
Gill Manly "With a Song In My Heart" SACD
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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.
Tracklisting- Midnight Sun
- Robbins' Nest
- With a Song in My Heart
- A Night in Tunisia
- Daydream
- Taxi Driver / Love for Sale
- Take Love Easy
- September Song
- Sittin' and a Rockin
- Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
- Where or When
- Lush Life
- I Keep Going Back to Joe's