I Love Being Here With You

With this sparkling new release, songstress Dione Taylor has emerged as a fully-formed and exciting young artist. While unmistakably a jazz album, the CD reflects Dione Taylor's love of, and background in gospel, rhythm & blues and soul. Her rich and smoky voice has a truly soulful quality, one attractively complemented by her keenly trained musical ear. This combination of soulfulness and subtlety is an irresistible one. Her eclecticism is apparent as Dione cites soul queen Aretha Franklin, jazz chanteuse Sarah Vaughan, opera diva Leontyne Price and smooth-voiced jazzman Johnny Hartman as inspirations and influences.

Among the many talented musicians performing on the CD are: Doug Riley - piano and organ; Terry Clarke - drums; Guido Basso - trumpet; Pat LaBarbera - sax; Benny Green - piano; Jake Langley - guitar. Denzel Sinclaire joins Dione for the beautiful duet, "I Love Being Here With You". Catalog: MAR 363


Track Listing

1. Little Black Dress - Dione Taylor & Liz Tansey (Listen) 2. Knock Me A Kiss - Mike Jackson 3. Forget Me - Valerie Parks Brown 4. He's Funny That Way - Richard A. Whiting & Neil Moret (Listen) 5. Nothing Compares to You - Prince 6. A Sleepin' Bee - Harold Arlen & Truman Capote 7. Save Your Love For Me - Buddy Johnson 8. I Love Being Here With You - Dione Taylor 9. Fantasy - Dione Taylor 10. Just One Of Those Things - Cole Porter 11. Before We Said Goodbye - Aaron Davis & Marc Jordan 12. I'll Be There - Dione Taylor 13. The Angels' Share - Don Breithaupt & Jeff Breithaupt Total Playing Time: 58:24

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