Product Description Love Dances is a baker's dozen of some of the most seductive and stylish love songs you'll ever hear. From Lins, Porter, Gershwin, Van Heusen and the team of Rogers and Hart come many of the best jazz standards ever penned. Matthew's intimate delivery of these favorites is backed by a superb rhythm section headed by pianist Stefan Scaggiari (Corcord Jazz) whose arrangements are wisely sparse allowing Sue to showcase her extraordinary style. Scaggiari's sensitivity follows and anticipates Sue's every interpretive nuance. String bassist, Keter Betts (Ella Fitzgerald) sets the mood, enhancing Matthews' subtlety throughout the album. Guitarist, Steve Abshire and drummer Mike Smith round out this first rate quartet, creating the gentle acoustic sound that characterizes LOVE DANCES. Review Matthews' version of "Love Dance" is the sensual invitation to romance Lins intended. Sue Matthews is definitely a jazz singer. She has a soft, intimate voice and definitely sounds involved in everything she sings. She brings a torchy aspect to world-weary pieces like "Detour Ahead" and sings more innocent songs like "How Long Has This Been Going On?" with a wide-eved sense of wonder. She has an excellent sense of dynamics knowing just when to come down hard on the climax of a song as on "Where Or When" and a stomping "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues". Her backing musicians are on the money as well. Stefan Scaggiari and Steve Abshire back her moods with great sensitivity. Scaggiari tossing out sly blues comments here and there and Abshire kicking out like Les Paul on "Moonlight Savings Time". Keter Betts, who has stints with Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald behind him, also shows he still knows how to back good singers and gets his moment on a hushed vocal-bass duet! -- Jerome Wison, Cadence Magazine About the Artist With a voice described as "silky smooth, honey-toned", "expressive" and "smoky", Sue Matthews caresses the jazz standard. Becoming a favorite among jazz lovers, her debut album, Love Dances, and her second release, When You're Around, have brought this talented performer worldwide recognition and critical acclaim. Both albums have received national and international radio play, achieving the "Top 20" berth on the Gavin and R&R Jazz Charts. Her repertiore of jazz standards, contemporary "pop jazz", sultry blues and the classic"torch" are delivered with ease, humor and intectious vitality. Band Members: Sue Matthews, vocals; Stefan Scaggiari, piano; Keter Betts, bass; Steve Abshire, guitar; Mike Smith, drums. See more