Carol Sloane - Dearest Duke (2007)

Doug Ramsey, the author of Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond With Ken Poplowski and Brad Hatfield. Carol Sloane is a jazz singer. Vocalists have scatted entire songs, entire sets, without a glimmer of the jazz feeling that Sloane achieves with three words of a ballad. She is accepted by the most accomplished musicians as their fully qualified peer. This venture is unique in Sloane's long career, being a program of jazz without bass and drums. We never miss them because Carol Sloane, two sympathetic colleagues, Ken Peplowski on reeds and Brad Hatfield on piano, together with a menu of Ellington songs provide all that's needed for an hour of deep satisfaction.

Legendary songstress Carol Sloane makes her Arbors debut with Ken Peplowski on reeds and Brad Hatfield on piano. With a career spanning fifty years, Sloane is a favorite jazz singer of jazz artists and audiences everywhere she goes.