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ARTIST: TODD GORDON
Title Love's Illusions

 Hemba

Catalogue Number: HRTG 10115

Personnel: TODD GORDON, Vocals;
DAVID PATRICK, Piano and arrangements;
ANDREW CLEYNDERT, Bass;
TOM GORDON, Drums;
ALAN BARNES, Saxophone;
BRUCE ADAMS, Trumpet;
PRODUCER; Ian Shaw .

 

Tracks:
1. This Could Be The Start Of Something Big(Steve Allen),      Windows Media      Real Player
2 Blue Skies(Irving Berlin),      Windows Media      Real Player
3 Miss Otis Regrets/Ladies Who Lunch(Cole Porter/Stephen Sondheim),
4 Just One Of Those Things(Cole Porter),
5 Anyone Home?(Richard Rodney Bennett/Frank Underwood),
6 I Believe In You(Frank Loesser),
7 But Beautiful(Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen),
8 The Lady’s In Love With You(Frank Loesser),
9 You Got Me Runnin’(Jimmy Reed),
10 You Make Me Feel So Young(Mack Gordon/Joseph Myrow),
11 Both Sides Now(Joni Mitchell),
12, Hard Hearted Hannah(Yellen/Ager/Bigelow/Bates),
13 My Blue Heaven(Walter Donaldson/George Whiting)

Bonus Tracks:
14, Nina(Noel coward),
15 Something Good(Richard Rogers)



Todd Gordon has established himself as "one of the country's most popular singers and entertainers" (The Scotsman

In 1975 he met Ella Fitzgerald prior to her show, and during the concert she invited him on stage and sang specially to him. He was also fortunate enough to meet many of his other idols, including Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Count Basie, Woody Herman and George Shearing.

 

He has participated on international jazz courses and vocal workshop sessions led by some of the world’s foremost singers including Mark Murphy and Sheila Jordan, and admirers include top UK jazz vocalist, Carol Kidd and Broadway legend, Elaine Stritch.

 

Todd performs at some of the most prestigious venues in London & New York, as well as regularly featuring in jazz festivals and concerts including compering Jazz on a Summer’s Day - the UK’s biggest jazz event with an audience of 20,000.

 

His media performances include live appearances and recordings broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and 3, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Ulster, many local radio stations and on Scottish Television.

 

Michael Parkinson shares Todd's love of the Great American Songbook - he likes the new album, and has promised to play tracks on his Sunday Supplement Radio Show.

REVIEWS

 

"“Doing it his way, Sinatra’s ghost lives on in the work of one of his most polished admirers”

-Clive Davis, Top 5 Jazz Events (August 2005), The Times

 

"Great performance!"

-Dionne Warwick

"Soft, easy voice and wonderful selection of songs"

-Elaine Stritch

 

"Consummate performer of the American songbook"

The Independent

 

"Classic jazz songs delivered with panache...velvet voice"

-The Times

 

"An outstanding singer"

-Claire Martin

 

"Sensational voice"

-multi-Grammy-Award-winning producer, Michael Haas

 

"Spine-tingling stuff of the classic kind"

-Sinatra Music Society

 

"The smoothness of his voice and his wonderful charisma on stage

will make you want to hear him and see him over and over and over"

-Barbara Morrison

 

"Masterful"

-The Independent

 

"Todd sings with wonderful feeling and time"

-Sheila Jordan

 

"I hope that Todd’s new album gets lots of airplay; it certainly deserves to"

-Desmond Carrington, BBC Radio 2

 

"Todd can handle a slow ballad with ease, the test of whether someone can really sing"

-Carol Kidd MBE

 

"Personally, I think he's over-rated!!"

-raconteur and comedy writer, Barry Cryer

 

“Todd’s voice can really tell a story”

-Jamie Cullum