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2010-05-31
Margie "Gia" Notte delivers a set of jazz standards with a solid group of session musicians -- in fact, it is the band that make these renditions interesting to the listener (how many times can you hear "Caravan" or "My Funny Valentine" in a fresh way?). Notte can, indeed, sing and she demonstrates her knowledge of the jazz songbook on each track, but thank goodness for Don Bradon on the sax and flutes and Freddie Hendrix on the trumpet and flugelhorn; they add the improvisational spice to these tunes. Prime examples are "Since I Fell for You," "Lover Come Back to Me" and "It Don't Mean a Thing." MJVD 05/10 J-Contemporary (vocal)
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CATHERINE RUSSELL
STRICTLY ROMANCIN'
Bob Merrill and Roswell Rudd
Cheerin' Up The Universe
FRED HERSCH
In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis.
ADAM KROMELOW TRIO
Youngblood
Various Artists
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars
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