Claire Martin: Modern Art
Label: LINN Catalog: AKD340 Format: CD Claire Martin, vocals; Gareth Williams, piano; Laurence Cottle, bass; Nigel Hitchcock, alto sax; Mark Nightingale - trombone, Phil Robson - guitar, James Maddren - drums, Chris Dagley, drums; Sola Akingbola - percussionTRACKS: Everything I’ve Got Belongs To You; So Twentieth Century; Love Is Real; lowercase; A Modern Art; Edge Ways; Love of Another; Totally; Everybody Today Is Turning On; Sunday Morning Here With You; Promises; Things I Miss The Most; As We Live and Breathe; Nirvana Britain’s leading female jazz singer, Claire Martin, presents an acerbic look at what it takes to be a jazz musician in the celebrity-obsessed 21st century. The original and contemporary songs on “A Modern Art” are presented with a cool-edge, tinged with a touch of irony and razor-sharp wit. It’s an album which Martin firmly insists “is my best ever”. Price: $27.98 |