Betty Lee & Ondrej Pivec New York Quartet      

 

 

 

 

 


I WISH YOU LOVE

1. (Sitin’ on) the dock of the bay (Otis Redding & Stephen Cropper) 5:40

2. There is no greater love (Isham Jones & Marty Symes) 4:26

3. Smoke gets in your eyes (Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach) 6:22

4. Somewhere over the rainbow  (Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg)   6:38

5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy  (Josef Zawinul & Gail and Vincent Levi)   6:11

6. Bachelorette (Bjork & Sigurjon Birgir Sigurtsson)  5:10

7. The Coffee song*  (Ondrej Pivec & Betty Lee)  3:55

8. I wish you love  (Charles Trenet & Albert Beach) 6:09
 

Betty Lee vocal, Ondrej Pivec Hammond-B3, * Rhodes piano and vocals
Jake Langley guitar, Ross Pederson drums, Ken Wallace percussion*

 

Recorded May 20—22, 2009 at Ian London Long Island Studios by Ken Wallace
Mixed and mastered at Ian London Columbus Circle Studios by Ken Wallace

Cube-Metier MJCD2944

 


 
Betty Lee's voice is without any of the mannerisms associated with club singers. Yes, she remains within the song's sensitive framework and reliably interprets the tune, but offers it with an outstanding understanding of the style. She enriches the standards with their own sophistication but where required (as in Björk's Bachelorette), she knows how to bite.
(Lubomir Doruzka, iDnes)

 

 



Betty Lee zní na albu bez jakýchkoliv manýr nightclubových zpěvaček. Ano, nepřekročí rámec citlivého a spolehlivého podání melodie, nicméně tu nabídne s mimořádným citem pro styl. Standardům dodá náležitou kultivovanost, tam kde je vhodné (například v Bachelorette od Björk), nasadí působivě kousavý rejstřík.
(Lubomír Dorůžka, iDnes)