Jeremy Davenport - Maybe In A Dream

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:57
Size: 133,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:07)  1. A Beautiful Friendship
(5:29)  2. I Thought About You
(4:51)  3. Maybe In A Dream
(5:41)  4. Let's Leave
(4:29)  5. Moonglow
(5:50)  6. What Ever Happened?
(5:37)  7. P.S. I Love You
(5:02)  8. Spirit Of St. Louis
(3:49)  9. You Are The One For Me
(6:14) 10. A Second Chance
(4:43) 11. They Didn't Believe Me

Jeremy Davenport has good credentials. Like Harry Connick, Jr., with whom he has been compared, he studied with Ellis Marsalis in New Orleans after receiving classical training in St. Louis, and also studied with Wynton Marsalis. Maybe in a Dream is made up of standards and his own compositions; there's also a short visit by Diana Krall as she joins Davenport on his "Let's Leave." Davenport has a pleasant enough voice which is much more effective on the standards, since his compositions do not compare well with the more familiar material on this disc. His originals can best be described as cute, without much substance and not likely destined to be covered by many other performers. Given the lightness of Davenport's voice, it is hard to discern any real feeling in his phrasing and interpretations. Everything is done with the same boyish charm, but there seems to be little effort to put his own imprimatur on the standards that is, to make the song his own for the four or five minutes he controls the music. Of the five pieces written by Davenport, "What Ever Happened" is the most entertaining. The lyrics are clever and the tune offers an opportunity for the members of the group to stretch out. Davenport's trumpet, on which he uses a mute most of the time, is understated and reticent, much like Chet Baker's. The one song where Davenport shines is "Moonglow," linking jazz trumpet with a vocal. He gets excellent support here, and throughout, from Glenn Patscha on piano, who has worked with Davenport on previous recording sessions. "P.S. I Love You" is notable for the fine solo by eminent bassman Peter Washington. Gregory Hutchinson provides solid tempo support for the sessions with some good cymbal work. When the mood calls for it, this album can be turned to for some pleasant, low-density listening. A nice added attraction is that the lyrics to all the tunes are reprinted in the liner notes. ~ Dave Nathan https://www.allmusic.com/album/maybe-in-a-dream-mw0000600204

Personnel: Jeremy Davenport (vocals, trumpet); Diana Krall (vocals); Glenn Patscha (piano); Peter Washington (bass); Gregory Hutchinson (drums).

Maybe In A Dream

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Jeremy Davenport - Jeremy Davenport

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:47
Size: 128,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:13)  1. Was It Something I Did
(3:08)  2. The Night We Met in Paris
(5:24)  3. They Can't Take That Away from Me
(3:10)  4. I See Your Face Before Me
(4:38)  5. Why Oh Why
(5:38)  6. Joy Jones in the Temple of Doom
(3:01)  7. I'm Old Fashioned
(5:07)  8. Watch Out
(4:24)  9. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
(4:13) 10. Lora With an O
(5:06) 11. Just in Case
(6:38) 12. I'm In The Mood For Love

It is easy to have low expectations for this CD because Jeremy Davenport was clearly being positioned to be "the next Chet Baker," though he did not succeed. The seven cover boy photos make it a little difficult to take him seriously and the originals that he contributed to the set (particularly "Was It Something I Did?," which has abysmal words) are not too memorable. 

But, on the other hand, he plays trumpet well, his vocals, which sound much closer to Harry Connick, Jr. than to Baker, have their charm, and Davenport is fairly rewarding on the standards (such as "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "I'm Old Fashioned," and "I'm in the Mood for Love"). This CD is more successful than expected. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/jeremy-davenport-mw0000186863

Personnel: Jeremy Davenport (vocals, trumpet); Peter Martin, Glenn Patscha (piano); Christopher Thomas, Neal Caine (bass); Shannon Powell, Martin Butler (drums).

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Jeremy Davenport - We'll Dance 'Til Dawn

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:56
Size: 115,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:19)  1. Almost Never
(4:20)  2. When I Take My Sugar To Tea
(5:18)  3. That Old Black Magic
(3:35)  4. Mr. New Orleans
(5:18)  5. We'll Dance 'Til Dawn
(4:12)  6. There's a Small Hotel
(4:17)  7. The Lady Is a Tramp
(4:04)  8. Forever
(3:40)  9. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
(2:54) 10. I Could Hear Your Heartbeat
(5:07) 11. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
(3:45) 12. Come Rain or Come Shine

A blithely swinging crooner with a warm and jaunty improvisational style, trumpeter/vocalist Jeremy Davenport showcases his nightclub-honed charm on his third studio album and Basin Street Records debut, We'll Dance 'Til Dawn. A regular on the New Orleans music scene, Davenport made good on his '90s tag as Harry Connick, Jr.'s protégé by performing weekly at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in the French Quarter. If Davenport's 2005 concert album, Live at the Bistro, was an earthy, unpredictable, and unfiltered document of his nightclub act, then 2009's We'll Dance 'Til Dawn is the more refined and polished business card follow-up. 

Where Bistro showcased how Davenport a Missouri-born/N.Y.C. trained musician had fully steeped himself in the rhythmic gumbo of the New Orleans jazz tradition, We'll Dance 'Til Dawn is a dry martini of an album filled with crisp, urbanely delivered standards and supple afterglow ballads. In that sense, it's a much more modern take on the New Orleans tradition and frames Davenport in a wider lens than just a New Orleans act. Here listeners find more of Davenport's clever, Gershwin-esque originals like "Almost Never" and "I Could Hear Your Heartbeat." Equally as engaging are his cover choices, like his propulsive Latin-tinged take on "That Old Black Magic" and his surprisingly effective contemporary jazz reworking of Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." That said, there's plenty of Southern hospitality here, including Davenport's playful duet with the famous city's other singing/trumpet-playing institution, Kermit Ruffins, on "Mr. New Orleans." 

A Davenport original, the track finds the two members of this dynamic duo celebrating and poking fun at their respective reputations, with the gruff Ruffins as "King of Treme" and the boyish Davenport as "Mr. Fancy Pants." It's a joyous wink of a tune and the type of track that only performers confident in their personas can get away with. Ultimately, that's the clearest thing about Davenport on We'll Dance 'Til Dawn he knows he's got you in a spin as long as he wants. ~ Matt Collar  http://www.allmusic.com/album/well-dance-til-dawn-mw0000820085

Personnel: Jeremy Davenport (vocals, trumpet); Kermit Ruffins (vocals, trumpet); David Torkanowsky (piano); George Porter, Jr., Roland Guerin (bass instrument); Troy Davis (drums, percussion); Herman Ernest, Herman V. Ernest III (drums); Michael Skinkus (percussion).

We'll Dance'Til Dawn

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