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NANCY WRIGHT - MOANIN' (2009)

1. Jo-Jo   
2. Rutabagas   
3. Moanin'   
4. Lady L   
5. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To   
6. Happy Sergio   
7. When Sunny Gets Blue   
8. Minority   
9. Bugalu   

Personnel: Nancy Wright (saxophone); Robert Kraut (guitar); Louis Tsamous (drums).
Nancy Wright is an Ohio-bred, San Francisco-based musician whose hearty tenor saxophone has graced many discs of Bay Area artists. She has also performed and recorded with blues giants Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, and Albert Collins. For her debut disc, MOANIN,' Ms. Wright tips her hat to the blues- and R&B-charged jazz organ combo sound, backed by guitar, organ (Tony Monaco), and drums. She naturally accents the blues side of her musical personality and adds spice to the mix with some nifty New Orleans overtones.JazzTimes (p.75) - "[T]he group turns in faithful renditions of Bobby Timmons' 'Moanin'' and the Gigi Gryce swinger 'Minority.'"
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NANCY WRIGHT - YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG (1960)

1.You Make Me Feel So Young
2.Mad About The Boy
3.It Could Happen To You
4.I Remember You
5.I Hear Music
6.Come Rain Or Come Shine
7.Why Shouldn't I
8.Little Girl Blue
9.It's All Right With Me
10.Taking A Chance On Love
11.When The Sun Comes Out
12.We'll Be Together Again

The charming You Make Me Feel So Young! proves Nancy Wright a considerably hipper presence than the liner notes might suggest -- dubbed "a citizen of the supper clubs" on the sleeve, Wright nevertheless acquits herself admirably in tandem with the cool, lithe jazz backings of bandleader Caesar Giovannini's septet. The material is predictable -- standard fare like "It
Could Happen to You" and "Come Rain or Come Shine" -- and while Wright certainly doesn't claim ownership of the songs, she inhabits their melodies in full while keeping pace with Giovannini's supple arrangements. ~ Jason Ankeny