Joe Mooney – The Happiness Of...The Greatness Of... Joe Mooney (1963/65)(2000) скачать бесплатно

Singer-keyboardist Joe Mooney, who died in 1975, was simply too hip and classy for his time. His innovative New York quartet of the 1940s, admired by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett never scored with the public. His mid-1960s solo comeback attempt with the two Columbia LPs repackaged here met similar fates: acclaim within the industry, indifference elsewhere despite their warm, lithe vocals, fleet-fingered keyboard accompaniment and airy, clever arrangements, rendering each number a concert in miniature. On Happiness, he brought his joi de vivre to "What Kind of Fool Am I" and "I Wish You Love" and infused "Lollipops and Roses" with a bright, easy swing light-years from Jack Jones 's hit version. Greatness maintained a similar vein: toying with Neal Hefti's "Cute" and drenching "I Wanna Be Around" with a bluesy, 3 A.M. flavor. And on "Honeysuckle Rose," an organ instrumental, he can be heard cheerfully scat-singing away beneath his solo. With much of Mooney's work now available on reissues and John Pizzarelli paying a small homage on each album, perhaps the public is ready at last. --Rich Kienzle

Tracks:

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The Greatness of Joe Mooney (Columbia, 1963)

1. Wait Till You See Her

2. But Beautiful

3. The Second Time Around

4. I Wish You Love

5. Call Me Irresponsible

6. Nobody Else But Me

7. Once Upon A Summertime

8. Lollipops And Roses

9. This Is All I Ask

10. What Kind Of Fool Am I

11. Days Of Wine And Roses

12. The Good Life

The Happiness of Joe Mooney (Columbia, 1965)

13. Cute

14. When I Fall In Love

15. Emily

16. You Irritate Me So

17. I Wonder What Became Of Me

18. Honeysuckle Rose

19. Happiness Is You

20. She's Not For You

21. I Wanna Be Around

22. When The World Is At Rest

23. When Sunny Gets Blue

24. This Is The Life

Personnel:

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Joe Mooney - vocal, organ, accordion, piano, arranger

Mundell Lowe - arranger, guitar

Gene Allen, Al Klink, Walt Levinsky, Phil Bodner, Andy Fitzgerald, Don Ashworth, Leon Cohen, Jerry Dodgion - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute

Gary Burton, Phil Kraus, Joe Venuto - Vibraphone

Barry Galbraith - guitar

George Duvivier - bass

Eddie Shaughnessy - drums

All thanks to original releaser