Deborah Henson-Conant - Round The Corner - Jazz Standards For Harp, Bass & Drums (1987) Lossless

From a jazz point of view, this is the strongest disc by American harpist Deborah Henson-Conant. In a program released by her private label, Henson-Conant (accompanied by bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gallotti) plays melodic versions of six jazz standards (including "Georgia on My Mind", "Take Five" and "Summertime"). ), as well as her own "Around the corner". In fact, the climax is the delightful song "Over the Rainbow", which begins as an extensive mix of songs from The Wizard of Oz. Deborah Henson-Conant is one of the few harpists capable of improvising in the jazz style, and this beautiful set surpasses her more famous (and slightly later) GRP releases.
The famous American trumpeter Carl Hilding Severinson, nicknamed "Doc", calls her the "monster" of the harp, which changed the world's view of this ancient instrument. Deborah Henson-Conant herself is almost impossible to describe, but she calls her music a "cross-genre": a mixture of jazz-pop-comedy-folk-blues-flamenco-celtic,