Tuesday, April 01, 2008

FJD March 30, 2008 Playlist

Click on the radio blog file to the right to hear the entire show!

Hugh Masekela—Bo Masekela—The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela—Blue Note 1957

Hugh Masekela—Unohilo—The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela—Blue Note 1957

Hugh Masekela—Child Of The Earth—The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela—Blue Note 1957

Chris Potter—Modeen’s Mood—Vertigo—Concord 1998

Louis Prima & Keely Smith—The Lip—Collector’s Series—Capitol 1956

Hampton Hawes—Jordu—All Night Session, Vol. 1—Contemporary 1956

Lucky Thompson’s Quartet—Dodo’s Lament—Complete 1944-1947 Recordings—Downbeat 1946

Art Taylor—Move—A.T.’s Delight—Blue Note 1960

Hadda Brooks—Jump Back Honey—The Okeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957—Okeh 1952

Tubby Hayes Quintet—Message To The Messengers—The Swinging Giant, Vol. 2—Jasmine 1956

Pete LaRoca—Basra—Blue Note 1965

Zoot Sims—Main Stem—Hawthorne Nights—Pablo 1977

Mark Capon—Broadway—The Jazz Guitar of Mark Capon—1999

Shirley Horn—Hard-Hearted Hannah—Light Out Of Darkness (a tribute to Ray Charles)—Gitanes 1993


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Record sleeve was Jazz Smorgasbord (cover shown here)

Actual record inside was...

Philco Orchestra

“Tales Of The Vienna Woods”

Philco Present Waltzes of the World

Philco 19??

Result: Treasure! 6 Treasure Votes to 0 Trash Votes


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The song “Mean To Me”, composed by Fred Ahlert & Roy Turk

Version 1: Sarah Vaughan from the recording Sweet, Sultry & Swinging, recorded in 195? for Spin-O-Rama Records

Version 2: The Lester Young Trio, recorded for Norgran/Verve Records in 1946

4 Comments:

At 12:27 PM, Blogger Greg said...

Really enjoyed the show, particularly, Bo Masekela, Jordu, Dodo’s Lament, and Version 2: The Lester Young Trio.

 
At 12:58 PM, Blogger Craig on Saddle Hill... said...

Sad to say, Hugh Masekela played his final US concerts just a few weeks ago-he celebrated his 69th birthday last week and has decided not to tour as much as in the past so he can stick closer to his home in South Africa. His final 3 US gigs were in Hawaii.

I got to meet and chat with Hugh many times over the years before and after various shows he did in Boston-his a great guy, and funny as hell!

 
At 7:17 PM, Blogger Ken said...

Craig.

Thanks for passing that info along. That is too bad. Such an ebullient personality Masekela has! You almost wish, as bombastic as it sounds, that they would have promoted a "last tour" for him, considering his legacy.

I was really struck by his technique on the trumpet as well. If you listen to those tracks, there's a lot going on.
I'd read some stories about him. I bet he is funny!

Thx!

 
At 7:18 PM, Blogger Ken said...

Greg,

Glad you liked Dodo's Lament. It's not the strongest by Lucky or Dodo, but I was looking to play a combo of them both on a mid-tempo.

Dig

K

 

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