A mix of American Songbook standards and original tunes, "Blues in the Night" features drummer Sherrie Maricle and the Diva Jazz Orchestra. The recording's 12 tracks are also available on iTunes, which is offering the ballad "You Are You" as an internet exclusive.
About her newest CD, Callaway said in a recent statement, "This is the feistiest, gutsiest, most let-your-hair-down CD I've ever recorded. There are quiet and reflective moments and you will also hear me wail. The album expresses the full range of who I am and, of all my recordings, it comes closest to the feel of a live concert."
Liz Callaway, the Broadway favorite seen in the original New York casts of Baby, Merrily We Roll Along and Miss Saigon, joins her sister for a medley of two classic torch songs: "Stormy Weather" and "When the Sun Comes Out."
The complete track listing for "Blues in the Night" follows:
"Swingin' Away the Blues"
"Blue Moon"
"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most"
"Lover Come Back to Me"
"Stormy Weather"/"When the Sun Comes Out"
"The I'm-Too-White-To-Sing-the-Blues Blues"
"Willow Weep for Me"
"Hip to Be Happy"
"It's All Right with Me"
"No One Is Alone"
"Blues in the Night"
"The Glory of Love"
Not only a singer, Ann Hampton Callaway is also an acclaimed songwriter, whose works have been performed by Barbra Streisand, Patti LuPone and dozens of others. For her Broadway debut in Swing!, Callaway garnered a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and her many recordings include "Ann Hampton Callaway," "Bring Back Romance," "To Ella with Love" and "After Ours." Callaway is also a recipient of 14 Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) Awards. For more information visit www.telarc.com.
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Callaway will celebrate the release of her new CD with performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Sept. 6-10. Show times at Dizzy's Club are 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM with additional 11:30 PM shows Friday and Saturday nights. There is a $30 cover charge; reservations can be made by calling (212) 258-9595 or by visiting www.jalc.org.
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club is located at Broadway at 60th Street on the fifth floor.
