The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

The Jazz Voyager is still taking the variants very seriously and wearing his mask and social distancing as conditions present themselves. There is no evidence that stipulates that this is over and recommendations are still in place to wear your mask when in indoor public spaces.

Standing On The Rooftop is the sixth studio album by jazz vocalist Madeleine Peyroux. It was produced by Craig Street and released on June 14, 2011 on the Decca/Universal record label. All songs except 1, 6, 8, & 11 were written by Madeleine Peyroux 2 to 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 to 15.

The fifteen songs were recorded in February 2011 at several studios – Sear Sound in New York City on February 14~17 and Motherbrain Studio in Brooklyn, NY on February 26th, with additional recording at Downtown Music Studios and Wild Arctic in NYC, Vel Studios~ Brooklyn, Phantom Vox~Los Angeles, The Odd Bedroom, Basement & Garage and Sterling Sound. The mixing was done by Kevin Killen (tracks: 5 to 8), Matthew Cullen (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9 to 12), and Tony Maserati (tracks: 2, 13 to 15)

This was the first album of Peyroux with Decca Records and her first with producer Craig Street, interrupting her longtime collaboration with Larry Klein. Standing on the Rooftop featured originals, along with three covers, Martha My Dear, I Threw It All Away and Love In Vain, plus Marc Ribot’s Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love. It also paired Peyroux with new songwriting partners.

1. Martha My Dear (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) ~ 2:32
2. The Kind You Can’t Afford (Peyroux, Bill Wyman) ~ 3:59
3. Leaving Home Again (Peyroux, Wyman) ~ 3:35
4. The Things I’ve Seen Today (Peyroux, Jenny Scheinman) ~ 3:44
5. Fickle Dove (Peyroux, Scheinman) ~ 3:28
6. Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love (music by Marc Ribot, lyrics by W. H. Auden) ~ 3:23
7. Standing on the Rooftop (David Batteau, Peyroux) ~ 5:46
8. I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan) ~ 3:15
9. The Party Oughta Be Comin’ Soon (Peyroux) ~ 5:00
10. Superhero (Jonatha Brooke, Peyroux) ~ 3:21
11. Love In Vain (Robert Johnson) ~ 3:40
12. Don’t Pick a Fight with a Poet (Peyroux, Andy Scott Rosen) ~ 4:28
13. Meet Me in Rio (Peyroux) ~ 3:51
14. Ophelia (Batteau, Peyroux) ~ 5:12
15. The Way of All Things (Peyroux) ~ 4:02

• Madeleine Peyroux ~ vocals
• John Kirby ~ keyboards
• Glen Patscha – keyboards
• Patrick Warren ~ keyboards
• Allen Toussaint ~ piano
• Jenny Scheinman ~ violin
• Christopher Bruce ~ guitar
• Marc Ribot ~ guitar
• Meshell Ndegeocello ~ bass guitar
• Charley Drayton ~ drums
• Mauro Refosco ~ percussion

• Creative Director ~ Pat Barry (3)
• Design Concept [Package Coordination] ~ Rafael Hernandez (2)
• Design [Graphic] ~ Rebecca Meek
• Engineer ~ Matthew Cullen
• Photography By [Cityscape Panorama] ~ Keith Sirchio
• Photography By [Portrait] ~ Mary Ellen Mark

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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

The pandemic has eased up related to the massive numbers of contractions, hospitalizations, deaths experienced over the past two years. If you’ve been listening and watching you know it is not over. Follow your conscience.

This week I bring you the 1961 album Ease It recorded by the Rocky Boyd Quintet which features trumpeter Kenny Dorham. It is the only known recording by the saxophonist, and was first released by Jazztime Records. It was also released thirteen years later by Muse Records in 1974 as Ease It!.

Once again in 1989 Black Lion released a CD edition retitled West 42nd Street. It was credited to Kenny Dorham and comprised all the takes from the session. Only tracks 1 & 6 have a single take.

Fred Norsworthy was the producer and Bill Stodard the engineer on the recording session that took place on March 13, 1961 at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. The cover photography was taken by Gary Gladstone, the liner notes were written by Don Riches.

Track List | 39:42

1. Avars (Boyd) ~ 7:42
2. Stella by Starlight (Young, Washington) ~ 5:05
3. Why Not? (LaRoca) ~ 7:26
4. Ease It (Chambers) ~ 10:35
5. Samba De Orfeu (Luiz Bonfá) ~ 4:31
6. West 42nd Street (Hardin) ~ 4:23

• Kenny Dorham – trumpet
• Rocky Boyd – tenor sax
• Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
• Ron Carter – bass
• Pete LaRoca – drums

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GLASS CITY JAZZFEST

Lineup: Each set is 1:15

12:00 pm ~ Brick Bar All-Stars Josh Silver on piano, Ray Parker on bass, Scott Kretzer on drums, with vocalists Kim Buehler, Deborah Gardner, Theresa Harris, and Lori Lefevre

1:35 pm ~ Latin Jazz Players of Lima, Ohio

3:10 pm ~ Larry Fuller Trio

4:45 pm ~ Joey Sommerville, Trumpet

6:20 pm ~ Lindsey Webster, Vocal

7: 50 pm ~ Marcus Johnson, Keyboards

The event includes a preamble of music being scheduled starting with free shows at Toledo Spirits on Aug. 23, and followed by other free ones on Aug. 24 at the Brick Bar, Aug. 25 at Peacock Cafe, and Aug. 26 at Ottawa Park. The only paid event connected to Glass City JazzFest will be a VIP show being scheduled for Aug. 27 at Lucille’s Jazz Lounge

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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

This Jazz Voyager is still being very cautious about masking indoors and social distancing as the new B variants are cropping up around the world and are now hitting the shores of America. In light of these occurrences, today we are going to listen to the 1955 Ethel Ennis album recorded titled Lullabies For Losers that was released the same year on the Jubilee record label.

The cover was designed by Si Leichman, the liner notes were written by Mort Goode, and the photography by Charles Varon.

Track List | 37:32

1. Love For Sale (Cole Porter) ~ 3:19
2. Dreamer~Dreamer (Irving Caesar, Oskar Strauss) ~ 4:30
3. Blue Prelude (Gordon Jenkins, Joe Bishop) ~ 3:00
4. Off Shore (Leo Diamond, Michael H. Goldsen) ~ 3:55
5. Casually (Alan McCarthy, Richard Freitas) ~ 3:57
6. Hey Jacques (Eden Ahnez, Wayne Shanklin) ~ 3:03
7. Lullaby For Losers (Robert Stringer) ~ 3:00
8. Say It Ain’t So, Joe (Al Frisch, Kathleen G. Twomey, Fred Wise) ~ 2:58
9. You Better Go Now (Bickley Reichner / Robert Graham) ~ 3:29
10. Blue Willow (Vic Harrington) ~ 3:23
11. Bon Voyage (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) ~ 4:18

• Ethel Ennis ~ Vocal
• Hank Jones ~ Piano
• Eddie Biggs ~ Guitar
• Abie Baker ~ Double Bass
• Kenny Clarke ~ Drums

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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

As the virus is continuing to evolve the Jazz Voyager is staying close to home, especially since the country has lifted the masking mandate and it appears that everything is “back to normal”, even though it is not yet. Supply chain is still limiting production and delivery of items. As you travel around your city, state, country, and internationally please continue to be careful and protect yourself and others.

Carnaval is an album recorded Live Under The Sky in Denen Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan on July 30, 1978 by bassist Ron Carter, pianist Hank Jones, saxophonist Sadao Watanabe and drummer Tony Williams. The album was produced by Ed Michel and released five years later in 1983 on the Galaxy record label.

he art direction for the album was performed by Phil Carroll, the recording engineer was Jim Stern, mastered by George Horn, and the remix was done by Allen Sudduth.

1. Chelsea Bridge (Billy Strayhorn) ~ 10:12
2. Manhã de Carnaval (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) ~ 9:01
3. I’m Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) ~ 8:18
4. Confirmation (Charlie Parker) ~ 6:40
5. Moose the Mooche (Parker) ~ 8:05

• Ron Carter ~ bass
• Hank Jones ~ piano
• Sadao Watanabe ~ alto saxophone
• Tony Williams ~ drums

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