Rickie Lee Jones - Pieces Of Treasure

180-gram vinyl

Rickie Lee Jones reunites with producer Russ Titelman on her 15th album!

Ten covers of songs from the Great American Songbook

Recorded in 2022 over five days at Sear Sound in New York City, Rickie Lee Jones is backed on her 15th album by the quartet of Rob Mounsey on piano, guitarist Russell Malone, bassist David Wong and drummer Mark McLean. The album consists of 10 covers of songs from the Great American Songbook.

Great jazz never imitates what has already been done. Throughout her career, the Grammy-winning singer songwriter has interpreted an extraordinarily wide range of songs, often on the same album (David Bowie publicly praised her take on "Rebel Rebel"). She has recorded celebrated jazz-leaning albums including Girl at Her Volcano and Pop Pop, but until now, she had never devoted an entire album to the American Songbook.

"This album is as much about being human, the view of surviving-which means aging, and loving relentlessly — as it is about anything," says Jones, now 68 with an acclaimed memoir, Last Chance Texaco. "We love ‘til the day we die, love our lives, our families, and finally ourselves."

The title, a call back to Pirates — is elegantly simple, a deeply emotive set pulled from Jones' own life and experience.

"This is an album Russ masterfully picked players who are exceptional musicians, who listen and respond," says Jones. "And that's partly why this sparse thing sounds so totally complete, because everyone responds to each other and builds this perfect room."

Russ, in this case, is producer Russ Titelman, who co-produced Jones' star-making albums, her 1980 debut Rickie Lee Jones and the seminal Pirates. Available everywhere April 28 on vinyl, experience the sensual, elegant, ground-breaking spirit that is always Rickie Lee.

Side A

Just in Time

There Will Never Be Another You

Nature Boy

One for My Baby

They Can't Take That Away from Me

Side B

All the Way

Here's That Rainy Day

September Song

On the Sunny Side of the Street

It's All in the Game

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