Listen & tracks
2 of 25 tracks have a preview · 12 works · 53:31
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1 Like Someone in Love James Van Heusen 4:40
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2 Angel Bells Harry Ruby 6:02
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3 And the Angels Sing Johnny Mercer 5:08
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4 Close to You Hal David 2:42
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5 If Wishes Were Kisses Debra Blaquiere 5:32
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6 Got a Date with an Angel Clifford Grey 4:25
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7 Come Fly with Me Sammy Cahn 6:03
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8 Angel Eyes Earl Brent 4:22
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9 I Married an Angel Richard Rodgers 2:57
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10 You May Not Be an Angel Al Dubin 4:25
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11 Carried Away Graham Nash 3:18
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12 Little Wing Debra Blaquiere 3:57
The twelve tracks range from the haunting to the sexy, with measures of whimsy and romance. The mood shifts from the humour of the upbeat And the Angels Sing to the dark, shadowy Close to You, then to the lush beauty and personal lyrics of If Wishes Were Kisses.
If Wishes Were Kisses was a finalist in the 2004 National Songwriters Competition.
Musically the album places emphasis on the brilliance and distinctive sophistication of pianist Joe Chindamo, who also plays accordion, and the playful bassist Philip Rex. Recorded at Move Records Studio in Eaglemont on 4–5 October 2002, it was Move’s first hi-resolution session in 24-bit/88.2 kHz.
Reviews
the best quality CD I have heard this year
a great voice ... was impressed ... great support band too.
Debra Blaquiere - wonderful!!
Debra's voice is enchanting ... the choice of theme and music very well presented.
Debra has ... authority on the ballads where her lower register is to the fore ... awesome pianist/accordionist Joe Chindamo and rock-solid bassist Philip Rex are the stellar accompanists ...
delightful jazz standards and beautifully executed.
absolutely wonderful!
Chindamo's inventive and imaginative piano solos are a feature of Little Wing ... everything that he plays swings superbly ... The songs and accompaniments possess intimacy and immediacy which make listening to this CD a very pleasant experience.
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.
Joe Chindamo
piano, accordion
Joe Chindamo is the 2002 'MO' award winner for "Jazz Instrumental performer of the year". He has played piano on over sixty film scores and his talents as an accompanist are evident in his work on the recordings and performances of such diverse singers as Vince Jones, Marina Prior, Anthony Warlow, Kiri Te Kanawa and Shirley Bassey.
Philip Rex
double bass
Philip Rex is one of Australia's most in demand musicians, being a leading exponent of the Double Bass. His musical skill and versatility has been noted by musicians and critics everywhere.
Burt Bacharach
composer
With a hit-single track record spanning four decades, Burt Bacharach became one of the most important composers of popular music in the 20th century, almost equal to such classic tunesmiths as George Gershwin or Irving Berlin.
Johnny Burke
composer
Johnny Burke wrote the words to some of the most durable standards in the Great American Songbook, including Like Someone in Love, It Could Happen to You and Misty, songs that still sit at the heart of jazz and popular singing.
Sammy Cahn
composer
Sammy Cahn wrote the romantic film and Broadway lyrics that became jazz standards, from Let It Snow to Come Fly with Me and I Fall in Love Too Easily. His words still give singers and pianists room to swing and linger.
Lorenz Hart
composer
Lorenz Hart's lyrics for Rodgers and Hart still sit at the heart of the jazz and cabaret songbook: witty, conversational, and edged with a rueful tenderness that singers and players keep returning to.
Johnny Mercer
composer
Johnny Mercer's lyrics still define how jazz singers tell a story: conversational, witty and shot through with Southern colour, from torch laments to swing anthems and Hollywood standards that refuse to age.
Richard Rodgers
composer
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) was an American composer of musical theatre whose songs became standards of the twentieth-century stage and screen. Over five decades he wrote more than nine hundred songs and dozens of Broadway musicals.
Earl Brent
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.
Hal David
composer
Hal David (1921–2012) was an American lyricist whose words became enduring standards of popular song. His work reached the hit parade, film and the stage across the 1960s and early 1970s.
Matt Dennis
composer
Matt Dennis (1914–2002) was an American singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger and songwriter whose popular songs became lasting standards of the mid-twentieth century.
Al Dubin
composer
Ziggie Elman
composer
Clifford Grey
composer
Earle Hagan
composer
In the early 1950s, Twentieth Century Fox hired Hagen to work under Lionel Newman. Hagen worked as a second-line composer until he got his big break when he composed the hit theme for the Perry Mason TV show. He followed this with his whistling theme for The Andy Griffith Show.
James Van Heusen
composer
Van Heusen wrote 76 tunes recorded by Frank Sinatra (more than any other composer) and the songs for six of the seven Crosby-Hope "Road" pictures.
Sonny Miller
composer
Graham Nash
composer
Without question, Graham Nash is one of the most enduring and seminal figures in popular music - becoming, part of two of the longest-lasting groups in rock 'n roll history - Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Crosy, Stills, Nash and Young.
Harry Ruby
composer
Herbert Spencer
composer
Joseph Tunbridge
composer
Jack Waller
composer
Harry Warren
composer
Harry Warren (1893–1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. Over six decades he wrote more than 800 songs, many of which became lasting standards of the Hollywood musical.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Debra Blaquiere · vocals
- Joe Chindamo · piano, accordion
- Philip Rex · double bass
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
Thomas Grubb
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Mixing Engineer
Martin Wright
Thomas Grubb
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Mastering Engineer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Move Records Studio
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Credit
Alessandro Servadei
Deborah Sullivan
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 53 minutes 31 seconds
- Release date
- 2002
- Categories
- Australian, Jazz, Vocal
- Genres
- Jazz & Improvised, Vocal & Opera
- Musical work copyright
- © 2002 Debra Blaquiere
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2002 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3265
- EAN
- 9314574326529
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