Black Coffee Louise Rogers

• 1 Comes Love 04:27
• 2 Alice in Wonderland 02:56
• 3 Easy to Love 04:52
• 4 Sentimental Journey 03:42
• 5 Lazy Afternoon 02:41
• 6 Pennies from Heaven 04:45
• 7 Alright Okay You Win 03:46
• 8 Black Coffee 05:54
• 9 Ain't Misbehavin' 03:42
• 10 Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe 03:44
• 11 Skylark 04:40
• 12 When the Sun Comes Out 05:15
• 13 Be My Baby 04:12
• 14 Gentle Rain 03:22
• Total Runtime 57:58

Info for Black Coffee

Jazz vocalist Louise Rogers has been gradually winning over converts with her beautiful burnished tone, clear diction, flawless intonation and impeccable musicianship. Her natural, unforced delivery harkens back to such pure singers as Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Chris Connor, and Doris Day.

BLACK COFFEE is her 5th recording, and finds Rogers taking a more relaxed and restrained approach over 12 songs, including standards ""Ain't Misbehavin'"" and ""Gentle Rain"" and a moving take on ""Alice In Wonderland"" as well pop numbers, such as Peggy Lee's 1956 hit ""Black Coffee."

Louise Rogers, vocals
Paul Meyers, guitar
Rick Strong, bass
Billy Drummond, drums

Louise Rogers
Chesky recording artist Louise Rogers has a voice that has been described as “pure and incandescent, free of affectation or obvious influence.” (Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times).

Ms. Rogers moved from N.H. to NYC in 1997 and has been active in the jazz scene since her arrival. A published author - Jazzy Fairy Tales Teacher's Manual, written with Susan Milligan (Alfred Publishing, 2011) with 2 more books slated for publication in 2011/2012 - she is a leader in the field of jazz education.

Nat Hentoff has praised her work as "the most joyously encouraging way of expanding the audience for jazz".

Along with her new release on Chesky Records, Black Coffee, which was in Grammy consideration, Louise has previously released 4 CDs on her own label, RILO: Come Ready and See Me and Bass-ically Speaking; 2 jazz CDs for children – Bop Boo Day and Jazzy Fairy Tales.

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