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| Make This Citty Ours |
| Claire Martin |
| első megjelenés éve: 1998 |
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| (1998)
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| 3.311 Ft
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| 1. | Make This City Ours Tonight
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| 2. | Gettin' High
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| 3. | Another Night
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| 4. | Bye Bye Country Boy
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| 5. | No Moon at All
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| 6. | Summer (Estaté)
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| 7. | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
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| 8. | How Deep Is the Ocean?
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| 9. | Empty Bed
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| 10. | Could This Be the One?
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| 11. | Collagen Lips
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Jazz
Claire Martin - Vocals
Antonio Hart - Saxophone
Gareth Williams - Piano, Vocals (Background)
Gerard Presencer - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Gregory Hutchinson - Drums
Peter Washington - Bass
* Burkhard Hopper - Executive Producer
* Calum Malcolm - Engineer
* Joel E. Siegel - Producer
* Johnny Powers - Liner Notes
In 1996, Claire Martin was in same position as fellow British jazz singer Ian Shaw. Martin, then 29, had become England's top young female jazz vocalist (just as Shaw was its top young male jazz vocalist), but in American jazz circles, she was far from well-known. After recording all of her previous albums in England and using mostly British players, Martin made her U.S. recording debut when she ventured to Manhattan that year to record Make This City Ours. American players Antonio Hart (alto sax), Gerard Presencer, Peter Washington (bass) and Gregory Hutchinson (drums) were employed as sidemen along with Martin's U.K. pianist Gareth Williams, and they serve her well on both the standard "How Deep Is the Ocean" and less obvious choices like Gino Vannelli's "Gettin' High," Blossom Dearie's "Bye-Bye Country Boy" and Milton Nascimento's "Make This City Ours Tonight." One of the CD's most interesting surprises is "No Moon at All," which is taken at a fast pace instead of the comfortable tempo one expects from a song Julie London had defined in the 1950s. Make This City Ours proved that if Martin achieved her goal of becoming better known in the U.S., the attention would be well-deserved. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Claire Martin
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: 1967 in London, England
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Had Claire Martin become a trumpeter instead of a singer, she would have been compared to Miles Davis and Chet Baker rather than Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, or Lee Morgan. Or as an alto saxophonist, she would have had more in common with Lee Konitz and Paul Desmond than Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, or Gene Quill. Greatly influenced by the cool-school singers of the 1950s, the young British diva clearly owes an artistic debt to such greats as Chris Connor, June Christy, and Julie London -- all of whom, like Martin, favored subtlety and restraint over aggression. But her inspirations don't stop there -- born in London in 1967 and raised in a rock & roll era, the smoky, seductive Martin has also been influenced by contemporary singers ranging from Joni Mitchell to Kate Bush.
Martin was only six when she entered theatrical school, and by her early teens, had been named Best Solo Vocalist twice by the British Arts Awards. Before debuting at Ronnie Scott's in London at 21, Martin supported herself as everything from a singing waitress to a secretary. Martin went on to become one of England's top jazz vocalists, and the British Jazz Awards exalted her as Best New Jazz Artist of 1994 and Best Jazz Singer of 1995. However, she was little known in the U.S. as of late 1996. In October 1996, she visited New York and recorded with American jazz players for the first time, including alto saxophonist Antonio Hart.
---Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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