Shoulder To Shoulder - A Centennial Tribute To Women's Sufferage

Reviewed: 2019-12-02
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This CD celebrates women getting the right to vote. It is mixwd with spoken quotes from different key players. The music is performed by pianist Allyson & her all-star sextet plus a host of guest musicians and vocalists. The album reimagines songs originally composed in the 19th and early 20th centuries to advance women’s voting rights. .
If You Like: Mary McPartland, Lena Horne
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Preamble – trumpet starts> spoken word> uptempo jam> chorus breaks out> fade
2/ The March Of The Women – drums start> spoken word> midtempo song swings uptempo> chorus joins> crescendo end
3/ The Great Convention – violin starts> midtempo song swings uptempo> instrumental break> midtempo song> fade
4/ Susan B Anthony (1873) – spoken word
**5/ I’ll Be No Submissive Wife – drums/trumpet starts> uptempo song> slows to midtempo, then swings back up on instrumental break> piano solo> uptempo song> instrumental break to quick stop
6/ Frederick Douglass (1888) – spoken word
**7/ Anti Sufferage Rose – bass starts> uptempo song> piano solo> uptempo song> slow fade
*8/ She’s Good Enough To Be Your Baby’s Mother – vocal starts with a whoop> uptempo sog> pause> uptempo song> muted trumpet solo> uptempo song> quick stop
9/ Elihu Root (1894) – spoken word
10/ Columbia’s Daughter – organ starts> midtempo song> piano solo swings into uptempo jam> midtempo song swells in volume, swings into uptempo jam> pause> crescendo end
11/ Sojourner Truth (1851) – spoken word
12/ The Promised Land – acapella vocal chorus starts> slow song> bass solo> slow song> slow fade
*13/ Winning The Vote – drums start> uptempo jam> uptempo song with male & female vocals> slows to midtempo, then swings back up> slow fade
14/ Alice Paul (1921) –spoken word
*15/ Way Down Below – spoken word starts> slow song builds into midtempo> instrumental break> midtempo song> crescendo end
**16/ Big Discount – piano/ spoken word starts> midtempo song> instrumental/rap break> piano solo> uptempo song> crescendo> fade on trumpet