Metropolitan Jazz Octet - It's Too Hot for Words (2019)

Posted By: varrock
Date: Aug. 14, 2019

Metropolitan Jazz Octet - It's Too Hot for Words (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 275 MB | Tracks: 10 | 50:02 min
Style: Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: Delmark

'Too Hot For Words' blends the tight-knit swing of the Metropolitan Jazz Octet with the unerring musicianship of Dee Alexander to mark the 60th anniversary of Billie Holiday's departure from the planet, mixing Holiday classics with some of Lady Day's lesser- known repertoire. The arrangements sparkle, and Alexander shines as bright as ever. But at no point does she attempt to mimic Holiday. (What would be the point of that)? And the arrangements don't try to imitate the little 'orchestras' that accompanied Holiday's greatest recordings. (No point in that either.) These new settings respect the songs, but reframe them for our era. The album becomes a sort of telescoping time capsule: sterling musicians of the 21st century, building upon an octet sound crafted 50 years earlier, revitalizing songs that Holiday began recording in the 1930s.

Tracklist:

1. Ain't Nobody's Business
2. Things are Looking Up
3. You're So Desirable
4. The Blues Are a Brewin'
5. Somebody's On My Mind
6. Strange Fruit
7. I Wished On The Moon
8. It's Too Hot For Words
9. I'm a Fool to Want You
10. Twenty Four Hours a Day



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