Eva Cassidy's performance at the Blues Alley jazz club has become musical history. Twenty years on, experience for the first time every song recorded on the night of the 3rd January 1996.
Nightbird is Eva Cassidy ultimate tour-de-force 31 songs recorded in one night at the Blues Alley jazz club in Georgetown, DC. Encompassing the full spectrum of Eva's gospel, blues, jazz and folk roots, Nightbird showcases the breadth and depth of one of the world's finest singers. Nightbird will be released as a limited edition 2CD + bonus DVD package along with a 4LP gatefold heavyweight vinyl package that also includes the 2CD and DVD discs. The recordings have been remixed and remastered from the original tapes resulting in the most sonically engaging Eva Cassidy release to date. Of the 31 songs, 12 are previously unreleased including the title track Nightbird as well as the jazz standards It Don'tMean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing) and Fever. Of the 12 unreleased tracks, 8 are previously unheard songs. These include Son Of A Preacher Man, Route 66, Late in The Evening, Baby I Love You and Caravan. The DVD features 12 performances from the night including Over The Rainbow, Time After Time, People Get Ready, Nightbird and Bridge Over Troubled Water. The concert footage has undergone painstaking restoration resulting in a mesmerising viewer experience.
1.Blue Skies
2.Ain't Doin Too Bad
3.Ain't No Sunshine
4.Fields Of Gold
1.Baby I Love You
2.Honeysuckle Rose
3.Route 66
4.Bridge Over Troubled Water
1.Band Introduction
2.Chain Of Fools
3.Fever
4.Autumn Leaves
5.Fine and Mellow
1.Cheek To Cheek
2.It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
3.Late In The Evening
4.Next Time You See Me
5.Waly Waly
1.Take Me To The River
2.Nightbird
3.People Get Ready
4.The Letter
1.Son Of A Preacher Man
2.Stormy Monday
3.Tall Trees In Georgia
4.Something's Got A Hold On Me
1.Time After Time
2.Over The Rainbow
3.Welcome To The Club
4.Caravan
1.You've Changed
2.Wonderful World
3.Oh, Had I A Golden Thread
Track Listing
CD1
1.Blue Skies
2.Ain't Doin Too Bad
3.Ain't No Sunshine
4.Fields Of Gold
5.Baby I Love You
6.Honeysuckle Rose
7.Route 66
8.Bridge Over Troubled Water
9.Band Introduction
10.Chain Of Fools
11.Fever
12.Autumn Leaves
13.Fine and Mellow
14.Cheek To Cheek
15.It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
