John Pizzarelli - My Blue Heaven

 

Hybrid SACD

John Pizzarelli — My Blue Heaven

Recorded in 1990 for the noted New York audiophile label Chesky Records, My Blue Heaven was John Pizzarelli's first significant album release, heralding the arrival of a major talent and future Grammy-winning star. Supported by a dream team lineup of veteran jazz stars — including Pizzarelli's guitar-playing father, Bucky, together with trumpeter Clark Terry, bass supremo Milt Hinton, and drummer extraordinaire Connie Kay — the New Jersey-born singer and virtuoso of the seven-string guitar serves up a swinging cache of evergreen jazz standards.

With the album's highlights ranging from spirited revamps of the Nat King Cole Trio's "Candy," Duke Ellington's "Passion Flower" and Dave Frishberg's "Can't Take You Nowhere," the impeccably recorded My Blue Heaven represented a significant step in Pizzarelli's early musical journey, helping to introduce him to a wider audience. Hybrid Stereo SACD.

1. My Blue Heaven

2. I'm An Errand Boy for Rhythm

3. It Could Happen to You

4. Lady Be Good

5. The Touch of Your Lips

6. Can't Take You Nowhere

7. Take My Smile

8. That's What

9. Stray Horn

10. Best Man

11. Oh Me, Oh My, Oh Gosh

12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

13. Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You

14. Passion Flower

15. Zoot Walked In/Morning Fun

16. Candy

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