Better Than Anything (Live)

Better Than Anything (Live)

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Better Than Anything, featuring Sheila Jordan (vocals), Harvie S (bass) and Alan Broadbent (piano), was captured live at Kimball's East in Oakland in April of 1991 by San Francisco radio personality, Bud Spangler - himself a well-known jazz musician who revived these exquisite recordings shortly before his passing in 2014.

"I am so proud to have been a part of this live recording", shares producer, bass player and longtime collaborator, Harvie S. "We all grooved together so effortlessly. Sheila is at her peak of creativity and prowess. Better than Anything could possibly be the most powerful musical statement of her long and distinguished career. I am thankful the broadcast was revived and I was honored to co-produce this project - the only jazz recording I know of with the instrumentation of just vocal, piano and bass."

Scott Yanow of All Music Guide calls Sheila Jordan "one of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers... One of the few vocalists who can improvise logical lyrics, she is a superb scat singerŠ an emotional interpreter of ballads."

"A true Jazz Child from her head to her toes" - Jazziz

Track List:

  1. Better Than Anything (Live) [06:37]
  2. If I Had You (Live) [09:16]
  3. The Best Thing for You (Live) [05:55]
  4. I Concentrate On You (Live) [04:01]
  5. Medley: You’d be so Nice to Come Home To / Morning Song / Japanese Dream / What’ll I Do? (Live) [13:55]
  6. Confirmation (Live) [05:53]
  7. Waltz for Debby (Live) [04:24]
  8. Falling In Love With Love (Live) [08:39]
  9. The Caterpillar Song (Live) [06:28]

Credits:

Track 1: Bill Loughborough (Composer), Dave Wheat (Composer)
Track 2: Reg Connelly (Composer), Jimmy Campbell (Composer), Ted Shapiro (Composer)
Track 3: Irving Berlin (Composer)
Track 4: Cole Porter (Composer)
Track 5: Clifford Jordan (Composer), Cole Porter (Composer), Abbey Lincoln (Composer), Irving Berlin (Composer), Sheila Jordan (Composer)
Track 6: Charlie Parker (Composer)
Track 7: Bill Evans (Composer), Gene Lees (Composer)
Track 8: Lorenz Hart (Composer), Richard Rogers (Composer)
Track 9: Larry Gelb (Composer)