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Ben Webster, Buddy Childers, Carol Sloane, Chamber Jazz Sextet, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, Gene Dinove, Irene Kral, Nancy Harrow, Ruby Braff, Russ Garcia, Russ Garcia Strings, Sarah Vaughan, Seldon Powell, Shirley Scott, Stacey Kent |
első megjelenés éve: 2008
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Jazz / Smooth Jazz
Let the evening unfold and the imagination flow with this fine collection of sensual jazz grooves from some of the world's most acclaimed jazz musicians and vocal stylists. Nice 'n' easy does it every time.
There are times when every music lover - even the most enthusiastic follower of the cutting edge - needs to be soothed and warmed by mellow, inviting sounds that allow the breathing to deepen, the metabolism to slow and the imagination to flow. It's for those times that this series of big-hearted, romantic sounds have been compiled; Smooth Jazz to smooth away the edges of the day.
As music to set a mood while something else is going on - accompanying music (let's not call it background) - it is naturally ideal; no rough textures to aggravate the atmosphere, no unexpected leaps of dynamic to have you reaching for the volume control, nice 'n' easy does it every time. But equally, if you've got time in your life to listen closely you'll find rich, detailed performances of genuine quality. Not to be confused with the contemporary genre relying on bland, electric pop-fusion and funk-lite grooves, this Smooth Jazz is the tender acoustic stuff purveyed by instrumental jazz masters and sensitive vocal stylists interpreting elegantly crafted compositions; it's what writer Will Friedwald is fond of calling pop music for grown-ups.
This particular compendium, as the title suggests, was compiled for when we are lucky enough to be spending that quiet time with a significant other, with the possibility of a meaningful union somewhere on the horizon of the evening. In fact if you've a mind to, you could invest the fourteen tracks contained herein with a certain chronological narrative suggesting an evening such as this; from Irene Kral's forthright-yet-delicate expression of intent 'I Like You, You're Nice' to Nancy Harrow's resigned 'Can't We Be Friends'. OK, it didn't work out this time, but with these beautiful sounds in the air, it was fun while it lasted.
1. Irene Krall - I Like You, You're Nice
A bewitchingly vulnerable and subtle performance from the late Irene Kral with sole and majestic support from Alan Broadbent on piano. The song is a sophisticated evocation of the possibilities of romantic attachment as metaphorically represented by that ('notorious') cup of Costa Rican coffee.
2. Ruby Braff and Gene Dinovi - I've Got A Crush On You
As a believer in mellifluous melody in the hard bop 1950s, cornettist Braff found work hard to find but by the mainstream-friendly '70s was acknowledged as a giant. Here he makes typically flirtatious work of Gershwin's passionate standard with Gene Dinovi, one of Ruby's many pianist partners.
3. Chet Baker - Time After Time
In a career that encompassed early (1952) acclaim, addiction, imprisonment, critical backlash - and that finally ended mysteriously in 1988 - vocalist/trumpeter Baker's music retained a plaintive, intensely personal expressiveness throughout. This aching reworking of a ballad introduced by Sinatra in 1947 is no exception.
4. Seldon Powell - Blue And Sentimental
Originally a legendary feature and huge hit for tenorist Herschel Evans - prematurely dead at 30 - in the Count Basie band of the late 30s, multi-reedsman Seldon Powell manages to evoke Evans's Hawkins-inspired gruff lyricism in an expert, effecting reading of the tune.
5. Stacey Kent - More Than You Know
USA-born, London-based chanteuse Kent specialises in charming, understated, straight-but-swinging interpretations of the Great American Popular Songbook and they don't come much greater than Vincent Youmans's 1930 standard, here complete with the uncommonly beautiful verse.
6. Chamber Jazz Sextet - Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
An intriguing, West Coast-style, dual tempo reading of Rodgers and Hart's 1941 perennial; languid and sensual then skipping and playful, it's a fine example of the adaptability of this era of show tune to a thoughtful jazz treatment.
7. Buddy Childers and Russ Garcia Strings - Come Home Again
Ex-Kenton/Ferguson/Barnet trumpeter adopts the rounder sound of the flugelhorn to meet renowned West Coast arranger in a sumptuous light rock arrangement of a memorably romantic theme. Listen for when the strings arrive and be prepared for your heart to melt.
8. Gene Dinovi- My Old Flame
Second appearance of Dinovi in a handsome interpretation of the 1934 song introduced by Duke Ellington's orchestra in the film 'Belle Of The Nineties'. Elegance and restraint characterise this veteran pianist's approach to a piece.
9. Shirley Scott - When A Man Loves A Woman (Lewis-Wright)
A rare Shirley Scott organ solo on the tune introduced in 1966 by Percy Sledge. Hymnal and mesmerising, note particularly Scott's expert use of the volume pedal to create a lulling ebb and flow in the dynamics.
10. Sarah Vaughan - The More I See You
The biggest voice in jazz, perhaps the most daring singer of her generation, Sarah Vaughan's musicality and invention are on elaborate display here in a typically bold examination of this 1945 song of mounting intoxication.
11. Flip Phillips - Love Story
A fascinating example of a swing-to-bop era musician exploring a pop melody of the '70s and making it his own; in this case it's hearty, unsentimental tenorist Phillips taking on the theme from the 1971 hanky-fest film and winning.
12. Carol Sloane - Baby Don't You Quit Now
A bluesy, frankly lascivious performance from vocalist Sloane, an earthier version of Irene Kral's polite appreciation earlier in the scenario; "I should turn you off/But you turn me on" she admits. Beautiful vibrations indeed.
13. Dizzy Gillespie - They Can't Take That Away From Me
More known for his trumpet pyrotechnics, bebop pioneer Gillespie plays Gershwin's melody with great sensual grace here and even as the double-time section inspires a miraculously articulate outburst from the maestro, his cool is never blown.
14. Nancy Harrow - Can't We Be Friends
A delightfully weighted shoulder shrug of a vocal from Harrow and a defiant tenor sax solo from Buddy Tate, this survivor's performance of Kay Swift's disappointed classic is in heartening contrast to the better-known bleeding heart version by Frank Sinatra. |
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