Jazz Articles about LM Pagano

LM Pagano: Azalea

by Russell Moon
September 25, 2003

In his later years, Frank Sinatra commented that there were “only three saloon singers left": himself, Mel Torme and Tony Bennett. But today, LM Pagano is exactly that: a saloon singer.

Pagano is a young woman with a very soft voice. Her delivery includes heaping teaspoons of sass, rather than the sultriness of Julie London. Her inability to sustain a long note at the end of a phrase adds to her charm.

The selection of songs on Azalea, Pagano's debut ...