Patricia Dean - Moments like this

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:53
Size: 114,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:43)  1. I can't believe that you're in love with me
(5:27)  2. Stairway to the stars
(5:31)  3. Come back my love
(5:46)  4. For heaven's sake
(3:21)  5. Give me the simple life
(3:47)  6. Never let me go
(3:33)  7. Garota de Ipanema
(4:04)  8. There's no you
(4:15)  9. Close your eyes
(5:54) 10. Round midnight
(3:02) 11. Moments like this
(2:25) 12. But beautiful

This self-produced project has the distinction of being mastered by 2006 Record of the Year Grammy award winner Arnie Acosta. Recorded and engineered at Eastern Sky studios in Orlando, FL by Dave Brown (featured in Mix Magazine) this album has a warm ambience that makes it a pleasure to listen to.

A collection of choice ballads, bossa novas and swing tunes demonstrating Patricia’s rich vocal quality, paying tribute to her favorite singers: Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn and Julie London. In addition, she also happens to be an accomplished drummer featured on several tracks. Her exquisite treatment of the album's six ballads reveals her innate sense of timing and expression, leaving the listener wanting more of this enchanting songstress. "Come Back My Love" an original melody written by her father the late Don Dean, Sr. features the gorgeous trombone sound of Herb Bruce. Her arrangement of Jobim's classic "Garota de Ipanema" is reharmonized to give this timeless standard a fresh sound with an authentic reading of the original Portuguese lyric. "Close Your Eyes" has an exotic Middle Eastern flavor thanks to guitarist Mark Speights featured on the Choral Sitar with a haunting clarinet interlude by Jim Snyder paying homage to the original Benny Goodman recording. Pianist Charlie Prawdzik is all taste and bassist Jay Mueller provides a solid groove on all but one of the tracks. Patricia Dean is a respected musician and vocalist who began her career at the age of 14 performing with her father and brother in the Tampa Bay area. A native Floridian, Patricia has travelled extensively with her own trio, and has performed with Harry Allen, Kenny Drew, Jr., as well as Jazz legends Nat Adderley, John LaPorta and Ira Sullivan. On a personal note...11/15/10, Our wonderful pianist on this project, Charlie Prawdzik passed away 10/31/10 after a year long battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. His contribution to this project was priceless and he will always be remember for his tasteful and supportive  playing and his dry wit. Thank you, Charlie..  https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/patriciadean

Moments like this

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Patricia Dean - Equinox

Styles: Jazz, Vocal

Year: 2007

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 40:34

Size: 93,1 MB

Art: Front

(5:40)  1. Timeless Stories/Footprints

(3:46)  2. Close Your Eyes

(4:47)  3. Tenderly

(5:43)  4. I Got Rhythm

(4:22)  5. I Fall In Love Too Easily

(3:28)  6. In A Mellow Tone

(5:14)  7. For All We Know

(7:31)  8. Awake Our Souls/Equinox

This limited release Cd now available was actually recorded before "Moments Like This" and features original lyrics to Jazz classics "Footprints" and "Equinox". Recorded live, with no overdubbing, this album demonstrates Patricia’s unique ability to sing and play the drums at the same time. The album opens with Wayne Shorter's classic "Footprints" re-titled "Timeless Stories" and expounds on the concept of reflection on the past with respect to our ancestry.

"Close Your Eyes is a sultry Bossa Nova, also included on "Moments Like This" that Patricia enjoys doing in live performances. "Tenderly" pays tribute to one of Patricia’s earliest vocal influences,the unforgettable Miss Sarah Vaughan. It also makes reference to Oscar Peterson's arrangement with a swinging solo by pianist Nat Lee. "I Got Rhythm" is the album's only instrumental and features Patricia’s father, the late Don Dean, Sr. on the clarinet.

"I started working with my Dad when I was 14. Most people knew him as a pianist, but he was also accomplished on the clarinet and alto saxophone. I wanted to record something with him on the clarinet because he never got to play it that much. We had worked together many years and I wanted to do something with him because he had been such a great influence on my career." Pianist David Moore plays some outstanding bebop piano with Patricia taking some impressive 4's on this up-tempo Gershwin standard.

"I Fall In Love Too Easily" and "For All We Know" display Patricia's seasoned approach to ballads, for which her voice is so well suited. Jon Kougher gives us a driving bass intro on "In A Mellow Tone" setting up the tune nicely for Patricia with a swinging solo by Lee that also shows off Patricia's tasteful drumming, ala Ed Thigpen.

The album closes with Patricia's lyrics to John Coltrane's "Equinox" renamed "Awake Our Souls". Patricia's lyrics reflect on the ever changing seasons that perhaps inspired Coltrane's title to this haunting melody. Lee's solo gives reference to his influences of McCoy Tyner and George Duke, building to a dramatic double-time chorus with Patricia making a smooth transition back to the original time-feel, setting up the lyrical bass solo by Kougher taking us back to the opening vamp. Patricia has successfully crafted this album to showcase her talents as a musician, vocalist and lyricist. She has performed with Harry Allen, Kenny Drew, Jr., as well as Jazz legends Nat Adderley, John LaPorta and Ira Sullivan. Patricia is currently performing regularly in the Naples area with trumpeter Bob Zottola and pianist Stu Shelton. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/patriciadean2

Equinox

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Patricia Dean - You Go To My Head

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:58
Size: 121.3 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[5:05] 1. Take The A Train
[6:43] 2. You Go To My Head
[5:34] 3. Little Boat
[5:41] 4. Beautiful Love
[4:41] 5. In Love In Vain
[5:47] 6. The More I See You
[3:53] 7. The Lamp Is Low
[5:15] 8. Stew's Blues
[5:20] 9. Everytime We Say Goodbye
[4:55] 10. If I Were A Bell

PATRICIA DEAN and the legendary Grady Tate are among the few artists in the history of jazz who play drums and sing, and who do both at an exceptional level. PATRICIA DEAN is no mere "singing drummer" or "drumming singer". As a drummer she's an inspiring and supremely tasteful time keeper, accompanist, and soloist. As a jazz vocalist, Dean is swinging, sensitive, and quite simply, just wonderfully musical. This Tampa, Florida native was literally and figuratively surrounded by music while growing up. Her father, formerly lead alto saxophonist on the famed "Sherwood's Forest" recording by Bobby Sherwood, was also a talented composer, clarinetist, and pianist. Her older brother, an accomplished bassist was already playing in youth orchestras and backing up name acts while still in high school. But what led Patricia to seriously consider a career in music was none other than the singer/drummer Karen Carpenter. Dean went through her "banging on pots and pans stage" while playing with The Carpenter's records, finally got an actual drum set, began studying privately, and played her first professional gig at the age of 14. Along the way she listened and listened. She sites Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Horn and Julie London as among her singing influences. Careful listeners may hear some overtones of Dinah Washington, who of course, greatlly influenced Nancy Wilson and Duke Ellington's Betty Roche. Indeed, Dean's version of "Take the "A" Train" recalls the memorable Roche/Ellington recording of that song in 1952. What is so special about Dean's singing is that she is equally skilled and convincingas a heartfelt ballad singer, swinging scatter, and evocative interpreter of Braziian melodies. That's rare.

In terms of drumming, Dean names Ed Thigpen, Sonny Payne, Tony Williams and Jack DeJohnette as some of the percussionists she listened carefully to. Dean has taken the best of what these players represent and combined them to forge her own, unique identity. Above all, no matter what the style or the song, "taste" is at the forefront. Pianist Stu Shelton is technically astounding, to be sure, but he's a player who never lets his chops get in the way of what a jazz pianist and accompanist for a singer is supposed to do: swing and support the vocalist in that order.

Bassist Rick Doll is a versatile and in demand player who is at home playing virtually any style of music. Guest artist Bob Zottola, who plays trumpet on the gorgeous ballad "You Go To My Head", was a first call New York city session player who backed everyone from Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra to Chick Corea and Maynard Ferguson.

There is, in fact, great depth and beauty, and some joyous swinging to be heard on every track on this recording. ~Bruce Klauber

You Go To My Head

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