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| My Romance |
| Banu Gibson |
első megjelenés éve: 1999
62 perc |
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| (1999)
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| 4.100 Ft
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| 1. | Somebody Loves Me
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| 2. | I Wished On the Moon
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| 3. | Love Walked in
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| 4. | You Do Something to Me
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| 5. | Sweet and Slow
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| 6. | Fools Rush in
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| 7. | A Woman's Intuition
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| 8. | I Just Couldn't Take It Baby
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| 9. | Night Wind
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| 10. | Blues in My Heart
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| 11. | When Your Lover has Gobe
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| 12. | I'm Thru With Love
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| 13. | I Wish I Were in Love Again
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| 14. | That Oid Feeling
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| 15. | Taking a Chance On Love
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| 16. | My Romance
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Jazz / New Orleans Jazz Revival
Banu Gibson (voc)
David Boeddinghaus (pno)
John Sheridan (pno.)
The Rainbow Room swirled to the sounds of "Somebody Loves Me" as the delighted and delicious duos that peopled the dance floor passed my lonely eye. My weekly sojourn in search of the man with the right moves had brought me to the land of dapper swells and sophisticated damsels. A gracious waiter walked me to my table through the deliriously happy dancers I wished on the moon to join.... As the story continues, the songs have their place and follow the romance of one Dot Dare. This album is filled with wonderful songs played by two wonderful pianists (separately) and Banu's voice and delivery is a perfect fit! Highly Recommended!
Reviews:
JazzReview, March 2000, Lee Prosser:
Review: "My Romance" is an unusual, wonderful CD of 16 selections by jazz vocalist, Banu Gibson, with solo piano backing from John Sheridan and David Boeddinghaus. Banu Gibson puts wonderful feeling and tone into her performances, reminding me of a very contemporary bluesy sweet version of legend Ethel Waters. Banu is that good! She knows how to sing, and her phrasing for each selection is flawless!
Here are some of the selections with year of original publication for those of you who are jazz history researchers: The Gershwin brothers' "Somebody Loves Me" (1924), and "Love Walked In" (1938); "Fools Rush In" by Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer (1940); "Blues in My Heart," by Benny Carter and Irving Mills (1931); "That Old Feeling," by Sammy Fain and Les Brown (1937); "A Woman's Intuition," by Victor Young and Ned Washington (1951); "My Romance" by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart (1935); "You Do Something To Me" by Cole Porter (1929).
Jazz pianist John Sheridan shines brightly with Banu on "You Do Something To Me," and his gifts as a great jazz artist are readily revealed. When I heard this version of a much overlooked classic Cole Porter song, I recalled that 1957 movie of Ernest Hemingway's novel, "The Sun Also Rises," which starred Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, and Errol Flynn. That song was featured in the movie.
David Boeddinghaus' fine talents as a pianist are in top form and the listener will enjoy his versions of the Gershwin selections, among others. His playing, like that of Sheridan, is excellent. These two pianists know how to blend style and techniques, and each is a perfect example of how jazz stride piano is handled in performance!
For a really nice look at a new jazz singer, get a CD copy of Banu Gibson's "My Romance." It will give you a good feeling every time you listen to these old standards. A great blend of contemporary jazz and swing! Great performances! Excellent! Five stars plus for a rating on Banu Gibson's "My Romance." Rating: Five Stars
Offbeat, January 2000, Jon Pult:
That Banu Gibson, she's a swell dame. Full of pep and vigor. And crafty. One minute she singing like some kind of sweet, naive songbird. You know, with a sunny disposish. The next tune she's all sultry and knowing. The kinda singing that makes you break out in a sweat. Like on "Sweet And Slow," the old Harry Warren and Al Dubin number, from back in '35. It's on her new record, My Romance, which proves she's not just a swell dame but a clever one too. See, she takes all these classic tunes from the twenties, thirties, forties -- you know the kind, smart and witty, the kind that tell a story, the kind a poet once called "three minute cameos." She takes each of these little stories and string 'em together, tells a bigger story. The oldest one in the book. The old "him and her." Its about a girl . And her story starts out with 'Somebody Loves Me", the Gershwin number from 1924. Sings the verse. Sets the stage for the whole thing: "When this world began it was heaven's plan there should be a girl for every single man. To my great regret someone has upset heaven's pretty program for we've never met, I'm clutching at straws just because I may meet him yet." She meet him all right. "But he's wrong and she's wronged. "Fool's Rush In," as they say. See this girls problem is found in "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby:" "Some may take romance just as song and dance, a game that there just playin at. I Just can't go gay and laugh off love that way, can't help it if you've made me like that. It's a game and was a player. Laugh it off, sweetheart. But she can't, and she's left singing about love being blown away by the "Night Wind," and the blues in her heart. But that's what happens "When Your Lover has Gone." And this sport she hooked up was a goner from the start. Finally you think the dames getting smart, says "I'm Through with Love." But she doesn't mean it. Next thing you know she declares "I Wish I Were in Love Again." Not for the good parts. What she misses is all the mutual pain and suffering. What she misses is "the broken dates, the endless waits, the loving loving and the hateful hates, the conversations with the flying plates." Next thing you know she's got "That Old Feeling" and once again she's "Taking a Chance on Love." Good Luck, hon, you're going to need it.
This My Romance, in lesser hands, it might be stretch. Banu pulls it off. That's because the dames got talent. And taste. Not only in material -- Porter, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, even Dorothy Parker -- but in her choice of accompanists. John Sheridan, been beating the ivories with class in San Antonio for years. He's with the Jim Cullum Band. He's musical director for the Live From the Landing show on public radio. And David Boeddinghaus. He got a little press for doing the music for the film Crumb a few years back. He's so good, oughta get it every time he touches the keyboard. They split duty. Always sympathetic to the dames' plight. Even The booklet serves Banu's purposes, done up like an old pulp romance anthology. First rate. Designed by Diane Wanek, another swell dame.
To celebrate this records release, and if you like smart songs smartly played it is cause for celebration, Banu is throwing a little Party at Storyville. December the 10. It's a Friday. 9pm till late. Half a saw will get you through the door. But that's not the only cause for celebration. You see Banu and her brand New Orleans Hot Jazz will be warming up the millenial proceedings of Boston, Massachusetts. They've been slated to ring in the new century accompanied by the famed Boston Pops Orchestra. The concert is going to broadcasts live on video screens in downtown Boston. Booking of a liftetime. For Banu and for Boston. She'll make'em forget about the Red Sox.
Banu Gibson
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Oct 24, 1947 in Dayton, OH
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Classic Jazz, Dixieland Revival
During an era when most female singers who interpret music from the 1920s come across as dated "red hot mamas," camp, or satirical, Banu Gibson practically stands alone. She performs music from the 1920s and '30s creatively, but within the boundaries of the idiom, giving fresh life and excitement to forgotten tunes and swinging hard with her New Orleans Hot Jazz Orchestra. Growing up in Hollywood, FL, Gibson was trained as a dancer although she studied voice as a child with an opera singer. She gained early experience playing in a Miami club opposite Phil Napoleon (1967-1968), toured with Your Father's Mustache (1969-1972), and appearing at Disneyland in the Class of '27 (1972-78). She moved to New Orleans in 1973, commuting to Los Angeles and working in New Orleans doing choreography and directing. Gibson learned how to play rhythm banjo and on April 1, 1981, put together her six-piece band, which improved steadily throughout the 1980s and became a popular attraction at traditional jazz festivals. Although Banu Gibson has recorded for World, Jazzology, and Stomp Off, her most rewarding recordings are for her own Swing Out label and those rank with the top classic jazz of the era.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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