The Lions Revisited Jonathan Gee

• 1 The Lions Revisited 03:03
• 2 Blackbird 03:39
• 3 Better Let Spring 04:39
• 4 Boplicity 03:53
• 5 Bright Eyes 03:22
• 6 You Must Believe in Spring 04:37
• 7 Cognac 02:53
• 8 But Not for Me 03:22
• 9 You Go to My Head 04:21
• 10 Waters of March 03:51
• 11 Moody's Mood 03:35
• Total Runtime 41:15

Info for The Lions Revisited

Jonathan Gee is one of the most imaginative composers and pianists working today, with a series of he has launched a series of bands and projects with world-class line-ups from Europe and the USA that never fail to excite.

Apart from his own bands, which have produced 11 albums, he has also worked closely with Pharoah Sanders, Mark Murphy Murphy and Art Farmer, David Murray, Joe Lovano and Benny Golson, Bobby Wellins, Claire Martin, Tim Whitehead, Ed Jones, Cleveland Watkiss, Benet Mclean and many others.

Jonathan Gee, vocals, piano

Jonathan Gee
is one of the most imaginative composer-pianists operating today, with a succession of ever-enticing bands and projects. Here, Jonathan releases on ASC his first fully vocal album, The Lions Revisited. With eleven tracks recorded over two sessions, it features Jonathan on vocals and piano, with Andy Hamill on bass on five tracks, and guitarist Tommy Rem on one.

Two of the songs feature music and lyrics by Jonathan, and there are collaborations with both Kate Westbrook and Alan Franks. There are complete reworkings of Miles Davis’ Boplicity from Birth of the Cool, first arranged for Peter Ind’s 90th birthday gig at The Verdict in Brighton, and of the standards You Go To My Head, and But Not For Me. The Waters of March features Andy on ukulele bass, and Jonathan singing in both English and Portuguese. Finally, there are a remelodisation of You Must Believe in Spring, and Jonathan’s takes on Moody’s Mood for Love and McCartney’s Blackbird.

The song Cognac began as an electronic instrumental, which Jonathan sent to Kate Westbrook, asking for a lyric inspired by ‘Cognac’. She sent back a tour de force of a lyric; Jonathan created a melody connecting the lyric to the track that had inspired it, and then sent an accapella version to Andy, who proceeded to create a bowed accompaniment that sounded a lot like the original electro track he hadn’t heard. Thus, the creative process unfolds...

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