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ARTFIELD RECORDS

Catalogue Number: ART 001

Personnel: IAN SHAW, Vocals of course and, Piano, Hammond, Fender; MARK FLETCHER, Drums; THAD KELLY, Bass; BRIAN WRIGHT, Violin; HILARY JUERGEN, Cello; OLLIE USISKIN, Drums(“Taking It Easy Now”)

 

the music of

B B Cooper

the best of

British Vocal Jazz

Tracks:

1 GWYNETH HERBERT - Love Has Got A Sting In Its Tail(Clark),      Windows Media      Real Player
2 TRUDY KERR - The Girl Across The Hall(Steinhart/Hendrick),
3 IAN SHAW - How Late It Is(Newell),
4 JACQUI DANKWORTH - I Only Want To Be With You Tonight(Stebbing),
5 BARB JUNGR - Mother Didn’t Tell Me(Clark),      Windows Media      Real Player
6 SYMEON COSBURN - Taking It Easy Now(Emerson),
7 CHRISTINE TOBIN - All The World’s A Stage(adapted from Shakespeare),
8 POLLY GIBBONS - The Way Up(Newell),
9 BARB JUNGR - Under The Greenwood Tree(Shakespeare),
10 POLLY GIBBONS - Almost There(Burgess),
11 GWYNETH HERBERT - Pour Maintenant(Cooper)..

All Tracks; MUSIC BY BB COOPER


The Best Of British Vocal Jazz

 Ian Shaw, Jacqui Dankworth, Trudy Kerr,
Gwyneth Herbert, Barb Jungr, Polly Gibbons, Christine Tobin, Symeon Cosburn

 Produced and arranged by Ian Shaw

“There are at least two good reasons for hearing this CD. BB writes good melodies and fits them to lyrics with uncommon flair. The other is that it gathers together on one disc specially recorded performances by some of today’s most talked about British vocalists….somebody must be writing the standards of of the future (and) these 11 tracks make a persuasive case.” Dave Gelly, Sunday Observer 19 June 2005.

"Many of the tunes bring to mind those classic Bacharach/Warwick collaborations with stylish yet easy going melodies. Like Bacharach, Cooper also draws from a myriad of styles that include Latin, cool, swing, classical, soul and the blues to present a vehicle for engaging vocal interpretation." Elliott Simon, All About Jazz


Selected as "Jazz CD of the Week" by Jack Massarik, London Evening Standard