Pop Pop

by Rickie Lee Jones

Overview

An eclectic collection of covers from one of jazz-pop's most eclectic performers, Pop Pop travels from the stage to tin pan alley through Jimi Hendrix's sky. Rickie Lee Jones cradles each of these songs with her pleading, gentle voice, backing them with subtle orchestration courtesy of notable performers including Robben Ford, Joe Henderson, and Charlie Haden. Her attention to love songs of the '40s and '50s demonstrates almost a longing for simpler times and simpler love, and these qualities are echoed in the treatment of songs like "My One and Only Love" and "I'll Be Seeing You." Her subdued take on the psychedelic Jimi Hendrix screamer "Up From the Skies" is slowed to a bluesy acoustic number, while the bratty refrain from Peter Pan's "I Won't Grow Up" seems blushingly sweet. While fans of the folk styles she demonstrated with her 1979 self-titled debut might not see as much merit in these soulful jazz interpretations, it still demonstrates Jones' ability to evolve and her unwillingness to be pinned down into one category. ~ Zac Johnson

Product Details

Release Date:	09/10/1991
Label:	Geffen
UPC:	0720642442623
Rank:	46874

Tracks

1. My One and Only Love
2. Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most
3. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
4. Up from the Skies
5. Second Time Around
6. Dat Dere
7. I'll Be Seeing You
8. Bye Bye Blackbird
9. The Ballad of the Sad Young Men
10. I Won't Grow Up
11. Love Junkyard
12. Comin' Back to Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rickie Lee Jones   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (12 String)
Steve Kindler   Primary Artist,Violin
Bob Sheppard   Primary Artist,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
David Was   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Robben Ford   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Michael O'Neill   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
April Gay   Vocals (Background)
Michael Greiner   Harmonica,Hurdygurdy
Arnold McCutler   Vocals (Background)
Terry Bradford   Vocals (Background)
Joe Henderson   Saxophone
John Leftwich   Bass
Charlie Haden   Bass
Charlie Shoemake   Vibraphone
Walfredo Reyes   Bongos,Shaker,Brushes,Percussion,Drums (Snare)
Dino Saluzzi   Bandoneon
Arnold McCuller   Vocals (Background)
Donny Gerrard   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Oscar Brown, Jr.   Composer
Marty Balin   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Thomas J. Wolf Jr.   Composer
John Keller   Composer
Fran Landesman   Composer
Kevin Reagan   Design,Art Direction
Helen Deutsch   Composer
John Eden   Engineer
Luis Quine   Engineer
Mark "Moose" Charlap   Composer
Thomas Wolf   Composer
Mark Charlap   Composer
Irving Kahal   Composer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Mort Dixon   Composer
Joel Moss   Mixing
David Weiss   Composer
Jon Ingoldsby   Engineer
Robert Mellin   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Jimi Hendrix   Composer
Rickie Lee Jones   Arranger,Producer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Tommy Wolf   Composer
Guy Wood   Composer
Bronislaw Kaper   Composer
Bobby Timmons   Composer
Carolyn Leigh   Composer
Greg Penny   Engineer
David Was   Composer,Producer