Dana Gillespie - Blues It Up - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Grieg / White,Harry-Kinross / Rushton - Summer Night [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/25/2006

For the first time in her career, Blues diva Dana Gillespie releases a live album. After four studio sets for Ace, dating back to 1982's Blue Job, this CD is released in response to the demand by her audiences around the world. Recorded with the London Blues Band in Poole in 2006, the set features the dynamic guitar skills of Dino Baptiste. No fancy studio tweaks are used here. Dana and the Band cut the mustard, with the very highest level of musicianship, spiced up with a lot of fun, to create this straight-ahead record of a fabulous gig from a great singer with a great band. 12 tracks. Ace. 2007.

2003 album for Europe's leading blues diva. Gillespie has recorded 45 albums in 40 years, this is her fourth for Ace. Featuring ten original compositions plus Frankie Miller's 'You're the Star'.