Vocalist Jill Rogers (Imperial Jazz Co., Crying Time) performs Depression-era songs of desire, love, and loss. Singing with strength and subtlety, sheʼs backed by a stellar quintet, featuring John Finkbeiner (Smith Dobson V Quartet) on guitar, Lorenzo Farrell (Little Charlie and the Nightcats) on organ, and the members of the venerable Lost Trio: Phillip Greenlief (saxophone), Dan Seamans (bass), and Tom Hassett (drums). As Rogers winds her way through these well-known and more obscure standards, she lets the soloists shine. Although the material is from another time, Rogersʼs approach to these classics stays absolutely right here, right now, bringing presence and relevance to each of the depression-era songs she sings.
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