Claire Martin - The Waiting Game

Styles: Vocal Jazz 
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:28
Size: 117,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:30)  1. You Hit the Spot
(4:45)  2. Be Cool
(5:11)  3. This Funny World
(3:04)  4. Better Than Anything
(3:42)  5. If You Could See Me Now
(4:33)  6. Some Cats Know
(3:09)  7. The Waiting Game
(4:44)  8. It's Always Four a.m.
(4:12)  9. The People That You Never Get To Love
(3:14) 10. Tight
(6:51) 11. Everything Happens To Me
(3:27) 12. The Key To Your Ferrari

One thing Claire Martin won't be accused of is having a conventional or unadventurous repertoire. On the superb The Waiting Game, she delivers an engaging version of Betty Carter's "Tight" and insightfully turns everything from Thomas Dolby's "The Key to Your Ferrari" to Joni Mitchell's "Be Cool" into acoustic jazz. "You Hit the Spot" and "Better than Anything" aren't standards, but the soulfulness Martin brings to these neglected classics indicates that they deserve to be. The unique and distinctive improvisor doesn't avoid standards altogether her heartfelt interpretation of "Everything Happens to Me" being a fine example  but thankfully, she's not one to overemphasize them. Consistently, Martin's singing is as strikingly personal as it is expressive. ~ Alex Henderson https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-waiting-game-mw0000184952

Personnel:  Vocal – Claire Martin;  Bass – Arnie Somogyi;  Drums – Clark Tracey;  Guitar – Jim Mullen;  Piano – Jonathan Gee

The Waiting Game

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