This versatile artist's career has taken as many twists and turns as her talents, with previous recordings featuring her duet work with Teresa Trull and with Darol Anger, her ensemble participation with Montreaux, and her own music as a singer-songwriter. Among other things, she is a brilliant pianist, and on her 2000 Solo Piano release, for the first time we are treated to a full program featuring her elegant and expressive renditions of mostly original compositions (plus 2 by Egberto Gismonti and 1 by Joni Mitchell). It's lyrical, melodic, emotional, soothing, smooth... very direct and pure. Listen to the tenderness of Asleep in My Arms, and to the jubilation and grace of To Be.

Higbie,Barbara