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Remnants of Humanity

Jennifer Leitham

Label: Sinistral Records
Released: 2019
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Tracks

Remnants of Humanity; Air on the G String; Orange Is the New Red; Manhood; Heart of the West; Tin Foil Hat; Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year; When I’m Sixty-Four; Memories of Poipu; The Dick van Dyke Show Theme.

Personnel

Jennifer Leitham

bass

Additional Personnel / Information

Jennifer Leitham: vocals, bass, bass ukulele (5, 9); Andy Langham: piano; Randy Drake: drums; Scott Breadman: percussion (2); Alex Budman: flute (10); Abe Lagrimas Jr.: tenor ukulele (9); Jeff Linsky: tenor ukulele (9); Dr. Gayle Serdan: Hammond organ (6); Nolan Shaheed: trumpet (8); Scott Whitfield: trombone (5).

Album Description

Jennifer Leitham is a combination of Ray Brown and Dave Frishberg. She has always played bass with great authority and a sense of swing, as her albums with George Shearing and Mel Tormé will attest. Lately with her own recordings, however, she has taken to singing — mostly songs she has penned herself: clever, sardonic, rapier-sharp ruminations on the state of things. Her greatest ire is directed at the current occupant of the White House: “Tell a Lie; they’ll all believe it. He’s your guy; the Kremlin decrees it…” If you are a member of the president’s base, these songs are not for you. Anyone else will find them wickedly spot-on and worthy of sharing with all their like-minded friends. Already one of the world’s top bass players, Jennifer Leitham’s composing and singing here place her at the front ranks of satirists and social commentators of our time. -Ken Borgers KSDS, San Diego, Ca