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THE PEGGY LEE<br />
BAND<br />
INVITATION<br />
DRIP AUDIO 853<br />
INVITATION/ WHY ARE YOU<br />
YELLING?/ YOUR GRACE/<br />
CHORALE/ PATH OF A<br />
SMILE/ NOT SO FAR/ LITTLE<br />
PIECES/ YOU WILL BE LOVED<br />
AGAIN/ PUNCHY/ END<br />
WALTZ/ WARMING 62:42<br />
Brad Turner, tr, flgh; Jon<br />
Bentley, ts; Jeremy Berkman,<br />
tbn; Peggy Lee, cel; Ron<br />
Samworth, g, el g, 12 string<br />
g; Tony Wilson, elec g;<br />
Andre Lachance, elec b;<br />
Dylan van der Schyff, d, perc<br />
Vancouver, Canada<br />
New Issues<br />
182 | CadenCe Magazine | april May June 2013<br />
The Peggy Lee Band has been around for a while<br />
but this is the first CD of hers that I have heard. Lee<br />
wrote all but one of the songs. She states that Tom<br />
Cone and Levon Helm were on her mind when she<br />
wrote them. So that gave me a clue as to what to listen<br />
for.<br />
There is more to this record than just small band<br />
arrangements of pop songs, especially with the use<br />
of the electronic instruments, on “Yelling” ‘Chorale,<br />
” and “Far” all of which exhibit abstract sections, but<br />
they can hardly be called experimental, since melody<br />
and tonality always come through. In a sense this<br />
group gives new meaning to ‘fusion’ since there are<br />
strong pop elements, some good improvisations, and<br />
complex arrangements with classical overtones, but<br />
the overriding feeling for me is still the pop song. What<br />
keeps the pop or fusion feel is van der Schyff with, to<br />
me, some annoying cymbal crashes. He seems to get<br />
into a kind of fusion groove behind soloists, but the<br />
groove is appropriate to the over all feel of the playing. I<br />
found his playing especially annoying on “Smile.”<br />
The horn soloists are all competent, but there is<br />
nothing new or adventurous here, keeping with the<br />
basic theme. The arrangements are nice, but also not<br />
particularly adventurous. I enjoyed the first few tracks,<br />
but the more I listened the less I liked it. I found myself<br />
wandering and thinking of other things while I was<br />
trying to carefully listen, although I did perk up at<br />
Bentley’s solo on “Punch.” This is a record for people who<br />
like nice small band arrangements of pop sounding<br />
tunes with some good solos.<br />
Bernie Koenig
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