Vocalist Sylvia Brooks Releases "Dangerous Liaisons"
Some music you listen to, some music you feel. Be it smoky and sensual or fiery and fierce, we all recognize the instant when our breaths catch, our pulses race, and our hearts know.
In compiling Dangerous Liaisons, Sylvia Brooks has said “I don’t feel I chose these songs, but that they’ve chosen me.” And she may very well be right. Growing up in Miami, hearing her mother sing at the Eden Roc and Fountain Bleu, and listening as her musician father played the canon of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn in jazz clubs across the country, the road map of her musical tastes began to come almost imperceptibly together. And you can hear it all in this collection of songs, on a route that stretches from a palm-lined causeway connecting Miami to South Beach and its famed Latin Quarter nightclub, to its terminus in New York’s Harlem at the legendary Cotton Club.
From the bold proclamation of “When The Sun Comes Out,” to the brassy hot “Sway,” from the haunting strains of “Harlem Nocturne,” to the rueful reflections of “The Man That Got Away,” Sylvia Brooks captures the drama, the glamour and the quiet storm of emotion behind these classic tunes, while reinterpreting them for a whole new generation. So give yourself over to the performer who The Hollywood Reporter calls, “First rate,” on a journey to live freely. And love dangerously.
Track Listing
In compiling Dangerous Liaisons, Sylvia Brooks has said “I don’t feel I chose these songs, but that they’ve chosen me.” And she may very well be right. Growing up in Miami, hearing her mother sing at the Eden Roc and Fountain Bleu, and listening as her musician father played the canon of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn in jazz clubs across the country, the road map of her musical tastes began to come almost imperceptibly together. And you can hear it all in this collection of songs, on a route that stretches from a palm-lined causeway connecting Miami to South Beach and its famed Latin Quarter nightclub, to its terminus in New York’s Harlem at the legendary Cotton Club.
From the bold proclamation of “When The Sun Comes Out,” to the brassy hot “Sway,” from the haunting strains of “Harlem Nocturne,” to the rueful reflections of “The Man That Got Away,” Sylvia Brooks captures the drama, the glamour and the quiet storm of emotion behind these classic tunes, while reinterpreting them for a whole new generation. So give yourself over to the performer who The Hollywood Reporter calls, “First rate,” on a journey to live freely. And love dangerously.
Track Listing
Come Rain or Come Shine
Never Dance
Harlem Nocturne
Sway
Cry Me a River
Sophisticated Lady
When the Sun Comes Out
Lush Life
The Man That Got Away
One for My Baby
Track Listing
Come Rain Or Come Shine; Never Dance; Harlem Nocturne; Sway; Cry Me A River; Sophisticated Lady; When The Sun Comes Out; Lush Life; The Man That Got Away; One For My Baby.
Personnel
Sylvia Brooks
vocalsAdditional Instrumentation
Jeff Colella, Piano; Chris Colangelo, Bass; Kendall Kay, Drums; Jamie Havorka, Trumpet; Kim Richmond, Saxophone and Flute; Alex Budman, Saxophone and Flute; Giovanna Imbesi, Keyboards; Brian Kilgore, Percussion.
Album information
Title: Dangerous Liaisons | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Maxi Trax Records
