Solitaire Miles "Born to Be Blue" CD release party at

please join us for our CD release party for "Born to Be Blue"

"Throughout this project Solitaire and her
musicians are not content to merely recreate
the past but are creative within the style,
adding to the music's legacy. While Solitaire
can name a long list of influences, she does
not sound exactly like any of the singers who
preceded her. Nor do her sidemen sacrifice
their own individuality while doing justice to
the material. Instead, they all fully understand
the music and are able to add their own voices
to the songs while being themselves....

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please join us for our CD release party for "Born to Be Blue"

"Throughout this project Solitaire and her
musicians are not content to merely recreate
the past but are creative within the style,
adding to the music's legacy. While Solitaire
can name a long list of influences, she does
not sound exactly like any of the singers who
preceded her. Nor do her sidemen sacrifice
their own individuality while doing justice to
the material. Instead, they all fully understand
the music and are able to add their own voices
to the songs while being themselves.
This delightful set not only proves that there is
still plenty of life to be found in swing tunes,
but it features Solitaire Miles at her very best,
taking her place as one of the top swing
singers around today.

- Scott Yanow, jazz writer and critic

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