Listen & tracks
2 of 16 tracks have a preview · 10 works · 52:41
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1 Blue Motel Room Joni Mitchell 7:27
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2 Lazy Afternoon John Latouche 4:49
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3 Darn That Dream Eddie DeLange 4:27
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4 Don't Want You Gone Debra Blaquiere 5:25
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5 Desafinado Antônio Carlos Jobim 6:55
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6 Love's Dance Debra Blaquiere 5:37
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7 Little Piece Of Peace Digby Richards 5:51
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8 Are You Dancing Too? Debra Blaquiere 6:36
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9 Do You Want To Know A Secret? John Lennon 3:50
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10 Shine On Me Traditional 1:44
Shine On Me was performed by the Glory Bound Groove Train, formed in 1997 under the musical directorship of performer and arranger Linda Calgaro. Inspired by the African-American vocal tradition, GBGT presents a repertoire of African-American Gospel and Gospel-inspired music. Glory Bound Groove Train is an a cappella choir of 18 spirited voices, with edge.
In the artist’s words
As a slave to lyrics, this album is a mixture of standards both pop and jazz with great lyrics, and three original songs written from the heart. Loving jazz standards I find it very hard not to record Gershwin, Rogers and Hart, Porter, Berlin, as through them and the American songbook I have honed my craft.
The title track Are You Dancing Too? was penned after seeing a play about people with Down's Syndrome. At one point in the play the characters are dancing all awkward and goofy. While dancing the actors dropped their Down's character roles, a huge mirror ball appeared and they became regular people, in love, elegant, gliding across a dance floor in 3/4 time. This had a profound impact on me as I was shown how they see themselves, just as we see ourselves. I have recorded with a small group of musicians. As with my previous albums I like to create space for them, to create their magic. I wish I could find a way to acknowledge the magic properly, and not diminish how important their contribution is. Thank you!
Artists
Debra Blaquiere
vocals
Debra Blaquiere is a Sydney-based vocalist-songwriter who has won over local fans as an independent artist with fresh claims on contemporary pop and graceful readings of jazz standards.
Jimmy Van Heusen
composer
Jimmy Van Heusen wrote the melodies that still sit at the centre of the jazz and popular songbook: film and stage standards built for crooners, bands and late-night rooms, from Darn That Dream to Come Fly with Me.
Antônio Carlos Jobim
composer
Antônio Carlos Jobim fused samba with cool jazz to create bossa nova, writing songs whose sophisticated harmonies and beachside lyricism became permanent fixtures of the jazz and pop standard repertoire.
John Lennon
composer
John Lennon's songs cut through styles and decades with plainspoken hooks and melodies that refuse to age. From Beatles classics to the solo anthem Imagine, his writing keeps finding new voices in jazz rooms, a cappella circles and the concert hall.
Paul McCartney
composer
Paul McCartney's songs travel far beyond their rock origins. Melodic, singable and built for reinvention, they turn up here in jazz sets, a cappella harmony, intimate guitar ballads and even harpsichord with drums and bass.
Linda Calgaro
composer
Jeremy Challender
composer
Jeremy Challender is a songwriter whose work appears on Australian jazz vocal recordings. His ballad If Wishes Were Kisses was a finalist in the 2004 National Songwriters Competition.
Eddie DeLange
composer
Eddie DeLange wrote the lyrics that give shape to lasting American standards. His words ride under Ellington's Solitude and Van Heusen's Darn That Dream, songs still sought for their mix of longing and swing-era ease.
John Latouche
composer
Joni Mitchell
composer
Joni Mitchell's songs turn private feeling into unusual harmony, from spare folk guitar and piano to jazz-inflected forms. Open tunings and plainspoken lyrics have made her catalogue a lasting source for other singers.
Jerome Moross
composer
Didi Mudigdo
composer
Digby Richards
composer
Performers
- Debra Blaquiere · vocals
- Glory Bound Groove Train · a cappella choir · track 10
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 52 minutes 41 seconds
- Release date
- 8 Jan 2010
- Category
- Jazz
- Genres
- Jazz & Improvised, Vocal & Opera
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2010 Debra Blaquiere
- Catalogue
- MCD 400
- EAN
- 9314574040029
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