Rachel Z TRIO

Everlasting

(2004)

1. Here Comes The Sun 5'14
(George Harrison)
2. Kiss From A Rose 6'17
(Seal)
3. Interlude 7'13
(Rachel Nicolazzo / Bobbie Rae)
4. Mortal 1'46
(Rachel Nicolazzo / Bobbie Rae)
5. Ring Of Fire 6'29
(Merle Kilgore / June Carter)
6. Wild Horses 4'03
(Mick Jagger / Keith Richard)
7. Black Hole Sun 6'54
(Chris Cornell)
8. Fields Of Gold 4'39
(Sting)
9. Kid Charlemagne 4'23
(Walter Becker / Donald Fagen)
10. One Time 4'32
(Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto)
11. Tonight Tonight 5'15
(Billy Corgan)
12. Kiss Of Life 4'15
(Sade Adu / Andrew Hale / Paul S. Denman / Stuart Matthewman)
13. Interlude 1'02
(Rachel Nicolazzo / Bobbie Rae)
14. Red Rain 5'15
(Peter Gabriel)

Total Time: 67:17

  • Rachel Z – Piano
  • Tony Levin - Basses
  • Bobbie Rae - Drums

    Produced by Rachel Z, Bobbie Rae And Eric Gast
    Mixed at     FM MUSIC, West Broadway, Soho, NY
    Mastered by Todd Gerard,     SOUND LAB, NYC
    Photography by John Abbott

    Rachel Z Thanks:
    My Friends, My Loves, My Creator-Mom and Dad, Yoda, Fabe, Robbin, Bobbie, Erika, electric Mermaid, Chris Luard, Peter Gabriel, Tony Levin, Melanie, Anna, Maybh and Issac, Jeff, Allison, Ande, David, T, Richard, Ged. Juliet! Gary Walker, Marshgrass and Mike, Jim Wadsworth, Steve Frumpkin, Wayne Shorter, Mike Mainieri, Duncan Sheik, Kevin Killun, Dicky Chappell New School kids, Jane and Adam, Marcie, Mike Varney, Tim, Mike Jareld, Mino, Todd Barkin, Eric from STRAWBERRY BRICK, Frank from SOHO HERBS and ACUPUNCTURE, Bob Williams, M and A Parisi, all lunatics - Roger, Ukari, Christina, Coffeeman, Maude, Motoko, Ed Enright, Barbara and Charles, Dave Hogarty and Family, Jazzizeric from JPL, Mark and Lee, Peace and Fortune to all of You (and Especially to the Love Of My Life - Thank You for Your Faith in Me and for Your Beautiful Life) Nelson Mandela and the 46664 AIDS ORGANIZATION for the life challenge of creating value and world peace through action.

    Bobbie Rae Thanks:

    Dad, Robbin Helene, Bobbiejean. Rachel, Mommie and Daddie Z, Dr. Carvin, Joan from Murphyis (cheezecake), The Dakota, Amplify Family (Fabe, Joe, John, Carlos), Renee at PEARL Drums, Derrick Wolford at PEARL, Teresa and Eric Cast, H Ray, 501 Bar, PG Fan Club, Marco at VIC FIRTH, John Coltrane, all my Friends and Enemies for inspiring me to become a better person, I Would Like to dedicate this work to the Victims Of 911 will Never Forget.

    On Everlasting, Rachel has her way with a bevy of pop and rock stars. She puts a surging, McCoy Tyner-ish spin on the George Harrison anthem “Here Comes The Sun” then turns in an uncommonly delicate rendition of Seal's “Kissed By A Rose”. Bobbie Rae's “Mortal” taps right into that strain of translucent Keith-Chick-Herbie pianism that was so vital for a generation of players coming of age in the '70s and '80s while her light, lyrical and eminently swinging rendition of “Ring Of Fire” is radically recast from Johnny Cash's gritty original. She plumbs the emotional depths of the STONES' melancholy ballad “Wild Horses” while transforming SOUNDGARDEN's “Black Hole Sun” into an uptempo swinging romp (dig Tony's walking bassline against Bobby's hip, interactive pulse), then underscores Sting's poignant “Fields Of Gold” with rare eloquence and melodicism.

    Elsewhere, Ms. Z and company turn STEELY DAN's “Kid Charlemagne” into a earthy vehicle worthy of vintage Ramsey Lewis or Les McCann. They bring a briskly swinging quality to bear on SMASHING PUMPKINS' “Tonite, Tonite” and put up the requisite funk underneath Sade's “Kisses Of Life”, courtesy of Levin's urgent low end groove on Stick. The closer is Rachel's dramatic rendition of “Red Rain” by her current employer Peter Gabriel. At a recent trio gig in Milan, Italy, the entire audience joined in singing the lyrics when Rachel and crew broke into this familiar Gabriel song. “That's quite a feeling when you get an audience to participate like that,” she says. “It's great when you can play a rock tune and blow Herbie stuff on it and not lose anybody. In fact, these were not really jazz fans but they were kind of freaking out when we played that song. So it's kind of interesting to see how these different elements can work together, and we're trying to go in this direction now.”