Barbara Levy Daniels - Come Dance With Me

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:53
Size: 107.3 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. The Second Time Around
[2:40] 2. I Thought About You
[3:18] 3. Come Dance With Me
[3:15] 4. Like Someone In Love
[3:10] 5. The Tender Trap
[4:55] 6. All The Way
[5:03] 7. But Beautiful
[3:21] 8. Here's That Rainy Day
[5:11] 9. All My Tomorrows
[5:39] 10. Imagination
[3:24] 11. Oh You Crazy Moon
[2:47] 12. Darn That Dream

…I can’t help but love this album’s centerpiece, “Come Dance With Me.” It’s a sweet song, excellent piano from John di Martino that carries on right into the next song “Like Someone In Love.” I love hearing Barbara switch her tone to suit the songs as she performs and sings them; she has the right instincts to communicate the feelings of a song through her inflections. She does a fantastic job of bringing you in and letting you experience the world through her eyes by bringing insightful emotions into her music that you can feel inside and relate to…"

"…If anything at all…there are moments as the album plays, perhaps around “Imagination” towards the end, where some of these sounds tend to blend together. It might take you a few times through before you absolutely separate one track from the other. It’s often hazy, dream-like music that sometimes moves five tracks onward before you realize you’ve drifted off somewhere beautiful in your mind just listening to the music and Barbara’s tender voice. One the other hand there’s no one else out there that I know of that sounds like Barbara does right now; I’m positive I could pick her out of any musical line-up from her signature sound & gracious style.” ~Jeremy Gladstone

Come Dance With Me

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Barbara Levy Daniels - They're Writing Songs Of Love

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:05
Size: 99,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:13)  1. S'Wonderful
(6:15)  2. Memories Of You
(3:04)  3. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
(3:01)  4. Embraceable You
(4:31)  5. After You've Gone
(4:33)  6. But Not For Me
(4:40)  7. A Ghost Of A Chance
(3:14)  8. Mean To Me
(4:46)  9. For All We Know
(4:45) 10. Over The Rainbow

This Cd makes the "standards" sound fresh again. With a unique approach to jazz, along with style and control of production, makes this collection a "must have" in any jazz vocal lovers collection.

“It takes a unique approach for the standards of American Popular Song to sound fresh again. Barbara Levy Daniels has done that, as evidenced by this collection of 10 of the best……” Her maturity of style, combined with confidence and control of production has assured that these well-known songs are visited anew in a manner that deserve our attention, respect and enthusiasm, and rewards the appellation “jazz singer” to Ms. Levy Daniels”~ Dick Judelsohn - Host, BEBOP & BEYOND - WBFO 88.7 Radio  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/barbaralevydaniels

They're Writing Songs Of Love

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Barbara Levy Daniels - Love Lost And Found

Size: 118,2 MB
Time: 51:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Vocal Jazz
Art: Front

01. It Could Happen To You (3:31)
02. Say It Isn't So (3:49)
03. My Heart Stood Still (3:42)
04. I Got Lost In His Arms (4:10)
05. Mean To Me (3:34)
06. It's The Talk Of The Town (4:06)
07. Moonglow (3:15)
08. Willow Weep For Me (5:13)
09. Comes Love (3:44)
10. Where Or When (3:51)
11. The Nearness Of You (4:52)
12. There Will Never Be Another You (2:40)
13. For All We Know (4:37)

Ray Charles heard Barbara Levy Daniels sing when she was only 12 years old. when he was asked by the president of ABC Paramount Records to listen in as she auditioned for a label deal. Charles said, "Sign her right away", and they did.

Over the next few years, Barbara Lyons (as she was called then) traveled from her home in Buffalo to NYC where she performed and recorded singles written by Carole King and arranged by Dick Wess ("Mack the Knife"), among other Brill Building luminaries. She also recorded a children's album for Chubby Jackson, Woody Herman's bass player.

After taking a break from performing, Barbara celebrated her return with the release of her CD titled "They're Writing Songs Of Love". That was followed by her second album, "Peel Me a Grape". Both records received rave reviews.

She performs regularly, having graced stages as nearby as NY State and as distant as Cuba and Vietnam.
Barbara has studied with music giants Sweet Honey in the Rock, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy, Janet Planet, and presently with Nancy Kelly.
"It's been a pure joy to have Nancy Kelly as my mentor and producer, along with the great John DiMartino, as arranger and musical director. I look forward to working on future projects with them", says Barbara.

Love Lost And Found

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