The Good Stuff

Cécile McLorin Salvant

WOMAN CHILD

Mack Avenue Records  2013

Cécile McLorin Salvant (born August 28, 1989)^[1] is an American jazz vocalist.^[2][3][4] She was the winner of the first prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010,^[5] releasing her first album, Cécile, shortly thereafter. Her second album, WomanChild, was released in 2013 on Mack Avenue Records, receiving a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Salvant won four categories in the 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll: Jazz Album of the Year, Female Vocalist, Rising Star–Jazz Artist, and Rising Star–Female Vocalist. -- Wiki

Woman Child : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz3yd1NPsRI

John Henry : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6D5fcOnm0M

Jitterbug Waltz : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caR2t2H4OMg

Le Front Cache Sur Tes Genoux : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5kr0uX_Ths

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Gene Ammons and his All-Stars

GROOVE BLUES

Prestige / OJC  1958 / 1992

Saxophone : Gene Ammons, Paul Quinichette, John Coltrane, Pepper Adams

Groove Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9AjGgHc5OQ

Jug Handle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNBGYnuNXhI

It might as well be spring : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3JzPkDMo-Q

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Ernestine Anderson

NEVER MAKE YOUR MOVE TOO SOON

Concord Jazz  1980

Ernestine Anderson(vocals), Monty Alexander(piano), Ray Brown(bass), Frank Gant(drums)

Notes:  "...a voice to make more heralded singers weep with envy.  The accompaniment is flawless; the recording is excellent. -- Chris Albertson Stereo Review

Never move too soon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8OotoTeLAk

What a difference : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUN2E_NO2yI&t=182s

My shining hour : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrI0FUXsn-0&t=59s

Poor Butterfly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXHCaJbMs_o&t=193s

Cheers

Try "The Dance at the Gym" from the Spielberg West Side Story soundtrack. On Qobuz. It never fails to get me out of my listening chair and dancing around like a wild man..

I have this version: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqn-lO2QCGc

It's all great.

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