Dreams and Daggers explained
| Dreams and Daggers |
| Type: | studio |
| Longtype: | with live tracks |
| Artist: | Cécile McLorin Salvant |
| Cover: | Dreams and Daggers album cover.jpg |
| Recorded: | September 9–11, 2016 and December 2016 |
| Venue: | The Village Vanguard
Dimenna Center for Classical Music |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | (2 CDs/3 LPs) |
| Label: | Mack Avenue |
| Producer: | Al Pryor
Gretchen Valade (exec. producer) |
| Prev Title: | For One to Love |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | The Window |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Dreams and Daggers is an album by French-American jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant that includes songs recorded both during live performance and in the studio. The album was released as a set of two CDs or three LPs on Mack Avenue Records on September 29, 2017.[1]
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Matt Collar described the album as "a thoughtfully curated selection of standards and several originals, all touching upon the themes of romance and heartbreak", and awarded it five stars.[2]
Stereophile reviewer Fred Kaplan declared the album to be "the best jazz vocal album in a decade, maybe in longer than that."[3]
The album earned Salvant her third Grammy nomination and her second Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.[4] The album was also nominated for the 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album.[5]
Track listing
Source:[6]
Tracks marked with asterisk (*) recorded in studio at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. All other tracks recorded live at the Village Vanguard.
Personnel
Source:[6]
- Cécile McLorin Salvant – vocals
- Aaron Diehl – piano on all tracks except "Red Instead", "You've Got to Give Me Some" and "Fascination"
- Sullivan Fortner – piano on "You've Got to Give Me Some"
- Paul Sikivie – double bass on all tracks except "Red Instead", "You've Got to Give Me Some" and "Fascination"; string arrangement on "And Yet", "More", "Red Instead", "You're My Thrill", "The Worm" and "Fascination"
- Lawrence Leathers – drums on all tracks except "Red Instead", "You've Got to Give Me Some" and "Fascination"
- Catalyst Quartet – strings on "And Yet", "More", "Red Instead", "You're My Thrill", "The Worm" and "Fascination"
- Karla Donehew-Perez – violin
- Suliman Tekalli – violin
- Paul Laraia – viola
- Karlos Rodriguez – cello
Production
- Al Pryor – production
- Cecile McLorin Salvant – production; booklet art direction, handwriting and illustrations
- Gretchen Valade – executive production
- Will Wakefield – production management
- Damon Whittemore – record engineering
- Todd Whitelock – record engineering, mix engineering
- Josh Welshman – engineering assistance
- Isaiah Abolin – engineering assistance
- Akihiro Nishimura – engineering assistance
- Doug Iszlai – engineering assistance
- Allen Rubinstein – front-of-house engineering for the Village Vanguard
- Richie Clarke – front-of-house engineering consultancy for Mack Avenue Records
- Mark Wilder – master engineering
- Kevin Gray – LP cut engineering
- Raj Naik – booklet layout and design
- Mark Fitton – booklet photography
- Maria Ehrenreich – creative services and production
- Sharon Green – product management
Notes and References
- Web site: Cécile McLorin Salvant Dreams and Daggers . Mack Avenue Records . 29 January 2018 . 29 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180129191534/https://www.mackavenue.com/store/mac1120 . live .
- Web site: Cécile McLorin Salvant Dreams and Daggers . AllMusic, member of the RhythmOne group . 16 November 2019 . 10 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190910201901/https://www.allmusic.com/album/dreams-and-daggers-mw0003090170 . live .
- Web site: Cecile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers . Stereophile; TEN: The Enthusiast Network . 19 September 2017 . 6 March 2018 . 7 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151117/https://www.stereophile.com/content/cecile-mclorin-salvant-dreams-and-daggers . live .
- Web site: 2018 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List. Grammy.com. 29 January 2018. 29 January 2018. 28 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128121536/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/60th-grammy-awards-full-nominees-list. live.
- Web site: Nominees Announced for 49th NAACP Image Awards . NAACP . 28 September 2017 . 29 January 2018 . 1 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031440/http://www.naacp.org/latest/nominees-announced-49th-naacp-image-awards/ . dead .
- Dreams and Daggers . . 2017 . booklet . . Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.
- Web site: NZ Top 40 Albums Chart. Recorded Music NZ. March 19, 2018. March 16, 2018. March 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180316152349/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4464. live.
