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Trudi Mann: .....MMMM.....

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2001

For her first trip to the studio as the featured attraction, singer Trudi Mann has put together a roster of tunes that avoid obvious choices. Possessing a deep, husky voice recalling Teddi King, Mann puts her own imprimatur on each of the tunes she presents. She's bouncy on “You Came a Long Way" from St. Louis, alluringly romantic on Burt Barcharach's “Winter Warm", and appropriately plaintive on the rather obscure but pretty Tommy Wolf/Fran Landesman “There Are Days When I ...