Artist.......: Laila Biali
Album........: From Sea To Sky
Label........: CBC
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: TRDC 3022
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jan-19-2008
str.date.....: Jun-19-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.lailabiali.com
track title time
01. Ice Cream 05:47
02. Secret Heart 04:50
03. Tears Of Hercules 06:46
04. Radiance 05:48
05. Calling All Angels 05:55
06. Woodstock 05:24
07. I'll Never Smile Again 05:49
08. Stolen Land 05:11
09. Mushaboom 04:57
10. Autumn Leaves 06:02
11. Anthem 06:56
Runtime 63:25 min
Size 75,0 MB
Release Notes:
Laila Biali's first album, Introducing the Laila
Biali Trio, took the Canadian jazz world by storm.
That album included vocals and piano but the
emphasis seemed to be on her piano playing. She won
two National Jazz Awards and proceeded to play at
many of the big jazz festivals across Canada,
including opening for Diana Krall at the Orpheum
Theatre in Vancouver. She added saxophone player
Phil Dwyer to the trio for a live recording at the
CBC on Laila Live. With this project her vocals
moved to centre stage, but there is no denying that
she is still a wonderful piano player. Many
wondered if she would be going the route that Ms.
Krall has travelled. Recently, I reached her in
Vancouver where she was recovering from a brief
illness. Laila is wonderful to speak with and I
enjoy conversing with her, but for a while I think
she had a hard time getting a word in. A colleague
accused me of gushing during this interview
rightfully so. What can I say? I'm a fan. Our main
point of focus was her latest release Sea to Sky.
For this project she has enlisted some of Canada's
best jazz musicians to help her cover some of the
best Canadian composers, mostly from the world
ofdare we say pop! Given a chance to let loose from
the constraints of mainstream vocal jazz, she has
flowered. Her interpretations of songs by the likes
of Feist, Leonard Cohen, and Bruce Cockburn rock!
Laila recently completed a tour playing keyboards
for Paula Cole and then, with hardly a break was
back on the road playing for Suzanne Vega. Is the
jazz world's loss going to be the pop world's gain
or can she straddle both worlds ...?