Time: 43:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Jazz, Vocals
Art: Front
01. I Cried For You (3:34)
02. Whoa, Tilly, Take Your Time (3:01)
03. Nuages (2:54)
04. Black Coffee (3:55)
05. If It Ain't Love (3:28)
06. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (2:45)
07. My Funny Valentine (4:20)
08. Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (4:03)
09. If You Were Mine (3:47)
10. New Orleans Blues (3:18)
11. Embraceable You (Feat. Tom Mitchell) (4:17)
12. J'attendrai (4:11)
Cajun singer Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights turn in another re-creation of French-style acoustic jazz of the mid-20th century on their second album, Black Coffee. The model, of course, is the Hot Club of France, with lead guitarist Tom Mitchell making like Django Reinhardt and fiddler Kevin Wimmer like Stéphane Grappelli. That group didn't have a vocalist, of course, but here Savoy takes vocal choruses in between the jazz solos with the exuberance and phrasing of Maria Muldaur, though she is more of a straight contralto, lacking Muldaur's high notes. To add to the effect, she sometimes sings in French, with an accent often more suggestive of Baton Rouge than Paris. It's all quite pleasant, if in a distinctly retro manner. ~by William Ruhlmann
Black Coffee
The guitar is gypsy, but the violin sounds like western swing. The best part is when she sings in French. Only 3 songs here, sadly. As she's cajun, there should be more Franch songs, I think. Anyway, this one is a very good record.
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