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CELIA LA BIO BIOGRAPHY A new and very promising voice on the jazz scene, Celia La is an up-and-coming singer and songwriter with a great deal of youthful potential. She has plenty of respect for the tradition even as she modernizes standards and moves them into the 21st century. Her debut recording, Introducing Celia La, sums up where the singer is at the moment while hinting at a bright and productive future. She met with pianist Bill Cunliffe when it was time to record and, with the exception of Randy Newman’s “I’ve Been Wrong Before,” all of the arrangements on the CD are hers. “I suggested that Bill get together the musicians. He mentioned Mark Ferber who I had heard perform several times and turned out to be one of my favorite drummers. Bill also recommended Pete McCann on guitar and he has known bassist Martin Wind for some time. I knew alto saxophonist Peter Van Huffel from seeing him perform in Brooklyn and I always liked his playing.” On Introducing Celia La, the si