Let Me See Your Heart (feat. Alex Acuna & Jon Cowherd) Andy James

• 1 Take Five (feat. Nate Smith, John Patitucci, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro & Jon Cowherd) 03:49
• 2 Bali Hai (feat. Nate Smith, John Patitucci, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro & Jon Cowherd) 05:51
• 3 Photograph (feat. Johnathan Blake, Eric Wheeler, Terell Stafford, Alex Acuna, Michael Dease & Jon Cowherd) 05:17
• 4 New York State of Mind (feat. Nate Smith, John Patitucci, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro & Jon Cowherd) 06:02
• 5 For Every Man There’s a Women (feat. Nate Smith, John Patitucci, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro, Jon Cowherd & John Beasly) 05:27
• 6 All Or Nothing At All (feat. Nate Smith, John Patitucci, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro & Jon Cowherd) 05:28
• 7 Danny Boy (feat. Nate Smith, John Patitucci, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro & Jon Cowherd) 05:09
• 8 Let Me See Your Heart (feat. Clarence Penn, John Patitucci, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Paul Jackson Jr & Jon Cowherd) 05:15
• 9 Lets Try (feat. Rudy Royston, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro, Jon Cowherd & James Genus) 05:04
• 10 I Was Born In Love With You (feat. Nate Smith, John Patitucci, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro & Jon Cowherd) 04:14
• 11 Lets Talk Of Love (feat. Rudy Royston, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro, Jon Cowherd & James Genus) 05:17
• 12 I Will Say Goodbye (feat. Nate Smith, John Patitucci, John Beasly, Alex Acuna, Chico Pinheiro & Jon Cowherd) 03:52
• Total Runtime 01:00:45

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Von Le Coq Records, dem Label, das James zusammen mit ihrem Ehemann, Produzenten und Co-Songwriter Piero Pata, gründete, wird Let Me See Your Heart von dem ständig wachsenden Stall herausragender Musiker geschmückt, für die der Aufdruck bekannt geworden ist. Das All-Star-Ensemble für dieses Datum umfasst Percussionist Alex Acuña, Bassisten John Patitucci, James Genus und Eric Wheeler, Pianist Jon Cowherd, Keyboarder John Beasley, Organist Ronnie Foster, Trompeter Terell Stafford, Saxophonisten Joel Frahm und John Ellis, Flutist Bob Sheppard, Posaunist Michael Dease, Gitarristen Chico Pinheiro Steve Cardenas, Larry Koonse und Paul Jackson Jr. und Schlagzeuger Nate Smith, Clarence Penn, Rudy Royston und Johnathan Blake, mit Arrangements von Cowherd und Bill Cunliffe. Die Reihe von Musikern, die dieser Musik Leben einhauchen, die uns dabei ihre eigenen individuellen und kollektiven Herzen zeigen - umfasst ein Wer von modernen Jazzgrößen. Sie sind auch den Herzen von James und Pata nahe und am Herzen geworden und integral für den einheitlichen und brillanten Klang von Le Coq Records. Die Musiker, die wir im Laufe der Jahre bei Le Coq zusammengestellt haben, sind wirklich zu einer Art Familie geworden, sagt James. Sie verstehen, was ich will, wenn ich komponiere, bis zu dem Punkt, dass es instinktiv geworden ist. Das Album öffnet sich mit einer flippigen Variante des Dave Brubeck Klassikers Take Five, verfasst von Paul Desmond mit Liedtexten von Carmen McRae, sein berühmtes 5/4-Tempo mit einer schlanken Konturierung, die an Steely Dan erinnert. Trotz der introspektiven Themen des Sets sorgte James dafür, mehrere peppige Zahlen aufzunehmen, um die Breite ihrer Einflüsse sowie die vielen Formen zu zeigen, die diese Gefühle der Liebe und des Verlusts annehmen können. Ich habe sorgfältig über die Uptempo Songs auf dem Album nachgedacht, erklärt sie. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass die Schallplatte diese Zahlen benötigte, weil ich es fand, oh, so sehr verlockend, einfach schöne, düstere Songs zusammenzustellen, um an meinen melancholischen Gefühlen zu bleiben.

Andy James, Gesang
John Beasley, Fender Rhodes, Klavier, Hammond B3-Orgel
Jon Cowherd, Fender Rhodes, Klavier, Arrangeur
John Patitucci, Bass
Eric Wheeler, Bass
Alex Acuna, Perkussion
Nate Smith, Schlagzeug
Jonathan Blake, Schlagzeug
Chico Penheiro, Gitarre
Steve Cardenas, Gitarre
Larry Koonse, Gitarre
Ronnie Foster, Hammond B2-Orgel
Terrell Stafford, Saxophon
Michael Dease, Posaune
Bob Sheppard, Altflöte
Joel Frahm, Tenorsaxophon
John Ellis, Saxophon, Bassklarinette

Andy James
After many years as an internationally acclaimed flamenco dancer, based in Madrid and traveling the globe with some of the genre’s most acclaimed musicians and performers, Andy James made an artful transition into jazz, emerging as a soulful vocalist, songwriter and interpreter whose music continually finds new ways to bring her many influences together.

Her latest release, Happy People, Volume Two: Get Ready, continues the adventurous flamenco-jazz fusion of its predecessor while expanding further into Latin jazz, reflecting an artist whose creative journey has become increasingly eclectic without ever losing sight of the rhythmic foundation that shaped her. Created with her husband and creative partner Piero Pata and pianist, arranger and co-producer Jon Cowherd, the album once again places Andy at the center of an extraordinary ensemble while pairing joyful, rhythmically vibrant music with lyrics that embrace the more complicated realities of love and life.

That adventurous spirit began in Melbourne, Australia, where Andy grew up surrounded by two very different but ultimately complementary influences. Her father was a devoted flamenco enthusiast, while her mother, jazz singer Lois Lorraine Lang, filled the family home with the music of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles. Andy has long said that “Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald were in my soul at birth,” and she remembers singing with her mother from the age of three. At nine, she began studying flamenco dance, eventually following that passion to Madrid, where she spent two decades establishing herself as an internationally respected performer.

Working with such flamenco luminaries as Antonio Canales, Rafael Amargo, Ramon Jimenez and Paco de Lucia, Andy developed an extraordinary physical understanding of rhythm, movement and musical phrasing. Performing at major theatres in Spain and throughout Europe and Japan, she absorbed the intricate rhythmic language that would later become an essential part of her identity as a vocalist. Yet jazz had never disappeared from her musical consciousness. After moving to the United States, she began recording favorite jazz standards and performing in clubs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, gradually transforming herself from dancer into an artist whose voice could carry the emotional and rhythmic knowledge of both worlds.

That synthesis reached a defining point with Happy People, also created in collaboration with Pata and Cowherd. Conceived during the difficult emotional landscape of the pandemic, the project deliberately paired uplifting music with lyrics that acknowledged heartbreak, uncertainty, longing and the complications of human relationships. Rather than pretending that life is always joyful, Andy and Piero discovered that melancholy words could become even more powerful when surrounded by rhythms that made people want to move, smile and hope.

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