EVE CORNELIOUS & THE CHIP CRAWFORD TRIO — I Feel Like Some Jazz Today (1999) APE (image+.cue), lossless

 

The title of this CD is a little ironic since Eve Cornelious is an obvious jazz singer, and a very good one. She teams up with her husband (pianist Chip Crawford) and various local players (mostly from North Carolina) of whom bassist Michael Howell and veteran trumpeter Ray Codrington are best known. Various songs are dedicated to Miles Davis ("My Funny Valentine"), Carmen McRae, Esther Phillips, Betty Carter, and Ella Fitzgerald ("Air Mail Special") with the repertoire being mostly standards plus a couple originals and new lyrics to Miles Davis' "Flamenco Sketches." Eve Cornelious' warm voice and swinging style makes one wonder why she is not a lot more famous. Scott Yanow 
Tracklist :
1   I Feel Like Some Jazz Today 7:42
Chip Crawford 
2  My Funny Valentine 8:38
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers 
3  Tenderly 6:00
Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence 
4  I Love Paris/April in Paris 7:45
Vernon Duke / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg / Cole Porter 
5  Flamenco Sketches 6:42
Eve Cornelious / Chip Crawford / Miles Davis / Michael Howell 
6  Better Go Now 11:45
Chip Crawford
7  A Thoughtful Message 4:00
Eve Cornelious 
8  Lush Life 4:21
Billy Strayhorn 
9  Air Mail Special 5:24
Charlie Christian / Benny Goodman / Jimmy Mundy 
Credits 
Bass – Michael Howell
Drums – Alvin Atkinson
Vocals, Executive-Producer – Eve Cornelious
Percussion – Beverly Botsford
Piano, Executive-Producer, Producer, Arranged By – Chip Crawford
Soprano Saxophone – Reggie Codrington
Tenor Saxophone – Ira Wiggins
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Ray Codrington