Lets Live Again

By Elaine Lucia

Release date: 2008

Elaine Lucia, Vocals
Jonathan Alford, Piano
Pierre Archain, Bass
Alan Hall, Drums
Gerry Grosz, Vibes, Arrangements
Randy Vincent, Guitar

Arranged by: Gerry Grosz

Recorded at Mesa Studios, Sebastopol, CA and Room With A View Studio, Petaluma, CA
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Jamie Bridges, Room With A View Studio
Photos by Murray Rockowitz, Petaluma, CA

AZURE TE
don wolf, bill davis/fred ahlert music group (ascap), thursday music corp (bmi), administered by bug

THE WILDEST GAL IN TOWN
sammy fain, jack yellen/jack yellen music,songwriters guild of america(ascap)

ALL DRESSED UP WITH A BROKEN HEART
fred patrick, claude reese, jack val/ed.b.marks music co. (bmi)

IN THE NIGHT
norman mapp/embassy music corp.(bmi)

PERHAPS, PERHAPS, PERHAPS
joseph davis, osvaldo farres/aprs southern music publ co. (bmi)

BLUE PRELUDE
joe bishop, gordon jenkins/music sales corp. (ascap)

I’D LOVE TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU
b. emmerich, r.poll/jewel music pub.co., inc. (ascap)

DADDY
bobby troup/music sales corp. (ascap)

DON’T GO
guy wood, al stillman/music sales corp. (ascap)

I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN
burt bacharach, hal david; wb music corp.; obo new hidden valley music (ascap)

LET’S LIVE AGAIN
milton raskin, george shearing/embassy music corp. (bmi)

SAYULITA
Elaine Lucia/Elaine Lucia Music (bmi)

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Elaine Lucia's ballad style would make angels weep with joy and her interpretive powers on the other selections are pure vocal artistry. 5 Stars

--John Gilbert, EjazzNews.com

Right from the start of this disc, Elaine Lucia demonstrates perfect tone atop a quintet laid back to allow her plenty of room while gussying up the atmosphere. In fact, in the slightly more muscular songs, such as "Blue Prelude" and "In the Night," it's rather astonishing just how firmly she has those vocal cords under control, well nigh unto an opera singer's discipline....Lucia's respected for her talents, singing songs not easy to master. But if you're a connoisseur of the human voice, mellow jazz, well considered torch-romantic songs, or all three, this is your disc. Have a glass of wine ready.

--Mark S. Tucker, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

With Let's Live Again, Lucia lives out the culmination of those years of learning and studying jazz music. A true artist, she has constructed an album that serves as a tribute to the LPs that the George Shearing Quintet recorded with legendary vocalists like Nat King Cole, Nancy Wilson, and Peggy Lee. Let's Live Again is constructed on a traditional foundation and built upwards with Elaine's crystalline vocal qualities. With Jonathan Alford on piano, Alan Hall on drums, Gerry Grosz on vibes, Randy Vincent on guitar, and Pierre Archain on bass, Lucia's backing group is firm and graceful. ...This is a wonderful record with a classy, jazzy feel. Lucia has a striking voice and she expressively states her case as a memorable vocalist. With her latest, she'll doubtlessly earn new fans of her natural, easy style.

--Jordan Richardson, BlogCritics Magazine

...Elaine appeared with a quartet of unbelievably talented side-men, Jonathan Alford, piano; Pierre Archain, bass; Alan Hall, drums; and special guest, guitarist Gary Vogensen, Elaine brought the packed house to its collective feet, opening with Duke Ellington's I Like the Sunrise, her lead song on her newest CD, A Sonny Day, and she didn't stop until she'd gone through the entire album. Interspersed among a few standards such as Sunny and I Only Have Eyes for You were other, more obscure works which included Bacharach's In the Land of Make Believe and the haunting Bossa Nova-ish Lugar Bonito. She sang Sea Journey, a Chick Corea/Neville Potter composition, and a technically demanding piece with extremely intricate time signatures and harmonic structures. The band handled it flawlessly and Elaine sang it beautifully. Pierre Archain, who may be the most animated bass player these old eyes have ever had the pleasure of watching, seemed to thrive in the complex rhythms, as did drummer Alan Hall, who not only swings with the best of them, but handles the tricky Latin beats with all the deftness one would expect of a seasoned pro. Piano player Jonathan Alford is nothing short of sensational. Incredibly, he played most of this challenging program without the benefit of sheet music, or so it seemed from my vantage point. But either with or without charts, the man was brilliant. Gary Vogensen on guitar was a perfect fit with this outstanding group of musicians. Few guitarists could have adapted with such apparent ease. Their performances were superb.

But back to Elaine. At the risk of being accused of indulging in blatant hyperbole, I feel compelled to make some comments on Elaine Lucia's work as a jazz singer: I'll start by saying this gal's got chops. Major chops. There are unmistakable hints of Susannah McCorkle in her work. I'm convinced that Susannah herself, would sing Elaine's songbook in the same way, but probably not any better.

The pre-requisites for good jazz vocalizing can be summed up in just a few words: Range; timbre; breath control; timing; clarity, voicing and phrasing. A lot easier said than done. Elaine possesses all of these qualities in spades. Add to that, a splash of pixie-ish playfulness and a sassy demeanor, with undertones of passion, pathos and pain, mix well, combine with three or four accomplished back-up musicians and it all adds up to a wonderful couple of hours of evening's entertainment.

--Greg Hester, Jazz Pianist / Reviewer

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