Betty Shirley - Close Your Eyes (2007)

Tracklist

01. Bursting in With the Dawn
02. You Stepped Out of a Dream
03. Fever
04. Perdido
05. Miss Celies Blues
06. That Old Black Magic
07. Triste
08. Im Glad There Is You
09. The Song Is You
10. Summertime
11. The Man I Love
12. Wave
13. The Very Thought of You
14. You're My Thrill



A native of Mississippi, jazz vocalist Betty Shirley moved to New York as a teen-ager to study music. That’s where she established her career singing in such clubs as Birdland and Greenstreet. In the early 1990s she followed her muse and moved to New Orleans, which is still her home.

Shirley ranges from classic jazz standards to Bossa Nova/Latin. Blessed with all the range and tonal control one might expect from a first-class jazz singer, she can scat, she can hang on to a note, she can coax and she can propel. Shirley improvises with unerring instincts and delivers exactly what a song needs, spinning songs like silk. She is a versatile jazz performer who mesmerizes audiences with her ability to make a song her own. Her range and command of the stage make Shirley’s a voice that should be heard around the world.

Shirley’s appearances have included the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Pensacola Jazz Festival, and the Women in Jazz Series. Thanks to the great work of Word of Mouth Studio this CD master was able to survive Hurricane Katrina.

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