Member Since: 09/11/2006
Band Members: Gwen Leo-Allen singing with various jazz musicians from around Hamburg.Featured here are Jürgen Kok on guitar ("That Ol' Devil Called Love" by Doris Fisher and Allen Roberts), and the Skyliner Big Band conducted by Andreas Böther ("Feels Like October" by Mike Segal and "So In Love" by Cole Porter). The big band arrangements are by Torsten Maas. The soloists were Markus Steinhauser (ts) and Peter Overbeck (fh). "One Fine Day" is a song by Carole King, this version was inspired by a Natalie Merchant interpretation. It was recorded and engineered by Joachim Schlüter, who also did all programming.These recordings were made around 1998 - 2002.
Influences: Lots of them - all the great jazz, blues and soul singers and crooners, old and new, including: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Gloria Lynne, Shirley Horn, Abbey Lincoln, Carmen Mc Rae, Etta James, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Junior, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Cassandra Wilson, India Arie...
Type of Label: Major