Nominated for a Juno for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year in 2014, Stealing Genius is the first album by Amy McConnell & William Sperandei. Stealing Genius garnered considerable airplay across Canada and in the US and was described as of the Best Jazz Albums of the Year by JAZZ.FM91.
“For its’ jaw-dropping chutzpah, Stealing Genius deserves a Juno.” – Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star
“The trumpet work by Mr. Sperandei is exquisite and Ms. McConnell has restored my faith in Canadian female vocalists.” -Jim Gould, CJAI 92.1FM
Described by Cathy Riches of Wholenote Magazine as “A stylish romp through 20th century music,” Stealing Genius covers artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, the Ink Spots, Edith Piaf, Burt Bacharach, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
Executive Producer Feisal Patel | Producer Doug Romanow | Recorded at Noble Street Studios in Toronto | Mastering by Peter Moore, the “E” Room
Arrangements Mark Kieswetter
Vocals Amy McConnell | Trumpet William Sperandei |Piano Mark Kieswetter | Guitar Rob Piltch | Bass Ross MacIntyre | Drums Larnell Lewis
Track Listing
- Wild is the Wind (3:50) Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington
- Padam… Padam (French) (4:24) Henri Alexandre Contet & Norbert Glanzberg
- Soon It’s Gonna Rain (4:34) Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
- I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire (with Michael Kaeshammer) (4:26) Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus & Eddie Seiler
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (4:07) George Harrison
- The Look of Love (3:35) Burt Bacharach & Hal David
- Suspicious Minds (4:19) Mark James
- From Russia with Love (3:47) Lionel Bart
- La Vie en Rose (French & English) (4:23) Édith Piaf, Louis Guglielmi & David Mack
- Thank You (4:15) James Page & Robert Plant
- Candy (3:54) Alex C. Kramer, David Mack & Joan Whitney
- Soul on Fire (4:29) Jerry Wexler, Lavern Baker & Ahmet Ertegun
- Back In Your Mind Somewhere (French & English) (2:37) Peter J. McConnell & Frances Vallée Walsh