Reviews of the Peggy Lee and Rosemary Clooney Tribute Compact Disc

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Peggy Lee / Rosemary Clooney Tribute
Featuring Mary Ellen Desmond and Meg Clifton

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"The improvisation on this album is far more than accompaniment: it’s sheer craftsmanship. It appears in retrospect that what started out looking like it might be a flashy, entertaining, and stylized hommage to two “great ladies of song” turned out to be even better--namely, a thoughtful set of throroughly modern ensemble work with reminiscences and references to the evolution of small group jazz." Victor L. Schermer, All About Jazz. Full Review: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0603_156.htm

Mary Ellen Desmond vocal and Meg Clifton vocal thrilled the standing room only crowd at Chris’ Jazz Café.-Ken Weiss, Cadence Magazine, July 2003

"Meg Clifton is an incredibly gifted young singer and Mary Ellen Desmond creates her own wave of excitement" - True Van Deusen, Philadelphia Metro, 2002

"Velvety...all romance...big, smooth tone...McKenna dares to play pretty and gets away with it." Philadelphia Inquirer, July 1, 2001

"John Swana is one of the most exciting trumpeters to arrive for a decade," declares Mark Gardner, co-author of Blackwell's Guide to Recorded Jazz.

"Mark Kramer is an unheralded Philly jazz institution: self-taught and prodigiously gifted jazz pianist. Among musicians, his reputation couldn't be heavier; his list of credits as an accompanist and arranger reads like a modern jazz encyclopedia." —Nate Chinen, NYC writer for Metro, 2002

"If you don't make it to any of the Jimmy Scott shows--and I don't know what your excuse could possibly be--the release party for this CD should be great fun. A tribute to Lee and Clooney, arguably two of the greatest standards interpreters, this album features some of the best songs ever written--Cole Porter's "It's Alright With Me," "Fever," Rodgers and Hart's "Lover," and "Why Don't You Do Right"--and Desmond and Clifton are certainly up to the task. A fixture on the local jazz scene, Desmond leads the swing-focused Mary Ellen Desmond and Her Little Big Band, and it's no surprise she handles the material with confidence. More disarming is the considerable talent of relative newcomer Clifton, who sings in the band Big Swing Face. Desmond and Clifton surround themselves with some of the best, including trumpeter John Swana, pianist Mark Kramer and beloved saxophonist Larry McKenna, who played with Clooney. Along with bassist David Brodie and drummer Jim Schade, this is a group amply qualified to toast the two legendary vocalists, and if the live show is as enjoyable as the CD, you're in for a treat." CD release shows Fri., May 9 and Sat., May 10, 9pm and 11pm. Call for reservations. $10. Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131 Spin Cycle, Philadelphia Weekly