In the movie Short Cuts, Annie Ross, a jazz singer (formerly of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), plays a jazz singer, and Lori Singer, who can play cello, plays her cello-playing daughter. This soundtrack album of "music from and inspired by the film" alternates songs by Ross, many of which appear in the film, with classical music performances by Singer, alone and with a quartet. Although they sound like old jazz standards, most of the Ross songs are newly written pieces, with her singing, playing, and songwriting collaborators including a Who's Who of rockers--Bono and The Edge of U2, Terry Adams of NRBQ, Doc Pomus and Dr. John (who contribute four compositions), Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, and Michael Stipe of R.E.M. All of them subsume their usual tendencies to fit into the smoky, late-night ambience of the approach. And Ross, her voice full of knowledge beyond even the sophisticated lyrics, dominates the proceedings. The result is a brilliant album that works well with or without the movie it was constructed to accompany. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Roy Nathanson (Sax (Alto)), Michael Pfeiffer (Mixing), Milton Glaser (Logo Design), Joyce Rudolph (Photography), Samantha Rozenfelds (Production Coordination), Greg Cohen (Bass), Milton Glaser (Design), Eric Lijestrand (Engineer), Gene Estes (Vibraphone), Andrew Heermans (Digital Editing), Eric Liljestrand (Engineer), Hal Willner (Liner Note Art), Hal Willner (Producer), Bruce Fowler (Trombone), Eric Liljestrand (Mixing), Lenny Pickett (Woodwind), David Roberts (Engineer), Roland Kato (Viola), Low Note Quintet (Performer), Stuart Kanin (Violin), Annie Ross (Vocals), Stephan Altman (Set Design), John Keane (Vocal Recording), Annie Ross & the Low Note Quintet (Performer), Charlie Bouis (Assistant Engineer), Anthony Coleman (Synthesizer), Tim Conklin (Mixing Assistant), Ladd McIntosh (Arranger), Michael Pfeiffer (Engineer), Bill Ginn (Piano), John Keane (Engineer), Terry Adams (Piano), Lenny Pickett (Performer), Armen Guzelimian (Piano), Thomas Tree (Performer), Lori Singer (Cello), Eric Lijestrand (Mixing), Andrew Heermans (Editing), Iggy Pop (Vocals), Tim Conklin (Assistant Engineer), Patrick Derivaz (Mixing Assistant), Michael Pfeiffer (Producer), Bob Ludwig (Mastering), David Roberts (Stage Engineer), Annie Ross (Performer), Kate Hyman (Executive Producer), Lori Singer (Performer), Steven Bernstein (Trumpet), Patrick Derivaz (Assistant Engineer), Richard Ruttenberg (Piano), Anthony Coleman (Clavinet), David Tronzo (Slide Guitar), Bobby Previte (Drums), Kevin Killen (Mixing), Tom Lazarus (Mixing), Tom Lazarus (Engineer), Anatoly Rosinsky (Violin), Gail Marowitz (Design), Thomas Tree (Producer), Andrew Heermans (Digital Compilation), Michael Stipe (Vocals)
