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On October 29th, 2011, five amazing Jazz musicians took the stage for a benefit concert and the recording engineer captured it all in one single concert performance. This CD is the real deal with no over-dubs or clean-ups commonly used in live recordings
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CD Review by Nick DeRise, Something Else ReviewsMost performers are wary of live discs, this typically unforgiving setting that can reveal as much of the bad as it does the good. Fewer still are brave enough to choose a concert date as their recorded debut. Marti Mendenhall, the Oregon-based jazz soprano, is not most performers. And her new release, straight forwardly called An Evening of Live Jazz, illustrates why. Fronting a talented, deeply credentialed trio . . . . . . Read More
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CD Review by Stacy Riley, Jazz History OnlineMarti Mendenhall is a classical and jazz vocalist from Portland Oregon, who has been working towards her first solo CD for many years. That CD, "An Evening of Live Jazz", was all recorded from a single live performance. A true soprano, she flies on high notes through improvised jazz solos with ease and inspiration, her voice like a beaming trumpet. . . . . . Read More
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