This offering from the Valerie Gillespie Ensemble highlights the wonderful versatility of Valerie, RIch Steuart, and Dave Rudolph. The album is loaded with jazz standards like "Beautiful Love", "Don't Explain" and "Carvan" and also offers more contemporary works like "Maiden Voyage" and "You're Everything". 

The arrangements and vocals echo the album title; Lush, with "Dearly Beloved", Lush Life", and "Don't Explain" being particularly wonderful examples.  

Though Valerie's vocals are a highlight of this album, a particular favorite track is "Honeysuckle Rose" with Valerie doing a rare, and beautiful performance on the clarient.
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This offering from the Valerie Gillespie Ensemble highlights the wonderful versatility of Valerie, RIch Steuart, and Dave Rudolph. The album is loaded with jazz standards like "Beautiful Love", "Don't Explain" and "Carvan" and also offers more contemporary works like "Maiden Voyage" and "You're Everything". 

The arrangements and vocals echo the album title; Lush, with "Dearly Beloved", Lush Life", and "Don't Explain" being particularly wonderful examples.  

Though Valerie's vocals are a highlight of this album, a particular favorite track is "Honeysuckle Rose" with Valerie doing a rare, and beautiful performance on the clarient.
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This offering from the Valerie Gillespie Ensemble highlights the wonderful versatility of Valerie, RIch Steuart, and Dave Rudolph. The album is loaded with jazz standards like "Beautiful Love", "Don't Explain" and "Carvan" and also offers more contemporary works like "Maiden Voyage" and "You're Everything". 

The arrangements and vocals echo the album title; Lush, with "Dearly Beloved", Lush Life", and "Don't Explain" being particularly wonderful examples.  

Though Valerie's vocals are a highlight of this album, a particular favorite track is "Honeysuckle Rose" with Valerie doing a rare, and beautiful performance on the clarient.
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You will be charmed by the exquisite musical talents of Valerie Gillespie and her fabulous Contemporary Jazz CD, “Lush Life.” This album showcases some fine talented performers on the saxophone/vocals, piano, upright bass, and drums. The finely crafted songs are magnetic and will seep subtly into your soul as this album offers songs that are either instrumental or with thought provoking vocals. Opening up the CD, “Beautiful Love,” is a beautiful instrumental featuring the enchanting sax playing a warm and inviting melodic melody. The title track, “Lush Life,” reveals passionate and soulful vocals that are dynamically brilliant. “Caravan,” has a mysterious tonality at first and then kicks in with a vibrant rhythm creating a delightful melody.  If you are a fan of Jazz music and like artists such as Diana Krall or Dizzy Gillespie, then you will definitely enjoy the superb Jazz album, “Lush Life.”
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