Lucky Lucy Ann

by Lucy Ann Polk

Overview

Lucy Ann Polk's lone Mode/VSOP session pairs the singer with a sextet led by pianist and arranger Marty Paich, whose nuanced, spacious orchestrations perfectly complement Polk's sultry yet supremely controlled style. The strength of Lucky Lucy Ann is its subtlety -- not a note is wasted or extraneous, and for all the modernist elements converging in Paich's arrangements, he never obscures the clarity of perennials like "Makin' Whoopee" and "Time After Time." Polk likewise shades the universal themes of the lyrics with a style and fierce intelligence all her own -- for all the power of her voice, it's her restraint that rings loudest and clearest. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	05/13/2008
Label:	City Hall
UPC:	0722937000617
Rank:	60763

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lucy Ann Polk   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mel Lewis   Guest Artist,Drums
Marty Paich   Guest Artist,Piano
Dick Noel   Trombone
Tony Rizzi   Guitar
Bob Hardaway   Sax (Tenor),Tenor (Vocal)
Buddy Clark   Bass

Technical Credits

Burton Lane   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Bones Howe   Engineer
Jimmy Mundy   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
Mack David   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Dayton Howe   Engineer
Jule Styne   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Ralph Rainger   Composer
Ralph Freed   Composer
Al Stillman   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Illinois Jacquet   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Eva Diana   Portraits,Cover Portrait
Freed   Composer
Joe Quinn   Liner Notes