Roseanna Vitro: Listen Here

This album by vocalist Roseanna Vitro was originally released in 1984, and it’s sure worth a listen today. This session from the Reagan years includes the legendary Texas Tenor Arnett Cobb on a few tunes, along with a rhythm section for the ages in Kenny Barron/p, Buster Williams/b and Ben Riley/dr as Vitro belts out a series of standards. With support by Cobb, Vitro slinks with Barron on “Centerpiece” , is soulful on Ellington’s “Love You Madly” and sassy along with Williams on “It Could Happen To You”. Vitro does marvelous work with Barron on a grab your attention take of David Frishberg’s “Listen Here”, and sizzles with the team supplemented by percussionist Duduka Da Fonseca on the percolating “No More Blues”. Vitro bubbles over with confidence on this early session.

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