The Abbey Road Sessions (Ian Shaw album)

The Abbey Road Sessions
Studio album by Ian Shaw
Released	March 2011
Recorded	2010
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	35:39
Label	Splash Point Records
Producer	Neal Richardson
Ian Shaw chronology
Somewhere Towards Love (2009) The Abbey Road Sessions (2011)

The Abbey Road Sessions is a 2011 studio album by Ian Shaw.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter)
2. "Human Nature" (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis)
3. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
4. "Obsession" (Danilo Caymmi, Tracy Mann, Gilson Peranzzetta)
5. "Stuck in the Middle with You" (Gerry Rafferty, Joe Egan)
6. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson)
7. "The Lady's In Love With You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser)
8. "I'm Thru with Love/Day Dream" (Gus Kahn, Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck)/(John La Touche, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington)
9. "Be Cool" (Joni Mitchell)
10. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson)
11. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange)
12. "Today I Sing the Blues"
13. "Stairway to the Stars" (Mitchell Parish, Malneck, Frank Signorelli)

Personnel

• Ian Shaw - vocals
• Peter Ind - double bass (all tracks except track 5)
• David Preston - guitar
• Phil Ware - piano
• Gene Calderazzo - drums
• Zhenya Strigalev - alto saxophone
• Miguel Gorodi - trumpet
• David BeeBee - double bass (on track 5)

Reviews

• "Shaw was positively fizzing with excitement. It must have also been the launch of his lushly arranged latest album The Abbey Road Sessions... he's in danger of becoming a national treasure" Mike Flynn, Jazzwise
• "Shaw is at the peak of his powers, especially here alongside Brit-jazz royalty Peter Ind" Time Out
• "his voice has never sounded better . . . Shaw's take-no-prisoners approach carried the day". Jazzwise
• "a singer in confident form at the top of his game." Sandy Brown Jazz

External links

• Official website
• Splash Point Records

References