Connie Evingson, who has recorded a number of CDs for her Minnehaha music label, is clearly deserving of wider recognition with this delightful Dave Frishberg songbook. Evingson captures the essence of Frishberg s lyrics, appropriately sassy in Peel Me a Grape (without overdoing it), delighting in the exotic Zanzibar (with Karr switching to flute), and swinging like mad in Can t Take You Nowhere (a signature lyric by Frishberg, a vocal adaptation of an old Tiny Kahn song called T.N.T. ).
Track Listing:
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01. Little Did I Dream [04:04]
02. Peel Me a Grape [04:14]
03. Our Love ROlls On [03:39]
04. Zanzibar [03:25]
05. Can t Take You Nowhere [03:27]
06. Heart s Desire [03:08]
07. Wheelers and Dealers [03:33]
08. Zoot Walks In [03:46]
09. Eastwood Lake [04:32]
10. You Are There [02:58]
11. I Want a Sideman [03:37]
12. My Attorney Bernie [04:34]
13. Snowbound [03:44]
14. Listen Here [03:31]
Personnel:
Connie Evingson: vocals
Dave Frishberg: piano (vocal on track 13);
Gordy Johnson: bass
Phil Hey: drums
Dave Karr: flute, tenor and baritone saxophone, narration (8)
Mark Henderson: tenor saxophone (5, 8).