Lazy Old Sun: LIVE/Life in the Lowlands
64: 22
11 Tracks
(Greene Avenue Music 2004)
After an wonderful 8 year stay, Fay Victor leaves Amsterdam, the Netherlands to head back to her hometown of New York City and Lazy Old Sun was her swan song to the great city that hosted her and the country of the Netherlands overall. Armed now with a distinct vocal and band sound, this album captures Fay Victor at the crossroads of returning home the the US and trying to document the Dutch experience with her then working band. The repertoire is truly eclectic and far ranging: original pieces, songs by the Kinks, the Doors, Randy Newman, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, Curtis Mayfield and more. This is the first release on the Greene Avenue Music started in 2004 to release Lazy Old Sun and re-introduce FV to the USA.
Personnel:
Fay Victor-voice
Anton Goudsmit-electric guitar
Wolter Wierbos-trombone
Jacko Schoonderwoerd-double bass
Pieter Bast-drums
1 Lazy Old Sun
2 People Are Strange
3 Laura
4 There They Are
5 Heading West-Way Out (Way Out West)
6 Stealaway
7 Magere Brug (Lean Bridge)
8 Nico
9 Keep It Busy, Keep It Moving (Saturday & Sunday)
10 Last Night I Had A Dream
11 BONUS – Check out your Mind
Press Quotes about Lazy Old Sun
“…but a handful of albums by women including: Gunda Gottschalk’s Wassermonde, Satoko Fujii’s Illusion Suite, Susie Ibarra’s Folklorico and Fay Victor’s LAZY OLD SUN earned my unreserved admiration. The first and last in the list were particularly revelatory. Gottschalk’s skills on violin, exhibiting incredible incisiveness in a solitary recital setting, blew my mind. Victor’s European swan song with a crack Dutch combo in tow exposed a vocalist imbued with the best elements of past matriarchs like Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter with an ear-tilted toward Euro-improv innovations.–Derek Taylor, Dusted Magazine-The Year in Music Feature 2004
“A boldly inventive Betty Carter-Billie Holiday hybrid…the tremendously versatile Victor takes off into all sorts of curiously exciting directions…she’s a real find, a true original.”–Christopher Louden, JazzTimes
LAZY OLD SUN puts a fresh new twist on jazz singing…her rich alto and perfect pitch allow the 4tet to play with the fringes of dissonance…it keeps hope alive that something fresh may still be coming for jazz singing.–Phillip McNally, Cadence magazine
“Fay Victor is a gifted musician, possessed of flawless intonation, musical imagination, and inventive phrasing…this album deserves a first, a second, and a third listening.”–William Grim, allaboutjazz.com
“Sounds like a young Betty Carter with a bad case of wanderlust…a live set strong enough to win over all but the most anti-vocal jazz-fans…”–-Kurt Gottschalk, Signal to Noise
“…some intriguing vocalizing…invests every song with such emotional commitment that they all sound like her own originals even if they are an evergreen…the message from this session is clear—check out Fay Victor.”–-David Dupont, www.onefinalnote.com
“Fay Victor is clearly a singer who holds abstraction and soulfulness in equally high regard…Victor finds the jazz vocal possibilities in everything… (There’s) a lot to admire about LAZY OLD SUN.”–Alex Henderson, All Music Guide