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| Live at the Village Vanguard [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Mary Stallings |
| első megjelenés éve: 2001 |
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| (2001)
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| 5.180 Ft
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| 1. | I Love Being Here With You
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| 2. | You're Sensational
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| 3. | Street of Dreams
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| 4. | A Sunday Kind of Love
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| 5. | Gypsy in My Soul
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| 6. | You're My Thrill
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| 7. | The Thrill Is Gone
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| 8. | All Night Long
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| 9. | Ev'rything I Love
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| 10. | Slow, Hot Wind
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| 11. | Lullaby of the Leaves
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| 12. | I Didn't Know About You
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Jazz
Mary Stallings - Vocals
Bruce Barth - Producer
Carl Allen - Drums
Curtis Reginald Lewis - Composer
David Baker - Engineer, Engineer
Eric Reed - Arranger, Piano
Henry Mancini - Composer
Jimmy Katz - Photography
Katsuhiko Naito - Engineer, Mastering
Philip Heying - Photography
Ron Blake - Sax (Tenor)
Vicente Archer - Bass
M. Stallings sings 12 excellent and soulful interpretations of songs by such great composers as Cole Porter, Burton Lane, Louis Prima, and Duke Ellington on her second release for the Maxjazz label, Live at the Village Vanguard. Her voice is strong, rich, and full of the introspection that only comes with musical growth. Accompanied by Ron Blake on tenor saxophone, Eric Reed on piano, Vicente Archer on bass, and Carl Allen on drums, Stallings is in touch with her music and in sync with her emotions on such notables as "You're Sensational," "Sunday Kind of Love," "All Night Long," and "I Didn't Know About You." Mary Stallings brings her seductive concept to listeners and will floor you with her exceptional phrasing on "Sunday Kind of Love" and "All Night Long." Both songs are further punctuated by tender piano stylings from Eric Reed that fill each lyric, each note, with Stallings' soulful presence, subtlety, and timeless timbre. Reed also arranged all of the songs performed on the program. Tenor saxophonist Ron Blake brings his own brand of intensity to a great solo on "Gypsy in My Soul" by blending light floating tones with hard tones and emotional coolness. His innovative bebop phrases develop the song and make it even more accessible from the perspective of an instrumental voice as a foil for the human voice. Blake provides another level of involvement for the listener with his soulful nuance on "The Thrill Is Gone" as he and Mary Stallings trade phrases at the coda. This song is great. Live at the Village Vanguard is by far her best recording because she is at the height of her musical powers, four-octave range, and is singing songs that are intimate to her but speak to the soul in everyone. ~ Paula Edelstein, Rovi
Mary Stallings
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '90s and '00s
Born: Aug 16, 1939 in San Francisco, CA
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Bop, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Greatly influenced by C. McRae, San Francisco native Mary Stallings is a passionate, robust singer who isn't nearly as well known as she should be. The niece of saxman Orlando Stallings, she started singing as a child and sang jazz in Bay Area clubs during her teenage years, when she performed with Louis Jordan & His Tympani 5 and shared the stage with such greats as Wes Montgomery and Ben Webster. One of Stallings' admirers was vibist Cal Tjader, whom she teamed up with in 1961 for Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings on Fantasy. But regrettably, albums by Stallings were few and far between. After stints with Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Eckstine in the 1960s, Stallings toured with the Count Basie Orchestra as a featured vocalist from 1969-1972. The singer was still in Basie's employ when, in 1971, she gave birth to her only child, R&B singer Adriana Evans (whose self-titled debut album on RCA was among the finest R&B releases of 1997). Pharoah Sanders became Evans' godfather, and Stallings went into semi-retirement from music to stay home and raise her daughter. Though she performed occasionally when Adriana was growing up, it wasn't until the late '80s that Stallings seriously resumed her career. She made a long overdue return to record stores with Clarity Recordings' 1990 audiophile release Fine and Mellow, and in 1994 Stallings signed with Concord Jazz and recorded I Waited for You. Some equally memorable Concord dates followed (including Spectrum in 1995 and Manhattan Moods in 1996), and Stallings' admirers were glad to see her recording regularly after so many years of obscurity. She was back on Clarity in 1998 for Trust Your Heart and returned in 2001 with the concert album Live at the Village Vanguard on MAXJAZZ. She then teamed with pianist Geri Allen for the 2005 Half Note release Remember Love. In 2010, Stallings delivered Dream on Highnote, featuring pianist Eric Reed, who also produced the album.
---Alex Henderson, Rovi |
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