Excuse our recent absence: Allen and I have both been very busy. Allen has been in the Holy Land to see how the Devil's music fares over there. He was also supposed to take a trip to Vienna to check out the jazz scene there but he took ill and was advised against flying. So it's been an exciting month on the Terrace. The show however did go on and this was where my busy-ness came into play: I have not been updating this blog. So please accept my apologies.
I hope you continued listening to and enjoying the show. You can hear Allen tomorrow night on 4FM as usual at 9pm. When I was visiting with him at the weekend he was preparing a show focusing on female vocalists. Had his eldest grandson been a girl she would have been called Ella so I'll be glued to the radio but I can't guarantee there'll be any Ella. I don't think she's avant garde enough for him!
Don't forget if you have any special requests please leave a comment and Allen will try and include it in an upcoming show.
Title Track Artist: Miles Davis (Miles Davis– trumpet, Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock – piano, Ron Carter – bass, Tony Williams – drums Track Title Four Composer Miles Davis. Album Title Miles Davis Milestones. Label JAZZDOOR 12113/4.
1. Artist Fintan O’Neill (Billy Pierce soprano saxophone, Dave O’Rourke – guitar, Fintan O’Neill – piano, Essiet Oxon Essiet – bass, Mark Johnson – drums) Track Title Miles To Go. Composer Fintan O’Neill. Album Title In The Moment Label Amosaya Records AM 2530-CD
2. Artist Eliane Elias (Eliane Elias – piano and vocals, Oscar Castro Neves – guitar, Dave Valentin – guitar, Amanda Elias Brecker – vocals, Marc Johnson – bass and background vocals, Saloshi Takeishi – drums and background vocals, Cafe – percussion and background vocals). Track Title An Up Dawn Composer Eliane Elias Album Title The Three Americas. Label Blue Note 7243 8 53328 2 1.
Here's Eliane singing one of my favourite tunes
3. Artist Fuzzy Logic Ensemble (Sue Brady – voice, Nick Roth – alto saxophone, Mat Berrill – clarinet, Bill Blackmore – trumpet, Colm O’Hara – trombone, Robert Fagan – french horn, Kate Ellis – cello, Lee Tobin – guitar, Dylan Rynhart – hammond organ, Phil MacMullan - drums. Composer Dylan Rynhart Album Title New Hat Label No Information
4. Artist Jamie Cullum (Jamie Cullum - vocal) Track Title Old Devil Moon. Composer E.Harburg/B.Lane Album Title Twenty Something Label UCJ 9868729.
5. Artist Edouard Bineau ( Edouard Bineau – piano, Gildas Bocle – double bass, Arnaud Lechantre - drums) Track Title Besame Mucho Composer C.Velazquez/S.Skylar. Album Title Ideal Circus Label Night Bird Music NBM 1015 2.
6.Artist Kristina Fuchs (Kristina Fuchs – vocal, Ed Verhoeff – guitar, Wolfert Brederode – piano, Gulli Gudmundsson – acoustic bass, Sergei Ostroumoff – drums). Track Title The Sweetest Sounds Composer Rodgers and Hammerstein. Album Title Out Of This World. Label No Information.
7. Artist Kai Big Band ( Nick Roth – Musical Director) Track Title I Can’t Think Composer W.Blackmore. Album Title Projections. Label No Information.
8. Artist Steve (Stjepko) Gut, (Steve Gut – voice and trumpet, with the RTB Big Band, conductor, Zvonimir Skerl) Track Title Morning News For My Friend Composer S.Gut. Album Title Steve Gut & RTB Big Band. Label Timeless CD SJP 293.
9. Artist Miles Davis (Miles Davis – trumpet, Barney Wilen – tenor saxophone, Rene Utreger – piano, Pierre Michelot – double bass, Kenny Clarke – drums) Track Title Chez le photographe du motel. Composer Miles Davis Album Title Ascenseur pour l’echafaud Label Gitanes 548 149-2
10. Artist Duke Ellington(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Sam Woodyard on drums) Track Title Skin Deep. Composer L.Bellson Album Title Duke Ellington and The Buck Clayton All-Stars At Newport. Label Columbia 477320 2.
1. Artist Al Cohn and Zoot Sims (Al Cohn – Tenor saxophone, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, Mose Allison – piano Teddy Kotick – bass, Nick Stabulus – drums) Track Title It’s A Wonderful World. Composer H.Adamson, J.Savitt, J.Watson. Album Title Al and Zoot Label Chessmates GRP 18272
2. Artist Black Magic Big Band with Barbara Vulso (John Fleming – musical director, Barbara Vulso - vocal). Track Title At Last Composers Warren and Gordon Album Title At Last. Label No Information.
3. Artist Regina Carter(Regina Carter – violin and voice, Werner “Vana” Gierig - piano, Chris Lightcap – double bass, Alvester Garnett - drums. Track Title Pavane. Composer Gabriel Faure Album Title Paganini After A Dream Label Verve 065 554-2
4. Artist Professor Peter O’Brien (Professor Peter O’Brien - piano,– Mary Coughlan - vocal) Track Title: You Go To My Head. Composer: Coots Album Title: One for my Friends Label: POB 001.
5. Artist Ulf Bandgren ( Ulf Bandgren – guitar, Anders Persson – piano, Anders Jormin – acoustic bass, Terje Sundby – drums with brass and reeds section). Track Title Bugs. Composer Ulf Bandgren. Album Title Nordic Sketches. Label Imogena IGCD 094.
6. Artist June Christy ( June Christy – vocal, Al Viola - guitar) Track Title Misty Composer E.Garner/J.Burke. Album Title The Intimate Miss Christy Label Capitol Jazz 0946 3 69800 2 7.
7.Artist Kevin Brady Trio ( Bill Carrothers – piano, Dave Redmond – double bass, Kevin Brady – drums) Track Title Zeitgeist Composer Not Known. Album Title Way Out West. Label IMCD1021.
8.Artist Cormac Kenevey (Cormac Kenevey – voice and clarinet, Phil Ware - piano, Dave Redmond – double bass, Kevin Brady – drums.Track Title Centerpiece Composer H.Edison/J.Hendricks. Album Title The Art Of Dreaming. Label Candid CCD 79853.
9. Artist Philip Catherine (Philip Catherine – guitar, Philippe Aerts– bass,Joost van Schaik – drums, Bert Joris - trumpet). Track Title Time After Time. Composer Not Known Album Title Summer Night Label Dreyfus Jazz FDM 36637 - 2
10.Artist Tania Maria(Tania Maria- voice) Track Title 210 West. Album Title New Voices, New Directions. Label Blue Note Sampler 7243 8 53231 2 6. No embedding allowed of her video on YouTube but worth a look for some jazz with audience participation!
11.Artist Tony Coe with the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra (Tony Coe – tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, with the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bob Brookmeyer) Track Title Nasty Dance. Composer B.Brookmeyer. Album Title Captain Coe’s Famous Racearound. Label Storyville STCD 4206
Allen has a great show lined up for tomorrow night which includes some of my favourite female vocalists like June Christie and Mary Coughlan. Also included is a tune composed by Gabriel Fauré which I cannot wait to hear. You can also expect to hear some great tunes from Irish Jazz Musicians as usual tomorrow night. Tune in online at www.4fm.ie or check out your local frequency on the site. 9pm. Don't miss it - there'll be a quiz after!
On the topic of Irish Jazz Musicians don't miss the launch of the the Improvised Music Company's CD sampler of all that is best in Irish Jazz Music entitled Way Out West. The CD includes fourteen tracks and next Tuesday 22nd April the CD will be launched in the Button Factory (formerly the Temple Bar Music Centre) with performances from six of the featured artists. The IMC will also give the first 100 to arrive a free copy of the CD so no dawdling!
Cormac Larkin of the Sunday Tribune recently wrote a great article about Allen in a recent edition. In this article he points out the important role Allen played in encouraging Irish artists in Ireland and encouraging foreign artists to come and play here. It also reminds me of how many of my father's promotional adventures involved the whole family mucking in. I can't quite recall how much we got paid per 100 Jazz Fusion '84 leaflets folded but that was one of the ways we were encouraged to help out! Larkin also points out that Allen commissioned his son (my brother) Blaise to design album covers: to be honest I think everyone of us has at some point designed a flyer or poster for Dad. I also used to do poster runs around the noticeboards of Dublin for a hard earned fee - that was hard work and many the time I looked after the door on the night of various gigs. A very unlikely bouncer I was too!
This week Allen's trumpet playing son, Macdara, is visiting. When I asked Allen what the theme this week is, he said "It's themeless." and Macadara quips, "Like most jazz." :)
1. Artist Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley ( Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley - alto saxophone,– Blue Mitchell - trumpet, Bill Evans – piano, Sam Jones – bass, Philly Joe Jones – drums) Track Title Blue Funk Composer. Sam Jones. Album Title. Portrait of Cannonball. Label. Riverside OJCCD561-29R-269.
2. Artists Norma Winstone and Don Thompson ( Norma Winstone – voice, Don Thompson - piano). Track Title Cloudy Morning Composer Marvin Fisher. Album Title. Jazz@Banff. Label. No information.
3. Artist. Clifford Brown (Clifford Brown – trumpet, Harold Land - tenor saxophone, Richie Powell – piano, George Morrow – double bass, Max Roach – drums). Track Title Joy Spring. Composer. Clifford Brown. Album Title. Easy Living Label. Quadromania 222411-444
4. Artist Maria Tecce ( Maria Tecce – vocal, Phil Ware - piano, Dave Redmond – double bass, Kevin Brady – drums) Track Title Sister Sadie Composer. Horace Silver Album Title. All About Love. Label. MTCD001.
5. Artist. Harry Allen ( Harry Allen – tenor saxophone, John Bunch - piano, Dennis Irwin – double bass, Duffy Jackson – drums). Track Title. The September Of My Years Composer. Van Huesen/Cahn Album Title. Blue Skies. Label. John Marks Records JMR 9.
6. Artist. Carmel McCreagh (Carmel McCreagh – vocal, Fiachra Trench – piano and keyboards, Keith Donald- tenor saxophone, Dave Fleming – double bass, Desi Reynolds – drums) Track Title. Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast. Composer. Bobby Troup/Jeremy Leshay. Album Title. Nice Girl. Label All Time Records ATR 001
7.Artist. Lynne Arriale Trio (Lynne Arriale–piano, Drew Gress – double bass, Steve Davis – drums) Track Title. Think Of One Composer: Theolonious Monk Album Title: With Words Unspoken Label:
9. Artist Count Basie Orchestra.(Count Basie – director and piano). Track Title Whirly Bird. Composer Neil Hefti . Album Title. The Atomic Mr. Basie. Label. Roulette Jazz 7243 8 28635 2 6
10.Artist. Lorez Alexandria (Lorez Alexandria - voice,Houston Person – tenor saxophone, Stan Hope – piano, Peter Martin Weiss – double bass, Michael Carvin – drums) Track Title Someone To Watch Over Me. Composer I. Gershwin/G. Gershwin. Album Title Star Eyes. Label Muse Records MCD5488 .
11. Artist. Seamus Blake (Seamus Blake – tenor saxophone, Kurt Rosenwinkel – guitar, Kevin Hays - piano, Larry Grenadier – double bass, Bill Stewart – drums) Track Title Vanguard Blues ll. Composer S. Blake. Album Title The Call. Label. Criss Cross Jazz 1088 CD.
Allen didn't mention if you were supposed to listen out for any April Fool's tricks but let us know if you heard anything :)
1. Artist: Joe Venuti. ( Joe Venuti - violin, Frank Trumbauer – C melody saxophone and bassoon, Lennie Hayton – piano, Eddie Lang – guitar) Track Title Running Ragged (Bamboozling the Bassoon) Composer: L.Hayton. Album Title “Stringing the Blues”. Label Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120614.
2. Artist Martina Almgren & Laura MacDonald(Laura MacDonald – alto saxophone, Martina Almgren – drums, Paul Harrison – piano, Aidan O’Donnell - bass). Track Title The Saddest Song. Composer Martina Almgren Album Title Open Book. Label. Imogena IGCD150.
3. Artist. Hugh Buckley ( Richie Buckley – tenor saxophone, Hugh Buckley – guitar, James Williams – piano, Peter Washington – double bass, Darren Beckett – drums. ) Track Title Yes Indeed. Composer Hugh Buckley. Album Title Yes Indeed. Label. IMC IMCD1013
4. Artist Organics (Justin Carroll - C3 organ,– John Moriarty - guitar, Kevin Brady – drums) Track Title Azure Composer Duke Ellington. Album Title. Liquid Sunshine. Label. LRP 003.
5. Artist The Henry “Red” Allen All-Stars (Henry “Red” Allen, Rex Stewart – trumpet, vocal, Coleman Hawkins - Tenor saxophone, Pee Wee Russell - clarinet, Vic Dickenson – trombone, Nat Pierce – piano, Milt Hinton – double bass, Jo Jones– drums). Track Title: Rosetta Composer. H. Woode / E. Hines. Album Title: The Sound of Jazz. Label: Columbia / Legacy CK 66082
6. Artist: Al Vega Trio. (Al Vega - piano, Alex Cirin Junior – double bass, Alan Dawson – drums) Track Title: A Foggy Day in London Town. Composer: G.Gershwin. Album Title:All by Al. Label: P & S Records PS 002 CD.
7. Artist: Keith Copeland Trio (Keith Copeland – drums, Tommy Halferty – guitar, Ronan Guilfoyle – bass) Track Title: The Funky Chicken Composer: Pee Wee Ellis. Album Title: The Irish Connection. Label: SteepleChase SCCD 31395.
8. Artist Joan Talbot (Joan Talbot – vocal, Eugene Macari - guitar) Track Title: Crazy, He Calls Me Composer Carl Sigman / Bob Russell Album Title Shades of Midnight. Label No information.
9. Artist: Martin Taylor (Martin Taylor – guitar, Jermaine Lansberger – piano, Davide Petrocca– bass, Scotty Gottwald – drums). Track Title Leticia Composer J.Landsberger. Album Title: Martin Taylor’s Gipsy Journey Label: P3 Music P3M007.
10. Artist Jimmy Witherspoon (Jimmy Witherspoon –vocal, Roy Eldridge – trumpet, Urbie Green – trombone, Woody Herman – clarinet, Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophones, Earl Hines – piano, Vernon Alley – bass, Mel Lewis – drums) Track Title: When I Been Drinkin’ Composer B. Broonzy. Album Title: Ain’t Nobody’s Business. Label: Orbis Publishing 24.
11. Artist Ken Schaphorst Big Band (Ken Schaphorst - director) Track Title Jobim Composer Ken Schaphorst. Album Title Purple. Label NAXOS JAZZ 86030-2.
1. Artist Annah Daniel (Annah Daniel - vocal, Bela Szaloki – cornet, flugelhorn, Akos Gyorgy – piano, Istvan Gyarfas – guitar, Viktor Hars – bass, Elemer Balazs – drums) Track Title Glorious Day 2.34 Composer C.Porter. Album Title All That Swing. Label Belvarosi Zene Mk DA9702.
2. Artist Budapest Jazz Orchestra (Kornel Fekete-Kovacs – conductor.) Track Title I thought, But Not. 5.00. Composer Kornel Fekete-Kovacs. Album Title Budapest Jazz Suite. Label BMC CD 065.
3. Artist Bela Szakcsi Lakatos Junior (Bela Szaloky – trombone, flugelhorn, trumpet, Csaba Tuzko – tenor saxophone,– Bela Szakcsi Lakatos Junior, piano, Rudolf Torma – double bass, electric bass, Elemer Balazs – drums.) Track Title I Remember You. 4.13. Composer Victor Schertzinger. Album Title Happen. Label 9S 9S 02.
4. Artist Szakcsi Lakatos Trio (Bela Szakcsi Lakatos, piano, Gyorgy Orban – double bass, Andras Peczek Lakatos – drums, Monika Rostas – vocal, Czaba Rostas - vocal) Track Title Gipsy Groove 1.53. Composer Gyorgy Orban, Monika Rostas. Album Title Na Dara. Label BMC BMC CD 103.
5. Artist Mihaly Dresch Quartet (Mihaly Dresch – Tenor and soprano saxophones, Ferenc Kovacs - violin, Matyas Szandal – double bass, Istvan Balo – drums, Kaiman Balogh – cimbalom, Matyas Bolya – koboz). Track Title Transylvanian Romanian Music. 6.01. Composer Mihaly Dresch. Album Title Egyenes Zene, Straight Music. Label BMC BMC CD 093.
Allen comments on this video: A cimbalom is featured and I specifically mention it on my programme: there is a solo on one of the tracks that I play.
6. Artist Anna Dresch. ( Anna Dresch – vocal, Mihaly Dresch – Tenor and soprano saxophones, Ferenc Kovacs - violin, Matyas Szandal – double bass, Istvan Balo – drums, Kaiman Balogh – cimbalom, Matyas Bolya – koboz) Track Title Bud of the dog rose. 0.46. Composer Traditional folk song. Album Title Egyenes Zene, Straight Music. Label BMC BMC CD 093.
Allen also asked me to include the following video saying, "For sheer amazingness there is also another piece you might consider adding to the one above. It is called Mihaly Borbely - sax. It opens with him introducing a musician on a concert stage. I think the musician is called Varga Szoltan and he is playing what looks like a very small cello with a stick as opposed to a bow and it is a duo with Mihaly. This man dances as well. It is great."
8. Artist Kaltnecker Trio ( Zsolt Kaltnecker - piano, Jozsef Horvath Barcza – bass, Andras Mohay – drums.) Track Title Cuba. 6.16. Composer Z. Kaltnecker. Album Title Rainy Films. Label KCG 005.
9. Artist Justin Carroll’s Togetherness (Michael Buckley – tenor saxophone, Justin Carroll – piano, Simon Jermyn – electric bass, Sean Carpio – drums). Track Title Stalker. 6.10. Composer Justin Carroll. Album Title Togetherness. Label LRP 004.
10. Artist Susanna De Wrixon (Susanna De Wrixon - voice, Cian Boylan – piano, Dave Fleming – double bass, Tom Dunne – drums.) Track Title I’m Hip. 3.13. Composer Blossom Dearie. Album Title Pick Yourself Up. Label No information.
11. Artist Szakcsi Lakatos Trio (Bela Szakcsi Lakatos, piano, Gyorgy Orban – double bass, Andras Peczek Lakatos – drums, Monika Rostas – vocal, Czaba Rostas - vocal) Track Title Red Caravan. 8.10. Composer Bela Szakcsi Lakatos. Album Title Na Dara. Label BMC BMC CD 103.
1. Artist: Christine Tobin (Christine Tobin - voice, Steve Buckley – penny whistle, Huw Warren – piano, Steve Watts – double bass, Roy Dodds – drums) Track Title Aililiu na Gamhna 2.27 Composer Traditional. Album Title Aililiu. Label BABEL BDV9501.
2. Artist Patrice Caratini Orchestra (Patrice Caratini – musical director). Track Titles And then she’d esk to vistule a hymn 3.43. and Odet! Odet! 1.30 Composer Andre Hodeir. Album Title Anna Livia Plurabelle. Label LABEL BLEU LBLC 6563.
3. Artist Melanie O’Reilly. (Melanie O’Reilly – vocals, Larry Corryell – guitar, David Milligan – keyboards, Garry Fimister – bass, Andy McGlassan – drums. ) Track Title Annie Moore 6.20. Composer Melanie O’Reilly. Album Title Tir na Mara. Label CBMCD 015.
4. Artist Des D’Ou? Dingues Fanfare (Andrew Crocker – musical director) Track Title Yardbird Suite 4.11 Composer Charlie Parker. Album Title Des D’ou?Dingues. Label LAST CALL 3072192.
5. Artist The Jazz Ladds (Carl Nielsen – trumpet and vocals, Roddy Gillen – rhythm guitar, banjo, vocals, Eddie McFarlane – lead guitar, Robert Burnside – drums, vocals, Liam Gilmartin – bass, Paraic Potter – tenor saxophone, clarinet, harmonica, vocals). Track Title Red Sails In The Sunset 4.24. Composer Jimmy Kennedy. Album Title Live at the Harp Tavern. Label JZL 001.
6. Artist Dave Holland. (Dave Holland – double bass) Track Title Cashel 5.58. Composer Dave Holland. Album Title Ones All. Label vBr2148 2.
7. Artists Justin Carroll Trio (Justin Carroll– piano, Michael Coady – double bass, Kieran Phillips.) Track Title Tree D. 6.36. Composer Michael Coady. Album Title Quirk. Label IMC, IMCD 1015. Note for Isabel. Track 2.
8. Artist Nigel Mooney (Nigel Mooney – guitar, Myles Drennan - piano, Ruadhri O’Donovan – bass, Shane O’Donovan – drums.) Track Title Boulavogue. 3.52. Composer Traditional. Album Title All my love’s in vain. Label Gripewater Records GW001.
9. Artist Reverse Trust (Derek O’Connor – tenor saxophone, electric piano, Dick Farrelly – rhythm and lead guitar, Niall O’Neill – 6 string bass and synthesisers, Tom McDermott – drums). Track Title Exit Strategy. 6.10. Composer Niall O’Neill. Album Title “AS IF”. Label No information.
10. Artist Christine Tobin (Christine Tobin - voice, Phil Robson – guitar, Dave Whitford – double bass, Thebe Lipere – percussion, Steve Arguelles – drums.) Track Title Horses. 6.17. Composer Poem by Paul Muldoon and music by Christine Tobin. Album Title Romance and Revolution. Label Babel BDV2455.
11. Artist Chris Collins (Chris Collins – clarinet, penny whistles, tenor saxophone, flute, Susan Bailey – fiddle, Denis Tinney – piano, Kersten Allvin – harp, Jeff Halsey – bass, David Taylor – drums and percussion). Track Title: Journey Home 8.59. Composer C. Collins. Album Title Jazz From The Shamrock Shore. Label Harnett Jazz HJ003
"After many years during which only the guitarist Louis Stewart was consistently connected with the international jazz world, many Irish jazz musicians have developed relationships with counterparts elsewhere, notably through involvement with jazz education. Opportunities for Irish audiences to hear, and for Irish musicians to play with, leading international jazz figures have also been increasing steadily. Individual enthusiasts have played an important role in this movement: the architect Allen Smith established Jazz on the Terrace as a vehicle for the promotion of jazz concerts from 1982 and has been associated with the Improvised Music Company from 1991."
- The Encyclopedia of Ireland, Brian Lalor, Editor, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, Dublin 2003.
On the topic of Irish Jazz Musicians don't miss the launch of the the Improvised Music Company's