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2 of 15 tracks have a preview · 10 works · 55:09

1 Fairly Fast Samba Emma Gilmartin 4:48
2 I'm Old Fashioned Jerome Kern 6:12
3 Another Story Girl Stina Nordenstam 7:04
4 Devil May Care Terrell P. Kirk 7:10
5 Songe Emma Gilmartin 5:33
6 I've Never Been in Love Before Frank Loesser 6:44
7 For No One John Lennon 4:08
8 When You Wish Upon a Star Leigh Harline 4:01
9 A Weaver of Dreams Victor Young 6:30
10 Is It OK If I Call You Mine Paul McCrane 2:59

Songe includes two Gilmartin originals. Will Poskitt, Ben Robertson, Rajiv Jayaweera and Eugene Ball appear on piano, double bass, drums and trumpet.

It follows her earlier work with Tony Gould on Tomorrow, just you wait and see. The programme mixes jazz standards with her own writing and a Lennon–McCartney song, shaped by an unforced vocal approach.

Reviews

[Gilmartin has] crystalline purity with vibrato-less tone and flawless pitch.

— Leon Gettler, The Age - Green Guide

There is a girlish sweetness about Emma Gilmartin's singing which is immediately engaging, without becoming cloying over the long haul. The standards are augmented by a couple of pleasant originals, and her Melbourne trio is bolstered by the exceptional trumpeter Eugene Ball on three tracks.

— John Shand, Limelight Magazine

Emma's lovely gentle voice has wide appeal ... She is fast becoming one of Australia's leading Jazz vocalists

— Valerie Brown, Courtyard Jazz Club

All up it's an assured and likeable album

— Adrian Jackson, Rhythm's

Now and then, one hears a voice which instantly suggests uncommon beauty and musicality. Add to this a sensitivity to lyrics, impeccable sense of pitch, a rare control of vibrato, and you have wonderful artistry. This is what I hear in the singing of Emma Gilmartin. It all comes from her approach to both her art and her fellow human beings.

— Tony Gould

Artists

Emma Gilmartin

voice

While her skill and training lie predominantly in jazz and Latin styles, Emma Gilmartin is passionate about, and experienced in, a variety of styles including soul, popular and Celtic. She has spent much of her musical life writing her own music in an original band in Melbourne.

Jerome Kern

composer

Jerome Kern's songs sit at the heart of the American musical and the jazz standard book: long-lined melodies that carry character and story as easily as they invite improvisation, from Show Boat ballads to Hollywood fox-trots.

John Lennon

composer

John Lennon's songs cut through styles and decades with plainspoken hooks and melodies that refuse to age. From Beatles classics to the solo anthem Imagine, his writing keeps finding new voices in jazz rooms, a cappella circles and the concert hall.

Frank Loesser

composer

Frank Loesser wrote the music and lyrics that still light up stages and standards books: sharp, singable Broadway scores and film songs whose wit and warmth keep turning up in jazz rooms and recital programmes alike.

Paul McCartney

composer

Paul McCartney's songs travel far beyond their rock origins. Melodic, singable and built for reinvention, they turn up here in jazz sets, a cappella harmony, intimate guitar ballads and even harpsichord with drums and bass.

Johnny Mercer

composer

Johnny Mercer's lyrics still define how jazz singers tell a story: conversational, witty and shot through with Southern colour, from torch laments to swing anthems and Hollywood standards that refuse to age.