Carolyn Graye

Carolyn Graye with Jessica Williams: Songs

by Jason West
July 25, 2003

Carolyn Graye is a veteran vocalist and jazz pianist; however, on her latest release she chooses to focus on singing and let Jessica Williams tackle the keyboard duties. The result is Songs, twelve standards that portray Ms. Graye in a favorable light, making intelligent musical decisions while adding her personal signature to well-known favorites. Highlights include her original lyrics to Ornette Coleman’s “Turnaround,” a bluer-than-blue “Blue Bossa,” and a cyber twist on the lyrics to “Everything Happens To Me."

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