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Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm: Begin to Dance
ByOn Begin to Dance, the pair pick up where they left off with Spark, this time peppering jazz standards like "It's Only Love" and "All My Tomorrows" with BJ Thomas' "Hooked on a Feeling" mashed up with Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun." Sturm's guitar playing brings whatever is necessary to the songs to support Mammina's every whim. He is equally capable of providing the bare-bones chording for the Doobie Brothers' "Takin' it to the Streets" and the pleasant filigree he offers in Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me." But it is the jazz tunes where the two excel. The pair hits their collective stride on "L-O-V-E" with Sturm turning in an exceptional hot-club solo. Mammina and Sturm make a great duo who program their performances with great thought and a true sense of humor.
Track Listing
Hooked on a Feeling/Black Hole Sun; It’s Only Love; Begin to Dance; Dancing on the Ceiling; I Want You To Want Me; We Hesitate; Takin’ it to the Streets; All My Tomorrows; A Place That I Call Home; L-O-V-E; Hello, It’s Me; Strollin’; Bluer Than Blue; Crazy Fingers; Give Me Love.
Personnel
Jenna Mammina
vocalsJenna Mammina: vocals; Rolf Sturm: guitar.
Album information
Title: Begin to Dance | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Water Street Music
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