Open the Door – Live at Mietta's

Open the Door – Live at Mietta's
Live album by Jex Saarelaht with Kate Ceberano
Released November 1992
Recorded Mietta's Restaurant, Melbourne, Australia.
February 9th and 10th, 1992.
Genre Jazz, contemporary jazz, cool jazz
Length 64:24
Label Ziga Zuga, Mushroom Records
Producer Jex Saarelaht
Kate Ceberano albums chronology
Jesus Christ Superstar
(1992)Jesus Christ Superstar1992
Open the Door – Live at Mietta's
(1992)
Kate Ceberano and Friends
(1994)Kate Ceberano and Friends1994

Open the Door – Live at Mietta's is a collaborative live album by Jex Saarelaht and Kate Ceberano. The album was recorded in February 1992 on an 8-track tape at Mietta's Restaurant and released in November 1992. The album contains seven jazz standards, sung by Ceberano and six instrumental original tracks by Saarelaht.

In Ceberano's autobiography, I'm Talking, she said she and O'Donnell had been friends for years adding "Mietta's was a Melbourne institution. It was like a European coffee house where patrons could eat while enjoying poetry readings, jazz, opera, comedy - Mietta had such eclectic tastes you never know who she'd invite to perform there."[1]

The owner of Mietta's Restaurant, Mietta O'Donnell, said: "Kate is a warm chocolate tart".[2]

In February 1996, Ceberano married Lee Rogers at Mietta's restaurant.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Open The Door"Betty Carter6:05
2."Cul De S.A.C."Jex Saarelaht6:12
3."I Wanna Be Loved"Billy Rose, Edward Heyman, Johnny Green4:00
4."Nock-turn"Saarelaht5:50
5."Come Back to Me"Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane3:37
6."Elva"Saarelaht6:15
7."Memories of You"Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake7:38
8."Pop 'em Walk"Saarelaht6:49
9."Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying"Joe Greene5:50
10."Elafonisi"Saarelaht5:03
11."(I Loves You) Porgy"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin5:45
12."Nada"Saarelaht6:23
13."Nature Boy"Eden Ahbez4:46

Credits

  • Jex Saarelaht – piano
  • Kate Ceberano – vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13)
  • Stuart Speed – bass
  • Anthony Baker – drums

References

  1. Ceberano, Kate (2014). I'm Talking: My Life, My Words, My Music. Hachette Australia. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. "Sydney Bands KATE CEBERANO" (PDF). Sydney Bands. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  • "Jex Saarelaht with Kate Ceberano "Open the Door"". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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