Jo Lawry - I Want To Be Happy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 61:39

Size: 141.1 MB

Styles: Jazz vocals

Year: 2009

Art: Front

[5:35] 1. The Water Is Wide

[1:37] 2. Prelude To Happiness

[3:25] 3. I Want To Be Happy

[4:46] 4. February

[5:04] 5. I Only Have Eyes For You

[2:27] 6. Small House

[2:04] 7. I Could Have Danced All Night

[5:52] 8. Until

[2:29] 9. I'm Old Fashioned

[6:27] 10. Can't Smile Without You

[3:27] 11. In A Spin

[1:35] 12. Love Is Now (Memoria E Fado)

[5:53] 13. Loro

[6:02] 14. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

[4:49] 15. Tried And Tried

Australian vocalist Jo Lawry is quickly establishing herself among the top tier of current jazz vocalists. And she's doing it—at least some of the time—by being a sideman. Lawry hails from Adelaide, Australia. She's been in the U.S. for several years now pursuing advanced degrees in jazz, but she hasn't spent all her time studying. She's also managed to collect an impressive list of resume credits as a performer, including performing and recording with Kate McGarry, Fred Hersch, Donny McCaslin and others.

Lawry's debut album, I Want To Be Happy (Fleurieu, 2008), features original compositions and creatively reworked tunes from the jazz and pop songbooks. Lawry stands out from the pack because of her clear melodic and harmonic ideas and her incredible intonation.

I Want To Be Happy

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