(Vocal Jazz) Carol McCartney - A Night In Tunisia - 2007, MP3, 320 kbps

Carol’s impeccable vocals and finely tuned musicianship have made her a favourite among musicians and audiences alike.
Her current CD A Night in Tunisia showcases a star-studded band and has received critical acclaim. Ted O'Reilly wrote “[Carol McCartney is] sweet and swinging, warm, dramatic and rhythmically assured at all tempos. The last word Carol sings is ‘Goodbye’, but I hope she soon says ‘Hello’ again.”
Carol can also be heard on Bob Brough's recording of original songs Like a Spring Day, released in 2005; featured vocals on trumpeter Chase Sanborn's CDs Sweet and Low and Cut to the Chase; and all vocals on the JUNO nominated recording Taking Flight with big band Freeflight.
Carol has played most of the jazz festivals in and around the Toronto area and all the major jazz clubs including regular sessions at the Rex Hotel with John MacLeod's 20-piece big band. She also performed with them at the TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival.
Last spring she performed as a soloist with the Sarasota Symphony and traveled to Japan to tour there with a Japanese jazz quartet.
National radio appearances include Ross Porter's After Hours and Katie Malloch's Jazz Beat; she was honoured to sing at Oscar Peterson's Tribute in Mississauga.
In 2007, Carol joined clarinet prodigy Dave Bennett and his septet on a tour of shows both symphonic and small group. Recent symphonic performances include the Toronto, Vancouver, Nashville, Detroit, Omaha, San Antonio, Grand Rapids, Tacoma, Harrisburg, Orlando and Sarasota Symphonies.

On A Night in Tunisia, Canadian jazz vocalist Carol McCartney brings not only a bright and pleasing vocal style, but some of the most highly regarded Canadian jazzmen. These musicians include trumpeter Guido Basso (late of the Rob McConnell Boss Brass), vibraphonist and former Concord recording artist Peter Appleyard, bassist Dave Young, drummer Terry Clarke, tenor saxophonist Bob Brough and several others.
What is especially notable is that McCartney features each of them on different tracks. Appleyard's sparkling vibes solo is heard on the opening "East of the Sun," while Chase Sanborn (is he in the coffee business?) is featured on "I Concentrate on You. Bob Brough's solos on the title tune while Dave Young is featured on the Oscar Brown Jr/Bobby Timmons "Dat Dere. Guitarist Reg Schwager is featured on "I Thought About You," while Guido Basso's beautiful flugelhorn on "The Shadow of Your Smile" comes pretty close to the original source material of the ballad (Jack Sheldon was originally featured on the soundtrack to the Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor film The Sandpiper).
McCartney shows that she can deliver ballads from The Great American Songbook, as well as up-tempo jazz standards like "A Night in Tunisia" and "Dat Dere. She scats very effectively on the Bradshaw/Johnson/Plater "Jersey Bounce," while on "East of the Sun, McCartney uses vocalese that match the horn riffs during the break, a la George Benson. (Michael Gladstone)

Carol McCartney: vocal
John Sherwood: piano
Dave Young: bass
Terry Clarke: drums
Reg Schwager: guitar
Bob Brough: sax
Chase Sanborn: trumpet, flugelhorn
Geoff Young: guitar (5)
John MacLeod: fluglhorn (5)
Peter Appleyard: vibes (1)
Guido Basso: flugelhorn, trumpet (1, 6, 7)

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