Something Cool CD

Her 4th Rel;Jazz Vocals; American Songbook

Personnel: Tierney Sutton (vocals); Christian Jacob (piano); Trey Henry (bass); Ray Brinker (drums).
Recorded at O'Henry Sound Studios, Burbank, California in March 2002.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Personnel: Tierney Sutton (vocals); Christian Jacob (piano); Trey Henry (bass); Ray Brinker (drums).
Recorded at O'Henry Sound Studios, Burbank, California in March 2002.
Personnel: Tierney Sutton (vocals); Christian Jacob (piano); Ray Brinker (drums).
Audio Mixer: Michael Bishop .
Liner Note Author: Tierney Sutton.
Recording information: O'Henry Sound Studios, Studio B, Burbank, CA (03/18/2002-03/20/2002).
Photographer: Pamela Springsteen.
Arrangers: Christian Jacob; Ray Brinker; Tierney Sutton; Trey Henry.
Tierney Sutton warms the soul with Something Cool. This offering, her third as a leader for the Telarc label, finds the vocalist using an array of vocal techniques, jazz styles, and formats on 14 great songs by several Great American Songbook composers, Bobby Troup, and the masterful Duke Ellington. Sutton is accompanied by her longtime trio of Christian Jacob on piano, Trey Henry on bass, and Ray Brinker on drums. The lovely vocalist/educator charms her listeners with elongated phrasings, a strong rhythmic sense, and amazing improvisational abilities on three Lerner & Loewe themes from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady. In addition to the outstanding vocal treatments she offers her listeners on these classic songs, Sutton scats and swings through an amazing "Ding, Dong! The Witch Is Dead." This song not only shows her versatility with tempo changes and range, but also displays her unique talent for selecting songs commonly associated with another musical style and improvising them in a jazz context. She garnered international critical acclaim for this technique on her 1999 release titled Unsung Heroes. Additional highlights include Howard Dietz's "Alone Together," on which she duets with bassist Trey Henry, and her exceptional rendition of "The Best Is Yet to Come," which features her cool jazz vocal skills. Tierney Sutton is at her finest on this program and offers an impeccable selection of songs that showcase her distinct musical personality and quality sound. ~ Paula Edelstein

JazzTimes (05/03, pp.159-60) - "...Sutton's supple voice, with its exceptional range and control, flows across bar lines and teases with time..."