brigitte zarie's new cd l'amour... whoa! wow! outstanding! and elegant!...

To paraphrase Peter Bonventre of Newsweek magazine on his leaving the Boston Garden and a Hagler fight in 1978, "Marvelous Marvin is a beautiful fighter!" - well, "Brigitte Zarie is a beautiful singer."  Oh, that bass!  And Randy Brecker featured on 2 tunes.  Oh, that horn!  First class production.  Big orchestra sound.  Nice instrumentation.  Now, Brigitte, it's Good to Be Home listening to this on Quiet Nights with Nobody Else - 12 tunes impeccably swinging - crisp and beat.  My favorite female vocalist Anita O'Day.  Brigitte is a new favorite - not with the edge of a Miss O'Day, but as full voiced, vibrant and lyrical.  And sincere.  I see myself at Charlie's Gone By listening to both.  Whoa! Wow! Outstanding! And elegant!  Brigitte is an extraordinary songwriter too - except for Walk the Line and Quiet Nights (Corcovado), she wrote all of the songs on L'amour - music by Brigitte Zarie and Neil Jason; lyrics by Brigitte Zarie.  I'm hearing standards all over the place.  To paraphrase Bonventre again, "Brigitte is a beautiful songwriter."  L'amour highly highly recommended.  It is a story.  And it is jazz.  L'amour is available at iTunes, Amazon, and Brigitte's website http://brigittezarie.com/  -Peter DeVeber