Ellen Robinson - Don't Wait Too Long

Size: 165,5 MB
Time: 71:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Dance Only With Me (Live) (4:52)
02. Soon (Live) (6:47)
03. If (Live) (8:32)
04. Almost Like Being In Love (Live) (6:37)
05. The Storm (Live) (5:06)
06. You Must Believe In Spring (Live) (5:27)
07. Tick Tock (Live) (5:31)
08. Be Careful It's My Heart (Live) (7:26)
09. Our Day Will Come (Live) (4:34)
10. Calling You (Live) (5:02)
11. But Beautiful (Live) (6:27)
12. Don't Wait Too Long (Live) (4:50)

Bay-Area vocalist Ellen Robinson is a study in jazz grace and elegance. Rather than a bright and shiny repertoire of specialized training (of which there is nothing wrong), Robinson sports a music education degree from Manhattanville college with a major in piano, and rides an experiential arc in to the heart of the Great American Songbook. Robinson readily stakes her claim on the rich melodies of the stage and Tin Pan Alley, demanding that the lyrics move her before she commits to a song. Don't Wait Too Long is Robinson's third recording after 2006's Mercy! and 2001's On My Way to You, both on the singer's EMR Music label.

Her very successful modus operandi lies in her respect for melody and her far-reaching embrace of American song. This particular recital, supported by an empathic trio with saxophone, addresses songs on the edge of standards. Save for "Almost Like Being in Love," "You Must Believe in Spring" and "But Beautiful," the songs are off the beaten path. These are all songs favored by horn players and Robinson's no-nonsense delivery reveals why. These melodies are muscular and rich, requiring a strong and disciplined voice to deliver them properly. Robinson has this in spades.

Her keyboard support is exceptional, with Murray Low ably steering the band as he alternates between acoustic and electric piano. But Robinson is the principle, easily approachable and enjoyed. ~by C. Michael Bailey

Personnel: Ellen Robinson: vocals; Murray Low: piano, keyboards; Sam Bevan: bass; Dan Foltz: drums; Kristen Strom: soprano and tenor saxophone.

Don't Wait Too Long

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Ellen Robinson - Mercy! Ellen Robinson Live

Size: 137,6 MB
Time: 59:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Fly Away (4:15)
02. Everybody's Cryin Mercy (4:35)
03. Let's Fall In Love (4:37)
04. The Dimming Of The Day (6:32)
05. My Baby Just Cares For Me (4:44)
06. Still Crazy After All These Years (4:08)
07. How I Wish - Ask Me Now (6:11)
08. Them There Eyes (3:11)
09. Where Do You Start (3:16)
10. One Of You And Me (3:22)
11. Heaven Down Here (4:58)
12. Hold On (2:38)
13. It Goes Like It Goes (3:28)
14. The Fiddle And The Drum (3:15)

"Hers is a white chocolate sound, intense and pure, swinging and bitter-sweet." Carol Sloane

Swinging and straight-from-the-heart vocals from this adventuresome singer with loads of presence and a diverse selection of songs. Ellen Robinson is known for her ability to sing with a vocal palette that has a wide variety of colors in both her choice of material and also the range of emotions she covers in a performance. Her second CD "Mercy! Ellen Robinson Live" captures those transparent moments and one-of-a-kind performances in a compilation of songs selected from four different concerts since her first CD “On My Way To You.”

Ellen is backed by an array of talented musicians: pianist Ben Flint, bassists John Schifflett and John Wiitala, drummers John Arkin, Andrew Eberhard and Jeff Marrs, and reedman Charles McNeal.

Mercy! Ellen Robinson Live

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