John Pizzarelli - Double Exposure (2012)

For nearly 30 years, guitarist John Pizzarelli has explored various corners of the jazz landscape and merged a variety of styles into a single, distinctive signature sound - a convergence of jazz, swing, the American songbook, pop, bossa nova and more. 'Double Exposure' focuses on two distinct styles to make a single fine recording - a collection of tunes by some of the great pop songwriters of his own generation that are framed squarely within traditional jazz arrangements. "I didn't want to just cover these songs, but rather find a way to present them that was unusual and interesting'" says Pizzarelli. "I think growing up in a household that had two specific record collections became the inspiration - my father's jazz records, my sisters' record collection and records brought around by their friends." The result is a fascinating and engaging musical hybrid. 'Double Exposure' draws from a diverse pool of some of the best pop songwriters of the past five decades: Lennon and McCartney, Neil Young, James Taylor, Leiber and Stoller, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell and others. Woven into these memorable compositions are threads of jazz borrowed from figures like Wes Montgomery, Billy Strayhorn, Thad Jones and John Coltrane.

Tracklist:

01. I Feel Fine / Sidewinder
02. Harvest Moon
03. Traffic Jam / The Kicker
04. Ruby Baby
05. Alison
06. Rosalinda's Eyes
07. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
08. Drunk on the Moon / Lush Life
09. Walk Between the Raindrops
10. Free Man in Paris
11. Take a Lot of Pictures
12. I Can Let Go Now
13. Diamond Girl