Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Dick Farney - Dick Farney Jazz (1962)

Here is another Dick Farney LP at Loronix. It is amazing how Dick Farney is getting popular here, not by his singing, but for his piano playing. Several friends write me really pleased when they realize that Dick Farney is not only a singer, also a top-notch jazz pianist. This whole LP is from the piano side of Dick Farney. I will show you.

This is Dick Farney - Dick Farney Jazz (1962), for RGE, kindly provided by Caetano to Loronixers. This LP had an reissue in CD, 1994, going out of print later on. Caetano shares with us the CD edition, so you will have a high quality sound with no scratches from the old LPs.

Dick Farney has the accompaniment of great musicians on an early stage of their carrers. Claudio Slon plays drums; the third from left to right, just arrived from Argentina, his birth land. If Slon looks familiar, you are probably remembering an Astrud Gilberto cover artwork, A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness. Unfortunately Claudio has passed a few years ago, in 2002. The sax player is the legendary Hector Costita, also from Argentina. Costita is a well-known artist to many Loronixers who had alread the chance to reach Costita's earlier releases. The bass player is Mario Algusto Monteiro da Silva. Tracks include:

01 - Swanee RiverR (S. Foster)
02 - These Foolish Things (Marvel Strachey)
03 - Rge Blues (Dick Farney)
04 - Improviso Nº 1 (Dick Farney)
05 - Georgia On My Mind (S. Gorrel / H. Carmichael)
06 - Tangerine (Mercer / Schertzinger)
07 - Improviso Nº 2 (Dick Farney)