Bill Charlap, Sandy Stewart - Love Is Here To Stay

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:05
Size: 132,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:09)  1. Love Is Here To Stay
(5:35)  2. After You
(4:29)  3. The Boy Next Door
(5:44)  4. A Sleepin' Bee
(3:34)  5. Always
(5:18)  6. Here I Am In Love Again
(6:16)  7. I've Got a Crush On You
(4:38)  8. Where Is Me?
(5:05)  9. Dancing On The Ceiling
(7:34) 10. It Might As Well Be Spring
(3:36) 11. I'll Never Go There Anymore

It is unusual to hear a son and his mother record together in a jazz setting, but this collection of ballads by Bill Charlap and Sandy Stewart is a stunning duo date. Charlap is best known as the leader of a superb piano trio, along with having worked extensively with Gerry Mulligan and Phil Woods, but he may find himself in great demand by other vocalists following this CD. Stewart has recorded only sporadically over the years, though she has worked with her son on a number of club dates. Her instrument has mellowed like a fine wine, with a slight vibrato that adds to the intimacy of each performance. Charlap's interludes between phrases are lush yet never overdone, while he makes great use of space in his accompaniment.

While there are quite a few standards present, they also chose songs that have been unjustly neglected. "Here I Am in Love Again," written by the late Moose Charlap (the singer's husband and the pianist's father), is a hopeful song about love in its early stages, which they approach with tenderness. Another Charlap composition, "I Never Go There Anymore," is just the opposite, a sentimental look back at a distant past that can never be recaptured. The standards are just as enticing. Stewart restores the frequently omitted verse to a moving take of "Love Is Here to Stay" and perfectly captures the wistful air of "The Boy Next Door." Singer/pianist Barbara Carroll's engaging liner notes capture the essence of this very romantic CD. ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-is-here-to-stay-mw0000350948

Personnel: Bill Charlap (piano); Sandy Stewart (vocals).

Love Is Here To Stay

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Sandy Stewart - My Coloring Book

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1963
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:16
Size: 90,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:30)  1. My Coloring Book
(4:27)  2. Little Girl Blue
(4:26)  3. Greensleeves
(3:02)  4. Tangerine
(2:43)  5. Where The Blue Of The Night
(3:25)  6. Over The Rainbow
(3:19)  7. Deep Purple
(3:27)  8. Scarlet Ribbons
(2:46)  9. Little White Lies
(2:43) 10. Beautiful Brown Eyes
(2:38) 11. Ivy Rose
(2:44) 12. Red Sails In The Sunset

Sandy Stewart first sang "My Coloring Book" on the Kraft Music Hall television program on October 31, 1962. It was an instant hit Stewart's only hit over her long career and became the impetus for this LP. Although Stewart owns a very pretty voice and uses it to good effect, there's nothing about it, or Stewart's approach to the songs on this album, distinguishing her from the many other pop female singers of that or any other day. On this disc, she sounds a lot like Dinah Shore. Moreover, the heavy string orchestrations contrived by Don Costa and O. B. Massingill tend to make the music murky. In fact, Stewart is sometimes overwhelmed by the arrangements and sweet-voiced choral backing that show up on some of these tracks. Stewart was much better served in a small group setting, especially when backed by occasional playing partner Dick Hyman. She first appeared on record with Hyman in 1958 and then again in 1985. Stewart also worked with Hyman on NBC radio at the tender age of 16. While Stewart didn't make much of a mark as a vocalist, she produced a son who was to become a foremost jazz pianist, Bill Charlap. ~ Dave Nathan https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-coloring-book-mw0000743978

My Coloring Book

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Sandy Stewart - Sandy Stewart Sings The Songs Of Jerome Kern

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:07
Size: 149.1 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1995/2015
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Nobody Else But Me
[4:52] 2. Medley Bill Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
[4:30] 3. They Didn't Believe Me
[3:54] 4. How'd You Like To Spoon With Me
[2:43] 5. All The Things You Are
[2:34] 6. I'm Old Fashioned
[6:03] 7. The Song Is You
[2:28] 8. All In Fun
[2:57] 9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
[1:55] 10. Pick Yourself Up
[4:02] 11. Medley Can I Forget You Yesterdays
[4:29] 12. In Love In Vain
[2:43] 13. The Way To Look Tonight
[3:23] 14. Remind Me
[3:27] 15. Day Dreaming
[3:07] 16. You Couldn't Be Cuter
[5:21] 17. The Folks Who Live On The Hill
[3:21] 18. Medley Look For The Silver Lining Till The Clouds ..

THE MARRIAGE OF THE LYRICS TO THE MUSIC THAT KERN wrote is so perfectly realized and so easy to sing because there’s not a line or a note that doesn’t coincide with perfection, as far as I’m concerned. I’ve been singing his songs since I was a little girl. Moose [Charlap, Stewart’s late husband] said once that every jazz composer thinks of Kern’s “All the Things You Are” as the perfect song. It’s like the National Anthem but better. No offense to America—I’m very patriotic! As I get older, I find more creative things to do with the melody and the lyric itself, which hopefully you’ll notice in the show. You just can’t miss with a Kern song.

Kern is a giant. Everybody knows it, it’s common knowledge in America and across the world. I lived in a time in my youth when there was such magic in the theater and such total creativity, and it was not so much competition between the great composers as much as it was a wonderful time on Broadway.

I grew up. I got older. I learned about loss, great loss in my life, great joy in my life, and it’s a matter of using your life experiences and transferring them to your audience. When I sing a great song, I want the audience to know that these people took time and effort and joy and love to write these wonderful stories, and I want to tell it like it is and not just sing the song. How can I explain it? I know one of my great experiences was when I was singing one of the old ballads and after I finished, no one applauded. I thought everyone had left the room. I didn’t know what was going on. But then I realized what a great complement they were giving me, because I touched their hearts, and that’s something I love to do, because my heart was touched and I want to convey that experience to them. ~Theresa Anna

Sandy Stewart Sings The Songs Of Jerome Kern

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Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap - Something To Remember

Styles: Jazz Vocals
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:06
Size: 144,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:00)  1. Where or When
(3:36)  2. I Thought About You
(2:38)  3. Why Did I Choose You
(3:36)  4. Somebody Loves Me
(5:14)  5. A Ghost Of A Chance
(3:08)  6. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
(4:08)  7. Something To Remember You By
(6:05)  8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
(5:02)  9. I Was Telling Him About You
(1:41) 10. Stars
(4:55) 11. Where Do You Start?
(2:28) 12. The Best Thing for You
(4:58) 13. Solitude
(4:41) 14. When You Wish Upon A Star
(4:49) 15. Two for the Road

The new album from mother-son duo of world-class jazz pianist, BILL CHARLAP and Grammy Award-nominated vocalist SANDY STEWART features a collection of ballads from some of the most popular songwriters of the twentieth century, such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers and Irving Berlin.

In addition to classic songs by Rodgers & Hart (“Where Or When”), Henry Mancini & Leslie Bricusse (“Two For The Road”) and Irving Berlin (“Isn’t This A Lovely Day”), the album features rarely-heard gems such as “I Was Telling Him About You”with music by Moose Charlap (the composer of Peter Pan starring Mary Martin, also Bill’s father and Sandy’s late husband) and “Stars” by noted songwriter Charles Sweeney.

When the duo previewed the album at a recent engagement at the New York nightclub Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, Will Friedwald raved in the Wall Street Journal, “The Stewart-Charlap combination is, eternally, like a master class in interpretation.The team is so subtle, so understated, so specific in their approach that even a clinking glass might break the spell. Ultimately, by the encore Feinstein's has become nothing less than a serenely reverent church of the Great American Songbook.”

SANDY STEWART is best known for the Grammy-nominated recording “My Coloring Book” (she lost to Ella Fitzgerald’s “Mack The Knife”). She began her performing career at 15 in her native Philadelphia and soon moved to New York for a variety of television gigs with Merv Griffin, Dick Van Dyke, and as a regular with “The Perry Como Show” while also touring with Benny Goodman. After marrying Broadway composer Moose Charlap, she retired to raise a family. Later, she resumed singing in clubs and on recordings and voiceovers. Sandy’s previous CD with Bill, Love Is Here To Stay, was greeted with universal acclaim.

BILL CHARLAP – one of the world’s premier jazz pianists, has performed and recorded with many leading artists of our time – ranging from jazz masters Phil Woods and Wynton Marsalis to singers Tony Bennett and Barbra Streisand. Since 1997, he has led the Bill Charlap Trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, now recognized as one of the leading groups in jazz. Charlap is the artistic director of New York City’s Jazz in July Festival at the 92nd Street Y, and he has produced concerts for Jazz at Lincoln Center, the JVC Jazz Festival and the Hollywood Bowl. A two-time Grammy nominee, Charlap is married to renowned jazz pianist Renee Rosnes. http://www.sh-k-boom.com/stewart-charlap_somethingtoremember.html.

Something To Remember

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