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Armando Joseph “Buddy” Greco was born Armando Joseph Greco to an Italian-American family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 14, 1926. His mother introduced him to piano at age four and as a child he sang on the radio, and in his teens performed in the city’s night clubs. Sixteen saw him hired by Benny Goodman and spent four years touring the world with the Goodman orchestra, playing piano, singing, and arranging. Becoming acquainted with Great Britain in 1949 he spent many years performing in numerous clubs. He moved to Essex, keeping his Palm Springs property as a vacation home.
In 1951 he started his recording career, signing with labels such as Coral, Kapp, Epic, and Reprise. 1969 saw Buddy form a duo with jazz guitarist Ron Escheté. He opened a small club in Palm Springs, California which became popular for celebrities to dine. After closing it, he moved to England.
In 2008, he and singer Lezlie Anders toured the UK, performed with the BBC Big Band and at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London. He was the first Las Vegas headliner to star at a British casino when he performed at the Circus Casino, and he performed a tribute to Frank Sinatra for BBC Radio 2 with the 42-piece BBC Concert Orchestra. He toured the UK with the Swinging Las Vegas Legends show beginning in July 2010.
In 2010, Greco and his wife Lezlie produced the stage show Fever! The Music of Miss Peggy Lee, which met with critical acclaim at its London West End opening. They continued to perform and tour for the next seven years. Vocalist Buddy Greco transitioned on January 10, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 90.
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MARIA HOWELL & NOEL FRIEDLINE
Noel Freidline and Maria Howell reimagine Motown. 27 number 1 hits, over 60 top 10 hits. Motown had so many hits that one could put together five separate shows of their music and still have plenty of songs left over. The exemplary songwriting of Smokey Robinson, Holland/Dozier/Holland, as well as Berry Gordy himself, along with the interpretation by such legends as Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Diana Ross and the Supremes and many more has left us with a repertoire that is prime for reinterpretation. Join Noel & Maria as they reinterpret and reimagine the music that defined the 60’s, the Motown Sound!
Personnel:
Noel Freidline ~ Piano
Maria Howell ~ Vocal
Juan Rollan ~ Saxophone
Zack Page ~ Guitar
Justin Varnes ~ Drums
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JOE GRANSDEN QUARTET & ROBYN SPRINGER
Trumpeter Joe Gransden brings his quartet along with his special guest, vocalist Robyn Springer for a swinging weekend of four performances on Friday and Saturday night.
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
This week we continue to safeguard ourselves from those who consider the variants not a threat but this jazz voyager is opting on the side of caution as we select our next album. I’ve chosen the studio album Devil’s Got Your Tongue by Abbey Lincoln. It’s her fifteenth and her third for Verve Records. It was recorded on February 24 & 25, 1992 at BMG Studios in New York City and released on October 13, 1992.
The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart on April 10, 1993. Verve allowed this icon of jazz to record nine of her compositions along with two classics for a very gratifying set.
Tracks | 68:56 All tracks are written by Abbey Lincoln, unless otherwise noted.- Rainbow (with The Noel Singers) (Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston) ~ 4:42
- Evalina Coffrey (The Legend Of) ~ 7:04
- Story Of My Father (with The Staple Singer) ~ 5:28
- A Child Is Born (with The Noel Singers) (Thad Jones, Alex Wilder) ~ 6:20
- People In Me (with The Noel Singers) ~ 6:13
- A Circle Of Love (with The Noel Singers) ~ 5:53
- Jungle Queen ~ 6:09
- The Merry Dance ~ 7:48
- Devil’s Got Your Tongue ~ 5:49
- Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (Frank Loesser) ~ 7:46
- The Music Is The Magic (with The Staple Singers) ~ 5:44
- Abbey Lincoln – vocals
- Rodney Kendrick – piano
- Marcus McLaurine – bass
- Grady Tate – drums (tracks 2–4, 10–11)
- Yoron Israel – drums (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8–9)
- James Louis “J.J.” Johnson – trombone (tracks 2, 4, 10)
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone (tracks 5, 8, 10–11)
- Maxine Roach – viola (tracks 2, 6)
- Babatunde Olatunji – Ngoma, Djembe, Ashiko & Shekere drums (track 7)
- Kehinde O’Uhuru – Ashiko drum (track 7)
- Sule O’Uhuru – Agogô bells, Djembe (track 7)
- Gordy Ryan – Jun-jun drum (track 7)
- The Staple Singers – backing vocals
- Pops Staples, Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples
- The Noel Singers – backup singers
- Ivan Archer, Giselle Brown, Queinton Caesar, Ronnie David, Shelby Ellis, Daylene Hunt, Clevie Jordan, Marie Leveque, Lucila Martinez, Jason Moses, Gregory Norman, Leigh-Ann Oadmore, Aleata Prince, Natasha Reeves, Tiffany Rivera, Linda Sanchez, Joann Santiago Sherrille Shabazz, Chante Slater, Karen Thompson, Teddy Turrene, Merlene West, Tasha Woodward
- Producer – Jean-Philippe Allard
- Engineer (First Engineer) – Rick Applegate
- Engineer (Second Engineer) – Jay Newland
- Engineer (Assistant Engineer) – Doug McKean
- Engineer (Assistant Engineer) – Sandy Palmer
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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.
Track List | 56:36- Martha My Dear (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) ~ 2:32
- The Kind You Can’t Afford (Peyroux, Bill Wyman) ~ 3:59
- Leaving Home Again (Peyroux, Wyman) ~ 3:35
- The Things I’ve Seen Today (Peyroux, Jenny Scheinman) ~ 3:44
- Fickle Dove (Peyroux, Scheinman) ~ 3:28
- Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love (music by Marc Ribot, lyrics by W. H. Auden) ~ 3:23
- Standing on the Rooftop (David Batteau, Peyroux) ~ 5:46
- I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan) ~ 3:15
- The Party Oughta Be Comin’ Soon (Peyroux) ~ 5:00
- Superhero (Jonatha Brooke, Peyroux) ~ 3:21
- Love In Vain (Robert Johnson) ~ 3:40
- Don’t Pick a Fight with a Poet (Peyroux, Andy Scott Rosen) ~ 4:28
- Meet Me in Rio (Peyroux) ~ 3:51
- Ophelia (Batteau, Peyroux) ~ 5:12
- 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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