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Submit Your ReviewCleo Laine has always had a beautiful voice with a very wide range and she sounds her best in jazz settings. Laine isn't that much of a jazz singer herself since she does not improvise (her scatting passages tend to be played in unison with her husband, John Dankworth) but she swings. Jazz is one of her best sets of the '90s, teaming her with five reeds (including Dankworth), guitarist Larry Koonse and one of two rhythm sections. Gerry Mulligan guests on "Walking Shoes" and "Midnight Sun," Clark Terry is exuberant on "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" and a medium-tempo version of "A Child Is Born," Toots Thielemans is a strong asset on three songs, Jane Ira Bloom co-stars on "I Told You So" and Mark Whitfield is on the two Terry numbers. Throughout, Cleo Laine is heard in prime form, not offering surprises as much as confirmation of her love for jazz. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Jazz
07/09/1991
All Music Guide Review
Jazz Track Listing
Credits of Jazz
- Gerry Niewood
- Reeds
- Ed Rak
- Engineer
- Mike Renzi
- Piano
- Roger Rosenberg
- Reeds
- Toots Thielemans
- Harmonica
- Jim Zimmerman
- Drums
- Jerry Niewood
- Reeds
- Jeff Levenson
- Liner Notes
- Caroline Greyshock
- Photography
- J.J. Stelmach
- Art Direction
- Ray Loeckle
- Reeds
- Chris Musto
- Design
- Malcolm Dome
- Liner Notes
- John Campbell
- Piano
- Ettore Stratta
- Producer
- Jane Ira Bloom
- Sax (Soprano)
- Clark Terry
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Terry Clarke
- Drums
- John Dankworth
- Reeds, Arranger, Conductor
- Rich Girard
- Bass
- Larry Koonse
- Guitar
- Jay Leonhart
- Bass
- Roger Lomas
- Mastering
- Cleo Laine
- Vocals, Main Performer
- Gerry Mulligan
- Sax (Baritone)
- Mark Whitfield
- Guitar
- John Campbell
- Piano
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