REBECCA DUMAINE AND THE DAVE MILLER TRIO “SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY” SUMMIT RECORDS

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Following on the success of 2019's Chez Nous, jazz singer Rebecca DuMaine and her father pianist Dave Miller (along with bassist Chuck Bennett and drummer Bill Belasco) have created a new set of music that, while at times a little bit darker than their previous recordings, is ultimately hopeful.

Many of the songs that they have chosen to interpret are standards from decades ago yet the lyrics (not to mention such song titles as "Alone Again (Naturally)" and "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans") often fit the current situation. Someday Someday begins with Ms. DuMaine's beautiful voice sounding happy on "Just Friends" despite the melancholy lyrics. The excellent late-1960s pop song "Alone Again (Naturally)" gets a welcome revival while "Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat" features Rebecca (whose mother was a French teacher) singing in French about a lost relationship. The obscure but superior standard "The Gentlemen Is A Dope" is updated and still sounds quite relevant.

Rebecca DuMaine's "Someday, Someday" discusses the current situation and looks towards a future when the world will wake up again. Joni Mitchell's introspective "Both Sides Now, " which features daughter and father in a duet, precedes Rebecca's "Time To Get Unstuck (Happy Little New Song)" which is about getting out of a rut and making the best of the new normal. The Harold Arlen classic "As Long As I Live" has Dave Miller bowing towards Count Basie while Rebecca gets to scat a bit. "On A Clear Day" is turned into a bossa nova (it was ironically recorded when the Northern California air was anything but clear due to the year's massive fires) while "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" is taken first as a ballad and then a swinger.

The other selections include a 3/4 time faster-than-usual version of the Julie London hit "Cry Me a River, " a witty combination of "La Vie En Rose" and Charlie Parker's "Au Privave, " a George Shearing-inspired version of "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams, " and "Sunny" which serves as an optimistic closer.

Rebecca DuMaine has had successful careers as an actress (on stage, in commercials and voice-overs) and a teacher. Since 2010 she has sung regularly with her father's trio, recording five highly-rated CDs: Deed I Do, Better Than Anything, The Consequence Of You, Happy Madness, and Chez Nous. Dave Miller was classically trained, but turned towards jazz after discovering the music of Ahmad Jamal and George Shearing. In addition to his work with his daughter, he and his trio are heard at their best on 2009's Rapture and 2019's Just Imagine.

With Rebecca DuMaine's very appealing singing, the inventive and swinging solos of Dave Miller, and the tasteful accompaniment of bassist Chuck Bennett and drummer Bill Belasco, Someday, Someday is an easy set for lovers of high-quality jazz to enjoy.

Artist: REBECCA DUMAINE AND THE DAVE MILLER TRIO
Title: SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY
Artist Website: www.rebeccadumaine.com, www.summitrecords.com
Release Date: March 12, 2021
Label: Summit Records
Catalog Number: SMT-777
UPC Code: 099402777924

Track listing
1. Just Friends John Klenner/Sam M. Lewis 3:07
2. Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan 4:02
3. Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat Benjamin Biolay 3:57
4. The Gentleman is a Dope Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II 3:47
5. Someday, Someday Rebecca DuMaine 3:37
6. Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell 4:02
7. Time to Get Unstuck (Happy Little New Song) Rebecca DuMaine 2:55
8. As Long As I Live Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler 4:39
9. On a Clear Day Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner 3:58
10. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz 3:28
11. Cry Me a River Arthur Hamilton 3:26
12. La Vie En Rose/Au Privave Louiguy; Marguerite Monnot/Edith Piaf; Charlie Parker 2:41
13. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Harry Barris/Ted Koehler, Billy Moll 3:11
14. Sunny Bobby Hebb 3:08
Total CD Time: 50:23

Musicians: Rebecca DuMaine - vocals, Dave Miller - piano, Bill Belasco - drums, Chuck Bennett - bass

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