"Daunbitt" - a word to readers. The results of the competition 2015

The time has come to announce the results of the 2015 reader survey of the Daunbit monthly. Not all, all of them with musical illustrations will take 3-4 programs. But let's start with the cover

Among the unfinished readers of Daunbite, among experts of furious and calm - several thousand are recruited who send their own list of the best jazzmen of the year to the editor, choose the best records of the year and the best historical discs. This results are devoted to the December number of the monthly. On the cover, by the way, a smiling eighty -year -old Khronet Tony Bennet, Tony Benedetto, is really. Singer of popular jazz songs, pop-standards and pure jazz. In addition, he is also the artist and founder of the School of Arts, the Sinatra School, in Astoria, Queens. Tony is 15 years younger than Frank, who sings still sweetly, but the floor is higher. As they say in those parts of "In the Upper Room".

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Here for the luminaries and sophisticated fans of the melody, which eventually became a song that sends us to the edges, where you are not very good for now ...

Tony Bennett - Caravan - 4:36 (Tony Bennett - Sings Ellington - Hot & Cool - Columbia)

“Caravan”, “Caravan” - thrombonist of the orchestra Ellington Juan Tizol and Odessa (Isador Mirsky), musician and, from time to time, producer Duke - Irving Mills. Juan Tizol wrote the music “Caravan”, Irving Mills - words. The Ralph Burns orchestra and the vocals of Tony Bennett.

This CD, compiled from records of different years, came out in 1999 by the centenary of the birth of Duke Ellington.

So, Tony was introduced by the readers of Daunbite into the Glory Hall. This is what Michael Bourn writes on this occasion:

- I have never worked in my life. Not a single day. I have two passions: to sing and draw. And I am busy with this every day. ”

Tony Bennett ends with such a code “Life is a gift”.

Michael Burn continues: - He was an artist from young nails. He signs his paintings by Tony Benedetto and, to his own surprise, a whole collection of his painting is exhibited in the National Gallery in Washington. Of course, he may be surprised, but millions of fans on this planet know him much better in the role of the great master of American songs. What is called American Popular Songbook.

Call Songbook-a songwriter, I somehow do not dare.

- Today, writes Burn, at the age of 89 he became a neighbor of his idols: Neta, Ella, Billy and Frank. In his life, he recorded 70 albums and “Columbia” released Bennete 73 CD in one giant box. His talent, like his inspiration, came to him from his relatives, from his Italo-American family.

“They liked it,” Tony himself says, as I sing, and they liked how I draw flowers. ”

I must admit that I voted for Tony, voted, referring to the song that already sounded this year, in June of this year:

Tony Bennett - Close Enough for Love - 4:28 (Tony Bennett - The Art of Romance - Columbia)

You and me, such a different couple,

Could find the moment touch

To each other, share that

What we are.

From different worlds we came that night,

Having overcome all obstacles.

And we won.

This is not the perfect itself,

But it is close to love ...

“Close Enough for Love” - the text and music of Johnny Maddla - the pinnacle of bold lyricalness without a raid of sentimentality. Tony Bennett, who is sometimes inclined to sing, slightly reciting, is perfect here. He was accompanied by: Phil Woods on an alt-saxophone; Lee Musiker - piano; Gray Sargent - guitar; Paul Langosh - double bass; Clayton Keimeron is a drum and orchestra Johnny Maddla himself. The “art of romance” disc entered the “Columbia” in 2004.

Armando Koria became the musician of the year, he is Chick Koria: the pianist, the keyboardist and composer Jazz and Fuzn.

“Jazz is a great profession,” says the seventy-four-year-old maestro of classic jazz, free improvisations of free even from the name; And, of course, the master of synthetic merger, fusia jazz and other genres, that is, fusion.

- For most professions of 65 years, this is retirement, but I am enthusiastic about my heroes, such as Roy Hines ...

Koria dreams in the new year to write a disc with jazzmen that are included in his Wish List, a list of dreams, desires. As for the drummer Roy Hines, in March he turned 90 years old and he continues to play.

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Here is a record made in November 1981. Koria plays precisely with Roye Hines - drums and Miroslav Vitoush - double bass. The name of the theme “Hackensack” refers us to New Jersey to Rudy Van Gelder, to his recording studio, where, which is heard from the very first notes, the Teleonius Monk was recorded.

Chick Corea Trio - Hackensack - 6:13 (Chick Corea - Trio Music - ECM)

“Hackensack”, on this entry, made 24 years ago, it is not clear who is more - Chika Koria or Roy Hines. In any case, we will probably hear them together on the new album of 2016.

The historical album of the year was recorded at Christmas 64 years old, the disc “Speak, No Evil” disco:

Wayne Shorter - Witch Hunt - 8:07 (Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil - Blue Note)

"Witch hunt", "Witch Hunting." The composition and quintet of Wayne Shorter, a tenor-saxophone; Freddy Hubbard, pipe, soloys first; Ron Carter, double bass and Elvin Jones - drums; They do not salute in this vinyl 1964 in general. Only Harby Hankok plays in full power, as usual. This disc and even more so this “Witch Hunt” theme was one of the first samples of the post-box. Although there are topics on the disk (“wild flower”) inspired by John Coltrane and rhythmically close to the waltz.

In August, Wayne Shor in August was 82 years old. It also belongs to the wave that goes to the horizon, the last luminaries, which began with Miles Davis and John Coltrane and went through a series of deep personal metamorphoses.

Before moving on to the winners of the competition among Big Bands, large orchestras, I propose to listen to the best vocalist of the year Canadian singer Diane Kroll, but first a reminder:

Not everyone in your family loves jazz! But you cannot live without him, which means that you do not miss a single program of the "time of jazz." Headphones, especially with the noise -given, are the best way to listen to us. The address is the same: either short waves of “freedom”, or our site www.svoboda.org . In a microphone in a quite winter, by our standards, a town on the hay is your DS.

Somewhere I had an old postcard of the beginning of the twentieth century: the masses are skating on the hay on the hay directly opposite Notre Dame!

Diana Krall - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - 4:11 (Diana Krall - Wallflower - Vervure)

“Srry Seems to be the Hardest Word” is a familiar melody? Not surprising! This is the giant hit of Elton John, music, words - Bernie Topin.

Song about treason. The fact that "to say sorry is to pronounce the most difficult word ...".

Diana Kroll is the first place in the category of female vocals. 1776 votes. In second place is the Esperanz Spitry, in the third - Cassandra Wilson.

The name of the disc "Wallflower" is a game of words. This is both a garden yellow -fiber and a girl left without a gentleman on dancing. In times, not so ancient at dance evenings, women were waiting for an invitation to dance from men; The girls remaining without a partner sat at the walls of the hall, similar to yellowophyli in the garden, which usually grew along the walls or fences.

This is the 12th album of the singer. She accompanies her piano, and the string orchestra is assembled by her producer David Foster. Most songs are revived by the talent of Diana Kroll, songs of the 1970s and 1980s. Starting from Bob Dylon, Lyon Russell, Paul McCartney, Glen Frey and Randy Newman.

Wynton Marsalis with Jlco - Sunset and the Mockingbird - 5:32 (Wynton Marsalis with Jlco - Live in Cuba - Blue Engine RDS)

“Sunset and the Mockingbird”, “Sunset and Mockingbird”, there is such a bird Mimus Polyglotus from the Vorobyne family; It lives in the south of North America and Central America. Copies the voices of birds.

In this case, it is copied by Duke Ellington, a composer, and a large orchestra of the New York Musical Center named after Lincoln under the leadership of a trumpeter and a clear genius, Winton Marsalis.

This is the first performance of the orchestra in Cuba in October 2010. The recording was made in the Gavansky Theater "Melry" with a complete full house and in front of a noisy enthusiastic crowd of listeners

"Daunbitt" flies in a month and a half before the exit. Therefore, the article about the fillet Woods that left us was released only today, in December. But December obliges the editors to begin the honorary of the “blue eyes”, Frank Sinatra. Separately, from the article about Frank and separately about his friend Tony Benneet - a short article was published about two crucifixes, two friends.

Most of the winners of the competition already occupied the first places in the competition of professional musicologists, and in the previous ones - amateur. So Winton Marsalis again ranks first among the trumpeters; Thrombone shorts - among thrombonists; Wayne Shorter-in the class of sopra-sakes; Leaving us in June Ornett Coleman, the first place among alt-saxophonists; Chris Potter - Tenors; Gary Smulian-baritone-saxophonists; Anat Cohen is the best clarinet. Guitar - PET Metnis; drums - jacques Dedagonet; Composer - Maria Schneider. The best label of the year is Blue Note.

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Hubert Laws - Scaborough Fair - 6:54 (Hubert Laws - Bridge Over Trubled Water - Leafage -Japan)

“Scaborough Fair”, “Yarmarka in Skarborough”, the English folk ballad of the 18th century. This ballad tells the story of a young man who asks the listener (who goes to the fair in Scarborough) to pass on his former beloved that if she performs several impossible tasks for him: she sews a shirt without seams, then heals her in a dry well and so on, he will allow her to return. In our century, this would be possible, but the guy hurried.

The first flute of 2015 is Hubert Loz. They played with him: Johnny Bisli - the piano; Stanley Gilbert - double bass and Ralph Pinland - drums. Hubert is 76 years old. He plays both jazz and classics. And on the saxophone and on the flute. He is one of the three most famous flutists, given Herby Mann and Eric Dolfi. He loves a calm life and large symphonic orchestras. For five years he played in the New York Philharmonic and five in the New York Opera Orchestra. In Jazz, he was mostly Sidman. But on his cents and dollars, he recorded and released the disc "adaptation for the flute of Rachmaninov works." “Iarmark in Skarborough” was released on the Bridge Over Trubled Water disk, recorded on February 19, 2002 at West World Studio, in California.

Hyubert Loz was awarded the Grammy Prize three times.

REDINA CARTER - ShOO -RYE - 7:21 (Regina Carter - Southern Comfort - MasterWorks)

“Shoo -thousand” is also a traditional folk melody. Regina Carter - violin (first competitive place) and vocals; Vil Holshuser - accordion; Jess Murphy - doublebas and Olvester Garnet - drums. Chronologically, this is Regina’s last disc, which also came out at her expense, today it is possible a year ago.

That's all that fit in this 340th issue of Jazz Time. Sound engineer Alexander Arkadyev; Author and presenter - your ds. See you next week and all at the same address: www.svoboda.org . Chao, Bai-Bay!