Artist: Jessica Molaskey
Title: A Good Day
Year Of Release: 2003/2024
Label: Center Stage Records
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: 24Bit/44 kHz FLAC
Total Time: 00:46:33
Total Size:  248 mb


Tracklist:

01. Jessica Molaskey - All the Cats Join In
02. Jessica Molaskey - Everything is Moving Too Fast
03. Jessica Molaskey - Somebody Loves Me
04. Jessica Molaskey - How Come You Ain't Got Me
05. Jessica Molaskey - Small World
06. Jessica Molaskey - It's a Good Day
07. Jessica Molaskey - I Love the Way You're Breaking My Heart
08. Jessica Molaskey - I Don't Know Enough About You
09. Jessica Molaskey - Adam & Eve
10. Jessica Molaskey - The Girl with His Smile and My Eyes
11. Jessica Molaskey - It's The Bluest Kind of Blues
12. Jessica Molaskey - I Wouldn't Trade You
13. Jessica Molaskey - Side by Side
14. Jessica Molaskey - A Lifetime or Two

On the heels of her superb Depression-themed Pentimento comes Jessica Molaskey's A Good Day, and it's a fairly different though also superb effort. This time Molaskey pays tribute to songstress Peggy Lee and the cool jazz she wrote and recorded with her husband, guitarist Dave Balfour in the '50s, including the sunny title tune. Molaskey also mixes in originals she wrote with her own husband-guitarist, John Pizzarelli, that stand so comfortably alongside the "period" songs that you probably won't even notice unless you read the credits. (OK, "The Girl with His Smile and My Eyes" stands out a bit, but it's so beautifully performed by Molaskey and pianist Ray Kennedy that we won't complain.) Again deserving of praise is the band, with John Pizzarelli joined by father Bucky, bassist brother Martin, and clarinetists Ken Peplowski and Andy Fusco, among others. A Good Day may be just a hair less charming than Pentimento, but that's no reason to miss it.