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Catherine Russell, Sean Mason: My Ideal

By Angelo Leonardi
September 3, 2025
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Un album come questo pu�� nascere solo dall'amore per i tesori nascosti del songbook statunitense. E l'amore vero, si sa, non fa calcoli. Sulla carta �� ampiamente controcorrente (o se preferite demod��) e quindi fuori mercato per la sua scelta di escludere quasi completamente brani in grado di sollecitare la memoria del pubblico.

L'unico standard �� "My Ideal" un delicato song del 1930 che fu cantato anche da

Chet Baker

trumpet and vocals
1929 - 1988

" data-original-title="" title="">Chet Baker,

Frank Sinatra

vocals
1915 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Sinatra,

Peggy Lee

vocals
1920 - 2002

" data-original-title="" title="">Peggy Lee e

Dinah Washington

vocals
1924 - 1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Dinah Washington. Ma il trasporto con cui la cantante

Catherine Russell

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Catherine Russell e il pianista

Sean Mason

trumpet
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Sean Mason interpretano i brani ha portato a una nomination ai Grammy, come miglior disco di jazz vocale. Tra la grande interprete (qui al nono album da leader e una carriera con

David Bowie

vocals
1947 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">David Bowie,

Steely Dan

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Steely Dan,

Paul Simon

composer / conductor
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Simon,

Wynton Marsalis

trumpet
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Wynton Marsalis,

Dave Liebman

saxophone
b.1946

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Liebman) e il brillante pianista venticinquenne il feeling �� intenso, supera i confini generazionali e porta l'album oltre il consueto schema di una voce accompagnata. Il percorso spazia nel variegato territorio della popular music dove s'incrociano echi di blues, R&B, stride piano, Tin Pan Alley.

Il viaggio musicale inizia con "A Porter's Love Song (To a Chambermaid)," una composizione di

James P. Johnson

piano
1894 - 1955

" data-original-title="" title="">James P. Johnson che risale agli anni '30 e tocca i confini dell'esplorazione col successivo "I Don't Need No Doctor," un hit R&B del 1966, portato al successo da

Ray Charles

piano and vocals
1930 - 2004

" data-original-title="" title="">Ray Charles. All'interno di quest'area temporale Catherine privilegia un repertorio che ha cent'anni o quasi: quello delle prime cantanti blues (con l'arcaico "Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee," scritto da

Spencer Williams

b.1889

" data-original-title="" title="">Spencer Williams nel 1926 e interpretato da Mary Stafford e da

Clara Smith

" data-original-title="" title="">Clara Smith); ed ancora quello di

Fats Waller

piano
1904 - 1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Fats Waller (con "You Stayed Away Too Long") o "You Can Depend On Me" di

Earl Hines

piano
1903 - 1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Earl Hines. L'album chiude con "Waitin' for the Train to Come In," un successo di Peggy Lee del 1945, reinterpretato in un'appropriata veste blues.

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Track Listing

A Porter��s Love Song [To a Chambermaid]; I Don��t Need No Doctor; My Ideal; You Stayed Away Too Long; On the Sentimental side; Ain��t That Love; The Best Things Happen While You��re Dancing; Ain��t Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee; You Can Depend on Me; South To a Warmer Place; Waitin�� for the Train to Come In.

Personnel

Catherine Russell

vocals

Sean Mason - piano

piano

Album information

Title: My Ideal | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Dot Time Records

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