Ann Hampton Callaway - Easy Living (2005)

Artist: Ann Hampton Callaway
Title Of Album: Easy Living
Year: 2005
Label: Shanachie
Style: Jazz, Vocal
Format: APE (tracks +.cue, log + scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Size: 264 MB (+ 3% rec.)
Released in conjunction with the opening of her Broadway show Swing! in the fall of 1999, Ann Hampton Callaway's Easy Living is an excellent showcase for her dark yet wide-ranging voice. Performing in combos of three, four, or five, the all-star line-up includes pianists Kenny Barron, Benny Green, and Bill Charlap, and features guest stars Wynton Marsalis, Nelson Rangell, Andy Farber, and Gerry Niewood. Callaway also includes one of her own songs, the slow rumba "Come Take My Hand," among the familiar ballads and swing numbers. Fans of jazz singing will love this one.

Tracklist:

01. Easy to Love (Porter)
02. 'Round Midnight (Williams-Monk-Hanighan)
03. Come Take My Hand (Callaway)
04. Easy Living (Robin-Rainger)
05. All of You (Porter)
06. Bluesette (Gimbel-Thielemans)
07. It Had to Be You (Kahn-Jones)
08. In a Sentimental Mood (Kurtz-Mills-Ellington)
09. You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul)
10. Come Rain or Come Shine (Mercer-Arlen)
11. Skylark (Mercer-Carmichael)
12. Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin-Gershwin)
13. The Very Thought of You (Noble)

Personnel:
Ann Hampton Callaway - vocals
Kenny Barron, Benny Green, Bill Charlap - piano
Lewis Nash, Clarence "Tootsie" Bean - drums
Peter Washington, Neal Miner - bass
Jim Saporito - percussion

Special Guest Appearances:
Wynton Marsalis - trumpet
Nelson Rangel - alto sax, flute
Andy Farber - tenor sax
Gerry Niewood - tenor sax

Produced by Warren Schatz.