Blues For Breakfast - Remembering Matt Dennis (Rhombus Records)

by Mary Foster Conklin

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1.	Before The Show 03:33	info	buy track
2.	Spring Isn't Spring Anymore 04:03	info	buy track
3.	Show Me The Way To Get Out Of This World 03:40	info	buy track
4.	Angel Eyes 05:52	info	buy track
5.	That Tired Routine Called Love 02:19	info	buy track
6.	Encanto d'Amor (It Wasn't The Stars That Thrilled Me) 03:56	info	buy track
7.	Blues For Breakfast 04:34	info	buy track
8.	Will You Still Be Mine 03:28	info	buy track
9.	Where Am I To Go 02:47	info	buy track
10.	The Night We Called It A Day 05:22	info	buy track
11.	Let's Get Away From It All 03:45	info	buy track
12.	Let's Just Pretend 03:19	info	buy track
13.	Learn To Love 04:14	info	buy track
14.	Violets For Your Furs 04:30	info	buy track

about

Back in 2002, what began as a simple quest for some lesser known songs by West Coast songwriter Matt Dennis (best known for his hits “Angel Eyes” and “Violets for your Furs”) quickly became an all-out obsession. I began the search at the Library of Congress, then teamed up with Los Angeles singer/songwriter Mark Winkler to present a bi-coastal tribute to Matt Dennis and Bobby Troup. Blues For Breakfast - Remembering Matt Dennis became an award winning third recording, hailed by the press as ”delightfully dramatic” (Jazz Times) “nothing less than a revelation" (Cadence), and “an overdue reminder of the honored place of Matt Dennis in American music” (Jazz Society of Oregon).

"Conklin deserves applause for breathing life into such moribund classics as "Before the Show," "Spring Isn’t Spring Anymore," "Blues for Breakfast," "Let’s Just Pretend," "Learn to Love" and the other songs already cited. The album is worth hearing for them alone, even more so for Conklin’s earnest and caring interpretations. Even for those who thought they knew Matt Dennis, it should be a real eye-opener." Jack Bowers, All About Jazz

"If a singer is very lucky, she finds a songwriter with whom her voice and manner are a neat click. Both thrush and tunesmith benefit. For this intelligent jazz interpreter, it's Matt Dennis and, in particular, Thomas Adair, his most frequent collaborator). She's always been top-notch, but with Dennis, she outdoes herself." David Finkle, Village Voice

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released October 3, 2006

Mary Foster Conklin - vocals
John DiMartino - piano, arranger
Tony Romano - guitar
Sean Smith - bass
Ron Vincent - Drums
Joel Frahm - Sax (trks 1, 3, 13)
Wilson "Chembo" Corniel - Percussion (trks 3, 6)
Leo Traversa - Electric Bass (trks 3, 6)
David Oquendo - vocals/Spanish lyric for "It Wasn't The Stars That Thrilled Me" (trk 6)

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Mary Foster Conklin New York, New York

Praised as “a sensitive artist (but not frail) with a wide-ranging boldly colored voice and an open
ear for off-beat material” (Washington Post), Mary Foster Conklin is a master storyteller with a talent for uncovering obscure songs deserving attention. She hosts a weekly radio show called “A Broad Spectrum – the Ladies of Jazz” celebrating women writers on WFDU.FM on the HD2 channel. ... more