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Eric Alexander Romero Lumbabo and Jeremy Pelt Jackie Ryan with Cyrus Chestnut
 It really is a doozy, 2009-10-11
I could tell you that Jackie Ryan is quite possibly the most underrated singer in the world today. I could tell you that no less a luminary than Christopher Loudon declares that Ms. Ryan is one of the outstanding jazz vocalists of her generation and, quite possibly, of all time. I could tell you that, Ms. Ryan has managed to attract some of the finest instrumentalists in the jazz world to play with her. No less than Clark Terry, Toots Thielemann, Ernie Watts, Red Holloway, and on this c.d. Cyrus Chestnut (p.), Eric Alexander (s.), the likewise-underrated Jeremy Pelt (tr.) and the incomparable Romero Lubambo (g.), not only have played with her but are effusive in their public praise for her.
But I've said all of this before and like Ms. Ryan, I certainly don't want to sound like a broken record!
So what is there to say that's new? How about this: If you are a Jackie-phile, like me, check out how she does "Caminhos Cruzados" here (disc 1, track 3) versus how she did it on her debut c.d., "For Heaven's Sake," about a decade ago. Her growth as an artist is astounding. There, she sang red and yellow quite effectively; here, she sings the whole rainbow, with intermittent shades of each color besides.
The whole c.d. is just fabulous. Normally, when artists do a 2-disc album (other than "Best Ofs," of course), there is bound to be some filler, or less than wonderful tracks. Not so here. There is not a weak or uninteresting moment on either disc. Designed as 2 sets one might experience live in a club, it provides the listener with all the dynamic variety of songs one would expect from a concert, including an opening and closing song for each set.
Consider the terrific original vocalese of an old Benny Carter song on the title track; Annie Ross never did it better. Or consider her teasing encouragement on "Do Something"; or her sass on "Get Rid of Mondays" (a too-seldom-covered Burke & Van Heusen standard); or the mix of the inquisitive child and the exasperated mother on "Dat Dere"; or the changing emotions of the spurned lover on "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do"; or the wide-eyed wonder of the first glance of the "Midnight Sun"; or the change of matter-of-factness to insistence of "I Must Have That Man"; or the purr of "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair;" or the sensitive interplay with Chestnut's wispy, chewy work on "You'll See."
Or the album's highlight to me, the guitar-voice duet with Lubambo on "Solamente Una Vez." This rendition simply took my breath away.
All in all, I think this is Jackie Ryan's best c.d. yet. And considering that I thought "Passion Flower" was the best recording of 2002, that's saying something. And if that makes me sound like a broken record, so be it.
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Eric Reed,
Cyrus Chestnut
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Cyrus Chestnut
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Cyrus Chestnut
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Cyrus Chestnut
Recorded in June 2001, Cyrus Chestnut's Soul Food is unquestionably the young pianist's best CD to date. He is joined by bassist Christian McBride and Lewis Nash on drums, and they treat us to four stirring trio performances: the perennial "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Coming Through the Rye" are particularly imaginative and cogent. Elsewhere they form a Rolls-Royce rhythm section for three sextet tracks starring trumpeter Marcus Printup, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and James Carter's tenor sax; three quartet cuts featuring vibist Stefan Harris; and altoist Gary Bartz is added for the concluding "Goodnight". Such names almost guarantee success; even better news is...
Entertaining, 2010-01-25
Can't really say much more than there can't be many Modern Jazz records that exude the good-natured fun of this record. Chestnut proves to be a wonderful pianist capable to playing Gospel, straight ahead or even evoking Ellington at his most eubulloient on "Brother Hawky, hawk."
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Cyrus Chestnut
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Cyrus Chestnut,
Russell Malone
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Cyrus Chestnut
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Cyrus Chestnut Trio
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