Ko Ko Music presents "Ballads, Blues & Bey" by Andy Bey - first time on vinyl

by Andy Bey

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Deluxe double vinyl mastered to play at 33 1/3 rpm.
N.B. THERE IS NO DIGITAL ALBUM FOR THIS ITEM

Side A:
"Someone To Watch Over Me"
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To"

Side B:
"I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart"
"In A Sentimental Mood"

Side C:
"Willow Weep For Me"
"Yesterdays"
"If You Could See Me Now"

Side D:
"I'm Just A Lucky So And So"
"Day Dream"
"Embraceable You"

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about

Andy Bey is one of those few jazz vocalists who are so singularly personal and distinctive in style that they communicate the material they choose more in the manner of an instrumentalist than a vocalist. On these recordings from 1995, his first after 1974’s “Experience And Judgment”, he sings and accompanies himself on piano on a series of standards, including four by Duke Ellington (including “I Let A Song Go Our Of My Heart” and “In A Sentimental Mood”), two by George & Ira Gershwin (“Someone To Watch Over Me” and “Embraceable You”), Cole Porter’s “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To”, Jerome Kern’s “Yesterdays”, and others by Ann Ronnell and Tadd Dameron. The setting is intimate and showcases his broad range from baritone to falsetto and his angular and often sparse piano accompaniment. This is the first time these recordings have been issued on vinyl.

credits

released February 11, 2020

Andy Bey (vocals, piano)
Herb Jordan (producer)
Prepared for vinyl at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin

about

Andy Bey New Jersey

Andy Bey was born in Newark, NJ in 1939. At 17 he formed a trio with his sisters Salome and Geraldine and recorded three albums with them. He recorded with Max Roach, Horace Silver, Gary Bartz and Stanley Clarke and released a solo LP in 1972 (Experience And Judgment). In 1996 he returned to recording, releasing "Balads, Blues And Bey" and since then has made numerous recordings mainly on CD. ... more