmond, and Frank Rosolino. After playing in Japan with Milt Jackson, he recorded with Oscar Peterson, then Buddy Tate. He went on tour during the 1980s with McConnell, Koffman, and Peter Appleyard.

Bickert signed with Concord and recorded with Ernestine Anderson, Benny Carter, Rosemary Clooney, Lorne Lofsky, Dave McKenna, Ken Peplowski, and Neil Swainson. Lofsky was a member of his quartet in the 1980s and 1990s........(Info Edited From Wikipedia)

 

         6. Things Are Getting Better

Turk Murphy's Frisco Jazz Band

Melvin Edward Alton "Turk" Murphy (December 16, 1915 in Palermo, California – May 30, 1987 in San Francisco, California) was a trombonist and bandleader who played traditional and Dixieland jazz.

Murphy served in the Navy during World War II, during which he played and recorded with Lu Watters and Bunk Johnson. In 1952, he headed Turk Murphy's Jazz Band, which included pianist Wally Rose, clarinetist Bob Helm, banjoist Dick Lammi, and tubaist Bob Short. Murphy's band played his nightclub, Earthquake McGoons, which opened in 1960 and moved three times before closing in 1984. In January 1987, he played Carnegie Hall. He died on May 30, 1987.

1. My Heart

2. Evolution Mamma

3. Big Bear Stomp

4. Gone Daddy

5. Dr Jazz

1. 50 Miles Of Elbow Room

2. The Pearls

3. Lassus Trombone

4. St James Infirmary Blues

5. Panama

6. Mabel's Dream

        5. Dr Jazz

Carmen Cavallaro

Some Swinging Piano Now....

Carmen Cavallaro (May 6, 1913 – October 12, 1989) was an American pianist. He established himself as one of the most accomplished and admired light music pianists of his generation. 

Carmen Cavallaro was born in New York City. Known as the “Poet of the Piano”, he showed a gift for music from age three, picking out tunes on a toy piano. His parents were encouraged to develop the child’s musical talents and he studied classical piano in the United States. As a young pianist, he toured Europe, performing in many capitals. Cavallaro formed his own band, a five-piece combo, in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1939. His popularity grew and his group expanded into a 14-piece orchestra, releasing some 19 albums for Decca over the years. Although his band travelled the country and played in all the top spots, he made a particular impact at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, which became a favoured venue, and which also later became a favourite spot of George Shearing and Mel Tormé. Cavallaro developed a piano-playing style of glittering and rippling arpeggios to augment his melody, which was often arranged in thick and lush triple- and quadruple-octave chords. His musical interests and arrangements included dance music, particularly Latin rhythms, tangos and strict tempo dancing styles, as well as some pop and jazz arrangements of classical melodies.........( Info Edited From Wikipedia ) 

1. Let There Be Love

2. Along With Me

3. Everybody Loves A Lover

4. Fly Me To The Moon

5. It's Alright With Me

6. I Fall In Love To Easily

1. Mack The Knife

2. Tonight

3. Day In Day Out

4. Get Out Of Town

5. I Got it Bad

6. Lullaby of The Leaves

           1. Let There Be Love

Thelma Gracen

Another forgotten singer from the 50's /60's with her one and only L/P release !!..and its a good one well worth a listen !!....As stated at the beginning of this blog the posts are mainly Vinyl but this one is a CD so the nod has been fulfilled !!...and there might be more later !!

AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny.....................

Thelma Gracen's lone EmArcy date boasts a warm, nocturnal atmosphere that belies the precision and complexity of its performances. Guitarist Barney Kessel, tenorist Georgie Auld, and pianist Lou Levy are all in top form, delivering graceful, almost effortless support that encircles Gracen's vocals like a kind of halo effect. Her cool, sophisticated interpretations of chestnuts like "I'll Remember April" and "Night and Day" immediately bring to mind the likes of Anita O'Day and Chris Connor, but Gracen possesses a style and intelligence all her own -- it's a shame her discography is so slim.

1. I'll Remember April

2. Night And Day

3. I'll Never be The Same

4. Tea For Two

5. I'll Get By

6. Out Of Nowhere

1. Solitude

2. Just You Just Me

3. I'm Yours

4. People Will Say Were In love

5. More Than You Know

6. Let There Be love

          5. I'll Get By 

Hollies.

Another compilation that does exactly what it says on the tin!!...All of their hits from the 60's and not a fill in track in sight !!....I wonder if there ever was a "Jennifer Eccles" !!!

1. I Can't Let Go
2. Bus Stop
3. We're Through
4. Carrie Anne
5. Here I Go Again 
6. King Midas In Reverse
7. Yes I Will

1. I'm Alive
2. Just One Look
3. On A Carousel
4. Stay
5. Look Through Any Window
6. Stop Stop Stop
7. Jennifer Eccles 

          14. Jennifer Eccles