''Seaside'', a

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by English

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pianist/vocalist Liane Carroll, was released on 18 September 2015 on Linn Records and received four-starred reviews in ''The Guardian'', ''The Observer'' and ''Mojo'' magazine. The title track was written by Joe Stilgoe.

Reception

Reviewing the album for Scottish national newspaper '' The Herald'', Keith Bruce described it as "not only Carroll's best disc, but one of the finest non-classical releases in the Linn catalogue". Jim Burlong, writing for ''Jazz Views'', said: "This is a wonderful album by one of our greatest jazz talents so full of quality and diversity. I doubt if there will be a better vocal based recording issued anywhere this year."

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, who gave the album four stars in his review for ''

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'', described the title track as "a haunting piece, beautifully arranged, which brings out her extraordinary ability to absorb the essence of a song and deliver it with such candour that you scarcely notice the artistry involved". John Fordham, in a four-starred review for ''

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'', described the ''Seaside'' album as "casually expressive, unblinkingly honest, and often charmingly autobiographical" and said that only "the superb British standards-and-ballads singer Liane Carroll" could make an album like this one. In a four-starred review for ''

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'', Fred Dellar described it as "jazz of the highest quality". Peter Quinn, for '' Jazzwise'', said: "Liane Carroll has that rare ability to meld effortless, often transcendent vocal and piano technique, with heart stopping emotion and soul bearing power. It should be no surprise then that her latest album, Seaside, combines all this with a savvy sophistication befitting of one of Britain’s finest jazz singers". Writing also on

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website, Quinn described Carroll's album as one of 2015's "outstanding vocal jazz releases... a sublime 10-track love letter to her home town of Hastings". According to John Marley of Yorkshire daily newspaper ''

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'' it was the best 2015 vocal jazz album.

Track listing

#"Seaside" (Joe Stilgoe) #"

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( Lerner and Loewe) #" Bring Me Sunshine" ( Arthur Kent/

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It's Nobody's Fault but Mine "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine" or "Nobody's Fault but Mine" is a song first recorded by gospel blues artist Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. It is a solo performance with Johnson singing and playing slide guitar. The song has been interpreted and ...

" (Traditional: song first recorded by

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in 1927) #" Get Me Through December" (

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" ( Mary Gauthier) ''(recorded live)'' #" Wild Is the Wind" (

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/ Ned Washington) #" I Cover the Waterfront" (

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/ Edward Heyman) #" My Ship" (

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) #" For Those in Peril of the Sea" ( William Whiting)

Personnel

* Liane Carroll – vocals, piano * Steve Pearce – acoustic bass * Ian Thomas – drums * James McMillan –

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, keyboards, percussion, bass, tenor horn,

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* Evan Jolly – trumpet,

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, flugelhorn; brass band and brass arrangements * Andy Wood – euphonium, trombone * Julian Siegel – tenor saxophone * Rob Leake – baritone and tenor saxophones * Mark Edwards – piano *

Malcolm Edmonstone Malcolm Edmonstone (born 1980, Perth, Scotland) is a British jazz pianist and pop arranger. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he became Head of Jazz. Edmonstone provided orchestral arrangements for Gary Barlow’s 2020 ...

– piano; brass arrangements * Mark Jaimes – acoustic and electric guitars *

Rob Luft Rob Luft (born November 1993) is an English jazz guitarist and composer from London, United Kingdom. He has released two albums, ''Riser'' & ''Life Is The Dancer'', as a solo artist on British label Edition Records. Biography Luft was born ...

– guitar

Recording and production

The album was recorded in

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

at Quietmoney Studios and produced by James McMillan. The cover photograph is by Carol Murphy.

References

External links

Liane Carroll: official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seaside 2015 albums Albums produced by James McMillan Liane Carroll albums Linn Records albums Maritime music