November releases
(from their website)
Teddy Wilson Trio Revisits the Goodman Years
LABEL: Storyville
CATALOG NUMBER: 101 8364
GENRE: swing jazz
Teddy Wilson - piano, Jesper Lundgaard - bass, Ed Thigpen - drums
S'Wonderful / Someday Sweetheart / The Sheik Of Araby / More Than You Know / Nobody's Sweetheart / Rose Room / China Boy / Sweet Sue / Moonglow / Exactly Like You / Sweet Lorraine / Whispering / How High The Moon / Keeping Out Of Mischief Now / Don't Be That Way / Somebody Loves Me / St Louis Blues / I'll Remember April
This CD (18 tunes; 69 minutes) is a studio recording made in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1980. The CD presents Teddy Wilson at his best, playing tunes he made immortal in the thirties as pianist with clarinetist Benny Goodman. Teddy Wilson is accompanied by Jesper Lundgaard, a Dane who is one of Europe's top bassists, and the famous drummer Ed Thigpen, who also lives in Denmark. On this CD Wilson displays all the delicacy, elegance, taste, finesse and impeccible rhythm sense that has made him one of the best pianists in jazz
Ben Webster At Ronnie Scott, 1964 - The Punch
LABEL: Storyville
CATALOG NUMBER: 101 8373
GENRE: swing & bebop jazz
BARCODE: 717101837328
Ben Webster - tenor sax, Stan Tracy - piano, Rick Laird - bass, Jackie Dougan - drums
Introduction by Ronnie Scott / Blues In B Flat / Stardust / Gone With The Wind / Our Love Is Here To Stay / The Theme / Confirmation / My Romance / Poutin' / A Night In Tunisia / Over The Rainbow / How High The Moon / Cottontail
The music on this CD is being release here for the first time. These 12 tunes (76 minutes), recorded in London over 4 nights at Ronnie Scott's club in 1964, are Ben Webster's first recordings in Europe. Webster is accompanied by three top British jazz musicians: Stan Tracy on piano, Rick Laird on bass and Jackie Dougan on drums. The repertoire consists of both of Ben Webster standards, like "Cottontail", and three bebop tunes: Miles Davis' "The Theme", Dizzy Gillespie's "Night in Tunisia" and Charlie Parker's "Confirmation".
Webster displays deep romanticism - not sentimentality - in his poetic ballads. All in all, this CD is a joy to hear.