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Janice Friedman Trio - Swingin’ for the Ride
- Long time pianist, songwriter and arranger adds lyricist to her résumé as the Janice Friedman Trio gives listeners Swingin’ for the Ride. Friedman parlays vocalist and keyboardist to her arsenal as she gives us jazzy beats that are both cool and sultry and speedy and danceable.
The title track has Friedman’s signature piano playing along with drums for a swaying good time. The song talks about leaving one’s troubles behind and moving on with life, with lines like, “It was the fourth of July…I’ve been dealt this and that and now I’m through with lugging all the strife.” Friedman is kissing goodbye to the things she has harbored, and signals listeners a new day has dawned with this song.
On “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” slow acoustic guitar prevails with that blues feel that one can picture hearing at a hole in the wall club that plays underground blues to the hilt and where stars are born and made. Friedman percolates melancholy as she tells that special someone she can only give so much, with lines like, “I can’t give you anything but love, that’s the only thing I’ve got plenty of. Dream awhile, scheme awhile, you’re sure to find happiness and I guess all those things you always pine for.”
“A Fairytale” has solemn piano and soothing percussion as Friedman speaks of what sounds like unrequited love or love that never materialized into that perfect myth, with lines like, “When his eyes don’t see it’s you. When his words just don’t come true. When in your heart you know what’s real. How you feel a fairytale is just too frail. Seems the time you can’t deny I see no rhyme no reason why.” Friedman is denouncing the childhood notion of beautiful princesses and handsome princes, at least when it comes to her own expertise, and in a way she is cautioning others to not fall into this trap.
Janice Friedman Trio’s Swingin’ for the Ride, is a jazzy collection of cool songs that have misfortune and hope filled in each. Depending on your mood, you can pick which one fits your current musical disposition.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Added: 10-Mar-2007
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