Release Date: 05 May 2014
Label: Chesky
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 090368036261
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 05 May 2014
Label: Chesky
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 090368036261
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
On 'Three for All' Bucky Pizzarelli leads a guitar trio, which also includes his son John and Ed Laub. Without sacrificing his own voice, Bucky lovingly honours his forebears and contemporaries. With the exception of the title track, all of these songs are standards - a description that fails to capture the vitality of these performances.
It's especially gratifying to hear a jazz album that sounds like an album - a cohesive succession of performances - thoughtfully crafted, but swinging like crazy, as you'll discover. The selections are centred largely at the peak of the American Popular Songbook. They include Broadway's "All the Things You Are", from a 1939 Jerome Kern flop, and "Body and Soul", from a 1930 hit. Bucky sails gloriously through Johnny Green's melody before turning it over to John, with the last word going to his father - all the while with smart, sensitive support from Ed. The roles are reversed on "Avalon", a popular song introduced by Al Jolson in 1920.
Personnel: Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Ed Laub (guitar)
Tracklisting
Chuck Mangione
David Chesky
Oregon
Alexander Gibson
Camille Thurman
Various Artists
Earl Wild
Xiomara
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Conrad Herwig
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Su Rossy Girod, Nat Su, Jorge Rossy
Jonathan Salvi Arugula Sextet
Bob Baldwin
Steven Nichols