Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - A Brand-New Shade Of Blue (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Chris Stamey’s collaboration with The Fellow Travelers, A Brand-New Shade Of Blue, was inspired by the intimate small-combo sound of the late ’50s and early ’60s—a time when the “cool jazz” compositions of such luminaries as John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk lived alongside the expanding pop vocabulary of Burt Bacharach and Jimmy Webb. “These are songs for late nights and rainy days,” Chris explains. “I wrote most of it in the dark of winter, in whispers, in the ‘wee small hours of the morning,’ that magic time ‘when the whole wide world is fast asleep.’ And these great singers and musicians kept that mood alive throughout the sessions that followed.”

The music started as song sheets, in the old style: just words and melodies on paper. Members of an N.C. ad hoc collective of singers and players, known informally as The Fellow Travelers, next gathered in Stamey’s Modern Recording studio in early 2020 to read through the songbook and bring the tunes to life. “I’d put down a rudimentary piano pass, then hand out the sheets,” Stamey explains, “and let the players take it from there.” First up was vocalist Brett Harris, who became the primary singer on the set and was joined by the accomplished trio of Charles Cleaver (piano), Dan Davis (drums), and Jason Foureman (acoustic bass), with Chris on guitar.

TRACKLIST

1. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - A Brand-New Shade of Blue (feat. Brett Harris, Will Campbell, Elijah Freeman & Dan Davis)
2. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - Je Ne Sais Quoi (feat. Brett Harris)
3. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - Late for the Party (feat. Brett Harris & Jason Foureman)
4. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - I Don't Think Of You (feat. Ramunė Martin)
5. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - In A Minor Key (feat. Brett Harris)
6. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - It Must Be Raining Somewhere (feat. Brett Harris & Evan Ringel)
7. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - Un Autre Temps (feat. Will Campbell)
8. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - Come Home To Me (feat. Brett Harris)
9. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - Late For The Party (Slight Return)
10. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - There's A Dream Around The Corner (feat. Brett Harris)
11. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - Cerulean Is Lovely
12. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - Speechless (feat. Brett Harris)
13. Chris Stamey & The Fellow Travelers - Dangling Cheek To Cheek (feat. Django Haskins)



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