Sara Gazarek + Josh Nelson "Blackbird/Bye Bye Blackbird" 

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Graceful Harmony – Piano and Vocal (Various Artists)
YMCJ-10019

01. Blackbird-Bye Bye Blackbird／Sara Gazarek & Josh Nelson (Quiet Corner Version) (vocal : Sara Gazarek / piano : Josh Nelson)　
02. Now At Last／Joe Barbieri (Bob Haymes) (vocal : Joe Barbieri / piano : Antonio Fresa)
03. Love Marks／Fleurine　(Chico Buarque; adapted by Fleurine / Francis Hime) (vocal : Fleurine / piano : Brad Mehldau)
04. Summer Rain／Triosence (Bernhard Schuler)
05. Prá Machucar Meu Coração／Peter Eldridge (Ary Barroso) (vocal & piano : Peter Eldridge)
06. Debussy／Aram Sédèfian (Aram Sédèfian) (vocal : Aram Sédèfian, synthesizer : Jean-Pierre Auffrédo)
07. La Tour De Nesle／Pierre Barouh (vocal : Pierre Barouh / piano : Maurice Vender)　　
08. Our Day Will Come／Armen Donelian　(Mort Garson – Bob Hilliard) (piano : Armen Donelian)
09. Vienna Blues／Laurie Antonioli　(Laurie Antonioli / Fritz Pauer)
　(vocal : Laurie Antonioli / piano : Matt Clark)
10. Songs & Lullabies／Fred Hersch　(Norma Winstone / Fred Hersch) (vocal : Norman Winstone / piano : Fred Hersch)
11. Better Than／Gretchen Parlato　(Gretchen Parlato)
　(vocal : Gretchen Parlato / piano, rhodes, hammond : Taylor Eigsti)
12. Nica's Dream／Romain Collin　(Weaver Copeland – Horace Silver)
　(piano : Romain Collin)
13. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow／Christine Tobin & Liam Noble　(Gerry Goffin – Carole King) (vocal : Christine Tobin / piano : Liam Noble)
14. Yesterday／René Urtrege　(John Lennon – Paul McCartney)
　(piano : René Urtrege)
15. Someday My Prince Will Come／Meredith d'Ambrosio　(Larry Morey / Frank Churchill)
　(vocal & piano : Meredith d'Ambrosio)
16. Bridge Over Troubled Water／Mat Wilson　(Paul Simon)
　(piano : Gary Versace)
17. Moon River／Melissa Stylianou　(John Mercer / Henry Mancini)
　(vocal : Melissa Stylianou / piano : Jamie Reynolds)

"Blackbird/Bye Bye Blackbird" for Graceful Harmony (Yamaha, Japan)

What a sweet surprise to see you here, I’ll admit I never thought
Our paths ever would cross so soon and yes I’d love to sit and talk

I’m living in the same old place, I fixed that broken door
You look the same, like nothing’s changed and I don’t love you anymore

I know it seemed that when you left, I didn’t take it very well
But that was then and this is now and there’s not much more to tell

Put all the pieces back together and I’ve never been so sure
That tomorrow’s sun will forget to rise and I don’t love you anymore

More of this, you’re more to me, more than I, I ever was to you
I know you’re gone, I know the truth, I know I’m lost, what can I do? 

I can’t say you’re the only one who’s got everything I need
And all the promises you gave to me, I never could believe

But I’m all about forgiveness, that’s what broken hearts are for
I wish you both / the very best /…. / The world is flat / the sky is green, and I don’t love you any…

More of this, you’re more to me, more than I, I ever was to you
I know you’re gone, I know the truth, I know I’m lost, what can I do?

I Don't Love You Anymore - Live

Music: Josh Nelson 
Lyrics: Sara Gazarek

Blue skies that turn grey by noon,
Caused by traffic that will make you want your mama
There's no landscape that I'd rather see
Than that concrete slab where Johnny filmed for TV
In good ole Burbank
I think I've seen the Taj Mahal,
And if mem’ry serves, I may have climbed the great wall,
It's a wonder that I've seen the world, yet it'll always be,
So good, good to be back in Burbank.

So I'll shed a single tear
For a land that's in my heart right next to cheap beer.
It's a devil of a dang good time
So throw back Diablo martinis or some boxed wine,
Just for Burbank.
Don't bother with the Taj Mahal
Someday it will fall, along with China's great wall.
So I'll warm up the pipes and sing a song, I’ll sing a song
bout how It's good, good to be back in Burbank.

Sara Gazarek (voice), Larry Goldings (organ), Hamilton Price (bass), Zach Harmon (drums) 


It's Good To Be Back In Burbank

Two years ago, Cliff Goldmacher helped me write this song as a surprise for my husband on our wedding day.  Two of our very good friends performed it at our wedding ceremony on May 14, 2010 in Malibu, CA. 
For our 2 year wedding anniversary, I asked Josh Nelson to arrange it for piano, guitar, strings, trumpet, and voice. This is the result!

Sara Gazarek, voice
Josh Nelson, piano, trumpet
Anthony Wilson, guitar
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, strings

"This One Day"
by Cliff Goldmacher & Sara Gazarek
arr by Josh Nelson

Five years but it took Four weeks to say the Three words that were meant for me
Two more minutes til I said it to you
We're down to this One day

FIve dirty dishes, Four shoes by the door, Three little kisses and me wanting more
No time for cleaning cause we’ve got Two cats 
We're down to this One day

It's not one moment, it's not one thing
All of it brought me here
Together the pieces are painting our picture
til this one day appears

Five different reasons that you slammed the door, Four times I acted like a Three year old
Two stubborn people in love through the war
We're down to this one day

It's not one moment, It's not one thing
All of it brought me here
Together the pieces are painting our picture
til this one day appears

Five years but it took Four weeks to say the Three words that were meant for me
Two more minutes til I said it to you
We're down to this One day

This One Day

Sara Gazarek
Thirsty Ghost
2019

--

“I see who you are… And it’s so much bigger, so much deeper, so much more multi-dimensional than your music is right now. Don’t be afraid to walk away from what you think people want from you – and to step into all of the depth, darkness, and radiance of who you really are. That’s what we are thirsty for. The honest, messy, beautiful YOU. -Kurt Elling

…

Stumbling into a recording contract right out of college not only came with big management and an even bigger booking agency -- it also came with big responsibility. At 20 years old, I was recording, touring, receiving great press, and heartfelt feedback from fans. And, while everything in my career seemed to be moving in the right direction, I now see how this level of visibility at such a young age could create a certain amount of pressure to “be the happy girl in the dress” that everyone expected. The ultimate goal was a set of fun, light music that left people feeling happier than when they’d come in the door. And we were giving it to them.

But 15 years in, now, as a 35 year old woman processing the dissolution of a marriage, the separation of a long term musical partnership, and my mothers almost catastrophic car accident, it was my dear friend and mentor Kurt Elling who spoke those very poignant words, and sent me on an incredibly transformative path.

The resulting musical journey took three years to complete -- alongside a new relationship rife with doubts, lies, and infidelity, new collaborations (in Geoff Keezer, Larry Goldings, Stu Mindeman, Josh Johnson, and Alan Ferber), travel abroad, endless questions, explorations, new compositions, risks… In the end, internalizing the idea that “A forest never grows, higher than the depths it knows // The warmth of sunlight comes and goes, but beauty only grows, When It Rains.”

“Thirsty Ghost” explores that honest, messy, beautiful place of hunger, thirst, wanting more – more connection, more transparency, a more whole hearted experience that occurs when we address the lessons that come with taking a deep look at adulthood. Through a series of new instrumental colors (including rhythm section, rhodes/organ, bass clarinet, alto sax, and trombone, percussion, and background vocals), some very special guests (Kurt Elling, Larry Goldings), new original material, contemporary covers (Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Sam Smith), and jazz standards, my hope is that my audience will see their own whole hearted experiences reflected in this music – the light AND the dark. 

…
Track Listing (TBD):
1. Never Will I Marry (Frank Loesser)
2. Not The Only One (Sam Smith/James Napier)
3. Easy Love (Larry Goldings/Sara Gazarek)
4. I Believe When I Fall In Love (Stevie Wonder)
5. Riverman/River (Nick Drake/Sara Teasdale)
6. Cocoon (Bjork)
7. Spinning Round (Jessie Palter/Mike Jellick)
8. Jolene (Dolly Parton)
9. Gaslight District (Larry Goldings/Sara Gazarek)
10. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Hoagy Carmichael)
11. Lonely Hours (Hy Glaser)
12. Distant Storm/When It Rains (Brad Mehldau/Sara Gazarek)
13. I’m A Fool To Want You (Frank Sinatra/Jack Wolf)

PERSONNEL: 
Piano/Organ/Rhodes, Stu Mindeman
Bass, Alex Boneham
Drums, Christian Euman
Alto Sax, Josh Johnson
Trombone, Ido Meshulam
Bass Clarinet, Brian Walsh
Organ, Larry Goldings 
Special guest vocalists, Kurt Elling, 
Vocal Layering/Backgrounds: Erin Bentlage, Michael Mayo

CONT INFO:
Engineer: Helik Hadar 
Studio: Jim Henson Recording, Los Angleles, CA
Dates: August 20, 21, 22, 23
Mastering Engineer: Bernie Grundman, Los Angeles, CA 

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