Bireli Lagrene - Blue Eyes

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:57
Size: 137.2 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[3:32] 1. A Foggy Day
[6:30] 2. Witchcraft
[3:19] 3. The Lady Is A Tramp
[4:10] 4. I've Got A Crush On You
[2:34] 5. My Kind Of Town
[7:06] 6. I've Got You Under My Skin
[4:15] 7. It's All Right With Me
[2:29] 8. You Make Me Feel So Young
[7:16] 9. Come Fly With Me
[5:19] 10. Here's That Rainy Day
[4:30] 11. Luck Be A Lady
[4:14] 12. April In Paris
[4:36] 13. Autumn In New York

Throughout his career, Bireli Lagrene has often confounded expectations. He started out as a brilliant young Django Reinhardt impressionist; a few years later, he switched to rock-oriented fusion, and then returned to straight-ahead jazz with a more original (if blander) voice than he had displayed in his Django days. On this 1997 set Blue Eyes, a tribute to Frank Sinatra, Lagrene not only plays with swing and subtlety in a conventional quartet (with pianist Maurice Vander, bassist Chris Minh Doky, and drummer André Ceccarelli), but sings a few numbers quite effectively. The 13 selections include such standards as "The Lady Is a Tramp," "My Kind of Town," "Come Fly with Me" and "Luck Be a Lady" and are all associated with Sinatra; the treatments given by Lagrene and his quartet are melodic, tasteful and full of cheer. ~Scott Yanow

Blue Eyes

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