| Label: First Hand Records
Catalog: FHR10
Format: CD Wendy Nieper, vocals; Roland Perrin, piano; Dave Moses, bass, backing vocals; Guy Silk, drums; Helder Pack, drums; Digby Fairweather, trumet (track 5)Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice) / Retrospective Waltz (Perrin) / Solomente (Nieper / Perrin / lyrics by Pablo Neruda) / What'll it be? (Nieper / Perrin) / Empty Beach (Nieper / Perrin) / Persuasion (Perrin) / Poinciana (Nat Simon / lyrics by Buddy Bernier) / Good Bait (Count Basie / Tadd Dameron) / Tree (Nieper / Perrin) / My One and Only Love (Guy Wood / lyrics by Guy Mellin) Debut solo album from one of UK's most formidable jazz singers
Wendy Nieper is a very versatile, sophisticated jazz vocalist and a gifted scat singer. Her rich vocal colours are complemented by wonderful phrasing and great musicality, which is why Wendy is quite simply one of the leading jazz vocalists in the UK. Her wide experience as a singer has included being a member of the Swingle Singers with whom she recorded five albums. She has appeared on numerous albums both as a classical and jazz singer and has toured extensively across the Globe.
On this album, Wendy is accompanied by a great band including the talented composer/pianist Roland Perrin and the jazz legend Digby Fairweather. "First Flight" is an explosive mix of styles from Cuban to jazz and pop to funk. If you like Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, Claire Martin then we're sure you'll love "First Flight".  Price: $28.98 |
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