KARIN KROG - One on One (1997) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Not overwhelmed with the song now playing on this album? Be patient, the next track may be something more to your liking. This album is a musical smogarsboard of songs cutting across a variety of vocal genre. The play list runs from the traditional "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child," through Hoagy Carmichael's ultimate standard "Stardust" through John Coltrane's poem-song "A Love Supreme" with a little of 1960s popsters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller thrown in. It would be unkind to say that the singer is simply trying out everything until she finds something she does well. Not so with Karen Krog, one of the finer and more inventive jazz singers of the last three decades. One on One is a compilation of three different recording sessions Krog made as part of a duo performances. Krog and premier bass player Red Mitchell are on the first six tracks, recorded in 1977. Also recorded in the same year, Krog and Swedish pianist Bengt Hallberg are on tracks seven through fourteen. The last four tracks, recorded in 1980, are devoted to Krog's work with Nils Lindberg, Swedish composer and organist. There are not many singers who would risk singing with just a bass or an organ as accompaniment. The vocalist and bass player must have great musical rapport given the limitations of the instrument. As far as an organ goes it, if not delicately played, can overwhelm the vocalist. The fact that it comes off incredibly well is a tribute not only to Krog, but to Mitchell and Lindberg. The Krog/Mitchell sessions are especially haunting. Mitchell plays cello like passages on Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To." His phrasing and articulation seem to be made especially for Krog's vocal inflections and phrasing. Hallberg has been a top performer in Europe for several years and has recorded with Krog before. Lindberg is a composer and, as is evident on the almost sacred rendition of "A Love Supreme," a church organist. This album offers a over an hour of a wide variety of music all showcasing Karen Krog's amazing vocal virtuosity.
Collapse ↑ is one of the most in-demand players with his inventive, bluesy solo technique. Highly recommended! by Ken Dryden  
by Dave Nathan  
Tracklist :
1    Blues In My Heart 2'33
Composed By – Benny Carter, Irving Mills
2    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 3'08
Composed By – Cole Porter
3    These Foolish Things 5'02
Composed By – Harry Link, Holt Marvel, Jack Strachey
4    But Not For Me 2'54
Composed By – George & Ira Gershwin
5    God Bless The Child 6'11
Composed By – Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday
6    Just In Time 3'18
Composed By – Betty Comden - Adolph Green, Jule Styne
7    A Song For You 3'54
Composed By – Leon Russell
8    Feeling Too Good Today Blues 4'11
Composed By – Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller
9    Stardust 5'27
Composed By – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
10    I Wont Dance 1'58
Composed By – J.Kern - O.Hammerstein, O.Harbach
11    Medley: Blue And Sentimental / Sentimental And Melancholy 3'02
Composed By [Blue And Sentimental] – Count Basie, J.Livingstone, M.David
Composed By [Sentimental And Melancholy] – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
12    Scandia Skies 2'44
Composed By – Karin Krog, Kenny Dorham
13    I Was Doing All Right 2'23
Composed By – George & Ira Gershwin
14    I Got The Right To Sing The Blues 3'29
Composed By – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
15    Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 3'00
Traditional
Arranged By – Karin Krog, Nils Lindberg
16    John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" 7'16
Composed By [Adaption Of Psalm From "A Love Supreme"] – John Coltrane
Lyrics By [Poem By] – John Coltrane
Music By [Music Improvised By] – Karin Krog, Nils Lindberg
17    As You Are 2'27
Composed By – Nils Lindberg, Red Mitchell
18    Going Home 3'07
Composed By – William Arms Fisher
Composed By [Adapted From The Largo Of Symphony No. 5, Op. 95] – Antonin Dvorak
Credits :
Bass – Red Mitchell (pistas: 1 to 6)
Organ [Church Organ] – Nils Lindberg (pistas: 15 to 18)
Piano – Bengt Hallberg (pistas: 7 to 14)
Vocals – Karin Krog