Sunday Morning Put-On
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| Studio album by Andrew Bird Trio | ||||
| Released | May 24, 2024 | |||
| Studio | Valentine Studios, California[1] | |||
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| Length | 42:24 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Loma Vista | |||
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"I like to create these little sabbaticals [between albums] where I scratch an itch that doesn't get scratched when I'm making song albums. I really didn't feel like writing at that time last winter. I wanted to just kind of buckle down and be a student again …. and see where I could get to as a jazz soloist."
—Andrew Bird on the decision to pivot to jazz on Sunday Morning Put-On[3]
Sunday Morning Put-On is a 2024 studio album by American indie rock musician Andrew Bird performing jazz covers as the Andrew Bird Trio. The release has received positive reviews from critics.
Reception
[edit]According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Sunday Morning Put-On received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 5 critic scores.[4] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that this release "Bird making a straightforward jazz album, or at least his version of a straightforward jazz album", with musicianship that "is suburb, coaxing an evocative tone that moves past the traditional approach" to violin-playing on Bird's part with a "dark, smoky voice that beautifully complements the sweet sadness of his vocals that results in "an LP that reminds us just how quietly brilliant Andrew Bird can be".[5] Marc Corrales at The Line of Best Fit rated Sunday Morning Put-On an 8 out of 10, calling it "a pleasant exercise in vocal jazz" that "works less as a one-dimensional celebration to classic jazz and more as a conceptual display of the narrator's wavering composure".[2] Writing for musicOMH, John Murphy rated this release 3 out of 5 stars, characterizing it as "a perfect soundtrack for a Sunday morning coffee and contemplation session as the indie-folkster explores the Great American Songbook", but lacking the emotional depth of Bird's previous work.[6]
Jim Shahan of No Depression called this work one that has "stellar" performances with a "rock-solid rhythm section" and especially strong vocals.[7] In that same magazine, Stacy Chandler profiled Bird and stated that this music has "vocals that croon in a way that transcends time".[1] This was an Editor Pick in Spill Magazine, where Ljubinko Zivkovic rated it a 9 out of 10, ending his review that the combo "love and fully understand these songs making their interpretations sound as good and fresh as any by key artists in jazz".[8] In a profile for WBEZ, Hannah Edgar calls this music a "new direction" for Bird and an "about-face" for covering jazz standards that has the feel of an intimate combo.[9]
Track listing
[edit]- "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (lyricist: Lorenz Hart, composer: Richard Rodgers) – 3:07
- "Caravan" (lyricist: Irving Mills, composer: Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol) – 4:32
- "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (lyricist: Sammy Cahn, composer: Jule Styne) – 3:59
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 2:47
- "My Ideal" (lyricist: Leo Robin, composer: Newell Chase and Richard A. Whiting) – 4:25
- "Django" (composer: John Lewis) – 3:27
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (lyricist: Edward Heyman, composer: Johnny Green and Edward Heyman) – 4:51
- "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II, composer: Sigmund Romberg) – 4:11
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner, composer: Frederick Loewe) – 1:49
- "Ballon de peut‐être" (Andrew Bird) – 9:16
Personnel
[edit]Andrew Bird Trio
- Andrew Bird – violin, vocals, production, art direction
- Alan Hampton – bass guitar, upright bass
- Ted Poor – drums, vibraphone
Additional contributors
- David Boucher – mixing, engineering
- Larry Goldings – piano on "I Fall in Love Too Easily"
- Sage Lamonica – package design
- Christopher Leckie – art direction, package design
- Jeff Lipton – mastering
- Jeff Parker – electric guitar on "I Cover the Waterfront", "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise", "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face", and "Ballon de peut être"
- Travis Pavur – engineering
- Maria Rice – mastering
- Alexa Viscius – art direction, photography
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Chandler, Stacy (April 11, 2024). "Andrew Bird Trio Opens the Great American Songbook on New Album 'Sunday Morning Put-On'". Stories. No Depression. ISSN 1088-4971. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ a b c Corrales, Marc (May 23, 2024). "Andrew Bird: Sunday Morning Put-On Review – trad-pop revival". Album Reviews. The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ Fragassi, Selena (May 24, 2024). "Andrew Bird's 'Sunday Morning' a Chicago homecoming". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago Public Media. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ "Sunday Morning Put-On by Andrew Bird Trio Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ Deming, Mark (n.d.). "Sunday Morning Put-On – Andrew Bird Trio". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ Murphy, John (May 22, 2024). "Andrew Bird Trio – Sunday Morning Put-On". Album Reviews. musicOMH. ISSN 2516-6220. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ Shahan, Jim (May 21, 2024). "Andrew Bird Explores and Elevates Midcentury Jazz on 'Sunday Morning Put-On'". Reviews. No Depression. ISSN 1088-4971. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ Zivkovic, Ljubinko (May 24, 2024). "Andrew Bird Trio – Sunday Morning Put-On". Album Reviews. Spill Magazine. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ Edgar, Hannah (May 23, 2024). "Indie extraordinaire Andrew Bird finds new melodic direction in jazz standards". Arts & Culture. WBEZ. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Sunday Morning Put-On at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
