Resonator (Kathryn Williams album) explained

Resonator
Type:Studio
Artist:Kathryn Williams & Anthony Kerr
Cover:Kathryn Williams Anthony Kerr Resonator album artwork.jpg
Released:11 November 2016
Genre:Jazz
Length:33:52
Label:One Little Indian
Chronology:Kathryn Williams
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Resonator is Kathryn Williams 13th studio album and a collaboration with jazz musician and vibraphone player, Anthony Kerr. The album is a set of jazz standards that the pair worked on over a six-year period [1]

The album has received mixed reviews with Musikexpress claimed the album 'liberates oft-heard standards from the corset of arbitrariness'[2] with Intro adding 'Only an muted jazz trumpet and a distant double bass enrich the charged silence which often ends in unexpected slowness'.[3] Williams asserted on The Afterword podcast that 'I don't mind the different reactions that the album has got because it makes me feel like I'm doing something right.' [4]

Track listing

  1. You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye / Gene de Paul)
  2. My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)
  3. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter)
  4. I'm A Fool To Want You (Frank Sinatra / Joel Herron \ Jack Wolf)
  5. Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke)
  6. The Very Thought Of You (Ray Noble)
  7. The Man I Love (George & Ira Gershwin)
  8. Embraceable You (George & Ira Gershwin)
  9. Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler)
  10. Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma / Jacques Prevert)

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. News: Kathryn Williams shares track from new album Resonator FRUK. 13 October 2016. Folk Radio UK. en-GB. 13 October 2016.
  2. News: Review: Kathryn Williams & Anthony Kerr – Resonator. Musikexpress. 14 February 2017. de-DE.
  3. Web site: IKathryn Williams Resonator Review. 28 November 2016. Intro.de. 14 February 2017.
  4. Web site: The Afterword #52: Catching Up With Kathryn Williams. theafterword.co.uk. en-GB. 14 February 2017.