The Abbey Road Sessions (Ian Shaw album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Abbey Road Sessions
| type = studio
| artist = Ian Shaw
| cover = Ian Shaw - The Abbey Road Sessions.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = 14 March 2011
| recorded = 2010
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = 35:39
| label = Splash Point Records
| producer = Neal Richardson
| chronology = Ian Shaw
| prev_title = Somewhere Towards Love
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = A Ghost in Every Bar: The Lyrics of Fran Landesman
| next_year = 2012
}}
The Abbey Road Sessions is a 2011 studio album by Welsh musician Ian Shaw. It was released on 14 March 2011 by Splash Point Records.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-abbey-road-sessions/546632464|title=The Abbey Road Sessions by Ian Shaw|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=7 May 2021}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = The Guardian
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/28/ian-shaw-abbey-road-review|title=The Guardian Review|work=The Guardian|last=Fordham|first=John|date=29 July 2011|access-date=7 May 2021}}
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In a review for The Guardian, jazz critic John Fordham wrote "Shaw is cool but never calculatingly crooner-hip. Perhaps he occasionally embroiders too much for lyrics lovers, and the band might have welcomed a few more hours together, but this is a fitting document for one of the UK's most honest and musical jazz vocalists." At JazzTimes, Christopher Loudon explained: "Shaw was positively fizzing with excitement. It must have also been the launch of his lushly arranged latest album The Abbey Road Sessions... he's in danger of becoming a national treasure."{{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/ian-shaw-the-abbey-road-sessions/|title=Jazzwise Review|publisher=JazzTimes|last=Loudon|first=Christopher|access-date=7 May 2021}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline=The Abbey Road Sessions track listing
|title1=Get Out of Town
|writer1=Cole Porter
|length1=3:48
|title2=Human Nature
|writer2={{hlist|Steve Porcaro|John Bettis}}
|length2=4:17
|title3=Skylark
|writer3={{hlist|Hoagy Carmichael|Johnny Mercer}}
|length3=2:06
|title4=Obsession
|writer4={{hlist|Danilo Caymmi|Tracy Mann|Gilson Peranzzetta}}
|length4=3:22
|title5=Stuck in the Middle with You
|writer5={{hlist|Gerry Rafferty|Joe Egan}}
|length5=3:18
|title6=Since I Fell for You
|writer6=Buddy Johnson
|length6=4:16
|title7=The Lady's In Love With You
|writer7={{hlist|Burton Lane|Frank Loesser}}
|length7=3:28
|title8=I'm Thru with Love/Day Dream
|writer8={{hlist|Gus Kahn|Fud Livingston|Matty Malneck)|(John La Touche|Billy Strayhorn|Duke Ellington}}
|length8=7:19
|title9=Be Cool
|writer9=Joni Mitchell
|length9=4:23
|title10=I Get Along Without You Very Well
|writer10={{hlist|Carmichael|Jane Brown Thompson}}
|length10=5:03
|title11=Darn That Dream
|writer11={{hlist|Jimmy Van Heusen|Eddie DeLange}}
|length11=4:21
|title12=Today I Sing the Blues
|length12=4:13
|title13=Stairway to the Stars
|writer13={{hlist|Mitchell Parish|Malneck|Frank Signorelli}}
|length13=1:52
}}
Personnel
- Ian Shaw - vocals
- Peter Ind - double bass (all tracks except track 5)
- David Preston - guitar
- Phil Ware - piano
- Gene Calderazzo - drums
- Zhenya Strigalev - alto saxophone
- Miguel Gorodi - trumpet
- David BeeBee - double bass (on track 5)
External links
- [http://www.ianshaw.biz/ Official website]
- [http://www.splashpointrecords.com/ Splash Point Records]
References
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