Three Wishes
Ron Carter was asked what his three wishes were and he said to Pannonica:- “To be a musical success.”
- “To have a life filled with happiness.”
- “To have a groovy apartment.”
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Requisites
Abbey Is Blue is the fourth album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in the Spring and Fall of 1959 in New York City for the Riverside label. The album was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews, the latter also writing the liner notes The album was mastered by Jack Matthews and the cover photograph was taken by Lawrence N. Shustak. The design of the cover was created by Harris Lewine, Ken Braren and Paul Bacon.
Abbey Lincoln had mastered Billie Holiday’s skill at inhabiting the lyrics of a song and projecting its emotional content outward, and these songs, all of which deal with sorrow, are stark and harrowing accounts of loss and injustice.
Track Listing | 39:19- Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaría) – 3:20
- Lonely House (Langston Hughes, Kurt Weill) – 3:40
- Let Up (Abbey Lincoln) – 5:32
- Thursday’s Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) – 3:31
- Brother, Where Are You? (Oscar Brown) – 3:10
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (Ted Fio Rito, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) – 5:24
- Come Sunday (Duke Ellington) – 5:13
- Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:46
- Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 4:11
- Long as You’re Living” (Oscar Brown, Julian Priester, Tommy Turrentine) – 2:33
- Abbey Lincoln – vocals
- Kenny Dorham (tracks 2, 4 & 7-9), Tommy Turrentine (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10) – trumpet
- Julian Priester – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)
- Les Spann – guitar (tracks 2, 4 & 7-9), flute (track 5)
- Wynton Kelly (tracks 2, 4, 5), Cedar Walton (tracks 3 & 6), Phil Wright (tracks 7-9) – piano
- Bobby Boswell (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10), Sam Jones (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7-9) – bass
- Philly Joe Jones (tracks: 2, 4, 5 & 7-9), Max Roach (tracks: 1, 3, 6 & 10) – drums
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The Jazz Voyager
Back in the States the next destination for the Jazz Voyager is Bop Stop at The Music Settlement located at 2920 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. This contemporary, upscale venue, the city’s premier listening room is an intimate, acoustically pristine performance space with sweeping views of Lake Erie. Open from 5p-12a, Monday thru Saturday and noon to midnight on Sunday, they showcase a variety of professional and emerging jazz artists.
On Friday the Jazz Voyager will venture to this moderately priced venue to experience ninety minutes of the vocal talents of the Michelle Lordi Trio featuring bass and piano for a cover charge of $20.00. For more information or reservations the number is 216-771-6551.
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Three Wishes
When asked by Nica as to what his three wishes would be when asked Bill Evans responded by saying:- “I remember I was asked that when I was a kid! The first one would be for a wishing-ring. And then I wouldn’t need the others.”
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Requisites
The Way I Really Play is a 1968 album by pianist Oscar Peterson. Recorded at the private studio of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer in Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany on November 12, 1967. The 44:50 minute sessions was produced by Brunner-Schwer.
Track Listing- Waltzing Is Hip (Ray Brown, Johnny Wayne) – 6:11
- Satin Doll (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 10:05
- Love Is Here to Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:54
- Sandy’s Blues (Oscar Peterson) – 9:34
- Alice In Wonderland (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 4:46
- Noreen’s Nocturne (Oscar Peterson) – 9:20
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Sam Jones – double bass
- Bobby Durham – drums
- Recording director and engineer – Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
- Liner notes – Gene Lees
- Liner notes translated – Dr. B. Falk
- Cover photography – Sepp Werkmeister
- Reverse side photography – Sepp Werkmeister
- Graphic work – Hans B. Piltzer
- Action (Vol. 1)
- Girl Talk (Vol. 2)
- The Way I Really Play (Vol. 3)
- My Favorite Instrument (Vol. 4) solo piano
- Mellow Mood (Vol. 5)
- Travelin’ On (Vol. 6)
The Way I Really Play was also released as The Great Oscar Peterson on Prestige!
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