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Holly Cole Releases “I Was Doing All Right” Featuring Distinguished Vocalist and Trombonist, Wycliffe Gordon

Announces First Studio Album In Five Years, HOLLY, Set to Release February 9

12 January 2018 (Toronto, ON)— Today, multi-Juno award winning jazz singer Holly Cole unveils her rendition of George Gershwin’s original, “I Was Doing All Right” accompanied by the incomparable Wycliffe Gordon.  The track arrives with the announcement of her latest album, simply titled, HOLLY, set to release on February 9 through Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Both “I Was Doing All Right” and “Your Mind Is On Vacation” are available as instant grat tracks when fans purchase the album. HOLLY will be available on digital and streaming platforms as well as physical, both CD and 180 Gram Vinyl. Pre-order HOLLY here

Produced by Grammy Award winning producer Russ Titelman (Eric Clapton, Randy Newman, Ricki Lee Jones), and arranged by pianist extraordinaire Larry Goldings, HOLLY, was mostly recorded at Sear Sound Studio in New York City alongside an exemplary cast of both New York and Toronto based musicians. The recording comes complete with classics including “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”, “Everybody Loves Somebody” and “Teach Me Tonight” which showcase Holly’s dynamic artistry while bringing currency to these timeless tracks. See the full track listing below.

On creating the album, Holly recounts, “When I made this record I didn’t know what to expect. All I knew was that I was excited; excited to work with producer Russ Titelman, excited to work at Sear Sound Studio in New York, a wonderful studio I had recorded songs from my “Temptation” recording in and excited to record with a whole new band that Russ Titelman had assembled.”

Holly also announces a special Jazz.FM91 live to air performance that will be broadcasted on February 14 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm E.S.T., for more details visit www.jazz.fm.  This intimate performance will be re-broadcasted on March 18.  Additional summer tour dates throughout Canada to be announced.

Listen to “I Was Doing All Right” here
Listen to “Your Mind Is On Vacation” here

Holly Track listing:

  1. I’m Beginning To See The Light
  2. Your Mind Is On Vacation
  3. I Was Doing All Right
  4. It Could Happen To You
  5. Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
  6. Teach Me Tonight
  7. We’ve Got a World That Swings
  8. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  9. Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
  10. I Could Write A Book
  11. Lazy Afternoon

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