ALEXIS COLE | A KISS IN THE DARK (ONE-STEP) - Chesky Records

New York singer Alexis Cole revisits American jazz and popular songs from the 1910s and 1920s with an intimate acoustic band. A Kiss in the Dark brings together swing, blues and ballads in a lively yet understated performance.

Classic American vocal jazz

From Ain't We Got Fun and Limehouse Blues to Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out and Indian Summer, Cole's voice interacts with guitar, reeds, bass and drums. The original Chesky album was released in 2014.

Tracklist — side A

1. Ain't We Got Fun
2. Whip-Poor-Will
3. Do You Ever Think of Me?
4. Limehouse Blues
5. Chicago, That Toddlin' Town

Tracklist — side B

1. Bimini Bay
2. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
3. A Kiss in the Dark
4. Indian Summer
5. Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday
6. Let the Rest of the World Go By

Musicians and recording

Alexis Cole — vocals; Saul Rubin — guitar; Dan Block — saxophone and clarinet; Pat O'Leary — double bass; Phil Stewart — drums. Recorded live in an acoustic space using Chesky's Binaural+ approach and one high-resolution microphone at the Hirsch Center, Brooklyn, in December 2013; recording engineer Nicholas Prout and producer David Chesky.

JBC One-Step edition

2025 Chesky Records / evosound reissue: a 180 g, 33 rpm black-vinyl One-Step LP. This particular LP includes the eleven tracks listed here, whereas some other editions have longer programmes. Barcode 4895241440151; sole JBC variant SKU EVLPBL86, with no CD or download option.