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The Diva's Diva: Judy Wexler

Apr 5, 2008
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I love Judy Wexler’s new CD: Dreams and Shadows, the title song has been one of my favorites and Judy does a superb job of capturing the feeling. There are turning points in everyone’s life. When I grew up in the Valley in the 50s and 60s I thought jazz was only Dixieland. Then I found KBCA on the radio (1966) and my whole world changed. I remember hearing Dinah Washington on the radio for the first time, Carmen McRae singing “Midnight Sun” and Nina Simone singing “Four Women”. Hearing her sing, “Love is A Necessary Evil” [on her first CD- Easy on the Heart] was one of those special moments. The band really shines and brings out the best of her talent. Ms. Wexler understands Jazz and captures all the musicality that the human voice can demonstrate and she is quite possibly the greatest living Jazz singer of today