Label: Sony
Jazz
Like George Gershwin and Cole Porter, the music of Jimmy McHugh is an essential part of the American popular song canon, and jazz musicians have always been the canon's greatest interpreters. On this CD, New Orleans-born trumpeter Terence Blanchard delivers fresh renditions of McHugh's songs with four of the brightest singers on the scene. The cool Canadian chanteuse Diana Krall tickles the title track with her Shirley Horn-like vocals and pianisms, while Jane Monheit graces the ballad "Too Young to Go Steady" and the bouncy "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" with her quiet-storm phrasing. Dianne Reeves's powerful voice imbues "I Can't Believe You're in Love with Me" and the midtempo "Can't Get Out of This Mood" with new emotional colors. Cassandra Wilson's down-South delivery transforms "Don't Blame Me" and "Sunny Side of the Street" into slow-drag and tango-tinged numbers. Blanchard's instrumental versions of "You're a Sweetheart" and "Lost in a Fog," with the tenor saxophonist Brice Winston, are lyrical in their own jazzy ways.
By Eugene Holley Jr. AMG.
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Eric Harland- Drums
Terence Blanchard- Trumpet
Edward Simon- Piano
Brice Winston- Tenor Sax
Derek Nievergelt- Bass
Also:
(((Diana Krall, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Jane Monheit.)))
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01. Let's Get Lost - (with Diana Krall) 5:12
02. Too Young To Go Steady - (with Jane Monheit) 7:06
03. You're A Sweetheart (Instrumental) 6:44
04. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - (with Dianne Reeves) 5:45
05. I'm In The Mood For Love (Instrumental) 5:40
06. Don't Blame Me - (with Cassandra Wilson) 5:22
07. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - (with Jane Monheit) 5:19
08. Exactly Like You (Instrumental) 5:04
09. Can't Get Out Of This Mood - (with Dianne Reeves) 3:59
10. Lost In A Fog 9:12
11. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - (with Cassandra Wilson) 4:44
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