Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Sheila Cooper - While The World Is In Slumber

Styles: Vocal And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:55
Size: 131,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:51)  1. It's All Right With Me
(3:46)  2. Tulip Or Turnip
(6:52)  3. Warm Valley
(6:19)  4. Cry Me A River
(4:55)  5. An Occasional Man
(5:28)  6. Brookliner Boogaloo
(3:28)  7. Too Close For Comfort
(5:59)  8. In The Still Of The Night
(4:20)  9. 100 Easy Ways To Lose A Man
(5:08) 10. Love's Echo (For Calli)
(4:44) 11. Stardust

Alto saxophonist and singer Sheila Cooper combines a sense of jazz cool with humor and passion to bring new life to old treasures from the American songbook.

Canadian-born, New York-based singer, alto saxophonist, composer and arranger, Sheila Cooper is as saxophone legend Lee Konitz has noted "a singer on her horn and with her voice, and that's the best playing for me." Ever since she moved to New York, she has been wowing audiences at the city's top venues, including the Blue Note, Birdland, The Knitting Factory and Five-Spot.

And her European tours in support of her acclaimed first CD "Since You Were Mine" which featured world-class rhythm section Renee Rosnes, Scott Colley and Billy Drummond were triumphantly successful, playing to enthusiastic audiences in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia. "It was so thrilling to have people lining up in the break to have me autograph CDs," says Cooper. "I was quite overwhelmed by how excited they were."

Her follow-up CD, "While the World is in Slumber" featuring her trademark quirky, yet elegant renderings of popular standards, also includes two original compositions (one vocal, one instrumental). Her clever additional lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's little-known "100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man" wittily personalize and update a 50's gem. And her fresh, sexy voice is beautifully showcased by her imaginative and seductive arrangements of the songs, "In the Still of the Night" a line from which inspired the CD's title "Cry Me a River" and "It's All Right With Me." Also heard on the CD are the wonderful musicians John Hart on guitar, Chris Berger on acoustic bass and Marcello Pellitteri. More.. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sheilacooper2

Personnel:  Sheila Cooper: vocals, alto saxophone; John Hart: guitar; Chris Berger: acoustic bass; Marcello Pellitteri: drums

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