Loving You Celebrating Shirley Horn

PETER CAMPBELL LOVING YOU CELEBRATING SHIRLEY HORN

MARK KIESWETTER REG SCHWAGER ROSS MACINTYRE KEVIN TURCOTTE I’ve had a lot of people ask me, “Who taught you this?” I had never had a voice lesson in my hen first introduced to the life, and I don’t know how to plan. The courage to expose oneself so Wwork of singer and pianist publicly underscores that which Shirley Horn (01 May 1934 – 20 I just know that the lyric, if it affects me, made Shirley Horn a master: the October 2005), I had what may be that’s what I’m gonna lay out on you, understanding that great artistry involves described as an “Aha!” moment. and I’m going to sing that song to you. circumnavigating emotional areas most of While a university student, I heard us fear to negotiate. the first strains of the Mandel- SHIRLEY HORN The last time I saw Shirley Horn in Bergman composition “Where Do performance was February 2004 at You Start.” Here’s to Life, Horn’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York. She was, 1992 recording on which the song is included, proved revelatory: by this time, confined to a wheelchair; having undergone the never before had I experienced a musician able to express so amputation of her right foot due to diabetes. Accompanied on much with such seeming economy. I was hooked – or, rather – piano by the late George Mesterhazy, Horn began to sing Lennon obsessed. The harmonic and rhythmic inventions through which & McCartney’s “Yesterday.” Her performance offered a poignant she instrumentally maneuvered stood both in contrast and interpretation of a song practically constitutional to our collective complement to the emotional honesty and sobriety of her vocal consciousness. A standard you thought you knew proved fresh and delivery. Shirley Horn had some secret knowledge of the human contemporary as interpreted by an artist who made you sit up and heart that we mere mortals could never begin to acquire. She take notice, perhaps for the first time. conveyed that wisdom directly to this particularly rapt listener, and I hung on to her every word. To my sensibility, Shirley Horn was not a traditional “jazz singer.” Her thoughtful and restrained vocal inventions were in service The five times I saw her live in concert were each master classes to lyric and melody. There are times in Horn’s delivery when in the art of song interpretation. I recall an evening in April 1997 I am reminded of the great English-American cabaret singer at New York’s Village Vanguard. Having opened for Miles Davis Mabel Mercer. Frank Sinatra cited Mercer as an important in 1960 at this celebrated jazz club, Shirley Horn came to the musical influence on his vocal style. Johnny Mandel – a frequent stage after a lengthy delay. She sat down at the piano and began collaborator of Horn’s and the composer of “A Time for Love” to play “A Time for Love.” You could literally hear a pin drop: – made a similar comparison between Horn and Mercer as her performance was mesmerizing. Hallmarks of a typical Horn preeminent interpreters of popular song. Though sharply different performance were present that night: impeccable taste in material; in approach, Horn and Mercer shared the objective of delivering a absolute dedication to lyric interpretation; and her distinctive song. The very best interpreters recognize the progressive nature approach to tempo – often at a glacial pace. of narrative. Songs serve, in essence, as one-act dramas;

02 each with a beginning, middle and end. Jazz critic and historian Thomas Cunniffe has remarked: “For the art of Shirley Horn was in her infinite patience, and her unique way of making every word Produced by Peter Campbell count. She was, and is, a master storyteller.” Musical Direction by Mark Kieswetter Arrangements by Mark Kieswetter & Peter Campbell Despite the ebb and flow of a career spanning more than four decades, Shirley Horn has joined the pantheon of great American PETER CAMPBELL vocals MARK KIESWETTER piano popular vocalists and jazz musicians. Her signature song, “Here’s REG SCHWAGER electric and acoustic guitars to Life,” has become a contemporary standard. Horn’s rendition ROSS MACINTYRE double bass of the Édith Piaf anthem “Hymne à l’amour” (‘If You Love Me’) has KEVIN TURCOTTE trumpet become arguably the definitive English-language version. A significant number of jazz musicians perform the song using Recorded 02–03 August 2016 by John “Beetle” Bailey at Canterbury Music Company, Toronto Horn’s arrangement as their template. The same may be said of Mixed by John “Beetle” Bailey at The Drive Shed, New Hamburg, Ontario her collaboration with Miles Davis on “You Won’t Forget Me,” Mastered by Peter Letros at Wreckhouse Mastering, Toronto which also marked the trumpeter’s final recording as a sideman. While undeniably proficient and inventive within a traditional Studio Assistant: Julian Decorte jazz framework, Horn’s balladry would become her trademark Piano Technician: Marc Decorte and establish her as perhaps the greatest ballad singer of her Liner Notes: Peter Campbell generation. Graphic Design & Illustration: Eri Griffin Photography: Brad Fowler

Loving You: Celebrating Shirley Horn would not have been possible if not for the support of several key individuals. My collaboration with four extraordinary musicians – Mark Kieswetter, Reg Schwager, Ross MacIntyre and Kevin Turcotte – was a pleasure and a privilege. To Ann and Adrian Peter Campbell Lichter, my gratitude for their lifelong commitment to one particularly www.petercampbellmusic.com challenging project: me. Additional thanks to: John “Beetle” Bailey/The Drive Shed, Jeremy Darby/Canterbury Music Company, Peter Letros/ Wreckhouse Mastering, Yves Laroche, Jérémy Brun, Eri Griffin, Brad Fowler, Alan Reid, Joyce McLean, Melissa-Marie Shriner and the Bailey family.

For his friendship and an enduring musical partnership, this recording is dedicated to Mark Kieswetter.

03 04 01. A TIME FOR LOVE 08. THE GREAT CITY Here’s to Life, Verve Records, 1992 Shirley Horn with Horns, Mercury Records, 1963 Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster The Garden of the Blues, SteepleChase Records, © WB Music (ASCAP) 1985 I Thought About You, Verve Records, 1987 02. SHARING THE NIGHT WITH THE BLUES Curtis Lewis You’re My Thrill, Verve Records, 2001 © Jodax Music (BMI) Emanuel Logan Jr. © Emanuel Logan Jr. Music (ASCAP) 09. THE SUN DIED Light Out of Darkness, Verve Records, 1993 03. LOVING YOU Pierre Delanoë, Ray Charles, Anne Grégory, Loving You, Verve Records, 1997 Hubert Giraud Artie Butler, Norman Martin © Tangerine Music Corporation (ASCAP) © Artie Butler Music (ASCAP) / Norman Martin Music (BMI) 10. IF YOU LOVE ME 04. THERE’S NO YOU Here’s to Life, Verve Records, 1992 A Lazy Afternoon, SteepleChase Records, 1979 Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons, Édith Piaf Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with Guest © SDRM / France Music Corporation (ASCAP) Shirley Horn, The Jazz Alliance, 2006 Hal Hopper, Tom Adair 11. SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME © Barton Music (ASCAP) Where Are You Going, Perception Records, 1972 I Thought About You, Verve Records, 1987 05. WILD IS THE WIND Live at the 4 Queens, Resonance Records, 2016 Embers and Ashes, Stereo-Craft Records, 1960 Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal Here’s to Life, Verve Records, 1992 © Sony/ATV Tunes (ASCAP) Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington © Chappell & Co. / Patti Washington Music / Catherine 12. SO I LOVE YOU Hinen Music (ASCAP) Close Enough for Love, Verve Records, 1989 Carroll Coates 06. FORGET ME © Micana Music (ASCAP) Softly, Audiophile Records, 1987 May the Music Never End, Verve Records, 2003 13. YOU WON’T FORGET ME Valerie Parks Brown You Won’t Forget Me, Verve Records, 1991 © Hampshire House Publishing (ASCAP) Fred Spielman, Kermit Goell © Great Foreign Songs / EMI – Feist Catalog (ASCAP) 07. I WATCH YOU SLEEP Softly, Audiophile Records, 1987 Richard Rodney Bennett, Joel Siegel References to original recordings by Shirley Horn have been included; © USI A Music Publishing (ASCAP) followed by composer, lyricist and publisher information. 05 PETER CAMPBELL vocals MARK KIESWETTER piano REG SCHWAGER electric and acoustic guitars ROSS MACINTYRE double bass KEVIN TURCOTTE trumpet 01. A TIME FOR LOVE 04:49 Produced by Peter Campbell 02. SHARING THE NIGHT WITH THE BLUES 04:29 03:42 Musical Direction by 03. LOVING YOU Mark Kieswetter 04. THERE’S NO YOU 04:49 Arrangements by 05. WILD IS THE WIND 05:36 Mark Kieswetter & Peter Campbell 06. FORGET ME 03:46 www.petercampbellmusic.com 07. I WATCH YOU SLEEP 05:31 08. THE GREAT CITY 04:45 09. THE SUN DIED 04:42 05:42 PETER CAMPBELL 10. IF YOU LOVE ME PETER CAMPBELL 11. SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME 03:21 12. SO I LOVE YOU 03:25 LOVING YOU 13. YOU WON’T FORGET ME 05:23 LOVING YOU CELEBRATING SHIRLEY HORN Total Playing Time 60:00 CELEBRATING SHIRLEY HORN