Got You on My Mind
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Got You on My Mind is a jazz
album
by William Galison
and Madeleine Peyroux
, recorded in 1999, and later compiled into an album
by Galison alone in 2003. Seven of its eleven tracks are by the two collaborators, the remainder are by Galison alone.
The album is made up of a wide variety of material, ranging from jazz standard
s like Jerome Kern
and Dorothy Fields
' "The Way You Look Tonight" to pop song
s like John Lennon
's "Jealous Guy"; and containing two originals by Galison and one by Galison and Peyroux. The instrumentation is also varied, with Galison himself playing six different instruments. Some of the songs are early demo recordings of songs Peyroux later released on Careless Love
.
had been sued for $1,000,000 by her former boyfriend and musical collaborator Galison, who had produced and co-created Got You on My Mind. According to Rounder Records' legal department, Peyroux and her lawyer presented a seven-track EP
, Got You on My Mind, to them as a demo, owned exclusively by Peyroux. When Galison challenged this assertion, Peyroux's lawyers threatened to sue him and his distributor for copyright infringement
. They have since dropped the charge of copyright infringement. The accusations elicited a lawsuit against Peyroux and her lawyers for libel and tortious interference
, as they led Galison's own distributors to pull out of involvement with the album. Galison also sued the Rounder Records but has since dropped their name from the suit. Peyroux has since countersued Galison for several million dollars for among other things, using her name without permission to increase CD sales, and for not paying her royalties. Galison claims that he has every intention of paying royalties to Peyroux when he earns a profit, but that after paying about $80,000 for production of the CD and about $50,000 in legal fees to fight Peyroux's efforts to prevent sales, he has not yet broken even on his investment. If Galison wins the lawsuit for tortious interference, as "co-creator" Peyroux may be entitled to one third of the penalty against her.
(Recorded at Excello, Brooklyn, New York in March 2003 by Hugh Pool, except 3, recorded at Tonstudio Schlag in 1999 by Wolfgang Lohmeier.)
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by William Galison
William Galison
William Galison is an American jazz musician, most famous as a harmonica player but also known as a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer.-Early life and rise to fame:...
and Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday....
, recorded in 1999, and later compiled into an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Galison alone in 2003. Seven of its eleven tracks are by the two collaborators, the remainder are by Galison alone.
The album is made up of a wide variety of material, ranging from jazz standard
Jazz standard
Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...
s like Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...
and Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films...
' "The Way You Look Tonight" to pop song
Pop Song
Pop Song is the first single by the Drugs. It was released in 2000 and earned the Drugs some positive press. It has been described as "addictive". A live version was released on The Only Way Is Up...
s like John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
's "Jealous Guy"; and containing two originals by Galison and one by Galison and Peyroux. The instrumentation is also varied, with Galison himself playing six different instruments. Some of the songs are early demo recordings of songs Peyroux later released on Careless Love
Careless Love (album)
Careless Love is a 2004 jazz album by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. All the tracks are cover versions, except for "Don't Wait Too Long," which Peyroux co-wrote with Jesse Harris and Larry Klein. It is Peyroux's most critically acclaimed album so far and her song choices were praised...
.
Controversy
Tha album has a controversy-ridden history. In late 2005 it became known that Peyroux and her record labelRecord label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
had been sued for $1,000,000 by her former boyfriend and musical collaborator Galison, who had produced and co-created Got You on My Mind. According to Rounder Records' legal department, Peyroux and her lawyer presented a seven-track EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Got You on My Mind, to them as a demo, owned exclusively by Peyroux. When Galison challenged this assertion, Peyroux's lawyers threatened to sue him and his distributor for copyright infringement
Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
. They have since dropped the charge of copyright infringement. The accusations elicited a lawsuit against Peyroux and her lawyers for libel and tortious interference
Tortious interference
Tortious interference, also known as intentional interference with contractual relations, in the common law of tort, occurs when a person intentionally damages the plaintiff's contractual or other business relationships...
, as they led Galison's own distributors to pull out of involvement with the album. Galison also sued the Rounder Records but has since dropped their name from the suit. Peyroux has since countersued Galison for several million dollars for among other things, using her name without permission to increase CD sales, and for not paying her royalties. Galison claims that he has every intention of paying royalties to Peyroux when he earns a profit, but that after paying about $80,000 for production of the CD and about $50,000 in legal fees to fight Peyroux's efforts to prevent sales, he has not yet broken even on his investment. If Galison wins the lawsuit for tortious interference, as "co-creator" Peyroux may be entitled to one third of the penalty against her.
Track listing
All songs written by William Galison, unless otherwise noted- "Back in Your Own Back Yard" (Dreyer/Jolson/Rose) - 2:34
- "J'Ai Deux Amours" (Conger/Scotto/Vanna) - 3:17
- "Flambee Montalbanese" (Gus ViseurGus ViseurGus Viseur, born Gustave-Joseph Viseur was a Belgian/French button accordionist.Gus Viseur was a virtuoso in the musette genre, during the swing era in the 1930s. He is the only jazz accordionist who is a member of the famous Hot Club de France, conducted by Charles Delaunay.-Biography:Gus Viseur...
) - 3:03 - "Got You on My Mind" (Biggs/Thomas) - 4:18
- "Jealous Guy" (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
) - 3:41 - "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy FieldsDorothy FieldsDorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films...
/Jerome KernJerome KernJerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...
) - 3:04 - "Rag for Madi" - 3:19
- "Playin'" (Galison/Peyroux) - 4:42
- "Shoulda Known" - 5:09
- "Heaven to Me" (Reardon/Schweikart) - 4:05
- "Heaven Help Us All" (Miller) - 4:32
(Recorded at Excello, Brooklyn, New York in March 2003 by Hugh Pool, except 3, recorded at Tonstudio Schlag in 1999 by Wolfgang Lohmeier.)
Personnel
- Madeleine PeyrouxMadeleine PeyrouxMadeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday....
— rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, vocals - William GalisonWilliam GalisonWilliam Galison is an American jazz musician, most famous as a harmonica player but also known as a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer.-Early life and rise to fame:...
— Acoustic guitar, DobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals, spoons, bass harmonica - Brad TerryBrad TerryBrad Terry Is a jazz Clarinet-player and accomplished whistler. He has played with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Cheatham, Buck Clayton, Red Mitchell, Buddy Tate, Elliot Zigman, Eddie Thompson, John Basile, Steve Grover and Lenny Breau. Brad has led Jazz workshops and clinics in many...
— clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed... - Robert Wolf — guitar
- Jean Baptiste Bocle — Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
- Brian MitchellBrian Mitchell (musician)Brian Mitchell is a keyboard and accordion player based in New York City who is well known for high-profile collaborations, and for consummate session work....
— Wurlitzer organ - Tony GarnierTony Garnier (musician)Tony Garnier is an American bassist , best known as an accompanist to Bob Dylan, with whom he has played since 1989...
— double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2... - Conrad Korsch — double bass, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- D.D. Lowka — bass
- Shawn PeltonShawn PeltonShawn Pelton is a New York City-based studio and session drummer. Pelton has worked with the Backstreet Boys, Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion and Billy Joel...
— percussion, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - James WormworthJames WormworthJames Wormworth is an American drummer and percussionist. Wormworth is a member of Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band on the TBS late night comedy program, Conan. Wormworth often filled in for Max Weinberg during the band's run as The Max Weinberg 7 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien while...
— percussion, drums - Elaine CaswellElaine Caswell-Jim Steinman:Over the years Caswell has sung on demos for composer and lyricist Jim Steinman, many of which have been released to the public. These include demos for the songs "Braver Than We Are", "Vampires in Love" and a minor part on the demo for "In the Land of the Pig The Butcher Is...
— backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Carly SimonCarly SimonCarly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
— spoken voice
Sources and external links
- Album page — from Galison's Web site
- "Still 'Got You On My Mind': Madeleine Peyroux and William Galison’s Star-Crossed Duet" — by Andrea Canter for Jazz Police
- "The Sound and the Fury" — by David Skinner for Boston Magazine Online