Styles: Vocal
Size: 153,8 MB
Time: 66:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Year: 2018
Art: Front
1. On a Misty Night (7:17)
2. I'm Never Happy Anymore (5:59)
3. If You Could See Me Know (7:49)
4. Accentuate the Bass (5:35)
5. That´s the Way It Goes (4:11)
6. Take a Chance on Spring (5:00)
7. Dig It (3:52)
8. The Happy Heart (4:06)
9. Never Been in Love (5:21)
10. Good Bait / Ladybird (6:31)
11. Fointainbleau / Trane (5:16)
12. That´s the Way It Goes - Alternative Version (5:36)
Jazz connoisseurs know all about the magic of Cleveland born pianist, composer and arranger Tadd Dameron, best known perhaps for his tune ‘On A Misty Night’. One of Dameron’s biggest advocates is national treasure George Fame. Georgie has recorded ‘Misty Night’ on at least two occasions and regularly features it in his live shows, so when he was invited to join a musical tribute to Dameron, he jumped at the chance.
The invite came via Norwegian jazz pianist Per Husby who was persuaded by jazz chanteuse Karin Krog to investigate the oft-neglected work of Dameron. This was back in 1983 when Husby and Krog recorded four Dameron songs that, sadly, were never released at the time. The duo presented the songs at the Molde Jazz Festival in 1984 and despite a tape running, the live recording was deemed poor quality and never issued. Then ’85 a CD, ‘Dedications’, was finally released by Hot Club Records. By this time George Fame had come on board after Husby had asked him to add lyrics to a number of the tunes and the album eventually won a Norwegian Grammy.
In 1996 the Husby/Krog pairing was resurrected by record label owner Bjørn Petersen who had the team record more Dameron songs in New York but after a “soft” and critically acclaimed release the project floundered.
Ms Krog, though, is nothing if not dogged and last year managed to persuade Odin Records that there was just too much good music in the can to lay unappreciated. So the label team put together this “new” Todd Dameron tribute album which contains recordings from 1984, ’85 and ’96.
The album is named for Dameron’s best-known song and this 7 minute plus version of ‘On A Misty Night’ opens proceedings. On it Fame and Krog share the vocal as they do on other Dameron classics like the sprightly ‘Dig It’, ‘That’s The Way it Goes’ and the clever medley of ‘Good Bait’ and ‘Ladybird’. Georgie’s out on his own on ‘Accentuate The Bass’ while Ms Krog enjoys five solos including the surprising ‘I’m Never Happy Anymore’. She also features on the medley of ‘Fontainebleau’/’Trane’ and ‘That’s The Way It Goes’. Both those tracks, from the live Molde Jazz Festival recording, have never been issued in any format before.
It all sounds very confusing, doesn’t it? At last, though, more jazz fans can enjoy more of the artistry of Georgie Fame and Karin Krog, the arranging skills of Per Husby and, above all, the wonderful tunes of Tadd Dameron.
https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/reviews/karin-krog-a-georgie-fame-on-a-misty-night-odin-records/
Personnel: Vocals – Georgie Fame, Karin Krog; Alto Saxophone – Guttorm Guttormsen, Vidar Johansen; Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jerome Richardson; Baritone Saxophone – John Pål Inderberg , Scott Robinson ; Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – John Surman; Bass - Jay Leonard, Terje Venaas; Drums – Egil Johansen, Grady Tate; Flute – Vidar Johansen; French Horn – Odd Ulleberg , Peter Gordon ; Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli; Orchestra – Per Husby Orchestra; Piano – Egil Kapstad , Ted Rosenthal; Soloist [Trumpet Solo] – Atle Hammer, Michael Leonhart; Soprano Saxophone – Vidar Johansen; Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute – Guttorm Guttormsen; Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Frank Wess , Knut Riisnæs; Trombone – Frode Thingnæs, Jim Pugh; Trumpet – Atle Hammer , Earl Gardner, Jan Allan, Martin Drover, Michael Leonhart , Petter Kateraas; Tuba – Howard Johnson , Stein Erik Tafjord
On a Misty Night: The Songs of Tadd Dameron
