Date: Oct 31st, 2011 · Tags: Jazz CD Reviews

An ensemble performer for two decades, and co-founder of the String Of Pearls vocal group, jazz vocalist and educator Holli Ross offers her first solo album on the thirteen-track You’ll See. Presenting unique interpretations of songs from m: Duke Ellington , m: Peggy Lee and Laura Nyro to new material from Brazilian trumpet icon m: Claudio Roditi and bassist m: Rufus Reid –both of whom grace this recording–Ross affirms the label from the late jazz critic Stuart Troup, who once dubbed her “the voice of experience.” A wonderful lyricist who can make the words come a live with her vocal expressions, Ross is also an experienced writer, having penned the lyrics to many jazz instrumental compositions–as she does here…

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Holli Ross: You’ll See