As the daughter of renowned big band musician Billy Ainsworth, Laura Ainsworth grew up with the Great American Songbook, watching her dad back such icons as Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett. That informed her classic retro lounge/jazz sound and smooth, sultry, throwback vocal style.
Tracks from her first three award-winning albums (“Keep It To Yourself,” “Necessary Evil,” “New Vintage”) comprised the best-of vinyl LP “Top Shelf.” Its embrace by Japanese critics and jazz fans inspired this expanded CD version warmly remastered by Jessica Thompson, available in the USA as an import from Japan’s Ratspack Records and at https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/laura-ainsworth-shop
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Laura Ainsworth: vocals
Brian Piper: keyboards/arrangements/production
John Adams: bass
Chris McGuire: sax/clarinet
Steve Barnes, Mike Drake: percussion
Noel Johnston, Chris DeRose-Chiffolo: guitar
Dana Sudborough: vibes
Rodney Booth: trumpet
Steve Story: violin
Pete Brewer: flute
Track Listing
- That's How I Got My Start
- Necessary Evil
- That's the Kind of Guy I Dream Of
- The Gentleman Is a Dope
- You'd Be Surprised
- Love For Sale
- Skylark
- Medley: Long Ago and Far Away/You Stepped Out of a Dream
- An Occasional Man
- Out of This World
- Hooray for Love
- Personality
- My Foolish Heart
- Dream a Little Dream of Me
- Wasting My Love on You
- Just Give Me a Man
