Carrie Wicks - I'll Get Around to It - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Reaching deep into a space of quiet joy and beauty, tinged with bit of melancholy, Seattle vocalist Carrie Wicks presents a new set of original songs that complement lyrically and melodically the three accompanying classics, Bob Dorough's InchSmall Day Tomorrow,Inch Van Heusen and Burke's InchIt Could Happen To You,Inch and Ellington's InchSolitude.Inch Featuring the same superb, simpatico trio as her prior two recordings, pianist Bill Anschell, Jeff Johnson on bass, and drummer Byron Vannoy provide a comfortable, warmly swinging environment for Wicks' lyrics to shine. •Inch... a skilled vocalist, top-notch in her phrasing and intonation, but she also possesses an ineffable Inchsomething extraInch that's both compelling and engaging... Carrie Wicks proves herself a very convincing storyteller.Inch - All About Jazz

The original tunes are all revelations... musical and lyrical sophistication of the highest order. If you attached a name like Bacharach or Richard Rodgers to them you would not be surprised. - Hobart Taylor, KUCI. Original songs propel Carrie Wicks' fourth recording for OA2 Records. Several are co-written with co-producer Nick Allison, and others with Ken Nottingham, who, along with Wicks, are members of the Bushwick Book Club where literature is used to inspire compositions and then performed at unique musical literary events. Several of these songs are presented here with Carrie's shimmering quartet meshing beautifully with her intimate, burnished tone and conversational delivery. InchSome Other Spring,Inch a harmonically intriguing ballad recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939 and InchMeet Me at No Special PlaceInch from Nat King Cole's songbook are also included. InchWhat a surprise her voice is individualistic and alluring at the same time.Inch - WWOZ, New Orleans

Ittai Shapira [brings] solo violin writing to life with a sweet, plaintive tone and an almost narrative approach to phrasing. New York Times Violinist-composer Ittai Shapira presents a new concert InchThe Old Man and the SeaInch in the 50th anniversary year of Hemmingway's Pulitzer prize winning novel. Prompted by events surrounding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, his love of all things Cuban, and his affection for Hemmingway's story, this new concerto is in three movements, from the loneliness of the fisherman to the bustle of island life and finally the heroic struggle as he finally catches a huge marlin, only for it to be eaten by sharks. Shapira has performed as soloist with orchestras worldwide including Detroit Symphony Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Czech National Symphony, and made his critically acclaimed debut at Carnegie Hall in 2003.