These dozen songs ease their way around swing, mambo, rumba and lounge, as big rich vocals weave the kind of witty, intriguing stories sure to draw you into a world of loves lost, found and betrayed. However, Deleted Scenes From the Cutting Room Floor is so thoroughly joyous and cleverly thought out it's almost impossible not to be seduced by it.Įmerald is a conservatory trained jazz vocalist and it's her consummate mastery of this specific skill allows her to hold her own against a fiery swing band, while focussing on interpreting the songs not just hitting the notes. ![]() It's also the sort of album that could only have been taken seriously somewhere like Holland - big-band jazz and lounge, fronted by a vocalist channelling Jane Russell's wardrobe. This album has spent longer at number one in the Dutch charts (27 non-consecutive weeks) than any other, and although that's a bit like saying "Sneezy was the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs" it shouldn't be taken lightly.
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