Favorite Takes - London With A Twist/ Live At Bernie's

Reviewed: 2019-10-15
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Stanley makes no effort to imitate Julie London. Rather, she celebrates her creative spirit with a creative spirit of her own. What is guaranteed is the honest authenticity of straight arrangements conceived on the fly. None of the songs presented on the recording are a mystery, but it is in the arrangements where the new and novel is introduced.
If You Like: Sarah Vaughn, Mary Stallings
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
***1/ Route 66 (3:47) – bass starts> midtempo song> swings up in tempo & volume> guitar solo> bass solo> uptempo song> slow fade
**2/ Pink Cadillac (4:51) – drums start> uptempo song> piano solo> uptempo song> quick fade
3/ Lover Man (3:23) – bass starts> slow song> piano solo> slow song> quick fade
*4/ Blue Moon (3:19) – piano starts> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> quick fade
**5/ Let There Be You (3:21) – vocal starts slow> midtempo song> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo song> quick stop & some notes
**6/ You Never Can Tell (3:32) – percussion starts> uptempo song with Caribbean vibe> piano solo> uptempo song> crescendo end
*7/ Goody Goody (2:46) – bass starts> fast tempo song> guitar solo> piano solo> fast song> quick stop
8/ Love Letters (3:47) – piano starts> slow song> piano solo> guitar solo> slow song> quick fade on vocal
**9/ Bye Bye Blackbird (3:31) – bass starts> midtempo song> bass solo> piano solo> midtempo song> vocal soars> fade
*10/ I’ve Got You Under My Skin (3:42) – guitar starts> midtempo song> piano solo> guitar solo> midtempo song> slow fade
11/ Body And Soul (4:47) – piano/guitar starts> slow song> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
**12/ In The Still Of The Night (3:00) – bass starts> fast tempo jam with sultry vocal> swinging guitar solo> piano solo> fast tempo song> crescendo on vocal & fade