"Sublime...A perfect album..." -- Alan Mercer, AMProfile.blogspot.com/ “As excellent as her first two albums were, New Vintage looks to be Laura Ainsworth's breakthrough… (She) creates a rich, intoxicating atmosphere that transports the mind to another place and time…Thank you, Laura, for making the Great American Songbook exciting and fun again!" -- David Gasten, producer, "This Is Vintage Now" Dallas-based retro jazz chanteuse Laura Ainsworth’s first two albums (Keep It To Yourself and Necessary Evil) earned her worldwide airplay and critical raves, praise from Grammy-winning artists and performance bookings as far away as India and Dubai. Now, August 2017 looks to be her breakthrough, with the release of an audiophile vinyl best-of LP (Top Shelf), a spot alongside the great Sue Raney on the popular compilation series This Is Vintage Now Vol. 2, her solo NYC debut at the famous Metropolitan Room, and best of all, the release of her critically-acclaimed third album, New Vintage. Of course, her crew of top Texas jazz players are back, led by Laura’s amazing pianist/producer/arranger, Brian Piper, of the ‘Nawlins Gumbo Kings and the Brian Piper Trio (90th Floor Records). Fans will find more of what’s made Laura a leader in the growing vintage jazz/lounge/bachelor pad genre: her satiny, sultry, and as one reviewer put it, “impossibly old-fashioned” three-octave voice that’s been called a glorious throwback to the era of Rosemary Clooney, Dinah Shore and Julie London…fresh new spins on standards (“Nevertheless,” “Long Ago and Far Away”)…and overlooked gems (“Where Did The Magic Go,” a nostalgic AC ballad for the TCM generation; “All About You,” which Irving Berlin dubbed “a perfect love song”; the hilariously retro “Nothing Can Replace A Man”; and “That’s How I Got My Start” and “It’s A Nuisance Having You Around,” two sultry seduction ballads by Frank Loesser and Johnny Mercer, respectively, that haven’t been recorded in over half a century). But New Vintage brings new twists as well. Like the hip tiki exotica of “An Occasional Man,” complete with surf sounds and tropical bird calls…“The Man I Love Is Gone,” seemingly one of those lost treasures of the ‘40s she loves to unearth, but in fact a brand new ballad in the Great American Songbook style, written by Laura and veteran jazzman George Gagliardi…and “I Once Knew A Fella,” which is both a hilarious female sexual empowerment anthem and a tribute to the raucous lounge-jazz of legendary Vegas wildman Sam Butera of Louis Prima fame. Butera was a one-time bandmate of Laura’s late father, big band sax prodigy Billy Ainsworth, who helped form her unique retro musical tastes. A rare family photo of Butera and her dad performing together adorns the inside CD cover. So sit back and savor this New Vintage of Laura Ainsworth, from its smoky opening to its bold finish. Warning: Contents can be intoxicating…