Jeff Healey : Among Friends (Reis)

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Sell date: 3/2007
Label: Stony Plain Music
Mfg's Catalog#: 1312
CDC Part#: 299156
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With an open mind, this is an excellent album, bears no relation to Jeff Healey's savage guitar, so purists will probably hate it but as a stand alone album it is great.
- Ken Carter, 04/28/2008, Australia

Full title is: Among Friends

  Chris Plock - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
  Colin Bray - String Bass
  Dick Sudhalter - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
  Inder Marwah - Guitar (Rhythm)
  Jeff Healey - Guitar, Trumpet, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
  Jesse Barksdale - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
  Jim Shepherd - Trombone
  John R.T. Davies - Sax (Alto), Cornopean
  Reide Kaiser - Piano
  Roberto Rosenman - Guitar
  Ross Woolridge - Clarinet, Piano
  Tomaz Jardim - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm)

With 2002's Among Friends, Jeff Healey brought his passion for traditional jazz -- the driving dance band blues -based jazz of the 1920s and early '30s -- into the studio. The album was issued in Canada only and was followed by the live It's Tight Like That with Chris Barber in 2005, and Adventures in Jazzland in 2006. Healey, known widely for his burning, lap style brand of electric blues does play electric guitar here, but he plays far differently than on any of his previous recordings. He also plays his second instrument of choice, the trumpet. And while he may not win any Downbeat polls, it hardly matters to him. His passion for this music is lifelong, and one can hear in his delivery as a singer the influences of everyone from Louis Armstrong to Jack Teagarden, though he is way more raggedy and doesn't have his phrasing down at all. But again, that's just fine for what this is. Among Friends also features trumpeter Dick Sudhalter, trombonists Danny Douglas and Jim Shepherd, saxophonist Chris Plock on both soprano and tenor, and John R.T. Davies on alto, Reide Kaiser on piano, and upright bassist Colin Bray. There are differing ensembles here depending on the material, which ranges from the wild and woolly 'Bright Eyes,' to Frank Loesser's 'I Wish I Were Twins,' to Sammy Kahn's 'I'll See You in My Dreams,' to 'Limehouse Blues,' to Earl Hines' 'Blues in Thirds.' Healey's not looking for anything but the feel of the music he loves. It's raw, raucous, fun and there's plenty of soul in his delivery as a vocalist. The jazz snobs would decry this, but Healey's not aiming to please; he's enjoying himself and that's obvious here. That said, his intention is made plain to the listener, and one cannot help but feel the infectious joy that comes from these grooves. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
I Would Do Anything for You - 4:28 Play the Windows Media clip
Bright Eyes - 3:20 Play the Windows Media clip
Pardon My Southern Accent - 3:45 Play the Windows Media clip
Out of Nowhere - 3:56 Play the Windows Media clip
Lost - 4:43 Play the Windows Media clip
Star Dust - 4:54 Play the Windows Media clip
Where Are You - 4:17 Play the Windows Media clip
Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich, And You - 4:37 Play the Windows Media clip
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - 5:39 Play the Windows Media clip
I Wish I Were Twins - 3:11 Play the Windows Media clip
My Buddy - 6:56 Play the Windows Media clip
Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow - 3:24 Play the Windows Media clip
Midnight Blue - 3:41 Play the Windows Media clip
Limehouse Blues - 3:33 Play the Windows Media clip
I'll See You in My Dreams - 1:04 Play the Windows Media clip
Blues in Thirds - 4:29 Play the Windows Media clip
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