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Listen Here

Lisa Rich

Label: Tritone Records
Released: 1984
Duration: 00:34:23
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Tracks

Nothing Like You; Listen Here; The Wine of May; Morning; Shaker Song; Bulgarian Folk Tune; Time's Lie; Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most; The Drinking Song; Can't Buy Me Love; D.C. Farewell

Personnel

Album Description

“At a time when the economics of the art of jazz singing are certainly not at their best and it even seems as though a few new enemies of the legacy of Louis Armstrong may be raising their ugly heads on the horizon it is doubly heartening to hear the best LP I've heard since Tom Lellis, a couple of years ago, from Lisa Rich. You the listener probably will agree with me that herein your ears will find excellence on many levels. Pitch, tone, improvisation, song selection, and arrangement just sheer talent, too. Just sheer talent. Give this young lady the years of vocal employment she deserves and even her excellence will grow. Besides a varied and contemporary repertoire, she even sings us a complex Bulgarian piece to remind us of the cultural influence of many centuries of Moslem Ottoman Turkish rule over Bulgaria- the traditions of sliding and "whining" vocal styles that the many talented black people in their forced migration during the hideous institution called slavery) brought with them from the Moslem north of Africa. It is this cultural phenomenon, that over the years, later opened up the possibilities that Louis Armstrong's voice made into our Ameri can art of singing like a horn (or "playing" like early singers)-jazz singing. So, here's our newest, Lisa Rich. Enjoy.” –Mark Murphy, Vocalist/Lyricist, Muse Recording Artist

“Lisa's voice is strong, elastic, and capable of conveying a wide range of emotions.” –W. Royal Stokes, The Washington Post