[Dixielandjazz] Review, Daryl Sherman - Jersey Jazz

[Robert Ringwald]

It had to happen sooner or later. 
Daryl Sherman, by Joe Lang, Jersey Jazz

After playing on the Cole Porter piano at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel in New York City for almost 15 years, DARYL SHERMAN has released an
album of songs by the talented gentleman who owned the piano in question. For the
recording of "Mississippi Belle: Cole Porter in the Quarter" (Audiophile - 342),
Sherman opted to travel down to New Orleans, engage Jesse Boyd on bass, and Tom Fischer
on clarinet and tenor sax, and explore 13 Porter gems. In choosing tunes for her
program, she used her imagination, selecting familiar songs, "Let's Do It," "Get
out of Town," "Rosalie," "Looking at You," "From This Moment On" and "You'd Be So
Nice to Come Home To;" some that are heard occasionally, "Tale of the Oyster," "Use
Your Imagination," "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and "Where Have You Been;" a few
truly obscure, "Ours" and "By the Mississinewah;" and one never previously recorded,
"Mississippi Belle." An added bonus is the appearance of Banu Gibson, a fine jazz
vocalist and New Orleans institution, as a duet partner on "By the Mississinewah."
Sherman's intimate vocal style, fabulous phrasing and inventive self accompaniment
on piano combined with the fine musicianship of her cohorts to produce an album that
would surely have pleased Mr. Porter, and will have a similar effect on his legions
of admirers. (
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