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With ensemble vocal jazz, the danger is always that tight and complex harmony writing will come across as too smooth and too sweet -- for some reason, chords that sound sharp and bracing when distributed among reed instruments can sound cloying and overly slick when sung by human voices. The vocal/instrumental quartet New York Voices don't avoid that trap entirely on their latest album (and their first as an ensemble in seven years), but they continue to demonstrate their mastery of the genre with a solid program of new and old songs and innovative arrangements. Their take on "Darn That Dream" is startlingly new (and features a fine bass clarinet solo by Bob Mintzer), and the lyrics that group members added to John Coltrane's "Moment's Notice" work very nicely. Not everyone will agree that the world needed a vocal jazz version of Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic," but the New York Voices' version is really lots of fun and is sure to bring a nostalgic tear to more than one baby-boomer eye. Apart from a couple of saccharine moments on "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," A Day Like This is a pleasure from start to finish. Recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Eddie Delange, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller Music Shapiro Berstein Co. Inc., MusicPublisher - Scarsdale Music Corp. Range Road Music, Inc, MusicPublisher
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Peter Eldridge, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Lauren Kinhan, Composer - Reuben's Tunes, MusicPublisher - Best of Kin, MusicPublisher
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Bob Hilliard, Composer - David Mann, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Rytvoc, Inc., MusicPublisher - Bourne Co. Better Half Music Co., MusicPublisher
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Alan Jay Lerner, Composer - Burton Lane, Composer - WB Music Corp., MusicPublisher - New York Voices, MainArtist - Chappell and Co, MusicPublisher
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J. Fred Coots, Composer - Sam Lewis, Composer - WB Music Corp., MusicPublisher - New York Voices, MainArtist - Toy Town Tunes Cromwell Music Inc., MusicPublisher
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Duke Ellington, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Famous Music LLC Duke Ellington Music, MusicPublisher
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Eve Nelson, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Lauren Kinhan, Composer - Clamshell Music, MusicPublisher - Best of Kin, MusicPublisher
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David Mann, Composer - REDD EVANS, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Music Sales Corp., MusicPublisher - Rytvoc, Inc., MusicPublisher
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Peter Eldridge, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Jack Donahue, Composer - Reuben's Tunes, MusicPublisher - Two Maples Music, MusicPublisher
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John Coltrane, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Jowcol Music, MusicPublisher
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Stevie Wonder, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder Catalogue Jobete Music Co. Inc. Black Bull Music Inc., MusicPublisher
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Laura Nyro, Composer - EMI Blackwood Music Inc., MusicPublisher - New York Voices, MainArtist
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Peter Eldridge, Composer - Darmon Meader, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Moondare Music, MusicPublisher - Reuben's Tunes, MusicPublisher
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Annie Ross, Composer - Hampton Hawes, Composer - New York Voices, MainArtist - Prestige Music, MusicPublisher
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With ensemble vocal jazz, the danger is always that tight and complex harmony writing will come across as too smooth and too sweet -- for some reason, chords that sound sharp and bracing when distributed among reed instruments can sound cloying and overly slick when sung by human voices. The vocal/instrumental quartet New York Voices don't avoid that trap entirely on their latest album (and their first as an ensemble in seven years), but they continue to demonstrate their mastery of the genre with a solid program of new and old songs and innovative arrangements. Their take on "Darn That Dream" is startlingly new (and features a fine bass clarinet solo by Bob Mintzer), and the lyrics that group members added to John Coltrane's "Moment's Notice" work very nicely. Not everyone will agree that the world needed a vocal jazz version of Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic," but the New York Voices' version is really lots of fun and is sure to bring a nostalgic tear to more than one baby-boomer eye. Apart from a couple of saccharine moments on "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," A Day Like This is a pleasure from start to finish. Recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:00
- Main artists: New York Voices
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCG Jazz
- Genre: Jazz
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