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Track Listings
| 1. Café |
| 2. Somewhere Called Home |
| 3. Sea Lady |
| 4. Some Time Ago |
| 5. Prologue |
| 6. Celeste |
| 7. Hi Lili Hi Lo |
| 8. Out Of This World |
| 9. Tea For Two |
Product Description
Irish Times, (Ray Comiskey), November 14, 2008
(4 stars) A jewel...Winstone is in superb form both as a singer and lyricist...Winstone and Taylor are so perfectly matched musically.
Album Description
Part of the new 'Touchstones' series of specially-priced and newly packaged albums from ECM's back catalogue. All featuring the original artwork and brand new packaging - double cardboard sleeves reminiscent of the original LPs.
This vocal masterpiece was Norma Winstone's ECM debut as a leader.
Recorded 1986
Personnel:
Norma Winstone - (voice), John Taylor - (piano), Tony Coe - (clarinet, tenor saxophone)
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Format:Audio CD
Having already recorded for ECM as a member of Azimuth -- the band also included her husband, pianist John Taylor, and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler -- it seemed only a matter of time before Norma Winstone would contribute her fine and very original vocal talents to a solo disc for the label; hence listeners have 1986's Somewhere Called Home. It's not only a watermark of Winstone's career but, in the long line of modern vocal outings released since the romantic vocal tradition of Fitzgerald and Vaughan ended with free jazz and fusion, the disc stands out as one most original yet idyllic of vocal jazz recordings.
Joined by Taylor and British saxophone legend Tony Coe, Winstone imparts equal measures of intimacy and drama to the proceedings. Sidestepping the noose that the standard vocal canon can impose, she reinvigorates the tradition with adaptations of material by such unlikely figures as Egberto Gismonti, Ralph Towner, Wheeler, and Bill Evans. Her cogent and stunning mix of economical phrases, tasteful embellishments, and airy vocal tones transform these songs into standards for the modern age. Even her go at two old nuggets, Arlen and Mercer's infrequently covered "Out of This World" and Vincent Youmans' "Tea for Two," produce rarefied results -- glowing orbs of sound and lovingly forlorn slices of lyricism. Think of Helen Merrill's similarly delicate voice matched up with a bit of Blossom Dearie's coy sweetness and you get part of the picture (both of these singers have done equal justice to the standards covered here). The rest comes from Winstone's own very original interpretive skills and the excellent and equally tempered sentiment heard in both Coe and Taylor's playing. A must for fans looking for something as cozy as a golden age chanteuse, but without all the gymnastic scatting and carbon copy ways of many a contemporary jazz singer. ~ Stephen Cook
Recorded at Rainbow Studios, Oslo, Norway in July 1986.
1. Café
Written-By - Egberto Gismonti, Norma Winstone 7:56
2. Somewhere Called Home
Written-By - Fran Landesman, Pat Smythe 4:22
3. Sea Lady
Written-By - Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone 4:23
4. Sometime Ago
Written-By - Margaret Busby, Sergio Mihanovich 5:38
5. Prologue
Written-By - Bill Evans, Norma Winstone 3:58
6. Celeste
Written-By - Norma Winstone, Ralph Towner 6:12
7. Hi Lili Hi Lo
Written-By - Bronislaw Kaper, Helen Deutsch 4:28
8. Out Of This World
Written-By - Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer 5:55
9. Tea For Two
Written-By - Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans 4:55
Credits
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone - Tony Coe
Design [Cover] - Barbara Wojirsch
Engineer - Jan Erik Kongshaug
Photography By - Caroline Forbes
Piano - John Taylor (2)
Producer - Manfred Eicher
Vocals - Norma Winstone
Joined by Taylor and British saxophone legend Tony Coe, Winstone imparts equal measures of intimacy and drama to the proceedings. Sidestepping the noose that the standard vocal canon can impose, she reinvigorates the tradition with adaptations of material by such unlikely figures as Egberto Gismonti, Ralph Towner, Wheeler, and Bill Evans. Her cogent and stunning mix of economical phrases, tasteful embellishments, and airy vocal tones transform these songs into standards for the modern age. Even her go at two old nuggets, Arlen and Mercer's infrequently covered "Out of This World" and Vincent Youmans' "Tea for Two," produce rarefied results -- glowing orbs of sound and lovingly forlorn slices of lyricism. Think of Helen Merrill's similarly delicate voice matched up with a bit of Blossom Dearie's coy sweetness and you get part of the picture (both of these singers have done equal justice to the standards covered here). The rest comes from Winstone's own very original interpretive skills and the excellent and equally tempered sentiment heard in both Coe and Taylor's playing. A must for fans looking for something as cozy as a golden age chanteuse, but without all the gymnastic scatting and carbon copy ways of many a contemporary jazz singer. ~ Stephen Cook
Recorded at Rainbow Studios, Oslo, Norway in July 1986.
1. Café
Written-By - Egberto Gismonti, Norma Winstone 7:56
2. Somewhere Called Home
Written-By - Fran Landesman, Pat Smythe 4:22
3. Sea Lady
Written-By - Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone 4:23
4. Sometime Ago
Written-By - Margaret Busby, Sergio Mihanovich 5:38
5. Prologue
Written-By - Bill Evans, Norma Winstone 3:58
6. Celeste
Written-By - Norma Winstone, Ralph Towner 6:12
7. Hi Lili Hi Lo
Written-By - Bronislaw Kaper, Helen Deutsch 4:28
8. Out Of This World
Written-By - Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer 5:55
9. Tea For Two
Written-By - Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans 4:55
Credits
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone - Tony Coe
Design [Cover] - Barbara Wojirsch
Engineer - Jan Erik Kongshaug
Photography By - Caroline Forbes
Piano - John Taylor (2)
Producer - Manfred Eicher
Vocals - Norma Winstone
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