Suzanne Pittson - Resolution: A Remembrance of John Coltrane

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:44
Size: 139,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:06) 1. Liberia
(6:09) 2. My One and Only Love
(1:09) 3. Prelude to Resolution
(7:19) 4. Resolution
(0:58) 5. Introduction to Pursuance
(6:17) 6. Pursuance
(2:59) 7. Remembrance
(8:25) 8. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
(6:54) 9. I Wish I Knew
(7:09) 10. African Skies
(6:14) 11. You Don't Know What Love Is

Countless instrumentalists have paid tribute to John Coltrane, but rarely have jazz vocalists provided Coltrane tributes. Resolution: A Remembrance of John Coltrane is a rare example of a singer paying homage to the seminal saxophonist. Hard-swinging but melodic, Suzanne Pittson thinks like a post bop saxophonist her appreciation of saxmen like Trane, Wayne Shorter, and Michael Brecker comes through whether she's embracing lyrics or scatting. So she was a logical person to record this fairly ambitious project, which ranges from interpretations of the Coltrane classics "Resolution," "Liberia," and "Pursuance" (all of which the Bay Area singer and/or her husband, pianist Jeff Pittson, wrote lyrics for) to various standards that Coltrane recorded. "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "I Wish I Knew" recall Trane's versions from Ballads, while "My One and Only Love" fondly remembers his historic 1963 encounter with Johnny Hartman. But through it all, Pittson's own personality never becomes obscured. Resolution is one jazz vocal CD that can hardly be called generic.~ Alex Henderson https://www.allmusic.com/album/resolution-a-remembrance-of-john-coltrane-mw0000243387

Resolution: A Remembrance of John Coltrane

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Suzanne Pittson - Out Of The Hub: The Music Of Freddie Hubbard

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:43
Size: 158,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:51) 1. Our Own (Gibraltar)
(8:18) 2. Up Jumped Spring
(6:10) 3. Out Of The Hub (One Of Another Kind)
(9:18) 4. Bright Sun (Lament For Booker)
(4:22) 5. True Visions (True Colors)
(5:46) 6. You're My Everything
(6:57) 7. We're Having A Crisis
(5:51) 8. Moment To Moment
(4:53) 9. Lost And Found (The Melting Pot)
(4:19) 10. Like A Byrd (Byrd Like)
(5:53) 11. Betcha By Golly, Wow!

The vocalese and scatting tradition is alive and well in singer Suzanne Pittson. With Out of the Hub: The Music of Freddie Hubbard, Pittson continues to establish herself as one of the best singers on today's jazz scene. Out of the Hub includes tunes written by or associated with trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard, with Pittson writing or co-writing five lyrics, which Hubbard approved just three months before his passing in 2008. To honor Hubbard, Pittson recruited a group of extraordinaire musicians, including trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and bassist John Patitucci, who add along with saxophonist Steve Wilson and the rest of Pittson's quintet dazzling improvisations throughout.

More than just a singer, Suzanne Pittson is a jazz musician. With a fluid phrasing and stunning tone, Pittson use her voice as another instrument, improvising and playing with the melodies. Pittson's striking sense of melody and amazing vocal range allow her to express a vast palette of colors and textures on swinging tracks like "True Vision," "You're My Everything" and "We're Having a Crisis," and on ballads including "Bright Sun," Moment to Moment" and "Betcha by Golly, Wow!" Following in the steps of the great Ella Fitzgerald, Pittson is also a master of the scatting technique, as shown on "Our Own" and "Out of the Hub." All the arrangements are by pianist/husband Jeff Pittson, and the cover design is a creation of their son Evan, who also wrote the lyrics to "Out of the Hub."~ Wilbert Sostre https://www.allaboutjazz.com/out-of-the-hub-the-music-of-freddie-hubbard-suzanne-pittson-vineland-review-by-wilbert-sostre.php

Personnel: Suzanne Pittson: voice; Jeremy Pelt: trumpet, flugelhorn; Steve Wilson: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone; Jeff Pittson: piano; John Patitucci: bass; Willie Jones III: drums

Out Of The Hub: The Music Of Freddie Hubbard

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Suzanne Pittson - Blues and the Abstract Truth

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:51
Size: 126,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:50) 1. Butch and Butch
(6:16) 2. My Ship
(5:40) 3. You and the Night and the Music
(5:36) 4. In Love in Vain
(4:35) 5. Blues and the Abstract Truth
(4:42) 6. Out of Nowhere
(5:53) 7. The Meaning of the Blues
(6:52) 8. Love For Sale
(4:13) 9. Somewhere in Tokyo
(6:14) 10. Ginger Bread Boy

Singer Suzanne Pittson, who is based in the San Francisco Bay area, has a wide range, is able to interpret lyrics with proper sensitivity and is a masterful scatter. She improvises constantly, and her solos are full of surprises and chance-taking. In addition to a few fresh versions of standards (including "My Ship," "Out Of Nowhere" and an eccentric "Love For Sale"), Pittson explores such rarely heard material as Oliver Nelson's "Butch And Butch" and "Blues And The Abstract Truth" (both of which have been given lyrics by her husband, pianist Jeff Pittson), Jerome Kern's underrated (and rather emotional) "In Love In Vain," and Jimmy Heath's complex "Gingerbread Boy." The warm vocalist is assisted on this worthy effort (which was not put out until late 1996) by her spouse, along with trumpeter Jack Walrath (who takes several surprisingly extroverted solos), bassist Harvie Swartz and drummer Mike Clark. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-and-the-abstract-truth-mw0000092181

Blues and the Abstract Truth

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