MEL TORME & BUDDY RICH: TOGETHER AGAIN, FOR THE FIRST TIME

MEL TORME AND BUDDY RICK: TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Antes que alguém me pergunte qual a justificativa para a postagem deste álbum aqui no Latin Jazz: A LEVADA de bossa-nova de "You are the sunshine of my life" - que na verdade é um samba de Stevie Wonder, garante a "latinidade". E eu lá sou maluco de deixar passar em branco uma maravilha destas?

MEL TORME
A biografia de Mel Tormé está disponível no blog, em postagem anterior.
Mel Torme´s biography is already avaible in the blog, in a prior postage.
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BUDDY RICH
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and is known for his virtuoso technique, power, and speed. Rich was born in Brooklyn. His talent for rhythm was first noted by his father, who saw that Buddy could keep a steady beat with spoons at the age of one. He began playing drums in vaudeville
when he was 18 months old, billed as "Traps the Drum Wonder." At the peak of Rich's childhood career, he was reportedly the second-highest paid child entertainer in the world (after Jackie Coogan). At 11 he was performing as a bandleader. He received no formal drum instruction, and went so far as to claim that instruction would only degrade his musical talent. He also never admitted to practicing, claiming to play the drums only during performances. He expressed great admiration for, and was influenced by, the playing of Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Dave Tough, and Jo Jones, among others. In addition to Tommy Dorsey (1939–1942, 1945, 1954–1955), where Rich met and performed with Frank Sinatra, Rich also played with Benny Carter (1942), Harry James (1953-1956–1962, 1964, 1965), Les Brown, Charlie Ventura, and Jazz at the Philharmonic, as well as leading his own band and performing with all-star
groups. In October 1944, at the Paramount Theater Rich mentioned to Sinatra that he was interested in starting his own band. Sinatra wrote him a check for $40,000 and said "Good Luck. "This'll get you started". And the rest is history...
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ALBUM COMMENT
This is a CD reissue of the 1978 album Mel Tormé And Buddy Rich-Together Again For The First Time, originally released on LP by Gryphon Records (G-784) and, as a direct-to-disc recording, on Century Records (CRDD-1100). The original title refers to its being the first studio match-up between Tormé and his long-time friend Rich, although the two had appeared together on numerous occasions (and Tormé would later become Rich's biographer). The live-in-the-studio recording occurred in the middle of a long period in Tormé's recording career, lasting from 1974, when he left Atlantic Records, to 1982, when he joined Concord, during which he spent relatively little time in the studio. Clearly, the reason for this lay with the music business
and not the singer, since, at 52, he sounds at the top of his game here, singing mostly his own arrangements of standards like "Here's That Rainy Day" (on which he's accompanied by alto saxophonist Phil Woods) and "Lady Be Good" (done as a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald). The Rich Orchestra is in equally fine form on its instrumental
showcases "Cape Verdean Blues" (by Horace Silver) and "Funk City Ola." The standout track for both singer and band is the unusual eight-minute version of "Blues In The Night." It's a shame Tormé didn't do more recording with the Rich band, since they are so well suited to each other. As it is, Hindsight's 1999 reissue, coming shortly after Tormé's death, helped fill a hole in his in-print discography.
(By: William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide)
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MINHA OPINIÃO: o destaque neste álbum são os arranjos, TODOS escritos por MEL TORME. Além disso, tem a presença do grande Phil Woods, num extraordinário solo de sax-alto em "Here´s that rainy day". OURO EM PÓ!
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MEL TORME & BUDDY RICH: TOGETHER AGAIN, FOR THE FIRST TIME

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
1. When I Found you
2. Here´s that rainy day
3. Blues in the night
4. Bluesette
5. You are the sunshine of my life
6. I won´t last a day without you
7. Lady be good

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