Various - Gourmet Jazz - Jazzwise
01 July 2006
JazzwisePeter Quinn
Linn Records have raided their jazz back catalogue to produce
Gourmet Jazz, a 16-track feast of songs and instrumentals in equal measure. Spanning three decades, the material ranges from the pastoral minimalism of Perfect Houseplantrs (
Holding Back from the excellent "New Folk Songs") to the inimitable fiddle stylings of the feted Stephane Grappelli (
I Thought About You), surely the only man to have walked the earth who has recorded with both Oscar Peterson and Pink Floyd. Instrumental highlights include an effervescent
Giant Steps from Clark Tracey, the big band blast of
As Time Goes By from Ray Gelato Giants, the intriguing gumbo of
Hop Skip from the Haftor Medboe Group and the elegant finger picking of Martin Taylor's
Chillin' With Oscar. There are classic song interpretations aplenty, notably Claire Martin's inventive and harmonically daring take on the Judy Garland favourite
Get Happy and Barb Jungr's reworking of
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight from her Dylan homage.
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