Gill Manly "With a Song In My Heart" SACD

With a Song in My Heart reflects a period of maturation and reflection. It is a gentle and uncluttered smooth set of songs enhanced by the virtuoso playing of Guy Barker on trumpet.

A jewel in the crown of British Jazz for many years, but unrecorded since 1994, With a Song in My Heart saw Gill Manly make a welcome and decisive return to the studio. Gill Manly is a jazz singer who has been described as 'an amalgam of Bessie Smith and Sarah Vaughan.' Her debut album on Linn, With a Song in My Heart, features performances by trumpeter Guy Barker and singer Mark Murphy. A stalwart of London's live music scene for many years, Gill Manly has returned to the recording studio due to popular demand from champions such as Mark Murphy. With a Song in My Heart reflects a period of maturation and reflection. It is a gentle and flawless selection of jazz standards enhanced by the virtuoso playing of Guy Barker on trumpet. With a Song in My Heart sees Manly reclaim her place amongst the current jazz vocalists who have long cited her as an inspiration and a unique interpreter of the jazz singers' vast cannon.

1. Midnight Sun
2. Robbins' Nest
3. With a Song in My Heart
4. A Night in Tunisia
5. Daydream
6. Taxi Driver / Love for Sale
7. Take Love Easy
8. September Song
9. Sittin' and a Rockin
10. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
11. Where or When
12. Lush Life
13. I Keep Going Back to Joe's