DECEMBER 28, 2009
ALL i HAVE iS BLUE
LiSA HiLTON TALKS TO ROCKWIRED
ABOUT HER LATEST CD TWiLiGHT AND BLUES
THE ENDLESS POTENTiAL OF MUSiC
AND THE THRiLL OF COMPOSiNG
When I first became acquainted with jazz pianist LISA HILTON in the late summer of 2008, she was on the verge of releasing her eleventh studio album SUNNY DAY THEORY – a fluid collection of jazz instrumentals that reflected HILTON’s tendency to look on the brightside when life gets chaotic. The message of the album would prove timely in the months to come which were marked by a economic collapse and an especially nasty Presidential election. Now, HILTON has changed her tune and her tone with her latest release TWILIGHT AND BLUES – a celebration of all that is blue and a fitting backdrop to the economic downturn and the slow and steady march toward recovery. Economics aside, HILTON has recruited a reliable band of musicians consisting of old friends LARRY GRENADIER (bass), LEWIS NASH (drums) and JEREMY PELT (trumpet) as well as new friend J.D. ALLEN (tenor saxophone) to bring an indefinable effervescence to inspired interpretations of songs by JONI MITCHELL, MARVIN GAYE, JANIS JOPLIN and HENRY MANCINI and to HILTON’s own compositions such as the rousing PANDEMONIUM and the exuberant CITY STREETS. (READ MORE)