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In 1975 the pop world was dominated by prog rock and disco, a state of affairs that made Leon Redbone's debut ON THE TRACK all the more striking. Everything about the album--the cartoon cover, Redbone's trademark fedora, moustache, and glasses, the music's nostalgic take on jazz and blues--marked it as different. It's that difference, in part, that accounts for its freshness and appeal.
Redbone's textured baritone and intimate, charming delivery conjure a bygone era for the listener like a flickering, black-and-white movie. Drawing on the best of early-20th-century country, folk, jazz, and Tin Pan Alley, Redbone revisits Johnny Mercer ("Lazy Bones"), Fats Waller ("Ain't Misbehavin'"), Irving Berlin ("Marie"), and Jimmie Rodgers ("Desert Blues"), among others. With its beautifully casual feel, and its minimal yet perfectly attuned arrangements fleshed out with brass and auxiliary percussion highlighting the songs and Redbone's performances, the album is a winner. Leon Redbone On The Track Songs On The Track Music Review Purchase On The Track CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Leon Redbone Branch To Branch CD (1981)
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This is as extravagant and complicated a studio production as any of Leon Redbone's releases. Complete details about the musicians involved in each session are printed in miniscule yellow type of the eyestrain-inducing variety, perhaps a gesture at making younger listeners feel more sympathetic to the elderly music fans who would have been old enough to remember some of this material first-hand even back in the early '80s. Other songs are so familiar that recognition is not an issue; the question would be more appropriately, why bother? But questions of taste are not really a subject for ...
| | Leon Redbone Double Time CD (1977)
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| | Leon Redbone Champagne Charlie CD (1978)
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| | Leon Redbone Whistling In The Wind CD (1994) Reissue
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WHISTLING IN THE WIND resembles a 1940s radio broadcast minus the static. Like much of Leon Redbone's output, this 1988 recording travels down nostalgic pathways to revisit ragtime, swing, early country, and Tin Pan Alley. Such revivalism might be ho-hum were it not for Redbone's distinctive baritone, ease and charm as a stylistic interpreter, and theatrical flair (the fedora, sunglasses, and Groucho Marx moustache don't hurt).
The influence of songwriter Stephen Foster can be heard on the album's opener, "Dancin' On Daddy's Shoes" (which features a very charming backup chorus). The increasing influence of roots country on Redbone's music can be heard on "Bouquet ...
| | Leon Redbone Up A Lazy River CD (1992) Reissue
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Idiosyncratic singer/songwriter Leon Redbone spent the 1990s building upon his sizable cult following with more uncanny arrangements of vintage pop and jazz tunes, while simultaneously unveiling a few of his own compositions. Sporting an unmistakable and remarkably limber baritone, Redbone continues his fusion of Americana with some distinct and flavorful overtones that would not sound out of place in the Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli-led Quintet of the Hot Club of France. This is evident right out of the box on Redbone's "Play Gypsy Play," as guitarist Frank Vignola and violinist Stan Kurtis provide a hearty Hot Club vibe. An almost palpable sense of mystery shrouds the somnolent "At the Chocolate Bon Bon Ball," ...
| | Leon Redbone Any Time CD (2001) Reissue
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Seven years passed between 1994's Whistling in the Wind and Leon Redbone's next studio album, Any Time -- which, like his previous recordings, demonstrates that the singer was born ...
| | Listen To The Wind CD (1998)
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| | Whatever Sugarbuzz CD (1996) (Import)
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| | Ella Fitzgerald Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 CDs (2003) Digipak
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Recorded between 1956 & 1967. Includes liner notes by Stuart Nicholson.
Signed by Norman Granz to Verve, the label he hoped to build around her, Ella Fitzgerald inaugurated her long association with one of the greatest jazz imprints by recording a four-song session in 1956 intended for singles. Though it was simply a dry run for her first "official" work, The Cole Porter Songbook, she kept the singles market in mind during her time at Verve, recording occasionally and always hoping for a pop breakthrough. Though singles-chart success never arrived (her "Songbook" full-lengths were much more popular), Verve's release of the two-disc Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 proves that much excellent material went onto her Verve 45s. To Ella, nearly every song represented an opportunity for interpretation, from Gershwin's standard "But Not for Me" (a songbook title also released on single) to the tossed-off novelty "Hotta Chocolatta"; she never sacrificed a close reading simply because the song wasn't intended ...
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| | Jon Hamar Basso Profundo:Solos And More CD (2005)
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Jon Hamar is a versatile artist who's ability to find a tasteful, unique voice in any musical situation has made him a staple in the Northwest music scene. Hamar's friendly nature, sense of humor and work ethic has kept him busy as a freelance bassist in multiple genres, composer and educator.In ...
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