Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Diane Marino “SOUL SERENADE” - The Gloria Lynne Project


“Soul Serenade” is the title of Diane Marino’s newest CD project. Although not exactly a “tribute” album, it is more of a celebration of the music made popular by the great vocalist, Gloria Lynne. As it turns out, Diane Marino has been singing some of the material she has been known for ever since she first began to sing professionally.
“I Wish You Love” is one of the first ballads she ever sang on a gig. “I’m Glad There Is You” is a track I recorded for her CD “On The Street Where You Live”.

While performing on a recent gig with drummer Vince Ector, Diane sang “I’m Glad There Is You”, and he reminded her that it was one of Gloria’s signature songs.
She then began to research more of Gloria’s work and was instantly mesmerized by her voice, style and emotion. Additionally, her choice of material was instantly appealing to her. Diane Marino tends to look for songs that are “beyond the norm” of the Great American Songbook repertoire. The songs Gloria Lynne recorded during her career stand alone in their originality and uniqueness.

As with her previous CD’s, Diane Marino always learns a tune and then works with it at the piano, making it an extension of what she’s hearing and feeling from the lyric and melody.
Diane asked her dear friend Brad Cole to take her concepts and write the arrangements and orchestrations as well as to play piano and keyboards on this project. Brad Cole knew exactly what Diane wanted to do with each of these songs, and in the end Diane Marino has delivered a fresh approach to the music made famous by Gloria Lynne.

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