"Someday, Someday" - nowy album Rebecki DuMaine i Tria Dave'a Millera

 

 

 "Someday, Someday" to kolejny album, na którym amerykańskiej wokalistce Rebecce DuMaine towarzyszy zespół jej ojca, znakomitego pianisty Dave'a Millera.

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Artystka wychowała się w rejonie zatoki San Francisco, gdzie jej ojciec od lat 70-tych prowadził swoje trio. Mimo że zawsze lubiła śpiewać, zadebiutowała jako aktorka w nowojorskim teatrze, pojawiając się też w kilku reklamach telewizyjnych.

Jednak od czasu powrotu do Północnej Kalifornii w 2010 roku, Rebecca regularnie pracuje z triem swego ojca, zarówno koncertując jak nagrywając serię znakomitych albumów: "Deed I Do” (2011), "Better Than Anything” (2013), "The Consequence Of You” (2015), "Happy Madness” (2016) i "Chez Nous" (2019).

W perfekcyjnie dobranym przez Dave'a Millera trio grają weteranami amerykańskiego jazzu: kontrabasista Chuck Bennet i perkusista Bill Belasco.

W takim też składzie nagrana została płyta "Just Imagine" (2019) wypełniona utworami złożonymi w hołdzie w setną rocznicę urodzin wybitnemu amerykańskiemu pianiście i kompozytorowi George'owi Shearingowi.

Krytycy od zawsze doszukiwali się w grze Dave'a Millera wpływów Shearinga, a on sam wcale nie odżegnuje się od swych fascynacji kunsztem wielkiego pianisty.

Na płycie "Someday, Someday" znajdziemy zaśpiewane przez Rebeccę DuMaine w towarzystwie Tria Dave'a Millera utwory z dorobku m.in. Gilberta O'Sullivana, Joni Mitchell, Edith Piaf oraz spółki Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II, a także dwie piosenki napisane przez wokalistkę.

Album ukazał się 12 marca.

Robert Ratajczak

LINK: recenzja płyty

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Rebecca DuMaine and The Dave Miller Trio: Someday, Someday
CD 2021, Summit Records DCD 777

program:
  1. Just Friends
  2. Alone Again (Naturally)
  3. Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat
  4. The Gentleman is a Dope
  5. Someday, Someday
  6. Both Sides Now
  7. Time to Get Unstuck (Happy Little New Song)
  8. As Long As I Live
  9. On a Clear Day
10. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan
11. Cry Me a River
12. La Vie En Rose / Au Privave
13. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
14. Sunny

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"Someday, Someday" features singer Rebecca DuMaine
and pianist Dave Miller’s trio performing uplifting music during the pandemic that is both realistic and swinging.
Their set of standards and two of the singer’s originals are filled with warm vocals, boppish piano solos, fresh ideas, and variety.

 

 Following on the success of 2019’s "Chez Nous", jazz singer Rebecca DuMaine and her father pianist Dave Miller (along with bassist Chuck Bennett and drummer Bill Belasco) have created a new set of music that, while at times a little bit darker than their previous recordings, is ultimately hopeful.
 Many of the songs that they have chosen to interpret are standards from decades ago yet the lyrics (not to mention such song titles as “Alone Again (Naturally)” and “I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plans”) often fit the current situation. "Someday, Someday" begins with Ms. DuMaine’s beautiful voice sounding happy on “Just Friends” despite the melancholy lyrics. The excellent late-1960s pop song “Alone Again (Naturally)” gets a welcome revival while “Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat” features Rebecca (whose mother was a French teacher) singing in French about a lost relationship. The obscure but superior standard “The Gentlemen Is A Dope” is updated and still sounds quite relevant.
 Rebecca DuMaine’s “Someday, Someday” discusses the current situation and looks towards a future when the world will wake up again. Joni Mitchell’s introspective “Both Sides Now”, which features daughter and father in a duet, precedes Rebecca’s “Time To Get Unstuck (Happy Little New Song)” which is about getting out of a rut and making the best of the new normal. The Harold Arlen classic “As Long As I Live” has Dave Miller bowing towards Count Basie while Rebecca gets to scat a bit. “On A Clear Day” is turned into a bossa nova (it was ironically recorded when the Northern California air was anything but clear due to the year’s massive fires) while “I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan” is taken first as a ballad and then a swinger.
 The other selections include a 3/4 time faster-than-usual version of the Julie London hit “Cry Me a River”, a witty combination of “La Vie En Rose” and Charlie Parker’s “Au Privave”, a George Shearing-inspired version of “Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams”, and “Sunny” which serves as an optimistic closer.
 Rebecca DuMaine has had successful careers as an actress (on stage, in commercials and voice-overs) and a teacher. Since 2010 she has sung regularly with her father’s trio, recording five highly-rated CDs: "Deed I Do", "Better Than Anything", "The Consequence Of You", "Happy Madness", and "Chez Nous". Dave Miller was classically trained, but turned towards jazz after discovering the music of Ahmad Jamal and George Shearing. In addition to his work with his daughter, he and his trio are heard at their best on 2009’s "Rapture" and 2019’s "Just Imagine".
 With Rebecca DuMaine’s very appealing singing, the inventive and swinging solos of Dave Miller, and the tasteful accompaniment of bassist Chuck Bennett and drummer Bill Belasco, "Someday, Someday" is an easy set for lovers of high-quality jazz to enjoy.