From the opening selection, Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies” with an acid jazz feel, to Latz‘ offbeat and eccentric title track “Fig Tree,” to a beautiful and haunting piano duet on Mercer and Mancini’s, “Moon River,” Deborah Latz‘ third CD, Fig Tree, is a breakout performance, proving her artistic mastery as vocalist, songwriter and arranger.
Fig Tree CD
- Blue Skies
- Hi-Fly
- You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
- É Luxo Só
- I'm Having a Good Time
- You Are
- Fevgo
- S'Wonderful
- Fig Tree
- Embraceable You
- Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
- Ill Wind
- She Was
- Moon River
release date May 05 2013
Deborah Latz vocals
Jon Davis piano
John Hart guitars
Ray Parker bass
Willard Dyson drums
special guests
Peter Apfelbaum saxes, flutes, percussion
and Abdoulaye Diabate guest voice on “She Was.”
Michael Brorby recording & mixing
Recorded December 11 & 12, 2011 and January 30 & May 25, 2012
Acoustic Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Gene Paul mastering
Mastered November 14 & 29, 2012
G&J Audio, Union City, NJ
Kristopher Pelletier art direction
©Todd Weinstein photography