New Release: Long As You're Living from Lisa Rich
New Release: Long As You're Living from Lisa Rich Label: Tritone Records Release Date: June 21, 2024 Website: www.lisarich.com Bequeath with character, class and panache, vocalist Lisa Rich gives listeners the best she has to offer on her disc Long As You're Livin g , a collection of originals and jazz standards that share reflections about life's trials and tribulations. Co-produced by Bob Dawson and the late Jay Clayton, the swinging tunes are fraught with lively vocal embellishments and a resiliency in her delivery that is penetrative. Her thoughtful rendering of Abbey Lincoln's timeless melody "Throw It Away" hears Rich's glinting voice delving deeply into her register, resurfacing with the words held firmly by a clenching fist when she ruminates, "You can never lose a thing, if it belongs to you." The haunting tone of Marc Copland's keys rustling tenderly across "When I Look Into Your Eyes" bathe Rich's lingering v...