21 Bring It Back 3:54

2 Im Shooting High 2:31

3 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 4:08

4 You Got To Swing And Sway 3:09

5 Aged And Mellow 4:40

6 The Darktown Strutters Ball 2:39

7 Lucille 3:55

8 Youve Got Me Under Your Thumb 2:39

9 After The Lights Go Down Low 5:23

10 Im Sticking With You Baby 3:07

11 Strange As It Seems 3:30

12 Public Melody Number One 3:13

13 I Cover The Waterfront 5:01

3Catherine Russell: vocals, percussion (6, 10), horn arrangement (5)

Matt Munisteri: guitar, arranger (6, 8)

Mark Shane: piano

Lee Hudson: bass (except 6)

Mark McLean: drums, percussion (6)

Andy Farber: tenor saxophone, arranger (1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 13)

Jon-Erik Kellso: trumpet, horn arrangement (4)

Brian Pareschi: trumpet (except track 1)

Dan Block: alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (5), clarinet (4)

John Allred: trombone

Mark Lopeman: baritone saxophone

Nicki Parrott: bass (6)

Glenn Patscha: hammond B-3 organ (6, 9, 10)

41 Bring It Back

Bring it back home pretty baby

Need you

I dont mean maybe

If you bring it back baby

Everythings gonna be alright

I been oh so lonely

Cause I want you only

And when you bring it back baby

I wont sing the blues no more

I love you like you love me

We make a real fine pair

But aint nothin shakin

When the dawn starts breakin

with me over here and you over there

Bring it back

Lets get together

Just like birds of a feather

If you bring it back baby

Everythings gonna be alright

(Harrison Nelson)Trio Music Company, Inc., Fort Knox Music, Inc.

2 Im Shooting High

Im shooting high

Got my eye on a star in the sky

Im shooting high

Ill never stop

til I get to the top

Tell my why shouldnt I?

You know its you Im after

Youre my lucky star

Im on a rainbow rafter

climbing up to where you are

Ill have a time, its a climb

But Ill make it

Cause Im

Shooting high

(Ted Koehler, Jimmy McHugh) EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)

3 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

I let a song go out of my heart

It was the sweetest melody

I know I lost Heaven

Cause you were the song

Since you and I have drifted apart

Life doesnt mean a thing to me

Please come back sweet music

I know I was wrong

Am I too late to make amends?

You know that we were meant to be

more than just friends

Just friends

I let a song go out of my heart

Believe me, darling, when I say

I wont know sweet music

Until you return some day

(D. Ellington, I. Mills, H. Nemo, John Redmond) EMI Mills Music Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony

54 You Got to Swing and Sway

Aw, you got to swing, swing and sway

Swing swing swing and sway

Be a rug-cuttin jitter bug today

You got to step with delight

Jump with all your might

Be a rug-cutter you got to cut just right

When they play swing music sweet

Puts hot rhythm in your feet

Aw, you go to town like a hound

You gotta act just like a clown

Be a rug-cutter you got to swing that thing

(Ida Cox)Copyright Control

5 Aged and Mellow

Ive got a strange philosophy

Nothing young appeals to me

I like my men like I like my whiskey

Aged and mellow

Some girls just cant seem to see

Why these little young cats aint moving me

I like my men like I like my whiskey

Aged and mellow

Theres nothing Greenhorn can do for me

Cause my older Daddy suits me to a tee

I like my men like I like my whiskey

Aged and mellow

Now listen youngster be on your way

Dont you come back here til a much later day

I like my men like I like my whiskey

Aged and mellow

Junior may be young and stronger

But Ill take Grandpa cause hes had it longer

I like my men like I like my whiskey

Aged and mellow

(Johnny Otis, Preston Love) Trio Music Company, Inc., Fort Knox Music, Inc.

6 The Darktown Strutters Ball

Ive got some good news, honey

An invitation to the Strutters Ball

Its a very swell affair

All the highbrows will be there

Put on your high silk hat and a frock tailcoat

Ill wear my Paris gown and my new silk shawl

Aint no doubt about it, babe

Well be the best dressed in the hall

Ill be down to get you in the taxi, honey

Better be ready bout half past eight

Now honey dont be late

I want to be there when the band starts playing

Remember when we get there, honey

Two-steps, Im gonna have them all

Im gonna dance out both of my shoes

When they play those Jelly Roll blues

Tomorrow night at the Darktown Strutters Ball

(Shelton Brooks) EMI Feist Catalog Inc.

67 Lucille

Dreamy, sentimental

Thats the way she make you feel

She is such an angel

Thats my darling Lucille

Lucille, you make my day begin

whatever mood Im in

Depends on you Lucille

Its real, the way you make me feel

what is this mad appeal

That made my heart a steal

Oh how could I ever let you know

How much I love and need you so

Lucille, please keep this flame a-glow

My heart is burning so

For you, just you Lucille

(Luis Russell) Foggy Day Music (BMI), admin by Bug Music, a BMG/Chrysalis Company

8 Youve Got Me Under Your Thumb

Love came a-steeling, had me a-reeling, baby

Im sorta dealing with a strange feeling now

This kind of love is new

Thrills me right through and through

Thats the reason I feel like I do bout you

I cant conceal love that I feel,

When I met you it began, baby!

Our first date sealed my fate,

You got me under your thumb.

When youre away just for a day,

I nearly die of the blues, baby!

Cant deny, its no lie

You got me under your thumb.

Just let me cling to you till judgment day,

I never thought Id ever love you, love you this way,

Honestly hon, no other one

Can ever thrill me like you, baby!

Call me dove, Give me love

You got me under your thumb.

Im down on my knees, just hear my pleas,

My heart and soul you have won, baby!

Right or wrong, to you I belong,

Youve got me under your thumb

(Will Livermash, Jack Hudgens, Mildred Brooks) MPL Music Publishing, Inc. OBO Edwin H. Morris & Co

9 After The Lights Go Down Low

After the Lights go down low

Baby youll know

Therell be no reason for teasin me so

And when the dancing is through

and folks will be few

Ill be here sitting with no one but you

And Ill be needing you so

After the lights go down low

I want to hold you and squeeze you

As tight as I can

I want to kiss you and please you

And make you understand

That when you thrill me, you fill me

with love so divine

Together we could have a good time

After the lights go down low

Baby youll know

Therell be no reason for teasin me so

And we can cuddle up near

without any fear

Cause I got some sweet talk that youll want to hear

and Ill be needing you so

After the lights go down low

(Leroy Lovett, Alan White) EMI Grove Park Music, Inc

7

810 Im Sticking With You Baby

Close as ham is to a country hog

Close as a collar on a dog

Close as the feathers on a chickens back

Tight as a rail on a railroad track

Im stickin to you baby

Im stickin to you baby

Like cold on ice, white on rice

Ill be with you all the time

Close as the nose is on my face

Close as two horses in a dead heat race

Close as the brand on my Sunday hat

Im tellin you baby thats a natural fact

chorus

Listen to me baby as I tell you once more

Ill be snug as a rug on the living room floor

close as the paper on a bedroom wall

close as Ill be when I hear you call

chorus

(Rudolf Toombs, Henry Glover) Fort Knox Music, Inc., Trio Music Company, Inc., Hill & Range Songs

11 Strange as it Seems

I believed that you were free

and I could win your heart

But I find we only can be friends

Tho there is no hope for me

and you and I must part

Still this is the way the story ends

Tho I know Im wasting my time

to love you

Strange as it seems

deep in my heart I do

Strange as it seems

I cant stop thinking of you

clinging to dreams

dreams that will not come true

One night of bliss

one stolen kiss is thrilling me yet

Why should it be unlucky me

Who now must forget we ever met

Tho you can be nothing to me

I want you

Strange as it seems

deep in my heart I do

(Thomas Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) Copyright Control; Anne-Rachel Music

912 Public Melody Number One

Lock your door, draw your blind

Youre in danger of the strangest kind.

Grab a train, boat or plane

Spain would even be a safety zone.

Youre on a spot, dont think youre not

Youre gonna lose all the rhythm you got

Let me tell you why, then youre on your own.

Theres a new kind of enemy on the loose today

Its a ghost of a melody when it comes your way

It kinda sneaks right up upon you

And kinda puts the finger on you

So look out for Public Melody Number One

If it should be your luck and it greets you face to face

And your feet start in truckin it all around the place

Dont try to call on Hoovers G-Men

Theyre just a lot of A B C men

When it comes to Public Melody Number One

Frankensteins a bundle of joy

Jesse James is the teachers pet

Gatlins gun is only a toy

Compared to notes shot from a hot cornet

So get undercover you rhythm rascals run

Hide out until he passes

Hes out to get the masses

Look out for Public Melody Number One

(Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen) Sony/ATV Harmony

13 I Cover the Waterfront

Away from the city that hurts and mocks

Im standing alone by the desolate docks

In the still and the chill of the night

I see the horizon, that great unknown

My heart has an ache its as heavy as stone

Will the dawn coming on make it light?

I cover the waterfront

Im watching the sea

Will the one I love be coming back to me?

I cover the waterfront

In search of my love

and Im covered by a starless sky above

Here am I patiently waiting

Hoping and longing oh, how I yearn

Where are you? Are you forgetting?

Do you remember, will you return?

I cover the waterfront

Im watching the sea

For the one I love must soon come back to me

(John Green, Edward Heyman) WB Music Corp

10

Produced by Paul Kahn and Katherine Miller

Executive Producers: Paul Kahn and Catherine Russell

Music Direction: Matt Munisteri

Arrangements: Andy Farber, Matt Munisteri, Catherine Russell, Jon-Erik Kellso

Recorded June 3-5, 2013 at MSR Studios, New York, New York

Additional Recording July 2, 2013 at Trading 8s Recording Studio, Paramus, New Jersey

Recorded by Katherine Miller

Assistant Engineer: Dan Fyfe

Mixed by Katherine Miller at Annandale Recording

Mastered by Alan Silverman for Arf! Mastering, New York, NY

Photography: Nancy Carbonaro

art&designsbyram

Catherine Russell management and booking:

Paul Kahn, Concerted Efforts

concerted@concertedefforts.com

617.969.0810

www.catherinerussell.net

www.facebook.com/catherinerussellmusic

Catherine Russell would like to thank: Paul Kahn, Ren Goiffon, Katherine Miller,

Matt Munisteri, Andy Farber, everyone at Concerted Efforts and at Jazz Village

/harmonia mundi, Shirley Tennyson, Jim Carson, all the exceptional musicians who play

on this album, and Donald Fagen for his loving support and great tune suggestions.

Dedicated to my parents: Carline Ray and Luis Russell

Executive Producer/Jazz Village: Ren Goiffon

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