Prime Time Jazz Playlist March 29th 2012

Prime Time Jazz playlist March 29^th 2012 with Sister T on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM, digital and online

                                    

Larry Young Zoltan (Unity) Blue Note

Deep Blue Organ Trio Deep Blue Bruise (Title track) Delmark

James Muller Trio Traditional meal With Mr Elliot (All Out)

Les Millar Quartet Travelling Through Twilight (Welcome Home) Ind

James Sked Quartet My Little Cello (Something Snappy) Ind

Joe Lee Wilson Hawk is Talkin' (Without A Song) Inner City

Blue Mitchell Miller (Boss Horn) Blue Note

John Scofield Trio Blues (This Meets That) Universal

Miles Davis Water On the Pond (Directions) Columbia

Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio No Blues (Smokin' at The Half Note) Verve

Interview with Evan Whetter and Erica Graf from Lazy Eye

Lazy Eye Soulstrip

Lazy Eye Shrooms Morbein Blues (Both from an unreleased live recording)

Donald Byrd The Uptowner (Fancy Free) Blue Note

Gene Walker Gold Coast (Last Night in Manhattan)

                                  

                                

Jazz on the Terrace Playlist March 22nd 2012

Jazz on the Terrace Playlist with Sister T on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM

George Benson Without Her (I Got A Woman And Some Blues) Verve

Mose Allison Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Creek Bank) Prestige

Hank Crawford/Jimmy McGriff A Little Bit South of East St Louis (Road Tested) Milestone

Monty Alexander Do the Kool Step (Monty Meets Sly and Robbie)

Dave Pike The Big Schlepp (Soul Jazz Jazz Club) Universal

Diego Guerrero Y El Solar Artistas Malos Tiempos (Womad 2012) Cartell Music

Yoboso Adelante (Off The Menu) Triolog

Osmar Milita Eu Bebo Sim (The Best of Brazil) Warner Bros 

Doug de Vries Arabianda (A Knot in the Wood) Ind

Barney Kessell/Shelley Mann/Ray Brown Jordu (The Poll Winners) Contemporary

Eddie Palmieiri Harlem River Drive (Blue Note Trip) Blues Note 

Steve Morrison The Penguin (So Quiet) Ind

Jazz on the Terrace Playlist March 8th 2012

Jazz on the Terrace Playlist March 7^th 2012 with Sister T on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM

Eddie Palmeiri/Cal Cjader Ritmo Uni (Present Latin Verve Sounds ) Verve

Charlie Palmeiri Either You Have it Or You Don't (Latin Cool: Essential Latin Jazz))

Willie Bobo Timbale Groove (Bobo's Beat) Blue Note

Los Cabrones Concussion (Self titled) Jazzhead

Barney McCall/Babal Roy/Rufus Capradocia Painless (Vivid) Jazzhead

Hugh Masekela Ha Lese Le Di Khanna (Still Grazing) Blue Thumb

Jazzerati Cafe Le Bop (Live at Pix Records)  Ind

Jane Rutter/Slava Gigoryan Sambalemento (Brazil) ABC
Dave Pike Besame Mucho (Pike's Peak) Epic

The Bearded Gypsy Band Two Five One (Self titled) Stobie Sounds

Paquito Rivera Reunion (Latin Jazz- Latino Heat Meets New York Cool) Cuba Libre

Review of the Eddie Palmeiri Latin Jazz Sextet at Barrio March 2nd 2012

                                          
Friday night saw the opening of the Adelaide Festival's free late night music spot Barrio, a Spanish word denoting a neighbourhood so it was fitting that the debut act was a Latino band, and not just any Latino band but one featuring some of New York's .finest musicians. Winner of 9 Grammys, Eddie Palmeiri the pianist and leader of the band is a legendary performer now in his mid 70's but still giving an energetic and creative performance. He began his musical career in the era of the mambo and the cha cha cha in the 1950s and '60s at places like New York City's legendary Palladium Ballroom, Puerto Rican-born Palmieri first played timbales in his uncle's orchestra at just 13, and by 15 had taken up piano.

                                   
Once the band started playing it's very hard to keep still. Those Latin rhythms just make everyone want to party and they did! Latin dancing is popular and the word gets out that a Latino band is in town those sexy latin dancers appear! Palmeiri admits to having two left feet himself but in a recent interview with the Age he commented on the eve of his Australian tour We're excited because we bring happiness to whoever listens to us or whoever dances to our music.''

                              
Palmeiri's musical style is known as Nu Yorrican music, a blend of Puerto Rican salsa with New York Latin jazz. The sextet featured trumpeter Brian Lynch who is well known in jazz circles as a leader and sidesman. He has recorded a Grammy award winning album with Palmeri. The tunes are all instrumental and all original and all featured solos from the band members. Lynch and the sax player Laurence Bechet led the melodies and the rhythm section was led by Jose Claussell (timbales) and also featuring upright bass and congas Most of the numbers were long with stretched out angular solos from all members of the band and infectious poly rhythms At times the Clauseel on timbales played a syncopated rhythm while the congas player played straight rhythms and the bass played some of each!

                                         
It was a night for a party and this was the perfect band to give the right atmosphere! Everyone I talked to loved the band. The lady next me brought her knitting in case she was bored but she didn't take it out once! One word for this band...HOT HOT HOT!