Anne Phillips - Ballet Time (2007)

Tracklist

01. Ballet Time
02. I Have the Feeling I've Been Here Before
03. I've Got Just About Everything I Need
04. Here's to Life
05. In Your Own Sweet Way
06. Doubletalk
07. You Are There
08. Late Late Show
09. In the Days of Our Love
10. I Never Went Away
11. I Was Doing All Right
12. Embraceable You
13. Romancing Ketchikan
14. New York Night Time Blues
15. Fried Bananas (Vocal)


Vocalist Anne Phillips may not be a familiar name to many jazz fans, though since she began her professional career in the early 1960s as a member of the Ray Charles Singers on the Perry Como Show, she has worked in many musical formats as a singer, composer, arranger, conductor and producer. This project was a special labor of love, as she recruited a number of old friends that she met along the way and recruited them to appear on one track apiece with her. Her engaging vocal duet with Bob Dorough (who complements their vocals with some lively piano) of his "I've Got Just About Everything" is a playful affair. Phillips lays a bit behind the beat effectively in spots in Dave Brubeck's loping treatment of his timeless "In Your Own Sweet Way," while she captures the nostalgic magic of pianist Dave Frishberg's lyrics in his ballad (with music by Johnny Mandel) "You Are There." Marian McPartland is on hand for her haunting ballad "In the Days of Our Love," with Phillips bringing out the essence of Peggy Lee's lyrics. Phillips' duet with tenor saxophonist Bob Kindred (her husband) of "Embraceable You" is full of humor, as is "Double Talk" a duet with organist Larry Goldings that has a campy lyric in the style of Annie Ross. There's never a dull moment in this delightful musical scrapbook.

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