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Paula Lammers : A Blanket of Blue
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The sweet, clear voice of Paula Lammers brings the lyrics to life in this album of brilliantly arranged standards. A must-have CD featuring fabulous musicians and a warm, inviting voice.
Genre: Jazz: Jazz Vocals
Release Date: 2005
A Blanket of Blue
Paula Lammers
Record Label: Paula Lammers
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1. I Thought About You 3:57 + MP3 $0.99
2. Isn't it Romantic 5:51 + MP3 $0.99
3. The Moon and I 4:06 + MP3 $0.99
4. Honeysuckle Rose 3:59 + MP3 $0.99
5. Gentle Rain 5:20 + MP3 $0.99
6. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 4:06 + MP3 $0.99
7. Too Close for Comfort 4:29 + MP3 $0.99
8. Meditation 4:41 + MP3 $0.99
9. Goodbye...again 4:46 + MP3 $0.99
10. More 5:34 + MP3 $0.99
11. Under a Blanket of Blue 4:34 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Minneapolis-based jazz vocalist Paula Lammers’ sound has been described by one listener as “delectable… The purity and the flawless pitch give me goose bumps! I find the same color quality, the simplicity and perfection in her presentation that I heard for many years in Rosemary Clooney.”
Over the past several years, Paula has emerged as a significant talent in the Minnesota jazz community. She has appeared at numerous venues, including the Artists’ Quarter, Sophia, The Times, Dakota County Music Cafe, and Downtowner Woodfire. As the vocalist for River City Jazz Orchestra, she appears at O'Gara's, Lake Harriet, the Como Pavilion, Centennial Lakes Amphitheater, Staring Lake Park, and more. Paula makes frequent guest appearances with local big bands. In 2005, she teamed up with vocalist Reeves Cary to form the vocal duo “Girl ‘n’ Boy Singer”. She fronts a nine piece band called “Cloud Nine”. She also has a long-standing gig aboard the Minnesota Zephyr, entertaining passengers in a vocal quartet singing songs of the 1940’s era.
Paula appeared at the 2006 Grand Marais Jazz Festival as the featured vocalist and as a clinician. She conducts vocal workshops and maintains an active private voice teaching schedule in addition to her performing career.
In April and May of 2005 Paula recorded her first professional CD, A Blanket of Blue, with some of the finest talents in the music scene: Billy Peterson, Peter Schimke, Clay Moore, Kenny Horst, and Gary Berg. It was co-produced by Darren Rust and Billy Peterson, and received impressive reviews from national sources. It was selected for the Top 10 List for 2005 by Live 365, an internet radio station based out of Syracuse, NY. Karl Stober from Jazz Review sums it up: “...one can foresee an intoxicating adventure ahead in the industry for Ms. Lammers...this young sound has the potential to really step out in front of the pack in the independent world. Ms. Lammers’ panache and versatility can catapult her far if she allows the force of her talent to take control. The audience will want to follow her path as she grows.”

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REVIEWS

Congratulations
author: Dana Robinson
                            
I am so grateful for having been introduced to Ms. Lammers' superb talent. Congratulations to her for this very soothing CD.

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A Great CD
author: Bill Thomas WVTF,Roanoke, Virginia
                            
What a great CD. (Her) voice is wonderful and just floats and winds it's way through the music.

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Incredible music
author: Andrea Canter, Jazz Police
                            
Incredible music, indeed. Lammer’s “easy-to-listen-to” soprano has a warm tone, crisp articulation, true pitch, and not a hint of shrill in her top notes. If any comparison is valid, perhaps it’s with Jane Monheit, less theatrical but in the same vein of gentle persuasion, warmly charming, lighting the tracks less with fire and more with glowing embers. Frequently Paula stretches the vowel, giving the music a silken legato that makes the occasional clipped phrase more effective. The sound quality from Winterland Studios (engineered by Brian Johnson and Darren Rust, mixed by Rust), is clean, every instrument so well articulated with the intimacy of live performance that at times I started to applaud a solo. And while Blanket of Blue was recently named to the Top Ten list for 2005 by Smooth Jazz and More, this is "smooth" only in the quality of the voice; this is not "Jazz Lite."

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Delightful recording!
author: John Gilbert
                            
Clarity of tone and an understanding that enunciation is a key element
in vocal jazz sums it up for Paula Lammers. She has selected some gems
in this album which is a huge plus.

Lammers is backed by musicians who are sensitive to her modus operandi
and this further adds to this delightful recording.

"Isn't It Romantic" is thought of a tune that gains new life in
weddings, but this song has a great melody which makes it a true
classic. Paula Lammers sings the verse, not often heard which adds a
new twist. Lammers simply sings the song in tune with grace and elegance
and it works beautifully.

"Too Close For Comfort" Gently swinging in a bright tempo, Lammers'
kicks it up a notch with the cool tenor sax of Gary Berg adding a nice
element in the background and he also solos lucidly with fine ideation.
Peter Schimke at the keyboards ably comps and jazzes things up a bit in
his soliloquy. 

Nice tunes, a fine vocalist with good musicians always makes for fine
listening and this record is no exception.

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