| The Party Upstairs |
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Produced, arranged and conducted by J. (Billy)VerPlanck.
Recorded March 21 and 23, 2005, at Tony Bennett Studios, Englewood,
NJ. Dave Kowalski, engineer.
Tedd Firth, piano; Steve LaSpina and Jerry Bruno, bass; Richard DeRosa, drums.
Special guests: Dr. Billy Taylor, Norman Simmons, Bucky Pizzarelli.
From the liner notes:
"This is an album of songs about love -- love imagined, love
experienced and love lost. There is a striking lack of sentimentality
about them, but a marked expression of deep passion in most of them.
Some have been around for quite a while, and others are brand new. Thanks
to Marlene's talent for making a listener comfortable with whatever she
is singing, all of these selections, whether familiar or not, will swiftly
feel like old friends...
"Thanks to the insightful interpretations of Marlene and her supporting
cast, the total package effectively captures the ups and downs that reside in
the world of romance."
--
Joe Lang, President, New Jersey Jazz Society
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