Colin Steele Quartet - Diving for Pearls - Jazz Interpretations of the Pearlfishers Songbook (2017) [flac]

Tracklist
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01. The Bluebells
02. We'll Get By
03. Everything Works Out
04. The Vampires of Camelon
05. Ice Race
06. You'll Never Steal My Spirit
07. Gone in the Winter
08. Snow on the Pines
09. The Umbrellas of Shibuya
10. Swan Dreams


Steele has a long association with The Pearl fishers since he appeared as a studio musician on many of their albums. Steele: "I'd played on many sessions with The Pearl fishers before, and have a similar taste in music with David Scott, with our shared love of Burt Bacharach, Beatles and Beach Boys. I was impressed by the depth of the beautiful melodies and could immediately hear my own voice playing these melodies - specifically using the 'Miles Davis sound' of the Harmon mute." The results are simply gorgeous. The album kick-starts with the joyous blast of "The Bluebells" - a song that originally appeared on the Pearl fishers album "Up With The Larks". Colin Steele makes it swing and rise just beautifully. His warm, melodic playing and tone is also a perfect match for the wonderful "Everything Works Out", one of Scott's most enduring songs. "The Vampires Of Camelon" rides on a great piano riff reminiscent of Vince Guaraldi - brilliantly played by Dave Milligan, Steele's long-time collaborator, who also arranged the album. Quite fabulously so.

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