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Recorded in 1961 as Svend Asmussen and Ulrik Neumann, and vocalist Alice Babs, on tour in the United States, Danish Imports pairs the talents of two of Europe's finest in a program of show tunes and standards. According to the liner notes, the recordings this pair made were hotly debated by musicians, some of whom called it "high class background music." Forty-five years after the fact, the nuanced precision and airy, breezy, relaxed tempos that make up this set are more a curiosity piece than an engaging jazz set. While there is no doubt of the musicians' abilities, the swing here feels more cosmetic than authentic. Those looking for a Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli gyspy jazz outing would be sorely disappointed. The music here borders on saccharine in its sentimentality and its "reverence" for American tunes. Forgettable. ~ Thom Jurek
Personnel: Svend Asmussen (violin); Svend Asmussen; Hans Ulrik Neumann, Ulrik Neumann (guitar).
Danish Imports : Intimate Jazz Music Svend Asmussen Danish Imports : Intimate Jazz Songs | 1. | Cherokee (Indian Love Song) |
| 2. | Summertime |
| 3. | Honeysuckle Rose |
| 4. | Blue Orchids |
| 5. | Californica Here I Come |
| 6. | It Ain't Necessarily So |
| 7. | Flamingo |
| 8. | Hallelujah! |
| 9. | Yesterdays |
| 10. | Tea for Two |
| 11. | Blue Room, The |
| 12. | Liza |
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Recorded on two dates in 1959, this full-length by Stuff Smith features a pair of rhythm sections. One contains the great Red Mitchell on bass, the other the magnificent Shirley Horn on piano. In 1959, Smith had been on the scene for over two decades. And while he was well-known by the public at large for his novelty persona and his singing -- as evidenced by his 1936 smash hit "I'se A-Muggin'," this long-player aptly displays his stunning virtuosity as a jazz violinist, from standard jazz repertoire such as Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train" and "They Can't Take That Away from Me" to "Strike Up the Band." His bowing is dizzying and the band pushed hard to keep up with him. On "Nice Work if You Can Get It," the tempo middles along but Smith swings hard in his tasty way. And Smith's vocal skills are showcased on the classics "Oh, Lady Be Good" and "Somebody Loves Me," offering a well-rounded ...
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Johnny Frigo spent most of his professional life as a jazz bassist, but in the mid-'80s he picked up his first instrument, the violin, and started what amounted to a second jazz career on that instrument. Frigo biographies frequently refer to an obscure album release from the 1950s that prefigured this change, and this is it, a session Frigo recorded in 1957 at Universal Recording Studios in Chicago for Mercury Records. Joined by guitarist Herb Ellis (Frigo and Ellis had previously worked together in the Soft Winds Trio with pianist Lou Carter), Norm Jeffries on drums, Dick Marx on piano, Cy Touff on trumpet, and the great Ray Brown on bass, Frigo delivers a wonderful swing/bop mixture that stands seamlessly with his 1980s releases. At times he uses the violin like a horn, punching in and blocking out solid runs, and at other times, like on the beautiful "Blue Orchids," he uses the instrument to approximate a tenor vocalist, stretching the melody into marvelous shapes. Frigo even does a call-and-response duet with himself on the self-penned "Big Me -- Little Me," answering the violin lines with his own bass runs. I Love John Frigo...He Swings somehow got lost in the shuffle when it was released, and Frigo went back to bass playing for 30 years before getting a late second chance at recording this kind of small-group sides on violin once more. The original master tapes of this session apparently ...
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