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Styne & Mine by Christian Jacob
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13 tracks | 64 minutes
Released Oct 2004
on WilderJazz
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:43 Just In Time lyrics BUY MP3 04:43 Just In Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:43 Just In Time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:00 It's You Or No One lyrics BUY MP3 05:00 It's You Or No One lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:00 It's You Or No One
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:43 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry lyrics BUY MP3 04:43 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:43 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:13 Never Never Land lyrics BUY MP3 05:13 Never Never Land lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:13 Never Never Land
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:47 Lydia's Crush lyrics BUY MP3 04:47 Lydia's Crush lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:47 Lydia's Crush
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:47 Piece One lyrics BUY MP3 06:47 Piece One lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:47 Piece One
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:22 People lyrics BUY MP3 06:22 People lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:22 People
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 As Long As There's Music lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 As Long As There's Music lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 As Long As There's Music
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:51 I Fall In Love Too Easily lyrics BUY MP3 04:51 I Fall In Love Too Easily lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:51 I Fall In Love Too Easily
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:25 Time After Time lyrics BUY MP3 05:25 Time After Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:25 Time After Time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:01 The Party's Over lyrics BUY MP3 03:01 The Party's Over lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:01 The Party's Over
This 2005 release by the "Christian Jacob trio" (with guest appearance by Tierney Sutton) pays tribute to Jule Styne with some creative arrangements. (P) Christian Jacob - (B) Trey Henry - (D) Ray Brinker.
Editorial review
Christian Jacob gained terrific exposure playing with the late Maynard Ferguson and during his extensive stint as vocalist Tierney Sutton's pianist. But he needs to be heard more frequently as a leader himself in order for his considerable abilities as a composer and arranger to be showcased in depth. Styne & Mine was somewhat overlooked by the jazz press when it was released in 2004, but there is much worth hearing in this collection of standards by Jule Styne and originals by Jacob. While almost all of the nine works by Styne should be familiar to seasoned jazz fans, the pianist's charts take each of them into new territory. Trey Henry's droning bass provides the backdrop for Jacob's lush introduction of "It's You or No One." Drummer Ray Brinker adds a funky backbeat to the leader's amusing setting of "Never, Never Land," though before long it transforms into an invigorating post-bop workout. Although Bob Merrill's lyrics to "People" are a bit drippy, fortunately, Jacob chooses an instrumental interpretation, bringing out the lyricism of its theme. Tierney Sutton adds her warm vocals to enjoyable treatments of the ballads "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry" and "I Fall in Love Too Easily." The centerpiece of the CD consists of four originals by the leader, highlighted by the bittersweet ballad "Lydia's Crush" and the lively "Piece Three." This outstanding privately issued CD is available directly from the artist at {/www.wilderjazz.com}. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
In 1978 Christian was one of the youngest students to graduate with a First Prize from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique (or Paris conservatory). He later studied at Boston's Berklee College of Music. "I'd say the first thing that shocked me when I arrived was that I discovered I wasn't bad," he laughs. "I began to concentrate 100 percent on jazz, on improvising and building it slowly into something personal."
Christian toured with one of his mentors at Berklee, Gary Burton, for two years. He then joined ebullient big-sound trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau Band. He's spent much of the 90s writing and arranging for Ferguson and it was this association that brought about his two CDs for Concord Records "Maynard Ferguson Presents Christian Jacob", and "Time Lines".
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