Bo Kaspers Orkester: Hon är så söt

Some late night music: "Hon är så söt" (She is so sweet) by Bo Kaspers Orkester.

This song reminds me of Jan Johansson's album, "Jazz på svenska", it has that certain melancholy that I find very Swedish.

What do you think of the song? Please comment.

Melody Gardot: Goodnite

I found this video clip with Melody Gardot singing the song Goodnite, what could be more appropriate as late night music?

Found via one of the readers of this blog. Thanks Mr H.

What do you think of Melody Gardot? Please comment.

Charles Brown - Drifting Blues

I really like Charles Brown and his song Drifting Blues in this video clip where he also talks how he started playing the blues. I dig this genre of piano based slow blues. Perfect as late night music and for blues dancing.

You can find more of his music in the album Driftin' Blues: The Best of Charles Brown.

I mentioned Charles Brown in my tips to Hey Mr Jesse in August.

Do you also like this type of slow blues? What artist would you recommend? Please comment.

Monica Zetterlund - Sakta vi gå genom stan

It's time for some late night music again, this time I'd like to present Monica Zetterlund who was one of Sweden's best jazz singers.

Monica Zetterlund sings "Sakta vi gå genom stan" which is the Swedish version of "Walking My Baby Back Home". The Swedish lyrics was written by Beppe Wolgers. The new lyrics stays true to the original but also pays a tribute to Stockholm as a beautiful summer city.

What do you think of Monica Zetterlund singing Sakta vi gå genom stan? Please comment.

Hey Mister Jesse! May I have this dance?

As you hopefully already know, the May episode of the podcast Hey Mister Jesse that talks about swinging music is now available. If not, download May 2008 episode of Hey Mister Jesse. (~50 MB, mp3).

Read the show notes for Hey Mister Jesse May 2008 to see all the details.

I wrote to Jesse and Manu (as always) with some tips:

First tip is the album "With Thee I Swing" with New York singer Terry Blaine and pianist Mark Shane and a bunch of other fantastic musicians. It's a live album from a concert in Hamburg, Germany.

It has songs like "Getting Some Fun Out Of Life", "Mama Don´t Allow", "I Never Knew" and my favorite song from the album: "Why Don´t You Do Right".

Terry Blaine is touring with a new show called "Swingin' the Benny Goodman Songbook".

Second tip is the album "Swingin' with Humes". On this album from 1961 the former big band singer Helen Humes fronts a small group that has a light and laidback style. I like her version of "There'll Be Some Changes Made".

Bonus tip: When I listened to the interview with Catherine Russell in last the show she mentioned western swing. Although western swing is not my prefered jazz style, I'd like to recommend a pretty decent 4 cd compilation set called "Western Swing & Country Jazz".

I like the song "Gettin' That Low Down Swing" by the band Modern Mountaineers which has great lyrics.

Manu said that "Gettin' That Low Down Swing" probably was his favorite song ever. What about that! Yehaa! That kind of comments makes a dj happy.

What other things are there in the podcast?

Well, they have a good 8 count countdown of late night blues songs. But the list has a fatal flaw! It doesn't include any Jimmy Witherspoon song. You can't have a list like that without him. It's mandatory. I 've written before about Jimmy Witherspoon and late night blues and his great compilation album Jazz Me Blues in my series of posts called Late Night Music.

Several of the songs on Jazz Me Blues (like "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" and "Bad, bad Whiskey") come from his 1963 album "Baby, baby, baby".

The original abum is worth checkin out because it has many good slow late night blueses like "Rocks In My Bed" and "Lonely Boy Blues". Listen to clips from the album below.



What do you think of the May edition of Hey Mister Jesse? Tell me.

Emily McEwan - Losing The One You Love

In the last post I talked about the concert with Emily McEvan and Kjell Fernströms Kvartett.

I just wanted to give you an example of her voice with the video for the song "Losing The One You Love". It's not exactly jazz but it's soft and beautyful and it fits perfectly in to my series of posts that are called Late Night Music.

Enjoy!

What do you think about the video with Emily McEwan? Tell me.

Coleman Hawkins - Body & Soul

It was some time since I last featured late night music, but it's time again to showcase some mellow music that you can enjoy when you come home late at night from a night out dancing.

Tonight it's Coleman Hawkins who plays "Body & Soul". A good album for more late night jazz by Coleman Hawkins is "Sirius".

What are you your favorite late night music? Tell me.

Diana Krall - Cry Me A River

Late night music

Diana Krall is an amazing piano player as well as a talented jazz singer. Here is a live performance with Diana Krall with the song Cry Me A River from a concert in Paris.



What do you think of Diana Krall? Tell me.

Jimmy Witherspoon: Ain't nobodies business

Late night music

There haven't been so much blues music so far in this blog, but now it's time for some slow blues: Ain't Nobodies Business If I Do with singer Jimmy Witherspoon together with trumpeter Buck Claytons band. This video clip is very suitable as late night music.



Jimmy Witherspoon is one of my favorite male blues singers. "Ain't Nobodies Business If I Do" was made popular by another great blues singer: Bessie Smith.

If you want one great record with slow blues music, I can highly recommend (as many other swing djs do) Jimmy Witherspoons compilation album: Jazz Me Blues. On that album there are a few mid tempo songs that you dance lindy hop to, but mostly it's fabulous, slow, "late night" blues.

What do you think of the video clip with Jimmy Witherspoon? Tell me.

Silje Nergaard - Late Night Jazz

When you get home late at night from an evening out dancing, you just want to chill out listening to some mellow jazz. Here is three jazz songs by norwegian jazz singer Silje Nergaard.

The first video clip with Silje Nergaard is Be Still My Heart from the album At First Light. I really like the visual style of this video and the trumpet playing is just magical. Enjoy!



Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered from the album Port of Call:



Two Sleepy People from the album At First Light:





If you like these songs, you should pre-order Silje Nergaards next album Darkness Out of Blue.

Do you like these songs by Silje Nergaard? What other jazz or blues music do you listen to late at night? Tell me.