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Marcelle Gauvin: The Edge of the Pond
by Jack Bowers
Another fine young singer enters what has suddenly become an overcrowded arena with a large number of newcomers striving to become the next Ella, Sarah or Billie. Diana Krall, mostly by virtue of her blonde good looks and sultry demeanor, is the current front-runner among the younger set with Jane Monheit receiving a lot of attention, perhaps more than she deserves at this stage of her career, and the underrated Karrin Allyson drawing some notice as well. Like Allyson, Marcelle ...
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by Dave Nathan
For her second CD for the New Bedford, MA label, Whaling City Sound resident vocalist Marcelle Gauvin offers a program comprising a variety of idioms, running from standard classics through Brazilian jazz to the craggy rhythms of Thelonious Monk, with a couple of intermediate stops along the way. Gauvin is accompanied by some of the top jazz artists from the label's stable of fine instrumentalists. They are allowed plenty of space to stretch out adding to the album's attractiveness. It's ...
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by Dave Nathan
Marcelle Gauvin makes the best of her first recording opportunity. Not only does she put her voice into each song, but her heart and soul too. This style may not be everyone's piece of cake. But here it comes off well because the emotive noises one usually finds with this expressive mode is not here. Moreover, Gauvin has good diction and stays in key. She obviously understands that irrespective of the amount of feeling she expends, if no one understands ...
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