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New York Blue

Valerie Joyce

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Format: LP

Cat No: EVLP103BL

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Format Details:

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Release Date:  30 January 2026

Label:  Chesky

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4895241451591

Genres:  Jazz  Vocal Jazz  

Release Date:  30 January 2026

Label:  Chesky

Packaging Type:  Super Jewel Case (SACD)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4895241451133

Genres:  Jazz  Vocal Jazz  

  • Description

    Blessed with a captivating, richly sonorous singing voice, Japan-born, Seattle-based Valerie Joyce recorded two albums for audiophile label Chesky Records in the 2000s. The first of them, 2005's critically acclaimed New York Blue, featured the young singer supported by a crack Big Apple jazz band: formidable pianist Andy Ezrin, alternating bassists John Hebert and Tim Lefebvre, and drum stalwart Gene Jackson.

    They are augmented on some tracks by the veteran session musician Lawrence Feldman's smoky saxophone. Joyce's intriguing repertoire blends deft interpretations of well-known evergreens from The Great American Songbook ('Darn That Dream') with jazz standards (Miles Davis' 'Blue In Green'), jazz-tinged R&B ('Fever'), rock (Jimi Hendrix's 'Little Wing'), and pop (The Beatles' 'Golden Slumbers').

    Bolstered with new liner notes featuring a recent interview with Valerie Joyce, New York Blue is reissued in 2026 as part of the Chesky Original Masters series on 180g 'One Step Pressing' Vinyl LP and Hybrid Stereo SACD.

    Description

    Blessed with a captivating, richly sonorous singing voice, Japan-born, Seattle-based Valerie Joyce recorded two albums for audiophile label Chesky Records in the 2000s. The first of them, 2005's critically acclaimed New York Blue, featured the young singer supported by a crack Big Apple jazz band: formidable pianist Andy Ezrin, alternating bassists John Hebert and Tim Lefebvre, and drum stalwart Gene Jackson.

    They are augmented on some tracks by the veteran session musician Lawrence Feldman's smoky saxophone. Joyce's intriguing repertoire blends deft interpretations of well-known evergreens from The Great American Songbook ('Darn That Dream') with jazz standards (Miles Davis' 'Blue In Green'), jazz-tinged R&B ('Fever'), rock (Jimi Hendrix's 'Little Wing'), and pop (The Beatles' 'Golden Slumbers').

    Bolstered with new liner notes featuring a recent interview with Valerie Joyce, New York Blue is reissued in 2026 as part of the Chesky Original Masters series on 180g 'One Step Pressing' Vinyl LP and Hybrid Stereo SACD.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. It Never Entered My Mind
      • 2. Blue In Green
      • 3. Baby Can I Hold You
      • 4. Fever
      • 5. Oasis

      Side 2

      • 1. Every Time We Say Goodbye
      • 2. Moon and Sand
      • 3. Little Wing
      • 4. Weaver Of Dreams
      • 5. I Fall In Love Too Easily
      • 6. Golden Slumbers

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. It Never Entered My Mind
      • 2. Blue In Green
      • 3. Baby Can I Hold You
      • 4. Fever
      • 5. Oasis
      • 6. Every Time We Say Goodbye
      • 7. Moon and Sand
      • 8. Little Wing
      • 9. Weaver Of Dreams
      • 10. It's Easy To Remember
      • 11. Darn That Dream
      • 12. I Fall In Love Too Easily
      • 13. Golden Slumbers

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