Jay Clayton 、 Fred Hersch - Beautiful Love - Import CD

Credits:

Jay Clayton 、 Fred Hersch

Description:

Rare reissue of a vocal/piano duo work by two true artists with solid styles and aesthetic sensibilities! This is a full-bodied work featuring the duo performing in New York in 1994! The songs selected are 10 standards. All the songs are familiar to jazz fans, but they are also full of fresh sounds in a good way. The basic idea of the performance is to value the familiar melodies, and from the opening, when the vocals, which have a slight melancholy feeling, are beautifully synchronized with Fred Hirsch's performance, which is full of surprisingly subtle nuances, the richness of the two musicians' musicality overflows. This is jazz piano creativity that goes beyond the realm of song accompaniment! Fred Hirsch's piano playing is superb! Clayton's free and unrestrained vocals are also a treat to listen to, with the eighth track being his true masterpiece. The mysterious atmosphere of Wayne Shorter's classic "Footprints" is freely and cosmically depicted by Clayton's voice performance. Jay Clayton was born in the same year as Norma Winston.The two also performed together in the super a cappella group "Vocal Summit" with Bobby McFarlin. This album is also one that should be listened to together with "Songs & Lullabies," a collaboration album by Winston and Fred Hirsch that is already well-known in Japan!

Tracklisting:

1.Beautiful Love
2.You Don't Know What Love Is
3.My Heart Stood Still
4.So in Love
5.Day by Day
6.Wild Is the Wind
7.Everything I Love
8.Footprints
9.Blame It on My Youth
10.I Love You