Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos - The Secret Sun
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Artist: Jesse Harris & the FerdinandosEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Music Label: Blue Thumb
Soundtracks:
- Just A Photograph
- The Secret Sun
- Long Way From Home
- All My Life
- What Makes You
- How?
- You Were On My Mind
- If You Won't
- The Other Road
- The Midnight Bell
- Roberta (Traditional)
- You, The Queen
Music reviews of The Secret Sun
Music Review: As Good As His Work WIth Norah Jones
Rating: 4 Stars
Jessie Harris is the type of intelligent, literate songwriter that too often goes unappreciated in today's noisy pop world. With his work with Norah Jones having earned him some accolades (and hopefully a lot of cash), he should get some well-deserved attention for his latest project with his band, The Ferdinandos."The Secret Sun" is not "Don't Know Why 2", and that is a good thing. Rather than repeat the songs he wrote for Norah, Jesse returns to guitar based tunes, and works in a number of styles. Some great rock songs ("All My Life" and You Were On My Mind" are both excellent, with uptempo beats, and excellent use of the Ferdinandos rhythm section) share space with traditional blues (the classic "Roberta"), and the whole program works incredibly well. The jazz stylings that were prevalent on "Don't Know Why" do make a number of appearances here, and "You The Queen" a gorgeous love song written in hushed tones is as good as anything from the Norah project.
Norah does make a visit, playing piano and sharing vocal duties on "What Makes You" - the song sounds so warm, you can tell that the two principal musicians are enjoying recording with each other. It's a gem of a song, and along with the graceful melody of "How" make up the best tracks on this disc.
Harris is a great songwriter and a very good musician, and this disc will hopefully gather him as much attention for his playing that his writing got him for "Come What May". If you want to discover a fresh talent with incredible songwriting skills, this is worth the purchase.
Description of The Secret Sun
Japanese edition of 2003 album, from singer/songwriter best-known for his work with Norah Jones, featuring 13 tracks including one bonus track, 'Dancer In The Dark'. Available at this low price for a limited time. Blue Thumb Records .Jesse Harris will probably always be best known as Norah Jones's favorite songwriter?he wrote five songs on Come Away With Me, including "Don?t Know Why"--but he?s also an able recording artist himself. Many of the 12 songs on his fourth album with the Fernandos, The Secret Sun, are built on a foundation of acoustic guitar--his and that of ex-Lounge Lizard Tony Scherr (who also plays electric guitar throughout). These two are abetted by a particularly supple rhythm section--bassist Tim Luntzel and Kenny Wollesen (Tom Waits, Bill Frisell). Similar to Jones's work, there's an understated elegance to these songs, and the band is clearly comfortable with bluesy pop, country rock, singer-songwriter ballads, and even traditional folk (the album's one cover, "Roberta"). Jones appears on one song, the duet "What Makes You," but it?s not even the best song here. That honor could go to the pre-rock classic pop grace of "How?" an intricate guitar-and-marimba workout "The Midnight Bell," or the album-closing stunner, "You, the Queen," a jazzy love song full of longing, regret, and hope. Clearly, Harris doesn?t have a voice that comes close to matching Jones's, but The Secret Sun is full of good songs played tastefully--a combination that deserves to be applauded. --Keith Moerer
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