Dani Joy - Let Me Introduce Myself (2015)

Tracklist

01. Fever
02. Bennie and the Jets
03. Tighten Up
04. Caramel
05. Mad World
06. Sweet Pea
07. Toxic
08. Wasted Time
09. Sailor Song
10. Everybody Wants to Be a Cat

Dani Joy’s debut album, Let Me Introduce Myself is a delightful collection of familiar jazz, pop and folk tunes sung in a soothing conversational style. Dani’s ukulele strumming and captivating voice is backed up by a team of world-class musicians including grammy nominated jazz bassist Brian Bromberg, clarinet and tenor sax player Otis Mourning (founding member of the Wooden Nickel Jass Band), ukulele master Carla Fontanilla (member of the Hawaiian group Kua’aina) and Northern California saxophone session artist Allan Olson.

Let Me Introduce Myself kicks off with a reimagined arrangement of Peggy Lee’s song Fever, weaving Dani’s sultry vocal style and Mourning’s expressive tenor saxophone with Bromberg’s masterful bass lines. Dani’s interpretation of Bennie and the Jets by Elton John, respectfully abandons the song’s original rock pallet and instead cradles the familiar melody with smooth bossa nova influences. The song, Toxic, first made famous by Brittney Spears is stripped down to its essence and reconstructed into a lively, toe-tapping acoustic jazz arrangement. The album also contains two original songs composed by Dani, Wasted Time and Sailor Song; singer/songwriter lyrics set to 40’s style jazz melodies.

The daughter of a traveling sound man, Dani spent a good deal of time on the road riding the highways, listening to the Oldies station and analyzing the tunes with her dad. As a result, Dani Joy’s first foray onto the music scene has unexpected depth to it. Let Me Introduce Myself, is a stunning first impression and will likely remain on your active playlist for quite awhile.

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