50th anniversary commemorative project dedicated to the beloved Billie Holiday. Saori Yano's saxophone sings the song of the beloved Billy Holiday with sorrow. Gloomy Sunday Saori Yano's Tribute To Billie Holiday. For Saori Yano, reading her biography of Billie Holiday at the age of 14 also inspired her to enter the world of jazz, and she is the most respected jazz singer. Saori Yano has completed a tribute album in which Billy's repertoire is sung with her unique tone and her singing alto saxophone, with a gorgeous strings orchestra arranged by Neko Saito as the background. This is just a homage to Billy from the 21st century. This work is Saori Yano's first high-quality HQCD specification.
Savoy Records, COCB-53752,
2008
Recorded 23rd & 24th
July, 2008 at Avaco Creative Studio No. 301, Tokyo, Japan
Personnel:
Saori Yano - Alto Saxophone
Yuta Kaneko - Organ [Hammond]
(#3,4,5,7,9)
Masaki Hayashi - Piano (#1)
Hideo Ichikawa - Piano (#8)
Natsuki Kido - Electric
Guitar (#6)
Yoshihiko Hosono - Guitar
(#7)
Tomio Inoue - Bass (#5,6)
Masahiro Tajika - Drums
Tomoyuki Asakawa - Harp (#2)
Neko Saito - Violin (#6,8)
Great Eida Strings
(#1,3,5,7,9)
Tracks:
01. Don't Explain {Billie
Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.} (5:53)
02. Yesterdays {Jerome Kern,
Otto Harbach} (4:26)
03. Lover Man {Jimmy Davis,
Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman} (6:00)
04. Everything Happens To Me
{Tom Adair, Matt Dennis} (5:02)
05. Night And Day {Cole
Porter} (5:46)
06. Summertime {George
Gershwin} (8:05)
07. Gloomy Sunday {Rezső
Seress} (3:33)
08. Strange Fruit {Abel
Meeropol} (6:07)
09. Left Alone {Mal Waldron}
(7:02)
10. Lover Come Back To Me
{Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II} (4:39)
Total Time: 56:36
Note:
#10 was hidden with 1 min of
silence now removed from end of #9
Credits:
Producer, Arrange - Neko
Saito
Liner Notes - Saori Yano
