"Up To Now" released Feb. 2009:
It might have taken Bonnie Lowdermilk a little more than a decade to release the followup to her previous album with the Fred Hersch Trio, but Up to Now was well worth the wait. With help from some of the area's finest players, including Mark Simon, Ken Walker and Greg Gisbert, Lowdermilk has created a delightful album that shows the jazz vocalist/pianist in complete control of her vocals, especially on the buoyant and swinging opener "Day by Day," which also features swift tenor work from Peter Sommer, and on Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring." In addition to some smart arrangements on nearly a dozen standards, Lowdermilk also wrote a few originals, including the yearning movie-star fantasy crush on "Bankin' on the Moon." Jon Solomon - Westword
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"Up To Now" released Feb. 2009:
It might have taken Bonnie Lowdermilk a little more than a decade to release the followup to her previous album with the Fred Hersch Trio, but Up to Now was well worth the wait. With help from some of the area's finest players, including Mark Simon, Ken Walker and Greg Gisbert, Lowdermilk has created a delightful album that shows the jazz vocalist/pianist in complete control of her vocals, especially on the buoyant and swinging opener "Day by Day," which also features swift tenor work from Peter Sommer, and on Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring." In addition to some smart arrangements on nearly a dozen standards, Lowdermilk also wrote a few originals, including the yearning movie-star fantasy crush on "Bankin' on the Moon." Jon Solomon - Westword
"This Heart of Mine" with the Fred Hercsh Trio 1997:
"A first recording which is nothing less than sumptuous.... an intimate disc, with a swing of rare elegance and with compositions of great beauty...at once subtle and generous" - Dernieres Nouvelles D'Alsace
"A vivacious young woman with character...A freshness bursts forth on the up-tempos, and her scat is original and possesses agility, vivacity, and swing. Around her an excellent rhythm section led by the pianist Fred Hersch who accompanies her with the maximum precision and attention. Someone to watch out for." - Gerard Mathieu, Jazz Notes
"Lowdermilk's a confident, personable vocalist with a wide range and Ella Fitzgerald's flair for wordplay. Her style is alternately romantic, saucy and playful, as the tunes (which range from originals such as "Ephemeral Dream"; to standards like Cole Porter's, "You Do Something To Me" require. This is cool jazz for a cold night, peppered by Lowdermilk's deft scatting and occasional piano playing." - Westword
"She scats with ease on the movers and invests appropriate tenderness on the ballads." Jazz Scene, Oregon's Jazz Magazine
other quotes:
"...a voice with a kind of freshness which goes without effort from contagious jubilation to the most gentle tenderness."
- Henri Marchal, Semaine des Spectacles, France
"This cool jazz artist knows how to use the entire palette of her art to express disenchantment, sensuality, romance, and melancholy or jubilation. She scats and sings with a pleasant and seemingly effortless ease" Michel Bedin, Jazz Hot
"Bonnie Lowdermilk is situated somewhere between Blossom Dearie and Judy Niemack. She is equally a remarkable pianist." - Jean-Louis Wiart, Axololotl Jazz
"Some decades ago, Bonnie Lowdermilk no doubt, would have played in the big bands of the swing era. Today, this singer and pianist plays in solo in the prestigious clubs of America, but also in Paris, where her graceful and sophisticated voice has conquered the public." Andre Greiner, Le Republican Lorrain
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