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Internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist Jackie Ryan teams up with special guest jazz masters Toots Thieleman's on harmonica, Ernie Watts on saxophone, and a host of other top flight musicians on this unique CD of jazz, swing, gospel, samba and soulful ballads. Highlights include Toots' solo on the beautiful love song "Estate," sung by Jackie in it original Italian, as well as Watts' soulful sax solo on the exotic songs of lament, "Sari," sung in the native language of Brazil's neighbor, Suriname. Three different jazz bands back up Jackie on this CD, and members include Cannonball Adderly drummer Roy McCurdy, bebop pianist Jon Mayer, Duke Ellington trumpeter Allen Smith, and Sarah Vaughan drummer Omar Clay. (First received: 9/8/03)
This Heart of Mine
Sleepin' Bee
Estate
East of the Sun
Jump for Joy
Make It Last
Anos Dourados
Maybe September
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
Moon and Sand
Come Back to Me/ Lover Come Back to Me
Sari
Velas Icadus
Seasons of the Heart
