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For Your Consideration
Jazz Vocal Album
Soul Serenade – The Gloria Lynne Project
DIANE MARINO
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Jazz vocalist Diane Marino "Soul Serenade – The Gloria Lynne Project"
invites you to enjoy this album and please keep it in mind FYC… (Jazz Vocal Album) |
"Soul Serenade- The Gloria Lynne Project" is the title of my newest CD project. Although not exactly a "tribute" album, it is more of a celebration of the music made popular by the great vocalist, Gloria Lynne. As it turns out, I have been singing some of the material
she has been known for ever since I first began to sing professionally- so many years ago! "I Wish You Love" is one of the first ballads I ever sang on a gig. "I'm Glad There Is You" is a track I recorded for my CD "On The Street Where You Live".
While performing on a recent gig with drummer Vince Ector, I sang "I'm Glad There Is You", and he reminded me it was one of Gloria's signature songs.
So, I began to research more of Gloria's work and was instantly mesmerized by her voice, style and emotion. Additionally, her choice of material was instantly appealing to me. I tendto look for songs that are "beyond the norm" of the Great American Songbook repertoire. The songs Gloria Lynne recorded during her career stand alone in their originality and uniqueness. Her performances of these particular tunes move me every time I hear them.
I wanted to step away from the piano for this project in order to collaborate with someone else's ideas that could influence the way I might want to sing a particular song. I feel that when you accompany yourself on piano the two elements are inseparable and it was time to do a project in a different way.
I asked my dear friend Brad Cole (Music Director for Phil Collins, etc.) to take my concepts and write the arrangements and orchestrations as well as to play piano/keyboards on this project. He seemed to know exactly what I wanted to do with each of these songs. I think we've come up with a fresh approach to this material that Gloria Lynne's recordings influenced me to explore and ultimately record!
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| Diane Marino – "Soul Serenade-The Gloria Lynne Project" |
"Marino is sassy, upbeat on "Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You" and is soulful as she bops along Chris Brown's brushes on "For You." Stately and uptown."
– jazzweekly.com – George Harris
" A jazzy vocal album that works throughout, Marino is fully ready to take flight on her own, especially if she plans on keeping it classy. Well done."
-Midwest Record – Chris Spector
"Diane Marino brings the vocal magic on ballads like "Blue Gardenia" and "Out of This World." "The Jazz in You" is produced as a sultry blues number and Marino steps up to the plate and hits a home run with this tune."
-Musical Memoirs.com – Dee Dee McNeil/Jazz Journalist
"A thoroughly enjoyable contemporary pop/jazz album from vocalist Diane Marino from "Soul Serenade: The Gloria Lynne Project" w/ some fine orchestrations and arrangements by Brad Cole."
– notesonjazz.blogspot.com – Ralph A. Miriello
"A striking vocalist, Diane Marino chose songs that brought out the emotional depth of her register. Her inflections make lyrics stand out in the listener's mind. She expresses human emotion through the range of her timbres and the elasticity in her vocal nuances. Revisiting songs from Gloria Lynne's recordings prove to be a fine fit for Diane Marino."
– Susan Franceson – Blog Critics: Marino emblazons each track with her personal touch ***** 5 Stars
"Marino wisely retains her own identity whilst conveying the feel of a Gloria Lynne performance. Which, in many ways, is the best of two worlds. Sultry, with just an edge of soul and blues and a lot of jazz. A great album that's made me aware of TWO great jazz vocalists."
– Bebop Spoken Here – Lance Liddle
"Reverie and remembrance for the art of Gloria Lynne sing through this collection – due to the inordinately beautiful performances by Diane Marino and ensemble. "
– 5 out of 5 stars A celebration of the spirit of Gloria Lynne – Grady Harp (Amazon) |
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