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Polly Gibbons: All I Can Do

By Angelo Leonardi
May 15, 2019
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Polly Gibbons

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Polly Gibbons per lasciarsi prendere dal suo esuberante feeling. Niente a che vedere con le molte vocalist che hanno invaso la scena con una mediocre e plastificata sintesi di pop, jazz e soul. La giovane scoperta dal produttore Ian Shaw �� qualcosa di speciale. Il suo timbro �� profondo, la tecnica vocale �� scintillante e sorretta da slancio e immaginazione musicale: doti che l'avvicinano alle grandi vocalist del jazz. Ma l'identit�� artistica di Polly non appartiene solo a questa tradizione musicale e spazia in equilibrio tra passato e presente. Sa rendere credibili temi soul come "Dr. Feelgood" di

Aretha Franklin

vocals
1942 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Aretha Franklin, folk ballad come "All I Want" di

Joni Mitchell

vocals
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Joni Mitchell e spazia tra

Leonard Cohen

vocals
1934 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Leonard Cohen,

Prince

multi-instrumentalist
1958 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Prince,

Marvin Gaye

" data-original-title="" title="">Marvin Gaye e

D'Angelo

" data-original-title="" title="">D'Angelo. Altri ambiti privilegiati sono il blues ed i classici della canzone americana.

Nata in una famiglia di agricoltori del Suffolk (England), ha mosso i primi passi nel variopinto musicale londinese e il suo debutto discografico (My Own Company, Diving Duck Recordings 2014) l'ha registrato al Ronnie Scott's, con il trio di

James Pearson

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">James Pearson. Subito dopo �� venuto il contratto con la Resonance di George Klabin, che pubblica ora il suo terzo album.
In quest'incisione al Power Studio di New York City di fronte a un piccolo pubblico, Polly Gibbons spazia tra i generi con la consueta flessibilit��, in un'efficace calibrazione di atmosfere swinganti, intime o intrise di blues. Il brano d'apertura "Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself" �� un incisivo soul di

Horace Silver

piano
1928 - 2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Horace Silver e non ha niente da invidiare alla versione vocale di

Dee Dee Bridgewater

vocals
b.1950

" data-original-title="" title="">Dee Dee Bridgewater; seguono la calda atmosfera blues "Good Hands Tonight" tratto dal repertorio di

Al Jarreau

vocals
1940 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Al Jarreau e la pop cover "Beautiful Things" di Leslie Bricusse. Stabilite le prime coordinate di riferimento la cantante interpreta con passione "If You Had the Chance," ballad scritta da lei assieme a James Pearson.
Accanto alla fantasiosa esuberanza -pienamente evidente in "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" -�� proprio nei temi intimi che Polly esprime i momenti pi�� intensi: la ballad "This Is Always" che ci rammenta

Chet Baker

trumpet and vocals
1929 - 1988

" data-original-title="" title="">Chet Baker, la struggente torch song "Nothing Compares 2 U" di

Prince

multi-instrumentalist
1958 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Prince e il torrido blues "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," omaggio a

Bessie Smith

vocals
1894 - 1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Bessie Smith e

Nina Simone

piano and vocals
1933 - 2003

" data-original-title="" title="">Nina Simone.

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Track Listing

Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself ; Good Hands Tonight; Beautiful Things; If You Had the Chance; Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues; Anything Goes; This Is Always; All I Can Do; Everything Must Change; I��m Just a Lucky So-and-So; Nothing Compares 2 U; I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl.

Personnel

Polly Gibbons

vocals

Polly Gibbons: vocals; Tamir Hendelman, James Pearson: piano; Shedrick Mitchell: hammond organ; Paul Bollenback: guitar; Richie Goods: bass; Mark McLean: drums.

Album information

Title: All I Can Do | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Resonance Records

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