Sep 012019
 

like the last show posted here (which also feature ranee lee), this was shared on dime by ‘plaz_restore’, and again the comments below are from the info file.  i love the comment “…and taurey butler (piano). this was only the third concert that butler played since joining the quintet two days prior.”  anyway, that’s about it for shows from that great northern land, at least for now.


ranee lee quintet
winnipeg international jazz festival
west end cultural centre theatre
winnipeg, manitoba, canada
1 july 2010

ranee lee – vocals
richard ring – guitar
taurey butler – piano
morgan moore – bass

1 surrey with the fringe on top (rogers/hammerstein) 6:09
2 she’s come undun (randy bachman, burton cummings) 3:46
3 fire and rain (james taylor) 8:10
4 one note samba (antonio carlos jobim, newton mendonca) 6:26
5 beautiful love (egbert alstyne, haven gillespie, burke van heusen) 5:08
6 swinging shepherd blues (moe koffman, kenny jacobson, rhoda roberts) 3:46
7 a crooked road (pat metheny, samantha moore) 8:10
8 stromy weather (harold arlen, theodore koehler) 6:22

runtime: 48:00

dave laing – drumsbroadcast: ‘canada live’ on cbc radio two
mpeg ii, layer 1 (192 kb/s, 48 khz, stereo)
recorded and edited at 44.1 khz suitable for cd audio
lineage: l-band broadcast > dab receiver > hd @ 44.1 khz > edit > flac(lvl8)

ranee lee is a consumate performer. an accomplished singer who started out as a jazz drummer and saxophonist, now she’s also an author of children’s books and an educator. she appeared at the 2010 winnipeg international jazz festival with her quintet in her first visit in 15 years. this performance was on canada day and ranee reflected that on this same day 18 years ago in 1992, she became a canadian citizen. she’s well known to winnipeg audiences and they appreciated the passion she brought to the stage. ranee recently won a juno in the category of vocal jazz album of the year for her live cd “lives upstairs”.

this performance is a mix of old and new, and includes a swing version of “she’s come undun” by winnipeg’s guess who.  ranee is accompanied by her husband richard ring on guitar and 3 very capable montreal players: david laing (drums), morgan moore (bass) and taurey butler (piano). this was only the third concert that butler played since joining the quintet two days prior.


sample: t2 she’s come undone.mp3
download: RaneeLee_2010-07-13_WinnipegManitoba.zip


Sep 012019
 

here’s a lovely set by oliver jones, and featuring vocals by ranee lee on some songs.  the comments below are (like the other details) copied from the info file.


oliver jones trio & friends
le festival international de jazz de montréal
l’astral
montréal, québéc, canada
30 june 2009

oliver jones – piano
eric lagace – bass
jim doxas – drums

guest artists:
chester ‘chet’ doxas – saxophone
ranee lee – vocals
richard ring – guitar

01 simple blues (oliver jones) 7:24
02 talk 1:45
03 i’m getting sentimental over you (george bassman, django reinhardt) 7:58
04 d 4 doxas (oliver jones) 10:02
05 four (miles davis, jon hendricks) 6:30
06 beautiful love (egbert van alstyne, haven gillespie, wayne king, ned washington, victor young) 4:43
07 stormy weather (henri hamel) 5:45
08 lady be good (guy bolton, george gershwin, ira gershwin, fred thompson) 4:37
09 dance again diana (oliver jones) 5:17
10 dizzy nest (oliver jones) 4:43
11 nighttime (oscar peterson) 6:55
12 rhapsody in blue (george gershwin) 8:52
13 hymn to freedom (harriet hamilton, oscar peterson) 5:20

runtime: 79:56

broadcast: ‘canada live’ on cbc radio two
mpeg ii, layer 1 (256 kb/s, 48 khz, stereo)
recorded, edited and mastered at 44.1 khz (suitable for cd audio)

cbc production credits:
richard lavallee – producer
pierre plante – recording engineer
pierre dulong – assistant recording engineer

oliver jones is one of canada’s finest pianist, and a top-notch composer/arranger. his career intertwines with the history of jazz in montréal where he was born and raised. if you are a jazz piano enthusiast and you haven’t heard of oliver jones, it may be because he grew up in the shadow of another montréal pianist by the name of oscar peterson. peterson was jones’ idol, inspiration, mentor, friend, and compatriot. in his own right, jones received the highest artistic honour available in canada, the governor general’s performing arts award for lifetime artistic achievement.

the scope of jones repertoire is uncanny. he normally reserves about 20% of his stage time to fulfilling requests, and few have stumped him. in this piano trio concert, the usual request time is filled with some very welcome guest appearances from some of montreal’s other jazz stars.


sample: t03 i’m getting sentimental over you.mp3
download: OliverJones_2009-06-30_lAstral_MontrealQC.zip