My Blue Heaven (album)

My Blue Heaven
Studio album by
John Pizzarelli
ReleasedApril 18, 1990 (1990-04-18)
RecordedFebruary 6 – 7, 1990
StudioRCA Studio A, New York City
GenreJazz, swing
Length59:51
LabelChesky
Producer
John Pizzarelli chronology
Sing! Sing! Sing!
(1987) 		My Blue Heaven
(1990) 		All of Me
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]
DownBeat[3]

My Blue Heaven is an album by jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli that was released in 1990.

Reception

The album received 3.5 stars in DownBeat by reviewer Bill Milkowski.[3] Milkowski wrote, "Pizzarelli demonstrates his love for the swinging sounds of the early '40s Nat Cole Trio, comping percussively on a fat-body jazz guitar like Oscar Moore while laying down some smooth vocal work, a la Nat. He flaunts some Charlie Christian single-note chops on the jivey “I’m An Errand Boy For Rhythm" and tosses off some cool scat-a-long unison lines on “Lady Be Good" and Dave Frishberg's clever "Can’t Take You Nowhere".[3] Milkowski singles out the guitar duet with Bucky Pizzarelli on "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” and the Dave Frishberg tribute to Zoot Sims, “Zoot Walked In,” as other highlights.[3]

Track listing

  1. "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) - (4:02)
  2. "I'm an Errand Boy for Rhythm" (Nat King Cole) - (3:49)
  3. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen) - (3:25)
  4. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - (8:05)
  5. "Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) - (2:35)
  6. "Can't Take You Nowhere" (Al Cohn, Dave Frishberg, Tiny Kahn) - (4:08)
  7. "Take My Smile" (John Pizzarelli) - (2:55)
  8. "That's What" (Nat King Cole) - (3:04)
  9. "Stray Horn" (Bucky Pizzarelli) - (2:49)
  10. "Best Man" (Ron Alfred, Fred Wise) - (2:48)
  11. "Oh Me, Oh My, Oh Gosh" (Slam Stewart) - (3:27)
  12. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - (3:13)
  13. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - (3:19)
  14. "Passion Flower" (Milt Raskin, Billy Strayhorn) - (4:15)
  15. "Zoot Walked In/Morning Fun" (Al Cohn, Dave Frishberg, Gerry Mulligan, Jack Sims, John Sims) - (4:29)
  16. "Candy" (Mack David, Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney) - (3:38)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "My Blue Heaven". AllMusic. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1168. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ a b c d Milkowski, BIll (May 1991). "String Along With Me". DownBeat. 58 (5): 51.
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