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Well respected on the East Coast as an inventive jazz singer, arranger, songwriter and educator, L'Tanya Mari's much-anticipated debut CD as a leader, A Teardrop of Sun is due to be release early 2009. The project is an eclectic mixture of songs that include fresh versions of standards along with numbers that are lesser-known but quite worthy, ranging from straightahead jazz to bossa novas, sambas, blues and modern fusion. "Of the standards, I particularly love 'You Go To My Head,' says L'Tanya. "It connects with and means a lot to many people even though it is decades old. It tells a story that is still relevant and has a life of its own, qualities that I hope are true of all of the songs that I perform." L'Tanya Mari', who grew up in Philadelphia, has always been surrounded by jazz

Album

A Teardrop of Sun

By L'Tanya Mari'

Label: Falcon Eye
Released: 2009
Track listing: Very Early; Nothing Will Be As It Was; I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues; Star Eyes; This Is New; The More I See You; Crystal Silence; That Old Black Magic; You Go to My Head.

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Article: Album Review

L'Tanya Mari': A Teardrop of Sun

Read "A Teardrop of Sun" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 28, 2009

L´Tanya Mari´ could not help but be so profoundly affected by music, considering her native Philadelphia. After a well-rounded jazz education, including the tutelage of Grady Tate, and establishment as an educator, Mari´ releases her debut, A Teardrop of Sun. Mari´ enters an already crowded market, one populated with as many difference singing styles and accompaniment ...