(Vocal jazz) Eleni (Lane Brody) - Familiar Places - 2001, MP3, 320 kbps

Lane Brody has the voice, visage and spirit of an angel and a natural gift for singing and performing. Through a career that has defied easy classification she has consistently succeeded at the highest levels in a variety of contexts, from country to pop to jazz.
With the release of Pieces of Life, Lane has released an album that finally catches the breadth of her musical vision. This masterwork, five years in the making, combines songs written by Lane with material written specifically for her by several songwriting luminaries and reprises her greatest hits, the Oscar nominated Over You and her reconfiguration of The Yellow Rose of Texas to include a woman's perspective, The Yellow Rose, sung as a duet with Johnny Lee.
Her intense love of singing was established by the time she was five. She wrote her first song at the age of twelve. While still in her teens, she began a highly successful jingle career singing solos for many popular TV and radio commercials like McDonalds, 7Up, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Juicy Fruit Gum to name a few. Amazingly, her incredible voice generated interest worldwide when she became The Voice of the XIV Olympics singing the commercials ("You've known us all along") for Beatrice Foods, who was the main sponsor for the Olympics that year. It was reported that people found themselves listening for Lane and those commercials all during the games. During this time she also landed her first record deal with GRT Records. Her first single release became a #1 record in many country markets.

A personal note from Lane:
I hope that this recording brings you much peace and that it takes you back to beautiful memories and familiar places you hold closest to your heart. I give this to you with a true appreciation for this great music, and I sing it for you for the pure joy of it. I know I speak for all the talented people involved in this project when I say it was like going into another world. It brought out deep emotions in all of us, and we all realized that these songs and their legacy truly have a life of their own. I thank all of the people involved in making this project happen. I really do not have the words to describe the way it felt. The outstanding musicians on this CD not only played their hearts out, but they musically embraced my voice, allowing me to vocally blossom. They are my brothers and I love them dearly.
I also would like to recognize the incredible engineers and mastering technicians for giving their all in capturing and enhancing the flow, dynamics and emotion of the music with such gentle strength and respect. I give my heartfelt tribute to the memory of the great Ella Fitzgerald, whose recordings I listened to endlessly as a budding young singer. She inspired me to learn the songs and to tirelessly study and practice to them. Her unique, timeless and ever fresh style remains my greatest influence as a singer. I also want to pay tribute to the incredible voice of Johnny Mathis, who I studied as a young singer and who also holds a place in my musical heart. And finally, to the incomparable talent and energy of Pearl Bailey.
My incredibly talented musician husband and musical director, Eddie Bayers, is the one who believed I needed to make this recording. He put everyone together, instinctively knowing that it would work and that I would emerge artistically renewed. I love you, my eternal husband, Edward. I thank God for every good and perfect gift he has given us.

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