Melancholy Serenade

Kimberly Gordon Trio | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 2004)
• Original Release Date: September 4, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Sirens Records
• ASIN: B00030MA0A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,693 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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About the Artist

Chicago native Kimberly Gordon has been a part of the national jazz scene for ten years, playing top venues and receiving high acclaim from critics and musicians. During her four-year stint in New York City, Kimberly’s sang at The Village Vanguard and regularly at Smalls and Cleopatra’s Needle. She shared the stage with jazz greats including Roy Hargrove, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Betty Carter, Marcus Roberts, Captain Jack McDuff, Von Freeman, and others. San Francisco and the Bay Area jazz fans were dazzled when Kimberly sang at the Club Deluxe and Café du Nord.

This disc also features Chris Foreman and Joe Policastro.

Chris Foreman is a virtuoso keyboard player who has played with Kimberly for over fourteen years. Their long-time professional association allows them to tie the music and lyrics seamlessly together. Chris is better known for his organ playing with the Deep Blue Organ Trio featuring Bobby Broom and Greg Rockingham. The influences of the great jazz organists, as well as church music and jazz pianist Errol Garner, can be heard in his soulful piano playing.

Joe Policastro is a double bassist who studied at the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and Miami University. After leaving Cincinnati, Joe lived and worked as a jazz performer in Germany. In 2003, he moved to Chicago and joined the Kimberly Gordon Trio. He also leads his own group called Jeru.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Voice In Any Era, July 29, 2008

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This review is from: Melancholy Serenade (Audio CD)

Kimberly Gordon has one of those voices that will naturally bring up all the legends of the past,'nuff said.I caught her with her long-time accompianist Chris Foreman on organ and Andy Brown on guitar at Chicago's Green Mill;the right singer at the right club.The cd is terrific;instead of Andy Brown on guitar,Joe Policastro is on bass and plays a terrific into to 'I Ain't Got Nuthin' But The Blues',while Foreman's killer intro on piano sets up the title track,'Melancholy Serenade' beautifully;co-author Jackie Gleason-and Al Capone,who hung out at The Green Mill, would have to dig this.