Leslie Lewis - Keeper Of The Flame (2010)

"Keeper Of The Flame" is Leslie Lewis' follow up recording to "Of Two Minds" 2008. It is a vocal jazz recording of (mostly) Brazilian music with a few standards done (again mostly) in a Brazilian style. The music has those things that make it feel like Jazz! Leslie has taken these songs and put her imprint on them with the support of the Gerard Hagen Trio (Gerard Hagen piano, Domenic Genova bass, Jerry Kalaf drums) and guest artist Gary Foster (saxophone/flute). Some of the composers represented are Antonio Carlos Jobim, Richard Rodgers, Mark Levine, Ivan Lins, and Kurt Weill. The music has a rhythmic energy that propels these songs in an engaging and dynamic fashion.