Description
Release Date: 05/12/23
This is the ultimate tribute from son (Matt) to and WITH his mother,Mavis Rivers, the first female signed to Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records label...
Genre: Jazz/Big Band/Vocal/Strings
Composers: Assorted
The creation of this project has been a life-long ambition of Matt's. It honors the music of both his incredible jazz vocalist 'mommy,' and one of the people he admired most musically and in life, the one and only Mr. Frank Sinatra. Each song was carefully selected for its relevance to each of these artists, as well as their place along the journey.
Nominated as Best New Artist at the very first Grammy Awards, Mavis Staples career was Landmark.
After the nomination, and after recording three acclaimed LPs for the Capitol Records label, her label mate Frank Sinatra decided to end his own relationship with Capitol. His answer was to form and create his own recording label. Sinatra created Reprise Records. The very first female vocalist he signed, whom Sinatra nicknamed his 'Swinging Lady', was Samoan-born Mavis Rivers. As a result, Mavis entered the studio in late 1960s to record what would be one of the first three initial releases on Sinatra's Reprise records. Amazingly, Mavis at the time was very pregnant (with MATT); you'll hear those vocals on this recording!
PERSONNEL
Alto Saxes - Alex Budman, Tammy Danielson
Tenor Sax - Larry Cook
Baritone Sax - Pat Beliveau
Trumpets - Dave Scott, Joel Spanky Gray, Jens Lindemann
Trombones - Alex Isles, Brien Matson
Bass - Kevin Axt
Drums - Steve Moretti
Strings performed by members of the Robert McDuffee Center For Strings at Mercer University, Amy Schwartz-Moretti, Director
1st Violins-Amy Schwartz-Moretti (Concertmaster), Anna Black, Virgil Moore, Ally Cohen
2nd Violins-Augusta Schubert, Caitlyn Clingenpeel, Chelsea Cline, Mimi Fan
Violas-Carlos Walker, Seido Karasaki, Alec Luna, Cellos-Peyton Magalhaes, Constantine Janello, Luis Parra, Lichi Acosta, Sara Scanlon, Juliana Moroz
Basses-Dylan Reckner, Kevin Axt
| Label: Summit Records |
| Genre: Jazz |
| Run Time: 55:33 mins |