Jazz Singers Showdown!
(Round 1A)
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Warm, soulful and powerful voice in a lovely jazz session. What’s not to like?
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a cottage small is all i’m after.. not one that’s spacious and wide. a house that rings with joy and laughter and the ones you love inside
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At The Christmas Ball: A Vintage Xmas Anthology
01 - At The Christmas Ball - Bessie Smith (1925)
02 - Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back To Me - Ozie Ware (1928)
03 - Papa Ain't No Santa Claus - Butterbeans & Susie (1930)
04 - It's Winter Again - Isham Jones & His Orchestra (1932)
05 - Jingle Bells - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (1935)
06 - There's Frost On The Moon - Artie Shaw & His Strings (1936)
07 - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Mildred Bailey (1937)
08 - Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning - Lord Beginner (1939)
09 - Winter Weather - Fats Waller & His Rhythm (1941)
10 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters (1943)
11 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland (1944)
12 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Connee Boswell (1945)
13 - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott (1948)
14 - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page (1949)
15 - All I Want For Christmas - Nat King Cole Trio (1949)
16 - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - The Orioles (1949)
17 - Midnight Sleighride - Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1952)
18 - Silent Night - Dinah Washington (1953)
19 - White Christmas - The Drifters (1954)
20 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Cadillacs (1956)
21 - Warm December - Julie London (1956)
22 - Love Turns Winter To Spring - June Christy (1957)
23 - The Secret Of Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald (1959)
24 - The Christmas Song - Carmen McRae (1961)
25 - A Christmas Surprise - Lena Horne (1965)
26 - Santa Was Here - Lorez Alexandria (1968)
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"
Some find it pleasant dining on pheasant
Those things roll off my knife
Just serve me tomatoes and mashed potatoes
Give me the simple life
A cottage small is all I'm after
Not one that's spacious and wide
A home that's full of joy and laughter
And the ones you love inside
Some like the high road, I'll take the low road
Free from the grief and strife
Sounds corny and seedy, but, yes, indeedy
Give me the simple life
I greet the dawn when I awaken
The sky is clear up above
I like my scrambled eggs and bacon
Served by someone that I love
- Lorez Alexandria ♩ ♪
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Today’s compilation:
BBE Sampler Volume Two
1999
Funk / Disco / Jazz / Deep House / Future Jazz
Oh, fuck yes, dude! I've been in a bit of a rut with the dope finds during this holiday hangover week, but this compilation from the BBE label has got me reinvigorated, so let's go!
BBE really is just one of the greatest labels to ever do it, folks. The London-based outfit has always kept it eclectic since its mid-90s inception, reaching across every continent besides Antarctica to deliver all kinds of music that's tangentially rooted in either jazz, soul, funk, or R&B. And there have been countless genres that have manifested themselves over the years from those genres too, from neo-soul, to future jazz, to broken beat, to disco, to hip hop, to downtempo, to house, to drum n bass, to breakbeat, to trip hop, to electro, and more. BBE releases all of it. They are one of the premier labels for crate diggers, founded by a pair of crate diggers themselves.
And those crate diggers, Ben Jolly and Peter Adarkwah, are the guys who compiled this album and they also appear on its cover. And what they show with this release is that BBE's status as an elite label is two-pronged: one, they are excellent at presenting crate-dug gold from the 60s through 80s, and two, they're one hell of a contemporary label that releases its own stuff as well.
And they prove it with this set of fourteen tracks. The first nine out of ten range from relatively obscure to flat-out obscure, featuring a soulful funk deep cut from former Impressions lead singer Leroy Hutson and a handful of gems from fleeting acts you've likely never heard of, like Sandi and Matues, who deliver some incredible funk, and Clyde Alexander, whose terrific piece of early 80s disco, "Gotta Get Your Love," appears to be the only song that he's ever released.
Then, with the final four tracks, BBE struts its own contemporaneous stuff with a breakbeat-y future jazz trip that features a piano and trumpet solo from the great Amalgamation of Soundz and a couple phenomenal deep house offerings from Aydin the Funki Chile (aka ATFC) and Albert Cabrera, the latter of which includes some sweet, extended electric guitar soloing 🤘.
Not many labels out there that can both effectively do their own crate-digging thing and also make their own fantastic contemporary music, but BBE's one of them, and that's why they're so good. They simultaneously show deep appreciation for the old and they also keep an underground spirit in heralding in the new 😎.
Got volume one of this short series in my queue too, so stay tuned for that post coming soon.
And check out this other BBE post I made last year also.
Highlights:
Lorez Alexandria - "Send in the Clowns"
The Sunburst Band - "Monte Carlo"
Getto Kitty - "Stand Up and Be Counted"
Leroy Hutson - "Lucky Fellow"
Basement Khemists - "Everybody"
The Delegates - "Pygmy Part 1"
Sandi and Matues - "The World"
Clyde Alexander - "Gotta Get Your Love"
Record Player - "Free Your Mind"
The Amalgamation of Soundz - "Things Amiss"
Family of Eve - "I Wanna Be Loved by You"
Aydin the Funki Chile - "This"
Albert Cabrera - "Majestika (Main Mix)"
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5/24 おはようございます。 Lorez Alexandria / In A Different Bag SLP324 等更新しました。
Lorez Alexandria / In A Different Bag SLP324Ella Fitzgerald Duke Ellington / at the Cote D’azur v6-4072George Shearing / Blue Chiffon T1124Big Three / Jazz From Then Till Now SDBR104Billy Mitchell / This Is Billy Mitchell MGS-27027Terry Riley / In C SCBS61237Herbie Mann & Tamiko Jones / A Mann & Woman 8141Montana / I Love Music SD19215Blackbyrds / Night Grooves F-9570War / Youngblood…
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Send In The Clowns | Lorez Alexandria
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Let your spotify predict your 2024! Shuffle your on repeat playlist and the first twelve songs represent your 2024
Tagged by @girlbossminerva tyyyy <33
January: Losing My Religion - REM
February: Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
March: I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday
April: Tempo de Amor - Baden Powell
May: Rasputin - Boney M.
June: Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
July: Anything To Say You're Mine - Etta James
August: Tomorrow Is My Turn - Nina Simone
September: Give Me The Simple Life - Lorez Alexandria
October: You Do Something To Me - Ella Fitzgerald
November: Drinking Song - Haley Heynderickx
December: Blue Moon - Billie Holiday
Tagging uhh @lesbianhidemi and @always-tired-lilbitch
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JAZZ SINGERS SHOWDOWN!
Matches were randomly assigned. If your fave isn't on the list, sorry :(
Look below for matches, check for updates after each round.
WINNER: NINA SIMONE
Round 1A:
Blossom Dearie vs Helen Merrill
Winner: Helen Merrill
Mildred Bailey vs Lena Horne
Winner: Mildred Bailey
Nat King Cole vs Chet Baker
Winner: Nat King Cole
Julie London vs Dean Martin
Winner: Julie London
Etta Jones vs Caity Gyorgy
Winner: Etta Jones
Ella Fitzgerald vs Louis Armstrong
Winner: Ella Fitzgerald
Jazzmeia Horn vs Lorez Alexandria
Winner (via coin flip): Jazzmeia Horn
Rosemary Clooney vs Fats Waller
Winner: Rosemary Clooney
Round 1B:
Frank Sinatra vs Samara Joy
Winner: Samara Joy
Nina Simone vs Sarah Vaughan
Winner: Nina Simone
Esperanza Spalding vs Billie Holiday
Winner: Billie Holiday
Eartha Kitt vs Jo Stafford
Winner: Eartha Kitt
Veronica Swift vs Carmen McRae
Winner: Carmen McRae
Nancy Wilson vs Irene Kral
Winner: Nancy Wilson
Dinah Washington vs Jeri Southern
Winner: Dinah Washington
Peggy Lee vs Bing Crosby
Winner: Peggy Lee
Round 2:
Helen Merrill vs Mildred Bailey
Winner: Mildred Bailey
Nat King Cole vs Julie London
Winner: Nat King Cole
Etta Jones vs Ella Fitzgerald
Winner: Ella Fitzgerald
Jazzmeia Horn vs Rosemary Clooney
Winner (via coin flip): Rosemary Clooney
Samara Joy vs Nina Simone
Winner: Nina Simone
Billie Holiday vs Eartha Kitt
Winner: Eartha Kitt
Nancy Wilson vs Carmen McRae
Winner: Nancy Wilson
Dinah Washington vs Peggy Lee
Winner: Dinah Washington
Round 3:
Mildred Bailey vs Nat King Cole
Winner: Nat King Cole
Ella Fitzgerald vs Rosemary Clooney
Winner: Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone vs Eartha Kitt
Winner: Nina Simone
Nancy Wilson vs Dinah Washington
Winner: Dinah Washington
Round 4:
Nat King Cole vs Ella Fitzgerald
Winner: Ella Fitzgerald
Dinah Washington vs Nina Simone
Winner: Nina Simone
Round 5:
Ella Fitzgerald vs Nina Simone
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The Best Is Yet To Come
By Lorez Alexandria
From the album Alexandria The Great
Added to Discover Weekly playlist by Unknown User on November 27, 2023 at 12:00AM
Listen on Spotify https://ift.tt/qCX9Vsu
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