Girl Talk
Released: Aug 28, 2001
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Released: Aug 28, 2001
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Jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin is joined by a stellar cast on her second Telarc release. Bassist David Williams and drummer Lewis Nash hold down the rhythm, joined alternately by pianist/arrangers...
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Language of Love
Released: May 25, 1999
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Released: May 25, 1999
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Vanessa Rubin's 1999 album Language of Love features more of her smooth vocal stylings, along with guest performances from Freddy Cole on two tracks, "Nice 'N' Easy" and "Everytime We Say Goodbye."...
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I'm Glad There Is You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae
Released: May 10, 1994
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Released: May 10, 1994
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This Vanessa Rubin release is a tribute to Carmen McRae. Although she cites McRae as a major influence, Rubin actually does not sound much like her and leans as much toward middle-of-the-road music...
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Vanessa Rubin Sings
Released: 1995
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Released: 1995
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Vanessa Rubin has a lovely voice, but rarely wanders much from the melody. Since many of the songs that she performs on this Novus CD have already been done definitively dozens of times by others...
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Pastiche
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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Throughout this well-planned date, Vanessa Rubin sounds like an able successor to the more jazz-oriented sides of Nancy Wilson, Lorez Alexandria, and Ernestine Anderson. Rubin's soulful voice and...
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Soul Eyes
Released: 1991
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Released: 1991
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Vanessa Rubin at the time of her Novus debut had been a high-school English teacher for seven years. This CD was a good start for her singing career although the results are a little mixed. Rubin...
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