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Twin Danger

Twin Danger

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Twin Danger's 2015 self-titled debut showcases the Brooklyn duo's smoky, neo-noirish jazz- and R&B-infused sound. Formed in 2013, Twin Danger is a collaboration between longtime Sade guitarist/saxophonist Stuart Matthewman and vocalist/guitarist Vanessa Bley. The daughter of jazz pianist Paul Bley, Vanessa Bley has a yearning yet cherubic vocal style that's matched with subtle precision by Matthewman's sophisticated horn arrangements and nuanced instrumental accents. In some ways, their languid, stylish aesthetic does bring to mind the distinctive pop Matthewman helped craft with Sade in the '80s and '90s. However, Twin Danger also have eclectic, wide-ranging tastes that -- while certainly steeped in the moody, midtempo, brushes-on-snare-drum swing of jazz -- can surprise, as on their torchy, theatrical reworking of Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows." Elsewhere, on cuts like "Pointless Satisfaction," "Coldest Kind of Heart," and "When It Counts," you can also hear the influence of legendary cool jazz trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker and idiosyncratic singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. In fact, backing Twin Danger on most of the tracks is longtime Baker associate bassist Larry Grenadier. Also joining Twin Danger at various times are such virtuosic jazz and crossover pop sidemen as pianist Gil Goldstein (Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Sting), trumpeter Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan, Jens Lekman, Rufus Wainwright), drummer Joe Bonadio (Sting, Grover Washington, Jr., Chris Botti), and others. While Twin Danger are by no means a straight-ahead jazz group, the inclusion of such experienced jazz musicians proves how much care Matthewman and Bley have taken in shaping an album that works as much more than a genre-bending conceit. Ultimately, with Bley cooing at you through a half-lidded smile, and Matthewman blowing smoke rings around her with his saxophone, Twin Danger have crafted a jazz album perfect for the boozy, late-night afterglow of a rock club, a sound so besotted with heartache, you'll want to close your eyes in reverie.

© Matt Collar /TiVo

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1
Pointless Satisfaction
00:05:14

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

2
Coldest Kind Of Heart
00:04:39

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Co-Arranger, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Co-Arranger, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

3
I Love (Loving You)
00:04:05

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jaime Alegre, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

4
Just Because
00:04:10

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

5
Save It
00:04:44

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - GIL GOLDSTEIN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

6
When It Counts
00:04:18

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - GIL GOLDSTEIN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

7
Sailor
00:04:17

Zev Katz, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

8
In Many Ways
00:04:13

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

9
Past Yet Untold
00:02:50

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - GIL GOLDSTEIN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

10
You're Everything
00:03:04

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Clarinet, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

11
No One Knows
00:04:05

Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Nick Oliveri, ComposerLyricist - Bob Brockman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Lanegan, ComposerLyricist - Julian Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nicholas Anderson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Vocals, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Robert Granata, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Omar Little, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Marchesi, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

12
Take It From My Eyes
00:04:45

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tyler McDiarmid, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist - Allen Farmello, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2014 Universal Music Classics

13
Missing Her
00:04:16

Larry Grenadier, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - GIL GOLDSTEIN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Bonadio, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Matthewman, Producer, Mixer, Co-Arranger, Saxophone, Recording Engineer, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Vanessa Bley, Producer, Co-Arranger, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twin Danger, MainArtist

℗ 2015 Universal Music Classics, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Album review

Twin Danger's 2015 self-titled debut showcases the Brooklyn duo's smoky, neo-noirish jazz- and R&B-infused sound. Formed in 2013, Twin Danger is a collaboration between longtime Sade guitarist/saxophonist Stuart Matthewman and vocalist/guitarist Vanessa Bley. The daughter of jazz pianist Paul Bley, Vanessa Bley has a yearning yet cherubic vocal style that's matched with subtle precision by Matthewman's sophisticated horn arrangements and nuanced instrumental accents. In some ways, their languid, stylish aesthetic does bring to mind the distinctive pop Matthewman helped craft with Sade in the '80s and '90s. However, Twin Danger also have eclectic, wide-ranging tastes that -- while certainly steeped in the moody, midtempo, brushes-on-snare-drum swing of jazz -- can surprise, as on their torchy, theatrical reworking of Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows." Elsewhere, on cuts like "Pointless Satisfaction," "Coldest Kind of Heart," and "When It Counts," you can also hear the influence of legendary cool jazz trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker and idiosyncratic singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. In fact, backing Twin Danger on most of the tracks is longtime Baker associate bassist Larry Grenadier. Also joining Twin Danger at various times are such virtuosic jazz and crossover pop sidemen as pianist Gil Goldstein (Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Sting), trumpeter Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan, Jens Lekman, Rufus Wainwright), drummer Joe Bonadio (Sting, Grover Washington, Jr., Chris Botti), and others. While Twin Danger are by no means a straight-ahead jazz group, the inclusion of such experienced jazz musicians proves how much care Matthewman and Bley have taken in shaping an album that works as much more than a genre-bending conceit. Ultimately, with Bley cooing at you through a half-lidded smile, and Matthewman blowing smoke rings around her with his saxophone, Twin Danger have crafted a jazz album perfect for the boozy, late-night afterglow of a rock club, a sound so besotted with heartache, you'll want to close your eyes in reverie.

© Matt Collar /TiVo

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