Urban Tribe (2007)

About this title: Anne Ducros' second Dreyfus CD is a mixed bag. After an impressive first effort for the label, this session opens with two dreadful numbers, a bland pop interpretation of the Beatles' "Sexy Sadie" (not one of the typical Beatles' pieces chosen by jazz musicians), and an annoying original by her pianist Oliver Hutman, "When I Know, If I Know," which sounds as if it was written during the heyday of disco. Fortunately, Ducros regains focus on the sound of jazz for the remaining tracks, scatting up a storm in "Up Jumped Spring," delivering a moving interpretation of the melancholy "I Fall in Love ... read more

Tracks:

1. Sexy Sadie [Lennon/McCartney]
2. When I Know, If I Know [Hutman/Hutman]
3. Up Jumped Spring [Hubbard/Lincoln]
4. I Fall in Love Too Easily [Cahn/Styne]
5. You and the Night and the Music [Dietz/Schwartz]
6. Easy to Love [Porter]
7. Stairway to the Stars [Parish/Malneck/Sign]
8. Who Can I Turn To [Bricusse/Newley]
9. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay [Redding/Cropper]
10. Over the Rainbow [Arlen/Harburg]
11. Green Dolphin Street [Kaper/Washington]

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