Better Than Anything
Japanese pressing of the jazz vocalist’s 2007 album...

The young singer is endowed with a broad vocal range and a smooth jazz style. Her solo CD debut finds Lisa with a number of Pittsburgh’s most popular jazz musicians immersed in the standards of Jerome Kern, Matt Dennis, Cy Coleman, Harold Arlen and Bobby Troup. Among the tunes presented are Fever, They Didn’t Believe Me, When The Sun Comes Out, The Meaning of the Blues, Lullaby of Birdland, With Every Breath I Take and the perennial Bluesette penned by Toots Thielmans. I especially liked the singer’s interpretation of the late Julie London’s “The Meaning of the Blues” with some fine horn accompaniment by Frank Podroskey. Bluesette is another standout on this album....

With a set of pipes both powerful and provocative – jazz vocalist Marcie Campbell will warm you with her special blend of standards and original songs...

“A Song for You” is a 1970 song written and originally performed by rock singer-songwriter Leon Russell. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness from an estranged lover, the tune is one of Russell’s best-known songs. ...

Bossa Nova Diva Sitti will charm us once again on her 4th album under Warner Music Inc. Dubbed as ” Contagious ” Sitti wants to infect her listeners with her bossa nova charms. The album contains 16 tracks of bossa influences from Annie Lennox,Sade, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Basia. For those who want to get mesmerize with her soulful bossa songs,grab a copy of her album. Contagious is under Warner Music Philippines Inc. and is now available at your favorite record bars nationwide....

Arielle Dombasle is a French film actress with more than 50 movies to her credit, and now she’s trying her hand as a kind of torch singer. The vintage material and arrangements on Amor Amor certainly evoke an era of sophisticated bands and witty and heartfelt material, be it the classic “As Time Goes By” or “Quireme.” With her breathy voice and accent — and singing in both Spanish and English — Dombasle makes the most of her abilities to generate a little heat and sensuality, and it helps that much of the material is familiar, like “Cuando Calienta el Sol.” Amor Amor aims at being nostalgically chic, with several exotic shades of Cuba in some of the arrangements...

Much like her self-titled debut from 2004, the second album by television actress and jazz-pop singer Renee Olstead finds the flame-haired teenager working with producer and arranger David Foster on a track list consisting mostly of standards … Full Descriptionfrom the Great American Songbook. A more than adequate singer with a surprising depth for such a young age (just 17 when this album was recorded), Olstead shines on classics like “Stars Fell On Alabama” and “Lover Man.”...