2007-06-23
Singer Ann Savoy is a fixture on the Cajun music scene as a member of the Savoy Doucet Band. This disc finds her spreading her stylistic wings with string driven, jazzy takes on standards such as Benny Goodman’s "If Dreams Come True", Hart and Rodgers’ "Bewitched,Bothered and Bewildered" and Django Renhardt’s "Melodie Au Crepuscule". The overall feel is much closer to sophisticated French cabaret than the steamy bayou music that has been her calling card but there is much to like here. SmittyBRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
SONGS FROM LONELY AVENUE
DAVE SIEBELS
With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
GIACOMO GATES
Luminosity
THE GODFATHERS OF GROOVE FEATURING REUBEN WILSON, BERNARD “PRETTY” PURDIE, AND GRANT GREEN JR.
The Godfathers of Groove
THE MEMPHIS HANG
THE MEMPHIS HANG
VARIOUS
Rumble In the Great Lakes (Best of the Detroit Jazz Fest 2007)
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