Hilary Gardner – On the Trail with The Lonesome Pines (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Hilary Gardner – On the Trail with The Lonesome Pines (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 47:11 minutes | 485 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Anzic Records, LLC

In the early weeks and months of the pandemic, confined to my Brooklyn apartment in the silenced city, I dreamed of wide-open spaces and the freedom to roam. I started researching “trail songs,” drawn to their lyrics about pale dawns, slumbering shadows, and other evocative imagery. What heaven, to saddle up a reliable horse and wander, unworried and unhurried, under a vast Western sky!

As I delved deeper into the world of trail music, I was struck by how many songs were written not only by singing cowboys, but by jazz and film composers and lyricists like Johnny Mercer, Benny Carter, Frank Loesser, and others. I was fascinated to discover that many of these songs were debuted in Western films starring Roy Rogers or Gene Autry, only to be recorded later by a swinging big band or the original hip cowboy, Bing Crosby; the lines between genres were, happily, blurrier back then.

Because I grew up singing jazz and country music concurrently (my first gigs as a teenager in rural Alaska were singing Patsy Cline tunes in dive bars), I felt deeply and immediately at home in this new repertoire. In August 2021, eager to bring these songs to life with fellow musicians, I called my friend, bassist Noah Garabedian, who suggested we meet up with guitarist and vocalist Justin Poindexter for a jam session. As anyone who plays music knows, musical chemistry can’t be forced; it’s either there or it ain’t, and we all felt the magic in those early rehearsals. Shortly thereafter, we knew we’d struck gold when we added drummer Aaron Thurston to the mix.

Tracklist:
1-1. Hilary Gardner – Along the Navajo Trail (03:52)
1-2. Hilary Gardner – Cow Cow Boogie (03:20)
1-3. Hilary Gardner – Call of the Canyon (04:08)
1-4. Hilary Gardner – Under Fiesta Stars (03:55)
1-5. Hilary Gardner – Silver on the Sage (03:30)
1-6. Hilary Gardner – Jingle Jangle Jingle (I Got Spurs) (03:27)
1-7. Hilary Gardner – A Cowboy Serenade (While I’m Smokin’ My Last Cigarette) (05:42)
1-8. Hilary Gardner – Song of the Sierras (03:40)
1-9. Hilary Gardner – Along the Santa Fe Trail (03:41)
1-10. Hilary Gardner – Lights of Old Santa Fe (04:14)
1-11. Hilary Gardner – I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) (03:27)
1-12. Hilary Gardner – Twilight on the Trail (04:08)

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