“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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