Jacintha Is Her Name CD

Jacintha Is Her Name Music

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Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Easy Listening, Vocal, Contemporary Blues, Jazz Vocals, Contemporary Jazz Vocals
Label	Groove Note
Orig Year	2003
All Time Sales Rank	23203
CD Universe Part number	5857482
Discs	1
Release Date	Jun 24, 2003
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Joe Harley
Engineer	Michael C. Ross
Personnel	Hollywood 2002 Jacintha - vocals Ron Eschete - guitar Holly Hoffman - flute California on November 20-24 Derek Oleskiewicz - bass Also: Larry Bunker, Bill Cunliffe, Harry Allen, Larance Marable

Jacintha Is Her Name Songs

	1.	Willow Weep for Me
	2.	Thrill Is Gone, The
	3.	Something Cool
	4.	Don't Smoke in Bed
	5.	Light My Fire
	6.	I'm in the Mood for Love
	7.	God Bless the Child
	8.	'Round Midnight
	9.	I'll Never Smile Again
	10.	Gone With the Wind
	11.	Cry Me a River

Jacintha Is Her Name Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars Smouldering Tribute to La London
Jacintha has mastered the "close to the microphone" technique of the 50's intimate jazz singers, like Julie London and Peggy Lee. This homage to Ms. London is appropriately stripped down & each track shimmers. As of yet, my opinion is, this is Jacintha's best.
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5 stars What a sound quality
Out standing recording of this CD. You can feel like the singer standing infrond of you. Just close your eyes listen to this CD and you know what I want to discribe
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