Night is Jazz Singer Holly Cole‘s 3rd album on the 2xHD label at NativeDSD. Following her earlier albums Holly and Girl Talk.
For her first album in five years, multiple award winner and internationally acclaimed Canadian jazz singer Holly Cole presents this conceptually ambitious piece of work with a unifying theme: an intimate collection of songs for the nighttime.
In trademark Holly Cole fashion, Night crosses different corners of the musical spectrum from the first focus track, a James Bond theme by John Barry (“You Only Live Twice“), to a Mort Shuman classic originally sung by Elvis Presley (“Viva Las Vegas“) to Tom Waits (“Walk Away“ and “Whistling Past The Graveyard“), Jacques Brel (“If You Go Away”) and Gordon Lightfoot (“If You Could Read My Mind“).
A song by late Sixties/early Seventies Canadian folk-pop duo The Poppy Family has gently found its way into the repertoire (“I Thought Of You Again“). All of this is complimented by an American songwriter/folk classic from the Danny O’Keefe songbook (“Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues“), a riveting version of a Captain Beefheart tune (“Love Lies“), a timeless pop ballad previously sung by Art Garfunkel (“I Only Have Eyes For You“) and – a wonderful new Holly Cole original – “You’ve Got A Secret“.
It’s a fascinating collection of songs that delivers additional proof of Cole’s unique mastery of song interpretation, featuring a theme where she is truly at home. Eleven wonderful tracks for the special time between dusk and dawn. Holly Cole says “When we made this recording the band and I pushed well past normal studio hours. We worked deep into the night and journeyed to unexpected and surprisingly rewarding places.”
Holly Cole, Vocals
Tracklist
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Additional information
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| SKU | 2XDAR1015 |
| Qualities | DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz |
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| Composers | Barry, Brennan, Bricusse, Cole, Dubin, Jacks, Lightfoot, McKuen, O'Keefe, Pomus, Schuman, van Vliet, Waits, Warren |
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| Release Date | October 20, 2023 |
Press reviews
Jazz Times
Though Canadian chanteuse Holly Cole and her longtime trio mates, pianist Aaron Davis and bassist David Piltch, released their first live album a few months ago, five years have passed since their last studio session. In the interim, Cole seems to have shifted focus from delightfully quirky to coolly mature, her voice now tinged with an enticing hint of gravel, her trademark slyness more pensive. But the playfulness she so excels at hasn’t diminished an iota, and she remains one of the cleverest interpreters around, her rapport with Davis and Piltch (here augmented by drummer Davide DiRenzo and various guests) deeper than ever.
Two of her passions, pop culture and Tom Waits, are duly indulged. The former emerges in a faraway rendition of the decades-old James Bond theme, “You Only Live Twice,” and a cunningly deconstructed “Viva Las Vegas.” Her Waits obsession reveals itself with an ensorcelled “Walk Away” lifted from the bayou’s inkiest depths and “Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard,” its twilit eeriness craftily coaxed by Johnny Johnson’s sax and clarinet, Kevin Turcotte’s trumpet and flugelhorn and William Carn’s trombones.
Cole gets “Goodtime Charlie’s Got the Blues” just right, inching past wistful but stopping short of woeful, succeeds as a stripped-bare balladeer on a finely scorched “If You Go Away,” and reminds us what a skilled songwriter she is with the wily “You’ve Got a Secret.” Those willing to part with extra dosh for the Japanese pressing will also be treated to a seductive, bongo- and organ-propelled “The Tender Trap” that swaps Sinatra swagger for Julie London silkiness.
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