Joe Stilgoe - Songs On Film (2014) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Songs On Film
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Linn Records
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Swing
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-44.1kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 63:02
Total Size: 144 / 384 / 721 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Cartooning Up (Live) (4:46)
02. Popcorn (Live) (4:34)
03. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (Live) (3:18)
04. Almost Like Being in Love (Live) (4:40)
05. Trouble on the Water... (Live) (0:55)
06. (That's the Way It Crumbles) Cookie-Wise (Live) (4:52)
07. High Hopes (Live) (4:03)
08. Gold on Silver (Live) (4:26)
09. S'Wonderful (Live) (4:11)
10. Wonderful World (Live) (2:44)
11. Love Potion No. 9 (Live) (2:50)
12. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Live) (8:10)
13. When She Loved Me / Married Life (Live) (5:07)
14. You Give a Little Love (Live) (4:18)
15. If I Only Had a Brain (Live) (4:16)

Joe Stilgoe's blend of imaginative song choices, virtuosic pianism and remarkable voice are showcased perfectly in this live album recorded at the London Jazz Festival in 2013.

With a voice that has attracted comparisons with Harry Connick Jr, Michael Buble and Jamie Cullum and a playing style likened to the great Oscar Peterson, Joe Stilgoe displays charm, wit and sincerity in equal measure as he tackles a diverse selection of songs linked by the theme of film which The Sunday Times described as ‘a touching yet quirky selection of stardust memories.'

A fast-paced romp through well-known cartoon theme tunes opens the show before Joe turns his attention to numbers as varied as You Give A Little Love from Bugsy Malone, S'Wonderful from An American In Paris and a heart-wrenching rendition of If I Only Had A Brain from The Wizard Of Oz. A gifted and intelligent lyricist, Joe's song-writing skills are in evidence; the elegiac Gold On Silver pulls at the heartstrings, Popcorn is an irreverent nod to the multiplexes whilst his wistful ballad (That's The Way It Crumbles) Cookie-Wise was inspired by Billy Wilder's The Apartment.