Monty Alexander - The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays the Songs of Tony Bennett '2008

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Old Devil Moon (5:32)
02. To the Good Life (5:07)
03. Smile (7:09)
04. Maybe September (6:10)
05. The Way You Look Tonight (6:40)
06. Just a Little Street (3:38)
07. Just in Time (4:19)
08. Emily (3:06)
09. Put on a Happy Face (6:05)
10. I Want to Be Around (4:39)
11. Once Upon a Time (3:17)
12. Because of You (2:27)

personnel : 

Monty Alexander - piano
Lorin Cohen - bass
George Fludas - drums 

Monty Alexander has always been a fine jazz pianist, but in recent years he has
received more popular acclaim for interpreting the reggae music of his native
Jamaica. While his reggae efforts are well done, straight-ahead jazz and
interpreting standards are really his forte. For The Good Life, Alexander has
chosen to riff on tunes from the repertoire of Tony Bennett -- not the most
popular or well-known, or even written by the singer -- but a good cross section
of his set list over the decades. The Chicago-based rhythm team of veteran
drummer George Fludas and up-and-coming bassist Lorin Cohen (cousin and bandmate
of pianist Ryan Cohan) gives Alexander all the supple support and equal dynamism
his playing demands. Its safe to say that listeners will enjoy the more refined,
easy swinging numbers such as Smile, the light bossa treatment of Maybe
September, and the tender ballad Emily. This is what the elegant Alexander does
best, playing round midnight affirmations, romantic advances, and subtle
harmonies. But as the CD hums along, the pianist becomes more assertive -- the
kind of animation Alexander is always capable of but rarely shows -- as on Just
in Time, where he trades phrases with Fludas, displays energy, and digs in. The
trio does Put on a Happy Face in a loping, crafted manner, seasoned by the
years, and presents a doleful blues on I Wanna Be Around, which is the tune most
identified with Bennett. A little Latin spice bumps up the traipsing That Old
Devil Moon, and a horse-trot rhythm courtesy of Fludas inspires The Good Life.
As in the tradition of Chesky Records, this session was recorded with a single
360-degree microphone, done at St. Peters Episcopal Church in N.Y.C., and the
sound is pristine. Turn up the volume a few notches to hear the precious, full,
rich, bountiful sound Alexander and his group are putting down.~Michael G.
Nastos 
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Monty Alexander / The Music of Tony Bennett

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