Waiting for the Angel
Waiting for the Angel is an album of songs with lyrics by David Hajdu, released by on the Miranda Music label in August 2015. The music is by the composers Renee Rosnes, Fred Hersch, Jill Sobule, and Michael Leonard, with the music to two songs co-composed by Hajdu and Sobule.
Track Listing and Credits:
1. Who Do You Belong To? Music by Renee Rosnes Vocal: Jo Lawry Arr. and Fender Rhodes: Renee Rosnes
2. Bad Idea Music by Jill Sobule Vocal: Michael Winther Arr.: Tedd Firth and Jon Weber Piano: Tedd Firth
3. The Angel in the Attic Music by Jill Sobule and David Hajdu Vocal: Karen Oberlin Arr. and piano: Tedd Firth
4. Nothing Music by Jill Sobule Vocal: Jo Lawry Arr. and piano: Tedd Firth
5. Do You Think This Happens Every Day? Music by Fred Hersch Vocal: Michael Winther Arr. and piano: Fred Hersch
6. Donna the Astronomer Music by Renee Rosnes Vocal: Karen Oberlin and Michael Winther Arr. and Fender Rhodes: Renee Rosnes
7. The Girl in the Grocery Box Music by Jill Sobule and David Hajdu Vocal: Jo Lawry Arr. and piano: Tedd Firth
8. Suffer Music by Renee Rosnes Vocal: Karen Oberlin Arr. and piano: Renee Rosnes
9. Your Project Music by Renee Rosnes Vocal: Michael Winther Arr. and piano: Renee Rosnes
10. Good Things Happen Slowly Music by Fred Hersch Vocal: Jo Lawry Arr. and piano: Fred Hersch
11. Lullaby for Nathan Charles Music by Michael Leonard Vocal: Karen Oberlin Arr. and piano: Tedd Firth
Bonus track (digital only): Weren’t We in Love? Music by Renee Rosnes Arr. and Fender Rhodes: Renee Rosnes
Musicians: Steve Wilson: Saxophones Steven Bernstein: Trumpet and slide trumpet Peter Bernstein: Guitar Sean Smith: Bass Carl Allen: Drums Dave Eggar: Cello Charles Pillow: Oboe Jill Sobule: Additional vocals
"Best Debut Album of the Year" -Bob Blumenfeld, Jazz Critics’ Poll 2015
"Best Albums of the Year: Honorable Mention" -Howard Mandel, President, Jazz Journalists Association
"Sounds like Chet Baker and Annie Proulx trading riffs at the Blue Note." -Sridhar Pappu, Billboard
"Hajdu’s lyrics are vivid, with grim, mordant undertones." -Matthew Kassel, New York Obersever
"Hajdu's songs come across like clear, present and first-hand joys and anxieties set to music, major-chord realizations and minor-key moments that likely have played our in Hajdu’s life or rattled around his mind after he’s completed listening to and commenting on other people’s music." -Larry Blumenfeld, BluNotes
"Hajdu is as clever, witty and literate a lyricist as you are likely to hear these days. Whether he’s telling us about 'Donna the Astronomer' or Billy Strayhorn advising a whining Duke Ellington to just 'suffer,' he’s a lyricist like no other you’re used to right now." -Jeff Simon, Buffallo News
"The entire CD is just filled with lyrical and musical surprises performed by gorgeous voices and great musicians." -David Kenney, WBAI radio
“Witty, challenging lyrics and wistful, if sometimes grim, melodies. ‘The Girl in the Grocery Box’ [is] about a girl who cannot be ‘contained’ by conventional categories. The same might be said of Hajdu’s excellent songwriting debut.” -Victoria Ordin, Cabaret Scenes
| Who Do You Belong To? |
| The Angel in the Attic |