★★★★★
Many children of musicians follow in their parents' footsteps, but few as closely as Catherine Russell. Since the start of her recording career, now spanning five albums, Russell has focused almost exclusively on the musical era of her father, bandleader Luis Russell, who served for nearly a decade as Louis Armstrong's music director, and mother, the late big-band and choral singer Carline Ray...
- jazztimes.com
2014-03-25
★★★★★
Track Listing: Bring It Back; I'm Shooting High; I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart; You
Got To Swing and Sway; Aged and Mellow; The Darktown Strutters Ball;
Lucille; You've Got Me Under Your Thumb; After The Light Go Down Low;
I'm Sticking With You Baby; Strange as it Seems; Public Melody Number
One; I Cover The Waterfront...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2014-02-11
★★★★★
Catherine Russell's fascination with the songs and style of her father, 1920s and '30s pianist and bandleader Luis Russell, and his contemporaries continues apace throughout this lively examination of love in all its guises. Russell opens with a peppy reading of the Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald delight "Under the Spell of the Blues," then recalls Luis' long, fruitful partnership with Louis Armstrong with a lilting "I'm in the Mood for Love...
- jazztimes.com
2012-03-19
★★★★★
Catherine Russell's tremendous musical talent is an open secret. She's been a back up singer for rock royalty like Madonna, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Jackson Browne, and others. She also descends from jazz royalty. Her dad Luis Russell was Louis Armstrong's musical director during the '40s, and her mom Carline Ray performed with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Mary Lou Williams, and Wynton Marsalis...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
Track Listing: Inside This Heart Of Mine; All The Cats Join In; We The People; Troubled Waters; As Long As I Live; November; Just Because You Can; Long, Strong and Consecutive; Close Your Eyes; Quiet Whiskey; Spoonful; Slow As Molasses; Struttin' With Some Barbeque. Personnel: Catherine Russell: vocals; Mark Shane: piano; Matt Munisteri: guitar, banjo; Lee Hudson: acoustic bass; Neal Miner: acoustic bass (tracks 6,7); Brian Grice: drums; Rob Garcia: drums (tracks 11...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Native New Yorker and vocalist Catherine Russell, whose father was the long-time music director for Louis Armstrong, knows a thing or two about authenticity. In this age of tribute albums, solely designed to help push sales, comes the real thing in the form of Inside This Heart Of Mine. Russell doesn't have to call this release a tribute because with every heartfelt nuance and every swinging turn of phrase Russell aptly demonstrates what real tributes are all about...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-06-17
★★★★★
The music world is full of timing issueswhen to release a single, when to tour, when to go solo, when to make a comeback, when to demand an accounting from your record label, when to give up on succeeding with said accounting. Lately, I've been intrigued by artists who decide to release a debut album after spending many, many years in the business. Earlier this year, legendary songwriter Bobby Sharp, of "Unchain My Heart" fame, released his "debut" entitled The Fantasy Sessions. And so, des...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-23