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Valerie Joyce - New York Blue (180g One Step Pressing Vinyl LP) Pre-order January 2026
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Blessed with a captivating, richly sonorous singing voice, Japan-born, Seattle-based Valerie Joyce recorded two albums for audiophile label Chesky Records in the 2000s. The first of them, 2005’s critically acclaimed New York Blue, featured the young singer supported by a crack Big Apple jazz band: formidable pianist Andy Ezrin, alternating bassists John Hebert and Tim Lefebvre, and drum stalwart Gene Jackson. They are augmented on some tracks by the veteran session musician Lawrence Feldman’s smoky saxophone. Joyce’s intriguing repertoire blends deft interpretations of well-known evergreens from The Great American Songbook (‘Darn That Dream’) with jazz standards (Miles Davis’ ‘Blue In Green’), jazz-tinged R&B (‘Fever’), rock (Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Little Wing’), and pop (The Beatles’ ‘Golden Slumbers’). Bolstered with new liner notes featuring a recent interview with Valerie Joyce, New York Blue is reissued in 2026 as part of the Chesky Original Masters series on 180g One Step Pressing Vinyl LP and SACD Hybrid Stereo.
LP SIDE ONE:
- It Never Entered My Mind
- Darn That Dream
- Fever
- Moon And Sand
- Golden Slumbers
- Oasis
LP SIDE TWO:
- Baby Can I Hold You
- Little Wing
- Weaver Of Dreams
- I Fall In Love Too Easily
- Blue In Green
- Everytime We Say Goodbye
Title: New York Blue
Artist: Valerie Joyce
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Audiophile
Label: Chesky Records
Configuration: 180g One Step Pressing Vinyl LP
UPC: 4895241451591
Selection Number: EVLP103BL
Box Lot: 40
Release Date: 31 January, 2026
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