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Praise for Here’s To Hoagy…

• “a masterful homage to Hoagy”

  — Chicago Tribune

• “an exquisitely sung and elegantly paced tribute”

  — Howard Reich, Jazz Critic

• “Cory Jamison acquits herself of a near-perfect 'Nearness of You'”

  — The Village Voice

• “If the centennial of Hoagy Carmichael is going to inspire just one new recording, then this release deserves to be it. Chicagoan Cory Jamison is nearly an ideal interpreter of Carmichael’s music, her light, lyric soprano befitting the composer’s delicate touch with music and, occasionally, words. The illusion of nonchalance Jamison achieves in uptempo pieces and her straightforward delivery in ballads point to a singer who’s shrewd enough not to oversell the material. With such estimable players as trumpeters Scott Hall and Rob Parton, pianist Dan Stetzel and harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy, Jamison is in superb company. The liner notes include all the song lyrics, which are welcome.”

  — Uncredited

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