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Black Coffee * [Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights/Ann Savoy]

Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights/Ann Savoy
1 disc

1. I Cried for You
2. Whoa Tilly, Take Your Time
3. Nuages
4. Black Coffee
5. If It Ain't Love
6. You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
7. My Funny Valentine
8. Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous
9. If You Were Mine
10. New Orleans Blues
11. Embraceable You
12. J'attendrai
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): DOT 0225
Credits

Producer Joel Savoy; Ann Savoy
Engineer Joel Savoy
Personnel: Ann Savoy (vocals); Tom Mitchell (guitar); Kevin Wimmer (fiddle); Eric Frey (upright bass); Glenn Fields (drums).
Audio Mixer: Joel Savoy.
Recording information: Overdub, Inc., Ville Platte, LA; Studio SavoyFaire, Eunice, LA.
Photographers: Gabrielle Savoy; Ann Savoy.
Arrangers: Tom Mitchell ; Kevin Wimmer.
Cajun singer Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights turn in another re-creation of French-style acoustic jazz of the mid-20th century on their second album, Black Coffee. The model, of course, is the Hot Club of France, with lead guitarist Tom Mitchell making like Django Reinhardt and fiddler Kevin Wimmer like Stphane Grappelli. That group didn't have a vocalist, of course, but here Savoy takes vocal choruses in between the jazz solos with the exuberance and phrasing of Maria Muldaur, though she is more of a straight contralto, lacking Muldaur's high notes. To add to the effect, she sometimes sings in French, with an accent often more suggestive of Baton Rouge than Paris. It's all quite pleasant, if in a distinctly retro manner. ~ William Ruhlmann
Critic Reviews

JazzTimes (p.62) - "Savoy moves beyond mere animation to embody a vibrant cast of characters....Her starkly beautiful 'My Funny Valentine' rivals the naked vulnerability of Chet Baker's."