Simone - Let's Fall in Love (2008) [2016 SACD]

Simone is joined by a cast of talented musicians for Let's Fall In Love. Simone puts her own unique spin on country music artist Alison Kraus's "Ghost In This House" as well as jazz standards like "Moon Glow."
A cool-toned Austrian jazz vocalist, Simone Kopmajer sings in flawless English. She had classical piano lessons starting at the age of eight and at 12 began playing saxophone. She performed in a youth big band and sang regularly in her father's band as a teenager. At 17 she studied with Sheila Jordan, who encouraged her. Kopmajer also studied with Mark Murphy, Jay Clayton, and Michele Hendricks.

Tracks:

01. Tennessee Waltz 《 Trad 》
02. One Day I'll Fly Away 《 J. Sample 》
03. Let's Fall In Love 《 T. Koehler - H. Arlen 》
04. Ghost In This House 《 A. Kraus 》
05. Everybody's Talkin' 《 H . Nilsson 》
06. I'm Glad There Is You 《 P. Madeira, J. Dorsey 》
07. They Say It's Wonderful 《 I. Berlin 》
08. Corcovado 《 A. C. Jobim 》
09. Moon Glow 《 E. Delang, I. Mills - W. Hudson 》
10. The Good Life 《 S. Distel - J. Reardon 》

Personnel:

Simone - vocal
John Di Martino - piano
George Mraz - bass
Victor Lewis - drums
Aaron Heick - sax
Houston Person - tenor sax
Strings Quartet