Real Audio (56k)

Personnel:
Fay Victor - vocals
Marc Mommaas - tenor saxophone
Pere Soto - guitar
Jos Machtel - bass
Marc Meader - drums
Walter Lampe - piano
Hans Mantel - bass
John Engels - drums

Track Listing:

All Blues - 5:24 (Miles Davis)
I Remember You - 2:53 (V. Schertzinger , Johnny Mercer)
Ask Me Now - 9:01 (Thelonius Monk , Jon Hendricks)
Wave - 7:07 (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
This Masquerade - 4:36 (J. J. Loeb , P. F. Webster)
Sister Sadie - 4:05 (Horace Silver)
All Of You - 3:03 (Cole Porter)
Skylark - 5:29 (Hoagy Carmichael , Johnny Mercer)
Upside Down (Fleur de Lis) - 3:01 (Djavan)
Old Devil Moon - 7:22 (Burton Lane , Harburg)
Every Time We Say Goodbye - 5:40 (Cole Porter)
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Total time: 57:47

Art Direction/Design by Dolphin Design. Photography by Francesc Martà (Barcelona). Liner Notes by Clous van Mechelen.
Recorded at: Kwetterhof Studios/Greenfields Forever/Popschool Amsterdam
Recorded: 31 March 1997/24 April 1998/30 April 1998
Engineers: Avert Wort, Rinus Groenveld
Producers: Fay Victor, Wim Wigt

V for Victor(y), F for Fay, it's not an old saying but a new one to be remembered in the future. Thank you for asking me to write some words on this remarkable CD. Remarkable for the bright lights Fay lets shine on standards everybody likes, but too many times have been recorded in the old routine. No routine at all this time. Spontaneous like a live recording but controlled by the rich sound of a music studio - also a remarkable combination. I don't like name dropping and there's no reason for it because Fay has her own style. It's always easy to produce names of important jazz vocalists and write down Fay swings like... has the feel of... learned the blues from... etc.
When I hear Fay sing, I'm sure she did her homework listening to the great voices, not to copy a style but building up her own style with all the ingredients that make jazz a unique form of art. Her timing of the musical phrases are superimposed over the regular phrases and the out-of-meter timing against the basic timing make you think these songs were jazz originals, but we know most of them were written for musicals. This way of making music with a wide range of ideas and driving appeal is the way to make real musicians willing and enthusiastic to do a recording. Nearly every number is in a different arrangement and to my surprise All Of You only with the bass. Maybe next time Fay will change the lyrics "I love the looks of you" to "I love the sound of you". I think love is the reason for staying in Amsterdam and we are also lucky to have Fay in the area so the New York jazz fans have to learn to live without her.

ñ Clous van Mechelenñ Amsterdam, the Netherlandsñ September, 1998Pere Soto plays guitar on All Blues, Skylark, Old Devil Moon, Sister Sadie, Wave, Ask Me Now, This Masquerade, and Upside Down. Marc Mommaas plays tenor saxophone on All Blues, Skylark, Old Devil Moon, and Sister Sadie. Jos Machtel plays bass on All Blues, All Of You, Skylark, Old Devil Moon, Sister Sadie, Wave, and Ask Me Now. Marc Meader plays drums on All Blues, Skylark, Old Devil Moon, Sister Sadie, and Ask Me Now. Walter Lampe plays piano on Every Time We Say Goodbye. Hans Mantel plays bass on I Remember You. John Engles plays drums on I Remember You.