Track Listings (13) - Disc #1| All Artists: Ebersole;Christine & Bill Stritch Title: Sunday In New York Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Ghostlight Original Release Date: 1/1/2008 Re-Release Date: 5/13/2008 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Vocal Pop, Musicals, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 791558331028 |
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 | Ebersole;Christine & Bill Stritch Sunday In New York Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
It?s easy to disguise musical shortcomings by piling on bells and whistles (both vocal and instrumental). Simplicity, however, is much harder to pull off?which is why Sunday in New York is such a minor triumph. Basically a... more » |
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Amazon.com It?s easy to disguise musical shortcomings by piling on bells and whistles (both vocal and instrumental). Simplicity, however, is much harder to pull off?which is why Sunday in New York is such a minor triumph. Basically all it has is a singer (Christine Ebersole) and a pianist (Billy Stritch, who contributes quite a bit of vocals as well) backed by a rhythm section; the performances are unadorned; the songs mix well-known classics and more obscure tunes in a classic mode, and the arrangements aren?t radical either. But what fun it all is! It?s as if we had been beamed to a 1950s nightclub. The quartet displays an innate sense of swing (check out the thrilling, fingersnapping "Hit That Jive, Jack") and easily rides a samba-ish beat ("Walking in New York"). Even chestnuts such as "My Favorite Things", in a particularly fleet-footed version, and "I Only Have Eyes for You/Lullaby of Broadway" come across as fresh. The album ends with "Will You?," from Grey Gardens (a show for which Ebersole won a Tony), and while, on paper, the song looks as if it may have been out of place, the result never feels less than organic. -- Elisabeth Vincentelli Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsFun, lively and beautiful J. Wahlstedt | Newport Beach, CA USA | 05/18/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "Ms. Ebersole recent Tony winner for Grey Gardens joins forces with Billy Stritch for a great CD- when you have a really great voice you don't need an orchestra, as Ms. Ebersole demonstrates. Mr. Stritch is her right hand on the piano and her duet partner on a number of songs the first part of the CD is fun and lively. The second portion of the CD has exquisite piano work by Mr. Stritch and Ms. Ebersole's voice filled with emotion as she sings 'What'll I do" ,"Not while I'm around" and as a special treat a new take on "Will You" from Grey Gardens. Thank God Ms. Ebersole is getting the accolades and attention she truly deserves! Brava!!!!" SHE KEEPS GETTING BETTER.... Steven | N.J. | 05/24/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "..."BRAVA & BRAVO"--WHAT A TEAM THEY MAKE....THIS CD HAS GREAT RANGE, VERSATILITY, FINE-TUNED VOCAL NUANCES THAT BOTH MOVE YOU AND DELIGHT YOU----MS. EBERSOLES' VOICE HAS A CLARITY AND PRECISION THAT IS RARE AND EXCITING. THERE ISN'T ONE TRACK THAT MISSES A BEAT............ WHAT A JOY!" What a voice! Amanda Abel | 06/19/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "Although I have always been a fan of Christine Ebersole's work, I had never owned a CD of hers before. What a great introduction to the lady and her craft! This is by far one of the best CD's I've purchased in a long time. Her incredible range - from comic alto to lyric soprano is simply flawless, and the arrangements a clever wink to sassy nightclub acts circa 1962. Run, do not walk, to this jewel of a recording."
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