| Dreams and Daggers | ||||
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| Studio album with live tracks by | ||||
| Released | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |||
| Recorded | September 9–11, 2016 and December 2016 | |||
| Venue | The Village Vanguard Dimenna Center for Classical Music | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:52:00 (2 CDs/3 LPs) | |||
| Language |
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| Label | Mack Avenue | |||
| Producer | Al Pryor Gretchen Valade (exec. producer) | |||
| Cécile McLorin Salvant chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| AnalogPlanet | 11 out of 10[3] |
Dreams and Daggers is an album by French-American jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant that includes songs recorded both during live performance and in the studio. The album was released as a set of two CDs or three LPsonMack Avenue Records on September 29, 2017.[4]
AllMusic reviewer Matt Collar described the album as "a thoughtfully curated selection of standards and several originals, all touching upon the themes of romance and heartbreak", and awarded it five stars.[1]
Stereophile reviewer Fred Kaplan declared the album to be "the best jazz vocal album in a decade, maybe in longer than that."[5]
The album earned Salvant her third Grammy nomination and her second Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.[6] The album was also nominated for the 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album.[7]
Source:[8]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "And Yet" (*) | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Paul Sikivie | 1:06 |
| 2. | "Devil May Care" |
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| 6:56 |
| 3. | "Mad About the Boy" | Noël Coward | Noël Coward | 6:53 |
| 4. | "Sam Jones' Blues" |
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| 3:00 |
| 5. | "More" (*) | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Cécile McLorin Salvant | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Never Will I Marry" | Frank Loesser | Frank Loesser | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Somehow I Could Never Believe" | Langston Hughes | Kurt Weill | 9:56 |
| 8. | "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" | Bob Merrill | Jule Styne | 2:55 |
| 9. | "Red Instead" (*) | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Cécile McLorin Salvant | 0:34 |
| 10. | "Runnin' Wild" |
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| 1:39 |
| 11. | "The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)" | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin | 7:08 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "You're My Thrill" (*) | Sidney Clare | Jay Gorney | 4:34 |
| 13. | "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" | Lorenz Hart | Richard Rodgers | 6:29 |
| 14. | "Tell Me What They're Saying Can't Be True" | Buddy Johnson | Buddy Johnson | 5:29 |
| 15. | "Nothing Like You" | Bob Dorough | Bob Dorough | 3:49 |
| 16. | "You've Got to Give Me Some" | Spencer Williams | Spencer Williams | 6:11 |
| 17. | "The Worm" (*) | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Paul Sikivie | 1:03 |
| 18. | "My Man's Gone Now" |
| George Gershwin | 6:27 |
| 19. | "Let's Face the Music and Dance" | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin | 6:55 |
| 20. | "Si j'etais Blanche" |
|
| 5:14 |
| 21. | "Fascination" (*) | Langston Hughes (poem) |
| 1:27 |
| 22. | "Wild Women Don't Have the Blues" | Ida Cox | Ida Cox | 6:50 |
| 23. | "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" | Al Dubin | Harry Warren | 9:53 |
Tracks marked with asterisk (*) recorded in studio at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. All other tracks recorded live at the Village Vanguard.
Source:[8]
Production
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] | 40 |
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