C'est Magnifique Blue Coast Music

By A Mystery Man Writer

Last updated 22 Sept 2024

quot;This album is a cool breeze on a hot summer night. I never want it to end." — Cookie Marenco "Christie Winn's interpretation of the standard repertory proves, once again, that a great voice and a great song is one of life's smoothest pleasures. And C'est Magnifique is as smooth as it gets. Joe Kyle's rich acoustic bass and Winn's own elegantly sparse piano provide the perfect harmonic underpinning for precise vocalizations that, nevertheless, ease their way into the material's emotional core. Tailor-made for fans of Barbara Streisand's Love Is the Answer quartet recordings with Diana Krall, this album feels up close and personal, as if Winn and Kyle are performing especially for you and the one you love. Cookie Marenco's production innovations continue to raise the bar for sonic brilliance and spatial purity." — Gene Bryan Johnson