When Pierre first heard Monica perform, he was immediately struck by her voice—a warm, caressing alto with echoes of Rosemary Clooney and Morganna King. He was seduced by her repertoire, a gently nostalgic selection of great American songs. And she delivers those songs straight, with taste and feeling. Wait’ll you hear the richly evocative interplay of voice and strings on “Lazy Afternoon”—or the passion Monica puts into “You Must Believe in Spring”. Her trio’s not too shabby either: Larry Willis (piano), Keter Betts (bass) and Jimmy Cobb
(drums) respectively accompanists for Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. The sound is utterly lifelike, more so than any singer we’ve recorded.
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