Artist.......: Ian Shaw
Album........: Drawn To All Things Songs Of Joni Mitchell
Label........: Linn Records
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: AKD 276
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Feb-15-2007
str.date.....: Apr-03-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.ianshaw.biz
track title time
01. Jericho 04:17
02. Moon At The Window 05:19
03. Night In The City 04:12
04. Edith And The Kingpin 05:20
05. Harlem In Havana 05:15
06. A Case Of You 04:17
07. Barabgrill 04:27
08. Chelsea Morning 03:16
09. Love Or Money 05:52
10. Talk To Me 03:58
11. River 03:59
12. Night Ride Home 03:58
13. Both Sides Now 05:23
14. Stay In Touch 02:54
Runtime 62:27 min
Size 79,3 MB
Release Notes:
Recently signed to the Linn Records label in the
UK, Ian Shaw has recorded his most ambitious album
to date. Produced by Richard Cottle, DRAWN TO ALL
THINGS,THE SONGS OF JONI MITCHELL is released April
3rd. This landmark British jazz release features
guest contributions from Claire Martin, Guy Barker.
Nigel Hitchcock and Lea De Laria. Ian is touring
this album this year.
Launching his career as a trumpet and flugelhorn,
Ian Shaw has had his greatest success since
shifting his focus to his baritone/tenor vocals.
The New York Times praised him for his "complete
emotional control of the classic jazz-idiom
standards," while Cadence magazine cited his
"buttery sound and real jazz singer's ability to
improvise along instrumental lines." A native of
the small Welsh village of St. Asaph, Shaw hails
from a musical family: his grandfather, Chick
Smith, played trumpet in dance bands; his father
played cornet in brass bands; a cousin, Jimmie
Deucher, performed with the Clarke/Boland Big Band.
Beginning to play trumpet at the age of 15, he
studied with Joe Csibi, the principal trumpet
player of the Irish National Symphony Orchestra,
and Bobby Shaw of the Buddy Rich and Horace Silver
bands. Shaw was equally attracted to vocalizing. He
studied harmony with Trevor England and received
vocal training at the College of Music and choral
experience at Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin.
While attending Trinity College in Dublin, Shaw
supported himself by singing jingles, television
documentary scores, and with local rock groups
including the British soul band Brave New World.
Following his graduation, he began singing songs by
American pop composers including Gershwin and Hoagy
Carmichael. A regular performer at Ronnie Scott's
in London, Shaw recorded his debut solo album,
Ghostsongs: Ian Shaw Live at Ronnie Scott's, in the
club. His first release in North America, In a New
York Minute, released in 1999, was shared with
influential jazz pianist Cedar Walton. His second
solo album, Soho Stories, was released the
following year.