(PRE ORDER 2/27/2026) New York Blue (VINYL) |

    New York Blue
    (180 Gram Vinyl)
    Artist: Valerie Joyce Format: LP Release Date: 2/27/2026 

    Label: Chesky Records
    Vendor: Evolution Ltd
    Distributor: AMPED
    UPC: 4895241451591
    Genre: Jazz
    Release Date: 2/27/2026
    Product ID: CKY103.1

Description

Blessed with a captivating, richly sonorous singing voice, Japan-born, Seattle-based Valerie Joyce recorded two albums for audiophile label Chesky Records in the 2000s. The first of them, 2005's critically acclaimed New York Blue, albums for audiophile label Chesky Records in the 2000s. The first of them, 2005's critically acclaimed New York Blue, featured the young singer supported by a crack Big Apple jazz band: formidable pianist Andy Ezrin, alternating bassists John Hebert and Tim Lefebvre, and drum stalwart Gene Jackson. They are augmented on some tracks by the veteran session musician Lawrence Feldman's smoky saxophone. Joyce's intriguing repertoire blends deft interpretations of well-known evergreens from The Great American Songbook ('Darn That Dream') with jazz standards (Miles Davis' 'Blue In Green'), jazz-tinged R&B ('Fever'), rock (Jimi Hendrix's 'Little Wing'), and pop (The Beatles' 'Golden Slumbers'). Bolstered with new liner notes featuring a recent interview with Valerie Joyce, New York Blue is reissued in 2026 as part of the Chesky Original Masters series on 180g One Step Pressing Vinyl LP and SACD Hybrid Stereo.

    Tracks
    Credits

    1 It Never Entered My Mind
    2 Darn That Dream
    3 Fever
    4 Moon and Sand
    5 Golden Slumbers
    6 Oasis
    7 Baby Can I Hold You
    8 Little Wing
    9 Weaver of Dreams
    10 I Fall in Love Too Easily
    11 Blue in Green
    12 Everytime We Say Goodbye

• Availability : PRE ORDER
• Genre: JAZZ
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 02/27/2026