Peggy Lee ‎– Mirrors

A jazz vocalist active since the early 1940s and also an accomplished songwriter, Peggy Lee somehow released this 1975 album Mirrors on A&M Records—apparently the only A&M title in her entire career.

Production was handled by the legendary Leiber–Stoller Productions, led by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the famed team responsible for countless hits including The Coasters’ catalog and Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock.” Conducting and arranging duties were 맡 맡 by Johnny Mandel, well known as the composer of “The Shadow of Your Smile.”

Whether Lee chose them, or they chose her, remains unclear. What is certain is that this album unfolds with a strong narrative flow, almost like a soundtrack. While Peggy Lee is best known for her “soft and cool” delivery, Mirrors reveals a side of her vocal expression rarely heard on her other recordings, making this a particularly rewarding listen.

There’s an old saying in the record world about “silver-cover classics,” and this album fits the bill perfectly—though in this case, it might simply be because the title is Mirrors. 😉

40年代初頭より活躍し、ソングライティングも手掛けるJAZZヴォーカリスト、ペギー・リーがなぜか?A&Mより(おそらく彼女のキャリアで本作のみ)
リリースした75年作「ミラーズ」
プロデュースはコースターズの諸作品やプレスリー「監獄ロック」等数多のヒット曲を生んだ名プロデュース・チーム、ジェリー・リーバーとマイク・ストーラーによるリーバー・ストーラー・プロダクションで、指揮と楽曲アレンジは「いそしぎ」の作者として知られるジョニー・マンデル。
彼女が彼等に白羽の矢を立てたのか、彼等が彼女に立てたのか。本作はサントラ盤のようなストーリー性を感じる構成になっていて、「ソフト・アンド・クール」で知られた彼女ですが、他作品では聴くことのない彼女のヴォーカルを堪能できる作品となっています。
レコード業界には銀(ジャケット)盤名作説がございますが、本作も然り。って、タイトルが「ミラー」だからだと思いますがw

Peggy Lee ‎– Mirrors　1975 A&M
A1. Ready To Begin Again (Manya's Song)
A2. Some Cats Know
A3. I've Got Them Feelin' Too Good Today Blues
A4. A Little White Ship
A5. Tango
B1. Profesor Hauptmann's Performing Dogs
B2. The Case Of M.J.
B3. I Remember
B4. Say It
B5. Longings For A Simplier Time

Credits;
Accordion – Stephen Paietta
Arranged By, Conductor – Johnny Mandel
Art Direction – Roland Young
Bass – Joe Mondragon, Ray Brown
Cello – Anne Goodman, Dennis Karmazyn, Edgar Lustgarten,
Jackie Lustgarten, Jesse Levy
Cello, Bass – Fred Seykora
Design – Junie Osaki
Drums, Percussion – Alvin Stoller, Emil Radocchia, Gene Estes,
Jack Ranelli, Joseph Porcaro, John Guerin, Ken Park, Kenneth
Watson, Larry Bunker, Mark Stevens, Victor Feldman
Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Hank Cicalo
Guitar [Banjo] – Dennis Budimir, John Pisano, Tommy Tedesco
Harp – Corky Hale
Horns – Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson, Vincent DeRosa
Illustration – David McMacken
Keyboards – Artie Kane, Clare Fischer, Don Grusin,
Michael Lang, Mike Melvoin, Varda Ullman
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Photography By – Hans Albers
Trombone – Charles Loper, Chauncy Welsch, Richard Nash,
Kenneth Shroyer, Mike Vlatkovich, Phillip Tule
Trumpet – Anthony Terran, Buddy Childers, Charles Findley,
Joe Burnett, Malcolm McNab, Paul Hubinon
Tuba – John Johnson, Bill Masonheimer
Viola – Allan Harshman, Barbara Thomason, David Schwartz,
Julien Barber, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Betty Lamagna, Blanche
Belnick, Carl Lamagna, Elliot Rosoff, Erno Neufeld, Gerald Vinci,
Guy Lumia, Harry Bluestone, Irving Geller, John Pintavalle,
Marcy Dicterow, Mari Tsumura, Norman Carr, Paul Shure,
Richard Sortomme, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Sanov, Tony Posk,
Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Kurasch
Woodwind – Abe Most, Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Gene Cipriano,
George Young, Georgia Alwan, Harry Klee, Jack Nimitz,
Jerome Richardson, John Neufeld, Norman Benno, Ronald
Langinger, Tom Scott


- その他のペギー・リー作品 -
・Peggy Lee「Sugar 'N' Spice」('62 Capitol)
・Peggy Lee「Raindrops」('71 Capitol Special Markets)

・Peggy Lee ‎– ジャニー・ギター / ブラック・コーヒー (19? MCA)

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