Sue McCreeth - Queer Bird

Size: 122,5 MB
Time: 52:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Mad About The Boy (5:02)
02. The Touch Of Your Lips (4:12)
03. Nuages (4:12)
04. Queer Bird (3:21)
05. The Sky Above The Roof (3:41)
06. Even If Now (4:49)
07. Twentieth Century Blues (4:41)
08. Other Times We Fly (5:11)
09. I Hadn't Anyone 'til You (3:50)
10. Ettu Enna (4:02)
11. Milk Wood Sky (4:35)
12. The Very Thought Of You (4:40)

For this 2016 Release, Sue McCreeth features music by UK composers, from classical Ralph Vaughan Williams and Frederick Delius, to jazz classics by Ray Noble and Noel Coward. The lesser known UK composers Alison Rayner and Stan Tracey are set within this illustrious set. She received permission from the estates and publishers to alter interpretations to fit with jazz repertoire, and to alter the words. So Twentieth Century Blues by Noel Coward becomes Twenty First Century Blues, and with it a completely fresh interpretation, from the lowest notes usually heard in a good jazz voice, but with also the end blues 'lick' which features an effortless and soulful top soprano range. The originals are re-workings of previously recorded material by McCreeth, together with one completely new song, 'Other Times We Fly'. The sparse, crisp and atmospheric musicianship is brought into full rich focus by the great UK jazz bassist and producer Andrew Cleyndert.
'The merest glance at the titles and composers of these twelve songs should tell you that Sue McCreeth is not your average jazz singer. She sings in a warm intimate voice and a deceptively simple style which is far from artless, with a tone of sophisticated ennui.' Dave Gelly writing in the sleeve notes.

'This album is beautifully conceived, elegantly crafted and under pinned by a top flight team of musicians' Chris Hodgkins, formerly Director of Jazz Services, UK, and DJ for London Jazz Radio.

'2016 is witness to Sue McCreeth fulfilling her considerable potential' Keith Ames, Musician Magazine

Martin Shaw (trumpet), Pat McCarthy (guitar), Andrew Cleyndert (double bass), Andres Ticino (percussion).

Queer Bird

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Sue McCreeth - Just For Luxury

Size: 115,7 MB
Time: 50:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. She Want Him (5:44)
02. Maiden Voyage (5:11)
03. Speak No Evil (5:08)
04. The Dancer (4:54)
05. Moonglow (4:28)
06. Babe's Blue (3:45)
07. Black Swan (4:26)
08. Trains On Lines (5:53)
09. Ettu Enna (5:25)
10. You Don't Know What Love Is (5:03)

Sue McCreeth's "Just For Luxury" album, recorded and engineered by Andrew Cleyndert. Photography by Andrew Cleyndert.
John Horler (piano), Andrew Cleyndert and Dave Green (double bass), Mark Fletcher, Matt Home and Tristan Mailliot (drum kit).
The album is a selection of original, mainstream and modern jazz classics. The tour promoting this album was supported and promoted by Jazz Services, including financial support. The two London dates, one being for the London Jazz Festival, sold out at Pizza on the Park, London.

The Observer
DAVE GELLY
…Some will inevitably get lost in the crowd, a fate I sincerely hope does not befall Sue McCreeth… Outstanding... The charm of her style lies in the clear, modest simplicity and grace with which she brings off quite daunting musical feats …an element of ethereal calm… a charming and exquisitely performed set… a cool, misty kind of voice and a style which invites rather than insists on attention… her own ‘Only Here’ and Chick Corea’s ‘500 Miles High’ are outstanding.

The Guardian
JOHN FORDHAM
A gently unconventional performer… an excellent trio… they guaranteed a quietly compelling momentum in a variety of originals and standards… a rich mid-register, falsettos and deep purrs, payoffs on barely audible murmurs… calmly inventive… boldly ambitious… she has imagination and heart… McCreeth applies her plush mid-range and rhythmic flexibility… boldly punctuated and inventive… sultry… hip.

Worthing Herald
One of the best… following a sell-out performance at the Brighton Festival… and receiving rave reviews, her astonishing vocal range has impressed audiences.

Swindon Evening Post
A jazz singer who takes no prisoners in her set… this is a young lady with a similar uncompromising honesty in her compositions and vocal presentation to that shown by pianist (Stan) Tracey… from the outset she kept to a programme which held the audience… we were privileged… a penchant for Gershwin provided an appreciated contrast.

Just For Luxury

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Sue McCreeth - No Evil

Size: 135,1 MB
Time: 57:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Stormy Weather (5:40)
02. Honeysuckle Rose (3:54)
03. Without A Song (5:01)
04. Speak No Evil (4:20)
05. God Bless The Child (6:33)
06. Pretty Eyes (4:39)
07. Devil May Care (4:09)
08. Round Midnight (5:06)
09. Weaver Of Dreams (4:17)
10. Very Early (4:08)
11. Come Rain Or Come Shine (4:41)
12. The Man I Love (5:12)

For this, her third jazz recording, Sue takes the bold step of enlisting the support of just two core musicans, guitarist Jim Mullen and bassist Andrew Cleyndert, with Steve Waterman on trumpet and flugelhorn. Most of the songs are first or second takes. There is a clear vulnerability in her timbre, wistful on 'Come Rain or Come Shine' and 'The Man I Love', she turns up the passion, becoming almost anguished in her delivery on 'God Bless the Child' and 'Stormy Weather'. Steve Waterman adds just the right mellow soulfulness to 'Without a Song'. and a nicely measured solo on 'Weaver of Dreams' and a lovely flugelhorn solo on 'Very Early'. The overarching feeling is quality late night jazz vocals with Jim Mullen providing relaxed yet bluesy accompaniment thoughout. An album to treasure and to share with friends. ~Alan Musson, Jazz Kaleidoscope

No Evil

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