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Vocal Intent

by Malcolm Earle Smith

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This is a most enjoyable listen Malcolm! Great choice of songs, as super singing and playing!
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1.
Savoy, the home of sweet romance Savoy, it wins you at a glance Savoy, gives happy feet a chance To Dance Your form is like a clinging vine Your lips are warm and sweet as wine Your cheeks are soft and close to mine Divine How my heart is singin' While the band is swingin' Never tired of rompin' And stompin' with you at the Savoy What joy, a perfect holiday Where we can glide and sway They let me stomp away With you
2.
When skies are cloudy and gray They're only gray for a day So wrap your troubles in dreams And dream your troubles away Until that sunshine peeps through There's only one thing to do Just wrap your troubles in dreams And dream your troubles away Castles may tumble That's fate after all Life's really funny that way No use to grumble Just smile as they fall Weren't you King for a day? Say, Just remember that sunshine Always follows the rain So wrap your troubles in dreams And dream your troubles away
3.
Confirmation 04:27
4.
Tear a star from out the sky And the sky feels blue Tear a petal from a rose And the rose weeps too Take your heart away from mine And mine will surely break My life is yours to make So, please, keep the spark awake Would you take the wings from birds So that they can't fly? Would you take the ocean's roar And leave just a sigh? All this your heart won't let you do This is what I beg of you Don't take your love from me
5.
In a dream the strangest and the oddest things appear And what insane and silly things we do Here is what I see before me, vividly and clear As I recall it, you were in it, too I had the craziest dream last night, yes I did I never dreamt it could be Yet there you were, in love with me. I found your lips close to mine so I kissed you And you didn't mind it at all. When I'm awake such a break never happens. How long can a guy go on dreaming? If there's a chance that you care Then, please, say you do, Baby. Say it and make my craziest dream come true.
6.
Just in Time 04:39
Just in time, I found you just in time Before you came my time was running low I was lost, the losing dice were tossed My bridges all were crossed, no where to go Now you're here, now I know just where I'm going No more doubt or fears I've found my way For love came just in time You found me just in time And changed my lonely life that lovely day
7.
Time on my hands, you in my arms Nothing but love in view Then you fall, once and for all I'll see my dreams come true Moments to spare for someone you care for Our love affair for two With time on my hands and you in my arms And love in my heart all for you.
8.
When shades unfold The sunset's gold And stars are bright above again I smile, sweetheart For then I know I can start To live again To love again When day is gone And night comes on Until the dawn, what do I do? I'll clasp your hand And wander through slumberland Dream dancing with you We dance between A sky serene And fields of green sparkling with dew It's joy sublime Whenever I spend my time Dream dancing with you Dream dancing Oh, what a lucky windfall Touching you, clutching you All the night through So say you love me, dear And let me make my career Dream dancing To paradise prancing Dream dancing with you
9.
Most folks nowadays Think that old fashioned ways Should give place to the things that are new But somehow I hold onto things that are old Perhaps that's an old-fashioned view I love my old books And the corners and nooks Of my old home and my old friends Fond memories too and one love that is true Last through life 'til it ends I've got that that old fashioned love in my heart And there it shall always remain Just like the old ivy vine, clings a little closer all the time Through the years, joys and tears just the same. I've got that old fashioned faith in my heart No changes can can tear us apart When the dry land turns to sea, there'll be no change in me I've got that old fashioned love in my heart

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Vocal Intent focuses on Malcolm Earle Smith as a lyrical, inventive and exciting jazz singer. Long respected as a distinctive jazz trombonist on UK scene, Malcolm’s engaging vocal style has often been admired, in particular his exceptional ability as a scat singer. Vocal Intent also features Malcolm as an imaginative arranger, shining new light on repertoire from the 1920s to the 1950s . A passionate jazz educator (he has been tutor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London since 2005), Malcolm has chosen to record with four former students, all now highly respected artists on the UK jazz scene and beyond.

"The British trombonist’s first vocal album breathes new life into old standards with huge flair...Malcolm Earle Smith,the New King of Scat"
Dave Gelly, Guardian, April 2022

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released April 22, 2022

Malcolm Earle Smith (vocals, leader, arrangements)
Leo Richardson (saxophone)
Chris Eldred (piano)
Conor Chaplin (bass)
Douglas Marriner (drums)

Recording: Nick Taylor at Porcupine Studios, July 18th 2019
Editing, mixing and mastering: Alex Bonney, November 2012/January 2022

Photography: Hollin Jones
Artwork: Rich Stoney

Thanks also to Tina May for her great vocal advice, Nia Lynn for her invaluable feedback and my wife Pam Pecko Smith for her love, support and patience.

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Vocalist and trombonist Malcolm Earle Smith is one of the most versatile jazz musicians in the UK. Equally at home playing 1920s jazz, swing and bop as well as more contemporary styles, his performing credits include Kenny Baker, John Dankworth, Bryan Ferry, Hans Koller, Liam Noble, Martha Reeves and Clark Tracey. A passionate educator, he currently teaches at Trinity Laban, London ... more

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