Gretchen Lieberum - Brand New Morning (2002)

This strong debut features Lieberum's soulful jazz vocals and moody Trip-Hop washes on a diverse set of originals plus two choice covers. Something like a chilled-out Norah Jones, this talented singer knows how to mix a midnight mood with modern studio production.
- Nick Dedina

Gretchen Lieberum offers jazz vocals and subdued trip-hop on her Brand New Morning. Already hugely successful on MP3.com, this eminently listenable recording should take her farther as a rare example of "haute hop." However, let's hear her in an acoustic jazz setting. ~ Tom Schulte

Personnel: Gretchen Lieberum (vocals); Greg Poree (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drum programming); Ginger Murphy (cello); Ulises Pineda (woodwinds); Richard Armstrong (trumpet); Jacob Elijah Aginsky (piano, keyboards); Zachary Provost (piano); Kevin Axt, Dominic Genova (acoustic bass); Del Atkins (electric bass); Eric Garland , Tim Carter (drums); Michito Sánchez (congas, percussion); Cut Chemist (turntables).