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Listening to myself as a young girl listening to Lady Ella I knew that she would someday be my Muse for the great American songbook. So after recordings of art songs in Greek, Spanish and Hebrew, it seemed only fitting that I turn to my native language and to the phenomenal joy of singing that Ella Fitzgerald brought to her art. She was simply the best of all of the great female singers. I get a thrill from her vocal phrasing every time I listen to her recordings. This album is dedicated to The First Lady of Song and to the wonderful New York jazz musicians who helped with this homage – John Benitez, Charles Blenzig, Richie Morales, Essiet Okon Essiet, Gary Schreiner and to the amazing Spiros Exaras. Essentially, we have been after the rhythms, the aliveness, within Ella Fitzerald and songs she sang. We’ve connected these rhythms with our own feel for the words and the music.

Lina Orfanos