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Singing standards, trying to bring something different to or imprint your style on a tune made famous by Sinatra, Garland or Holiday, is a brave venture in the 21st century. The eclectic and unpredictable Rickie Lee Jones, has also always been a sneakily talented, genre-spanning songwriter who approaches covers with the same determination she brings to her own songs. Jones has carefully built a proud though underappreciated career that now gives her the gravitas to have a little fun on the aptly named Pieces of Treasure. As she did for a selection of rock and pop covers on 2019's Kicks, Jones leans into well-known (and well-worn) pop music standards like Jimmy McHugh's' bouncy "Sunny Side of the Street" or Kurt Weill's enchanting ode to age, "September Song." Rather than drowning these chestnuts in sentimentality, she works her nimble vocal way at leisurely tempos that encourage finely detailed renditions, the kind she's always been fabulous at finding.
The opener "Just in Time" is an on- target success as is her easy, swinging run through of George and Ira Gershwin's "They Can' Take That Away From Me" where just a bit of scatting is added. While the late Jimmy Scott will always own the Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cohen knockout "All The Way," Jones gives her all here. Set against just an acoustic guitar, she earnestly wends her way through a warm version of "On the Sunny Side of the Street" in which the last note is held for more than a beat. Working again with Russ Titelman who, along with Lenny Waronker, produced her 1979 debut album, Jones says this album made her feel young again and was like a reunion with herself. Titelman has said of Pieces of Treasure's sessions, "I adore the young Rickie Lee, but I love even more the old dame I watched pour her heart out every time she got in front of a microphone."
Recorded with the very spare accompaniment of mostly just pianist Rob Mounsey, with appearances by guitarist Russell Malone and vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, Pieces of Treasure was tracked in New York City at Bass Hit Studio, whose owner Dave Darlington was one of four engineers, and also mixed the album.) As befits the project, Jones is close-mic'd and the instrumentalists are tastefully kept in the background. Rickie Lee Jones sounds reinvigorated by this trip down Tin Pan Alley. © Robert Baird/Qobuz
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ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Jule Styne, Composer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Adolph Green, Composer - Betty Comden, Composer - Mike Mainieri, Vibraphone - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Russell Malone, Guitar - David Wong, Bass - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Harry Warren, Composer - Mack Gordon, Writer - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Russell Malone, Guitar - David Wong, Bass - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Ara Dinkjian, Oud Lute - Russell Malone, Guitar - David Wong, Bass - Ahbez Eden, Composer - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, Composer - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Russell Malone, Guitar - David Wong, Bass - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Scott Robinson, Baritone Saxophone - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Russell Malone, Guitar - David Wong, Bass - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - GIL GOLDSTEIN, String Arranger - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Russell Malone, Guitar - David Wong, Bass - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Johnny Burke, Composer, Writer - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer, Writer - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Russell Malone, Guitar - Mike Dillon, Vibraphone - David Wong, Bass - Ryan Roberts, Oboe - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Maxwell Anderson, Lyricist - Scott Robinson, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Russell Malone, Guitar - WEILL KURT, Composer - David Wong, Bass - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Dorothy Fields, Composer - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Jon Herington, Guitar - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
ROB MOUNSEY, Piano - Russ Titelman, Producer, Engineer - Rickie Lee Jones, Vocals, MainArtist - Carl Sigman, Composer - Roy Hendrickson, Engineer - Jimmy Bralower, Engineer - Charles Dawes, Composer - Dave Darlington, Engineer - Russell Malone, Guitar - David Wong, Bass - Mark McLean, Drums - Colin Mohnacs, Engineer - Ross Mayfield, Engineer
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Album review
Singing standards, trying to bring something different to or imprint your style on a tune made famous by Sinatra, Garland or Holiday, is a brave venture in the 21st century. The eclectic and unpredictable Rickie Lee Jones, has also always been a sneakily talented, genre-spanning songwriter who approaches covers with the same determination she brings to her own songs. Jones has carefully built a proud though underappreciated career that now gives her the gravitas to have a little fun on the aptly named Pieces of Treasure. As she did for a selection of rock and pop covers on 2019's Kicks, Jones leans into well-known (and well-worn) pop music standards like Jimmy McHugh's' bouncy "Sunny Side of the Street" or Kurt Weill's enchanting ode to age, "September Song." Rather than drowning these chestnuts in sentimentality, she works her nimble vocal way at leisurely tempos that encourage finely detailed renditions, the kind she's always been fabulous at finding.
The opener "Just in Time" is an on- target success as is her easy, swinging run through of George and Ira Gershwin's "They Can' Take That Away From Me" where just a bit of scatting is added. While the late Jimmy Scott will always own the Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cohen knockout "All The Way," Jones gives her all here. Set against just an acoustic guitar, she earnestly wends her way through a warm version of "On the Sunny Side of the Street" in which the last note is held for more than a beat. Working again with Russ Titelman who, along with Lenny Waronker, produced her 1979 debut album, Jones says this album made her feel young again and was like a reunion with herself. Titelman has said of Pieces of Treasure's sessions, "I adore the young Rickie Lee, but I love even more the old dame I watched pour her heart out every time she got in front of a microphone."
Recorded with the very spare accompaniment of mostly just pianist Rob Mounsey, with appearances by guitarist Russell Malone and vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, Pieces of Treasure was tracked in New York City at Bass Hit Studio, whose owner Dave Darlington was one of four engineers, and also mixed the album.) As befits the project, Jones is close-mic'd and the instrumentalists are tastefully kept in the background. Rickie Lee Jones sounds reinvigorated by this trip down Tin Pan Alley. © Robert Baird/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:05
- Main artists: Rickie Lee Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Modern Recordings
- Genre: Jazz
© 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2023 Rickie Lee Jones under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
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