The Rings Of Saturn is Tatham’s fourth CD. It’s the follow-up to her critically acclaimed
2015 release Out of My Dreams, which debuted at #26 on the JazzWeek radio
chart, solidifying her position as a top vocalist in the L.A. jazz scene and
establishing her as an important jazz artist to watch. Tatham continues the tradition -- laid down
by the great vocalists of past generations -- of finding first-class material
to sing and swing with a contemporary sensibility enhanced with hip, new
arrangements. The songs Tatham selected for this project are not your usual
fare. The CD comprises lesser-done jazz tunes as well as one original. From
standards “Love Me or Leave Me” and “It Could Happen to You,” to re-imagined
pop tunes like Todd Rundgren’s “Can We Still be Friends” and Phoebe Snow’s
“Poetry Man,” to a musical theater classic like “Anyone Can Whistle” by Stephen
Sondheim, THE RINGS OF SATURN is an eclectic project that showcases Tatham’s
musicianship, beautiful voice and aptitude for lyric interpretation. Tatham is a performer unafraid to take risks.
Her nuanced readings combined with a flexible voice that is by turns gentle and
inviting and then throaty and robust, demonstrates an artist in full control of
her diverse material.
Joanne
Tatham, vocals
Max Haymer,
piano
Lyman
Medeiros, bass
Dan
Schnelle, drums
Marcel
Camargo, guitar (5, 7,10)
Larry
Koonse, guitar (2)
Kevin
Winard, percussion
Brian
Swartz, trumpet
Bob
Sheppard, sax
Arranged by
Max Haymer, Eli Brueggemann (6), Marcel
Camargo & Joanne Tatham (10). Produced by
Mark Winkler
TRACKS:
1. Love Me
or Leave Me ( 3:45) 2. Summer in New York (5:23) 3. Catch Me If You Can (4:09) 4.
Poetry Man (4:07) 5. The Rings of Saturn (5:05) 6. Can We Still Be Friends
(4:35) 7. If You Never Come To Me (5:43) 8. Anyone Can Whistle (4:47) 9. Nice
To Be Around (3:52) 10. Jazz ‘n’ Samba (Só Danço Samba) (2:11) 11. It Could
Happen To You (3:56).
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