Valerie Capers for Atlantic from 1966.
Valerie Capers - Piano;Vincent McEwan - Trumpet;Robin Kenyatta - Alto Sax;Frank Perowsky - Tenor Sax;John Daley Bass;Charlie Hawkins - Drums;Richard Landrum - Latin Percussion
First time out in blogland for this terrific obscurity from the blind pianist who has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Ray Brown, Paquito D'Rivera, Tito Puente but is still probably best known for her time with Mongo Santamaria.
Five self penned originals plus one standard which range in diverse styles from the rousing opener of the Billy Taylor influenced "Little David Swing" to the modal "Odyssey" to the sublime latin serenity of " Subrosa" to the hip swingin' groover "Hey Stuff" and the rousing soul jazz sound of "Kenne's Soul".
All Killer No Filler.
46 comments:
dig the new banner. is it taboo if i say thanks in advance for this one? :)
vinyl rip@320
http://www.mediafire.com/?8ataerx69ut69ki
Thanx!...
Thanks Bacoso, looks great. Dig Don Byrd on the pocket trumpet!
Thanks for turning me on to this one, Bacoso.
I like the new look. I like the mediafire link even better :-)
Just dropping back in to say indeed this is All Killer No Filler. Odyssey is the cut for me, but I that opening track really does swing too.
It's a shame she's so little known — and still performing it seems.
Again thanks for a great share Bacoso
quality as usual. thanks
Thank you for sharing.
tip top as always - digging this one muchly
Thanks for the VCapers ... I can't remember hearing her before ... Baron
Hiya Bacoso,
Just wanted to pop in and congratulate you for your top jazz blog award.
They finally acknowledged what thousands of us have known for a long while.
Cheers and thanks, brother man.
Dear Bacoso (What does the name mean? I know it does not mean "O Chimp wearing a tux" ;-) :-D... Tee Hee Oops sorry!),
First of all BIG THANKS!! *bow*.
You truly are virtuoso! I am learning Jazz by stumbling upon your site. I picked up my Jazz tastes from me dad and from the OST tracks he used to listen to (tapes and cassettes mostly).
Now I know there's some veritable treasures on LP...
And thanks to you I can get it too... The prices of some of these things are waaaaaaaaaay out of my reach. That includes buying a Rapidshare account for even a month...
And for providing a (non-rapidshare) Mediashare link I thank you once more.... Mwwaaaah (Chimp Kiss from me ;-))!
Thanks guv, you are a star!
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Thanks for this very rare stuff, and as our brother Rab, I'd like to chime in and the join the "Congrats" choir :)
Lovely share Bacoso, many thanks.
If you love an artist, you can buy his stuff, go see him live or spread the word making people listening to his music .
So thank you for this one cause it's a discovery for me
Off course also a big thank you to Valerie Capers
Peace
Hello Bacoso,
Thanks again for another fine album.Your blog has provided me with hours of listening pleasures.On a more serious note,my sister passed this article on to me about a bill that was approved recently.If you have time check it out:http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/coica-web-censorship-bill/comment-page-4/#comments
Thanks, new to me.
Thank you.
fantastic stuff. Thanks, bacoso! And congrats!
Dropped in to say, I managed to hear her and she sounds swell. But hey, congrats on winning that award. :-)
Also wanted to say nice previous as well as new banner! Lovely use of colour ;-) Blue in the previous one and yellow here :-)
P.S: Seriously though, what does "Bacoso" mean? Google seems to bring your blog up, but no other returns. :-D
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thanks so much!!
Love anything that highlights Robin Kenyatta's playing :)
Thank you - and thanks for mediafire!
A great post,as usual,and a great award......well done on every front,you deserve high praise as always !!
Niall
New to me! Looking forward to it1 Thank you for sharing all this good stuff.
merci
Thanks Bacoso,
sweet gem indeed all smiles..
I suggest we launch some sort of Bacoso awards for the best post(s) of the year here at OIR. Let's say Impressed number 1 and Mal Waldron's Spanish Bitch 2...
Nice drop. In the trivia dept, tenorist Frank Perowsky is drummer Ben Perowsky's dad. But maybe someone mentioned that already....
Craig Nixon
www.acousticlevitation.org
thank you - steve.
What if Mr. Waldron wants to keep his bitch for himself ?
Anyway.. Lovely. More grateful than you realise, Mr B.
Just to let you know that I started a blog. First album posted today: Brand New Orleans, feat Jarmo Hoogendijk, John Engels etc (NL, 1995). Give it a try.
Blog: The Boogieman will Get Ya!
http://theboogiemanwillgetya.blogspot.com/
Thanks For This Gem.
A name I haven't heard in in quite some time. i think I once heard her with Dizzy Gillespie, but I can't remember when. Thanks for the post.
Wonderful record - thanks a lot!!!
Magnificent. Thanks for your kindness and generosity. Look forward to many more discoveries. All the best,
Iggymo
Bacoso,
you're making a believer out of me. Great stuff!
Thank you,
dewhy
Greetings Bacoso, as always, straight killer, never filler. A unknown classic. Happy Holidays, my friend.
thanks again - nice one!
thank you!
Huge thanks, mate. Sincerely appreciated.
thanks so much for this rip!
thanks so much for this rip!
this blog is like a feverish dream. i can't believe all this great music exists.
hello all together
and thank you very very much for this blog, all your work and and...
i'm from the old country switzerland and i tell you: music was my first love an will be my last. so keep swinging an the funk alive....
Thanx, Bacoso, for Capers treat. Some readers might like a list of tunes:
1. Little David Swing
2. Sabrosa
3. Hey Stuff
4. Kenny Soul
5. Odyssey
6. Heather On The Hill
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