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Title: As Good As Her First
Review: RIP Ms. Reiner... but your music lives on. I reviewed her first compilation of Tin Pan Alley and American Songbook songs and this cd carries on its strengths and weaknesses. Strenghs: it's got lots of ukulele, is wonderfully produced with lots of variety and never overpowers her passable playing. There are lots of fun old songs that go well with ukulele.(I have methodically gone through both cd's working up songs for our ukulele club....) Weaknesses: her voice. I do not mean to be unkind but it is that of an older woman who has lost whatever chops she may have had. That's a minor issue for the quality of tune selection, her enthusiasm and the quality of the studio musicians--reminds me of what Nelson Riddle did for the trio of Linda Ronstadt American Songbook albums.
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