Artist: Susie Arioli
Title: All the Way
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Jazzheads
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans) / MP3 320 Kbps
Total Time: 47:11
Total Size: 324 Mb / 118 Mb
Tracklist:01. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers-Hart) - 4:03
02. Time on My Hands (Adamson-Gordon-Youmans) - 4:16
03. Here's to the Losers (Segal-Wells) - 3:45
04. All the Way (Arlen-Cahn-Van Heusen-Mercer) - 3:07
05. Here's That Rainy Day (Burke-Van Heusen) - 2:55
06. It's Always You (Burke-Van Heusen) - 2:52
07. Forgetful (Handy-Segal) - 4:54
08. There's a Lull in My Life (Gordon-Revel) - 4:21
09. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen-Mercer) - 2:37
10. When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan) - 4:25
11. Un jour de difference (Delettre-Grever) - 3:23
12. Looking for a Boy (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 3:17
13. Time After Time (Cahn-Styne) - 3:16
Personnel:Susie Arioli - vocals
Jordan Officer - guitar
Francois Stevenson - vibraphone (#4-6,11,12)
Jeff Johnston - piano (#1,2,6,8)
Bill Gossage (#1-12), Frederic Grenier (#13) - bass
Michel Berthiaume (#1,6,7,11,12), Tony Albino (#2-5,8,10,13) - drums
Cameron Wallis - tenor saxophone (#2,8,12,13), baritone saxophone (#3,10)
Al MacLean, Averil Parker, Ben Henriques - tenor saxophone (#3,10)
Vocalist Susie Arioli's performances on All The Way are all about impact through intimacy. Arioli's laidback and understated vocals don't fall in line with the textbook definition of "powerful," but her ability to create highly emotive atmospheres in cloistered and relatively calm surroundings marks her as a powerful singer nonetheless.
For this, her seventh studio affair, Arioli and her right hand man, guitarist Jordan Officer, tackle standards in their own inimitable fashion. Mellow moods tend to dominate the proceedings, but this is no sleep-inducing set of music. Gripping vocal performances, along with succinct and stylish solos, help to give the music a sense of immediacy and importance.
Arioli opens the album with a take on "My Funny Valentine" that wears the fragile-but-focused feel of a Chet Baker performance. She moves on with a casual "Time On My Hands" and a snazzy "Here's To The Losers" that features some fine saxophone section work, but things take an unexpected turn when the title track arrives. "All The Way" is refashioned into a dreamy tune with a 12/8 feel that comes across more as '50s pop production than refashioned jazz standard. Arioli continues with a bossa-leaning "Here's That Rainy Day" and more direct "It's Always You," which proves to be one of the most striking numbers on the album.
While Arioli is the voice that powers this music, Officer proves to be the compass that guides it. He makes a connection with pianist Jeff Johnston on "My Funny Valentine," makes his soloing part of the comping fabric on "Time On My Hands" and brings a haunting quality to "When Your Lover Has Gone." Other standouts include vibraphonist Francois Stevenson and saxophonist Cameron Wallis. Both men prove to be team players and they join forces on "Looking For A Boy," which has a light spring in its step.
All The Way may actually be an odd album title for a record that thrives on languorous passion, if such a thing exists, but it actually makes sense. Arioli expresses the core sentiments of these songs with conviction, making it an album to remember.
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