風街ろまん Happy End

Kurt Weill - Speak Low: Songs & The Seven Deadly Sins - Anne Sofie von Otter (1994) {Deutsche Grammophon 439 894-2}
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© 1994 Deutsche Grammophon | 439 894-2
Classical / Early 20th Century / Vocalize / Vocal Music / Ballet Chanté

Kurt Weill's ballet with songs is one of this century's greatest theatrical works. It has all the wit and melodic appeal of The Threepenny Opera and social conscience of Mahagonny, but more warmth and musical sophistication than either. It's also all over with in about 40 minutes. Some critics believe the piece was intended as a sort of love poem to Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya; given the tenderness of much of the music, it's hard to disagree. Lenya herself recorded the piece in the 1950s (a recording recently reissued by Sony) and this very much newer performance is welcome particularly for Anne Sofie von Otter's highly intelligent and musical way with the text. The other songs, from both Weill's Berlin and Broadway periods, make the perfect filler.

Erroll Garner - The Most Happy Piano - The 1956 Studio Sessions (1956) {2CD Set, Columbia–American Jazz Classics 99021}
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© 1956, 2010 Columbia / American Jazz Classics | 99021
Jazz / Swing / Bop / Piano

This release contains the complete 1956 studio sessions by the Erroll Garner Trio! Includes the complete original Columbia albums The Most Happy Piano, The One and Only Erroll Garner, He's Here! He's Gone! He's Garner!, and Garner Encores in Hi-Fi. Most of this music appears here on CD for the first time ever, and in their original recording order. All of the other tunes from these albums (which contained some trio tracks from previous sessions) have been added here as bonus tracks.

I actually bought the CD "Ray Conniff: The Happy Sounds…/The Way We Were" as a gift for a family member. Listening to it with him, I realized how much talent was involved in the who orchestration of this CD. Conniff, a band musician first, never fails to deliver, not just vocal, but orchestral quality on this CD. The singers' rendition of the "Way We Were" is one of the best ever done.

Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}
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© 1976-1978, 2014 Rhino Handmade / Warner | 603497 774920
Blues / Folk Blues / Electric Country Blues / World / Contemporary Blues / Modern Acoustic Blues

Mahal's stint with Warner Bros. was not among his most artistically productive, documenting an era in which he become preoccupied with fusing his brand of blues with Caribbean rhythms and steel drums. This double-CD set contains the entirety of three 1976-1978 LPs for the label, in addition to some unreleased material. Those three LPs – 1976's Music Fuh Ya (Musica Para Tu), 1978's Evolution (The Most Recent), and the 1977 soundtrack to the little-known film Brothers – form most of what's on this compilation. There's a sameness to Mahal's easygoing blues-on-the-beach approach, and a sometimes irritating reliance on Caribbean steel drums for color, that wears down the listener's attention span in such a large dose.

Both charting albums from this British band led by ex-Manfred Mann guitarist Tom McGuinness! Includes the hit When I'm Dead and Gone underappreciated rock from 1971…

One of the best albums of the great arranger Ray Conniff!!! very nice collection of great songs like the great tune NEVER ON SUNDAY (my favourite), the beautiful songs I'LL WALK ALONE and GIGI, the precious CHANSON DE AMOUR, the powerful rhythms of VOLARE, YELLOW ROSE and MACK THE KNIFE, nice songs like MOULING ROUGE and BLUEBERRY HILL and the Platters classic MY PRAYER… THIS IS THE HAPPY BEAT!!!

C. Bellegarrigue

"Happy" in Galoshes is the second solo album by American rock singer Scott Weiland. Weiland, known for his roles as the lead singer in Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, released his first album, 12 Bar Blues in 1998. Two versions have been released, a single disc and double disc deluxe version—the deluxe edition offers a second disc of 10 extra tracks.