Sunday at Pete's

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Sunday at Pete's
Studio album by The Pizzarelli Boys

Publication
(s)

2007

Label (s) Challenge Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Mainstream jazz , swing

Title (number)

14th

running time

1:02:15

occupation
  • Acoustic guitar : Bucky Pizzarelli

production

Manfred Knoop

chronology
5 for Freddie: Bucky's Tribute to Freddie Green
(2007) 		Sunday at Pete's So Hard to Forget
(2008)

Sunday at Pete’s is a jazz album by The Pizzarelli Boys around guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli . The recordings, made on January 12th and 13th, 2007 in River Edge, New Jersey, were released in 2007 on Challenge Records .

background

Since the early 1980s, Bucky Pizzarelli and his son John Pizzarelli recorded a number of albums a. a. for the Stash and Arbors Records label . In the 2000s, John's brother, bassist Martin Pizzarelli, joined other productions by the two guitarists , such as The Swing Kings (A Tribute to Benny Goodman) and Relaxing at the Penthouse with John Pizzarelli Trio (2002). When recording Sunday at Pete’s , this family trio was complemented by drummer Tony Tedesco , who had worked frequently with John Pizzarelli in previous years. John plays electric lead guitar and his father continues to play acoustic rhythm guitar. The repertoire selected by John Pizzarelli, including “ Alabamy Bound ” (1925), “ When You're Smiling ” (1928), “ Whispering ” (1920) and “ Yes Sir, That's My Baby ” (1925), extends into the 1920s Years back and also contain some rarely played songs from the early swing era.

Track list

  • The Pizzarelli Boys, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Martin Pizzarelli, Tony Tedesco - Sunday at Pete's (Challenge Records CR73259)
  1. Sweet Sue ( Victor Young , Will J. Harris) 5:14
  2. Alabamy Bound ( Bud Green , Budy DeSylva , Ray Henderson ) 3:50
  3. Whispering ( John Schonberger , Richard Coburn , Vincent Rose ) 4:51
  4. When You're Smiling ( Joe Goodwin , Larry Shay , Mark Fisher ) 3:30
  5. Bye Bye Blues ( Bert Lown , Chauncey Gray , Dave Bennett, Fred Hamm ) 4:11
  6. When the Blue of the Night ( Bing Crosby , Fred Ahlert , Roy Turk ) 2:47
  7. In the Good Old Summer Time ( George Evans , Ren Shield ) 3:01
  8. A Little World Called Home (Domenick, Heier) 3:26
  9. Red Wing ( Kerry Mills , Thurland Chattaway ) 2:55
  10. You're My Girl ( Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn ) 2:50
  11. Rosetta ( Earl Hines ) 5:01
  12. Dardanella ( Felix Bernhard , Fred Fisher , Johnny S. Black ) 3:25
  13. Yes sir! That's My Baby ( Gus Kahn , Walter Donaldson ) 5:07
  14. Night on Garrett Mountain (Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Martin Pizzarelli, Tony Tedesco) 12:08

reception

Ken Dryden wrote in All About Jazz that the chugging rhythm of "Sweet Sue" was a warm introduction to the family reunion, while John and Bucky played solo with excitement over the brisk treatment of "Whispering". Both “When You're Smiling” and “In the Good Old Summer Time” feel like a time travel expedition into an earlier era. All that is missing is the accompanying vocals, laughter and clapping, which would probably have taken place at Uncle Pete's house. "Red Wing" has the feel of Western Swing from the 1940s, while Bucky seems to create the sound of a jew's harp on his guitar during the introduction. "Night on Garrett Mountain", a blues that was obviously worked out in the studio, is the only track recently, but the title is a fitting end to a fun trip back in time for the Pizzarelli family who never tire of getting together to play when the opportunity arises.

Ken Dryden also reviewed the album in Allmusic and awarded the album 4½ (out of five) stars. He also noted that the airy treatment of 'Alabamy Bound' gave the impression that “a train is going down the tracks”, while in the swinging backdrop of “In the Good Old Summertime” and the optimistic reading of “Red Wing” a wave of the Nostalgia is flooded.

According to Harvey Siders, who reviewed the album in JazzTimes , the family band didn't play much jazz, so there were occasional sparks. John Pizzarelli plays a fine chord solo in “Whispering”, weaves around papa with one-string obligatos in the novelty melody “You're My Girl” and adds a pleasant counterpoint to Bucky's “Yes Sir”. The musicians played thirteen such oldies whose tempo was never lukewarm; everything is "pleasant and civilized". The only concession to jazz fans is the 14th and last track, the slow blues "Night on Garrett Mountain". “Tedesco plays the slowest broom solo in history. Martin contributes a meaningful, walking solo that is no longer inhibited by Brother John, who plays like Freddie Green . "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Pizzarelli Boys: Sunday At Pete's. All About Jazz, November 7, 2007, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Sunday At Pete's at Discogs
  3. ^ Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Harvey Siders: The Pizzarelli Boys: Sunday at Pete's. JazzTimes, November 1, 2007, accessed April 4, 2020 .