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| NYC Vocalist/Flutist AUDREY SILVER's Soulful, Jazz-Inspired Tribute to OKLAHOMA  AUDREY SILVER has loved musicals since she was little. As a child, she went to Broadway shows, watched movie musicals and listened to her father's collection of soundtracks. One of her favorites was "Oklahoma!" On her latest recording, OKLAHOMA, Silver re-visits her early love of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical with ten of her own jazz interpretations of songs from the show. This is Silver's fifth CD as a leader and follows Let Me Know Your Heart (2019), Very Early (2016), Dream Awhile (2009), and Here in My Arms (2004). JazzTimes said, "I knew from the opening track that Silver was something special. Indeed, if a name ever fit a performer, it is Silver's, for her voice is like pure sterling. Her phrasing is exquisite, her clarity and enunciation on par with the great Jo Stafford and her breath control – a talent so often, and so wrongfully, overlooked – rivals Sinatra's." A regular on the New York City jazz scene, Silver wanted the album to have an intimate, jazz chamber music feel, so she choose voice, guitar and piano for the core group. To achieve her vision, she brought on board some top New York players. With her luminous voice and innate musicality, Silver shines a new light on the chestnuts from "Oklahoma!" and imbues them with her own distinct personality without straying from the elements that have ensconced these songs firmly in the Great American Songbook.write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |