JACKIE & ROY: STAR SOUNDS [Re-up]

JACKIE & ROY
JACKIE CAIN e seu falecido marido ROY KRAL formaram o mais duradouro e, provavelmente, a melhor dueto vocal de toda a história do Jazz. Jackie e Roy começaram a cantar juntos em 1946; se casaram em 1949 e continuaram a trabalhar até a morte de Roy, 2 de Agosto de 2002. A partir da formação da dupla, sua música permaneceu constante durante todos estes anos. Roy Krall foi um talentoso pianista de Jazz, mas nunca se propôs a desenvolver uma carreira individual, optando pela permanência na dupla, o que - de certa forma - ofuscou esse seu lado de músico, colocando-se como coadjuvante, em vez de solista. Ele foi um notável compositor e arranjador cujo trabalho foi facilitado pelo fato de que ele e Jackie se completavam. Na época em que tinha 17 anos, Kral formou sua própria banda, que ensaiava no porão da sua casa em Cicero: a apenas algumas quadras havia um enorme bloco de apartamento, que era propriedade do gangster Al Capone, que ali residia. Roy se aproximou de Capone através de seu irmão, Ralph, e a banda passou a tocar regularmente no "Campus", um dos clubes do Capone em Chicago. Mais tarde, quando a banda acabou, ele foi para Detroit onde se juntou, como pianista, à banda de uma rádio local, para a qual escrevia arranjos. Em face da pesada carga de trabalho, deixou o emprego e voltou para Chicago juntando-se se a outra pequena banda liderada por um amigo, o saxofonista George Davis. Um amigo trouxe, uma noite, uma cantora de 17 anos de idade e pediu para que ela cantasse; Roy comentou, posteriormente: "Eu relutei. Jovens cantoras normalmente cantam na tonalidade "Z" (o que significa uma tonalidade muito aguda e indefinida), mas com esta foi diferente. O nome da moça era Jackie Cain. O proprietário do clube estava lá e disse, "Hey! ela é ótima Roy, e você precisa de um vocalista para os fins de semana." "Vamos ? perguntou Kral a Jackie; "Claro!" foi a resposta de Jackie e o resto é história... Jackie Cain continuou a carreira solo após a morte do marido. Eles estiveram no Brasil em 1990 e se apresentaram no 150' Jazz Clube do Maksoud Plaza Hotel em São Paulo, onde tive o privilégio de assisti-los ao vivo.
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JACKIE CAIN AND ROY KRALL
The singing partnership Jackie and Roy was the longest-lived and probably the best in the whole of jazz. Jackie Cain and Roy Kral began singing together in 1946 (they were married in 1949) and continued to work until two months ago. From their first meeting onwards, their music remained consistently good throughout the 40 or so albums that they made. Kral was a most gifted jazz pianist, a fact sometimes obscured by his need to be an accompanist for the partnership rather than a soloist. He was an outstanding composer and arranger whose job was made easier by the fact that he and Jackie were so accomplished. Kral's parents were Czech and the family was musical. His sister was the enchanted but ill-starred jazz singer Irene Kral, who died in 1978 when in her middle forties Roy Kral began studying the piano at the age of five and it wasn't much later that he had a small radio hidden underneath the sheets of his bed so that he could listen to the late-night broadcasts of the Earl Hines band from Chicago. Kral would remember Hines's piano runs and try to replay them in the morning. By the time he was 17, Kral had formed his own dance band, which rehearsed in the basement of his home in Cicero. Just down the road was a huge apartment block which was owned by and home to the gangster Al Capone. Kral approached Capone's brother Ralph about getting work and eventually the band played regularly at the Campus, one of Capone's clubs in Chicago. Soon the band was working across the Midwest. Kral enlisted in the army in 1942 and joined a Military Police band. Demobilised in 1946, he returned to Detroit, where he joined the band at the local radio station. He worked night and day writing arrangements and playing until it became too much for him and he left the job and returned to Chicago. He joined a small band led by a friend, the alto player George Davis. "Another friend brought a 17-year-old girl singer in one night and asked me to let her sit in," said Kral. "I was reluctant. Girls usually sing in the key of Z." But this one was different. She was Jackie Cain. The owner of the club was there and he said, "Hey she's great. You need a vocalist on the weekends." "We do?" asked Kral. "You do." And the rest is story.
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MINHA OPINIÃO
Neste raríssimo álbum além dos precisos e preciosos duetos de sempre, Jackie sola, lindamente, "Dindi", do maestro-soberano e a obra-prima de Sergio Mendes, "So many stars". Como diria aquele locutor, anunciando um circo, no interior: NÃO PERDAM!!!!!
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ALBUM: JACKIE & ROY - STAR SOUNDS

TRACKS/FAIXAS
1.Just a little time
2.Dindi
3.Samba do avião
4.So many stars
5.Star sounds
6.Seven hills
7.Wheelers and dealers
8.Crystal illusions

JACKIE AND ROY: An Alec Wilder Collection

JACKIE AND ROY
J & R, velhos conhecidos do blog, prestam uma homenagem a Alew Wilder, grande compositor norte americano que permanece como um segredo muito bem guardado...
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ALEC WILDER
Na listagem dos grandes compositores norte americanos de todos os tempos, ficou estabelecido que os cinco maiores são: George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter e Irving Berlin. A lista, naturalmente, é enorme e reúne centenas de nomes como: Vernon Duke, Harold Arlen, Leroy Anderson, Johnny Mercer, etc. Entre eles está ALEC WILDER que, mesmo se não fosse um grande compositor, já mereceria nosso carinho pelo respeito e admiração que devotava a VILLALOBOS e TOM JOBIM, a quem acolheu carinhosamente quando o "Maestro Soberano", ainda um ilustre desconhecido, foi para New York nos anos 60. ALEC WILDER já nasceu muito rico e não tinha nenhuma preocupação com dinheiro. Por isso, dedicou-se exclusivamente a viver bem, cultivar grandes amizades - como as de Tom Jobim e Frank Sinatra, pra citar apenas dois nomes - e a escrever grandes canções, pouco se importando com o sucesso, com a mídia ou com os holofotes. Não por acaso, ALEC era titular absoluto da notável "turma do Algonquin", formada por intelectuais de diversas áreas (música, cinema, literatura, jornalismo, etc). Celibatário convicto, AW morou por mais de 40 anos naquele hotel (o Algonquin), onde era adorado pelos porteiros, arrumadeiras e serviçais.
(CB)
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ALEC WILDER
Alec Wilder was born Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder in Rochester, New York on February 16, 1907, the son of a prominent Rochester banker. He studied for a time at the Eastman School of Music, but was for the most part Wilder was a self taught musician. He moved to New York City, and for most of his very nomadic life his single most frequent address was the Algonquin Hotel. In New York, Wilder quickly became known among fellow musicians such as Mabel Mercer, Mildred Bailey, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Benny Goodman and Jimmy Dorsey. According to sources, Wilder was never really interested in being categorized as a "classical" or a "popular", or even a "famous", composer. His ambition was to write good music. And he did, reating a large catalog of work characterized by intelligence, grace, elegance, sensitivity, and honest sophistication. Among his best-known songs are "Moon And Sand" (1941, written with Morty Palitz and William Engvick); "It's So Peaceful In the Country" (1941); "Who Can I Turn To?" (1941, lyric by William Engvick); "I'll Be Around" (1943, memorably recorded by Sinatra and countless others); "While We're Young" (1943, written with Morty Palitz and William Engvick), "The Lady Sings the Blues" (1956, lyric by William Engvick and a hit for Mabel Mercer); "Where Do You Go?" (1959, lyric by Arnold Sundgaard); "Mimosa and Me" (1963, lyric by William Engvick); "Remember My Child" (1964, lyric by William Engvick); "Walk Pretty" (1966, lyric by Fran Landesman); "Lovers and Losers" (1968, lyric by William Engvick); "Blackberry Winter" (1976, lyric by Loonis McGlohon); "Be a Child" (1976 lyric by Loonis McGlohon); and "A Long Night" (1980, Wilder's last song, written for Sinatra with a lyric by Loonis McGlohon). Alec Wilder died of lung cancer in Gainesville, Florida in December, 1980.
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ALBUM REVIEW

Album Notes
Recorded at House Of Music, New York, New York on July 17-19, 1990. Includes liner notes by James T. Mahler, William Engvick, Alec Wilder, Roy Kral and Jackie Cain Kral. It's fitting that the husband and wife duo of Jackie Cain and Roy Kral should perform this set of songs by composer Alec Wilder. The couple has dedicated previous albums to such notable American songwriters and composers as Cy Coleman and Alan Lerner with refined interpretations that always manage to capture the essence of the song. Alec Wilder's music is nothing if not refined. Throughout his career, he managed to navigate the territory between jazz, popular, and classical music, guided throughout by a highly personal aesthetic. On AN ALEC WILDER COLLECTION, Jackie and Roy, with understated backing from bass, drums, and vibraphone, demonstrate just what makes Wilder's music so appealing: lively, bouncing melody; witty lyrics; a subtle shift in mood. The duo brings an enchanted quality to "Moon and Sand," and on "Unbelievable," an instrumental intro gives way to Jackie Cain talk-singing the humorous lyric. Perhaps the brightest moment comes, however, on "While We're Young," one of Wilder's best-known tunes; accompanied only by Kral on piano, with whom she has performed for more than 50 years, Cain obviously delights in singing "Songs were made to sing / while we're young."
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MINHA OPINIÃO - com a habitual elegância e bom gosto, Jackie & Roy registraram algumas das canções compostas por Alec Wilder. As mais conhecidas são "Lady sings the Blues", composta para Billie Holiday e "I´ll be around", gravada por Frank Sinatra e, mais recentemente, por Carly Simon. Tudo muito "soft, light & clean", bem de acordo com o estilo de Alec Wilder.
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JACKIE AND ROY: An Alec Wilder Collection

PERSONNEL:
Jackie Cain (vocals)
Roy Kral (vocals, piano)
Steve Light (vibraphone)
Lynn Seaton (bass)
Richard DeRosa (drums, percussion).

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
1. The Lady Sings the Blues
2. Love Is When
3. I'll Be Around
4. Don't Stop
5. Moon and Sand
6. Unbelievable
7. While We're Young
8. Mimosa and Me
9. I See It Now
10. That's My Girl
11. Echoes of My Life
12. All of Us in It Together
13. Remember My Child
14. Walk Pretty
15. Its So Peaceful In the Country

JACKIE AND ROY: Forever

JACKIE AND ROY
Jackie and Roy, o melhor dueto vocal da história do jazz, é velho amigo do blog e dispensa apresentação.
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JACKIE AND ROYThe duo of Jackie & Roy became one of the most enduring combinations in jazz, beginning in the late '40s when the team began interacting as fellow members of intriguing saxophonist Charlie Ventura's band. The two continued working together, off and on, until Kral's death from congestive heart failure at the age of 80 in 2002. The appeal of Jackie & Roy was about voices, but more accurately about voicings. The two vocalists, who became husband and wife in 1949, sang like twin songbirds but with ranges an octave apart. This blend would be effective in any singing style, but was uniquely suited to the style of jazz vocalese.
(By Eugene Chadbourne, edited by CB)
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MINHA OPINIÃO: mais um grande álbum de J&R, com a classe e elegância habituais. Basta ouvir o tema "Fred Astaire" prá entender por que eu os considero o mais perfeito dueto de jazz de todos os tempos: a dupla nesta faixa dá uma aula de vocalização, "swing" e "scat singing". Beleza pura!
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JACKIE AND ROY: Forever

TRACKS/FAIXAS
1. The Duke
2. In A Sentimental Mood
3. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
4. Music Is Forever
5. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
6. Cheerful Little Earful
7. Through The Windows Of Cars
8. Fred Astaire
9. I Never Danced Before
10. The Continental
11. You Didn't Tell Me It Was Wrong
12. I Know That You Know

JACKIE AND ROY: A WILDER ALIAS

JACKIE AND ROY
Jackie and Roy, o melhor dueto vocal da história do jazz, é velho amigo do blog e dispensa apresentação.
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JACKIE AND ROY
The duo of Jackie & Roy became one of the most enduring combinations in jazz, beginning in the late '40s when the team began interacting as fellow members of intriguing saxophonist Charlie Ventura's band. The two continued working together, off and on, until Kral's death from congestive heart failure at the age of 80 in 2002. The following year Cain was still going strong, performing at an 85th birthday event for jazz pianist Marian McPartland that also featured greenhorn hitmaker Norah Jones. The appeal of Jackie & Roy was about voices, but more accurately about voicings. The two vocalists, who became husband and wife in 1949, sang like twin songbirds but with ranges an octave apart. This blend would be effective in any singing style, but was uniquely suited to the style of jazz vocalese. Along with goofy singer Eddie Jefferson, Jackie & Roy were innovators in a type of jazz singing that is distinct from scat singing. While the latter uses nonsense syllables or sheer vocal sounds, jazz vocalese involves writing an actual text of lyrics that can be sung in what hopefully is an exact approximation of a famous jazz instrumental solo. A sense of humor helps a great deal in the creation of enjoyable performances in this style; Cain helped come up with some of the duo's funniest material, such as the pleasantly scented "You Smell Good," a direct contrast to Eddie Jefferson's lyrics to "Filthy McNasty." In the '60s, Cain and hubbie got around to recording material by Paul Simon and Donovan as well as a commercial for Plymouth. By 1990 Cain had appeared on more than 50 recordings. In addition to her singing she has also studied both flute and cello.
(By Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide - edited by CB)
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ALBUM REVIEW
These five songs penned by Roy Kral were recorded under supervision of Don Sebesky in 1973, with a small instrumental group featuring Joe Farrell, Hubert Laws, Harvie Swartz and Steve Gadd.
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MINHA OPINIÃO - o repertório deste álbum compreende 5 composições inéditas de Roy Kral. São temas jazzísticos que favorecem a performance da dupla e do excelente combo que os acompanha, sob a supervisão de Don Sebesky. É puro "electric jazz", direto, na veia - sob a inegável influência de Chick Corea.
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JACKIE AND ROY: A WILDER ALIAS

PERSONNEL:
Jackie Cain (vocal)
Roy Kral (eletric piano,vocal, arrangements)
Joe Farrell (tenor ans soprano)
Hubert Laws (flute)
Harvie Swartz (bass)
Steve Gadd (drums)
Roy Pennington -(vibes)
Don Sebesky (supervision).

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
a. A Wilder Alias
b. Waltz For Dana
c. The Way We Are
d. Good And Rich
e. Niki's Song

JACKIE AND ROY: TIME AND LOVE

JACKIE AND ROY
O casal de vocalistas, velho freqüentador do blog, dispensa apresentação. De qualquer forma, sua biografia está disponível em outras postagens.
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JACKIE AND ROY
A perfect singing couple, indeed! Their biography is already avaiable in prior posts.
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ALBUM REVIEW
With the backing of a large orchestra, lush even by arranger Don Sebesky's standards, Jackie and Roy front an exquisitely recorded Creed Taylor production that mostly falls outside the idiom of jazz into a polished, jazzy, classical/easy-listening plane. More to the point, the collective taste of Taylor and the Krals is incredibly rich, for they tap into a small motherlode of scintillating contemporary material that jazz people rarely touched, then or now — like Leonard Bernstein's beguiling "A Simple Song" (from Mass) or Michel Colombier's "We Could Be Flying" (the high point of his Wings pop symphony). Sebesky's arrangements burrow deeply into his classical sources, whether juxtaposing Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" on top of the title cut or dovetailing Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" into Jerome Moross' "Lazy Afternoon"; Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5" is a perfect choice for a genre-fusing vocalese by Jackie. Paul Desmond pokes his quizzical head into the Brubeck/Gershwin medley "Summer Song/Summertime" — who better than old Paul? — and Hubert Laws enhances the Bernstein and Colombier tunes. Although neither Jackie nor Roy do anything resembling jazz singing here, forget about categories; this is gorgeous music that cannot be shackled to a label.
(Source: AMG album release)
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MINHA OPINIÃO - usualmente Jackie and Roy gravavam com pequenos "combos" jazzísticos. Todavia, nesta luxuosa produção de Creed Taylor, contaram com o suporte de grande orquestra e arranjos exuberantes (em alguns momentos "exuberantes até demais", característica de Don Sebesky ). E, como se não bastasse, um supertime de craques, como se pode constatar na escalação ali em baixo. Não é um álbum jazzistico e o repertório inclui até mesmo o nosso Villa-Lobos, ao lado de Bach e
Debussy. UM LUXO, na acepção do termo.
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JACKIE AND ROY: TIME AND LOVE

PERSONNEL:
Jackie Cain - Vocals
Roy Kral - Piano, Vocals
Paul Desmond - sax (alto)
Marvin Stamm - trumpet, piccolo-trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Andre - trombone
Hubert Laws - flute
Bob James - el-piano
Jay Berliner - guitar
Ron Carter - bass
Billy Cobham - drums
Airto - percussions
Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor

(*)Orchestra personnel listed in the booklet, encolosed in the download file.

TRACKS/FAIXAS
1. Day By Day 4:38
2. Time & Love 2:21
3 Summer Song 4:35
4. Bachianas Brasileiras #5 4:20
5. A Simple Song 5:45
6. Heading 2:47
7. Lazy Afternoon 4:35
8. We Could Be Flying 4:40
9. Tapestry 3:10
10. Tomorrow's Dream 3:38

JACKIE & ROY: LOVESICK

JACKIE & ROY - LOVESICK
Jackie Cain e seu marido Roy Krall dispensam apresentação: são "figurinhas-carimbadas" do blog e sua biografia está disponível em outras postagens.
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ALBUM REVIEW
onderfully groovy work from the team of Jackie Cain & Roy Kral -- a set that has the pair moving into much hipper modes for the 60s, and really taking off from the greatness of earlier records! Backing is still by Roy's core trio, with acoustic piano at the lead -- but the addition of electric bass to the lineup really helps the tunes step along nicely -- hitting a groove not heard before from Jackie & Roy, with results that are completely sublime! There's a definite bossa influence that comes into some of the best tracks -- a skipping, lilting approach to rhythm that's made even better by the unique dual vocals of the team, especially when they're singing wordlessly.
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MINHA OPINIÃO - como sempre, o bom gosto, a classe e a elegância se fazem presentes no esplêndido trabalho de Jackie & Roy. UM LUXO.

(*)"Samba triste", em parceria com Billy Blanco, foi a primeira composição de Baden a ser gravada - (por Maysa Matarazzo, salvo engano).
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JACKIE & ROY: LOVESICK
Label: Verve
Year: 1966

TRACKS/FAIXAS
1-Lovesick
2-Samba Triste
3-Mimosa and Me
4-Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
5-Such a Lonely Girl Am I
6-A Big Beautiful Ball
7-Let's Begin
8-I Wonder What's the Matter With Me
9-If You Could See Me Now
10-Mountain Greenery
11-You Really Started Something
12-The World Is Your Balloon

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JACKIE & ROY w/ CHARLIE VENTURA ORCHESTRA : FOR BOPPERS ONLY

JACKIE AND ROY & CHARLIE VENTURA
Singer Jackie Cain (born May 22, 1928, Milwaukee, WI) and singer/pianist Roy Kral (born October 10, 1921, Chicago, IL) first joined forces in 1946, and in 1996 they celebrated their 50th anniversary as a vocal duo. Jackie Roy were with Charlie Ventura's band during 1948-1949 (which gave them a great deal of recognition); Shortly after leaving Ventura in June 1949, they were married and worked together on a regular basis ever since. Jackie Roy had their own television show in Chicago in the early '50s, worked in Las Vegas during 1957-1960, settled in New York in 1963, and appeared on some television commercials.
They recorded many spirited jazz performances for a variety of labels through the decades, and performed into the 2000s until
Kral's death in August 2002. Roy was the brother of singer Irene Kral.
(By Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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ALBUM COMMENTS
I know the music of Charlie Ventura more for his Gene Krupa big band/small group days, where I first fell in love with his rich
and melodramatic solos. This 1955 EP For Boppers Only shows Ventura's later passion for be-bop, featuring vocals by Jackie & Roy, and expert assistance from sidemen Bennie Green, Conte Candoli, and Ed Shaughnessy. The Jim Flora cover art work is just the icing on the cake. "Ha!" is quintessential white-boy be-bop, corny vocals and all. Great stuff.
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MINHA OPINIÃO - Este album de Jackie & Roy com Charlie Ventura é uma raridade e tem alguns aspectos curiosos. Como já contei, quando da postagem do primeiro álbum de Jackie & Roy, eles se tornaram as estrelas da banda de Ventura e esta passou a funcionar quase que como acompanhante do duo, para desespero do "band leader". Neste album, entretanto, as coisas ainda não eram assim e Jackie & Roy funcionavam como elementos da banda e não como estrelas. Além do mais, na faixa Caravan, a banda recebe o auxilio luxuoso de músicos e arranjadores do calibre de Johnny Mandel, Barry Galbraith, Al Cohn e Manny Albam. É um álbum típico de "be bop", com longos improvisos e que mostra Jackie & Roy nos primórdios da longae vitoriosa carreira, como coaduvantes da banda.
CB
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CHARLIE VENTURA AND HIS ORCHESTRA - FEATURING JACKIE & ROY
FOR BOPPERS ONLY
Label EP:
Ano - 1955

SIDE 1
For Boppers Only
Caravan

SIDE 2
Ha!
'Deed I Do

PERSONNEL:
Ray Kral - piano e voz
Jackie Cain - voz
Charlie Ventura - sax tenor
Bennie Green - trombone
Conte Candoli - trumpete
Ed Shaughnessy - drums
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Johnny Mandel - arranjo
Al Cohn - sax alto
Manny Albam - sax baritono


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(*) Ripei direto do vinyl e peço desculpas se eventualmente a qualidade do som não estiver perfeita.