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Five Singer/Pianists do Standards and Parodies. Charlie Cochran, Audrey Morris, Billy Roy & Patti Wicks recreate the atmosphere of postwar Manhattan in song. Joined by John Meyer & Bobbie Horowitz's comedy lyrics.
Genre: Jazz: Jazz Vocals
Release Date: 2001
The Saturn Session
Various Artists
Record Label: 5 Pianist/Singers
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. The Night Has a Thousand eyes 3:16 Album Only
2. I Go for That 3:00 Album Only
3. Ronny Graham medley 2:08 Album Only
4. Pasadena/Radio in Heaven/Farewell 6:24 Album Only
5. I Could Have Told You 3:54 Album Only
6. El Cajon 2:37 Album Only
7. Wonder Why? 4:04 Album Only
8. Gargle/My Heart Tells Me 1:17 Album Only
9. That's For Me 1:56 Album Only
10. No Pork, No Pork 2:30 Album Only
11. Angel Eyes 1:20 Album Only
12. Charlie Chan 4:15 Album Only
13. Three Stories 1:03 Album Only
14. Easy to Remember 2:03 Album Only
15. Say That We're Sweethearts Again 4:07 Album Only
16. What Every Woman Knows 2:28 Album Only
17. Everything I Love 2:26 Album Only
18. It's You Or No-one 3:27 Album Only
19. Again 2:20 Album Only
20. there IS no track 20. 3:34 Album Only
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Album Notes

Charlie Cochran entertained in New York for 29 years. At parties, he played for Lee Wiley, Martha Raye, Anita O'Day and Judy Garland. He has a distinctive sound and a jazzy chord sense. He's released four albums, two on Fred Astaire's AVA label, and two for Audiophile.

Audrey Morris has been Chicago's premiere pianist/chanteuse for many years. Her spare piano orchestration lets the lyric shine through, and her taste in songs is superb.

William Roy has accompanied everyone from Margaret Whiting and Lisa Kirk to Julie Wilson.
His musical, "Maggie" gave Mabel Mercer one of her finest songs, "Charm". He is also a superb vocalist.

Patti Wicks is the most jazz-oriented of these musicians. Her buoyant, humorous vocals are a delight.

Bobbie Horowitz is half of the writing/performing team Horowitz & Spector, active on the NY cabaret scene. Their parody of "New York, New York" is a highlight.

John Meyer has written comedy songs for Madeline Kahn, Lily Tomlin...and Judy Garland. He shares some of them here, in addition to the work of other comedy writers, like Ronny ("Mr. Dirt") Graham.

Charlie, Audrey, Billy and Patti each have albums of their own. Visit their websites, or inquire here.

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REVIEWS

The Saturn Session
author: King Pedlar
                            
Loved Charles Cochran's interpretation of a few of these great 1940's ballads.  Piano accompaniment was very beautiful.  Wondering if that was Charles at the piano while singing?  My favorirites being "Wonder Why" & That's For Me.
However, there's probably a typo when making the original 2001 album The Saturn Session.  The song Charles was singing is 9. "My Heart Tells Me" written by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, introduced by Betty Grable from the 1943 movie "Sweet Rosie O'Grady."  What a pleasant surprise when I heard that song "My Heart Tells Me."  That's For Me as printed on the album was written for the '45 movie "State Fair" by Rodgers & Hammerstein, which I'm sure by now Charles Cochran has been aware or the typo.  All in all, Cochran's interpretations were great.  Better Bobby Short or Blossom Deary could have done.

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THE BEST
author: Louise Duncan
                            
This is so clever and funny.  Billy Roy wrote tons for the Upstairs at the Downstairs and that sec point of view is on display here - that late 50's-early 60's cabaret take.

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author: CD Baby
                            
Five Singer/Pianists do standards and parodies. Charlie Cochran, Audrey Morris, Billy Roy & Patti Wicks recreate the atmosphere of postwar Manhattan in song. The artists are joined by John Meyer & Bobbie Horowitz's comedy lyrics for this jovial and nostalgic look at days gone by.  It is hilarious at times, poignant at others, either way a heartfelt romp through the classics.

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Post-war Manhattan is recreated in this nostalgic recording of pianists, singers
author: Pamela Rooney
                            
Granted, I wasn’t around in the 1940s, but I wish I could have seen these kinds of songs performed live in the victorious atmosphere that followed World War II in The Big Apple.  The mood goes from reflective to hilarious in a heartbeat, and the overall warm and jovial mood of these live recordings takes the listener back to the era when the songs were written, and musical entertainment was sought out live in clubs around the city.  Charlie Cochran, Audrey Morris, Billie Roy and Patti Wicks play their favorites from years past, and let John Meyer and Bobbie Horowitz steal the show with their humorous takes on popular culture from the American 1940s when things weren’t necessarily more innocent.

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