Key of A Minor by Jessica Riddle (CD, Apr-2000, Hollywood Records)

Well, as a pro musician (of the starving variety) trying to survive in the Jazz arena, I thought this was a CD I had to have. And I guess you might say ..WTF ? since this CD is of the younger sounding music. Yes it's not Jazz and I play Jazz as well as Blues (to make money)but mostly Jazz, but the song I bought this CD for was just so damned haunting to me that it started coming out in my playing so I finally looked for it on eBay and bought this. The rest of the tunes are fine but to my taste the tune that did it for me is "EVEN ANGELS FALL" it is just a song with a not too predictable set of chord changes but the instrument that captured me was Jessica's voice itself. It just haunted me. She's my daughters age and very easy to look at (attractive) but that inflection and emotion laden with lament is what I personally really like about that work. I hummed the tune all day long, figured out the mechanics of it and, even as I said before, it started to come out in my improvising on my gigs. I don't think I can say too much more about this CD other than the rest of the songs are also good but to my taste Even Angels Fall is it....Vinny with The Ezra Blue Trio