Ray Brown Trio - Some of My Best Friends Are... Singers (1998)
Исполнитель: Ray Brown Trio
Название альбома: Some of My Best Friends Are... Singers
Год выпуска: 1998
Издатель: TELARC JAZZ
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What does a bass player do when he's recording an album as a leader? Surely not an hour's worth
of bass solos! Ray Brown solved the bass player's dilemma with a series of recordings under the
Some of My Best Friends Are... heading. This 1998 release is the third in the series, following the
earlier Some of My Best Friends Are...Piano Players and Some of My Best Friends Are...Sax Players,
and it's a gem. Featuring a sextet of fine vocalists, ranging from the well-established to the unknown,
this CD is a class act from beginning to end. The rising jazz vocal superstar of the late '90s, Diana
Krall, is showcased to great effect on "I Thought About You" and "Little Boy." Well-established female
vocal veterans Etta Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Marlena Shaw deliver superb performances,
soulfully giving master lessons in the art of singing. The lone male singer spotlighted here, Kevin
Mahogany, wraps his smooth baritone around the ballad "Skylark," and swings gently on "The
Party's Over."
The one unknown in this collection is Oregonian Nancy King. This veteran of the San Francisco and
Pacific Northwest scenes shows she has a fine way with a ballad on "But Beautiful," and scats her
way across the upbeat Brown original "The Perfect Blues," that closes this set. Both of these songs
also feature Antonio Hart's alto saxophone. In addition to Brown's trio mates Geoff Keezer and
Gregory Hutchinson, musical support includes guitarist Russell Malone on two tracks and tenor
saxman Ralph Moore cooking alongside Bridgewater on "Cherokee." ~ Jim Newsom, All Music Guide
Track List:
01. I Thought About You (Mercer, VanHeusen) 5:18
02. Poor Butterfly (Golden, Hubbell) 3:24
03. More Than You Know (Eliscu, Rose, Youmans) 5:30
04. Little Boy (Henry, Hyde) 2:25
05. But Beautiful (Burke, VanHeusen) 5:37
06. At Long Last Love (Porter) 3:19
07. Skylark (Carmichael, Mercer) 5:57
08. Cherokee (Noble) 6:15
09. There Is No Greater Love (Jones, Symes) 4:16
10. Imagination (Burke, VanHeusen) 7:17
11. The Party's Over (Comden, Green, Styne) 3:36
12. The Perfect Blues (Brown) 5:16
Personnel:
Antonio Hart -Sax (Alto),
Geoff Keezer - Piano,
Ralph Moore - Sax (Tenor),
Russell Malone - Guitar,
Ray Brown - Bass, Arranger,
Gregory Hutchinson - Drums,
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Vocals (8),
Etta Jones - Vocals (2, 3),
Nancy King - Vocals (12),
Diana Krall - Vocals (1,4),
Kevin Mahogany - Vocals (7, 11),
Marlena Shaw - Vocals (6)