Gibbons, Polly / All I Can Do
| Album: | All I Can Do | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Gibbons, Polly | Added: | May 2019 | |
| Label: | Resonance Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-05-29 | Pull Date: | 2019-07-31 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 4 | Jul 28 | Jul 21 | Jul 14 | Jul 7 | Jun 23 | Jun 9 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 13, 2019: | tree talk
Sugar In My Bowl |
4. | Aug 09, 2019: | Traditions
Nothing Compares To You, Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues |
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| 2. | Aug 13, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Good Hands Tonight |
5. | Aug 06, 2019: | Tree Talk
I'm Just A Lucky So And So |
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| 3. | Aug 10, 2019: | Music Casserole
Sugar In My Bowl |
6. | Aug 03, 2019: | Music Casserole
Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues, Everything Must Change |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-05-22
Reviewed 2019-05-22
Reviewed: 2019-05-16
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On singer Gibbons new disc, she is a more powerful persona some years ago. Her voice has gained strength, with an ability to take it up on swinging romps and yet draw us in on atmospheric ballads. This collection is absolutely dripping in bluesy and soulful inflections and the band is both tight and versatile.
If You Like: Veronica Swift, Annie Ross, Janis Joplin, Lena Horne
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
***1/ Permit Me To Introduce You To Yourself (5:08) – vocal starts> sassy uptempo song> piano solo> guitar solo> uptempo song> crescendo end
*2/ Good Hands Tonight (6:08) – drums start> midtempo hesitating jam> midtempo hesitating bluesy song with swelling organ> rocking guitar solo> organ solo> midtempo song> crescendo on vocal & fade
*3/ Beautiful Things (4:21) – piano starts> uptempo song> guitar/piano duet> bass solo> uptempo song suddenly dips, then swings up to crescendo> uptempo scat> quick stop
4/ If You Had The Chance (5:21) – piano starts> slow song slowly builds in strength & volume to crescendo, then mellows> slow fade
**5/ Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues (6:38) – drums start> midtempo blues romp with shouted vocals> piano solo> uptempo song> crescendo end
*6/ Anything Goes (4:30) – piano starts> uptempo jam> uptempo song with soaring vocals> organ solo> uptempo song> quick stop
*7/ This Is Always (5:39) – vocal starts> slow song> piano solo> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
**8/ All I Can Do (5:03) – bass starts> midtempo song with strutting vocals> piano solo> uptempo song soars, then mellows on scat solo> slow fade on vocal
9/ Everything Must Change (7:23) – piano starts> midtempo jam> pause> slow song slowly builds to midtempo & increases in volume> piano solo cascades> midtempo song soars, then mellows, bulds to a crescendo & slows to fade on vocal
***10/ I’m Just A Lucky So And So (5:48) – piano starts> uptempo sassy song soars> organ solo> uptenpo song> crescendo end
*11/ Nothing Compares To You (6:24) – piano starts> slow song> organ solo> slow song soars, then mellows to fade
**812/ Sugar In My Bowl (5:20) – organ starts> slow song builds in volume & intensity> organ/piano duet> slow song swells in volume> crescendo end
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On singer Gibbons new disc, she is a more powerful persona some years ago. Her voice has gained strength, with an ability to take it up on swinging romps and yet draw us in on atmospheric ballads. This collection is absolutely dripping in bluesy and soulful inflections and the band is both tight and versatile.
If You Like: Veronica Swift, Annie Ross, Janis Joplin, Lena Horne
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
***1/ Permit Me To Introduce You To Yourself (5:08) – vocal starts> sassy uptempo song> piano solo> guitar solo> uptempo song> crescendo end
*2/ Good Hands Tonight (6:08) – drums start> midtempo hesitating jam> midtempo hesitating bluesy song with swelling organ> rocking guitar solo> organ solo> midtempo song> crescendo on vocal & fade
*3/ Beautiful Things (4:21) – piano starts> uptempo song> guitar/piano duet> bass solo> uptempo song suddenly dips, then swings up to crescendo> uptempo scat> quick stop
4/ If You Had The Chance (5:21) – piano starts> slow song slowly builds in strength & volume to crescendo, then mellows> slow fade
**5/ Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues (6:38) – drums start> midtempo blues romp with shouted vocals> piano solo> uptempo song> crescendo end
*6/ Anything Goes (4:30) – piano starts> uptempo jam> uptempo song with soaring vocals> organ solo> uptempo song> quick stop
*7/ This Is Always (5:39) – vocal starts> slow song> piano solo> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
**8/ All I Can Do (5:03) – bass starts> midtempo song with strutting vocals> piano solo> uptempo song soars, then mellows on scat solo> slow fade on vocal
9/ Everything Must Change (7:23) – piano starts> midtempo jam> pause> slow song slowly builds to midtempo & increases in volume> piano solo cascades> midtempo song soars, then mellows, bulds to a crescendo & slows to fade on vocal
***10/ I’m Just A Lucky So And So (5:48) – piano starts> uptempo sassy song soars> organ solo> uptenpo song> crescendo end
*11/ Nothing Compares To You (6:24) – piano starts> slow song> organ solo> slow song soars, then mellows to fade
**812/ Sugar In My Bowl (5:20) – organ starts> slow song builds in volume & intensity> organ/piano duet> slow song swells in volume> crescendo end
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