 Исполнитель: Ran Blake, Jeanne Lee Название альбома: Free Standards Stockholm 1966 Год выпуска: 2013, Fresh Sound Records Формат файлов: Mp3, 320 Размер архива: 170 Mb Скачать с: rusfolder
In Europe, however, it was a different story. There the duo’s subtlety, daring and wit, along with Lee’s warmth and precision and Blake’s inventiveness, were immediately appreciated. They opened a series of well-received North-European concerts in 1963 at Stockholm’s Golden Circle and returned there three years later, when these examples of their unique artistry were captured in a studio recording session. In combination they pass, blend, meld, and move around each other in a manner both delicately nuanced and vaguely disconcerting, demanding attention in a way no other group of this kind has done.
Ran Blake and Jeanne Lee opened their series of North-European concerts before enthusiastic audiences, when performing at the Golden Circle, Stockholm, in 1963. It was my pleasure to help launching that very special event. During the two following years in “the Big Apple”, New York City 1964-65, Ran and I had several opportunities to discuss, display and compare our individual approaches as fellow composers of contemporary music. A year later, in the autumn of 1966, Ran and Jeanne returned to Sweden for another appearance at the Golden Circle. Over a four-year period as professionals they had accumulated all the experience and musicianship that grew out of numerous concerts, club-dates and jazz-festivals. This time I was able to arrange for and produce a record session capturing the sublime artistry of their full-fledged duo, jet-setting the Globe on intercontinental flights. The recording date and music material was outlined to be focused on a composers session. Bingo, the recorded tracks came out “too good to be true”, and maybe just too good for the rock-era’s discotheque in-crowds. Like vintage wine, the record tapes were bottled for almost thirty years, but are now “opened” to be enjoyed for gourmet tasting by connoisseurs, and released for the first time ever, and on a CD since all this music, 75 minutes, is previously unissued: Mmm-yumm… Quality stays for ages.
From the inside liner notes
01. Ticket to Ride (Lennon-McCartney) 1:42
02. Kind’a Sweet (Kjell Samuelson) 2:52
03. Corcovado: Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
(A.C. Jobim-G.Lees) 2:14
04. Let’s Go (Kjell Samuelson) 2:57
05. Ja-Da (Bob Carleton) 2:07
06. Bombastica! (Kjell Samuelson) 2:38
07. Lydiana: People of this World
(Blake-Gautreau) 2:22
08. Crystal Trip (Ran Blake) 1:28
09. A Taste of Honey (Scott-Marlow) 2:35
10. Night and Day (Cole Porter) 3:59
11. I Can Tell (Kjell Samuelson) 2:15
12. Take the “A” Train (Billy Strayhorn) 3:14
13. Living Up to Life (Kjell Samuelson) 3:00
14. A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney) 2:06
15. The Girl from Ipanema
(A.C. Jobim-De Moraes-Gimbel) 2:41
16. Vanguard (Ran Blake) 3:30
17. Glaziation (Ran Blake) 0:31
18. You Stepped out of a Dream
(Herb Brown-Kahn) 5:26
19. I Can Tell More (Kjell Samuelson) 4:15
20. Desafinado & One Note Samba
(A.C. Jobim-N.Mendonça) 4:19
21. Stars Fell on Alabama (Perkins-Parish) 2:28
22. Just Friends (Klenner-Lewis) 3:32
23. Free Standards (Kjell Samuelson) 4:04
24. I’ll Remember April
(Raye-De Paul-Johnston) 2:52
25. Honeysuckle Rose (Waller-Razaf) 2:36
Recorded at Borgarskolan Studio, in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 8, 1966
Personnel:
Jeanne Lee, vocals on tr. 1,3,5,7,9,10,12,14,16 & 18
Ran Blake, piano in all tracks
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