Is It Magic?
Partially funded by her City of Ventura Cultural Arts Fellowship, in September of 2007, Toni went into the studio and recorded her 3rd vocal jazz CD "IS IT MAGIC?" Eight out of the 12 tunes are her original compositions. By mid 2008, IS IT MAGIC? was released and last September it began receiving radio play around the country and as far away as the Netherlands and Australia.
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Toni Jannotta - IS IT MAGIC?: We hadn't listened to Toni's rich and husky jazz vocals before, but were most pleasantly surprised. She's definitely not "just another lady jazz singer"... 8 of the dozen tracks are her original compositions (though she only plays keyboards on the last cut, "Ruthie's Themes"). Greg Gordon Smith's excellent piano, Pablo Motta's sultry bass, superb drums from Chris Wabich and fine flute work by Scheila Gonzalez back her on all the pieces in most excellent fashion. It's clear that these are high talent players, totally dedicated to wrapping the listener into the web/spell they are weaving... they accomplish that in most jumping fashion on my favorite Janotta composition, "Ventura", as well as on my second favorite cut on the album, "Storm's A Comin'"... one of the prettiest and well-composed pieces I've heard in a while! If you'd like to see her performing live, visit THIS PAGE on her site... or just go to www.tonijannotta.com to get more information. "IS IT MAGIC?" gets my MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, especially for those most enchanted by female vocalists with true verve & panache.
IS IT MAGIC? can also be purchased via CD Baby, both in album form or digital download ~~ You can also find it on ITunes ~~ Visit Toni's My Space page. |