Tierney Sutton Band

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Tierney Sutton Band

Birdland, NYC, October 20, 2015

Reviewed by Peter Haas for Cabaret Scenes

Tierney-Sutton-Cabaret-Scenes-Magazine_212“Get cool, boy!” And she did! That lyric line, from West Side Story, kicked off a program that was original, edgy, and kept her audience leaning forward to catch the constant surprises of her jazz interpretations. The performer: Tierney Sutton, returning to Birdland to a packed house to open a three-night engagement.
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Featured with her, in exhilarating, fast-driving arrangements, were three of her band of more than 22 years: Christian Jacob on piano, Kevin Axt on bass and Ray Brinker on drums.

Seated on a stool, her arms seeming to gather her interpretations from the air, Sutton treated her listeners to such favorites as: “I’ll Be Around,” in slow, sweet scat style; a finger-snapping “I Get a Kick Out of You,” in an arrangement with an intricate piano solo by Jacob; “Fly Me to the Moon,” featuring a driving drum solo by Brinker that squeezed out the song’s classic romanticism; “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” as Sutton caressed the lyrics, followed by a Chopinesque piano solo by Jacob; and Sting’s “Consider Me Gone,” with more strong helpings of scat.

More followed in similar style, as Sutton, now wanting a song in a major key, performed an ultra-fast “The Song Is You”—attention-grabbing with a brilliant piano solo as part of a band arrangement so speedy that the number at first was difficult to identify until she poked through it with a warm patch of its familiar lyrics.

A comparative comfort zone of more favorites, delivered in Sutton’s unique and friendly style, included a group of Irving Berlin numbers: “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”; a syncopated “Cheek to Cheek”; and—performed as if she were retrieving the lyrics from the air—“Blue Skies,” backed by a pounding instrumental. Following: a bop-fast “Old Devil Moon,” featuring, respectively, bass and drum solos reflective of the spirit of a fun-house mirror.

With familiar songs turned inside out to become fresh, as never heard before, Tierney Sutton kept her audience rapt and delighted.
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In combination with Birdland’s warm hospitality and good food, you’ll want to be sure to catch her next time.

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Peter Haas

Writer, editor, lyricist and banjo plunker, Peter Haas has been contributing features and performance reviews for Cabaret Scenes since the magazine’s infancy. As a young folk-singer, he co-starred on Channel 13’s first children’s series, Once Upon a Day; wrote scripts, lyrics and performed on Pickwick Records’ children’s albums, and co-starred on the folk album, All Day Singing. In a corporate career, Peter managed editorial functions for CBS Records and McGraw-Hill, and today writes for a stable of business magazines. An ASCAP Award-winning lyricist, his work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Metropolitan Room and other fine saloons.