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Ann Hampton Callaway is not your typical jazz songbird. For one thing, she's an accomplished and award-winning songwriter, which is unusual in a field dominated by interpreters. But what's most surprising is her voice -- it's a low alto instrument with a rich, dark, butterscotchy tone, and when she gets way down into her lower range the effect can be downright startling. Her latest album is a pleasing mixture of originals and standards, some performed with a small combo that includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Lewis Nash, others with the all-female Diva Jazz Orchestra. The big-band pieces pack the most wallop, which is no surprise given both the quality of the band and the fact that the arrangements were written by the great Tommy Newsom; a powerhouse rendition of her own "Swingin' Away the Blues" opens the program with a serious bang, and her small-scale but equally powerful take on the chestnut "Blue Moon" carries the energy forward nicely. The rest of the album is a mix of tender ballads and vibrant uptempo numbers, most with a theme related to the blues, either in a mood of resigned acceptance ("Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "Willow Weep for Me") or defiant opposition (the Callaway original "Hip to Be Happy"). She imbues most of these songs with a smoldering, torchy quality that brings new energy to old material, and her new songs stand up very nicely next to the established standards. Highly recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sherrie Maricle, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diva Jazz Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Christian McBride, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Lewis Nash, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Gilmore, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anat Cohen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Frances Landesman, ComposerLyricist - Christian McBride, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Nash, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anat Cohen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMI DAUBER, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Fran Landesman/tommy Wolf, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Sigmund Romberg, ComposerLyricist - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sherrie Maricle, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diva Jazz Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Christian McBride, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Ted Koehler, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Nash, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Liz Callaway, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Gilmore, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Rybeck, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sherrie Maricle, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diva Jazz Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Christian McBride, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Ronell, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Nash, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Christian McBride, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Nash, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Christian McBride, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Nash, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Christian McBride, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Sondheim, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Nash, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anat Cohen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMI DAUBER, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sherrie Maricle, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diva Jazz Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Christian McBride, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Nash, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Gilmore, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Rosenthal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Hill, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
Album review
Ann Hampton Callaway is not your typical jazz songbird. For one thing, she's an accomplished and award-winning songwriter, which is unusual in a field dominated by interpreters. But what's most surprising is her voice -- it's a low alto instrument with a rich, dark, butterscotchy tone, and when she gets way down into her lower range the effect can be downright startling. Her latest album is a pleasing mixture of originals and standards, some performed with a small combo that includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Lewis Nash, others with the all-female Diva Jazz Orchestra. The big-band pieces pack the most wallop, which is no surprise given both the quality of the band and the fact that the arrangements were written by the great Tommy Newsom; a powerhouse rendition of her own "Swingin' Away the Blues" opens the program with a serious bang, and her small-scale but equally powerful take on the chestnut "Blue Moon" carries the energy forward nicely. The rest of the album is a mix of tender ballads and vibrant uptempo numbers, most with a theme related to the blues, either in a mood of resigned acceptance ("Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "Willow Weep for Me") or defiant opposition (the Callaway original "Hip to Be Happy"). She imbues most of these songs with a smoldering, torchy quality that brings new energy to old material, and her new songs stand up very nicely next to the established standards. Highly recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:05
- Main artists: Ann Hampton Callaway
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Telarc
- Genre: Jazz
© 2006 Telarc International Corp. ℗ 2006 Telarc International Corp.
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