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Joan Bender Discography of CDs
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Star Eyes CD (2001)
 $15.05 
There is still much to commend this album. Possessed with a voice of considerable strength and range, Bender has a way with each of the songs included on the play list. Along the way, she has become a fine vocalist as she shows on this, her initial album. In short, Bender is at hope with each tune. The Rubins and the rest of the quartet recruited to back Bender on this CD are fine musicians. This lacking is in no way a fatal defect. The problem is that the two, Bender's voice and the quartet, don't mix well. She is alternatively coy and sassy on the Mary Martin vehicle "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"; disappointed and hurt on "You've Changed," which features some fine bass solo by Ben Rubin; and hopeful on "Time After Time," which is enhanced by Saul Rubin's guitar. This situation needlessly distorts performance by throwing it off balance. New York-based Joan Bender has played classical clarinet, run track, and has been active in women's causes. This is a case where the singer overwhelms the sidemen, as on such cuts as "Poinciana," instead of the other way around, which sometimes happens. With her strong, relatively high-pitched voice, she is in desperate need of a horn or two, such as a muted trumpet or a tenor sax, to add body and a softer tone to the proceedings. The Latin "My Little Boat (O Barquinho)" becomes a rostrum of her scatting skills. Running from classic romantic standards, bossa nova, samba, and two of her originals, the singer throws herself completely into each tune, holding nothing back.
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Soho Jazz CD (2006)
$15.05
Like Eva Cassidy, Joan Bender does not limit herself to only one genre of music and she has the vocal chops to cross genres smoothly. Impressive renditions of Jobim bossa nova classics are alongside folk tunes by Joni Mitchell and
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Joan Bender CD discography Alternate spellings: CD discography of songs by band, discographie, dicography, discology, disography, discografie, discogrophy, diskography.
 Joan Bender Songs
Popular or famous Joan Bender music songs: Alfie, Bird Alone, Cherokee, Credit Card Blues, If I Should Lose You, Laura, Lullaby of Birdland. More music songs Medley: Madalena, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, My Little Boat, Shimmeshwabble, So Nice, Time After Time, You've Changed, All Blues. More music songs Body And Soul, Both Sides Now, But Beautiful, Crazy.
Joan Bender albums Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | Ian McDonald | King Crimson, Foreigner, Steve Hackett, T. Rex, John Wetton, Blackfield, Chris Harwood, Herbie Mann, Giles, Giles & Fripp | | Saul Rubin | Blue Six, Roy Hargrove, Sherman Irby, Ruslan Khain, Whitney Marchelle, Frank Senior, Lisa Shaw | | Jimmy Wormworth | Johnny Copeland, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gil Coggins, Charles Davis, Jazz Modes, Tardo Hammer | | Ben Rubin | Mudville | | Joan Bender |
Joan Bender music CDs More Music Artists
Slanderin, Damh The Bard, Dave Fredrickson
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