THE ART OF THE JAZZ BALLAD
2001
Joani Taylor and Bob Murphy · Recorded live
Nominated for a National Jazz Award, Best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
“This beautiful program by Joani Taylor (voice) and Bob Murphy (piano) of Vancouver is on a par with the famous above-mentioned discs, amply filling an important void on the current recording scene.”
— George Evans, Planet Jazz, 2003
TRACKS
1) I’m Glad There Is You 8:03
by Paul Madeira & Jimmy Dorsey. Morley Music Co.
2) Forever Eyes 6:23
by Bob Murphy & Lleanna Clark. © 2001 SOCAN
3) Make Someone Happy 6:53
by Styne/Comden/Green. Stratford Music Corp./Chappell & Co.
4) Yesterday 6:28
by Lennon & McCartney. BMI
5) Little Bridge 5:59
by Bob Murphy & Lleanna Clark. © 2001 SOCAN
6) That Night 3:20
by Lalo Schiffrin & Norman Gimbel. BMI
7) You Don’t Know Me 8:47
by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold. BMI
8) ’Round Midnight 9:01
by T. Monk/C. Williams/J. Hendricks. BMI
“The standards selected are songs that Joani Taylor wraps lovingly in her caress, while Bob Murphy wrings the last stray teardrop with his tense and spare pianistic style.”
— George Evans, Planet Jazz, 2003
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“Unequivocally 5 stars. There’s magic in all these songs. ‘The Art of the Jazz Ballad’, is hauntingly beautiful.”
— Gavin Walker, CITR 101.9 FM, 2001
From fellow musicians
“On your cd you create the impression that you are letting me eavesdrop on a very personal dialogue between you and Bob. The rapport is so intense that it seems you are accompanying yourself.”
— Brian Stovell, bassist
“… who else but Joani to know the value of a pretty verse (check out I’m Glad There Is You), or how and more importantly, when, to use her gorgeous vibrato.”
— P.J. Perry, saxophonist
WHAT THEY SAID
CREDITS
Vocals: Joani Taylor
Piano: Bob Murphy
Producers: Joani Taylor & Bob Murphy
Executive producer: Ray Irvin
Recorded live at: Bob Murphy’s studio
Mixed and mastered: Miles Hill
Photographic art: Denise Izzard
Graphic design: Alen Rokolj at Abacus Prepress
Manufacturing: Precision Sound Corp.
Creative support: Yvonne Young
Recorded live to DAT, voice and piano only. Later picked up for wider distribution by Roadhouse Records (Route 9).
LINER NOTES
Nothing is by chance. We come together heart to heart.
Soul Close, we remember who we are.
And all that matters is the innocent believing, giving and receiving.
Staying children in our hearts.
Really living and playing for all its worth.
Find us in the music.
— Joani Taylor
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