I initially dismissed this as 'not my shot of Red Eye'. I mean jazz and country? Buddy Rich and I share allergies on this one. However, yesterday Jim Self's America 3 arrived. The two albums are mining the same lode and I began to wonder if jazz meets country (jazzco? cojazz?) was yet another genre to add to the ever growing list of tributaries feeding the mainstream of the music.
It turns out to be quite pleasant with the material going back to the thirties and forties.
It also helps that Hilary Gardner is basically an American jazz singer that enables her to slot easily into both genres.
On Saturday (June 28) Hilary plays a one off gig at Crazy Coqs in the heart of London where I'm sure most of these songs will be performed live. DETAILS.
Well worth hitting the Soho Trail for. Lance
Along the Navajo Trail; Cow Cow Boogie; Call of the Canyon; Under Fiesta Stars; Silver on the Sage; Jingle Jangle Jingle (I've Got Spurs); A Cowboy Serenade (While I'm Smokin' my Last Cigarette; Song of the Sierras; Along the Santa Fe Trail; Lights of Old Santa Fe; I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande); Twilight on the Trail.
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