Emilie-Claire Barlow - The Beat Goes On

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:38
Size: 126,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:14) 1. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
(3:37) 2. Sunshine Superman
(5:13) 3. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
(4:41) 4. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
(4:40) 5. He Thinks I Still Care
(4:22) 6. The Beat Goes On / Soul Bossanova
(5:21) 7. These Boots Were Made For Walkin'
(3:30) 8. Until It's Time For You To Go
(2:59) 9. Little Boat (O Barquinho)
(3:54) 10. Comme Je Crie, Comme Je Chante
(3:48) 11. Will You (Still) Love Me Tomorro
(4:46) 12. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
(3:28) 13. T'es Pas Un Autre

With “The Beat Goes On” Toronto-based jazz singer Emilie-Claire Barlow has done what a few wise singers are doing these days, namely looking to more recent eras and songwriters for fresh material rather than the overdone American Songbook. This time out, Barlow has focused her considerable talents and jazz sensibilities on the 60s. The opening track sets the tone for the album as Kelly Jefferson provides nuanced sax fills on a swingy 6/8 version of Bacharach's Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head. Barlow has written all the arrangements herself and the stripped down instrumentation that predominates fits her light, pretty voice like a Pucci print dress. We feel transported to a Yorkville coffeehouse as just bass and congas (Ross MacIntyre and Davide Direnzo) accompany These Boots Were Made for Walkin'. Very groovy. Iconic sounds of the 60s bubble up in the woodwinds on Soul Bossa Nova as it's mashed up with the classic Sonny & Cher title track.

An exploration of the 60s wouldn't be complete without a journey to that hotbed of musical innovation, Rio de Janiero, and the cover of O Barquinho (My Little Boat) featuring Reg Schwager’s nylon string guitar skills perfectly evokes a carefree Brazilian day. Barlow’s specialty is bossa nova (do yourself a favour and find her version of O Pato on YouTube) so when she surprisingly imposes that style on Dylan’s Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright it actually works. https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/jazzaimprovised/7643-the-beat-goes-on-emilie-claire-barlow

The Beat Goes On

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Chet Baker - She Was Too Good To Me (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1974
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:33
Size: 93,9 MB
Art: Front

(7:02) 1. Autumn Leaves
(4:40) 2. She Was Too Good to Me
(6:06) 3. Funk In Deep Freeze
(5:27) 4. Tangerine
(4:05) 5. With a Song in My Heart
(3:54) 6. What'll I Do
(4:28) 7. It's You Or No One
(4:48) 8. My Future Just Passed

Producer Creed Taylor wisely avoided trying to shoehorn Chet Baker into the slick, fusion-oriented mid-'70s CTI Records sound. Fronting an all-star combo featuring Bob James' twinkling electric piano and Paul Desmond's lyrical alto sax, Baker remains true to his eternally hip '50s sides, tackling a bouncy, gently swinging "Autumn Leaves" and a cool, cerebral take on Hubert Laws' "Funk In Deep Freeze." Baker's two airy vocals, the wistful title track and the haunted "What'll I Do," testify to his gentle way with a ballad. ~ Editors’ Notes https://music.apple.com/us/album/she-was-too-good-to-me-40th-anniversary-edition/394301173

Personnel: Trumpet, Vocals – Chet Baker; Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond ; Arranged By, Conductor – Don Sebesky; Bass – Ron Carter; Cello – George Ricci, Jesse Levy, Warren Lash; Drums – Jack DeJohnette (tracks: 5, 6, 7 ), Steve Gadd (tracks: 1 to 4, 8); Electric Piano – Bob James; Flute [Alto], Oboe [D'amore] – George Marge; Flute, Clarinet – Romeo Penque; Flute, Flute [Alto] – Hubert Laws; Vibraphone – Dave Friedman; Violin – Barry Finclair, David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Glickman, Herbert Sorkin, Lewis Eley, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman

She Was Too Good To Me (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)

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