Jeff Rupert + Dirty Martini - Save Your Love For Me (2004)

Jeff Rupert and Dirty Martini began playing Bossa Novas a few years ago. Jeff Rupert had been in NYC for a year, and upon returning to Orlando in 2002 rejoined Keith Wilson and Chuck Archard, who introduced Jeff to Chris Rottmayer. It was that first gig as a quartet that the group realized that we were all in a similar space.... yearning to play music full of passion, with a lyrical quality. Bossa Nova loosely translated means new flair.

While most of the repertoire on this recording is not new, perhaps the idea of playing purely for the sake of passion is something we rekindled in ourselves. In addition, it is our pleasure to add vocalist Michelle Amato, who contributes to the passion on two cuts of this recording. As we chose repertoire for our gigs and this recording, it became obvious that the tunes had a similar quality- they made us smile. If music is merely a metaphor for the life experience, then perhaps we have embraced its unforeseen passion and hope it reaches you through our debut album. Cheers.~ Cdbaby