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Nominated Best Vocal Jazz CD by JPF (The People's Grammy). All original music by band members, all lyrics written by Gail Marten. With her exotic sensual tones she can get across what most feel but rarely admit. A fine addition to your collection and for those special moments where jazz is the only fit! Each and every lyric, in each and every song, every turn of a lyric, is connected one to the other, and lays out a suite of epos – an epic theme – love!

The title song from this CD won First Prize Winner in the Jazz Category of the 2005 UK Songwriting Contest. Two other songs from this CD, Big Girl Blues and We Can Learn to Fly made it to the finals in this international competition. Billboard award winner. Released September 2005.

All originals written by Marten & Ehoff with all lyrics written by Gail Marten with the exception of Round Midnight. Clem Ehoff’s group melds jazz improvisation in a harmonically sophisticated manner driven by a pulsating latin groove…a veritable paella of sound and rhythm. Gail Marten not only sings lyrics which tell a story, but recites a vivid prose which demonstrates that she has a hip awareness of life – delivered with a voice of sweetness and verve. Gail has a particularly sensuous voice. She not only stirs passion, but she generates reflective thought. Delicious, as the melding of passion and intellect often is…the girl next door dressed in a black sheath! The rhythmic surge of Alfonso Rondon and Marty Knepp lets the listener know that there is no untamed spirit in this percussive melange. It is scintillating, bubbling and brilliant.

Nominated Best Jazz Vocal Album by JPF (The People's Grammy.) First Prize in the 2003 UK Songwriting Contest in the Jazz category for Heaven On A Tropic Shore. Also awards from The John Lennon Songwriting Competition and Billboard International. Released 2002 .

The mix of Ehoff originals and Marten singing gorgeous standards, makes this CD a treasure trove of sparkling wonders. …Marten creates a memorable character through her songs. Ehoff has crafted a sound that suits Marten’s voice and savvy instincts. His understated piano phrasing, marked by open spaces and a leisurely swing, fits Marten’s conversational, seen-it-all delivery. Her fascination with Brazilian music gives the songs a tropical, midafternoon languor, even supplying George Gershwin’s “Summertime” with a Rio beat and a breathy stoicism. Released January 2001.