Lazy Old Sun - Live/Life in the Lowlands

Fay Victor

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 2004)
• Original Release Date: October 5, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Greene Avenue Music
• ASIN: B00066N67C
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #381,665 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lazy Old Sun

2. People are Strange

3. Laura

4. There They Are

5. Heading West (Way Out)

6. Stealaway

7. Magere Brug (Lean Bridge)

8. Nico

9. Keep it Busy, Keep it Moving (Saturday and Sunday)

10. Last Night I Had a Dream

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Lazy Old Sun-Live/Life in the Low Lands, to be released this fall, represents a new milestone into Fay Victor's musical development after Darker than Blue's venture into freer and darker sounds. Recorded live, the CD is a blast, from the introspective opener "Lazy Old Sun" to the raucous closer "Last Night I had a Dream", artfully building a level of suspense and urgency maintained throughout the record.

Introducing the novelty of a concept album in the form of a live recording, Lazy Old Sun captures Fay Victor and her European-based band in peak form during 2 concerts in The Netherlands. Through a stunning variety of moods and material, based on the concept of life as a transitory settler in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Fay and her equally audacious musicians display a singular, recognizable and mature style of making improvised music. While this results into an adventurous energy somewhat rare among current jazzbased vocal concepts, Fay and her band never fail to captivate the audience. Some of the songs featured are: People are Strange (The Doors), Saturday and Sunday(Jackie MacLean), Laura, Lazy Old Sun (The Kinks), along with several original pieces, ranging from the plaintive "Stealaway" through the more pop-like arrangement of "There they are", to the collective improvisational blasts of "Magere brug" and "Nieko".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars "Why Don't You Check Out Your Mind," Indeed., June 13, 2007

By	A. Sacks "alsis38" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Never mind the pleasant-but-safe croonings of Madeline Peyroux or Diana Krall. Fay Victor represents jazz as it should be. Not polite murmurs for your mental supper club but exhilaration, brooding, fear and hope in the face of exploring a new land, or returning to the old one. Listen to her work her magic on a tune by Sonny Rollins or The Doors, backed by a sympathetic band of Dutchmen. If you are used to cocktail backdrops being the limits of jazz, give it time to grow on you. If you are a fan of artists like Jeanne Lee, Betty Carter and Cassandra Wilson, this is something you need in your collection. Without a doubt.