ANNE PHILLIPS — Ballet Time (2007) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Vocalist Anne Phillips may not be a familiar name to many jazz fans, though since she began her professional career in the early 1960s as a member of the Ray Charles Singers on the Perry Como Show, she has worked in many musical formats as a singer, composer, arranger, conductor and producer. This project was a special labor of love, as she recruited a number of old friends that she met along the way and recruited them to appear on one track apiece with her. Her engaging vocal duet with Bob Dorough (who complements their vocals with some lively piano) of his "I've Got Just About Everything" is a playful affair. Phillips lays a bit behind the beat effectively in spots in Dave Brubeck's loping treatment of his timeless "In Your Own Sweet Way," while she captures the nostalgic magic of pianist Dave Frishberg's lyrics in his ballad (with music by Johnny Mandel) "You Are There." Marian McPartland is on hand for her haunting ballad "In the Days of Our Love," with Phillips bringing out the essence of Peggy Lee's lyrics. Phillips' duet with tenor saxophonist Bob Kindred (her husband) of "Embraceable You" is full of humor, as is "Double Talk" a duet with organist Larry Goldings that has a campy lyric in the style of Annie Ross. There's never a dull moment in this delightful musical scrapbook. Ken Dryden
Tracklist :
1     Ballet Time    3:12
Anne Phillips
  Anne Phillips feat: Scott Robinson
2     I Have the Feeling I've Been Here Before    5:32
Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / Roger Kellaway
 Anne Phillips feat: Roger Kellaway
3     I've Got Just About Everything    4:02
Bob Dorough
 Anne Phillips feat: Bob Dorough
4     Here's to Life    4:43
Artie Butler / Phyllis Molinary
Anne Phillips feat: Artie Butler
5     In Your Own Sweet Way    4:51
Dave Brubeck / Iola Brubeck
 Anne Phillips feat: Dave Brubeck
6     Double Talk    3:39
Anne Phillips
 Anne Phillips feat: Larry Goldings
7     You Are There    3:16
 Dave Frishberg / Johnny Mandel
 Anne Phillips feat: Dave Frishberg
8     Late Late Show    4:01
Roy Alfred / Murray Berlin
 Anne Phillips feat: John Hart
9     In the Days of Our Love    3:44
Marian McPartland
 Anne Phillips feat: Marian McPartland
10     I Never Went Away    4:57
Richard Rodney Bennett
 Anne Phillips feat: Eddie Monteiro
11     I Was Doing All Right    3:12
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Anne Phillips feat: Matt Perri
12     Embracable You 5:37  
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin  
  Anne Phillips feat: Bob Kindred
13     Romancing Ketchikan    5:53   
Anne Phillips
 Anne Phillips feat: Paul Meyers  
14     New York Night Time Blues 4:50
Anne Phillips
Anne Phillips feat: Joe Locke
15     Fried Bananas     5:02
Dexter Gordon / Anne Phillips
 Anne Phillips feat: Adam Asarnow