Nancy LaMott - The Best Of Nancy LaMott Vols 1 & 2

Though she was popular on the cabaret club circuit (especially NYC) for several years, NLM had a relatively short recording career — sadly truncated by her death late in 1995.

That said, Nancy’s short recording career was a prolific one — yielding five excellent LPs. Five releases may not sound like that big a deal, but they came in those very tough years when the American Songbook was digging out from the dearth of the 80’s — ahead of the likes of Diana Krall. Producing more than an album per year, in that tenuous time, is remarkable — especially when you look at the one release every three or so years we get from artists these days.

The quality of Nancy’s live recordings, her very devoted fan base and the passionate support of David Friedman — who produced each of Nancy’s LPs — lead to several posthumous album releases. Together with those late LP additions and the two 2011 “Best of…” releases Nancy has an impressive body of work … definitely worth exploring if you haven’t done so yet.

Album: The Best Of Nancy LaMott: American Popular Standards Vol 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:50
Size: 98.1 MB
Styles: Standards
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:05] 1. Moon River
[2:51] 2. The Best Is Yet To Come
[5:28] 3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
[6:06] 4. Autumn Leaves When October Goes
[3:01] 5. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[3:53] 6. P.S. I Love You
[2:57] 7. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
[4:11] 8. Blue Skies
[4:04] 9. I Got The Sun In The Morning
[3:08] 10. The Shadow Of Your Smile
[4:00] 11. Not Exactly Paris

The Best Of Nancy LaMott: American Popular Standards Vol 1

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Album: The Best Of Nancy LaMott: Great American Songbook Vol 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:55
Size: 105.1 MB
Styles: Standards
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:38] 1. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
[4:08] 2. Talk To Me Baby
[3:54] 3. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
[3:07] 4. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
[3:47] 5. That Old Black Magic
[2:47] 6. Look Of Love/Speak Low
[5:37] 7. Hit The Road To Dreamland
[6:16] 8. Days Of Wine And Roses/Whistling Away The Dark
[3:43] 9. Ordinary Miracles
[4:08] 10. I Have Dreamed
[3:46] 11. Two For The Road

The Best Of Nancy LaMott: Great American Songbook Vol 2

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Nancy LaMott - Come Rain Or Come Shine: The Songs of Johnny Mercer

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:42
Size: 105,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:07)  1. Moon River
(3:59)  2. Accentuate the Positive
(3:48)  3. That Old Black Magic
(3:06)  4. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
(6:18)  5. The Days of Wine and Roses/Whistling Away the Dark
(5:31)  6. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(4:10)  7. Talk to Me Baby
(6:05)  8. Autumn Leaves/When October Goes
(5:41)  9. Hit the Road to Dreamland
(3:54) 10. P. S. I Love You

As an interpreter, Nancy LaMott shunned extremes. Whatever clouds may have darkened the sky, she always sounded as if they couldn't possibly lead to a thunderstorm--only a gentle rain that would eventually becomes, well, shine. And so her tribute to lyricist Johnny Mercer typically avoids emotional extremes, exploring instead subtle in-betweens. The low-key version of "Moon River" that starts things off is indicative of this album's subdued mood. LaMott was well aware she wasn't a swinger, so her take on finger-snapping classics such as "Accentuate the Positive" (instead of the song's usual spelling "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate") and "That Old Black Magic" is sensitive rather than jazzily buoyant. Her minimalist approach reaps maximum rewards on "P.S. I Love You" and "On the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe," on which she basically engages in duets with carefully selected instruments (an acoustic guitar and a stand-up bass, respectively). ~ Elisabeth Vincentelli  http://www.amazon.com/Come-Rain-Or-Shine/dp/B000005AAT

Come Rain Or Come Shine: The Songs of Johnny Mercer

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Nancy LaMott - Nancy Lamott Sings David Zippel

Size: 151,9 MB
Time: 64:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals, Cabaret
Art: Front

01. Intro (0:23)
02. You Can Always Count On Me (4:05)
03. Another Mr. Right (4:35)
04. Intro To In Someone Else's Arms (0:59)
05. In Someone Else's Arms (3:41)
06. Outro To In Someone Else's Arms (0:14)
07. Intro To Let Go (1:43)
08. Let Go (3:34)
09. Life's Ambition (I Was Born To Be A Slide Trombone) (3:44)
10. Lost And Found (2:37)
11. I'll Be There For Him (3:37)
12. Camel's Blues (3:09)
13. Loud Is Good (4:17)
14. How Can I Win (3:21)
15. Lullaby (1:34)
16. In Someone Else's Arms (Pop Demo) (2:30)
17. Let Go (3:10)
18. Why Don't We Run Away (3:00)
19. With Every Breath I Take (5:04)
20. (Christmas) Stay With Me (4:56)
21. Just In Time For Christmas (4:05)

This CD, with songs by Nancy's long-time friend, Tony Winner and Academy Award Nominee David Zippel, captures, more than any of Nancy's other CD's, the experience of Nancy live and in the studio in the heyday of her New York Cabaret career. It's like being there!

David Zippel is one of our most treasured lyricists and Nancy LaMott's brilliant interpretations are a match made in heaven. Filled with never- before-heard songs of Nancy's. Hear Nancy live in the heyday of her New York Cabaret Career.

World famous composers such as Marvin Hamlisch and Cy Coleman accompany their own songs for Nancy.

Enjoy Nancy talking about the songs live in cabaret performances. Liner notes by David Zippel tell you the history of each song.

There is no more beautiful musical instrument than the voice of Nancy LaMott. Bob Harrington, New York Post

She brought to everything she sang a clean, clear sense of line, impeccable enunciation and a deep understanding of how a good song could convey a lifetime's experience. Stephen Holden --The New York Times

The best cabaret singer I ever heard ... heartfelt, irresistibly appealing. Terry Teachout --Wall Street Journal

She was the greatest cabaret singer since Sinatra. Jonathan Schwartz --National Public Radio Npr

Nancy Lamott Sings David Zippel

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Nancy LaMott - Beautiful Baby

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:13
Size: 105,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:02)  1. Skylark
(3:40)  2. The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
(3:57)  3. Child in Me Again
(4:08)  4. I Have Dreamed
(3:00)  5. Why Don't We Run Away
(6:20)  6. It Might as Well Be Spring
(4:11)  7. Blue Skies
(5:05)  8. With Every Breath I Take
(4:34)  9. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
(3:08) 10. Help Is on the Way
(4:01) 11. In Passing Years

This album, Nancy LaMott's first, was originally released in 1991 and then reissued in 1996, shortly after her tragic death from uterine cancer. Even at this, the outset of her recording career, she shows all the moves needed to be a top-of-the-list cabaret singer. Not content to simply recite the story of the lyrics, each track is a separate dramatic event filled with just the right emotional intensity to fit the character of the song she is singing. For "It Might as Well Be Spring" there's a feeling of yearning, while "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" starts off cute and ends up on the barroom floor. On the latter she engages in some slow-motion give and take with the trumpet of long-time session player Glenn Drewes. "Blues Skies" is a production with LaMott treating it like a hymn at the start, then with each successive chorus the tempo picks up speed, with the rest of the rhythm section joining in with Christopher Marlowe as LaMott's coda is a note somewhere in the upper stratosphere. On this tune, she shows how effective a vibrato can be if applied judiciously to emphasize a line or a word. There are times when a lieder recital atmosphere is created by the pure, crystalline, expressive LaMott vocalizing combined with the classical like piano of Christopher Marlowe. Standards are not LaMott's only forte. She handles award-winning Annie Dinerman's wistful, hopeful, and stop the world "Child in Me Again" with aplomb. Mike Migliore's flighty flute helps make this track one of the finest on an album of good tracks. Beautiful Baby is cabaret at its best, and is recommended. ~ Dave Nathan  http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-baby-mw0000623622

Personnel: Nancy LaMott (vocals); Ken Sebesky (guitar); Deborah Assael-Migliore (cello); Mike Migliore (flute, alto saxophone); Glenn Drewes (trumpet); Kenny Werner, Rick Jensen, Christopher Marlowe (piano); David Friedman (synthesizer); Jim Miller, John Riley (drums).

Beautiful Baby

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Nancy LaMott - What's Good About Goodbye?

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:07
Size: 85,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:01)  1. Too Late Now
(2:22)  2. If I Loved You
(5:11)  3. What's Good About Goodbye?/The Promise
(3:23)  4. Alone Together
(4:19)  5. Something You Never Had Before
(3:10)  6. What a Funny Boy He Is
(3:45)  7. Downtown
(3:04)  8. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(3:43)  9. Your Love
(3:33) 10. We Live on Borrowed Time

The music of the late pop vocalist Nancy Lamott is recalled in this posthumously-compiled collection of studio recordings, demos and unreleased songs. Included are "Too Late Now," "The Promise," "Another Mr. Right," "Your Love," "We Live on Borrowed Time" and the title cut. ~ Jason Ankeny  http://www.allmusic.com/album/whats-good-about-goodbye-mw0000090236

Personnel: Nancy LaMott (vocals); Stephen Erdody (cello); Lawrence Feldman (tenor saxophone); David Friedman, Christopher Marlowe (piano); Jay Leonhart (double bass).

What's Good About Goodbye?

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Nancy LaMott - My Foolish Heart

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:49
Size: 91,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:21)  1. My Foolish Heart
(2:57)  2. I'm Glad There Is You
(2:51)  3. Best Is Yet to Come
(3:27)  4. Rhode Island Is Famous for You
(3:46)  5. Two for the Road
(4:36)  6. Laura
(4:47)  7. How Deep Is the Ocean
(4:52)  8. No Moon at All/ Old Devil Moon
(5:28)  9. Good Thing Going/ Not a Day Goes By
(2:41) 10. Where Do You Start?

Nancy LaMott was born December 30, 1951, in Midland, MI, or as she termed it, a suburb of the Dow Chemical Corporation. Clearly a gifted musician, she learned music in public schools and started publicly singing with the big jazz dance band of her father, trumpeter Jack LaMott, in 1966 at age 15 while dreaming of a professional career. As a teenager she worked at the local Sears outlet. But in her late teens, Nancy developed Crohn's disease, a serious bowel disorder that often caused her to be hospitalized. Feeling a need to leave Michigan at the age of 19, she and her drummer/brother Brett left for San Francisco, CA. LaMott quickly became a popular cabaret singer, but her continued affliction frequently interrupted regular work. Overwhelming medical bills summarily plagued her, but a loyal friend and fan paid for a plane ticket, and she headed for New York City. The burgeoning cabaret scene in the Big Apple adopted LaMott, and in 1989 she met composer/conductor David Friedman, who offered to produce her recordings, the debut album being Beautiful Baby. A close-knit team developed around her, including pianist/arranger Chris Marlowe.

For several years, LaMott would make a record, and go back into the hospital for intestinal bypass surgery. Finally, her disease became too serious, and she was forced to have an ileostomy. This surgery changed her life, and she finally felt well enough to eat whatever she wanted. Given LaMott's newfound energy, her career took off enough for her to tour. Discovered by famous New York City songwriter and disc jockey Jonathan Schwartz, she received support and promotion that led to radio airplay across the board, and was championed via television appearances with Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford. LaMott also sang at the White House twice, and became a favorite of President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Some of the prominent musicians who accompanied her included Jay Leonhart, Mike Migliore, Glenn Drewes, Ken Sebesky, Rick Jensen, Bruce Samuels, John Redsecker, and the Angeles Quartet. In March of 1995, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer, and chose to battle the disease with hormone therapy as opposed to surgery. She completed the album Listen to My Heart with a full orchestra directed by Peter Matz. Just after her diagnosis, Nancy was in San Francisco doing an AIDS benefit when she was introduced to actor Peter Zapp. They quickly fell in love and began a bicoastal romance. That summer, LaMott was told that the hormone therapy had not worked and that she needed to have a hysterectomy. She had the surgery and was told that the cancer had spread slightly and that she would need chemotherapy.

During this period, she kept performing, doing a sold-out week at Tavern on the Green and fulfilling concert dates around the country. Then she would have a chemo treatment, but the cancer prevailed. A few days after her last concert performances and an appearance on the nighttime television talk show hosted by Charles Grodin, LaMott was rushed to the hospital and her shocked friends and family were told that she had just a couple of days to live. In the last hour of her life, Nancy LaMott was married in a bedside wedding ceremony at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City to Peter Zapp, and then passed away at age 43 on December 13, 1993. A decade later, family and estate issues were resolved, resulting in the reissue of her six albums, including Come Rain or Come Shine,The Songs of Johnny Mercer and What's Good About Goodbye?, as well as a DVD of live performances and interviews. Bio ~ Michael G.Nastos  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-lamott-mn0000308772/biography

My Foolish Heart

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