An album that's been hanging around my in tray since April. Such is the nature and volume of music being released by the hour that it becomes very much a lucky dip as to who makes the cut.
Narsipur is from a generation that missed the glory of the GASbook years but found her niche in the music she heard as a child on MTV the fruits of which are found on The Re-Collection. Here the Gershwins and Porters, even the Bacharachs and co. are replaced by: Swing Out Sister; Peter Gabriel; Basia; Simply Red; Julia Fordham; Kate Bush; U2; Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart; Joe Jackson and Sting (he's everywhere man!)
Not that this is an entirely jazz free zone. Narsipur is not without jazz influences. Sting's Sister Moon is jazz singing at its very best. The slow, sensuous way she caresses the lyric would make a bishop kick in a stained glass window (thank you Raymond Chandler!). The smokey atmospheric tenor solo adds to the ambiance - a classic track and a great arrangement.
Trumpet, trombone, and piano also have solos worthy of Birdland, Ronnie's or the Globe. Tucker in particular shines on Simply Red's Holding Back the Years.
To sum up - jazz is where you find it even if you don't know you've found it. Lance
Breakout: In Your Eyes; Time and Tide; Holding Back the Years; Behind Closed Doors; Love and Anger; With or Without You; Here Comes the Rain Again; You Can't Get What You Want; Sister Moon
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