“Lebo is in excellent form throughout” - Scott Yanow, L.A. Jazz Scene
“…a truly talented singer, a fresh voice on the scene.” - Jacques Emond, host “Swing is in the Air”, CKCU-FM 93.1 - Programming Director Ottawa International Jazz Festival
“ She has that classic jazz embolic style as she cavorts with the violin and guitar and those savoy stylings. Ms Lebo is a lovely traditionalist spinning melodies haven’t heard quite like this since those romantic, turbulent thirties and forties.” - Dick Crocket, THE VOICE 88.7 FM, Sacramento, CA
"Lawrence Lebo creates her own sound." - Pat Lewis, Music Connection Magazine
Album Description
West Coast Vocalist/Composer/Arranger LAWRENCE LEBO straddles the boundaries of traditional American music, creating her own innovative hybrid of jazz/blues/roots musical styling. “don’t call her Larry, volume 2” is her second release for RIOZEN/ON THE AIR RECORDS.
In this follow up to her critically acclaimed debut EP, Ms. LEBO swings, scats and moans her way through both originally penned compositions, and originally arranged classics that run the gamut from contemporary jazz, acoustic swing, to rocking electric blues. Ms. LEBO has shared the stage with such jazz greats as BOBBY BRADFORD, with blues giant DOUG MACLEOD, and has been featured on NPR’s WEEKEND EDITION SHOW, hosted by LIANE HANSEN.
With “don’t call her Larry, volume 2”, LAWRENCE LEBO is sure to keep her loyal fans smiling, as well as to recruit new worshipers
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