My CDs
Live at Vartan Jazz

While on the road in Denver, I got a call from producer Vartan Tonoian saying that he’d like to record me “Live, in Concert” for his newly formed jazz label. I was enthusiastic, not only because we would be recording live, but because it would give me a chance to record with so many of the superb musicians that I had worked with in the Denver area. Vartan was very hands on, suggesting arrangements and hand picking the songs to be performed from my long list of jazz anthems. The result is a recording that is truly “alive” while projecting my love for jazz and blues.

Tracks

  1. The Man I Love
  2. It’s Alright With Me
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  3. The Day It Rained
  4. Everyday I Have The Blues
  5. Medley (Night In Tunisia, What Is This Thing Called Love?)
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  6. My Favorite Things
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  7. Blue Bossa
  8. There’ll Never Be Another You
  9. In A Sentimental Mood
10. Today I Sing The Blues
11. Happy Blues

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Credits

Musicians
Laura Theodore, Vocals
Doug Roche, Piano
Dwight Killian, Bass
Todd Reid, Drums
Peter Olstad, Trumpet
Special Guests:
Jimmy Cook, Tenor Sax
Rich Chiaraluce, Tenor Sax

Production
Produced By: Vartan Tonoian
Recorded At: Vartan Jazz, Denver
Sound Engineer: Michael Fitts
Mastered By: Stephen McNamara at Colorado Sound Studios

From the Liner Notes

Laura is a compelling, vivid and versatile artist, vocally, musically and dramatically. She routinely dazzles and startles critics and audiences alike, marrying various styles, her talents abetted by long experience in a rainbow of contrasting stage roles in theaters from coast to coast. As one of the nation’s leading jazz singers, Laura’s vocal range, control of tonal weight and color, improvisational style, near-ethereal scatting explorations and laster-sharp rhythmic attacks define and reveal anew the best of American classic song literature.
Bruce J. Saxon