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Jon Crosse: Kind Of Blue & Pink
Crosse adds star power to the lineup by providing nursury rhyme vocals from Carmen McRae on three tracks ("Mary Had A Little Lamb," "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," "Hickory Dickory Dock"), and Freddie Hubbard blows trumpet on a few titles. But these additions are largely a distraction from the net effect of the album, which otherwise is a very effective soothing and lullaby-like collection that brings jazz sensibilities to these familiar children's melodies. The music and Crosse's arrangements create a suite-like setting that is buoyed by his soulful playing on soprano, alto and tenor sax, flute and clarinetin addition to the work by pianists Clare Fisher and David Witham, bassists Putter Smith and Mel Graves, drummer Paul Kriebich and percussionist Luis Conte.
This album has already received praise as a 2006 Parents Choice Recommended Award Winner, as well as a National Parenting Publications Award.
Track Listing
Mary Had a Little Lamb; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; I Love Little Kitty; Hickory Dickory Dock; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; L
Personnel
Jon Crosse: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo, clarinet, trumpet; Clare Fischer: piano, keyboard; David Witham: piano; Putter Smith, Mel Graves: bass; Paul Kreibich: drums; Luis Conte: percussion; Freddie Hubbard: trumpet, flugelhorn; Carmen McRae: vocals.
Album information
Title: Kind of Blue & Pink | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Jazz Cat Records
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