Friday Night Jazz with Reuben Jackson; 2017-10-06, Hour 2

Well, hello there, welcome to the 9 o'clock hour of Friday Night Jazz on Vermont Public Radio. I'm Pearson, Mary Jackson, Sun, Rubin. The sponsor of this week's Friday Night Jazz on VPR are the local owners of Florian America in Williston, matching Florian options with the taste and budgets of their clients since 1983. Musically, we'll start with saxophonist Sonny Rollins from a compilation entitled Silver City. They're secreted that the great American music hall in San Francisco and it is the title, Chirac. Not one but two by Sonny Rollins beginning the 9 o'clock hour of this edition of Friday Night Jazz

on Vermont Public Radio. So grand to have you along with me. Happy as the Fridays. Hope everything's going well for you. Hope everything is groovy as they used to say back in the day. We ended with the Sonny Rollins. Sonny Rollins and company from 1964 and a reading of the standard autumn not turn and we started with Sonny Rollins and friends from collection called Silver City and we heard the title track. For great jazz 24 hours a day wherever you are, check out VPR jazz 24. You can listen at vpr.net and on your smartphone. Next, a native of Detroit, Michigan, recently departed of Ms. Jerry Allen, pianist, composer, arranger, educator, incredible spirit. This recording is called Grand River Crossing. Played it a lot. Came back in 2013 and you know we did a bit of the Motown flavor thing in the eight o'clock hour of the show. This piece

once well originally done by the Supremes before they became Diana Ross in the Supremes. Jerry Allen on piano with David McMurray on alto saxophone. This composition written by the incredible boy. This one of the great compositional teams. Holland Dozer and Holland and it is entitled Love is Like an Itching in My Heart. He dances overhead.

All the ceiling near my bed in my sight. All through the night. I try to hide in vain underneath my counter pain. But there's my love. Up there above. I whisper go away my lover. It's not fair. But I'm so grateful to discover that he's still there. I love my ceiling more since it is a dancing flow just for my love.

I love my lover with you. So wait, wait, wait, wait. He dances overhead. All the ceiling near my bed in my sight. All through the night. I try to hide in vain underneath my counter pain. But there's my love. Up there above.

I whisper go away my lover. It's not fair. But I'm so grateful to discover that he's still there. I love my ceiling more since it is a dancing flow just for my love. Oh baby, we go down, down, down the hall. Downs and up the wall. Downs and on the ceiling. Like Fred and Ginger, God willing, adjust for two. Our second two songs set here in the 9 o'clock hour Friday night jazz on VPR concluded with a

new release by vocalist Jenna Momina and guitarist Ralph Sturm. It is in title. Begin to dance and we heard the reading of the standard dancing on the ceiling and we started with the late great Jerry Allen from Grand River Crossings, more gold from Detroit, Michigan, and a piece written by Holland Dozier and Holland. Remember this piece by the Supreme? Love is like an itching in my heart tearing all apart and I can't scratch it. We can just scratch it in the surface of this music and we're going to keep doing that until we step out the door at 11. Thank you again for tuning in and let's keep the party rolling with new music by John Vanour. This is called stolen moment celebrating saxophoneist arranger composer Oliver Edward Nelson. I think this is the third go round for this particular recording. This piece is a movement from Oliver Nelson's extended work Black, Brown, and Beautiful. Steve Wilson on saxophone and it is entitled Self-help is needed.

Two compositions by gentlemen, I would consider beyond category to use Duke Ellington's highest

compliment for any artist Mr. Oliver Nelson here in the nine o'clock hour of Friday night jazz on VPR. What we just heard came from Afro-American sketches Oliver Nelson's orchestra and disillusioned and we started with a new recording by John Vanour stolen moments celebrating the music of Oliver Nelson and Oliver Nelson's composition Self-help is needed. One more recording featuring the music magic of Oliver Nelson here in the nine o'clock hour of this edition of Friday night jazz on VPR. Johnny Hodges, John Cornelius Hodges, Alta saxophonist, some soprano work on the record but mostly known as an Alta saxophonist known for as Duke Ellington put it is excruciating ecstasy. I'd add sublime poetry. If you've never heard him what you're about to hear will change your life. This is taken from three shades of blue recorded in 1970, recorded March 17th and 19th. Now of course

Johnny Hodges died May 11th 1970 so we're talking about some of his last recorded work. He also did some work with Duke Ellington for the New Orleans suite but I think these may be among the last recordings of session work done by Mr. Johnny Hodges. This is the title track from Oliver Nelson's Black Brown and Beautiful. Oliver Nelson recorded two versions, one featuring Mr. Nelson and Alta saxophon and this again the one the only Johnny Hodges and Oliver Nelson's Black, brown, and beautiful. Yeah

Mercy Mercy me Johnny Hodges on alto saxophone from three shades of blue in the nine o'clock hour Friday night jazz on VPR black brown and beautiful for great jazz 24 hours a day wherever you are check out VPR jazz 24 you can listen at vpr.net and on your smartphone next a an individual part of an incredibly talented family the Marcellus family out of New Orleans, Louisiana this is Jason Marcellus and his vibes quartet this came out three or four years ago and your recordings called in a world of mallets and we'll hear the original the nice male man's

happy song to Ann. Mr. Jason Marcellus and his vibes quartet here in the nine o'clock hour Friday night jazz on VPR

once again I'm Pearson Mary Jackson's music loving son thank you as always for listening and we heard an original the nice male man's happy song to Ann by special request we are going back to trombonist vocalist native of Sweden if you're keeping score mr. Niels Landgren this is recording he did with Janice Siegel who does some vocals on some tracks he of course an original member of the Manhattan transfer this recording is called some other time attribute to Leonard Bernstein and what the listener requested taken from 1953's a wonderful wonderful tale it's Niels Landgren on trombone and vocals and a quiet girl

I love a quiet girl I love a gentle girl the Her voice, her voice, her voice, sweet as music, soft, soft as snow, when she is near me.

The world's in report. We need no words. He sees he knows. But where is my quiet heart? Where is my gentle word? Where is the special girl with soft, soft as snow? Somewhere, somewhere, my quiet girl.

Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word?

Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word?

Where is my gentle word? Where is my quiet heart? Where is my gentle girl? Where is the special girl? Where is the special girl with soft, soft as snow? Somewhere, somewhere, my quiet girl.

Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word?

Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word?

Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word?

Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word?

Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word?

Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word? Where is my gentle word?

Where is my gentle word?