Tracklist :
1 Kansas City 2:05
2 Miss Otis Regrets 3:32
3 The Wildest Gal In Town 2:10
4 Sing A Rainbow 3:22
5 Everything Happens To Me 3:36
Orchestra [Big Band] – Unknown Artist
6 Ain't Misbehavin' 2:20
Orchestra [Big Band] – Unknown Artist
7 Exactly Like You 2:50
Piano [Piano Trio] – Unknown Artist
8 You've Changed 5:05
Piano [Piano Trio] – Unknown Artist
9 The Moon Looks Down And Laughs 3:01
Piano [Piano Trio] – Unknown Artist
10 When A Woman Loves A Man 2:10
Bass – Rob Langereis
Drums – Peter Ypma
Piano – Henk van Dijk
11 How Long Has This Been Going On 3:48
Arranged By – Pi Scheffer
Conductor [Conducted By] – Dolf van der Linden
Orchestra – Metropole Orkest
12 I Could Have Told You 5:09
Arranged By – Pi Scheffer
Conductor [Conducted By] – Dolf van der Linden
Orchestra – Metropole Orkest
13 Baby Won't You Please Come Home 3:33
14 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 4:10
15 Mood Indigo 3:36
16 They Didn't Believe Me 2:36
Bass – Dub Dubois
Drums – Cor van den Berg
Guitar – Peter Nieuwerf
17 You Can Have Him 4:25
Bass – Jacques Schols
Drums – John Engels
Piano – Louis van Dijk
18 Let There Be Love 3:23
Bass – Jacques Schols
Drums – John Engels
Piano – Louis van Dijk
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Rudy Brink
19 Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) 2:07
Bass – Dezsö Rácz
Featuring – Flamingo Combo
Guitar – Jack Kraal
Piano – Hans van Jaarsveld
20 Let's Get Away From It All 3:07
Bass – Dezsö Rácz
Bongos – Louis Debij
Featuring – Flamingo Combo
Guitar – Jack Kraal
Piano – Hans van Jaarsveld
21 There Won't Be Any Spring This Year 3:13
Bass – Hans van Rossem
Piano – Don Gais
22 Let's Try It 3:31
Bass – Hans van Rossem
Piano – Jan Huydts
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gijs Hendriks
23 There Goes My Heart 3:38
Accordion – Mat Mathews
Bass – Henny Frohwein
Clarinet – Ted Bouwman
Drums – Tony Nüsser
Guitar – Robby Pauwels
24 'S Wonderful 1:44
Accordion – Mat Mathews
Bass – Henny Frohwein
Clarinet – Ted Bouwman
Drums – Tony Nüsser
Guitar – Robby Pauwels
Sunday, July 17, 2022
ANN BURTON - Early Blue 1958-1968 (2020) FLAC (tracks), lossless
ANN BURTON - Remember (1966-1988) (2011) Mp320k
Tracklist :
1 The Wildest Gal In Town 3'26
Accompanied By – The Herman Schoonderwalt Septet
2 Once 3'32
Accompanied By – The Herman Schoonderwalt Septet
3 When A Woman Love A Man 2'08
Accompanied By – The Pim Jacobs Trio
4 Put On A Happy Face 2'00
Accompanied By – The Pim Jacobs Trio
5 Blue Turning Grey Over You 2'16
Accompanied By – Wim Overgaauw Trio
6 But Beautiful 3'20
Accompanied By – Wim Overgaauw Trio
7 Gypsy On My Soul 3'36
Accompanied By – Wim Overgaauw Trio
8 I'm A Fool To Want You 5'57
Accompanied By – Metropole Orchestra
Conductor – Rob Pronk
9 In The Wee Small Hours In The Morning 4'06
Accompanied By – Metropole Orchestra
Conductor – Rob Pronk
10 Me Myself And I 3'30
Accompanied By – Herman Schoonderwalt Quintet
11 The End Of A Love Affair 3'25
Accompanied By – Herman Schoonderwalt Quintet
12 This Is New 2'35
Accompanied By – Tony Nolte Quintet
13 Humpty Dumpty Heart 3'13
Accompanied By – Tony Nolte Quintet
14 Round About 2'41
Piano – Henk Meutgeert
15 That Old Devil Called Love 3'49
Accompanied By – Herman Schoonderwalt Quartet
16 Everything happened In Me 4'02
Accompanied By – Herman Schoonderwalt Quartet
ANN BURTON - Burton for Certain (1977-2003) Mp320k
Ann Burton (March 4, 1933, Amsterdam - November 29, 1989, Amsterdam) is
the pseudonym of Johanna Rafalowicz (between 1938 and 1971: Johanna de
Paauw), a fantastic Dutch jazz singer.
Tracklist:
1 I Thought About You 3:50
James Van Heusen / Johnny Mercer
2 If I Were a Bell 3:50
Frank Loesser
3 Desperado 4:22
Michael Bruce / Alice Cooper
4 You and Me Against the World 5:15
Kenny Ascher / Paul Williams / Paul Williams
5 Laughing on the Outside 6:27
Eddie Rabbitt / E. Stevens
6 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 4:11
Cole Porter
7 I Cover the Waterfront 3:38
Johnny Green / Edward Heyman
8 Rainy Days and Mondays 4:18
Roger Nichols / Paul Williams / Paul Williams
9 Still Crazy After All These Years 3:32
Paul Simon
10 I Won't Cry Anymore 3:58
Al Frisch
11 Send in the Clowns 4:20
Stephen Sondheim
Credits
Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba
Drums – Toshio Ohsumi
Piano – Ken McCarthy
Vocal – Ann Burton
Saturday, July 16, 2022
ANN BURTON - Blue Burton (1970-2013) FLAC (tracks), lossless
In about 1930 the mother of Ann Burton (pseudonym of Johanna Rafalowicz) immigrated from Poland to The Netherlands. Three years after her birth in 1933 her mother married a diamond worker. In 1938 Johanna’s surname was changed to that of her stepfather and she became Johanna de Paauw, which was her official name until 1971, when she again changed it back to Rafalowicz. During World War II with the family facing Jewish persecution under German occupation, Johanna went into hiding while her mother and stepfather survived the Nazi concentration camps. However, the family became disrupted when her (step) parents were deprived of parental power. Johanna, who had Polish nationality, acquired Dutch nationality in 1957.
Johanna had never had singing lessons, but she had listened to American singers like Doris Day, Jo Stafford, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. Later, Billie Holiday and Shirley Horn influenced her. She wanted to get into the music world and so in about 1955 she took the name Ann Burton inspired by the Welsh actor Richard Burton.
Ann Burton began her career as singer by a quintet in Luxemburg. She sang with bandleader Johnny Millstonford and performed in clubs with the orchestra of Ted Powder for American soldiers in Germany. In the summer of 1958 she sang in the quartet of pianist Pia Beck[1] in Scheveningen and in 1960 they toured with saxophonist Piet Noordijk in Spain and Morocco. Back in the Netherlands she sang again in Scheveningen. In 1965, she made an EP for Decca Records with the nl:Frans Elsen Trio. Later she joined Ramses Shaffy's group Shaffy Chantant.
In the late sixties she was noticed by John J. Vis, the director of the record company Artone, who then produced her first album "Blue Burton" in 1967. On this record the trio of Louis van Dijk, de:Jacques Schols and nl:John Engels, supplemented with de:Piet Noordijk, accompanied her. She was immediately popular and the album received an Edison Award in 1969. A few more records in 1969 and 1972 were released in collaboration with John Vis.
In 1973, she toured Japan, where she became the most popular jazz singer, second only to Ella Fitzgerald. She made numerous albums with Masahiko Sato and Ken McCarthy and others. In the late seventies she worked in New York, where she made several albums, some of which were with Grady Tate and Buster Williams. Singer Helen Merrill produced the albums. For "New York State of Mind" Burton also received an Edison. In the eighties she founded her own record label, Burtone, that produced her albums. In the period 1986-1988 she taught at the Amsterdam Conservatory. web
Tracklist :
1 I Can't Give You Anything But Love 4'50
Written-By – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
2 Go Away Little Boy 6'50
Written-By – Goffin And King
3 He Was Too Good To Me 3'40
Written-By – Rodgers & Hart
4 But Not For Me 3'40
Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin
5 It's Easy To Remember 4'25
Written-By – Rodgers & Hart
6 You've Changed 6'20
Written-By – Bill Carey, Carl Fisher
7 The Good Life 2'30
Written-By – Jack Reardon, Sacha Distel
8 In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 3'50
Written-By – Bob Hilliard, David Mann
9 Sunny 3'50
Written-By – Bobby Hebb
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Piet Noordijk (pistas: 3, 6, 8)
Bass – Jacques Schols
Drums – John Engels
Lead Vocals – Ann Burton
Piano – Louis Van Dyke
ANN BURTON - By Myself Alone (1974) lp | FLAC (tracks), lossless
Although Ann Burton was born in the Netherlands and made a couple of
albums for the Dutch label Artone in the mid-'60s, she really made her
mark in Japan. There she teamed up with some excellent local jazz
musicians to make several albums, especially the 1974 set By Myself
Alone. Of the ten or so albums she made before dying too young in 1989,
this ranks as one of her best. The album features an intelligent and
entertaining mix of tunes with unique Burton interpretations, treating
the listener to more than 40 minutes of solid, if not spectacular,
singing. Burton's voice could be husky and sensuous as on "Come Rain or
Come Shine" or light and airy on a song favored by Blossom Dearie, "May I
Come In?" She could take a tune by a one-time rock icon, Don McLean's
"Oh My What a Shame," and make it sound like one of those Irish folk
songs drenched with regret and resignation. A session highlight is the
medley of "Yesterday" and "Yesterdays," where she focuses on the
similarities rather than the differences between these two tunes written
by composers from widely different backgrounds and generations. If this
album is any indication, Burton was not interested in making her voice
sound like a horn. There's no swooping, scatting, or other wordless
vocalizing. Rather, she adhered to the lyrics the way they were written,
respecting them by singing them in a straightforward manner. Dave Nathan
Tracklist :
1 Come Rain Or Come Shine 4:48
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
2 Let Me Love You 5:10
Bart Howard
3 May I Come In 2:09
Marvin Fisher / Jack Segal
4 Love Is A Necessary Evil 3:53
Marvin Fisher / Jack Segal
5 Oh, My What A Shame 4:01
Don McLean
6 By Myself Alone 1:50
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
7 Yesterday & Yesterdays 2:53
Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern / John Lennon / Paul McCartney
8 Birthday Song 2:50
Don McLean
9 I Could Have Told You So 8:08
J. Oliver
10 That Old Feeling 3:07
Lew Brown / Sammy Fain
11 Travellin' Light 4:59
Johnny Mercer / Jimmy Mundy / Trummy Young
Credits :
Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 to 12)
Piano – Masahiko Satoh (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 7, 8)
Vocals – Ann Burton
ANN BURTON - Am I Blue (1981-1985) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Tracklist :
1 Can't Face The Music 5:00
Written-By – Bloom, Koehler
2 I'll Be Around 4:06
Written-By – A. Wilder
3 Did I Remember 4:00
Written-By – H. Adamson
4 Laughing At Life 4:29
Written-By – B Todd, C Todd, N & C Kenny
5 Am I Blue 2:45
Written-By – G. Clarke, H. Akst
6 I Wished On The Moon 5:16
Written-By – Parker, Rainger
7 I Don't Want To Cry Anymore 5:07
Written-By – V. Schertzinger
8 On The Sentimental Side 3:00
Written-By – J. Monaco, J. Burke
9 I Get Along Without You 5:15
Written-By – H. Carmichael
10 I Am A Fool 6:10
Wolf / Aerrow / Sinatra
Credits :
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Kim Plainfield
Piano – Rob van Kreeveld
Vocals - Ann Burton
Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Malach 
ANN BURTON - Collage (1999) Mp320k
Tracklist :
1 A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening 2'25
Written-By – H. Adamson, J. McHugh
2 Try A Little Tenderness 5'25
Written-By – H. Woods, J. Campbell, R. Connelly
3 New York State Of Mind 5'04
Written-By – B. Joel
4 In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 3'50
Written-By – B. Hilliard, D. Mann
5 You Started Something 2'51
Written-By – J.J. Lilley
6 The Shadow Of Your Smile 5'10
Written-By – J. Mandel, P.F. Webster
6 A Boy Named Charlie Brown 4'19
Arranged By – W. Overgaauw
Written-By – R. McKuen
7 I Can't Give You Anything But Love 4'50
Written-By – D. Fields, J. McHugh
8 Someone To Watch Over Me 7'10
Written-By – G. & I. Gerschwin
9 It Never Entered My Mind 5'25
Written-By – L. Hart, R. Rodgers
10 But Not For Me 3'40
Written-By – G. & I. Gerschwin
11 Here's That Rainy Day 5'30
Written-By – J. van Heusen, J. Burke
12 The Good Life 2'30
Written-By – J. Reardon, S. Distel
Friday, July 15, 2022
ANN BURTON - New York State of Mind (1981-2009) FLAC (tracks), lossless
In 1977, while on tour in Japan, I met with Helen Merrill who also was touring... Since I have been a fan of Helen's voice a long time, it was nice to meet and talk. Some time later she came to The Netherlands, where she did a few gigs and we met again.
She told me that she had a Production Company and asked me what I thought about recording for her. Of course I said: "Great!"
So, the ninth of April I took off with my repertoire to New York. I met [pianist] Mike Renzi and from that day on I had a ball... Then on the fourth of May I went to the studio and met [drummer] Grady and [bassist] Buster; they were no problem at all.
I could go on talking for hours about these sessions, but that really would be too long. I hope that the music will tell the mood. My thanks to everyone who made this possible. Sincerely, Ann Burton
Tracklist
1 New York State Of Mind 5:08
Written-By – B. Joel
2 You Started Something 2:56
Written-By – J. J. Lilley
3 I Can Dream, Can't I ? 4:22
Written-By – I. Kahal, S. Fain
4 All Or Nothing At All 4:13
Written-By – A. Altman, J. Lawrence
5 Come In From The Rain 3:44
Written-By – C. B. Sager, M. Manchester
6 Tell Me More And More, And Then Some 4:01
Written-By – B. Holiday
7 The Night We Called It A Day 3:36
Written-By – M. Dennis, T. M. Adair
8 Something So Right 4:34
Written-By – P. Simon
9 All Too Soon 3:35
Written-By – C. Sigman, D. Ellington
10 Never Never Land 4:59
Written-By – A. Green, B. Comden, J. Styne
Credits :
Bass – Buster Williams
Drums – Grady Tate
Piano – Mike Renzi
ANN BURTON - "Early" Burton & More ... Fly me to the Moon (1962-1988) Mp320k
1 Just In Time 3:39
Betty Comden / Adolphe Green / Jule Styne
2 Fly Me To The Moon 2:02
Bart Howard
3 Let's Get Away From It All 3:00
Matt Dennis / Tom Adair
4 Close Your Eyes 4:47
Bernice Petkere
5 Bag's Groove 4:49
Milt Jackson
6 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 2:29
Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart
7 Again 3:47
L. Newman
8 Nice And Easy 4:20
Spencer / Keith / Bergman
9 I Won't Dance 3:43
Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein
10 Afterthoughts 1:51
Gene dePaul / C. Leight
Credits :
1-5 Ann Burton + Flamingo Combo
6-10 Ann Burton + Rob Agerbeek Trio
ANN BURTON - Skylark (1993) Mp320k
Tracklist :
1 Skylark 3'59
Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer
2 Days of Wine and Roses 2'57
Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer
3 What Is There to Stay? 2:52
4 Some Other Spring 3'21
Arthur Herzog, Jr. / R. Wilson
5 The End of a Love Affair 3'00
Edward Redding
6 Dream a Little Dream of Me 2'31
Fabian André / Gus Kahn
7 The Very Thought of You 4'53
8 Baubles, Bangles and Beads 3'38
George Forrest / Robert Wright
9 Thursday's Child 3'46
Elisse Boyd / Murray Grand
10 It's a Pity to Say Good-Night 2'21
11 Rainy Days and Mondays 3'51
Roger Nichols / Paul Williams
12 Ain't Misbehavin' 4'13
Harry Brooks / Andy Razaf / Fats Waller
13 Exactly Like You 3'32
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
14 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 5'07
Cole Porter
15 He's Funny That Way 5'16
Neil Moret (Chas. N. Daniels) / Richard A. Whiting
Credits :
Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba (pistas: 11 to 15), Victor Kaihatsu (pistas: 1 to 10)
Drums – Tetsujiro Obara (pistas: 11 to 15)
Piano – Frans Elsen (pistas: 1 to 10), Ken McCarthy (pistas: 11 to 15)
Vocals – Ann Burton
ANN BURTON | MARK MURPHY - That's All (1987-2005) Mp320k
Tracklist :
1 Blue Bossa 4'05
Kenny Dorham
2 That's All 2'48
Alan Brandt / Bob Haymes
3 Everything Happens to Me 4'20
Tom Adair
4 Just One of Those Things 3'08
Cole Porter
5 Get out of Town 6'01
Cole Porter
6 Nobody Else But Me 3'06
Oscar Hammerstein II
7 He Ain't Got Rhythm 2'45
Irving Berlin
8 Dreamer 2'35
Antônio Carlos Jobim
9 My Gentleman Friend 2'57
Arnold B. Horwitt / Richard Lewine
10 Time Was 4'28
Miguel Prado / S.K. Russell
11 Medley: Moments Like This/My Buddy 2'47
Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn / Burton Lane / Frank Loesser
Mark Murphy - Vocals
12 I Wish I Were in Love Again 2'14
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Mark Murphy - Vocals
13 Things Ain't What They Used to Be 1'12
Credits :
Bass – Harry Emmery
Drums – Frits Landesbergen
Piano – Rob Agerbeek
Vocals – Ann Burton
ft. Mark Murphy (pistas: 11, 12) 