VARIOUS ARTISTS: The Saturn Session

Various Artists

The Saturn Session

© 2001 5 Pianist/Singers (634479719967) (format: CD-R)

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Five Singer/Pianists do Standards and Parodies. Charlie Cochran, Audrey Morris, Billy Roy & Patti Wicks recreate the atmosphere of postwar Manhattan in song. Joined by John Meyer & Bobbie Horowitz's comedy lyrics.

tracks

1 The Night Has a Thousand eyes
2 I Go for That
3 Ronny Graham medley
4 Pasadena/Radio in Heaven/Farewell
5 I Could Have Told You
6 El Cajon
7 Wonder Why?
8 Gargle/My Heart Tells Me
9 That's For Me
10 No Pork, No Pork
11 Angel Eyes
12 Charlie Chan
13 Three Stories
14 Easy to Remember
15 Say That We're Sweethearts Again
16 What Every Woman Knows
17 Everything I Love
18 It's You Or No-one
19 Again
20 there IS no track 20.

notes

Charlie Cochran entertained in New York for 29 years. At parties, he played for Lee Wiley, Martha Raye, Anita O'Day and Judy Garland. He has a distinctive sound and a jazzy chord sense. He's released four albums, two on Fred Astaire's AVA label, and two for Audiophile.

Audrey Morris has been Chicago's premiere pianist/chanteuse for many years. Her spare piano orchestration lets the lyric shine through, and her taste in songs is superb.

William Roy has accompanied everyone from Margaret Whiting and Lisa Kirk to Julie Wilson.
His musical, "Maggie" gave Mabel Mercer one of her finest songs, "Charm". He is also a superb vocalist.

Patti Wicks is the most jazz-oriented of these musicians. Her buoyant, humorous vocals are a delight.

Bobbie Horowitz is half of the writing/performing team Horowitz & Spector, active on the NY cabaret scene. Their parody of "New York, New York" is a highlight.

John Meyer has written comedy songs for Madeline Kahn, Lily Tomlin...and Judy Garland. He shares some of them here, in addition to the work of other comedy writers, like Ronny ("Mr. Dirt") Graham.

Charlie, Audrey, Billy and Patti each have albums of their own. Visit their websites, or inquire here.

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  • THE BEST
    author: Louise Duncan

    This is so clever and funny. Billy Roy wrote tons for the Upstairs at the Downstairs and that sec point of view is on display here - that late 50's-early 60's cabaret take.

  • author: CD Baby

    Five Singer/Pianists do standards and parodies. Charlie Cochran, Audrey Morris, Billy Roy & Patti Wicks recreate the atmosphere of postwar Manhattan in song. The artists are joined by John Meyer & Bobbie Horowitz's comedy lyrics for this jovial and nostalgic look at days gone by. It is hilarious at times, poignant at others, either way a heartfelt romp through the classics.

  • Post-war Manhattan is recreated in this nostalgic recording of pianists, singers
    author: Pamela Rooney

    Granted, I wasn’t around in the 1940s, but I wish I could have seen these kinds of songs performed live in the victorious atmosphere that followed World War II in The Big Apple. The mood goes from reflective to hilarious in a heartbeat, and the overall warm and jovial mood of these live recordings takes the listener back to the era when the songs were written, and musical entertainment was sought out live in clubs around the city. Charlie Cochran, Audrey Morris, Billie Roy and Patti Wicks play their favorites from years past, and let John Meyer and Bobbie Horowitz steal the show with their humorous takes on popular culture from the American 1940s when things weren’t necessarily more innocent.

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