Catherine Russell’s “Alone Together” Radio Highlights This Week:
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Matt Micucci for Jazziz Magazine – Alone Together is vocalist Catherine Russell’s seventh album as a leader. It is a search for truth that draws on the celebrated composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook and the songwriters of the swing and blues eras. In fact, the 13 timeless songs on her new outing ask timeless questions. This is true of Irving Berlin’s contemplative “How Deep is the Ocean,” Russell’s philosophical reading of the popular swing era hit “You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes,” and Louis Jordan’s fun blues tunes “Early in the Morning” and “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby,” among others. Alone Together features the core musicians of Russell’s touring band, including guitar virtuoso and musical director Matt Munisteri, pianist Mark Shane, bassist Tal Ronen and drummer Mark McLean.
One of these songs is “You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes,” a big band hit from the mid-’30s, popularized by such acts as Benny Goodman and His Orchestra. “Honesty is a good thing, and that is what the tune is about,” says Russell, “and you can’t fool me.” Watch the premiere of the video for the song via the player below:
The album’s title track is arguably the most famous composition by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. First introduced in the Broadway musical Flying Colors in 1932, it is a song full of hope that if everyone sticks together, we can overcome whatever is in front of us. Artie Shaw became the first jazz musician to record it in 1939, and since then, it has become a jazz standard.
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