Winkler's music is well known as the sound of cocktails after hours at a beach side bar. He's also a writer with a pen that never seems to run out of ink from the ink well brimming with the right stuff. This project, where he tackles the work of Laura Nyro, is a wild ride outside his comfort zone. Lyrically outside his comfort zone, written in keys generally locking him out, Winkler channels his admiration for Nyro into a project that casts her in a new light, a result that lands a world away from his tribute to Bobby Troup which was a prime cut of his métier. Finding the jazz in Nyro's New York street roots, Winkler does a mighty job of crafting something that would have been jive in lesser hands. Anyone that loved Nyro's classics will not be bellyaching about anything after a spin here. Hot stuff throughout. --The Midwest Record
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