Requisites
Ella Swings Lightly is an album released in 1958 by Ella Fitzgerald for Verve Records. Recorded on November 23rd and 24th with the Marty Paich Dek-tette, the 58:34 minute long session was produced by Norman Granz. Sheldon Marks created the cover design with photography by Phil Stern..
Comprised of sixteen jazz and musical standards of the day Side 1 featured Little White Lies, You Hit The Spot, What’s Your Story Morning Glory, Just You Just Me, As Long As I Live, Teardrops From My Eyes, Gotta Be This Or That and Moonlight On The Ganges. The first track on Side 2 is My Kind Of Lover, followed by Blues In The Night, If I Were A Bell, You’re An Old Smoothie, Little Jazz, You Brought A New kind Of Love To Me, Knock Me A Kiss and 720 In The Books.
Verve offered four bonus tracks on the CD reissue which are Oh What A Night To Love, Little Jazz (Alternate Take), Dreams Are Made For Children (Previously Unreleased) and Oh What A Night For Love (45 rpm 7” Single Version)
The Dek-tette brought in Bud Shank (alto sax), Bill Holman (tenor sax),Med Flory (baritone sax), Lou Levy (piano), Joe Mondragon (bass), Mel Lewis (drums), Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino (trumpet), Bob Enevoldsen (valve trombone, tenor sax) and Vincent DeRosa (French horn).
The album won Ella the 1960 Grammy award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is heading back to the South to partake of the Atlanta Jazz Festival and its fabulous 2018 lineup #whereyouwannabe
Schedule of performances:
Saturday, May 26th
Next Gen Stage:
12:30 p.m. Sasha Berliner Escapades/ 2:30 p.m. Camille Thurman / 4:30 p.m. Shayna Steele / 6:30 p.m. Linda May Han Oh Quintet
Contemporary Stage:
1:30 p.m. Thumbscrew: Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek & Tomas Fujiwara / 3:30 p.m. Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science / 5:30 p.m. Anat Cohen Quartet / 7:30 p.m. Jazzmeia Horn
Legends Stage:
1 p.m. Yoko Miwa Trio / 3 p.m. Jane Bunnett & Maqueque / 5 p.m. The Ingrid Jensen Collective / 7 p.m. Tia Fuller Quartet / 9 p.m. Dianne Reeves
Sunday, May 27th
Next Gen Stage:
12:30 p.m. Rialto Jazz for Kids / 2:30 p.m. Antoine Roney Trio featuring Kojo Roney / 4:30 p.m. Morgan Guerin / 6:30 p.m. Matthew Whitaker
Contemporary Stage:
1:30 p.m. The Georgia Horns / 3:30 p.m. Richie Goods & the Goods Project / 5:30 p.m Sidewalk Chalk / 7:30 p.m. Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles
Legends Stage:
1 p.m. The Lao Tizer Quartet featuring Eric Marienthal / 3 p.m. The Russell Malone Quartet / 5 p.m. M.F. Production’s Latin Jazz All Stars / 7 p.m. The Bad Plus / 9 p.m. Jon Batiste with the Dap-Kings
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Three Wishes
The answers given by Hank Mobley when asked by the Baroness what his three wishes would be were:
- “Money, money, money.”
- “Somewhere to play where people aren’t just comparing you to someone else. where they have a brochure on the table telling you all about the musician.”
- “Somewhere to play – not a cellar. A place with dressing rooms. And no rinky-dink piano a man can’t take a solo on. Or the kind of acoustics when a drummer hits a sound it keeps on ringing for half an hour afterwards.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Reqisites
The Blues Book was released in 1964 on the Prestige record label. As one of his series of Books, Booker Ervin and his quintet, trumpeter Carmell Jones, pianist Gildo Mahones, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Alan Dawson perform four very different blues. They open with the minor-toned Eerie Dearie, the speedy One for Mort, followed by a low-down No Booze Blooze, and close with the modal True Blue.
The four tunes ran a total of 41.18 and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on June 30, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The producer, cover design and photography were by Don Schlitten and Ira Gitler wrote the liner notes.
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The Jazz Voyager
Beantown is the Jazz Voyager’s next destination to Scullers Jazz Club at for saxophonist Rene McLean and on Friday will be checking out trumpeter Keyon Harrold. I’ll be taking car service and heading to 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston. Massachusetts 02134 inside the Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel Cambridge.
A comfortable yet intimate seating of 200 lends an up close and personal music experience with dinner offered at 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm prior to each show. Scullers offers up a light menu of appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts to pacify the taste buds as well as a selection of libations to satisfy both the hearty and faint drinker.
Parking is complimentary with dinner or for VIP members. The club recommends making your reservations as early as possible to get the best seating so this Jazz Voyager is ahead of the game having made reservations online for Rene McLean and Keyon Harrold weeks ago. For those of you with questions beyond the sites FAQs the number is 866-777-8932. #wannabewhereyouare
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