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Polly Gibbons: All I Can Do
Nata in una famiglia di agricoltori del Suffolk (England), ha mosso i primi passi nel variopinto musicale londinese e il suo debutto discografico (My Own Company, Diving Duck Recordings 2014) l'ha registrato al Ronnie Scott's, con il trio di James Pearson. Subito dopo è venuto il contratto con la Resonance di George Klabin, che pubblica ora il suo terzo album.
In quest'incisione al Power Studio di New York City di fronte a un piccolo pubblico, Polly Gibbons spazia tra i generi con la consueta flessibilità, in un'efficace calibrazione di atmosfere swinganti, intime o intrise di blues. Il brano d'apertura "Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself" è un incisivo soul di Horace Silver e non ha niente da invidiare alla versione vocale di Dee Dee Bridgewater; seguono la calda atmosfera blues "Good Hands Tonight" tratto dal repertorio di Al Jarreau e la pop cover "Beautiful Things" di Leslie Bricusse. Stabilite le prime coordinate di riferimento la cantante interpreta con passione "If You Had the Chance," ballad scritta da lei assieme a James Pearson.
Accanto alla fantasiosa esuberanza -pienamente evidente in "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" -è proprio nei temi intimi che Polly esprime i momenti più intensi: la ballad "This Is Always" che ci rammenta Chet Baker, la struggente torch song "Nothing Compares 2 U" di Prince e il torrido blues "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," omaggio a Bessie Smith e Nina Simone.
Track Listing
Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself ; Good Hands Tonight; Beautiful Things; If You Had the Chance; Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues; Anything Goes; This Is Always; All I Can Do; Everything Must Change; I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So; Nothing Compares 2 U; I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl.
Personnel
Polly Gibbons
vocalsPolly Gibbons: vocals; Tamir Hendelman, James Pearson: piano; Shedrick Mitchell: hammond organ; Paul Bollenback: guitar; Richie Goods: bass; Mark McLean: drums.
Album information
Title: All I Can Do | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Resonance Records
About Polly Gibbons
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