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Tracklist

1	Ticket To Ride	1:42
2	Kind’a Sweet	2:52
3	Corcovado: Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars	2:14
4	Let’s Go	2:57
5	Ja-Da	2:07
6	Bombastica!	2:38
7	Lydiana: People Of This World	2:22
8	Crystal Trip	1:28
9	A Taste Of Honey	2:35
10	Night and Day	3:59
11	I Can Tell	2:15
12	Take the “A” Train	3:14
13	Living Up to Life	3:00
14	A Hard Day’s Night	2:06
15	The Girl from Ipanema	2:41
16	Vanguard	3:30
17	Glaziation	0:31
18	You Stepped out of a Dream	5:26
19	I Can Tell More	4:15
20	Desafinado & One Note Samba	4:19
21	Stars Fell on Alabama	2:28
22	Just Friends	3:32
23	Free Standards	4:04
24	I’ll Remember April	2:52
25	Honeysuckle Rose	2:36

Credits

• Piano – Ran Blake
• Vocals – Jeanne Lee (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18)

Notes

Recorded at Borgarskolan Studio, in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 8, 1966.

"In 1961 singer Jeanne Lee (1939-2000) and pianist Ran Blake (born 1935) emerged as one of the most innovative duos on the New York jazz scene. Presenting an almost freely improvised reading of standard and original melodies, they blended voice and piano in a manner seemingly without any boundaries except those imposed by their individual disciplines. It was a stunning combination, but aside from a few concerts, a local television show, a praised RCA Victor album, and an appearance at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival, they found little work in the US.
In Europe, however, it was a different story. There the duo’s subtlety, daring and wit, along with Lee’s warmth and precision and Blake’s inventiveness, were immediately appreciated. They opened a series of well-received North-European concerts in 1963 at Stockholm’s Golden Circle and returned there three years later, when these examples of their unique artistry were captured in a studio recording session. In combination they pass, blend, meld, and move around each other in a manner both delicately nuanced and vaguely disconcerting, demanding attention in a way no other group of this kind has done."
(Back cover notes)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8 427328 607919

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
COL 481383 2	Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee	Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee - In Stockholm 1966 "Free Standards" ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RM)	Columbia	COL 481383 2	France	1995