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Bye Bye Blackbird by Laila Biali

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Album Title: Your Requests
Empress Music Group (North America) / ACT Music (Europe) / CORE PORT (Japan)
Released: 2023

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About the Album

For the first time in more than 10 years, multi award winner Laila Biali returns to the Great American Songbook to launch her latest release: Your Requests. Widely recognized for her original material including the SOCAN Hagood Hardy Songwriting Award in 2020, this shift back to classic jazz repertoire was prompted by Laila’s delight in fulfilling the song requests of her fans. When Laila asked her social media followers what tunes they’d like to hear her cover, more than 150 songs were submitted. Your Requests debuts the first collection of Laila’s dynamic and personal arrangements in response to her listeners, which she describes as a musical love letter to them. It features guest vocalist Kurt Elling, clarinetist Anat Cohen, harmonica star Grégoire Maret, plus tenor saxophonist Kelly Jefferson, bassist George Koller, drummers Larnell Lewis and Ben Wittman, and others. Bye Bye Blackbird features solos by Kelly Jefferson and Larnell Lewis.

Tracks

Bye Bye Blackbird; Blame It On My Youth; But Not For Me; My Funny Valentine; My Favorite Things; Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars); Pennies from Heaven; Autumn Leaves; The Nearness of You; All the Things You Are.

Personnel

Laila Biali

piano and vocals

Kurt Elling

vocals

Emilie-Claire Barlow

vocals

Caity Gyorgy

vocals

Anat Cohen

clarinet

Gregoire Maret

harmonica

Kelly Jefferson

saxophone, tenor

Larnell Lewis

drums

Ben Wittman

drums

George Koller

bass, acoustic

Sam Yahel

organ, Hammond B3

Michael Davidson

vibraphone

Maninho Costa

percussion

Additional Personnel

Kelly Jefferson: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophones; George Koller: bass; Larnell Lewis: drums; Ben Wittman: drums, percussion; Maninho Costa: percussion; Sam Yahel: Hammond B3 (2); Anat Cohen: clarinet (3); Kurt Elling: vocals (4); Emilie-Claire Barlow: vocals (5); Grégoire Maret: harmonica (6); Caity Gyorgy: vocals (7).

Reviews

Your Requests by Dan Bilawsky

Date featured

September 1, 2023

This song appears by permission of the contributing artist and/or record company.
It is for personal use only; no other rights are granted or implied.

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