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RANI SINGAM :: With A Song In My Heart by Ron Sagye La Rue At various times the question is asked: Where is Jazz going? Seldom asked is: Where's it coming from? One place is Singapore Southeast Asia,and Rani Singam is one of its voices.A lawyer turned singer,debuts "With A Song In My Heart" a collection of ten stand- dards. Mostly ballads "Just Squeeze Me", "You Go to My Head" which has a nice saxophone solo by Greg Fishman. "Sometime Ago" is one of the best tracks on the CD. And its good that Singam sings ballads because her up tempo numbers don't really grab you. "Moon River" she's shines with smoothness there is a gospel "I Wish I knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" with an Organ doesn't fit the program. Throughout the CD Singam is backed by Jeremy Monteiro,piano; Belinda Moody,bass;Shawn Kelly,drums. The same musicians on label mate Anne Weerapass CD. One aspect of Singam I like is how she eases into one phrase from another, connecting her ballads she brings the listerner along telling the stories of these songs. Mohammed Noor is percussionist on some tracks,Ron Feuer is the Organist on the Gospel track. More info. bookings@ranisingam.com published 08.11.2010 © 2005 jazz news :: home page