American Quilt

by Paula Cole

Overview

American Quilt follows Ballads and Revolution, two albums where Paula Cole dove deep into the American Songbook. Cole performs a similar task here, but her ambition is a bit more ambitious. With American Quilt, she ties together the Great American Songbook with country, blues, folk, and jazz standards, all in an attempt to find commonality between styles and eras. The roots of the album lie in the sessions for Ballads. She held some of the recordings she made in 2016 so they could find "rootsier" companions, which is what led to American Quilt. Cole relies on a few very familiar tunes -- "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" sits alongside "Bye Bye Blackbird," and the record ends with "What a Wonderful World" -- but her arrangements are idiosyncratic without being showy. It's just enough to be fresh yet familiar, the slight left turns indeed drawing attention to commonalities instead of differences. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/21/2021
Label:	Bmg
UPC:	4050538656190
Rank:	64704

Tracks

1. You Don't Know What Love Is
2. God's Gonna Cut You Down
3. Wayfaring Stranger
4. Shenandoah
5. Black Mountain Blues
6. Good Morning Heartache
7. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)
8. Bye Bye Blackbird
9. What a Wonderful World

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Paula Cole   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Clarinet,Finger Snaps
Chris Bruce   Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Dennis Crouch   Double Bass,Bass (Upright)
Chris Rival   Genggong
Seamus Egan   Soloist,Penny Whistle
Kevin Barry   Guitar,Soloist,Lap Steel Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Jay Bellerose   Drums
Peter Eldridge   Vocals,Tenor (Vocal),Baritone (Vocal)
Liz Lee   Trombone
Darcel Wilson   Vocals,Alto (Vocals),Soprano (Vocal)
Consuelo Candelaria   Piano,Wurlitzer
Ross Gallagher   Double Bass,Bass (Upright)
Kathleen Parks   Fiddle,Soloist

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Paula Cole   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Gene DePaul   Composer
Bob Thiele   Composer
Irene Higginbotham   Composer
Joe Donnelly   Composer
Chris Rival   Engineer
Keefus Ciancia   Sounds,Sound Design
Mort Dixon   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
Gavin Lurssen   Engineer,Mastering
Charles Burns   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Mike Piersante   Mixing,Engineer
George David Weiss   Composer
Dan Fisher   Composer
Ervin Drake   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Jimmie Cox   Composer
J.C. Johnson   Composer
Jimme O'Neill   Composer
Mary Maurer   Design,Art Direction
Martin Hanlin   Composer
Robert Thiele   Composer
Michael Lau Robles   Design,Producer
Ebru Yildiz   Photography
Tim Llewellyn   Photography