SHANNA CARLSON: Swing High, Swing Low

Shanna Carlson

Swing High, Swing Low

© 1995 Shanna Carlson (634479189289)

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Smokey, warm contralto with mix of jazz, ballads, blues both standards and originals...accompaniment ranges from solo piano to quintet.

tracks

1 How Deep Is The Ocean
2 I'm Just A Lucky So And So
3 Beautiful Friendship
4 (I've Got The) World On A String
5 Close Enough For Love
6 Day In, Day Out
7 The Very Thought Of You
8 Love You Madly
9 Where Can I Go Without You
10 Looking At You
11 The Swing Song (Swwing High, Swing Low)
12 Come Out And Play
13 Silences
14 Why Do We Do It?
15 Nighttime Lady
16 Lucky's Theme
17 What Have You Got To Lose

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CD Baby customers have said: Kathryn K. of Coronado, CA "My wonderful piano teacher, Sam Spencer, let me borrow Shanna's cds--After one listen, I was hooked."



This CD features Shanna Carlson...a rich, warm contralto voice with unique, subtle phrasing and that clearly recognizable thing called swing. But her greatest asset is her ability to put a song across with an intensity and conviction that forces you to really feel the lyric.

There are 11 "Standards" with instrumentation ranging from piano to quintet, featuring Bill Bell on piano, Scott Steed/Seward McCain on bass, Jim Nichols on guitar, Vince Lateano on drums and 3 special guests on 3 different songs: Buddy Montgomery on vibes. PeeWee Claybrook on tenor, Jeff Sanford on soprano. 6 "Bonus Tracks," all compositions by Shanna and lyrics by Ken McKenzie. Shanna plays piano on one of these originals "Silences" and the other 5 she is backed by the fantastic Dick Hindman Trio (Dick, piano; Seward McCain, bass; Scott Morris, drums).

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  • No gimmicks--lyrical, light, witty and stands the test of time.
    author: Marilyn York

    This CD has a philosophy and it's all upbeat. It's not just the lyrics, but the voice and delivery too, that make this a CD to leave you feeling good. I bought this one for a gift.

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