Rearranged by Jenny Davis
"A progressive composer...elegantly complex" ALL ABOUT JAZZ
“Her angelic voice resonates with a crystalline serenity that is hauntingly beautiful.” EARSHOT JAZZ
Jenny Davis is a composer, band leader, and Jazz vocalist. In recent years she has focused her talents towards being an advocate for change. This is reflected in her fourth album as a bandleader called Rearranged. Of the 12 tracks on the album, nine of them have been written by Jenny Davis herself.
One of the exciting aspects of rearranged is Jenny’s recruitment of three-time Grammy-nominated Brazilian musician and composer, Jovino Santos Neto. Neto is the pianist for Rearranged. With vocalist Jenny and pianist Neto are Chuck Deardorf on bass, Jeff Busch on drums, Kurt Festinger on tenor sax, Dmitri Matheny on flugelhorn, Mark Taylor on alto sax, Heather Bentley on viola and violin, and David Lange on accordion. On three tracks are the Yeoman Warders Sax Quartet consisting of Kate Olsen on soprano sax, Mark Taylor on alto, Cynthia Mullins on tenor, and Jim Dejoie on baritone.
The album wraps with a live version of Rearranged, this time performed by The Sirius String Quartet. Technically, it is a Bonus Track but it recapitulates and summarizes the album so well that it must be included in the album as a whole. Jenny adds her vocals to the wonderful string quartet and those lyrics get you the second time as much as when you hear them for the first time.
In fact, the whole of Rearranged is an extraordinary look into ourselves and into the world. Jenny Davis makes the listener reexamine themselves and others. “If you could change me, change them, too.”
“An album where the composer takes center stage”
SENTINAL & RURAL NEWS
Tracklist
| 1. | Aceptar | 4:00 |
| 2. | And What If I Don't | 4:10 |
| 3. | Come With Me | 3:48 |
| 4. | Rearranged | 4:14 |
| 5. | Yeoman Warders | 5:36 |
| 6. | Invitation | 5:43 |
| 7. | Saying Yes | 4:50 |
| 8. | Calling You | 4:21 |
| 9. | Answer the Call | 5:03 |
| 10. | Gemini Tango | 3:42 |
| 11. | Wise Up | 5:00 |
| 12. | Rearranged (strings) | 5:22 |
Credits
1. Aceptar/ Jenny Davis
2. And What If I Don't / H.Hancock
3. Come With Me/ Jenny Davis
4. Rearranged/ Jenny Davis
5. Yeoman Warders/ Jenny Davis
6. Invitation/ B. Kaper
7. Saying Yes/ Jenny Davis
8. Answer the Call/ Jenny Davis
9. Calling You/ B. Telson
10. Gemini Tango/ Jenny Davis
11. Wise Up/ Jenny Davis
12. Rearranged/ Jenny Davis (bonus track)
Producer JohnPaul Beattie & Jenny Davis
Three Penny Records
