Destination Moon (Decca)
Deborah Cox
Released June 4, 2007
Top 10 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll 2007
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About:
Destination Moon is the fourth album by canadian R&B singer Deborah Cox. A tribute album to jazz singer Dinah Washington, Cox noted it “a concept album that I’ve had in mind for years”. Many of Washington’s songs are reinterpreted on the album including the title track “Destination Moon”. Most of the album was recorded live with a forty-piece orchestra and was produced and arranged by Rob Mounsey.
Track Listing:
1. Destination Moon (Marvin Fisher / Roy Alfred) 2:41
2. What A Difference A Day Made (Maria Grever / Stanley Adams) 4:07
3. Misery (Dinah Washington / Louis Howard) 3:42
4. Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes (Clyde Otis / Murray Stein) 3:35
5. This Bitter Earth (Clyde Otis) 4:06
6. Squeeze Me (Clarence Williams / Thomas Waller) 2:22
7. New Blowtop Blues (Jane Feather / Leonard Feather) 3:00
8. Blue Skies (Irving Berlin) 4:08
9. I Don’t Hurt Anymore (Donald Robertson / Jack Rollins) 3:27
10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Jerome Kern / Otto Harbach) 4:33
11. September In The Rain (Al Dubin / Harry Warren) 3:23
12. Look To The Rainbow (Burton Lane / E.Y. Harburg) 3:55
Personnel:
Deborah Cox: vocals
Rob Mounsey Orchestra
Piano: Rob Mounsey
Bass: David Finck, Lou Kosma
Drums: Victor Lewis
Guitar: David Spinozza
Saxophones: Dave Riekenberg (alto), Marc Phaneuf (alto), Roger Rosenberg (baritone), Andy Snitzer (tenor, solo #2), Charlie Pillow (tenor)
Trombones: Birch Johnson, John Fedchock, Michael Boschen, Jeff Nelson (bass)
Trumpets: Alex Sipiaguine, Jeff Kievit, Jim Hynes, Tony Kadleck, Lew Soloff (solo #8)
French Horn: Bob Carlisle, Peter Gordon, Stewart Rose
Bassoon: Mark Goldberg
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet: Virgil Blackwell
Flute: Liz Mann
Oboe, English Horn: Bill Meredith
Harp: Emily Mitchell
Cello: Clay Ruede, Jeanne LeBlanc, Richard Locker, Semyon Fridman
Viola: Craig Mumm, Jill Jaffe, Juliet Haffner, Karen Dreyfus
Violin: Abe Appleman, Ann Leathers, Avril Brown, Barry Finclair, Eriko Sato, Jean Ingraham, Karen Karlsrud, Karl Kawahara, Katherine Livolsi-Stern, Kristina Musser, Rob Shaw, Suzanne Ornstein
Recorded at Avatar Studios, Legacy Studios, and 333 Studios, New York
Produced by Rob Mounsey
Vocals co-produced by Deborah Cox
Recorded by Dave O’Donnell
Additional Recording by Richard Alderson, Rob Mounsey
Assistant Engineer: Brian Montgomery, Brian Pugh, Seamus Tyson, Yvan Bing
Mixed by Elliot Scheiner
Mastered by Leon Zervos
Design: Denise Trotman
Photography: Joanne Savio
Production Manager: Tom Arndt
Review:
After making a name for herself as a contemporary R&B singer, vocalist Deborah Cox decided she wanted to show the world another side of herself. Destination Moon, a tribute to Dinah Washington, is the result. So, can a pop singer and “dance-floor icon” also be a credible jazz singer? Just listen. Not only is she credible; she’s great. (From Destination Moon.)
Nick Morrison (npr)
