Track List:
1. Lucky To be Me 3:08
2. You Taught My Heart To Sing 3:05
3. Home 5:43
4. Seasons 5:50
5. Detour Ahead 4:50
6. Strong Man 6:00
7. Not while I’m Around 6:20
8. So Far Away 4:23
9. Summertime 5:02
Featuring:
Shirley Crabbe (voice)
Special Guest Soloist: Houston Person (tenor sax solo on Lucky To Be Me, & Strong Man)
Donald Vega (piano on Seasons, You Taught My Heart To Sing, Home & Summertime)
Jim West (piano) Jon Burr (bass)
Alvester Garnett (Alvester plays D'Amico drums)
Dave Glasser (saxophone & flute, solo on Detour Ahead)
Matt Haviland (trombone, solo on Home)
Brandon Lee (trumpet, solo on Not While I’m Around)
"Crabbe holds nothing back as she announces her artistic presence with the authority and confidence of a seasoned veteran. ...This is an adventurous, contemporary and swinging release that should satisfy the most discriminating of vocal jazz lovers. Making old school new cool, Shirley Crabbe is a name to remember."
Brent Black, Muzic Reviews.com
”Armed with classical training from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, a passion for jazz and a second chance, Shirley Crabbe is the newest songbird to arrive on the jazz scene, coming Home with a well-conceived and highly-engaging debut sure to propel this gifted artist to a new level of attention." -- Edward Blanco, All About Jazz
"Crabbe sings with soulful aplomb, investing the lyric with a mournful and deeply knowing emotionality." -- Nick Bewsey - Jazz in Space
“Vocalist Shirley Crabbe has a big, wide-open optimistic style that's reminiscent of a young, excited Sarah Vaughan”.
“This is a gorgeous album from a lovely singer”… -- Marc Meyers, JazzWax.com
"Crabbe's very attractive voice and her ability to convey the essence of a lyric make her a jazz vocalist you want to hear again and again. Her second CD can't come soon enough". -- Scott Albin - Jazz Times
..."warm, upbeat and on the money throughout. Tasty stuff well worth checking into". --Midwest Record
"It is refreshing to listen to a 'pure' standard-setting jazz singer who adamantly eschews the use of vocal histrionics to 'get over,' instead relying on the best writers, committed musicians, and her own pristine talent. Jazz music is richer to have a vocalist of such high caliber as Shirley Crabbe..." -- Jazmuzic.com
