here’s a lovely set by oliver jones, and featuring vocals by ranee lee on some songs. the comments below are (like the other details) copied from the info file.
oliver jones trio & friends
le festival international de jazz de montréal
l’astral
montréal, québéc, canada
30 june 2009
oliver jones – piano
eric lagace – bass
jim doxas – drums
guest artists:
chester ‘chet’ doxas – saxophone
ranee lee – vocals
richard ring – guitar
01 simple blues (oliver jones) 7:24
02 talk 1:45
03 i’m getting sentimental over you (george bassman, django reinhardt) 7:58
04 d 4 doxas (oliver jones) 10:02
05 four (miles davis, jon hendricks) 6:30
06 beautiful love (egbert van alstyne, haven gillespie, wayne king, ned washington, victor young) 4:43
07 stormy weather (henri hamel) 5:45
08 lady be good (guy bolton, george gershwin, ira gershwin, fred thompson) 4:37
09 dance again diana (oliver jones) 5:17
10 dizzy nest (oliver jones) 4:43
11 nighttime (oscar peterson) 6:55
12 rhapsody in blue (george gershwin) 8:52
13 hymn to freedom (harriet hamilton, oscar peterson) 5:20
runtime: 79:56
broadcast: ‘canada live’ on cbc radio two
mpeg ii, layer 1 (256 kb/s, 48 khz, stereo)
recorded, edited and mastered at 44.1 khz (suitable for cd audio)
cbc production credits:
richard lavallee – producer
pierre plante – recording engineer
pierre dulong – assistant recording engineer
oliver jones is one of canada’s finest pianist, and a top-notch composer/arranger. his career intertwines with the history of jazz in montréal where he was born and raised. if you are a jazz piano enthusiast and you haven’t heard of oliver jones, it may be because he grew up in the shadow of another montréal pianist by the name of oscar peterson. peterson was jones’ idol, inspiration, mentor, friend, and compatriot. in his own right, jones received the highest artistic honour available in canada, the governor general’s performing arts award for lifetime artistic achievement.
the scope of jones repertoire is uncanny. he normally reserves about 20% of his stage time to fulfilling requests, and few have stumped him. in this piano trio concert, the usual request time is filled with some very welcome guest appearances from some of montreal’s other jazz stars.
sample: t03 i’m getting sentimental over you.mp3
download: OliverJones_2009-06-30_lAstral_MontrealQC.zip