BARBARA FASANO DECEMBER 10 "BUSY BEING FREE" CD RELEASE CONCERT

Come celebrate with me at Birdland Jazz Club on Thursday, December 10 @ 6pm, along with John di Martino, piano; Boris Kozlov, bass & Vince Cherico, drums. I'm so excited to share this new release with you all. On "BUSY BEING FREE" I'm supported by an amazing band led by pianist/arranger/co-producer John di Martino, and the 14 tracks range from classic faves from Rodgers, Berlin, and Kern to Joni Mitchell's CACTUS TREE (yes, that's where the title comes from) and Jimmy Webb's TIME FLIES. Already, some accomplished (& very generous) people have said kind words & I'm so grateful ... "Barbara Fasano's BUSY BEING FREE is sheer perfection. This is a CD from a singer who has thrilled me from the first time I heard her. Her growth as an artist is immeasurable. She is in full command and has established herself as one of the top singers of the day." ~ David Kenney, WBAI "Everything Old Is New Again" "My favorite new vocal album is Barbara Fasano's BUSY BEING FREE. Barbara puts Joni Mitchell and Jimmy Webb on a level playing field with Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin and makes them all sound equally terrific. Though she draws on traditions of cabaret, jazz, and singer-songwriter pop/folk, the result sounds less like a multi-generic mashup than a cohesive whole. Typically outstanding musical direction by John di Martino (and playing from reed polymath Aaron Heick and that famous cornetist "whinnying Warren" Vache) completes the package. Wonderful!" ~ Author and jazz critic Will Friedwald "A much-lauded cabaret artist known for her big-city smarts; her sultry, purring voice; a repertoire that spans eras; and a flair for mining overlooked truths and wry humor from even the most familiar classics. She seems incapable of singing an unintelligent or unmusical phrase." ~ Author James Gavin "A wonderful CD! When Barbara Fasano takes on the standards, she does it not only with intelligence and sophistication but with such emotional involvement that the very vowels are sensuous and the consonants sexy." ~ David Finkle, Huffington Post "An exquisite album! Barbara Fasano is one of a dying species ... a jazz singer who gets to the heart of a lyric." ~ Composer Philip Springer (HOW LITTLE WE KNOW)