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Available with Vinyl records London. New Vinyl Records LP Vinyl Rickie Lee Jones Pieces of Treasure, Rickie Lee Jones’ newest album, has been a long time coming. In a career that has spanned more than four decades, the renowned singer songwriter has interpreted an extraordinarily wide range of songs from writers and artists she loves, often collected on the same album-showtunes, blues, folk, rock David Bowie publicly praised her take on “Rebel Rebel”. She was nominated for a 1989 Best Jazz Vocal Performance Grammy for her rendition of “Autumn Leaves” from Rob Wasserman’s Duets album a year later she won in the same category for her duet with Dr. John of “Makin’ Whoopee.” She has released the celebrated jazzleaning albums Girl at Her Volcano and Pop Pop, but until now, she had never devoted an entire album to the American Songbook.Pieces of Treasure – the title a callback to Jones’ seminal album Pirates-is a reunion with legendary producer Russ Titelman, who had, with former Warner Bros. Records head Lenny Waronker, coproduced her starmaking 1980 debut LP Rickie Lee Jones and the follow up, Pirates.
