Three musicians (Cheryl Bentyne, Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond) create a wonderfully intimate album.  Cheryl Bentyne, the grammy award winning soprano with the vocal group, "Manhattan Transfer," is one of today's most overlooked and underrated vocalists... perhaps because she doesn't tour much as a solo performer.   But as this collection of songs from the great American songbook proves, she should be hailed as one of the greatest singers of our generation.  She possess an amazing range, crystal clear tone, and pure phrasing.  Her approach to a lyric is simple, yet somehow she conveys great emotion, with just the slightest inflection or bending of a note.  “I Get Along Without You Very Well” and “But Beautiful” or excellent examples of this.  She also can swing like nobody’s business and proves with “Thou Swell” and “Stompin’ At The Savoy.”   A real gem of a recording.
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