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This time out, Catherine Russell and her swinging band -- Mark Shane & Larry Ham (piano), Lee Hudson (bass), James
Wormworth (drums), Matt Munisteri (guitar, banjo), Larry Campbell (guitar, violin), Steven Bernstein (trumpet, cornet),
Howard Johnson (tuba) Eric Lawrence (saxes), Rachelle Garniez (accordion) -- have channeled the robust, good-time
essence of Southern juke joints and honkytonks, where confessing the blues could be every bit as good for the soul as
getting frisky in the first place. The material, heard in arrangements inspired by Chick Webb, Hoagy Carmichael, Louis
Armstrong, Harold Burrage and Ms. Russell's own father, Luis, and much of it originally associated with legends like Bessie
Smith, Alberta Hunter, Nellie Lutcher, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Lena Horne, harks back to tales of lusty, big-hearted
women who knew what was what and spoke out accordingly. Nostalgic vignettes speak of how little time there is for what
really matters, a sensuously unrepentant lady of leisure, a woman lamenting the culinary (and other talents!) of a departed
lover and, memorably, a hapless man caught in the clutches of ruinous vamp named Luci. Through it all, Ms. Russell's
glorious voice reigns supreme, making every note count as she lovingly re-animates fourteen indelible songs for modern
audiences.
1.So Little Time (So Much To Do)
2:35
2.I'm Lazy, That's All
3:06
3.Kitchen Man
3:05
4.Oh Yes, Take Another Guess
2:26
5.New Orleans
3:15
6.My Old Daddy's Got a Brand New Way to Love
3:20
7.South to a Warmer Place
6:08
8.Thrill Me
2:47
9.You Better Watch Yourself, Bub
2:57
10.I've Got That Thing
2:55
11.I Don't Care Who Knows
3:18
12.Broken Nose
3:22
13.Luci
5:02
14.You for Me, Me for You
2:41 |
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