The Drummonds feat. Renee Rosnes - When You Wish Upon A Star (1999)

Ray Drummond and Billy Drummond are not related, but they're two of the most in-demand rhythm section players in jazz, and here they've teamed up under the name the Drummonds for a delightful collection of standards. At the piano is Renee Rosnes, with her Midas touch. Rosnes, incidentally, is related by marriage to Billy Drummond, so technically, she too is a Drummond. The trio sticks to well-known standards, but they throw a good many curves. Highlights include a bossa treatment of "The Sound of Silence"; a grooving, non-ballad rendition of "Nature Boy"; a heavily re-harmonized "Autumn in New York"; a reworked bridge on "Over The Rainbow"; a brisk, Bill Evans-style waltz arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star"; and a passing reference to Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma" at both the beginning and end of "Like Someone In Love." We may have heard these tunes many times before, but when these three play them together, it's an event. ~ by David R. Adler, AMG. 

Video Arts, VACY-1027, 1999
32 Jazz, 32204, 2000
Recorded 4th-5th August, 1999 at Avatar Recording Studio, New York City 

Musicians:
Ray Drummond - Bass
Billy Drummond - Drums
Renee Rosnes - Piano 

Tracks:
01. Nature Boy {Eden Ahbez} (7:11)
02. Autumn In New York {Vernon Duke} (6:09)
03. Over The Rainbow {Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg} (5:33)
04. Alone Together {Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz} (7:02)
05. When You Wish Upon A Star {Leigh Harline, Ned Washington} (5:43)
06. Danny Boy {Frederick Edward Weatherly} (3:49)
07. Lullaby Of Birdland {George Shearing, George David Weiss} (5:54)
08. The Sound Of Silence {Paul Simon} (5:16)
09. Polka Dots And Moonbeams {Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen} (6:37)
10. Like Someone In Love {Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen} (6:05) 

Total Time: 59:19

Credits:
Producer - Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata
Recording Engineer - Dan Gellert
Mastering Engineer - Todd A. Gerard [Gerard Sound Studio]