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PURE JAZZ AT IT'S BEST

Jerry J. Jackson | Helmetta, NJ USA | 09/30/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"GLORIA PRESENTS ONLY 12 SONGS ON THIS WONDERFUL CD, BUT HER VOICE RADIATES THROUGHOUT EACH WITH APPEALING COMMANDS OF SCALES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. SHE, AS USUAL, HAUNTS A MELODY, ABOVE, BELOW AND IN-BETWEEN AND THE MUSIC SOARS AROUND HER EVERY BECKONING CALL. LISTEN TO JUNE NIGHT AND ONE FEELS THE WARMTH OF A JOYFUL MOON RIDING A COOL BREEZE. APRIL IN PARIS, WITH IT'S REPEATS BY GLORIA TRANSPORTS ONE IMMEDIATELY TO SIDE WALK CAFES IN THAT GLORIOUS CITY OF JAZZ LORE. STORMY MONDAY IS A THUMPING BLUES RENDITION WITH GREAT PIANO WORK MIMICKING HARD RAIN AND ROLLING THUNDER. EACH OF THE OTHER SONGS PROVIDE THEIR OWN MOMENTS OF SHEER DELIGHT. A DOZEN GEMS BY A RARE DIAMOND WHOSE VOICE TODAY IS JUST AS VIBRANT AS THESE EARLY CUTS. INDEED THIS IS PURE JAZZ AT IT'S BEST... WITH A SINGER WHO RIVALS THE GREAT ELLA AND SARAH, AND BEST OF ALL CAN STILL BE SEEN LIVE. TREAT YOUR SELF, YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID."