Vocalist, Recording Artist and Educator
LONG AS YOU'RE LIVING
Tritone Records 2024
1. Long As You're Living 4:51
​(Julian Priester, Tommy Turrentine, Oscar Brown Jr.)
2. Throw It Away 5:57
​(Abbey Lincoln)
3. When I Look In Your Eyes 3:54
​(Leslie Bricusse)
4. New Morning Blues 4:07
​(Jay Clayton)
5. Lonely Woman 5:42
​(Horace Silver, Leonard Feather)
6. Isotope 3:49
​(Joe Henderson, Laura Ann Taylor)
7. A Timeless Place (The Peacocks) 5:39
​(Jimmy Rowles/Norma Winstone)
8. Jitterbug Waltz 6:36
​(Fats Waller)
9. Close Your Eyes 5:16
​(Bernice Petkere)
10. Ask Me Now 4:48
​(Thelonious Monk/Jon Hendricks)
11. Bye Bye Blackbird 6:28
​(Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon)
12. Haperchance/Drifting, Dreaming (Gymnopedie No. 1) 8:15
​(Jay Clayton, John Dankworth / Erik Satie, Jay Clayton)
Lisa Rich - vocals
Marc Copland - piano
Drew Gress - bass
Dave Ballou - trumpet
Produced by Lisa Rich, Jay Clayton, Bob Dawson
Engineered by Bob Dawson
RECORDED AT BIAS STUDIOS, SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA ON OCTOBER 12-13, 2022
Mixed by Bob Dawson
Mastered by Mike Monseur​
"The release of Lisa Rich’s “Long As You’re Living” can be thought of as the comeback of the year. The singer’s first new recording since ill health forced her to stop performing in 1991, this rather remarkable album finds Lisa Rich not only in prime form but enthusiastically singing with adventure, daring, swing, and a deep understanding of the lyrics that she interprets."
- Scott Yanow
“An adventurous and eminently hip vocalist… this stirring release finds a radiant Rich scatting with uncanny abandon on Clayton's "New Morning Blues" and Joe Henderson's "Isotope," delivering Abbey Lincoln's anthemic "Throw It Away" with an understated power and glory, and reinventing Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz" and the standard "Bye Bye Blackbird" with a playful kind of phrasing and scatting prowess inherited from elders like Clayton, Sheila Jordan and Annie Ross. But perhaps her most compelling performances here come on dramatic interpretations of Horace Silver's "Lonely Woman," Jimmy Rowles' "The Peacock's" and Thelonious Monk's "Ask Me Now," all showcasing her gift for patient storytelling.”
- Bill Milkowski
“An exquisite and exciting, surprise-filled new collection … the singer’s eclectic set finds her in giddy, happy-to-be-alive mode from the start, infusing the cheery, life affirming title track with her wild and witty phrasing and whimsical, multi-octave scatting. This album will make every jazz fan grateful that Lisa’s still living and thriving – and will hopefully inspire her to keep the comeback going for years to come.”
- Jonathan Widran
“Long As You're Living is a grand prix of fine jazz from a truly masterful vocalist and her fine pit crew.”
- Nicholas Mondello, All About Jazz