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Walkin' by the River

by Marty Elkins

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1.
If I Could Be with You 04:50
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2.
Runnin' Wild 03:23
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3.
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby 05:24
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4.
Garbage Can Blues 03:08
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When My Sugar Walks Down the Street 03:31
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Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' 05:20
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There'll Be Some Changes Made 03:17
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Down to Steamboat Tennessee 05:38
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9.
Comes Love 05:52
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Ill Wind 04:40
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I'll Never Be the Same 05:04
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 04:55
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Walkin' by the River 05:58
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SHE'S BACK, ALTHOUGH SHE'S NEVER BEEN AWAY

Marty Elkins is one of my favorite singers. If you know her work, you'll understand why. If she's new to you, prepare to be entranced:

For one thing, she swings without calling attention to it. Nothing in her style is written in capital letters; she doesn't dramatize. But the feeling she brings to each song comes through immediately. Her voice is pleasing in itself and she glides along next to the song, not trying to obliterate it so that we can admire her and her alone.

So it's delightful news that Marty has released her third CD, WALKIN’ BY THE RIVER (Nagel-Heyer 119), and it is a treat.

Marty isn't a Diva or someone who demands to be a Star. When I've seen her in performance — sitting in or on her own gig — she is on equal, friendly terms with the instrumentalists, never demanding the spotlight. But quietly, subversively, her voice finds a place in our hearts: it is the closest thing to having someone you're fond of whisper something pleasing in your ear. And it's not just me, or my ear. Marty has things to tell us about love, about pleasure, about sadness. Many of the songs on this CD are familiar — but they take on new depth and feeling when she sings them.

Song historians will note some nods to Lee Wiley, Una Mae Carlisle, and of course Billie. But this is living music, not a repertory project, thank goodness.

Marty, thank you! Now — let’s have a regular gig for this remarkable singer?

May your happiness increase!

MICHAEL STEINMAN, JAZZ LIVES

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released October 17, 2020

Marty Elkins - vocals
Jon-Erik Kellso - trumpet
Howard Alden - guitar
Joel Diamond - hammond c3 organ
Steve Ash - piano
Lee Hudson - bass
Taro Okamoto - drums

Recorded on August 18, 19 and 29, 2014 at Systems Two Studios, New York City.

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Marty Elkins New York, New York

Marty Elkins was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
As a child she listened mostly to the soul stations in New York, and the late night R&B shows.
But the life changing day was when she found a copy of Billie Holiday’s “Lady in Satin” in a local Woolworth.
She had the good fortune to meet musicians who played jazz such as Herb Pomeroy, Ray Santisi, Jimmy Mosher, and Dave McKenna among others. ... more

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