Tedesco Studios in Paramus Add Finishing Touches to ‘Eugenie’

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Eugenie Jones cover by Sennia Kyle

Eugenie Jones cover by Sennia Kyle

Themes of passion, betrayal and revenge permeate Eugenie, the sixth album of singer-songwriter-producer Eugenie Jones. The Seattle product has been at it for 12 years. Sixteen musicians helped craft this sound which includes covers of Peggy Lee (“I Love Being Here With You”), Marvin Gaye (“Trouble Man”), Nina Simone (“Sinnerman”), Duke Ellington “(It Don’t Mean A Thing”), Aretha (“Natural Woman”), six of her originals and two delicious jazz standards. Nat Adderley’s 1960 “Work Song” (Oscar Brown, Jr. added lyrics to it in 1961) has been recorded by everyone from Bobby Darin and Count Basie to Guy Lombardo and The Animals. “Harlem Nocturne,” the 1939 hit for Ray Noble, covered by Mel Torme and Brian Setzer (among many others), ends things on a particularly dramatic note (it was the theme song for TV’s Mike Hammer). Engineer Tommy Tedesco of Tedesco Studios in Paramus did the fine-tuning. The result is a masterful modern soul album with a touch of Jersey.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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