This Love of Mine
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| Studio album by Freddy Cole | ||||
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| Label (s) | HighNote Records | |||
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CD |
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10 |
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52:53 |
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Studio (s) |
"The Studio" New York City |
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This Love of Mine is a jazz album by Freddy Cole . The recordings made on February 15 and 16, 2005 in "The Studio" in New York City were released in 2005 on HighNote Records .
background
Freddy Cole was accompanied by pianist John Di Martino (who also contributed several arrangements), bassist Derrick Hodge and drummer Mark Taylor. Then there were the saxophonists David Fathead Newman and Eric Alexander . The repertoire also includes rarely heard titles such as Bob Dorough's ballad "But for Now", old standards such as "Out in the Cold Again", which Ruth Etting sang in 1934, and the swing number "That Old Feeling" by Lew Brown and Sammy Fain. Cole also played a Fred Astaire favorite, The Continental from 1934.
Track list
- Freddy Cole: This Love of Mine (HighNote Records HCD 7140)
- What Now My Love? ( Pierre Delanoë ) 6:11
- I Was Wrong ( Benny Carter ) 4:38
- Still ( Lionel Richie ) 4:42
- This Love of Mine ( Henry W. Sanicola, Jr. / Frank Sinatra ) 6:56
- The Continental ( Con Conrad , Herbert Magidson ) 5:35
- But for Now ( Bob Dorough ) 3:55
- That Old Feeling ( Lew Brown , Sammy Fain ) 4:26
- Out in the Cold Again ( Rube Bloom , Ted Koehler ) 6:17
- You and I (Phil Morrison, Ron Zack) 4:29
- On the South Side of Chicago (Freddy Cole) 5:44
reception
According to Andrew Rowman, who reviewed the album on All About Jazz , Freddy Cole did a wonderful job with This Love of Mine . “He mixes up old ranks, gives them new clothes and offers newer songs, which makes them sound timeless. Here and there the voice sounds frayed, but it only adds to his authority. Noteworthy - like "What Now My Love?" Cole's ability to swing with authority and ease. The hallmark of Cole's talent for crooning comes to the fore in Benny Carter's "I Was Wrong". Cole's version of Lionel Richie's soul ballad "Still" is even more unexpected . It is framed by Eric Alexander's perfect tenor saxophone and cushioned by David Hazeltine's perfect arrangement. It floats on the bridge, a marvel of elegant expression, ”says the author. The highlight of the session, however, is Frank Sinatra's self-pitying opus "This Love of Mine". John DiMartino's arrangement gives the song a new rhythmic note, which leads to Cole's fresh perspective on the lyrics, and the kick is the change to the burning swing in the bridge , headed by David "Fathead" Newman. This session, according to Rowman, invites the listener to sit back, listen and enjoy.
Christopher Loudon wrote in JazzTimes that Nat Cole's little brother had long earned a reputation as one of the most attractive ballad singers in jazz singing . Although he recorded as a singer for the first time in 1952, he is repeatedly compared to his famous brother. Even if his signature tune remains the self-written song “I'm not my brother, I'm me”, he doesn't deny the similarity and often plays Nat King Cole's hits - in this case the long-time successful Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers showstopper "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee from 1934, with which King Cole made a name for himself when he appeared in 1960 at The Sands nightclub in Las Vegas. But to reject Freddy Cole merely as a passable imitation is to appreciate the peculiarity of his singing style, as best seen in the hazy "But for Now", which captures the vaguely threatening romance of Bob Dorough's lyric, as well as the glorious contemplative interpretation of the R&B masterpiece "Out in the Cold Again".
Web links
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Accessed January 1, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stylistic classification according to Allmusic
- ↑ Stylistic classification according to discogs
- ↑ Freddy Cole: This Love of Mine at Discogs
- ↑ Andrew Rowman: Freddy Cole: This Love of Mine. All About Jazz, November 7, 2005, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Christopher Loudon: Freddy Cole: This Love of Mine. JazzTimes, October 1, 2005, accessed June 28, 2020 .