Softly (Roseanna Vitro album)

Softly
Studio album by
Roseanna Vitro
ReleasedDecember 14, 1993 [1]
RecordedSkyline Studios, New York, N.Y.[2]
GenreVocal jazz
Length60:30 [3]
LabelConcord Jazz
CCD-4587 [4]
ProducerPaul Wickliffe [4]
Roseanna Vitro chronology
Reaching for the Moon
(1991) 		Softly
(1993) 		Passion Dance
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Washington Postfavorable [6]
External audio
audio icon You may listen to "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" here

Softly is the fourth album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, released in December 1993 on the Concord Jazz label.

  1. ^ "Softly - Roseanna Vitro". ReverbNation. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  2. ^ "Softly (Musical CD, 1993)". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Roseanna Vitro: Softly (Overview)" Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  4. ^ a b "Discography". RoseannaVitro.com. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  5. ^ Feather, Leonard. "New Releases: In Brief" The Los Angeles Times. January 30, 1994. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  6. ^ Joyce, Mike. "Audio File: Previews, Reviews and Lyle Lovett's Views on Love". The Washington Post. August 31, 1994. Retrieved via ProQuest 2015-05-20. "Choice songs, distinctive interpretations, sensitive musicianship – it's that simple but elusive combination that makes Roseanna Vitro's album so easy on the ears. Rodgers and Hart's "Falling in Love With Love," the opening track, readily reveals Vitro's gifts as a vocalist. She shapes phrases like a horn player, infusing some words with rhythmic vitality and softly attenuating others, while never losing sight of the composer's intentions. As the album unfolds. Vitro continues in the same vein, elegantly balancing jazz liberties with uncomplicated storytelling and lessons learned the hard way."