Artistry Jazz Group - Tribute!

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz

Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:31
Size: 162,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:50)  1. Palo Alto
(4:04)  2. Shirley Steps Out
(5:14)  3. Last Night When We Were Young
(4:08)  4. Bijou
(3:02)  5. Up an' Atom
(6:08)  6. Lost in a Summer Night
(2:55)  7. The Bad and the Beautiful
(2:44)  8. Undercurrent Blues
(5:13)  9. The Man that Got Away
(3:57) 10. Fantasy
(6:34) 11. As You Are
(6:58) 12. The St. Vitus' Dance
(5:31) 13. Changing My Tune
(6:00) 14. Lotus Blossom
(4:06) 15. Boplicity

An absolute gem, featuring some of the best players in Scandinavia in an extremely well thought-out program of music, paying tribute to "musicians and artists who shaped new sounds and ideas." It's the brainchild of independent record producer Torgil Rosenberg and pianist Jan Lundgren. Three top Swedish musicians, Peter Asplund on trumpet, Klas Lindqvist on alto sax and clarinet, and Janne Bengtsson on flute, join Lundgren's already all-star Artistry group, filling out the sound on selected numbers. The choice of musicians and composers receiving tribute is highly eclectic, ranging from alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, pianist Horace Silver, trumpeter Miles Davis and big band leader Stan Kenton to singer June Christy, Swedish composer/pianist Nils Lindberg (paired with US bassist Red Mitchell, who lived in Sweden for many years) and composers George Gershwin and Billy Strayhorn. The album opens with reed multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Giuffre's arrangement of Lee Konitz's marvelous post bop piece, "Palo Alto," on which Lundgren solos superbly. It continues with Mel Powell's quirky "Shirley Steps Out," with reed man Klas Lindqvist taking solo honors.

Vocalist Vivian Buczek is a revelation, displaying full-fledged confidence and a maturity only hinted at in her previous recordings with the group. She performs great versions of Harold Arlen's bittersweet "Last Night When We Were Young" and George Gershwin's "Changing My Tune," switches with consummate ease from Queen of Cool June Christy to Judy Garland, albeit singing the best, bluesiest song in Garland's book, "The Man That Got Away," written by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin for the 1954 film A Star Is Born.  Buczek does her best with the rather dated "back to nature" lyrics of Lindberg and Mitchell's "As You Are" and turns in a fine wordless vocal on "Undercurrent Blues," by Chico O'Farrill whose arrangements ushered King of Swing Benny Goodman, somewhat unwillingly, into the bebop era.

She also chooses the closer, going for Miles Davis' "Boplicity" and handling Ray Passman and Holli Ross' high-speed "Bebop Lives" lyrics with great aplomb. Hollywood composer David Raskin's "The Bad And The Beautiful" is one of two outstanding solo outings by Lundgren. The other is a lovely, lingering interpretation of Billy Strayhorn's "Lotus Blossom."  Guitarist Jacob Fischer's solo does wonders for "Fantasy" by Prince of Pretension Stan Kenton (based on a piece by classical composer Maurice Ravel), while Hans Backenroth plays some terrific bass on Horace Silver's "The St. Vitus' Dance." Only rarely do albums come any better than this.By Chris Mosey http://www.allaboutjazz.com/tribute-jan-lundgren-volenza-review-by-chris-mosey.php

Personnel: Jan Lundgren: piano;  Vivian Buczek: vocal;  Jacob Fischer: guitar;  Hans Backenroth: bass;  Johan Löfcrantz Ramsay: drums;  Peter Asplund: trumpet, flugelhorn;  Klas Lindqvist: alto sax, clarinet;  Janne Bengtsson: flute.

Tribute!

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Artistry Jazz Group - Too Darn Hot: Together With Cole Porter

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:24
Size: 168,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:00)  1. Anything Goes
(5:05)  2. You Do Something To Me
(4:42)  3. What Is This Thing Called Love?
(4:25)  4. You're The Top
(5:02)  5. In the Still Of The Night
(4:19)  6. At Long Last Love
(4:39)  7. Down In The Depths of The Ninetieth Floor
(5:30)  8. Dream Dancing
(4:13)  9. Too Darn Hot
(4:40) 10. After You, Who?
(4:48) 11. All Through The Night
(4:39) 12. It's All Right With Me
(4:28) 13. I Concentrate On You
(4:42) 14. From This Moment On
(6:07) 15. I Happen To Be in Love

Laid back, elegante and personal, Cole Porter is celebrated by the pianist Jan Lundgren together with musicians from the Swedish jazz elite. A comprehensive booklet is included, with images and stories of Cole Porter and the 15 songs. Timelessness is about the hardest thing to accomplish. As well as creating something new and unique out of music and worldfamous artists that already have been played, celebrated and interpreted in a numerous of ways. That does not stop the Artistry Jazz Group from undertaking Cole Porter, in a pearl gallery of songs from Porter's great treasury. Count on a virtous jazz experience thanks to renowned musicians such as the pianist Jan Lundgren, the bass player Hans Backenroth, the guitarist Jacob Fischer, the drummer Johan Löfcrantz Ramsay and the big discovery; vocalist Vivian Buczek.

The album is a sequel to last years success album We Like Previn, where the same constellation, at that time under the name of The Swedish Connection, interpreted André Previn  with excellent reviews both in Sweden and abroad. As with the previous album, Too Darn Hot comes with a ambitious and comprehensive booklet with stories about the composer, the selected songs and the musicians. Information that brings the listening and enjoyment to an extra dimension. http://www.volenza.se/en/music/ajg/too-darn-hot

Personnel: Jacob Fischer (guitar); Jan Lundgren (piano); Johan Löfcrantz Ramsay (drums); Vivian Buczek (Vocal);Hans Backenroth (bass).

Too Darn Hot: Together With Cole Porter

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Sinne Eeg - Remembering You

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:24
Size: 108,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:55)  1. Talking To Myself
(6:09)  2. Remembering You
(2:17)  3. Just You, Just Me
(6:18)  4. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
(3:26)  5. Up From The Skies
(5:20)  6. Moonbeam
(3:48)  7. Unpredictable Love
(3:05)  8. You and I
(5:30)  9. In a Sentimental Mood
(2:28) 10. It's Alright With Me
(5:03) 11. My One and Only Love

Sinne Eeg has blown away audiences and critics alike since her debut in 2003, the 2006 follow up as well as the most recent and critical acclaimed 'Kun en Drøm'. With tremendous success in her native Denmark and increasingly abroad, Sinne Eeg has already established herself as one of today's foremost Scandinavian jazz vocal singers. Her elegant vocal mesmerizes her audience and tells a story that you don't want to let go. As a singer she is influenced by Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan, but with her personal touch of soft darkness, Sinne keeps the Scandinavian melancholy settled in her music. http://www.reddotmusic.net/artists/1/

Personnel: Curtis Stigers (vocals); Jacob Fischer (guitar); Christian Ellegaard, Andreas Birk, Rune Tomsgaard Sorensen (violin); Bastian Schneider (cello); Peter Rosendahl (whistle); Marc Berthoumieux (accordion); Peter Fuglsang (alto saxophone); Randy Brecker (flugelhorn); Jacob Christoffersen (piano); Chris Minh Doky (acoustic bass); Rasmus Kihlberg (drums).

Remembering You

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Jacob Fischer Trio - Black Orpheus

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:32
Size: 121,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:02) 1. Gentle Rain
(3:52) 2. Small Teardrop
(3:22) 3. Triste
(5:39) 4. How Insensitive
(5:18) 5. Sonho Carioca
(4:00) 6. Once I Loved
(4:58) 7. Assanhado
(4:52) 8. Black Orpheus
(4:39) 9. Bole-Bole
(3:47) 10. Desafinado
(3:58) 11. Doce De Coco
(2:04) 12. This Happy Madness

Danish native Jacob Fischer is a rising star and one of the most in-demand jazz guitarists in Europe. Born in 1967, the self-taught guitarist began working as a professional when he was 17 years old, and since then has participated in more than 200 recordings.

Fischer impressed with his debut from the Japanese label Venus Records, a Bill Evans tribute album with a simple trio with bass and drums. Now, he has shown a completely different side with his second release Black Orpheus, playing Brazilian music (bossa nova, samba and choro) with acoustic guitar. His authentic feel comes from his experience of traveling and performing throughout Brazil, and support of the great Brazilian drummer Duduka DaFonseca. https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/116472/Jacob_Fischer_Trio-Black_Orpheus-Single_Layer_Stereo_SACD

Musicians: Jacob Fischer, guitar; Martin Wind, bass; Duduka DaFonseca, drums

Black Orpheus

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Jacob Fischer - Guitarist

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:18
Size: 163,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:27) 1. Douce Ambience
(4:59) 2. Detour Ahead
(5:16) 3. Jean de Fleur
(5:14) 4. Gentle Rain
(4:02) 5. Brother Joseph
(3:44) 6. For My Lady
(4:30) 7. Motion
(4:25) 8. Sharing the Blues
(3:41) 9. Swing 39
(3:01) 10. My Serenade
(6:01) 11. Seven Come Eleven
(4:13) 12. West Coast Blues
(5:07) 13. Oriental Shuffle
(5:52) 14. Corner Pocket
(3:05) 15. Kärleksvals
(3:35) 16. Backwaters

On this superb recording, the supremely gifted and surprisingly eclectic Danish artist Jacob Fischer has chosen to interpret pieces by fellow guitarists. In recent years, Fischer has been identified with the Django Reinhardt«s tradition, and several of the songs in this well-chosen set are by Reinhardt or evoke his aura. But Fischer«s personal take on Reinhardt, as well as his inclusion of works by Jimmy Raney, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, and others suggests that the guitarist draws on a much more varied musical palette. Jazz fans should be grateful to him and the rest of this group for creating music that reinforces the timelessness, artistic honesty, variety, vitality, and continued creative potential of small-group swing. From the album notes by Ed Berger, who retired in 2011 after more than thirty years at the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies to pursue freelance writing and photography. He is the author of biographies of Benny Carter and George Duvivier, and is currently writing a book about trumpeter Joe Wilder.

Personnel: Jacob Fischer: acoustic guitar; Bucky Pizzarelli: 7-string guitar; Antti Sarpila: clarinet, soprano sax; Nicki Parrott: bass; Eddie Metz: drums

Guitarist

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Jacob Fischer Trio - Django

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:13
Size: 148,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:28) 1. Napolitana
(5:02) 2. Metabolic Age
(3:43) 3. Small Teardrop
(6:03) 4. Django
(5:31) 5. Sonho Carioca
(4:49) 6. Theme for Ernie
(4:08) 7. Frère Joseph
(4:53) 8. Retrato Em Branco e Preto (zingaro)
(3:24) 9. Accent Circonflexe
(3:11) 10. Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
(4:34) 11. Parisian Thorughfare
(4:50) 12. Amarcord
(2:46) 13. Hugos Howl
(3:25) 14. Den Allersidste Dans
(3:18) 15. Huset på Christianshavn

Jacob Fischer Trio made their record debut in 2008 with the Danish violinist Svend Asmussen as guest musician. With Django , the trio follows up on the success with Italian Fancesco Cali as guest musician on accordion. Django is, as the title suggests, a tribute to Django Reinhardt - the Belgian guitarist, who to that extent came to form a school within the genre mix jazz / gypsy. Few guitarists, like him, have created a style. But he did, despite a physical weakness

Like Django Reinhardt, Jacob Fischer plays guitar. And no one can be in doubt: Jacob Fischer is both fascinated by Django Reinhardt's universe and even an excellent guitarist with an obvious sense of the genre. Add to that the fact that he has managed to get Francesco Cali on accordion, you have the basic elements of what has become a good, expressive album. For that's what Django is: A beautiful, well-crafted whole with a simple set-up and a simple expression. An instrumental album that reflects the fusion of Jacob Fischers, Hugo Rasmussen, Janus Templetons and Fancesco Calis in the genre. https://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=https://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/52688/jacob-fischer-trio-django&prev=search&pto=aue

Personnel: Guitar – Jacob Fischer; Guitar [Rhythm] – Regin Fuhlendorf; Accordion – Francesco Calì; Bass – Hugo Rasmussen; Drums – Janus Templeton

Django

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Harry Allen Quartet - French Lullaby

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:50
Size: 146,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:36)  1. I Will Wait For You
(6:35)  2. La Mer
(5:14)  3. C'est Si Bon
(5:47)  4. The Summer Knows
(5:49)  5. Chateau En Suede
(5:15)  6. Autumn Leaves
(5:05)  7. C'est Magnifique
(6:26)  8. My Way
(3:28)  9. La Vie En Rose
(5:03) 10. I Love Paris
(4:46) 11. I Wish You Love
(3:40) 12. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?

A popular jazz, tenor, saxophonist in Japan, Harry Allen is the second round following a competition album with Vladimir Shafranov "Nostalgic Stockholm"! I made a romantic melody such as full-length French film music, chanson, masterpiece of Michelle Le Grand, etc. as a first-class jazz album.

Personnel:  Harry Allen - tenor sax;  Jacob Fischer - guitar;  Hans Backenroth - bass;  Kristian Leth - drums

French Lullaby

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Katrine Madsen - Gershwin And More (feat. Jan Lundgren & Jacob Fischer)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 50:38

Size: 115.9 MB

Styles: Vocal jazz

Year: 2001

Art: Front

[4:17] 1. It Ain't Necessarily So

[3:38] 2. Do It Again

[4:23] 3. Fascinatin' Rhythm

[3:26] 4. Somebody Loved Me

[3:50] 5. Sweet Lorraine

[5:20] 6. The Man I Love

[3:02] 7. Strike Up The Band

[4:25] 8. Summertime

[4:05] 9. Route 66

[6:03] 10. Tin Tin Deo

[4:11] 11. Nice Work If You Can Get It

[3:51] 12. Straighten Up And Fly Right

Katrine Madsen (born 1972 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish jazz singer. She studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked in Copenhagen on albums with transplanted American jazz artists Ed Thigpen and Richard Boone. In 2002, she founded the Katrine Madsen Sextet and gave their first concert at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

Gershwin And More  

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Artistry Jazz Group - We Like Previn

Styles: Vocal and Piano Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:44
Size: 146,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:03)  1. Blues for Georgia
(4:33)  2. I Like Myself
(5:28)  3. Second Chance
(4:16)  4. Like Young
(4:12)  5. Coco
(3:59)  6. Saturday
(4:25)  7. You're Gonna Hear From Me
(4:29)  8. Hi Blondie
(4:36)  9. Far Away Part Of Town
(4:31) 10. The Pleasure Of Your Compagny
(4:04) 11. Theme From Valley Of The Dolls
(4:02) 12. If I Should Find You
(3:43) 13. Why Are You Afraid?
(4:12) 14. More In Love With You
(4:05) 15. Guiding Light

Previn was just 17 when he wrote the opener, "Blues for Georgia." Lundgren's arrangement provides short solo opportunities for himself, guitarist Jacob Fischer and Hans Backenroth on bass, and the number serves as an excellent introduction for what's to come, starting with "I Like Myself" from the 1955 musical It's Always Fair Weather.  Unlike the brilliant and innovative Porter, Previn until he escaped to the world of classical music was very much a Hollywood hack, adapting other people's music and writing scores for a string of undistinguished movies. He penned "A Second Chance" for the 1962 film Two For The Seesaw, summed up on Rotten Tomatoes as "one for the cinematic dustbin." There follows what is still probably Previn's best known jazz composition, "Like Young," with vocalist Vivian Buczek bravely tackling the dated lyrics like a true hep cat. Then comes the number that Previn should be remembered for: his hauntingly lovely "Coco," the title track of the 1969 musical based on the life of French fashion designer Coco Chanel. An adventurous arrangement by Lundgren allows bassist Backenroth to state the theme.

"Saturday" is a 44-bar Previn salute to his first influence, Art Tatum. Like Tatum, in jazz Previn often made the mistake of valuing technique over feeling. There follow a mix of film songs and numbers written by Previn for his jazz trio before we come to "Why Are We Afraid?" written for the movie The Subterraneans, based on a Jack Kerouac novella. Today it's best remembered for appearances by horn players Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer and Art Pepper, bassist Red Mitchell, drummer Shelly Manne and would you believe? André Previn.  The album concludes with a novelty, Torgil Rosenberg's own composition, "Guiding Light," dedicated to Previn and featuring a scat vocal by Buczek. ~ Chris Mosey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/jan-lundgren-celebrates-andre-previn-and-cole-porter-by-chris-mosey.php

Personnel: Jan Lundgren: piano; Jacob Fischer: piano; Hans Backenroth: bass; Johan Löfcrantz Ramsay: drums; Vivian Buczek: vocals.

We Like Previn

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Jacob Fischer - ...In New York City

Size: 148,1 MB
Time: 63:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. How About You (5:00)
02. Love For Sale (8:07)
03. Crazy He Calls Me (6:21)
04. Swing 42 (4:27)
05. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (5:46)
06. Puttin' On The Ritz (5:30)
07. Tenderly (5:10)
08. Laverne Walk (4:51)
09. Day Dream (4:01)
10. Napolitana (4:47)
11. Avalon (4:25)
12. Every Time We Say Goodbye (5:04)

Personnel:
Jacob Fischer - guitar
Chuck Redd - vibes
John Webber - bass
Matt Wilson - drums

The electrically amplified guitar has been ubiquitous in jazz for so long that the pure, acoustic sound of the unamplified instrument comes almost as a novelty. This is especially so when it’s in the hands of the Danish guitarist Jacob Fischer. He plays in the modern swing idiom with great virtuosity and harmonic awareness, but there’s a unique clarity and warmth about it. Leading a quartet completed by vibraphone, bass and drums, he finds some brilliant ways of combining the sounds of guitar and vibes, played by Chuck Redd. The interplay between them is greased lightning at times. Apart from one Fischer original, the 12 pieces are all standards, but with a fresh and sometimes radical approach.

...In New York City

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Ole Stolle, Jesper Lundgaard, Jacob Fischer - Trioen

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:25
Size: 143,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:27)  1. It Don't Mean a Thing
(4:12)  2. Two Sleepy People
(5:28)  3. On a Slowboat to China
(2:58)  4. A Cottage for Sale
(5:15)  5. Honeysuckle Rose
(4:54)  6. Pennies from Heaven
(7:20)  7. Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You
(3:33)  8. Memories of You
(2:53)  9. Sugar
(4:03) 10. In My Solitude
(8:11) 11. In a Mellow Tone
(5:41) 12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(3:23) 13. Indiana

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Trioen

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Jacob Fischer Trio - My Romance ~ Tribute To Bill Evans

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:31
Size: 148,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:25)  1. You And The Night And The Music
(4:26)  2. Haunted Heart
(5:24)  3. Nardis
(3:43)  4. I Fall In Love Too Easily
(3:36)  5. Show Type Tune
(7:02)  6. My Foolish Heart
(3:54)  7. Interplay
(4:43)  8. My Romance
(6:37)  9. Time Remembered
(6:37) 10. Waltz For Debby
(4:29) 11. How My Heart Sings
(5:49) 12. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(2:40) 13. Polkadots And Moonbeams

Danish native Jacob Fischer is a rising star and one of the most in-demand jazz guitarists in Scandinavia and Europe. Born in 1967, the self-taught guitarist began working as a professional when he was 17 years old, and since then has participated in over 200 recordings. His fifth album as a leader, and his debut from the Japanese label Venus Records, is an ambitious project: A tribute to Bill Evans with a simple trio with Martin Wind on bass and Tim Horner on drums. Their efforts are a success on many levels. On some tracks, they succeed because they use completely different approaches from those used by Evans in his well-known recorded performances. Examples of these include the unsentimental, hard-boiled approach of the opening track and the imaginative collective improvisations on "Nardis." On a few other tracks including "My Foolish Heart," they succeed to recreate the mood and atmosphere of the legendary Bill Evans trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian despite the difference in the leading instrument. http://www.elusivedisc.com/Jacob-Fischer-Trio-My-Romance-Tribute-To-Bill-Evans-180g-LP/productinfo/VENLP0077/.

Personnel: Jacob Fischer, guitar; Martin Wind, bass; Tim Horner, drums

My Romance ~ Tribute To Bill Evans

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Artistry Jazz Group - Vivianity: The Favourite Song Collection Feat Vivian Buczek

Size: 150,3 MB
Time: 64:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Vocal Jazz
Art: Front

01. It's Alright With Me (4:35)
02. You're Gonna Hear From Me (4:26)
03. Changing My Tune (5:27)
04. Lost In A Summer Night (6:04)
05. I Happen To Be In Love (6:04)
06. Like Young (4:17)
07. The Man That Got Away (5:09)
08. At Long Last Love (4:16)
09. Too Darn Hot (4:09)
10. Last Night When We Were Young (5:10)
11. What Is That Thing Called Love (4:38)
12. As You Are (6:30)
13. Boplicity (4:04)

After three highly praised albums it’s time for Artistry Jazz Group’s first compilation cd Vivianity – with all the best vocal songs from the group’s previous productions. A highlight for everyone who loves jazz enriched by song.

Artistry Jazz Group, with pianist Jan Lundgren, guitarist Jacob Fischer, Hans Backenroth on double bass, Johan Löfcrantz Ramsay, drums, and vocalist Vivian Buczek, is certainly part of the Swedish “jazz wonder” that continues to deliver high quality jazz and strong profiles giving echo around the world. Now Artistry Jazz Group release their forth album Vivianity with all vocal numbers from their previous productions.

The new album is yet another gem for everyone who appreciates virtuous jazz, and at the same time it adds an extra dimension for music lovers who prefer when text and song enhance the musical experience. Not least through Vivian Buczek, who with her exceptional breadth and feeling for the jazz idiom masters the whole range from ballads to scat singing. After acclaimed performances on the previous albums We Like Previn, Too Darn Hot and Tribute! Vivian here gets to make her beautiful voice heard on each song – Vivianity.

Vivianity

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