Artist: Karen Lane

Date of Release: 02/08/2004

Catalogue no: 447

Label: 33 Records 33JAZZ109

Price: £12

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Track Listing

KAREN LANE TASTE Featuring: Dave Colton Guitar, Andy Hamill Bass, Nic France Drums and Julian Ferraretto Violin.

Special Guests: Nathan Haines Alto Flute (7) and Tenor sax (10)
Theo Travis Alto Flute (3,9,12) Tenor Sax (1)
Tom Cawley Piano

Produced and Arranged By: Karen Lane
String Arrangements: Julian Ferraretto
Recorded By: Derek Nash Clown's Pocket Studio Nov/Dec 2003

Reviews

02/08/2004 Sholto Byrnes The Independent on Sunday

"While so many UK-based vocalists merely go through the motions with a real book and piano trio, Karen Lane has surrounded herself with a lighter more flexible group for this bossa inspired album. Percussion, guitar and Andy Hamill's solid double bass supply the framework for Lane's after-dark vocals, but what really elevates the sound is the extraordinarily subtle arrangements of strings and alto flutes. Like Jobim himself, Tom Cawley knows the power of adding just a few notes at the piano, and Lane's own compositions are very strong too. Refreshingly good".

02/08/2004 Bruce Crowther Jazz Writer

"... A lithe swing and elegant phrasing marks her out as does her repertoire, which mixes standards with well known jazz songs and some attractive originals by Karen who also writes her own arrangements..... This second CD, which is more ambitious, has Karen seeking and achieving a "sparse interaction of strings, percussion and voice where each instrument's beauty has space to breathe and resonate." Wholly admirable in concept and execution, the second CD demonstrates that this is a singer of quality and also that most intangible of elements, and one so often absent in popular music today, Taste".