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Title: This is a lot of things but certianly NOT brilliant
Review: nor is it jazz in any way, Miss Toni has a lovely singing voice but it doesn't blend well with jazz and swing, anymore then putting say Peewee Herman fronting a big band, it might be charming at 1st but gets very dull. Toni's vocie is alright here, but she seems to be lacking the meaning of the standards, and conviction, as well as a sense of rhythm, timing, and technical skills that are essential for a swing singer. She may be able to pass as a caberet singer along the lines of Mabel Mercer, but this cd doesn't work well, because after one or two songs you begin to realize taht Toni's run out of cliches and ideas, she essentially copies styles of past singers, using so many cliches, she's bound to fool some into thinkign she actually can pull this off, but in reality this emberessing session, should never have been released.
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