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Christina Machado: Gone With The Wind

Read "Gone With The Wind" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
July 1, 2002

Her experienced jazz voice weaves interpreted lyrics and scat singing around a star-studded New Orleans quintet for one eventful night on the town. A native of “The Big Easy,” Christina Machado swings with a natural ease that has been influenced through years of studying the works of Ella, Billie, Carmen, and many more. With Nicholas Payton and company backing her on this debut recording, Machado offers a varied set of romantic ballads, swinging jaunts, and up-tempo romps. She’s at her ...

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Album Review

Christina Machado: Gone with the Wind

Read "Gone with the Wind" reviewed by Dave Nathan

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2002

Christina Machado is one of those newer breed of singers, such as Diane Krall and Jane Monheit, who possess a striking beauty to supplement their vocal forte. And Machado indeed is a talented newcomer to the world of CDs. For her debut album Gone with the Wind, she has selected a program list of familiar material except for her own composition, “Free Yourself".. Her pleasant clear voice is buttressed with a well-honed sense of timing, a good feel for pitch ...