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Lauren Hooker: Right Where I Belong

Read "Right Where I Belong" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman
January 10, 2008

Lauren Hooker shows off her multi-faceted talent in this, her debut CD. Teaming up with Allen Farnham (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Tim Horner (drums and percussion), Hooker runs through a selection of jazz standards and originals. Her originals break down into two types: original lyrics for instrumental standards and new pieces. The former included here are by Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Mal Waldron, Wayne Shorter and Fats Waller. Her lyrical take on Monk's “Well You Needn't ...

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Lauren Hooker: Right Where I Belong

Read "Right Where I Belong" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
May 23, 2007

It turns out that not only does jazz singer Lauren Hooker have some impressive credentials, her debut album is also filled with surprises. Born into a musical family, (her father recorded with Bill Evans during their college days in New Jersey), Hooker assumed a career as an entertainer during the early 1980s as well as being a musical educator at The Bank Street School for Children in Manhattan.

Her first big break came in 1989, when she recorded ...