Quiet Nights (2 Lp's) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: Universal Music Group International – 602547377012
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, 180 Gram
Country: Europe
Released: 2016
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bossa Nova, Contemporary Jazz, Easy Listening

TRACKLIST
A1        Where Or When    4:09
A2        Too Marvelous For Words    4:03
A3        I've Grown Accustomed To His Face    4:46
B1        The Boy From Ipanema    4:52
B2        Walk On By    5:01
B3        You're My Thrill    5:47
C1        Este Seu Ohlar    2:45
C2        So Nice    3:50
C3        Quiet Nights    4:45
D1        Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry    4:49
D2        How Can You Mend A Broken Heart    4:28
D3        Every Time We Say Goodbye    5:19

Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BF11739
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The Verve Music Group
Copyright © – The Verve Music Group
Arranged By, Conductor – Claus Ogerman
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeff Hamilton
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Lacquer Cut By – RM*
Mixed By – Al Schmitt
Producer – Tommy LiPuma
Producer, Vocals, Piano – Diana Krall
Recorded By – Al Schmitt, Steve Genewick
Made in Germany.
Tracks D2, D3 marked as bonus tracks on most releases, not in this case.
Barcode: 602547377012

Bossa nova is not unfamiliar to Diana Krall, but 2009's Quiet Nights is her first record devoted to the gently swaying rhythm. Teaming up again with arranger Claus Ogerman, who last worked with Krall on 2001's The Look of Love and who also frequently collaborated with bossa nova godfather Antonio Carlos Jobim, Krall winds up with a mellow, lazy album that recalls the relaxed late-night sophistication of Jobim's duet album with Frank Sinatra, which Ogerman also happened to arrange and conduct. It's not just the sound, it's the songs: how '60s standards like Bacharach/David's "Walk on By" sit next to three Jobim tunes, a song by Marcos Valle ("So Nice"), and a few American Songbook standards placed at the beginning, the better to ease listeners into purer bossa nova at the end. Then again, they don't need much persuasion -- if any music could be called accessible it's this, with its warm intimacy and classic good taste. If anything, there may be a bit too much classic good taste on Quiet Nights -- there is no reinterpretation, only homage -- but that's not quite a problem because Krall knows enough to lay back, to never push, only to glide upon the gossamer surface. After all, some things are timeless for a reason; they need no updating, only replicating. [Quiet Nights was released on LP in 2016.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: JAZZ
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 07/15/2016