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| 1. | Sad Lover Blues
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| 2. | Can't We Be Friends
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| 3. | The Late, Late Show
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| 4. | Where Can I Go Without You
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| 5. | Put Me Down Easy
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| 6. | My Man's an Undertaker
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| 7. | Blue Memories
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| 8. | Juneteenth Jamboree/Royal Garden Blues
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| 9. | Back O Town Blues
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| 10. | Someday You'll Want Me to Want You
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| 11. | The Poker
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| 12. | You Were Made for Me
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| 13. | Darn That Dream
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| 14. | Deep in a Dream
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| 15. | New Speedway Boogie
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Jazz
Recorded: Jan 2005-Feb 2005
Catherine Russell Vocals, Executive Producer, Vocals (Background)
Don Stille Piano, Organ, Accordion
Frank Portolese Vocals (Background), Guitar
Greg Calbi Mastering
Jim Cox Bass (Upright)
Morris Jennings Tambourine, Drums
Mycle Konopka Mixing, Engineer
Phil Schaap Liner Notes
T.C. Furlong Pedal Steel
The world is never short of new jazz/blues singers, but with Cat, Catherine Russell stands out from the crowd. The child of very musical parents, she's inherited their genes, but added her individuality, which can move from the pop-blues of Sam Cooke's "You Were Made for Me" (one of two Cooke songs here, both with real identity) to the New Orleans style of "Juneteenth Jamboree." Interesting touches in the arrangements help the album, too, such as the mandolin on "Sad Lover Blues" (it features elsewhere, too) or the pedal steel that colors "The Late, Late Show." Russell isn't a belter. She prefers to shade her material and does it well. There are a few surprising choices, the most obvious being "New Speedway Boogie," the cover of a Grateful Dead song that more or less works (they were so idiosyncratic that anything written specifically for them seems a little misplaced done by anyone else), but it's a joy to hear someone singing outside the usual box of standards. Whether she'll become a major star remains in the lap of the gods. But she's definitely one of the more adventurous -- and friendly -- singers mining the seam of jazz-blues. ~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide
Catherine Russell
Active Decade: '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Contemporary Blues
Jazz and blues vocalist Catherine Russell, a native of New York City, was born with distinctive bloodlines. Her father was Luis Russell, the renowned big-band leader who was born in Panama, and lived in New Orleans and New York City. He was a groundbreaking vintage jazzman -- a pianist, composer/arranger, and most prominently, the music director for Louis Armstrong in the mid-'40s. Her mother is Carline Ray, a veteran jazz bassist, vocalist, graduate of the Julliard and Manhattan Schools of Music, and famous for performing with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Mary Lou Williams, and Wynton Marsalis, among many others. Naturally Catherine Russell is influenced by old-time blues and jazz singers like Bessie Smith, Ruth Brown, and Etta James, as well as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Nancy Wilson, Abbey Lincoln, gospel and opera music. But she was a late bloomer, not establishing a recording career as a leader until much later in life. She has appeared at numerous festivals and on nationally syndicated radio and television shows. As a backup singer, she has worked with Paul Simon, David Bowie, Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper, Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Joan Osborne, and Madonna. One may have also heard her voice on TV and radio commercials for Bud Light, Oil Of Olay, J.C. Penney, and Dairy Queen. Singing jazz with groups including bassist Earl May, pianist Larry Ham, drummer Eddie Locke, or Jimmy Wormworth, Russell emerged as a retro old-school vocalist for the ages. She finally debuted on her own with the 2006 CD Cat for the World Village label with guitarist Frank Portolese and banjo or mandolin player Stuart J. Rosenberg, followed by Sentimental Streak in 2008 featuring guitarist/producer Larry Campbell and special guests Howard Johnson and Steven Bernstein, recorded at the studios of Levon Helm in Woodstock, N.Y.
---Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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