Playboy Jazz After Dark

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
The ultimate 2-CD collection of late-nite, mood-setting jazz, featuring classic performances by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday! Playboy Jazz label. 2003.

Tracks:

In The Wee Small Hours Of the Morning - Gene Harris
Prelude To A Kiss - Duke Ellington
Everything Happens To Me - Gene Harris
My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
Why Was I Born - Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
The Peacocks - Howard Alden
Spring Is Here - Stan Getz
Blue In Green - Bill Evan
Angel Eyes - Scott Hamilton
Corcovado (Quiet Nights) - Charlie Byrd & Ken Peplowski
'Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk

Tracks:

How Long Has This Been Going On? - Karrin Allyson
Our Love Is Here To Stay - Patti Austin
You Are Too Beautiful - Curtis Stigers
At Last - Ella Fitzgerald with Joe Pass
You Go To My Head - Mary Stallings
Don't Misunderstand - Dennis Rowland
Body and Soul - Diana Krall
For All We Know - Susannah McCorkle
You Must Believe In Spring - Tony Bennett with Bill Evan
Sweet and Slow - Carol Sloane
More Than You Know - Mel Torme with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You - Carmen McRae with George Shearing
Solitude - Billie Holiday
Some Other Time - Ernestine Anderson with George Shearing

Album Description

The ultimate 2-CD collection of late-nite, mood-setting jazz, featuring classic performances by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday! Playboy Jazz label. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Laid back Jazz at it's very best........2006-11-02

My congratulations and salutations to the jazz afficionado who selected these great numbers for this double CD compilation. The vocal CD is my personal favourite, the selection of artists and songs exemplify the term "After Hours". The instrumental CD is beautifully balanced with an array of front line soloists. A great Album which has pride of place in my jazz collection.

Perfect for a quiet romantic evening.......2006-08-10

These CDs are a collection of quiet jazz pieces --real jazz and not the "elevator music" that is sometimes confused with jazz by those who don't understand jazz. These selections are the perfect background for a dinner party or a quiet evening for two, and also just for listening by yourself if you are in a quiet mood. Volumes I and II are each a double CD which provides plenty of good music for the entire evening.

Hef Knows His Stuff.......2006-08-08

This is a wonderful compilation of great performers doing time tested standards. It is not party music, but slow tempo, late night greats.

Great for a jazz novice.......2006-02-22

I'm no expert on jazz, but I know enough to say that this is an excellent beginning to my budding jazz collection...I highly recommend.

Love It!............2006-02-18

For anyone who enjoys jazz as much as I do (and I really, really do), this has definately got to be part of your collection! There isn't a bad song on here for me - I love 'em all. All the songs flow along so well. Finding this introduced me to Karin Allyson whom I'd never heard of before. And of course all the other greats are all here: Nneena Freelon, Sonny Rollins, Duke, Mel Torme, Cannonball, Sarah, etc., etc. I've been listening to this since I picked it up yesterday. Why listen to anything else right now?

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Sexy,sexy.sexy
Playboy Rises Again

Jazz After Dark, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Playboy Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007X9UE2
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

In A Sentimental Mood (3:17) Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet
Goodbye (6:12) Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans
When I Fall In Love (4:23) Miles Davis
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (4:36) Coleman Hawkins
Come Rain or Come Shine (4:45) Art Pepper
I Fall In Love Too Easily (6:07) Gene Harris / Scott Hamilton Quintet
Emily (5:52) Jim Hall & George Shearing
All Too Soon (3:51) Duke Ellington
Born to Be Blue (7:03) Gary Burton & Friends
I Thought About You (5:18) Dave Brubeck Quartet
Alone Together (6:49) Chet Baker
What's New (4:57) Marian McPartland with Chris Potter
Ruby, My Dear (6:19) Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Tracks:

My Romance (3:44) Tony Bennett
Easy Living (4:36) Sarah Vaughan (with Oscar Peterson)
If I Should Lose You (2:16) Carmen McRae (with George Shearing)
My Foolish Heart (6:55) Curtis Stigers
Lover Man (4:30) Rosemary Clooney
I Didnt Know Enough About You (4:43) Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass
Fool on the Hill / Nature Boy (3:46) Peter Cincotti
Say It (Over and Over Again) (6:00) Karrin Allyson
Don't Explain (6:38) Abbey Lincoln
The Man I Love (3:27) Patti Austin
If You Could See Me Now (4:47) Mel Tormwith Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass)
Good-Bye My Love (3:56) Diane Schuur
The Meaning of the Blues (5:59) Nnenna Freelon

Amazon.com

The title Jazz After Dark II references late night seduction as conjured up in the slow, but purposeful, pace of ballads. The set's two discs are smartly divided into instrumentals and vocals. The thematic focus aligns a broad range of players from Chet Baker to Ella Fitzgerald. There are the classicists (Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington) and the modernists (Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk), with small combos and duets being the setting for them all. The vocal disc covers the greater span of years, with performances by contemporary singers (including Curtis Stigers, Karrin Allyson, and Peter Cincotti) alongside vintage tracks by some of their mentors and influences. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews:

Sweet.......2007-03-02

JAZZ AFTER DARK II presents an interesting mix of instrumental and vocal, both new and old. The moods created are at times contemplative, affectionate, woeful, entranced. An all-star program of great jazz standards provides the listener (or participant) with two hours of fine and dulcet music. Program commentary and track personnel are included. For all lovers of sweet jazz, and all lovers.

TOTAL RUNNING TIMES --
DISC ONE -- 70:08
DISC TWO -- 61:52

Sexy,sexy.sexy.......2006-04-25

ever heard some sultry jazz during a love scene in a movie, or maybe a film noire, and said to yourself-"who is that and where do I get it?!" this CD is the answer, with one disc instumental and etherial, and the other with voice and unique song sytlists. Curtis Stigers! who woulda thunk it, but that cut works as well as the other. this is a must for rainy night alone, with your favorite squeeze; or maybe an afternoon at dusk. Enjoy the classics that PB put together in a pefect mix. There is a reason that this music is timeless... find out

Playboy Rises Again.......2005-07-16

Playboy may be many things to many people, but one thing the iconic label is for sure - and that's a connoiseur of unadorned, raw and searing jazz. Unfortunately, most follow up compilations such as this (Playboy issued JAD I a few years ago) are usually never as good as the original and are just an attempt at a quick cash-in. Thankfully this is not the case with JAD II. If anything, this one improves on the original. Like JAD I, this 2-cd set consists of one instumental disc and one vocal. The selections simply never miss and the mood is sustained throughout. Playboy may have made sex mainstream, but this music is all romance with just a hint of naughty. Here's hoping JAD III continues in this superlative tradition. In the meantime, shuffle both JAD I and JAD II and you've got nearly four hours of some of the greatest American music ever recorded. A must.

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