No One Knows (2005)

About this title: In the late '90s and early 2000s, Eric Comstock had a reputation for being more of a cabaret/traditional pop singer than a jazz singer. But on his third album, No One Knows, he seems to be going out of his way to show what he can offer from a jazz standpoint. Comstock includes songs by Charlie Haden, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn and Benny Carter, and he is backed by musicians who are most definitely jazz improvisers -- people like veteran tenor saxman/flutist Frank Wess (an accomplished Count Basie alumni), trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, guitarist Peter Bernstein (who has a strong Grant Green ... read more

Tracks:

1. Easy on the Heart [Haden/Hamilton]
2. To the Ends of the Earth [Sherman/Sherman]
3. No One Knows [Strayhorn]
4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Ellington/Russell]
5. Jump for Joy [Ellington/Webster]
6. Small World [Styne/Sondheim]
7. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes [Bernier/Brainin]
8. Grievin' [Strayhorn/Ellington]
9. Imagination [VanHeusen/Burke]
10. I Do It for Your Love [Simon]
11. Hazel's Hips [Brown]
12. When Lights Are Low [Carter/Williams]
13. Old Devil Moon [Lane/Harburg]
14. There Will Never Be Another You [Warren/Gordon]
15. If I Had My Druthers [DePaul/Mercer]
16. I Hear Music [Lane/Loesser]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.