VANESSA RUBIN – Girl Talk (2001) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin is joined by a stellar cast on her second Telarc release. Bassist David Williams and drummer Lewis Nash hold down the rhythm, joined alternately by pianist/arrangers Larry Willis and Cedar Walton, tenor saxophonists Eric Alexander and Javon Jackson, and trombonist Steve Davis. Rubin's flexible voice covers a wide-ranging repertoire, from standards to Sondheim ("Loving You") to adult contemporary (Bill Withers and Larry Carlton's "Whatever Happens"). She also contributes a yearning original ballad, the closing "If You Ever Go Away." The album is memorable mostly for its offbeat tracks, however: a jazz-waltz take on "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" (with the bridge in a snappy four); Walter Bishop's novelty number, "Sex Is a Misdemeanor (The More You Miss, de Meaner You Get)," a perky calypso featuring Rubin's double-tracked vocal with only bass and drums; and the penultimate track, David Williams' endearing "Won't Have to Say Goodbye," which begins and ends with an implied reggae feel but swings in the middle. Rubin also delivers a splendid "One for My Baby" and invites the great Etta Jones for a tête-à-tête on "But Not for Me" and "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You." David R. Adler
Tracklist :
1.    Comes Love 3:17
Arranged By – Larry Willis
Written-By – Charles Tobias, Lew Brown, Sam Stept
2.    Matchmaker, Matchmaker 3:41
Arranged By – Larry Willis
Written-By – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
3.    Whatever Happens 7:08
Arranged By – Larry Willis
Written-By – Bill Withers, Larry Carlton
4.    But Not For Me 5:32
Arranged By – Cedar Walton
Written-By – George and Ira Gershwin
5.    One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 7:51
Arranged By – Larry Willis
Written-By – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
6.    You'll Never Know (Until You Let Go) 4:25
Arranged By – Cedar Walton
Written-By – Barry Miles, Katreese Barnes, Roberta Flack
7.    Loving You 4:21
Arranged By – Larry Willis
Written-By – Stephen Sondheim
8.    Girl Talk 4:34
Arranged By – Cedar Walton
Written-By – Bobby Troup, Neal Hefti
9.    Sex Is A Misdemeanor (The More You Miss De Meaner You Get) 2:22
Arranged By – David Williams, Lewis Nash
Written-By – Walter Bishop
10.    Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You
Arranged By – Cedar Walton
Written-By – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
11.    Won't Have To Say Goodbye 2:46
Written-By – David "Happy" Williams
12.    If You Ever Go Away    2:10
Credits :
Bass – David Williams 
Drums – Lewis Nash
Piano – Cedar Walton (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 10), Larry Willis (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 11, 12)
Tenor Saxophone – Eric Alexander (tracks: 2, 3, 11), Javon Jackson (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 10)
Trombone – Steve Davis (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 10)
Tuner [Piano Prepared By] – Thomas Sheehan
Vocals – Vanessa Rubin
Vocals, Guest – Etta Jones (tracks: 4, 10)