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Jonathan's
second instrument is his voice. His 2003 solo album Wishbone
features songs by Ellington and Strayhorn, and he can be heard
playing and singing solo as well as duetting with British singer/pianist
Dominic
Alldis at venues throughout the UK.
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| 1.
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Wishbone
(Gee) |
listen |
| 2. |
I
Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (Ellington/Nemo/Mills/Redmond) |
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| 3.
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Harryhausen
(Gee) |
listen |
| 4.
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Come
Sunday (Ellington) |
listen |
| 5.
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Love
Thoughts (Gee) |
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| 6.
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Day
Dream (Ellington/Strayhorn/Latouche) |
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| 7. |
Tortadilla
(Gee) |
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| 8. |
I'm
Just A Lucky So and So (Ellington/David) |
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| 9.
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Extremely
Serious Red (Gee) |
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| 10. |
Perdido
(Tizol/Draka/Lenk) |
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| 11. |
Love
You Madly (Ellington) |
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| 12.
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Very
Extremely Serious Red (Gee) |
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| Jonathan
Gee ~ piano/vocals; Steve Rose ~ bass; Winston Clifford ~ drums. |
| Recorded
at Brunswick Road Studios 8 & 31/7/2003 except track 5 recorded
live in Baku, Azerbaijan, 14/10/99 by Paul Sparrow. |
| Produced
by Jonathan Gee. |
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Harryhausen
was written for Ray Harryhausen, the genius movie monster maker,
and was written as a drinking song for the fighting skeletons, the
children of the hydra's teeth, from Jason and the Argonauts. |
A
tortadilla is a half tortoise/half armadillo originating in Phoenicia.
The Phoenicians took them to Spain when they founded Cadiz, and
then they arrived in England with the Spanish Armada (Drake didn't
notice them land). They reside in East London. |