Album Notes

\"Listening to Mary Sheeran sing, I am transported to a world of romance and fun. I have been enjoying her cabaret shows for years and am so glad she\'s recorded this first-rate CD so I can now listen to her whenever I want!\"
-- Retta Blaney (theater critic; author of \"Working on the Inside: The Spiritual Life Through the Eyes of Actors\")

\"I am struck by Mary\'s intelligence in her tasteful musical choices...never going for the obvious -- but ALWAYS going for the truth. Her artistry is constantly a surprise...What is amazing to me is this gorgeous classically trained instrument is juxtaposed with an intuitive jazz singer\'s instincts with a strong internal meter. Her phrases become at once part of a song being told instead of the song being sung. Mary brings the words to life...amazing and devastating and profound and funny and sad and wonderful is the result.\"
-- Carol Fredette, jazz recording artist and performer, has been associated with many world-class luminaries such as Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Al Cohn, and Steve Kuhn.

Music has such power over time, evoking a particular era when the notes and the words were first brought together, then mingling with personal memories of when we first enjoyed them – layers forming on layers of meaning and emotion as the song follows us through life’s seasons of winter and spring. This is particularly true for me with these songs from my New York City cabaret shows. Composed between 1927 and 1989 for Broadway or the movies, these songs create rich time warps that originated with Cy Coleman, Johnny Burke, John Dankworth, Jerry Herman, Jerry Livingston, Cole Porter, Arthur Schwartz, Vincent Youmans, and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

In honor of my parents, and of my friend and colleague John Eggleston (who handed me \"Through the Years\"), 10% of the proceeds for this CD will be donated to the Lung Cancer alliance (www.lungcanceralliance.org).

Mary Sheeran