Ernestine Anderson - Nightlife '2011

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[5:59] 01. Ernestine Anderson - I Love Being Here With You (Live)
[5:23] 02. Ernestine Anderson - Since I Fell For You (Live)
[7:28] 03. Ernestine Anderson - All Blues (Live)
[5:23] 04. Ernestine Anderson - Goin To Chicago Blues (Live)
[8:03] 05. Ernestine Anderson - Nightlife (Live)
[8:00] 06. Ernestine Anderson - Only Trust Your Heart (Live)
[4:55] 07. Ernestine Anderson - Falling In Love With Love (Live)
[7:31] 08. Ernestine Anderson - Never Make Your Move Too Soon (Live)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
Total length: 00:52:34
Main artist: Ernestine Anderson
Composer: Various Composers
Label: HighNote Records
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(c) 2011 HighNote Records, Inc.

After the triumph that was 2008s A Song for You, Ernestine Anderson returns with
a live collection compiled from three dates at Dizzys Club Coca Cola and Jazz at
Lincoln Center, recorded between that year and 2010. The mix is a healthy
helping of jazz and swinging blues with a top-shelf band. The constants are
saxophonist Houston Person, and pianist Lafayette Harris, Jr., with new drummer
Jerome Jennings (Willie Jones III plays on the stellar All Blues), and
alternating bassists Lonnie Plaxico and Chip Jackson. Perhaps the most
remarkable aspect of this date is that Anderson, who was 80 at the time of the
earliest of these recordings, is captured at her dusky, sultry, swinging best.
Its there in the fingerpopping I Love Being Here with You, the deeply emotive
title track (a fine showcase for Harris), the shimmering backbeat groove in Only
Trust Your Heart, and the jaunty reading of Falling in Love with Love-- where
she meets meets Person in a call-and-response interchange that is delightful.
Anderson lets her deep well of experience, phrasing, and expression compensate
handsomely for what age has taken from her range. This set doesnt have the sense
of controlled elegance that A Song for You did, but it isnt supposed to. Its a
party record, a collection of jazz tunes done with pure blues feeling by an
artist who obviously relishes engaging with her band in front of an audience.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo







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