Alexis Cole - A Kiss in the Dark (Remastered) [(2014/2025) Official Digital Download 24/96]

The darkly alluring, deep ­toned voice that embraces these timeless melodies from the parlor song era and Tin Pan Alley days (roughly 1910 to the early 1920s) belongs to the wonderful Alexis Cole. Called “one of the great voices of today”, Alexis has been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O’Day. Cole is the recipient of a Swing Journal Gold Disc award, and has won the NY Jazzmobile and Montreux Jazz Festival vocal competitions.

This time out, she goes further back in time with her quartet of guitarist Saul Rubin, saxophonist­/clarinetist Dan Block, bassist Pat O’Leary and drummer Phil Stewart to a more genteel time when sheet music was the most common method of dissemination of popular tunes. With her relaxed style, clear articulation, unhurried, conversational approach and all­knowing sense of cool, Cole and her crew strike a swinging accord on nuggets like “Ain’t We Got Fun,” “Bimini Bay,” “Whip­poor­will,” the buoyantly swinging title track and ten other tunes from yesteryear in this engaging retro revue. Everything goes down nice ‘n’ easy on this luxurious outing, and Alexis delivers with timeless charm from track to track.

Part of the Chesky Binaural + Series, all recorded with a single microphone, the band and singer appear right before you with this spacious, lush and multi­dimensional recording. You will hear some of the most natural and pure vocals ever recorded of a jazz singer.

TRACKLIST

1. Alexis Cole - Ain't We Got Fun
2. Alexis Cole - Whip-Poor-Will
3. Alexis Cole - Do You Ever Think of Me?
4. Alexis Cole - Limehouse Blues
5. Alexis Cole - Chicago, That Toddlin' Town
6. Alexis Cole - Bimini Bay
7. Alexis Cole - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
8. Alexis Cole - After You've Gone
9. Alexis Cole - There's a Broken Heart for Every Light On Broadway
10. Alexis Cole - A Kiss in the Dark
11. Alexis Cole - Indian Summer
12. Alexis Cole - Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday
13. Alexis Cole - Let the Rest of the World Go By
14. Alexis Cole - Till We Meet Again



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