The first recording Maria has released in almost four years, Hot Summer (2006) is a new collection of original songs which employs her usual piano trio sound with a few new twists. There are a couple of duets, one ("Whistling Song") with Hanna Richardson, who is one of Maria's collaborators on Mean to (All of) Me: A Codependent Songbook. The other duet ("Pretend You Love Me") is with Atlanta-based singer Joe Gransden. Joe also sings "What Can I Say?", a bridegroom's song to his mother on his wedding day. Some tracks have extra percussion, added by Ron Keck of Subcat Studios in Skaneateles, N.Y.

 

  1. Day Off

  2. Quand Çà Vient du Cœur
  3. Once in Heaven
  4. Friends
  5. Pretend You Love Me
  6. Things Didn't Turn Out
  7. Hot Summer
  8. Whistling Song
  9. What Can I Say?
  10. Playful Bossa Nova
  11. Let's Take a Walk
  12. Love Changes


 

 

  • Released in June 2006

Liner notes on this CD were written by Will Friedwald, author of Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices and Stardust Melodies. To read the unexpurgated (!) liner notes, click here (MS Word).

 
 

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