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Scott Hamilton & Karin Krog - The Best Things In Life (2016)

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01. Best Things In Life Are Free (3:17)
02. I Must Have That Man (5:18)
03. Will You Still Be Mine (8:06)
04. How Am I To Know (3:04)
05. Don't Get Scared (4:50)
06. Ain't Nobody's Business (4:44)
07. We Will Be Together Again (5:28)
08. Sometimes I'm Happy (5:02)
09. What A Little Moonlight Can Do (4:29)
10. Shake It But Don't Break It (6:58)

Karin Krog (vocals)
Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone)
Jan Lundgren (piano)
Hans Backenroth (bass)
Kristian Leth (drums)

 

The Norwegian singer Karin Krog has been a mainstay of the jazz scene for nearly sixty years working with most of the Scandinavian musician plus many American and UK musicians. She is a versatile vocalist not afraid to venture into uncharted waters.

It is many years now since Scott Hamilton burst upon the jazz scene as a young hopeful playing in the style of an older generation of tenor saxophone players. He has now developed a style that has taken on board all the better elements of the changes in the approach to the way the tenor saxophone has developed, he is now one of the best players around today playing in any style.

Led by pianist Jan Lundgren the accompanying trio is it gets, they have recently recorded on the Stunt label with tenor player Harry Allen producing a fine album. The album is based loosely on songs associated with singer Billie Holiday and Scott Hamilton is featured on a number of tracks with the rhythm section.

The opening track “The Best Things in Life are Free” is the only track on which singer Karin Krog shows any vulnerability in her delivery but as she is now in her seventy ninth year this can be expected but from there on in she is a perfect example of a jazz singer. Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields composition “I Must Have That Man” is as perfect as you can get with both Karin Krog and Scott Hamilton at the best with the number taken at a tempo which brings out the intricacies of the song. “Don’t Get Scared” is a vocalese version of the instrumental recording by Stan Getz and Lars Gullin which finds Karin Krog sounding uncannily like Annie Ross. On the quartet tracks Scott Hamilton produces his usual flawless playing backed by a superb trio. The little heard Errol Garner composition “Shake It, But Don’t Break It” is taken at the perfect tempo which brings out the best in Scott Hamilton and the rest of the group.

This is a great release and should be snapped up by any discerning buyer who is a lover of good singing or brilliant saxophone playing. --- Roy Booth, jazzviews.net

 

Scott Hamilton i Karin Krog to wielcy mistrzowie, przynależący raczej do minionej epoki, ze wszelkimi zapomnianymi jej walorami, z drugiej, są ciągle otwarci i nadal rozwijający się. Najlepszym tego dowodem jest dobór repertuaru do ich wspólnej płyty, zawiedzie sie ten, kto szuka znanych standardów. Scott Hamilton z Karin Krog i owszem, sięgają do przebogatej skarbnicy jazzowych szlagierów, ale raczej tych niedocenianych, pomijanych przez jazzowych wyjadaczy. Płyta 'The Best Things In Life' zalicza się do środka jazzu, wokół którego narosło wiele negatywnych stereotypów (fala przesłodzonych lub konwencjonalnych nagrań zalała rynek, niezasłużenie topiąc dobre imię gatunku). Należy jednak uprzedzić tych, którzy chcieliby skreślić ją z powodu gatunkowych uprzedzeń, że tym samym ryzykują przegapienie jednej z najpiękniejszych jazzowych płyt, jakie przyniósł 2015 rok. Scott Hamilton i Karin Krog imponują znakomitą techniką, a jednocześnie nie rażą mechaniczną, pustą wirtuozerią. Saksofonista wydobywa z tych utworów cały ich potencjał kolorystyczny. Norweska wokalistka zaśpiewała jazzowe pieśni w sposób bezpretensjonalny i ujmujący prostotą. Karin Krog nie wymyśla w nich prochu, ale też nie wyważa otwartych drzwi. Dzięki temu znajduje idealny balans między melancholią a bezpretensjonalną prostotą, nie popadając przy tym w tanią ilustracyjność. --- jazzsound.pl

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