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Reviewed By: Constance Tucker
Hot, Hot, Hot, Cool, Cool, Cool and Swing, Swing Swing...Nancy Osborne
has the right ingredients that add up to spicy textures, on target pitch
and just pure fun. So many releases in jazz spend an absorbent amount
of time trying to be complex, over-thoughtout, and so technical that
the general populous cannot begin to understand the message. Osborne's
message is loud and clear on Hot Swing, Cool Jazz you feel your
whole body becoming a part of the experience. Not only is Osborne infectious
but her vocal delivery is superbly rich in tone and delivery.
Osborne is back by a plethora of seasoned professionals
that make this recipe "De-Lovely."
Hailing from Maysville, Kentucky, also birthplace
of Rosemary Clooney, at 17 Nancy started her professional career singing
with the Young Americans, she then toured nationwide in such shows as
Lil Abner, Cabaret, Gypsy, and My Fair Lady. For many years Nancy worked
for Walt Disney Productions, performing with the Kids of the Kingdom,
and starring as the sassy "Slue Foot Sue" in the Golden Horseshoe
Revue. Nancy's New York cabaret sister act Birds of a Feather in October
of 2005 received rave reviews, and resulted in the invitation to be
one of the opening acts in the National Cabaret Convention in Chicago
at the Palmer House Empire Room, March 2006.
Osborne is a Big Band vocalist with panache, style and vocal abilities
far beyond many of her piers and Hot Swing, Cool Jazz would be a welcome
edition to any connoisseurs collection.
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Track Listing:
1. I Love Being Here With You
2. Mister Sandman
3. Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead
4. I've Got You Under My Skin
5. It's De-lovely
6. Something's Gotta Give
7. Only You
8. And the Angels Sing
9. All That Jazz
10. He's a Tramp
11. Pardon My Southern Accent
12. Two Lost Souls
13. Gypsy in My Soul
14. Georgia On My Mind
15. Hallelujah I Just Love Him So
16. As Long As I'm Singing
 
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