Doris
Long has been singing jazz and standards around town since 1963. She has
performed with a who’s who of the local music scene, with long running stints
at such great places out of the past as Sammy’s and the Theatrical. It is
amazing she has never put out a solo recording before, and her recently
released Long Overdue is
appropriately titled.
Long Overdue finds Doris Long backed by
some great local musicians, including Joe Hunter on piano, Dallas Coffey on
bass, Val Kent on drums, and Al Fuller on sax. The seventeen cuts on the disk are all standards done the
right way, with arrangements that not only let Long’s vocals shine, but also
the musicianship of the band behind her. They do a great job on songs like
Jimmy Van Huesen’s “Oh You Crazy Moon”; the Gershwin Brothers’ “For You, For
Me, Forevermore”; and Cole Porter’s “I Concentrate on You.” I really like the
versions of Duke Ellington’s “Drop Me Off in Harlem” and the Fred Rose/Walter
Hirsh classic “Deed I Do.” Both really show off the band, especially pianist
Hunter and bassist Coffey in the Ellington tune, and sax player Fuller in the
other.
Doris
Long is in her eighth year playing Friday nights at the Waterbury Coach House
on Madison. She starts at 7:00 and is backed by Hunter and Coffey. Check her
out sometime, she and her music are one of the best kept secrets in local music
scene.
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