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New York jazz/pop cult heroes Dave's True Story both outlived and transcended the '90s lounge revival through the strength of both David Cantor's witty, urbane, and deceptively deep songwriting, and chanteuse Kelly Flint's bewitching, understated style. Their fourth album, NATURE, is their most polished to date and, ironically, their least jazzy, with Cantor moving toward a more pentatonic pop mode, with any swing-kitsch leanings definitively excised. In other words, it's a perfect entry-point into the rarefied delights of the band's sui generis aesthetic viewpoint.
New York's jazzy pop trio Dave's True Story dims the lights and darkens the grooves on their new CD "Nature," cleverly exploring the topics of love, sleeplessness and global ennui. Lyricist, guitarist Dave Cantor, jazzy chanteuse Kelly Flint, and produce
Dave's True Story: Kelly Flint (vocals); David Cantor (guitar, ukulele); Jeff Eyrich (bass instrument, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Roger Bruno (accordion, shaker); Bernhard Ulrich (clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Randy Reinhart (trumpet); Steve Gluzband (flugelhorn); J. Walter Hawkes (trombone); Jon Dryden (piano, electric piano, organ); Bob Malone (electric piano); Tom Beckham, Lalo (vibraphone); Rich Zukor (drums, bongos, djembe, shaker, percussion); Richard Crooks (drums); Fred Walcott (bongos, percussion).
JazzTimes (p.120) - "Flint and Cantor serve up what might best be described as self-help jazz infused with street-smart cynicism." Nature Music | List Price | $13.97 (You save $2.68) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Jazz, Easy Listening, Singer/Songwriter | | Label | Bepop | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  35777  | | CD Universe Part number | 6841873 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 19, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Jeff Eyrich | | Engineer | Dae Bennett | | Personnel | Jeff Eyrich - bass instrument, background vocals
Kelly Flint - vocals
David Cantor - guitar, ukulele
Also: Richard Crooks, Richard Crooks, Fred Walcott, J. Walter Hawkes, Jon Dryden, Randy Reinhart, Bob Malone, Steve Gluzband, Bernhard Ulrich, Lalo, Rich Zukor, Roger Bruno, Tom Beckham |
Dave's True Story Nature Songs | 1. | World in Which We Live |
| 2. | Dog's Life |
| 3. | I Lost My Nature |
| 4. | Chasin' the White Line Down |
| 5. | Everlasting No |
| 6. | Who Would Guess? |
| 7. | Still She Knows |
| 8. | How Do You Break a Heart? |
| 9. | Cinder |
| 10. | Sandman |
| 11. | Small Black Heart |
| 12. | Kiss Me Quick |
| 13. | Blue Nile |
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Dave's True Story's self-titled debut album was originally issued as a limited release in 1994. This 2002 reissue includes bonus tracks and is the first widely distributed version.
The eponymous debut album by Dave's True Story won substantial acclaim upon its initial release in 1994. Following its release, the New York Times devoted a Sunday edition article to the group, which went on to win the 1995 Kerrville New Music Award because of this debut effort. The album showcased the eerie vocals of Kelly Flint and the songwriting of Dave Cantor, the man who gave the group its name. Together, they create relaxed lounge music with both jazz and pop overtones, though more the former than the latter. In particular, "Crazy Eyes" stands out because of its appearance in the film Kissing Jessica Stein. Originally self-released, this eponymous debut remained long out of print ...
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Things were better honed for No-Man on Flowermouth, released a year after the band's debut. Minus Ben Coleman (although you'd never guess because he appears on seven of nine tracks), Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson were aided by Robert Fripp, Ian Carr, Steve Jansen, and Richard Barbieri (who recorded the excellent set Flame with Bowness in the same year). Beginning with the epic "Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap," which is almost ten minutes on the original and longer on the reissue, things flow as Bowness' soothing vocal gives way to solos by Carr and Fripp. "You Grow More Beautiful" is another hit that might have been, while "Animal Ghost" is what Arthur Ransom, the author of Swallows and Amazons, might have sounded like had he chosen music instead of literature -- a very English affair with a meandering piano line (removed on the reissue) and flute solo. "Soft Shoulders" is the closest to a throwaway, but "Shell of a Fighter" restores order, an enthralling piece expanding to nearly eight minutes of lilting pastoral verse, quiet passages of electronics, and an all out storm of squally guitars and ferrocious drumming. "Teardrop Falls," one of their best, is a paced yet graceful pop dance tune. Flowermouth has serenity, too, in "Watching Over Me," which may have been better following "Shell." "Simple" uses a sample courtesy of Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, roaming through contemporary club beats to reach a haunting climax. "Things Change" is the endgame, with the lyrics "You're leaving me behind you, I hate the way things change" sung in earnest. Gentle again, giving way to Wilson's emotionally wrought guitar mimicking the gut wrenching agony of love lost. A masterpiece of writing and playing recommended beyond reason. ~ Kelvin Hayes
Things were better honed for No-Man on Flowermouth, released a year after the band's debut. Minus Ben Coleman (although you'd never guess because he appears on seven of nine tracks), Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson were aided by Robert Fripp, Ian Carr, Steve Jansen, and Richard Barbieri (who recorded the excellent set Flame with Bowness in the same year). Beginning with the epic "Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap," which is almost ten minutes on the original and longer on the reissue, things flow as Bowness' soothing vocal gives way to solos by Carr and Fripp. "You Grow More Beautiful" is another hit that might have been, while "Animal Ghost" is what Arthur Ransom, the author of Swallows and Amazons, might have sounded like had he chosen music instead of literature -- a very English affair with a meandering piano line (removed on the reissue) and flute solo. "Soft Shoulders" is the closest to a throwaway, but "Shell ...
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