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9 tracks | 38 minutes
Released Jun 2004
on KAPLAND RECORDS
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 It Don't Mean A Thing lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 It Don't Mean A Thing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 It Don't Mean A Thing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:38 Body And Soul lyrics BUY MP3 04:38 Body And Soul lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:38 Body And Soul
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 September Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 September Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 September Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:43 Stolen Moments/The Blues And The Abstract Truth lyrics BUY MP3 04:43 Stolen Moments/The Blues And The Abstract Truth lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:43 Stolen Moments/The Blues And The Abstract Truth
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:17 Stella By Starlight lyrics BUY MP3 04:17 Stella By Starlight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:17 Stella By Starlight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:04 'Round Midnight lyrics BUY MP3 06:04 'Round Midnight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:04 'Round Midnight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:43 I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues lyrics BUY MP3 03:43 I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:43 I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:00 Green Dolphin Street lyrics BUY MP3 05:00 Green Dolphin Street lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:00 Green Dolphin Street
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:34 Don't Get Around Anymore/I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart lyrics BUY MP3 02:34 Don't Get Around Anymore/I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:34 Don't Get Around Anymore/I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Reminiscent of the great Jazz Singers of the 1950's. Critics note his tone, phrasing, and ability to get to the heart of a song with his own mark of musicianship.
Bio / Background
The Jazz Ambassadors have been described as a mix of Seasoned Veterans and Young Lions. What is for sure on this recording is that they are a gathering of dynamic musicians who offer a tonic of timeless jazz vocal classics.
Ron Kaplan has put together a tight piano trio with Eddie Mendenhall on piano, Dan Robbins on bass and Steve Robertson on drums to perform some of the most revered songs from the exotic treasure chest of the "Great American Songbook". These songs need no introduction to the listener and provide a montage of wonderful arrangements, improvisation and dazzling musicianship.
Ron is a connoisseur of this music and has studied the history of its birth, rise and interpretation for four decades. This wealth of experience and immersion in the genre provides him with the tools he needs to deliver the warmth and dexterity he offers on the Jazz Ambassadors.
↓ more ↓Like the opening It Don't Mean A Thing, a swinger from the outset with the rhythm section and vocalist employing a certain amount of artistic freedom with a walking bass predominant throughout. On this cut Ron has the warm and mature delivery of a later day Mel Torme.
The Bossa Nova version of Body And Soul is the album's highlight for me, a wonderful listening experience of the Heyman, Green, Sour and Eyton classic.
September Song is an eclectic offering performed in the Tony Bennett style: "I Left MY Heart...". Ron's venerable vocal style leads to a spectacular piano solo from Eddie Mendenhall and provides an atypical expression of the musical integrity of when this song was first penned.
On an album of true class and panache, other highlights include the magical Stella By Starlight, Green Dolphin Street, and the jewel in the crown, 'Round Midnight, the Thelonious Monk classic where Ron evokes compassion in his stylistic vocal paraphrasing and flair.
The closing Don't Get Around Much Anymore is panoply of articulations and rhythms, which reiterates the romantic lyricism by Ron, and the spontaneous appeal of this tight piano trio.
Unfortunately it is difficult to find an album nowadays of vocal jazz classics performed with astute vocal and rhythmic detail but" Jazz Ambassadors" is an eloquent testimony which provides a continuum for great male vocal jazz.
The whole package has a pristine feel and encapsulates these vintage songs with a quartet of superior musicians who have risen to the challenge to provide a trademark jazz set.
This recording is not to be missed and is available from Kapland Records or EuroClubdeJazz Showcase Artists.
Wes Gillespie...EuroclubdeJazz.com
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