Just a few weeks ago I heard a song on the radio (from the Jamie Cullum Jazz show on BBC 2 if you know it - we have it here in Canada on Jazz FM 91.1) which amazed me! The voice of the singer, his style and interpretation - everything was amazing. Firstly I thought this was and old record from the 40s maybe. To my biggest surprise the singer is a young Australian, called C.W. Stoneking. If you don't know him, try to find as much as possible - he has at least 4-5 albums. The song I heard was called "The love me or die":
And here "Brave Son of America" - a song about Gen. McArthur:
P.S. If you like Tom Waits you probably would love Stoneking. I surely do.
Enjoy!
00:00 A1 You For Me (Bob Haines) 04:38 A2 A Pint Of Bitter (Clark Terry) 11:39 A3 Airegin (Sonny Rollins) 20:33 B1 Opus Ocean (Clark Terry) 28:05 B2 Soon (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin) 35:39 B3 Doxy (Sonny Rollins)
Bass – George Duvivier
Drums – Dave Bailey
Piano – Horace Parlan
Tenor Saxophone – Tubby Hayes
Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: A2 to B1)
Vibraphone – Eddie Costa (tracks: A2, A3, B3)