Album DescriptionToward Love is straight ahead jazz with a dash of Monk, a cool sip of bossa, and an inkling of film noir. In her 2004 debut jazz CD, Deborah Latz takes ten jazz standards and weaves them into an odyssey of love ? the story of a woman falling in love, out of love and moving Toward Love again. Assembling an outstanding group of musicians, including veteran drummer Jimmy Wormworth, Timo Elliston on piano, Ben Sher of Tudo Bem on guitar and Bob Bowen on bass, Deborah has created arrangements that move from haunting and ethereal to sharp and up-tempo. With perfect control and a voice, which by turns is sexy, sultry and playful, Deborah leads us to places, both distant and achingly familiar.