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I don’t know which impressed me more: the lushness of her voice or the vividness of her interpretations.\r\n\r\nMy enthusiasm intensified with her second Groove Note album \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAutumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, which I reviewed. I likened my experience to being the last person in a small jazz club where she creates a direct link among her, the microphone, and the listener.\r\n\r\nThe immediacy is uncommon. The sound of her breathing, which would be intrusive in other singers, is so sensuous that it adds to the beauty of her voice. The perfection of her diction is so palpable that you don’t just hear the words — you feel their significance.\r\n\r\nNow, in her third Groove Note album Lush Life, she sounds even more sensuous while a new musical background “strings” has been added to what so far has been a compact jazz-group accompaniment. Although jazz and strings aren’t often paired, they can go together nicely. Clifford Brown worked with them. So have Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, Ella Fitzgerald, and Shirley Horn, to name a few great jazz interpreters of the American songbook.\r\n\r\nBut these are strings with a difference, thanks to Bill Cunliffe’s remarkable arrangements. A pianist and a composer, Cunliffe received a classical musical education at Duke University before switching to jazz.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacintha, Vocals\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Marocco, Accordion\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eDmitri Matheny, Flugelhorn\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Wilson, Guitar\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eDarek Oles, Bass\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eBill Cunliffe, Piano\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoe La Barbera, Drums\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FKIo7U4aCK4","brand":"Groove Note Records","offers":[{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739182641476,"sku":"GRV1011-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739182674244,"sku":"GRV1011-9","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739182707012,"sku":"GRV1011-10","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739182739780,"sku":"GRV1011-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739182772548,"sku":"GRV1011-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739182805316,"sku":"GRV1011-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739182838084,"sku":"GRV1011-17","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739182870852,"sku":"GRV1011-18","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739182903620,"sku":"GRV1011-19","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739182936388,"sku":"GRV1011-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57310241063236,"sku":"GRV1011-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57336254595396,"sku":"GRV1011S1417","price":28.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57336254628164,"sku":"GRV1011S1517","price":30.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57336254660932,"sku":"GRV1011S1617","price":34.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57336254693700,"sku":"GRV1011S69","price":26.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57336254726468,"sku":"GRV1011S710","price":25.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/Bitmap_d50ef1dc-e2ce-4ca1-8ddb-cd48b63c5242.png?v=1790502814","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/grv1011-lush-life","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}