W roku 2010 znakomity pianista Paul Smith zapraszając do swego tria bliżej nieznaną wówczas miłośnikom jazzu wokalistkę Lyn Stanley, wywołał niemałe zamieszanie pośród zwolenników wokalistyki jazzowej, recenzentów i krytyków muzycznych. Głos i manierę wokalną zmysłowej blondynki określano jako ''seksowną i uwodzicielską'', a jej interpretacje klasycznych tematów zaczarowały bywalców klubów jazzowych i festiwali.
Po wielkim sukcesie albumów "Lost in Romance" (2013) i ''Potions'' (2014), rok 2017 przyniósł kolejne dwie płyty Lyn Stanley wydane pod wspólnym tytułem: "The Moonlight Sessions" ("Volume One" i "Volume Two"), a w roku 2018 ukazał się wyśmienity album "London Calling" dedykowany szalenie popularnej w latach 50-tych amerykańskiej piosenkarce i aktorce Julii London.
Lyn Stanley każdorazowo towarzyszą muzycy ze ścisłej czołówki amerykańskiego jazzu jak m.in. pianiści Mike Garson, Tamir Hendelman i Christian Jacob, mistrz harmonijki Hendrik Meurkens, harfistka Carol Robins, czy nieoceniony Joe La Barbera za perkusją.
Najnowszą pozycją w dyskografii zjawiskowej wokalistki jest album będący zbiorem ukochanych przez Lyn Stanley utworów wybranych z dorobku tak różnych od siebie artystów jak Richard Rogers czy Cole Porter, ale też Chuck Berry i Bruce Springsteen.
Wydająca płyty Lyn Stanley wytwórnia A.T.Music, wyjątkową wagę przykłada do jakości dźwięku, skierowując swe albumy do najbardziej wymagających audiofilów. Stąd też wiele albumów ukazujących się nakładem oficyny, wydawanych jest w formie hybrydowej płyty CD zawierającej ścieżkę SACD i tradycyjną, odczytywaną przez popularne odtwarzacze. Dostępne są też limitowane edycje albumów wytłoczone na płytach winylowych. W przypadku niniejszego albumu o dość długim tytule: "Lyn Stanley's Favorite Takes London With A Twist Live At Bernie's", zastosowano rzadką metodę nagrania jaką jest: direct to disc, a więc system polegający na bezpośrednim zapisie dźwięku na matrycy. Zatem to czego słuchamy z płyty, stanowi w 100 procentach wierny zapis, w którym nie dokonano najmniejszych powtórek, wycięć czy poprawek.
Album ukazał się 30 czerwca 2019.
Robert Ratajczak
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Lyn Stanley's Favorite Takes London With A Twist Live At Bernies
CD 2019, A.T.Music ATM3108
program:
1. Route 66
2. Pink Cadillac
3. Lover Man
4. Blue Moon
5. Let There Be You
6. You Never Can Tell
7. Goody Goody
8. Love Letters
9. Bye Bye Blackbird
10. I've Got You Under My Skin
11. Body And Soul
12. In The Still Of The Night
personel:
Lyn Stanley - wokal
John Chiodini - gitara
Otmaro Ruiz, Mike Lang - fortepian
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Aaron Serfaty -perkusja
Luis Conte - instr.perkusyjne
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materiały prasowe:
The Sultry Swing Singer Lyn Stanley Releases Her Most Adventurous Project
“London With A Twist – Live At Bernie’s”
A Direct To Disc Live To Metal Lacquer Recording With Superb Recording Quality That Was Performed Live With Instantaneous Mixing And No Editing.
Her second Julie London tribute album features the singer on a dozen standards with her Jazz Mavericks, an all-star quintet with guitarist John Chiodini, and pianists Otmaro Ruiz and Mike Lang.
Lyn Stanley has had a remarkable career in music. With the late pianist Paul Smith and singer-vocal coach Annette Warren as her mentors, she began her career out of nowhere in 2010. Her debut recording Lost In Romance ranked in the top 100 albums played by American radio stations and, virtually by herself, she has built up a large worldwide following (particularly among audiophiles) and released such popular albums as Potions {from the 50s}, Interludes, The Moonlight Sessions Volumes One and Two, and the Julie London Project, all of which have been big sellers. She was awarded Female Jazz Vocalist of the Year for 2018 by Saul Levine, programmer for KKJZ-FM, Los Angeles' top jazz radio station.
Her secret, beyond her unique sultry voice and her impeccable taste in picking out gems from the Great American Songbook, has been her planning and attention to details. Whether it is the packaging, the sound quality, the material, the arrangements, the always-danceable tempos, the top-notch musicians or the producer, Lyn always goes first class.
Following up on the success of her Julie London Project, Lyn Stanley decided to take a chance and record London With A Twist as a direct-to-disc album. Direct-to-disc recording is a process that bypasses the use of magnetic tape, recording audio directly onto an analog disc. The sound quality is impeccable but it can be a very difficult process that requires nerves of steel. There is no opportunity to “fix” mistakes later on, to change the balance, use overdubbing, or to do any editing. The music is recorded live, one song after another. If a mistake is made, either the entire process stops or the musicians continue playing. While all recordings prior to the Lp’s debut in 1949 were direct-to-disc, since 78s usually only held around three minutes of music, stopping and doing a second take was easy. When Lps, which held 15-20 minutes of music, took over, most recordings were made utilizing magnetic tape and engineers could repair any mishaps. In the 1970s and ‘80s a handful of direct-to-disc albums were made for the audiophile market who wanted much better sound quality. While some of those projects were successful, because the musicians had to play nonstop until a side of an Lp was filled, much of the time they played it safe to avoid last-minute mistakes.
On London With A Twist, the exact opposite occurs. Utilizing her Jazz Mavericks, an all-star group consisting of guitarist John Chiodini, either Otmaro Ruiz or Mike Lang on piano, bassist Chuck Berghofer, drummer Aaron Serfaty, and percussionist Luis Conte, Lyn Stanley sounds relaxed and swinging. The singer has found that the most rewarding performances occur when she and her musicians create music spontaneously, not using any written-out arrangements. That way all of the players own the music and the results are creative, looser and joyful, sounding like a late-night set performed purely for the fun of it. And with this release, Lyn Stanley has become one of only five singers who have created a direct-to-disc vocal album containing at least three songs and 12 minutes of music; London With A Twist has over 43 minutes.
Among the dozen selections on London With A Twist are such standards as “Route 66”, “Blue Moon”, "Goody Goody”, "Bye Bye Blackbird” and “Body And Soul”. Adding variety are two offbeat choices, Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell” and Bruce Springsteen’s “Pink Cadillac”, that one could imagine Julie London interpreting in a similar fashion.
Lyn Stanley’s interpretations of these classic songs do justice to the melodies and the lyrics. She and her Jazz Mavericks create fearless performances during a swinging set that audiophiles and lovers of high-quality music will treasure.
