Artist: Freddy Cole
Title Of Album: Rio De Janeiro Blue
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Telarc
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Format: Flac/Cue/Log/Artwork
Quality: Lossless
Total Time: 52:40
Total Size: 274 MB(+5%)
Artist: Freddy Cole
Title Of Album: Rio De Janeiro Blue
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Telarc
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Format: Flac/Cue/Log/Artwork
Quality: Lossless
Total Time: 52:40
Total Size: 274 MB(+5%)
Tracklist
1 Rio De Janeiro Blue 4:29
2 I Concentrate On You 5:09
3 Delirio 4:14
4 Invitation 5:00
5 Words Can’t Describe 5:24
6 Wild Is Love 3:31
7 Yellow Days 5:50
8 Sem Voce 3:04
9 Something Happens To Me 4:28
10 There, I’ve Said It Again 5:02
11 To Say Goodbye 6:23
personnel :
Freddy Cole — vocals, piano
Joe Beck — guitar, acoustic guitar
Lou Marini — flute, tenor saxophone
Michael Mossman — trumpet, flugelhorn
Angel Vazquez — trombone
Ruben Rodriguez — electric bass
Steve Berrios — drums, congas, shaker, surdo, bell
Curtis Boyd — drums
Eric Alexander — tenor saxophone
Jerry Byrd — guitar
George Mraz — bass
Herman Burney — bass
Arturo O’Farrill — arranger, Fender Rhodes piano
Freddy Cole’s second Telarc release features him in a variety of
jazz and Latin settings, with a stellar cast of musicians — most
notably pianist/arranger Arturo O’Farrill. Cole plays very capable
piano on five of the 11 tracks and arranges six of them.
Gravel-voiced and relentlessly laid-back, the younger brother of
Nat «King» Cole is true to form on this romantic collection of
songs, most of which aren’t too well known, with the exception of
«Invitation» and «I Concentrate on You.» The nicest surprise comes
on Antonio Carlos Jobim’s «Sem Voce,» which Cole sings in the
original Portuguese; Joe Beck plays the changes on alto guitar and
solos beautifully on acoustic. Cole’s regular band, with guitarist
Jerry Byrd, bassist Herman Burney, and drummer Curtis Boyd, splits
the program with a larger Latin ensemble that includes the likes of
O’Farrill, «Papo» Vazquez on trombone, Lou Marini on sax and flute,
and Steve Berrios on drums and Latin percussion. Even though Cole’s
voice is not «pretty» in a conventional sense, this definitely
works as turn-the-lights-down-low music. O’Farrill’s choice of
Fender Rhodes electric piano on the first and last tracks is an
inspired touch. ~ David R. Adler