Release Date: 17 April 2026
Label: Copasetic Foundation
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060211503108
Genres: Jazz Vocal Jazz
Description
A reissue of Alex Webb's 2016 album Call Me Lucky, a collection of outstanding original songs sung by an international cast of top jazz vocalists - including David McAlmont, China Mose, Liane Carroll, Jo Harrop and Sandra Nkake. It's also one man's stand for the continuing role of the song in jazz. The Great American Songbook has, over the decades, been thoroughly mined and few of today's pop composers offer the harmonic or lyrical sophistication which jazz vocalists cherish.
Pianist, arranger, composer and musical director Alex Webb presents a collection of extraordinarily well-crafted original songs, which, though varied in style, have at their heart an acoustic jazz sensibility that combine hints of bebop, twists of Billy Strayhorn-ish melancholia, a shake of pop and a whole heap of sass and swing! It does of course help that Webb has gathered eleven of today's most talented jazz vocalists to interpret his compositions, drawing on artists from both sides of the pond, from rising stars and established headliners.
Press:
"Alex Webb is one of the British jazz scene's great and good...though it's golden age jazz, it all manages to be quirkily contemporary - and a remarkable talent-spotting coup into the bargain." - **** The Guardian
"An extremely classy calling card for his songwriting talents, pianist Alex Webb's first album under his own name has clearly been worth the wait. Featuring sterling arrangements, an array of outstanding vocalists, and any amount of fine solos." - Jazzwise
"Webb has crafted an album of 13 original songs that sound like standards, with no fewer than eleven of today's finest jazz vocalists singing tunes that feel tailor made for them...what's not to like?" - **** Evening Standard
"It's an extremely classy piece of work. All of the vocalists perform superbly and they are well supported by a strong cast of instrumentalists...what sets this album apart is the quality of Webb's writing and arranging. His songs are bright, witty and intelligent but also emotionally involving when they need to be." - **** The Jazz Mann
"I expected this CD to be wonderful and I wasn't disappointed. It could well be my CD of the year...Call Me Lucky consists of his well-crafted original songs with a jazz sensibility, songs which have up to now only been performed live. So Webb gathered first class vocalists around him and committed the songs to CD." - Bebop Spoken Here
Tracklisting
Ineza with The Alex Webb & The Copasetics
Alex Webb & The Copasetics
Anna Pauline
Rachel Sutton
Billie Holiday
Karin Krog
Various Artists
Nishla Smith
Sarah L King
Dave's True Story
