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 The Rainbow Room swirled to the sounds of "Somebody Loves Me" as
the delighted and delicious duos that peopled the dance floor passed my
lonely eye. My weekly sojourn in search of the man with the right
moves had brought me to the land of dapper swells and
sophisticated damsels. A gracious waiter walked me to my table
through the deliriously happy dancers I wished on the moon to
join.... As the story continues, the songs have their place and
follow the romance of one Dot Dare. This album is filled with wonderful
songs played by two wonderful pianists (separately) and
Banu's voice and delivery is a perfect fit! Highly
Recommended!
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Record Label: Swing Out SO108
Total Time: 61:08
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Tracks on
'My Romance'
| 1. Somebody Loves Me [2:50] |  Preview | | 2. I Wished On the Moon [4:21] | | | 3. Love Walked in [3:08] | | | 4. You Do Something to Me [2:45] | | | 5. Sweet and Slow [3:09] | | | 6. Fools Rush in [5:18] | | | 7. A Woman's Intuition [2:39] | | | 8. I Just Couldn't Take It Baby [4:21] | | | 9. Night Wind [4:07] | | | 10. Blues in My Heart [4:20] | | | 11. When Your Lover has Gobe [4:35] | | | 12. I'm Thru With Love [3:14] | | | 13. I Wish I Were in Love Again [2:51] | | | 14. That Oid Feeling [4:41] | | | 15. Taking a Chance On Love [4:06] | | | 16. My Romance [4:43] | Preview |
Reviews:
JazzReview, March 2000, Lee Prosser:
Review: "My Romance" is an unusual, wonderful CD of 16 selections
by jazz vocalist, Banu Gibson, with solo piano backing from John
Sheridan and David Boeddinghaus. Banu Gibson puts wonderful feeling
and tone into her performances, reminding me of a very
contemporary bluesy sweet version of legend Ethel Waters. Banu is
that good! She knows how to sing, and her phrasing for each
selection is flawless!
Here are some of the selections with year of original publication
for those of you who are jazz history researchers: The Gershwin
brothers' "Somebody Loves Me" (1924), and "Love Walked In"
(1938); "Fools Rush In" by Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer
(1940); "Blues in My Heart," by Benny Carter and Irving
Mills (1931); "That Old Feeling," by Sammy Fain and Les Brown
(1937); "A Woman's Intuition," by Victor Young and Ned Washington
(1951); "My Romance" by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart (1935);
"You Do Something To Me" by Cole Porter (1929).
Jazz pianist John Sheridan shines brightly with Banu on "You Do
Something To Me," and his gifts as a great jazz artist are
readily revealed. When I heard this version of a much overlooked
classic Cole Porter song, I recalled that 1957 movie of
Ernest Hemingway's novel, "The Sun Also Rises," which
starred Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, and Errol Flynn. That song
was featured in the movie.
David Boeddinghaus' fine talents as a pianist are in top form and
the listener will enjoy his versions of the Gershwin selections,
among others. His playing, like that of Sheridan, is excellent.
These two pianists know how to blend style and techniques, and
each is a perfect example of how jazz stride piano is handled
in performance!
For a really nice look at a new jazz singer, get a CD copy of
Banu Gibson's "My Romance." It will give you a good feeling every
time you listen to these old standards. A great blend of
contemporary jazz and swing! Great performances! Excellent! Five
stars plus for a rating on Banu Gibson's "My Romance."
Rating: Five Stars
Offbeat, January 2000, Jon Pult:
That Banu Gibson, she's a swell dame. Full of pep and vigor.
And crafty. One minute she singing like some kind of sweet,
naive songbird. You know, with a sunny disposish. The next tune
she's all sultry and knowing. The kinda singing that makes you
break out in a sweat. Like on "Sweet And Slow," the old Harry
Warren and Al Dubin number, from back in '35. It's on her new
record, My Romance, which proves she's not just a swell dame but
a clever one too. See, she takes all these classic tunes from the
twenties, thirties, forties -- you know the kind, smart and
witty, the kind that tell a story, the kind a poet once called
"three minute cameos." She takes each of these little stories and
string 'em together, tells a bigger story. The oldest one in the
book. The old "him and her." Its about a girl . And her
story starts out with 'Somebody Loves Me", the Gershwin
number from 1924. Sings the verse. Sets the stage for the
whole thing: "When this world began it was heaven's plan
there should be a girl for every single man. To my great
regret someone has upset heaven's pretty program for we've
never met, I'm clutching at straws just because I may meet
him yet." She meet him all right. "But he's wrong and she's
wronged. "Fool's Rush In," as they say. See this girls problem is found
in "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby:" "Some may take romance just as
song and dance, a game that there just playin at. I Just can't go
gay and laugh off love that way, can't help it if you've made me
like that. It's a game and was a player. Laugh it off,
sweetheart. But she can't, and she's left singing about love
being blown away by the "Night Wind," and the blues in her heart.
But that's what happens "When Your Lover has Gone." And this
sport she hooked up was a goner from the start. Finally you think
the dames getting smart, says "I'm Through with Love." But
she doesn't mean it. Next thing you know she declares "I Wish
I Were in Love Again." Not for the good parts. What she
misses is all the mutual pain and suffering. What she misses
is "the broken dates, the endless waits, the loving loving
and the hateful hates, the conversations with the flying
plates." Next thing you know she's got "That Old Feeling" and
once again she's "Taking a Chance on Love." Good Luck, hon,
you're going to need it.
This My Romance, in lesser hands, it might be stretch. Banu pulls
it off. That's because the dames got talent. And taste. Not
only in material -- Porter, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, even
Dorothy Parker -- but in her choice of accompanists. John
Sheridan, been beating the ivories with class in San Antonio for
years. He's with the Jim Cullum Band. He's musical director for
the Live From the Landing show on public radio. And David
Boeddinghaus. He got a little press for doing the music for the
film Crumb a few years back. He's so good, oughta get it every
time he touches the keyboard. They split duty. Always sympathetic to
the dames' plight. Even The booklet serves Banu's purposes, done
up like an old pulp romance anthology. First rate. Designed by
Diane Wanek, another swell dame.
To celebrate this records release, and if you like smart songs
smartly played it is cause for celebration, Banu is throwing
a little Party at Storyville. December the 10. It's a
Friday. 9pm till late. Half a saw will get you through the door.
But that's not the only cause for celebration. You see Banu
and her brand New Orleans Hot Jazz will be warming up the
millenial proceedings of Boston, Massachusetts. They've been
slated to ring in the new century accompanied by the famed Boston
Pops Orchestra. The concert is going to broadcasts live on video
screens in downtown Boston. Booking of a liftetime. For Banu and
for Boston. She'll make'em forget about the Red Sox.
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