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ALBUM REVIEW - LEMON TWIST
Lemon Twist is an entertaining collection of 11 mostly off-the-beaten-path standards, several given breezy Latin seasoning (some lightly, some heavily). The recording inaugurates with Bobby Troup's 1954 title composition.
Michael Bailey
Wild Mercury Rhythm
ALBUM REVIEW - LEMON TWIST
On Lemon Twist, Linda alternates between rare jazz and Latin numbers that demonstrate just how much music that is currently known only to collectors could be revived and enjoyed today.
David Gasten
Swing City Productions
PRESS QUOTES
"Plenty of jazz vocalists have great voices. Many of them explore the treausres of the Great American Songbook. Linda Carone gets full marks for both and makes it all infinitely more interesting by interpreting far from exploited gems from the jazz/blues oeuvre, going right back to the 1920s. Who knew there were so many relatively under-heard tunes? In the hands of a wonderful singer and a first class team of players, these old songs perform the seemingly contradictory feat of blasting new life into an established genre."
Mark Rheaume
CBC Radio
Album Reviews - Black moonlight
‘Livin’ My Life My Way’, the final track on the album, gets the message across that the hero(ine) does really win in the end. A woman who sees the way she wants it and reaches out to grab that life and live it her own way.
Linda Carone is a breath of fresh air in the vocal department, and the music and arrangements on this album are clean and well-produced. Truly a delightful and refreshing musical offering."
Sandy Graham
Cashbox Canada
Full review here:
http://cashboxcanada.ca/8139/linda-carone-–-black-moonlight
“a rare bird within current vocal jazz in that she eschews those overplayed tracks to dig deep for VERY rare old songs, most of which have only been recorded a handful of times.
David Gasten
Exotica Moderne Magazine
Full Review
The songs are indicators of a life view that acknowledges the beauty and the grit, the dark, the light and the tunnel in between.
Lenny Stoute
Cashbox Canada
Full review here:
http://cashboxcanada.ca/8253/inimitable-miz-linda-carone
Carone possesses a mature, sensual instrument that when combined with her period support makes for irresistible listening.
C. Michael Bailey May 28th, 2017
All About Jazz
Full review here:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/five-women-iv--linda-carone-gunilla-tornfeldt-polly-gibbons-angie-wells-jeannie-tanner-by-c-michael-bailey.php
Eloquent discs of the Blues have established the idiom as an African-American one and anything other than coming from that source may be derivative, but every once in a while there comes a disc such as Black Moonlight seemingly from left field which suggests the presence of an “African” heart and soul in a musician of great abilities such as Linda Carone.
Raul da Gama August 22, 2017
JazzdaGama
Full review here: https://jazzdagama.com/blues/linda-carone-black-moonlight/
single Reviews
Carone's rhythm section, complimented by percussionist Luisito Orbegoso, establishes a latin tinge beneath the sepia sound of the song. Carone's voice and the song subject matter meld together as if made for one another.
C. Michael Bailey July 7th, 2020
All About Jazz
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...it was a lovingly curated shout out to the huge contributions made to the blues by female artists,
Lenny Stoute
Cashbox Canada
Full review here:
http://www.cashboxcanada.ca/8314/linda-carone-jazz-bistro-toronto-live
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