2009-05-11
Cool, hip, sophisticated retro, jazzy, sultry, lush and did I mention cool. Put on your smoking jacket. This is date and martini night music. Melody Gardot is a 23 year old singer-songwriter hailing from Philadelphia. A standout track is #9 My One and Only Thrill. Her take on track #11 Over the Rainbow is Latin-cool....very enjoyable. What a voice. Welcome to Casablanca and play Melody Gardot again Sam.Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
Private Astronomy - A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke
The Hot Club of San Francisco
John Paul George & Django
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Next Stop...Soweto, Vol. 3: Giants, Ministers and Makers -- Jazz in South Aftrica 1963-1984
Various Blue Note Artists
Somethin’ New
Jeff Coffin Mu'Tet
Bloom
The RH Factor
Distractions
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