Album Review: Listen Here from Roseanna Vitro
Album: Listen Here Artist: Roseanna Vitro Label: Skyline Productions Website: https://roseannavitrojazz.squarespace.com Cabaret vocalist Roseanna Vitro has re-released her 1984 classic recording Listen Here to be available for streaming and CD formats. With arrangements by Fred Hersch, Vitro is supported by a stunning ensemble of jazz practitioners that include Kenny Barron on piano, Buster Williams on bass, Ben Riley on drums, Arnett Cobb on saxophone, Duduka da Fonseca on percussion, and Scott Hardy on guitar. Vitro takes swing music into the 21st century with captivating renditions of tunes from the Great American Songbook. "No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)," written by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, and Jon Hendricks, starts off the recording, setting the listening experience on a swing blues axle. Progressing forward, the album turns to a bossa nova coloring with "You Go to My Head" penned by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gilles...