''Hi-Fly'' is a 1976 album by jazz singer
Karin Krog and saxophonist
Archie Shepp.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album four and a half stars with reviewer Michael G. Nastos writing that "All standards interpreted innovatively."
The ''Rough Guide to Jazz'' wrote that "Krog is impressive with Shepp, surviving a sometimes overbearing context and making an exquisite job of Carla Bley's "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" for which Krog wrote her own lyrics".
Track listing
# "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" (
Carla Bley
Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...
,
Karin Krog) – 6:21
# "Steam" (
Archie Shepp) – 8:07
# "
Day Dream
"Day Dream" is a jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by John Latouche and written in 1939. It was first recorded by saxophonist Johnny Hodges and his ensemble on November 2, 1940. Duke Ellington was credited as co-composer on ...
" (
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...
,
Billy Strayhorn
William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take ...
,
John La Touche) – 9:26
# "
(In My) Solitude
"(In My) Solitude" is a 1934 composition by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills. It has been recorded numerous times and is considered a jazz standard.
Ellington reported that he composed it in a recording studio in 20 m ...
" (Ellington,
Eddie DeLange,
Irving Mills
Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose.
Personal
Mills was ...
) – 3:34
# "
Hi-Fly" (
Randy Weston) – 14:01
# "
Soul Eyes" (
Mal Waldron
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...
) – 6:38
Personnel
* Karin Krog – vocals
* Archie Shepp –
tenor saxophone
*
Charles Greenlee – trombone
*
Jon Balke – piano
*
Arild Andersen – double bass
*
Cameron Brown –
single bass
*
Beaver Harris
William Godvin "Beaver" Harris (April 20, 1936 – December 22, 1991) was an American jazz drummer who worked extensively with Archie Shepp.
Early life
Harris was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Coming from an athletic family, he played basebal ...
– drums
References
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1976 albums
Archie Shepp albums
Karin Krog albums
Mainstream Records albums