If you’ve heard Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” Billy Idol’s “Mony Mony,”…
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Stephanie Spruill “Sweet Control” It’s a Jazz Day (La Pantera) If you’ve heard Tom Petty’s…
If you’ve heard Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” Billy Idol’s “Mony Mony,”…
Stephanie Spruill “Sweet Control” It’s a Jazz Day (La Pantera) If you’ve heard Tom Petty’s…
Jazz has long been an important part of her tool kit — she recorded with Nat Adderley, Johnny Hammond Smith and Gene Harris, among others — and it’s at the heart of her recording It’s a Jazz Day (La Pantera). Spruill interprets standards including “Dindi,” “Round Midnight” and “Here’s to Life,” as well as some original selections. She penned “Sweet Control” with Jeff Lorber and Dianne Quander for vocalist Jon Lucien’s 1991 release Listen Love, and reprises it here with her own band. A lights-low ambiance sets the mood for Spruill’s seductive vocals, as she goes from quiet and controlled to a more impassioned delivery.