And the award for best album title goes to…
It’s the Grammys tonight - so I thought I’d take a look at who’s been listed in the Jazz Vocal category. And the nominees are…
Avant Gershwin - Patti Austin
Red Earth - A Malian Journey - Dee Dee Bridgewater
Music Maestro Please - Freddy Cole
Nightmoves - Kurt Elling
On The Other Side - Tierney Sutton
I don’t know any of these albums apart from Nightmoves, which I only discovered this week and which I absolutely love (Kurt Elling - he one clever guy).
To my possible shame, I’d never heard of Freddy Cole. Turns out he’s Nat King Cole’s younger brother - and as I worked through his website, I found this gem of an album from 1956 (Freddy Cole - he one old guy):
Isn’t that fantastic?! The tracks have titles like ‘I’m All Alone’, ‘Joke Is On Me’, ‘Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound’ and ‘This Life I’m Living’. And, well, I’m no gambling woman - but I’d put good money on that life possibly not being a very happy one.
February 10th, 2008 at 6.15pm
Your local paper:
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/10/music/20215107&sec=music
February 10th, 2008 at 6.42pm
oooh.. interesting! thanks. x