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)
Thanks Zeca for more Dick Farney on piano. Right up the jazzman's alley.
ReplyDeleteMy introduction to Farney was actually from Claudio Slon himself. Therefore, I know Dick Farney as an excellent pianist and jazzman first, then as of a singer, second. I know that is backwards, but that's how it is for me!
ReplyDeleteClaudio spoke very highly of working with Farney in Brazil and left him (at first, very reluctantly) to join Walter Wanderley and form the Trio that would skyrocket to fame just a few years later in the U.S.
This album, Dick Farney Jazz, is a favorite of mine and really shows off Dick's jazz talent. Can't recommend it highly enough...
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Great album.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that comes to mind is the early Brubeck quartet with Paul Desmond. The main difference here (and an interesting counterpoint) is that Farney is not so bombastic in his use of block chords and on the other hand Hector is not so "light" (if I can use that word) as Desmond. Thus, you get a lighter "Brubeck" and a stronger "Desmond".
No matter how you look at it, a grand album.
Yes, this album is really great A good compare Jazzman .yes- similiar but differnt to Brubeck and Desmond.To compare the style of a saxplayer with Paul Desmond can only be acknowledgment.A great example how Brazilins play jazz.
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Dick Farney was one of the greatest musicians of of times, but never gained the recognition that he Really deserves here in Brazil!!!
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