Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy: Life’s A Gig

Confident and swinging vocals a la Carmen McRae are delivered by Vanisha Gould, teaming with pianist Christ McCarthy on this collection of standards, originals and clever covers. Gould covers the waterfront of genre, ranging from a fragrant take of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” (with some rich viola from Kayla William) to her own parlored “Fall in Love With Me In Fall”. In duet fashion she bounces through “Monk’s Dream” and gets cozy on “What A Little Moonlight Can Do” and even brings in her own lyrics to McCoy Tyner’s “Aisha” with some soft lighting. Viable interpretations.

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