CSQ Volume II

Vibraphone Jazz from the CECILIA SMITH QUARTET

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It's not easy being a young vibraphone player on today's jazz scene -- especially when you are dividing your time between New York and Boston. Yet Cecilia Smith keeps apartments in both cities, keeps traveling (hence the title of the first track on this album), and, most important, keeps working. Her quartet is a going concern, seasoned by numerous gigs in the New England and Mid-Atlantic states, reflecting the knowledge of experience and the fire of youth. "When you get quality gigs, people want to play with you," Smith explains, and that quality shines through on her second album.

Bob Blumenthal Jazz critic for the Boston Globe

Cecilia Smith -- Vibraphone
Frank Wilkins -- Piano
Steve Kirby -- Bass
Ron Savage -- Drums

with Billy Pierce -- Saxophone

All arrangements by Cecilia Smith, except Wild Is The Wind by Frank Wilkins

Dedicated to Cecilias's mother, Julianne Hopson (1935-1995)

Songs:

DRIVING AT MIDNIGHT                       Smith
YELLOW ROSES                              Smith
RESOLUTION                                Coltrane
EVERYTIME WE SAY GOODBYE                  Porter
OLD DEVIL MOON                            Harburg,Lane
MISPLACED VALUES AND OTHER THINGS         Smith
THEME FOR ELOISA AND TIZIANO              Smith
DARN THAT DREAM                           DeLang,Van Heusen
THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE                      Smith
WILD IS THE WIND                          Washington,Tiomkin
NATURAL WOMAN                             Goffin,King,Wexler
MY MOTHER TOLD ME SO                      Smith