Tania Grubbs - Lost in the Stars (2014)

Tracklist

01. This Heart of Mine
02. Cathedral Earth
03. Lost in the Stars
04. The Best Thing for You Would Be Me
05. Matchmaker
06. Get out of Town
07. I've Got the Sun in the Morning
08. Doce Presença (Sweet Presence)
09. Charade
10. Show Me
11. Everything I Love
12. Come Waltz With Me
13. Let Us Be Always
14. Detour Ahead
15. Anyone Can Whistle

Tania Grubbs is one of the busiest promoters in the Pittsburgh jazz scene, and one of the best singers, too. Organizing two jazz programs Downtown and one in Oakland has not kept her voice and style from steadily improving. “Lost in the Stars” shows that development as she presents 15 tunes from stage favorites such as “Show Me” and “Matchmaker” to the Henry Mancini classic “Charade” and “Come Waltz With Me,” an original by pianist Daniel May and lyricist Lou Tracey, two of the area's better secrets. Her voice is pure, and she has a wonderful sense of melody and lyric. Nowhere on the album does she falter, from the Latin lilt of “I Got the Sun in the Morning” to the ain't-romance-grand swing of “This Heart of Mine.” The album also is boosted by the work of pianist May, drummer Thomas Wendt, guitarist Eric Susoeff, trumpeter James Moore and bassist Jeff Grubbs, her husband. The album is a clear statement on what a great gift she is in the local music scene.

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