Vocalist, Recording Artist and Educator
LISTEN HERE
Tritone Records 1984
(Reissued on Discovery Records)
1. Nothing Like You 0:43
(Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman)
2. Listen Here 4:30
(David Frishberg)
3. The Wine of May 3:11
(Loonis McGlohon)
4. Morning 3:13
(Clare Fischer)
5. Shaker Song 2:56
(Beckenstein, Willis, Lasley)
6. Bulgarian Folk Tune 0:59
(Traditional)
7. Time's Lie 4:30
(Chick Corea, Neville Potter)
8. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 4:49
(Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman)
9. The Drinking Song 4:30
(Steve Kuhn)
10. Can't Buy Me Love 2:30
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
11. D.C. Farewell 1:56
(Richie Cole)
Lisa Rich - vocals
David Kane - piano, electric piano, synthesizer, guiro, tambourine
Cameron Brown - acoustic bass
Michael Smith - drums
Marc Copland - piano (2, 3) tenor sax solo (3, 4), soprano sax solo (9)
Mike Crotty - trumpet, flugelhorn, alto sax, tenor sax, flute, alto flute, bass clarinet
Produced by Lisa Rich and Sandra Krause Trupp
Recorded by Bob Dawson at Bias Recording Studio, Springfield, VA
Digital mastering by Mike Monseur, Nashville, TN 2023
"At a time when the economics of the art of jazz singing are certainly not at their best and it even seems as though a few new enemies of the legacy of Louis Armstrong may be raising their ugly heads on the horizon it is doubly heartening to hear the best LP I've heard since Tom Lellis, a couple of years ago, from Lisa Rich. You the listener probably will agree with me that herein your ears will find excellence on many levels. Pitch, tone, improvisation, song selection, and arrangement just sheer talent, too. Just sheer talent. Give this young lady the years of vocal employment she deserves and even her excellence will grow. Besides a varied and contemporary repertoire, she even sings us a complex Bulgarian piece to remind us of the cultural influence of many centuries of Moslem Ottoman Turkish rule over Bulgaria- the traditions of sliding and "whining" vocal styles that the many talented black people in their forced migration during the hideous institution called slavery) brought with them from the Moslem north of Africa. It is this cultural phenomenon, that over the years, later opened up the possibilities that Louis Armstrong's voice made into our Ameri can art of singing like a horn (or "playing" like early singers)-jazz singing. So, here's our newest, Lisa Rich. Enjoy.”
- Mark Murphy
"Lisa's voice is a great instrument.”
- Steve Kuhn