Name: Pages from An Imaginary Life
Brand: Highnote
SKU: 55377900
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Pages from An Imaginary Life

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Album: Pages from An Imaginary Life
#	Song Title		Time
1)	My Foolish Heart	More Info...
2)	How Long Has This Been Going On?	More Info...
3)	Jealousy	More Info...
4)	I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues	More Info...
5)	Love for Sale	More Info...
6)	Worried Life Blues	More Info...
7)	Bad Luck May Be Good Luck	More Info...
8)	Lover Come Back to Me	More Info...
9)	Good Morning Headache	More Info...
10)	Dog Eat Dog	More Info...
11)	Humor Keeps Us Alive	More Info...
12)	Take the 'A' Train	More Info...
13)	Everything I Have Is Yours	More Info...
14)	All That Glitters Is Not Gold	More Info...
15)	All Roads Lead Back to You	More Info...

Album: Pages from An Imaginary Life
#	Song Title		Time
1)	My Foolish Heart	More Info...
2)	How Long Has This Been Going On?	More Info...
3)	Jealousy	More Info...
4)	I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues	More Info...
5)	Love for Sale	More Info...
6)	Worried Life Blues	More Info...
7)	Bad Luck May Be Good Luck	More Info...
8)	Lover Come Back to Me	More Info...
9)	Good Morning Headache	More Info...
10)	Dog Eat Dog	More Info...
11)	Humor Keeps Us Alive	More Info...
12)	Take the 'A' Train	More Info...
13)	Everything I Have Is Yours	More Info...
14)	All That Glitters Is Not Gold	More Info...
15)	All Roads Lead Back to You	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Andy Bey (vocals, piano).
Audio Mixer: Katsuhiko Naito.
Liner Note Author: Eric Comstock.
Recording information: The Samurai Hotel Recording Studio, Astoria, NY (05/21/2014).
Photographer: Alan Nahigian.
Coming off his Grammy-nominated 2013 album, The World According to Andy Bey, vocalist/pianist Andy Bey delivers the equally compelling 2014 release Pages from an Imaginary Life. As with its predecessor, Pages finds the jazz iconoclast returning to his roots with a set of American Popular Song standards done in a ruminative, stripped-down style. This is Bey, alone at the piano, delving deeply into the harmony, melody, and lyrics of each song. But don't let the spare setting fool you. Bey is a master of interpretation. In his seventies at the time of recording, and having performed over the years in a variety of settings from leading his own swinging vocal trio, to working with hard bop pioneer Horace Silver, to exploring the avant-garde with Archie Shepp, Bey has aged into a jazz oracle who doesn't so much perform songs as conjure them from somewhere in the mystical ether of his psyche. Famously blessed with a distinctive, sonorous baritone warble, Bey's voice has only ripened over the years to a warm, burnished, woody resonance; a sound perfectly suited for these poignant, romantic songs. In his hands, songs like "My Foolish Heart," "How Long Has This Been Going On?," and "Everything I Have Is Yours," take on new hues of gorgeous devastation. And yet, there's still something hopeful, swinging, and urbane about Bey's performances, and songs like "Lover Come Back to Me" and "Take the 'A' Train," are, as with all of the music on Pages from an Imaginary Life, joyous, earthy celebrations of life and love. ~ Matt Collar