JEANNE LEE / MAL WALDRON - After Hours (1994-2001) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

This CD is a bit of a surprise, a standards session featuring the usually-adventurous singer Jeanne Lee. The set of duets with pianist Mal Waldron are all taken at very relaxed tempoes with only "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" swinging above a slow-medium pace. Lee mostly emphasizes the lyrics, just scatting sparingly on most tunes (although "Fire Waltz" is totally wordless). Waldron's accompaniment is typically rhythmic, creatively repetitive, brooding and personal. However it is Lee's haunting and highly expressive voice that really sticks in one's memory. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Caravan 7:28
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Juan Tizol
2     You Go to My Head 7:07
J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie
3     I Could Write a Book 4:03
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
4     Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat 3:24
Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Charles Mingus
5     Straight Ahead 3:17
E. Baker / Abbey Lincoln / Mal Waldron
6     Fire Waltz 7:21
Mal Waldron
7     I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 4:30
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Henry Nemo / John Redmond
8     Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 5:10
Cole Porter
Credits :
Piano – Mal Waldron
Voice – Jeanne Lee