If Dreams Come True is an album by American singer and musician Ann Savoy, released in 2007.

History

Prior to recording her first solo album, Savoy performed professionally for many years with her husband accordionist Marc Savoy and fiddler Michael Doucet in the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band, an all-woman band The Magnolia Sisters and with the Savoy Family Band. As The Zozo Sisters, she recorded the Grammy Award nominated album Adieu False Heart with Linda Ronstadt.

If Dreams Come True is credited to Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights. It includes blues and jazz standards Savoy listened to as a child in Richmond, Virginia. She was encouraged to record the album by her musician/producer son Joel Savoy. In an interview, Savoy commented, “A lot of the reviewers think it’s a Cajun record. I’ve made Cajun records, but this is another kind of music.” The album was recorded on analog tape at Joel Savoy's studio.

Reception

Music critic Michael Berick, writing for Allmusic, praised selected tracks, writing that overall "Sometimes the performances do suggest an excellent lounge band to the extent that you can almost hear the audience applause after a solo. Still, If Dreams Come True offers a delightful, charming musical excursion of Paris' romantic Left Bank." Critic Tom Wilk called the album "a well-executed set of jazz-tinged standards that demonstrates her versatility as a vocalist." and noted the "all-acoustic setting provides a vibrant, intimate backdrop for the songs."

Personnel

*Ann Savoy – vocals

*Glenn Fields – drums

*Eric Frey – upright bass

*Joel Savoy – guitar, fiddle

*Chas Justus – guitar

*Tom Mitchell Jr. – guitar

*Wilson Savoy – piano

*Kevin Wimmer – fiddle

Production notes:

*Ann Savoy – producer, mixing

*Joel Savoy – producer

*Sleepless Knights – producer

*Tom Mitchell Jr. – mixing

*Brad Blackwood – mastering

*Jillian Johnson – photography

*Brooke Barnett – cover design

References

Category:2007 albums

Category:Debut albums

Category:Ann Savoy albums

Artist/Band Information

Ann Savoy (born Ann Allen; January 20, 1952; ) is a musician, author, and record producer.

Biography

Savoy was raised in Richmond, Virginia. She resides with her husband Marc Savoy and family in Southern Louisiana.

As a musician, she performs with her husband accordionist Marc Savoy and fiddler Michael Doucet in the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band. She also has an all-woman band The Magnolia Sisters. She also performs with husband Marc and their sons, Joel and Wilson, in the Savoy Family Band. Most recently, she has put together a Django Reinhardt-style swing band called Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights.

Savoy appeared as a musician in the film Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and was the associate music director of the film All The King's Men, working on this project with T Bone Burnett. She has appeared in many documentaries on the subject of Cajun music including a Les Blank film, entitled Marc and Ann.

As a record producer she produced, among others, the Grammy Award nominated tribute to Cajun music, Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music, featuring singers Linda Ronstadt, John Fogerty, Nick Lowe, and other noted musicians.

She is the author of Cajun Music, A Reflection of a People , which chronicles the history of Cajun and Zydeco music.

She has recorded a number of CDs. As The Zozo Sisters she recorded the Grammy Award nominated album Adieu False Heart - a CD with Linda Ronstadt. Adieu False Heart is notable for Savoy's first time recording in English.

Discography

Solo

*If Dreams Come True (2007) Memphis Records

*Black Coffee (2009) Memphis Records

With Savoy Doucet Cajun Band

*Home Music with Spirits (1981) Arhoolie Records

*Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band (1984) Arhoolie

*With Spirits (1987) Arhoolie

*Two Step D'Amadé (1993) Arhoolie

*Harias: Home Music (1993) Arhoolie

*Live! (1994) Arhoolie

*Sam's Big Rooster (2000) Arhoolie

Magnolia Sisters

*Prends Courage (1995) Arhoolie

*Chers Amis (2000) Rounder Records

*Après Faire Le Boogie Woogie (2004) Rounder

*Stripped Down (2009) Arhoolie

Savoy Family Band

*Savoy Family Album (2003) Arhoolie

*Turn Loose But Don't Let Go (2008) Arhoolie

With others

*Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music Various Artists (2002) Vanguard Records

*Adieu False Heart with Linda Rondstadt as the Zozo Sisters (2006) Vanguard Records

References