Sue Bell - Only Love

Ed Blanco, eJazzNews, writes:
Seattle songbird Sue Bell sculpts a new album of fourteen standard love songs. A fixture in the Seattle jazz scene, Bell has performed and recorded with some of the premier jazz musicians in the Pacific Northwest, many of whom appear on this disc.
Bell delivers a sensuous performance on the romantic ‘Too Late Now,’ then the lady picks up the pace on the short but buoyant burner ‘Exactly Like You.’ Other tunes containing a measure of swing here are ‘Let’s Get Away From It All,’ and ‘You Can’t Loose A Broken Heart.'
Sue Bell’s ‘Only Love’ provides heartfelt interpretations of beautiful love songs delivered in a light jazzy fashion. Her sweet vocal style seems perfect for inspiring the romantic feelings you want to convey in voicing warm and gentle jazzy love songs, as she does here.

Harvey Siders, Emmy Award-winning producer/composer, and known jazz critic for Down Beat Jazz Times and The Tacoma Tribune, writes:
The most versatile tool in her vocal arsenal is that voice. Sue Bell, is blessed with a wondrous, sensitive instrument that can transform ballads into tear-provoking poetry. Her low register is warm, occasionally smokey, and very inviting, with her upper register sounding extremely plaintive.
So many little things pleased me about this album. The medley at the end is so appropriate … good enough to be a single.