Mary Lou Williams Live at The Cookery

The concept of these recordings is to give the listener the complete Groover experience as you would hear it live in a club. Many recordings today are limited for time so you don’t get the full experience of hearing solos develop and people stretching out like you do on live dates. And then there’s the energy of the audience feeding the band which I think is an essential part of playing music. These recordings were made as if we weren’t recording at all so the listener gets a completely uninhibited performance that sounds great.

This compilation combines a live album by Peggy Lee from a 1968 engagement at the Copacabana that never was officially issued (though promotional copies were shipped) along with singles and unissued material that have never appeared on CD. Lee is confident throughout the live tracks (which also include studio re-creations with fake announcements and applause, due to audio problems with the live versions), singing a few standards but also several then-current pop songs, not all of which stand the test of time…

Cybill Shepherd's first ever live CD release, recorded at the Cinegrill at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in June of 2000. The act is a fusion of song and comedy from her thirty year rollercoaster of a career. Cybill is frank, funny and as bold as ever. It includes it all... the laughs, the tears, even cutlery against plates!

Lou Donaldson - The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club (1970) {Blue Note CDP 531876 rel 1995 Rare Groove}
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© 1970, 1995 Blue Note / Capitol | CDP 531876 | Rare Groove Series
Jazz / Soul Jazz / Jazz Funk / Saxophone

This previously unreleased live set, which has been issued on Blue Note's Rare Groove Series. Unknown trumpeter Fred Ballard shares the front line with Lou and holds his own in this program of mild R&B and straight ahead jazz. Lou previously recorded Footpattin' Time under the title of Jump Up with the 3 Sounds but here more players are involved. All it takes is to check out Alligator Boogie and really know what soul/funk/jazz is all about, if there is such a thing of course. The lineup speaks for itself! A little organ here, drums there, sax there… You know the drill!

Jo Hell started playing in bars in the Montreal (Canada) area at the age of 16. After two years of playing jam nights seven nights a week, Jo Hell decided to start his own band, which he names "Jo Hell & The Red Roosters". As the years went by, the number of shows increased and the demand for the band became more and more obvious. They appeared at several festivals and the local popularity of the band began to shoot to the top. Many articles in the local newspapers, their appearances at local radio stations and television, as well as on numerous websites confirm the charisma of the band. "Jo Hell & The Red Roosters" came to Austin for "SXSW" in March of 2006. They graced the stage of Nuno's on 6th and were promptly featured at the "Red, White and Blues Festival" at "Waterloo Park" in July of 2006. Since that time the Jo Hell band has recorded 3 new albums: "Jo Hell" (self-titled) (2008), "Live At The Pjeireblues" (2011) and the newest - "Rockin' Land" (2013).

Anyone who appreciates the iconic film scores of John Williams will be transported when Gustavo leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in this emblematic sampling of Williams’ unforgettable themes, augmented by a selection of film clips.