Artist: Carmen Lundy
Album: Good Morning Kiss
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: Justin Time
Released: 1985/2002
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Time Is Love (2:43)
- Dindi (5:55)
- The Lamp Is Low (8:05)
- Perfect Stranger (3:28)
- Good Morning Kiss (5:39)
- Show Me That You Love Me (4:08)
- Love for Sale (6:43)
- Quiet Times (3:40)
- Dindi (alternate take) (6:00)
- Perfect Stranger (alternate take) (3:28)
- Good Morning Kiss (alternate take) (5:43)
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- Personnel:
- Carmen Lundy - vocals
- Jon Faddis, Cecil Bridgewater, Earl Gardner - trumpet
- Steve Turre - trombone
- Rene McLean - tenor saxophone
- Bobby Watson - alto saxophone
- Jim Hartog - baritone saxophone
- Harry Whitaker - piano, Yamaha DX-7
- Curtis Lundy, Ben Brown - bass
- Victor Lewis - drums
- Myra Casales - percussion
Carmen Lundy's debut album was so strong that it's surprising a follow-up was not released domestically for another six years. This excellent effort for the soon-defunct Black Hawk label uses a variety of personnel, including several horn players (trumpeters Jon Faddis, Cecil Bridgewater and/or Earl Gardner, trombonist Steve Turre and altoist Bobby Watson, who provided the arrangements) on four of the eight selections; the other numbers showcase Lundy with a rhythm section including keyboardist Harry Whitaker. Lundy (who puts the right amount of feeling into "Love for Sale") has both a flexible range and the ability to sing beautiful low notes. She is also a talented composer, as she shows by contributing five of the eight songs. Well worth searching for.
Review by Scott Yanow