Tuck & Patti - As Time Goes By

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:49
Size: 133,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:13)  1. I've Got Just About Everything
(3:04)  2. They Can't Take That Away From Me
(3:16)  3. Better Than Anything
(4:28)  4. Stella By Starlight
(2:55)  5. As Time Goes By
(3:19)  6. On A Clear Day
(3:57)  7. When We're Alone
(5:01)  8. Up And At It
(4:06)  9. Taking The Long Way Home
(3:39) 10. My Romance
(4:37) 11. Togetherness
(4:56) 12. Body And Soul
(2:38) 13. Walkin' One And Only
(5:37) 14. Manhã De Carnaval
(2:57) 15. I Will

This is the second Tuck & Patti compilation for the Windham Hill label. While it proves to be a fine companion to The Best of Tuck & Patti, it seems redundant to have two compilations from only six studio recordings (including Tuck's Reckless Precision). The selections are fine representations of their amazing talent, so it is recommended for casual fans. However, those who want to make more of an investment in this historically important duo are encouraged to pass on the compilations and go with the original studio recordings, as they are all excellent. ~ Robert Taylor  http://www.allmusic.com/album/as-time-goes-by-mw0000011795

Tuck & Patti: Tuck Andress (guitar); Patti Cathcart (vocals).

As Time Goes By

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Tuck & Patti - Chocolate Moment

Styles: Vocal, Guitar Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:53
Size: 107,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:25)  1. Comfort Me
(4:13)  2. Love Flows Like a River
(3:18)  3. One For All
(3:45)  4. Reverie
(5:39)  5. Wildflower
(4:47)  6. Rejoice
(4:54)  7. Chocolate Moment
(3:46)  8. Interlude in the Key of P
(5:16)  9. Blast Past Your Illusions
(5:45) 10. Knowing

For just the second time in their career, Tuck & Patti offer an album that contains only original material. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Chocolate Moment is the first release on their own label. Equally likely is that, as with many other artists, their creativity was stirred to an unusual turbulence by the World Trade Center tragedy of the previous year. Its traces can be discerned most clearly in the lyrics to "Comfort Me," a plea for help after "all my illusions have...crumbled down in smoke and glass," and in a festive call, set to a township beat, to get past "the season of crying" in "Rejoice." The same shadow touches most of the other tracks as well, though Cathcart's positive-energy emanations make them harder to spot on, for example, "Love Flows Like a River," a gentle meditation that turns out to be about saying goodbye to loved ones. What stands intact throughout Chocolate Moment is the intimacy of their musical union, with Tuck's astonishing accompaniment glistening against Patti's honeyed, soulful tones. Her songs are not easy to play and, as the shortage of breath spots in "Knowing" illustrates, they can be tricky to sing as well. Yet, in the manner of every great duo, they make it all seem easy and, always, supremely musical throughout Chocolate Moment. ~ Robert L.Doerschuck   

http://www.allmusic.com/album/chocolate-moment-mw0000226907

Chocolate Moment

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