LAURA CAVIANI: In Your Own Sweet Way

Laura Caviani

In Your Own Sweet Way

© 2001 Laura Caviani (683561000223)

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a solo piano feature of love songs & lullabies with fun arrangements of old standards like "Cry Me A River" and unique versions of lullabies like "The Mockingbird Song". (* in case you don't know what a dandling is, it

tracks

1 My Romance
2 The Mockingbird Song
3 Dance to your Daddy
4 Scottish Spirit
5 Monk's Dream
6 Cry Me A River
7 Lullaby
8 Rocking
9 The Water Is Wide
10 In Your Own Sweet Way
11 In A Sentimental Mood
12 I Hate to See You Go
13 Do Nothing 'til You Hear From Me
14 Sleep Baby Sleep

notes

Laura Caviani's fourth CD, IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY, is a collection of love songs, lullabies and dandlings.*

Love songs like "My Romance" and "Cry me a River" are teamed up with arrangements of lullabies from around the world, including an Irish dandling "Dance to Your Daddy".

The album is rounded out with two originals, and fun arrangements of two of America's finest jazz composers/pianists: Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk.

(* In case you don't know what a dandling is, it's a song to bounce one's baby on one's knee.... baby!!)

Based in St. Paul, Caviani performs with a number of local jazz groups, including the jazz ensemble JazzMN and the Pete Whitman Quintet. Both groups have recently recorded on the new Artegra label. (www.Artegra.org) She has also recorded with Concord Recording Artist Karrin Allyson and has toured with her group throughout the U.S. and Japan. (www.Karrin.com)

REVIEW for "In Your Own Sweet Way" Oct, 2001....

For her new recording, Twin Cities jazz pianist Laura Caviani--whose playing is ever-evolving and growing--has put together a terrific and quite original mix of tunes from her own pen, the Great American Songbook, various world cultures, and two of jazz's greatest pianists/composers.

As Caviani notes, this is a collection of lullabies and love songs. Lullabies, yes, but not necessarily sleep-inducing; love songs, yes, but don't always think candlelight and wine.

That's because--although there are appropriately sweet and tender moments--overall Caviani's music is more stimulating than dreamy.

Her forceful two-handed playing and covering of the keyboard's full range create excitement and pleasure. There are rumbling low-register vamps, splashes of delicate high notes, occasional jubilant "stride'' sections, and a sound of great resonance.

To all that, add some truly fresh arrangements by Ms. Caviani, and the result is a highly enjoyable and satisfying recording.

Bob Protzman
Contributor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & Down Beat

Another review...

"After two recordings for the defunct Igmod label and a lovely, offbeat Christmas album, this St. Paul pianist has her most intimate, focused showcase yet. A solo piano set of folk tunes and old lullabies, Ellingtonia and originals, this CD is poised right where the salon meets the saloon, with as much spunk as serenity. There's room for rollicking Thelonious Monk, a lulling Czech carol, a terrifically re-thought Brahms "Lullaby" and a blues-drenched, pyrotechnic take on the normally somber "The Water is Wide." The Southern folk theme "The Mockingbird Song" becomes a tour-de-force..."

"Caviani's indigo original "I Hate To See You Go" sounds like a standard in the making -- all it needs is the right worldly-wise lyric. The sound of the disc is as impressive as the playing."

Tom Surowicz, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Friday, Dec. 7th, 2001

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  • Wonderful selection of tunes well-played
    author: Reed Mackenzie

    From obscure Scottish tunes to a few standards well-interpreted to her own compositions, this collection gives a chance to hear the full scope of the artist's skills - and they are considerable. A great listen.

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