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WRITTEN IN THE STARS
"Outstanding Recording"
Back Stage Bistro
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WRITTEN IN THE STARS
"Outstanding Recording"
WRITTEN IN THE STARS
VISIT BARBARA @ ALL ABOUT JAZZ
"Here's
more proof that the fusion of jazz and cabaret is one of the healthiest
trends in the music business. Cabaret singers have taste, built-in
dramatic chops, the ability to manipulate time, and, above all, respect
for lyrics. Ms. Fasano, whose background includes working all the right
rooms with all the right jazz musicians, has plenty of the above. In
addition, she's had a life-long hero-worship for Harold Arlen. Face it:
A singer who lacks appreciation for an Arlen tune shouldn't be in the
biz.
Fasano has put together 15 tunes by her icon
and they range from the obscure "Don't Like Goodbyes" (written with
Truman Capote) to the treasure "Come Rain or Come Shine," and if it has
an intro, she knows it. Pianist-arranger John Di Martino provides all
the support she needs, but lovers of the art of filling gaps will dig
trumpeter Tim Ouimette, reed man Joel Frahm, guitarist John Hart and
bassist Sean Smith. Lovers of duets will dig the swinging intimacy of
"As Long as I Live," with Eric Comstock, her hubby."
-- Harvey Siders, JazzTimes
"With this record, Barbara Fasano proves that she is not just a great Italian crooner, an heir to Sinatra for our time, but a jazz singer of the first rank." -- David Hajdu, music critic, The New Republic and author of Lush Life and Positively Fourth Street
"The
good news today is that we now have another Arlen collection that can
be played alongside Harold’s ... praise the band, and the singer, and
thank them for a bluesy, jazzy, swinging album of Arlen."
– Steven Suskin, PLAYBILL
"Ms.
Fasano is a charismatic stylist who effectively channels the living
spirits of the great über-divas Lena Horne and Barbra Streisand."
– Will Friedwald, Jazz critic, The New York Sun
Back
Stage Bistro Award
"Outstanding Recording"
“Perhaps the only singer who can successfully pair rocking Springsteen anthems with Gershwin standards … coolly elegant … a singer of restrained but deeply felt emotion ... ” -- Time Out New York
"An album worthy of Grammy consideration." -- The Village Voice
Rick Jensen is a very gifted arranger-player, too." -- Loonis McGlohon, co-writer of "Blackberry Winter"