Donald Lambert • Recorded 1959-1961

This 69-minute CD (24 tunes), featuring Donald Lambert playing solo piano exclusively, was recorded live in 1959-61; the music has never been released before. The music was recorded in a relaxed, intimate club setting and features standards, show tunes, and many numbers by stride-piano masters such as James P. Johnson and Eubie Blake. Donald Lambert was a stride pianist, where a strong rhythm is always patiently kept by the left hand, without much improvising. Lambert had a fierce left hand – in the tradition of James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Willie ”The Lion” Smith - while his right hand was often delicate, lyrical and his phrasing exquisite. This CD is full of brilliant stride piano classics, such as ”Hallelujah”, ”Trolley Song” and the powerful ”Keep Off the Grass” - plus Beethoven’s ”Moonlight Sonata”(!). Donald Lambert was one of the best stride pianists, with Fats Waller and James P. Johnson as his only rivals in his younger days.

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Este CD de 69 minutos (24 melodías), en el que Donald Lambert toca exclusivamente el piano solo, se grabó en directo en 1959-61; la música nunca se había publicado antes. La música fue grabada en un ambiente relajado e íntimo de club y presenta estándares, melodías de espectáculos y muchos números de maestros del piano de cola como James P. Johnson y Eubie Blake. Donald Lambert era un pianista de zancadas, donde un ritmo fuerte es siempre mantenido pacientemente por la mano izquierda, sin mucha improvisación. Lambert tenía una mano izquierda feroz - en la tradición de James P. Johnson, Fats Waller y Willie "El León" Smith - mientras que su mano derecha era a menudo delicada, lírica y su fraseo exquisito. Este CD está lleno de brillantes clásicos del piano, como "Hallelujah", "Trolley Song" y el poderoso "Keep Off the Grass" - además de la "Sonata de la luz de la luna" de Beethoven(!). Donald Lambert fue uno de los mejores pianistas de zancadas, con Fats Waller y James P. Johnson como sus únicos rivales en su juventud.

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Tracklist:
1 - Anitra's Dance - 2:34
2 - Tea For Two - 3:48
3 - Liza - 2:30
4 - I've Got A Feeling That I'm Fallin' / Don't Let It Bother You - 2:33
5 - Harlem Strut - 2:26
6 - Beautiful Love / Sweet Lorraine - 3:02
7 - People Will Say We're In Love - 2:53
8 - Hold Your Temper - 2:23
9 - Moonlight Sonata - 4:05
10 - Save Your Sorrow - 1:15
11 - I Know That You Know - 3:07
12 - As Time Goes By - 2:49
13 - Sextet from Lucia Di Lammermoor - 2:25
14 - Hallelujah - 5:28
15 - The Trolley Song - 2:05
16 - Daintiness Rag - 2:16
17 - When Your Lover Has Gone - 2:43
18 - Keep Off The Grass - 3:14
19 - Carolina Shout - 2:34
20 - I'm Just Wild About Harry - 2:37
21 - You Can't Do What My Last Man Did - 2:46
22 - If Dreams Come True - 3:15
23 - How Can You Face Me - 2:47
24 - Russian Lullaby - 3:18


Credits:
    Piano – Donald Lambert


Label: Storyville ‎– 101 8376
Released: 2003
Genre: Jazz

 

 

 

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