Laura Taylor, Steve Kuhn, Eddie Gomez and Lewis Nash
My Funny Valentine-Memories of Chet Baker
Laura's style is influenced by Shirley Horn, Peggy Lee, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, and in arrangements by her long-time collaborator,the great pianist Steve Kuhn.
Recorded at The Studio, NYC, with STEVE KUHN, piano; EDDIE GOMEZ, bass; LEWIS NASH, drums and CARLOS FRANZETTI assisting in production.
John Huddy of The Miami Herald, in an article about the great Tony Bennett, wrote, “Bennett scampers over to a desk, {and} returns with a pocket-size tape recorder. The hotel orchestra leader, Jerry Marshall, had brought a beautiful young Miami singer backstage.Bennett says with unrestrained enthusiasm, ‘she’s really unique, you gotta listen to her. I think she’s really something.’ Bennett plays a demo tape for the singer, Laura Taylor, praising every note. He sounds like a proud father describing the latest success of a talented offspring.”
http://cdbaby.com/cd/laurataylor
Laura Taylor, C&P Condoli, Red Holloway, Joe Lano, Jack Sheldon
Mountain Greenery
Laura joins with Conti Candoli, Pete Candoli, Red Holloway,John Abraham,Joe Lano,Jack Sheldon, Chris Gordon and strings for some swinging versions of jazz standards
http://cdbaby.com/cd/laurataylor3
Joe Uveges
Promise of Portage
If you crossed the yearning of Karla Bonoff with the story telling of Harry Chapin and the voice of a gentler Greg Brown, you would capture the essence of this magnificently produced (Chris Rosser) song centered masterpiece.
This CD is a remarkably diverse, beautifully produced (Chris Rosser, Asheville, N.C.) collection of well-crafted songs that can best be described as songs of human longing. Bill Reed, music critic, says of this CD "Uveges' greatest strength is his songwrtiting. The CD is filled with depth and spritituality." Sounds like Yanni with lyric, doesn't it? It's not. The CD begins with a song ("Still Climbin") that speaks to both the personal as well as the greater human journey of growth and transformation. It is an anthemic song that you will hit repeat on again and again. The CD ends with the balance song entitled "Take Her In", which is the gentle, image driven acknowledgment that it is in the reclamation of the feminine that we find both personal as well as human wholeness. The journey between these two poles is a sometimes sweet, sometimes tangled tale told by a series of voices including: a Catholic Great Depression mother from Portage(coaltown), Pennsylvania, a "Bonnie and Clydesque" band robbing couple from San Antonio, a S.F. Taxi driver (cover of Harry Chapin's classic), a phone that talks("If She Picks Me Up"), the cripple at the pool of Bethsaida who tells the tale of his healing 30 years before by Jesus("Rise Up"), and a father searching for his drugged out daughter on Colfax Avenue("Lookin on Colfax").
http://cdbaby.com/cd/uveges
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Posted - 2006/08/27 : 23:27:04
