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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
vibraphoneManinho Costa
percussionAdditional 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
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