CD - housed in a cardboard, gatefold CD sleeve containing 12 pages of extensive sleeve notes by Ronan Guilfoyle, previously unpublished photographs, more background on Livia Records, with a cover photo from Gregory Dunn.
Some Other Blues features pianist Noel Kelehan and guitarist Louis Stewart in a duo performance of 8 Jazz standards and a Kelehan original ballad. Piano/guitar duos are a rare phenomenon, best known from Jim Hall and Bill Evans, both of whom were much admired, and equally matched here, by Stewart and Kelehan.
The album was recorded in 1977, in the same studio as Louis Stewart's landmark Out On His Own album. Here they go toe to toe on 7 uptempo tunes from Gigi Gryce, Jon Coltrane, Tadd Dameron, Jerome Kern and others, and 2 ballads, one by Noel Kelehan. The Some Other Blues masters were rediscovered during the reactivation of Livia Records in 2022.
This is the first release of this gem, representing perhaps some of the best Irish Jazz performances ever recorded. Some Other Blues is a Holy Grail of Irish jazz. Enjoy!
Tracklist:
1. Yesterdays
2. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
3. I Only Have Time To Say I Love You
4. Minority
5. I'll Remember April
6. If You Could See Me Now
7. Some Other Blues
8. Some Time Ago
9. Singin' In The Rain
Livia Records, Ireland's first dedicated Jazz record label. Set up in 1977 primarily to release work featuring the great Jazz guitarist Louis Stewart. Now reactivated and engaged in new and re-releases.