Lady K is Reviewed by Cashbox Magazine

Lady K and The Kings Of Swing - Live At Blackhawk Live At Blackhawk Kayjazz Productions JAZZ Reviewed 03-31-10 Lady K and The Kings Of Swing - Live At Blackhawk Live At Blackhawk The best of modern jazz is shown throughout the latest album from Lady K and the Kings Of Swing. Recording some of the all time greats with a modern sound, the band is a prime example of music at it's finest. One of the better live jazz albums I've heard in some time, "Live At Blackhawk" is an instant hit, likely to see a quick rise up the charts. Lady K leads her group with a master's touch, translating some of music's most well loved songs into modern favorites. The best example of this modern touch would be "My Favorite Things." Easily one of the best 100 songs of all time, Lady K takes an established classic and gives it a unique feel. I can imagine seeing her band perform live would be an awesome experience. Christopher Llewellyn Adams

James Zollar is Reviewed by Cashbox Magazine

James Zollar Zollar Systems JZAZ Records JAZZ Reviewed 03-31-10 James Zollar Zollar Systems The best part of jazz music is the feeling you get when it's done well. The soul of the instruments, the feeling of the players, it all translates into greatness once it's captured on record. James Zollar is one of the greats in the world of jazz and his "Zollar Systems" is, simply put, out of this world. Featuring talent not heard in generations, Zollar's latest effort is a blessing to the ears and mind. He has a true sense of his place in the genre, and handles the position with grace. It's impossible to imagine a time in the illustrious history of jazz in which Zollar would not be a star.

Gene Ess is honored by SESAC

New York: SESAC honored its affiliated composers in the jazz genre with the Sixth Annual Jazz Awards Luncheon. The event, held at New York’s popular Red Eye Grill, honored the Top 10 jazz albums of 2009.

SESAC executives Trevor Gale and Linda Lorence Critelli hosted the luncheon which drew an audience of some of the genre’s top artists, songwriters and publishers for the festive event.

"We look forward to this event each year as our way of thanking and acknowledging the incredible talent of our Jazz affiliates,” said Critelli. "The music these musicians create is masterful and an essential part of the American fabric. SESAC is honored to be associated with such gifted artists.”

Established in 1930, SESAC is a service organization created to serve both the creators of music and music users through responsive and innovative music licensing and timely, efficient royalty collection and distribution. The second oldest and fastest growing performing rights organization in the U.S., SESAC is known for its diversified repertory that includes genres including Jazz, Pop, Adult Contemporary, Urban, Rock, Americana, Contemporary Christian, Latin, Country, Gospel, Dance, Classical and New Age. SESAC is also rapidly becoming the contemporary rights organization of choice among many of Hollywood’s most sought-after film and television composers. Headquartered in Nashville, the company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami and London.

2009 Jazz Award Recipients

Songwriter: Gene Ess
Album: Modes Of Limited Transcendence
Publisher: SIMP Music

Songwriter: Walter Beasley
Album: Free Your Mind
Publisher: Affable Publishing

Songwriter: Tom Harrell
Album: Prana Dance
Publisher: Tom Harrell Music

Songwriter: Cecil Brooks III
For the musical contribution to the album
Blues Citizens
Recorded by Radam Schwartz
Publisher: B3 Music

Songwriter: Radam Schwartz
Album: Blues Citizens
Publisher: B3 Music

Songwriter: Derrick Gardner
Album: Echoes of Ethnicity
Recorded by Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets
Publisher: Impact Jazz

Songwriter: Robert Glasper
Album: Double Booked
Publisher: I Am A Jazzy Guy Music

Songwriter: Vijay Iyer
Album: Historicity
Publisher: Multiplicity Music

Songwriter: Ben Allison
Album: Think Free
Publisher: Sonic Camera

Songwriter: Lynne Arriale
Album: Nuance: The Bennett Studio Sessions
Publisher: Arriale Publishing

Songwriter: Stefon Harris
Album: Urbanus
Recorded by Stefon Harris & Blackout
Publisher: Stefonaphone Music

Songwriter: Daniel Sadownick
Album: There Will Be A Day
Publisher: NasDan Music

Songwriter: Lauren Sevian
Album: Blueprint
Publisher: Lasevia Music

Sylvia Bennett is Reviewed by All About Jazz Today!

CD/LP Review | Published: March 25, 2010

Smile
Sylvia Bennett | Self Produced (2010)

By Edward Blanco

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The Great American Songbook is full of love songs that have stood the test of time through countless interpretations by the greatest singers in the world. In searching for new ways to recast such standards—without serving up the same old tunes in the same worn out fashion—Sylvia Bennetttakes her turn at voicing many of these familiar songs and, with Smile, breathing new life into a dozen oft-recorded standards. To distinguish the album from other similar recordings, Bennett and longtime producer/guitarist Hal S. Batt, forgo the use of any horn instruments in favor of delivering rhythm-based music employing a typical piano-bass-drum combo augmented by Batt on guitar, and adding a special touch—the sounds of the Vienna Strings, arranged by Mike Lewis.

Bennett's warm-toned vocals serve her quite well here as she unleashes an assault on the Songbook in stylish fashion, opening and closing the repertoire with Burt Bacharach's "Look of Love," bookending the album with a classic rendition and a smooth pop version, essentially departing from the theme of the project. The late Charlie Chaplin most likely spread a smile from above after hearing Bennett's treatment of his immortal title tune complete with Batt's tasteful guitar licks against the backdrop of beautifully arranged strings.

On the bewitching "Witchcraft," Bennett turns in a lush performance behind some very fine instrumentals from her hand-picked crew. Based in Miami, Florida, the singer calls on nationally-recognized musicians from the area including bassist and University of Miami educator Chuck Bergeron, pianist Mike Levine, drummer Richard Bravo, and percussionist Sammy Figueroa.

The love ballads continue with the classic "Shadow of Your Smile" and Ray Noble's "The Very Thought of You," with Bennett's soft vocals providing a tenderizing touch. Flavoring the music from boleros to bossa nova and Latin styles, some of the pieces—like "Make Someone Happy" and the Cole Porterstandard "Night and Day"—include delicate percussion from Figueroa, except on "Where or When," where the beat is lively and fast-paced.

Bennett does her magic with stellar reads of "Fly Me to the Moon" and "What a Difference a Day Makes." Before the pop-styled finale of the "Look of Love," she provides a bonus track of "Smile," this time titled "Sonrie," voicing the lyrics in Spanish, backed once again, by superb instrumentals and strings. Within the genre of gentle jazzy love songs, Bennett's treatment of this music delivers a musical experience sure to draw a well-deserved Smile.

Track listing: Look of Love; Smile; Witchcraft; Shadow of Your Smile; The Very Thought of You; Make Someone Happy; I'll Be Seeing You; Where or When; Love is Here to Stay; Night and Day; Fly Me to the Moon; What a Difference a Day Makes; Sonrie; Look of Love.

Personnel: Sylvia Bennett: vocals; Chuck Bergeron: bass; Mike Levine: piano; Richard Bravo: drums; Hal S. Batt: guitar; Sammy Figueroa: shaker (6, 8, 10); Mike Lewis: arranger of Vienna Strings.

Lin McPhillips is reviewed today by Cashbox Magazine

Lin McPhillips My Shining Hour Lin McPhillips JAZZ Reviewed 03-24-10 Lin McPhillips My Shining Hour Modern jazz has evolved more than any other musical genre. America's best contribution to world music, jazz has seen several adjustments in style and grown throughout them all. Lin McPhillips is a terrific example of the best in modern jazz, and "My Shining Hour" is a definite addition for any diverse music collection. Hailing from the San Francisco region, McPhillips is both blessed with enormous musical gifts and skilled friends to boot. The collected talent on this album is as diverse as the artform itself, and their shared efforts have resulted in a bona fide modern jazz gem. Of all the songs on "My Shining Hour", I'd pick "When April Comes Again" as the best track. McPhillips sensational voice and the collected musicians create a timeless classic to be enjoyed by longtime jazz fans and novices to the artform alike. Art, in it's purest form, spawns from tireless work and unlimited love for your craft. Lin McPhillips is a modern maestro whose passion for musical beauty is as limitless as the blue Pacific waters she sees out her bedroom window. make "My Shining Hour" a destination on your life's musical journey. Christopher Llewellyn Adams

Zollar Moves Up the Jazzweek Chart to #20

James Zollar moves up the national Jazzweek Radio Chart this week. In, 1984, he moved to New York City and played with the Cecil McBee Quintet for five years and then recorded with Tom Harrell, with Weldon Erving and Sam Rivers. Zollar was featured in Robert Altman’s motion picture “Kansas City”, in Madonna’s music video “My Baby’s Got a Secret”, as well as Malcolm Lee’s film “The Best Man”. He played on the sound truck of “The Perez Family” and is proud to be included in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oxford University Press 1999.). James was also a featured soloist with Jon Faddis and Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra as well as Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

He remains New York based, where he stands out in a wide range of musical settings. Today, he’s playing with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, working with several of Don Byron’s Bands, and also working with NYC Blues Devil.

17 PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, Preservation (Preservation Hall)
17 LISA HILTON, Twilight & Blues (Ruby Slippers)
19 PAT METHENY, Orchestration (Nonesuch)
20 GAIL PETTIS, Here in the Moment (OA2)
20 James Zollar, Zollar Systems (JZAZ)

Jenni Brandon, Reviewed today by Indiana Public Radio

Jenni Brandon's Songs of California contains some of the most imaginative, ingratiating recent chamber music for winds I've heard. Five Frogs (in six movements) is a pond-side exploration of the constituent members of the woodwind quintet at which Thoreau would have smiled. The bullfrog/bassoon swells contentently and flies buzz languidly (courtesy of the detached oboe reed). The disc contains thoughtful solo works for flute, Bb clarinet, and bass clarinet, and the concluding Sea Quartet for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano fuses the puckishness of Poulenc with a west-coast mellowness. Delightful!
~Steven Turpin, Morning Musicale host, Indiana Public Radio

James Zollar - #40 at Jazzweek National Jazz Radio Chart

James Zollar debuts at #40 today on the national jazz radio chart Jazzweek. Zollar is enjoying success on the Jazzweek, CMJ and RMR national jazz radio charts with his new release Zollar Systems. The Zollar Systems CD contains a wide range of music for the musical palate, from swing, bebop and funk to avant-garde to bossa novas to sweet ballads. Add in soaring vocals on select tracks in different languages, it even has a bit of opera. Truly showcasing the true spirit of jazz and its many flavors. The one undeniable ingredient is hard-blowing bop, and it is truly searing.

39 - Roberta Gambarini, So In Love (EmArcy/Groovin' High)

40 - James Zollar, Zollar Systems (JZAZ)

41 - Ken Peplowski, Noir Blue (Capri

42 - Lisa Hilton, Twilight Blues (Ruby Slippers)

43 - Dee Dee Bridgewater, To Billie With Love From Dee Dee (Emarcy/DDB)

44 - Charlie Hunter, Gentleman I Neglected to Inform You..(Reapandsow/Spire Artist)

Gabriel Riesco Reviewed Today at Jazz Chicago

GR Project "Sculptures in Time"

(WUC Records)
Eduardo Chillida was a highly acclaimed sculptor who built massive abstract structures that suggest movement through the use of form and space. Guitarist Gabriel Riesco used Chillada's work as the inspiration for his Sculptures in Time. A former student at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Berklee graduate, Riesco also spent several years in Miami and toured with the Miami Dade Big Band. Now settled in NYC, Riesco has put together an outstanding group, including pianist Ray Assaf, saxophonist Nir Naaman, bassist Chris Smith and drummer Colin Stranahan to perform his melodic, yet challenging music. Using a unique fingerpicking playing style - he uses no pick and no fingernails - Riesco creates a warm, yet vigorous sound. He says his compositions explore opposite concepts such as tension and release, beauty and power, sound and silence, and indeed these pieces do fit his description. Songs like the opening "Seul B" shift from quiet reflection to hard-charging on a dime and this crack band navigates through the complex changes with confidence and verve. "Chillida" takes a perfect relaxed pace with moments of space and plenty of opportunities for the players to shine - here it is Assaf who takes a strong solo turn, while drummer Stranahan adds a compellingly subdued drum solo. "Ging Gong" continues this mid-tempo direction, with both Riesco and saxman Naaman excelling at this peaceful pace. But Naaman really impresses on the 10:29 "Ol For" - which picks up the energy and tempo and cuts the reed player loose. But then the song suddenly mutates and becomes slow and clear as a quiet stream with twinkling piano and a languid guitar solo that slowly builds to a climax. Another interesting usage of contrasts in an album full of them. "Airnara" is a fairly straightforward ballad, but with a bitter-sweetness to it, while "Simba's Samba" lives up to its name - combining a samba beat with African flavor - which continues on "Africa." The beautiful "Todo Claro" ends this album of motion and space on a quiet and satisfying note .
http://www.gabrielriescoproject.com

Thought of the Day

Do more than just getting by. Make the choice to triumph, over adversity, over the circumstances, over your perceived limitations. Choose to triumph and you are already on the way. You are no longer making excuses, and no longer using the troubles as reasons for avoiding action.

Live the life you know, deep inside, that you were born to live. Feel your purpose as it illuminates the rich possibilities in this very moment. You have so very much to give. As you sincerely give of yourself, you make your world, and all of life, more beautiful and more valuable. Step beyond the fear that you might lose something. Go forward with the confidence of knowing that there is value to be gained from every experience.

What value do you wish to gain, what new expression of your unique purpose do you wish to create right now? Go ahead and run with it, for this is your moment to triumph.

Lady K and the Kings of Swing Make Bob Parlocha's Top 40 List

current chart || february 11, 2010
		No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
		Ronnie	For the Love of You	Straight Ahead
		1 RONNIE CUBER RONNIE STEEPLECHASE 2 JOE LOCKE FOR THE LOVE OF YOU E1 3 HADLEY CALIMAN STRAIGHT AHEAD ORIGIN 4 STEVE HOBBS VIBES, STRAIGHT UP CHALLENGE 5 JOHN STEIN RAISING THE ROOF WHALING CITY 6 BILL MAYS MAYS AT THE MOVIES STEEPLECHASE 7 D. STRYKER ONE FOR REEDUS STEEPLECHASE 8 JACKIE RYAN BEST OF LOVE SONGS OPEN ART 9 HOLLY HOFMANN THREE'S COMPANY CAPRI 10 M. RAMEY MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY COGNITO 11 VINCENT GARDNER THREE-FIVE STEEPLECHASE 12 HAROLD DANKO ESCAPADE STEEPLECHASE 13 DR. LONNIE SMITH THE ART OF.. CRISS CROSS 14 GAIL PETTIS HERE IN THE MOMENT OA2 15 AHMAD JAMAL A QUIET TIME DREYFUS 16 ERICA LINDSAY/SUMI TONOOKA INITIATION ARC 17 BRADEN-RAPP THE STRAYHORN PROJECT PMS 18 RICKEY WOODARD PINEAPPLE.. WOOD & WOOD 19 GRAHAM DECHTER RIGHT ON TIME CAPRI 20 KEYON HARROLD INTRODUCING.. CRISS CROSS 21 PAT METHENY ORCHESTRION NONESUCH 22 MATT SLOCUM PORTRAITS CHANDRA 23 MIKE BARONE ..OF THE BUMBLEBEE RHUBARB 24 SEAMUS BLAKE BELLWETHER CRISS CROSS 25 WAYNE ESCOFFERY UPTOWN POSITONE 26 GREG REITAN ANTIBES SUNNYSIDE 27 RONI BEN-HUR FORTUNA MOTEMA 28 LORRAINE FEATHER AGES JAZZED MEDIA 29 S. COLSON UNTARNISHED.. SILVER SPHINX* 30 GIA NOTTE SHADES GNOTE 31 TOBIAS GEBB FREE AT LAST YUMMYHOUSE 32 FRED FRIED CORE 3.0 BALLET TREE* 33 M. PRINTUP BALLADS.. STEEPLECHASE 34 ANTONIO CIACCA LAGOS BLUES MOTEMA 35 M. MARCUS COUNTDOWN.. PORTO FRANCO 36 ORI DAGAN S'CAT GOT MY TONGUE SCATCAT 37 VINCE NORMAN BRIGHT FUTURE OA2 38 FRANCK AMSALLEM ..SINGS FRAMFRA 39 SHERYL BAILEY A NEW PROMISE MCG JAZZ 40 JAY D'AMICO NOCTURNE CAP* 41 LADY K LIVE AT BLACKHAWK KAYJAZZ 42 KAREN MARGUTH KAREN MARGUTH WAYFAE 43 BABATUNDE LEA UMBO WETI MOTEMA

My Wish For You!

Forget about what you can't do. Focus on what you will do. Dream big dreams and make workable plans that will get you there. Then put those plans into action and do what you will do.

Allow the beauty and richness of your dreams to expand your concept of what you are willing to do. This is your life and you deserve to give yourself the very best. Intensely feel the accomplishment in your imagination. Let that incomparable feeling of satisfaction push you forward. Focus on what you will do and you'll discover that it is more than enough. You have within you the capacity, the ability and the drive to reach whatever dreams are meaningful to you.

Every day is an opportunity for richness and fulfillment. Feel what you will do, and why, and make today the best one yet.

Kari Gaffney, Kari-On Productions
kari@karigaffney.com

Christopher Lehman Maintains his Hold on CMJ Jazz Chart

With so much experience on the bandstand and commitment to musical education timelines, it was easy to get lost in the sideman role. Playing the part in someone else’s ensemble or putting together ensembles for the gig of the moment made him hungry to breakout on his own. At a private function in 2006, Lehman (who was the leader in all aspects) had an ‘epiphany’ to create and record his own material.

CMJ Jazz National Radio Chart issue #1142

29 - Christopher Lehman (Self-Released)

30 - Rufus Reid (Motema Music)

31 - New York Art Quartet (Cuneiform)

32 - Wadada Leo Smith (Cuneiform)

His concept was to create a recording that would focus on Lehman’s originals, a release that would entertain a broad audience and have lasting "listenability." Without compromise, and with clear focused intent the concept and execution of popjazzic was born. With the 2010 release of popjazzic, Lehman has finally arrived at his destination. popjazzic is a stirring set of groove oriented originals that embodies familiar frameworks broadened by Lehman’s creative, entertaining and melodic ideas.

James Zollar Debuts at #17 on the CMJ National Jazz Radio Chart

After a twelve year recording hiatus as a leader, Zollar re-emerges with Zollar Systems, a refreshingly sharp hard bop recital, bristling with energy and sonic acuteness. Tired of that old Blue Note '50s-'60s blowing session model? Think again. Zollar breathes new life into the old form, tightening it up and repackaging it for the 21st Century. This is apparent, right out of the chute with Daniel Jackson's "Chicago Preferred," in classic hard bop form: complex, rhythmically assertive head followed by solos. Zollar is more Kenny Dorham than Lee Morgan and it still doesn't reveal the tart, informed tone of the leader.

Zollar Debut's on the CMJ National Jazz Radio Chart issue #1142

17 - James Zollar, Zollar Systems (JZAZ)
18 - Chris Joss, Monomaniacs (ESL Music)
19 - David Leonhardt, Bach to the Blues (Big Bang)
20 - Mike LeDonne, The Groover (Savant)

James Zollar is a musical treasure hidden in plain sight. He has played and recorded as a sideman for a variety of artists, including Cecil McBee, Tom Harrell, Weldon Irving and Sam Rivers, as a member of Wynton Marsalis' brass section in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, TheDuke Ellington Orchestra and several of Don Byron's bands. While he leads his own mainstream-oriented quintet, Zollar has recorded only one collection, the very fine Soaring With Bird(Naxos Jazz, 1998).

James Zollar Reviewed at All About Jazz

CD/LP Review | Published: March 7, 2010 Zollar System James Zoller | JZAZ Records (2010) By C. Michael Bailey Discuss James Zollar is a musical treasure hidden in plain sight. He has played and recorded as a sideman for a variety of artists, including Cecil McBee, Tom Harrell, Weldon Irving and Sam Rivers, as a member of Wynton Marsalis' brass section in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, TheDuke Ellington Orchestra and several of Don Byron's bands. While he leads his own mainstream-oriented quintet, Zollar has recorded only one collection, the very fine Soaring With Bird(Naxos Jazz, 1998). Twelve years later, he re-emerges as leader with Zollar Systems, a refreshingly sharp hard bop recital, bristling with energy and sonic acuteness. Tired of that old Blue Note '50s-'60s blowing session model? Think again. Zollar breathes new life into the old form, tightening it up and repackaging it for the 21st Century. This is apparent, right out of the chute with Daniel Jackson's "Chicago Preferred," in classic hard bop form: complex, rhythmically assertive head followed by solos. Zollar is more Kenny Dorham than Lee Morgan and it still doesn't reveal the tart, informed tone of the leader. Pianist Rick Germanson wastes no time establishing both his modern bop creds. His introduction to Basia's "The Prayer of a Happy Housewife" shimmers as doesStacy Dillard's soprano saxophone. Date producer and vocalist Nabuko Kiryu pens and sings her original composition "Take the Subway Home." She also provides the jaunty original "Go-en," sung in the original Japanese and then English. Zollar's solo sparkles with intelligence and melody. Don Byron lends his clarinet to the Eddie Harris romp "Spasmodic Movement," providing an angular and sharp solo. Zollar proves his real talent on Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You." Unadorned and honest, Zollar's interpretation is melody over invention, soul over technique—the perfect hard bop ballad. James Zollar has spent far too long in the shadow of other leaders, who were all lucky to have his talent. Zollar Systems and the previous Soaring With Bird show the trumpeter to be more than able to lead his own musical vision. Track listing: Chicago Preferred; The Prayer of a Happy Housewife; Take The Subway Home;The Nearness of You; Spasmodic Movements; Go-En; Slick; Angel Face; Black Winter; Time To Say Good Bye. Personnel: James Zollar: trumpet; Stacy Dillard: tenor and soprano saxophones; Rick Germanson: piano, keyboards; Ugonna Okegwo, Andy McCloud: bass; Bruce Cox: drums; Nabuko Kiryu: vocals, all arrangements. Style: Straightahead/Mainstream

Lin McPhillips Reviewed at All About Jazz

CD/LP Review | Published: March 6, 2010

My Shining Hour
Lin McPhillips | Self Produced (2010)

By C. Michael Bailey

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San Francisco jazz singer Lin McPhillips throws elbows and says, "I'm here now" on My Shining Hour, her self-produced recording debut. McPhillips returns to performing after a nearly 20-year hiatus, following in the creative footsteps of other notable West Coast jazz musicians (Art Pepper,Frank Morgan, Ed Reed, and Hadley Caliman), without the attendant harrowing reasons for the absence. No, McPhillips took time off to care for herself and family during which she taught jazz singing. With life issues winding down, McPhillips entered the woodshed and emerged fearless.

A very personal recording, My Shining Hour is constructed around songs McPhillips associates with and dedicates to those who are important to her. McPhillips honors her father with an Ellington medley of "I Don't Miss You/Solitude" followed by a second Ellington set "Azure/Azur-et." These couplings boast a genius that can only be credited to the inspiration of love. The set employs the best wares of pianist Denny Berthiaume, clarinetist Kristen Strom, and the nylon-stringed guitars of Eddie Duran and Scott Sorkin.

McPhillips has bebop stripes also. Charlie Parker's "Au Privave" provides McPhillips a vehicle in which she can test her scatting skills embellished tastefully with some Lil' Wayne electronics. McPhillips uses a chorus effect to broaden and deepen her presence. She wisely does not overuse the effects. It makes for an exciting change of pace from the routine jazz vocals outing. Following the heat of "Au Privave" is a sassy-languid "You're Blase," driven by Sorkin's electric guitar and Mad Duran's questioning flute.

True musical treasures are only found through judicious and patient listening. The technological expansion of the last 20 years has made it possible for artists of the exceptional ilk of McPhillips to find a reasonable outlet for their talents. The title song has no dedication, therefore it is dedicated to McPhillips herself and has been a long time coming.

Track listing: The Wind; Devil May Care; When April Comes Again; I'm Old Fashioned; I don't miss you/Solitude; Azure/Azurete; Au Privave; You're Blasé; Haunted Heart; So Danco Samba; My Shining Hour.

Personnel: Lin McPhillips: vocals; Denny Berthiaume: keyboards; Eddie Duran and Scott Sorkin: guitar; Kristen Strom, Mad Duran: reeds, flute; Rick Girard: bass; Michaelle Goerlitz: percussion; Akira Tara: drums; John Worley: trumpet, flugelhorn.