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$15.00 | 
Isn't It Romantic?
Too Close for Comfort
1) I Thought About You
2) Isn't It Romantic?
3) The Moon and I
4) Honeysuckle Rose
5) Gentle Rain
6) In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
7) Too Close for Comfort
8) Meditation
9) Goodbye...again
10) More
11) Under a Blanket of Blue | |
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. |
| '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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~ Andrea Canter, Jazz Police
'She knows her way around a song and deftly milks ballads with imagination...Every one of the eleven cuts on this CD is superb. The well-seasoned musicians are supportive without intruding on the vocals. Lammers is a surprise and delight, and this one is highly recommended. Wow! is all I can say for this effort which will be embraced by those who still enjoy vocals warm and tender with feeling. '
~ Dorothy Hill, JazzNow
'Clarity of tone...a seemingly effortless delivery. Her take on “Honeysuckle Rose” has a bouncy feeling, with pianist Peter Schimke opening up with a Waller-esque verve. Lammers' knowing take on this classic, especially her sly and sultry turn of phrase on “when I'm taking sips, from your tasty lips, seems the honey fairly drips,” highlights the song's playfully salacious mood and just might send you off for a cold shower.
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~ Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz |
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