Her stature among colleagues is illustrated by the company she keeps: Kurt Elling penned the liner notes essay and contributes vocals to Distant Storm; Larry Goldings plays organ on two cuts he wrote with Gazarek (Easy Love and Gaslight District); and Grammy nominee Alan Ferber wrote horn parts for three tunes.The elasticity of Gazareks phrasing makes the arrangement of I Get Along Without You Very Well a virtual master class in mining an amber song for fresh revelations.
Her source material comes from various decades and genres: Nick Drakes River Man (1969), Stevie Wonders I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (1972), Dolly Partons Jolene (1973), Bjrks Cocoon (2001) and Sam Smiths Im Not The Only One (2014). Each of those renditions is stamped with a sleek creativity that distinguishes it from the original version. In Gazareks reading of Jolene, for example, the narrator is embodied not simply as a victim worthy of pity, but rather a fierce avenger who is not to be crossed. This cut is the zenith, thanks to its poetic lyrics; a carefully crafted arrangement; Gazareks multitracked vocals; a mightyyet mellowalto saxophone solo from Josh Johnson; Ellings quirky guest turn; and the leaders dramatic, punch-in-the-gut conclusion. DownBeat is an internationally registered trademark of Maher Publications. ![]() The entire contents of the DownBeat.com Site is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. Maher Publications is the copyright owner for the entire DownBeat.com Site. You man not modify, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer of sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit the content of DownBeat.com or any portion of it without prior approval. Please refer to such terms and conditions for additional information regarding contests. Maher Publications is not responsible for the availability of these external sites nor does it endorse or is it responsible for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available on or through such external sites. To better protect the privacy of Internet users, we have outlined our policy explaining our online information practices. Nor do we obtain types of non-personally identifiable information such as the domain name or the Internet Service Provider. All information sent to DownBeat in regard to subscriptions is encrypted through a secure server. Visitors should consult the other sites privacy notices, as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. By virtue of their sponsorship, these third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the contest or promotion. All other trademarks, product names and company names or logos used on this site are the property of their respective owners.
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