Jersey Jazz by Joe Lang
“White has followed an eclectic path on Life in the Modern World, and it is an interesting and engaging one.” LAUREN WHITE is a singer who loves good tunes, whether old, new or somewhere in between. Life in the Modern World (Café Pacific – 15010) gives the listener a demonstration of the breadth of her taste. If you like the older standards, she gives you “How Little We Know” and “Midnight Sun.” Newer tunes? How about “Till I Get It Right,” a duet with the lyricist of the tune, Mark Winkler, “Coffee,” with a terrific lyric by Ron Boustead or Kathryn Bostic’s “Slow Down?” If you like hip numbers, dig “Monk’s New Tune” by Michael Franks, “Ellington’s Sound of Love” by Charles Mingus and “In a New York Minute” by Fran Landesman and Simon Wallace. The well-conceived arrangements are by pianist Quinn Johnson. There is a floating cast of musicians from track to track. White has followed an eclectic path on Life in the Modern World, and it is an interesting and engaging one. (www.amazon.com)
