| Product Summary | | Label: FONTANA | | UPC: 00612262103124 | | Release Date: 8/28/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 205116599 | | Item#: M3R6LY | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Darn That Dream - (with Bob Mintzer) ~ New York Voices |  | | 2. World Keeps You Waiting, The ~ New York Voices | | | 3. In the Wee Snall Hours Of the Morning ~ New York Voices | | | 4. On a Clear Day ~ New York Voices | | | 5. For All We Know ~ New York Voices | | | 6. Love You Madly - (with Dave Samuels) ~ New York Voices | | | 7. As We Live and Breathe - (with Gil Goldstein) ~ New York Voices | | | 8. No Moon at All - (with Mike Tomaro) ~ New York Voices | | | 9. Chamego (Betty's Bossa) - (with Paquito D'Rivera) ~ New York Voices | | | 10. Noticing the Moment (Moments Notice) - (with Jay Ashby) ~ New York Voices | | | 11. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing - (with Chuck Loeb) ~ New York Voices | | | 12. Stoned Soul Picnic ~ New York Voices | | | 13. Day Like This, A ~ New York Voices | | | 14. Jackie - (with Joe Magnarelli) ~ New York Voices | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | New York Voices: Lauren Kinhan, Peter Eldridge, Kim Nazarian (vocals); Darmon Meader (tenor saxophone). | | Additional personnel: Chuck Loeb (guitar); Marty Ashby (acoustic guitar); Gil Goldstein (accordion); Paquito d'Rivera (clarinet); Bob Mintzer (bass clarinet); Jim Guerra (alto saxophone); Eric DeFade (tenor saxophone); Mike Tomaro, Jim Germann (baritone saxophone); Steve McKnight, Bob Matchett, Joe Magnarelli, Steve Hawk , Joe Herndon, Ralph Guzzi (trumpet); Frank Greene (flugelhorn); Jay Ashby, Clayton DeWalt (trombone); Chris Carson (bass trombone); Andy Ezrin (piano); Dave Samuels (vibraphone); Paul Nowinski (acoustic bass); Marcello Pellitteri (drums); Lucas Ashby (pandeiro). | | With ensemble vocal jazz, the danger is always that tight and complex harmony writing will come across as too smooth and too sweet -- for some reason, chords that sound sharp and bracing when distributed among reed instruments can sound cloying and overly slick when sung by human voices. The vocal/instrumental quartet New York Voices don't avoid that trap entirely on their latest album (and their first as an ensemble in seven years), but they continue to demonstrate their mastery of the genre with a solid program of new and old songs and innovative arrangements. Their take on "Darn That Dream" is startlingly new (and features a fine bass clarinet solo by Bob Mintzer), and the lyrics that group members added to John Coltrane's "Moment's Notice" work very nicely. Not everyone will agree that the world needed a vocal jazz version of Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic," but the New York Voices' version is really lots of fun and is sure to bring a nostalgic tear to more than one baby-boomer eye. Apart from a couple of saccharine moments on "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," A Day Like This is a pleasure from start to finish. Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson |
Producer: Marty Ashby; Jay Ashby; New York Voices |
Engineer: Jay Dudt; Darmon Meader; Jay Ashby |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/28/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : MCGJ-1031 | | Label : Telarc Distribution | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 64m : 0s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00612262103124 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Down Beat (p.75)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "New York Voices is galvanizing. The steeplechase ensemble passages in 'Wee Small Hours,' and unison melisma on Stevie Wonder's 'Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing' provide state-of-the-vocal-art."JazzTimes (p.83)
- "Eldridge fronts a percolated 'Darn That Dream' and a darkly seductive 'No Moon At All.' Meader takes over for a joyous, sun-drenched 'On a Clear Day'..." |
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