Artist: Jessica Williams
Album: Higher Standards
Genre: Post-Bop
Label: Candid
Released: 1997
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Get Out of Town (Porter) - 6:47
- When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan) - 5:54
- Mack the Knife (Blitzstein-Brecht-Weill) - 5:05
- A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie-Paparelli) - 7:47
- Don't Take Your Love from Me (Nemo) - 9:18
- East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (Bowman) - 9:04
- Solitude (DeLange-Ellington-Mills) - 6:18
- Midnight Sun (Burke-Hampton-Mercer) - 8:43
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Porter) - 6:26
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- Personnel:
- Jessica Williams - piano
- Dave Captein - bass
- Mel Brown - drums
For this typically superb effort, the brilliant pianist Jessica Williams (with the assistance of bassist Dave Captein and drummer Mel Brown) digs into nine standards and come up with fresh variations and consistently inventive ideas. Although a few of the songs (most notably "Mack the Knife," "A Night In Tunisia" and "East of the Sun") have been recorded many times, Williams comes up with original musical thoughts, full of wit and chance-taking, that make each of the selections sound new. Well worth acquiring.
Review by Scott Yanow