Close Your Eyes
Editorial Reviews Uncluttered, tasteful arrangements compliment Gretchen's unaffected manner. The recording's trio of outstanding musicians includes sensitive piano accompaniment by Randy Richie, Bill Hones on bass, and Howard Kadison on drums. Finger-snapping swing numbers like "A Foggy Day" and "Close Your Eyes" as well as her sassy "I Was A Little Too Lonely" are paired with wistful ballads such as "I Remember You", "Fools Rush In" and the poignant "But Not For Me" and "Little Girl Blue". Recorded at Grammy Award-winning Bias Studios, the recording's sound fidelity is high quality and easy on the ears.
<"b00005q3j15020"> The Enterprise, December 22, 2000
"(Gretchen's) unaffected manner gives listeners the feeling she is singing to them and them alone."
<"b00005q3j15019"> The Enterprise, March 23, 2001
"Richie's sense of phrasing, polished arrangements and personal interpretation...reestablishes the romance, excitement and heart of popular song."
<"b00005q3j14999"> Album Description
With an honest, authentic approach complimenting her warm melodic voice, Gretchen Richie leaves the vocal histronics behind, again proving less-is-more. Her natural, clean style easily swings in the union of lyric and music. Categorized as acoustic classic jazz, this is romantic music artfully crafted by such writers as George & Ira Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter and Harold Arlen.
Close Your Eyes
Close Your Eyes, Music, Gretchen Richie...Jazz Cabaret, AN EXQUISITE COLLECTION OF ROMANTIC TUNES SUNG WITH COMPELLING HEART AND SOUL... "It's not hard to imagine Richie silencing the room with her unforced delivery and first-rate repertoire." --Mike Joyce, The Washington Post, July 2002
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