Jeanne Lee - Newest Sound Around (2013)

American Jazz Classics / Phoenix Jazz

8436539311102

152320433

2014

CD

1960s

Jazz

Album

Post-Bop, Free Jazz, Free Improvisation, Modern Creative

Jeanne Lee / Ran Blake, Jeanne Lee

Newest Sound Around

Discovery

15

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THE NEWEST SOUND AROUND marked the debut of both jazz singer Jeanne Lee and "third stream" pianist Ran Blake. It's a fascinating document--moody, dissonant, bluesy, and an altogether more musical affair than a related avant-garde entity such as Patty Waters's self-titled ESP debut. Of special interest are the slow, sure "Blue Monk" (with Abbey Lincoln lyrics) and a rare cover of the exotic novelty "Where Flamingos Fly," which bears comparison with the Helen Merrill/Gil Evans version on DREAM OF YOU.

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