Barbara Morrison, Houston Person - A Sunday Kind of Love

Styles: Vocal And Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:26
Size: 126,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:41)  1. I'm Just a Lucky so and So
(3:46)  2. Soft Winds
(3:54)  3. The Green Door
(4:55)  4. Good Morning Heartache
(5:19)  5. A Sunday Kind of Love
(3:23)  6. On the Sunny Side of the Street
(5:27)  7. I Cover the Waterfront
(4:53)  8. My Romance
(3:50)  9. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(4:28) 10. I Love You for Sentimental Reasons
(5:25) 11. Smile / Make Someone Happy
(4:21) 12. Let's Stay Together

While no female vocalist will likely ever match Dinah Washington’s brilliance at blending jazz and blues, Barbara Morrison has come closest. At age 60, she continues to rival Washington’s beam-rattling slither and thrust, though on gentler selections there’s the enticing suggestion of Billie Holiday blended with the late-career majesty of Maxine Sullivan. In 2005, Morrison teamed with tenor saxophonist Houston Person for a killer live recording at the Dakota in Minneapolis. At last reunited, they remain an ideal match, whether softly tracing the heartache of “I Cover the Waterfront” or emblazoning a Dinah-worthy reading of the title tune. Ably assisted by what Morrison refers to as her “automatic A team”-pianist Stuart Elster, bassist Richard Simon and drummer Lee Spath-the pair proves delightfully unpredictable across their 12-track playlist. They sandwich a swirling “Polka Dots and Moonbeams” between creamy treatments of “My Romance” and “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons,” and offset a growly “I’m Just a Lucky So and So” with an oxymoronically propulsive “Soft Winds” and a deeply moving “Good Morning Heartache.” Most surprising, and delightful, is their transformation of deejay Jim Lowe’s mid-’50s novelty hit, “The Green Door,” into a sly, bluesy cooker in the spirit of Morrison’s one-time boss Ray Charles. ~ Christopher Loudon https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/barbara-morrison-a-sunday-kind-of-love/

Personnel:  Vocals, Producer – Barbara Morrison; Tenor Saxophone, Producer – Houston Person; Drums – Lee Spath; Piano – Stewart Elster

A Sunday Kind of Love

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