Polly Gibbons - All I Can Do

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:06
Size: 157,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:08)  1. Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself
(6:28)  2. Good Hands Tonight
(4:21)  3. Beautiful Things
(5:21)  4. If You Had the Chance
(6:36)  5. Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues
(4:30)  6. Anything Goes
(5:39)  7. This Is Always
(5:03)  8. All I Can Do
(7:23)  9. Everything Must Change
(5:48) 10. I'm Just a Lucky so and So
(6:24) 11. Nothing Compares to You
(5:20) 12. Sugar in My Bowl

It is enough to listen to some songs by the English Polly Gibbons to let yourself be taken by her exuberant feeling. Nothing to do with the many vocalists who have invaded the scene with a mediocre and plasticized synthesis of pop, jazz and soul. The young woman discovered by producer Ian Shaw is something special. His tone is deep, the vocal technique is sparkling and supported by musical impetus and imagination: qualities that bring him closer to the great jazz vocalists. But the artistic identity of Polly does not belong only to this musical tradition and ranges in balance between past and present. Can make credible soul themes like "Dr. Feelgood" by Aretha Franklin , folk ballad like "All I Want" by Joni Mitchelland ranges from Leonard Cohen , Prince , Marvin Gaye and D'Angelo . Other privileged areas are the blues and the classics of American song. Born into a Suffolk (England) family of farmers, she took her first steps in the colorful London music and her recording debut ( My Own Company , Diving Duck Recordings 2014) recorded it at Ronnie Scott's, with the trio of James Pearson. Soon afterwards, the contract came with George Klabin's Resonance, which is now releasing his third album.In this recording at the New York City Power Studio in front of a small audience, Polly Gibbons ranges between genres with the usual flexibility, in an effective calibration of swinging, intimate or blues-soaked atmospheres. 

The opening song "Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself" is an incisive soul by Horace Silverand has nothing to envy to the vocal version of Dee Dee Bridgewater ; they follow the warm blues atmosphere "Good Hands Tonight" taken from the repertoire of Al Jarreau and the pop cover "Beautiful Things" of Leslie Bricusse . Having established the first reference coordinates, the singer passionately interprets "If You Had the Chance," a ballad written by her together with James Pearson. Alongside the imaginative exuberance fully evident in "I'm Just Lucky and So-So-So" - it is precisely in the intimate themes that Polly expresses the most intense moments: the ballad "This Is Always" which reminds us of Chet Baker , the poignant torch song "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Prince and the torrid blues "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," a tribute to Bessie Smith and Nina Simone.~ Angelo Leonardi https://www.allaboutjazz.com/all-i-can-do-polly-gibbons-resonance-records-review-by-angelo-leonardi.php

Personnel: Polly Gibbons: vocals; Tamir Hendelman, James Pearson: piano; Shedrick Mitchell: hammond organ; Paul Bollenback: guitar; Richie Goods: bass; Mark McLean: drums.

All I Can Do

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