Wanda Stafford

 
 

"Wanda Stafford has a haunting voice that is a little reminiscent of Anita O'Day's, puts plenty of heart into her interpretations of lyrics, always improvises and never forgets to swing. Long a fixture in San Francisco, she deserves to be much better known.”

Scott Yanow

Jazz journalist and author of Jazz On Film and Jazz Singers the Ultimate Guide

 

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT Something Coo l 

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"Wanda Stafford has a warm sensuous voice....she has a haunting quality that sticks in one’s mind..her atmospheric interpretations are both contemporary and a logical outgrowth of the cool jazz singers of the 1950s. Something Cool is easily recommended"

Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene

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“Five seconds.  I maintain that you’ll know if you’re going to like something after listening for five seconds.  The hook (that part of the song that sticks in your head) only seals the deal.  You’ll listen for the hook – if you like the first five seconds.  After five seconds of hearing Wanda Stafford sing, I turned up the volume....”

Doug Boynton @ www.girlsingers.co.uk



“West Coast singer Wanda Stafford is not a belter. This is a good thing. She celebrates the laid-back side of jazz, reveling in the spaces between notes, on Something Cool. The project is a nod to the path set by June Christy, Chris Connor, Anita O’Day and Billie Holiday. There is much to enjoy in the approach she’s taken and you may find yourself putting the CD player on repeat mode for some time...Levin and Switzer, in particular, really locked in with Stafford’s intent here and helped put the project over the top.

kenfrancklingjazznotes.blogspot.com

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This fantastic CD of classic songs is romantic and moody, cool and hot and most of all,  reminiscent of the "cool school"

days of June Christy and Chet Baker....yet with a ‘cool’ modern jazz accompaniment.


Featuring:

GRANT LEVIN, piano

CHRIS AMBERGER, bass

LORCA HART, drums

NOEL JEWKES, sax’s


SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST:

BOB SWITZER, trumpet

Something Cool

(mixed with HOT modern jazz)


l. All Of You

2. Say It, over and over again

3. Get Out Of Town

4. You Turned The Tables On Me

5. Fools Rush In

6. Something Cool

7. Street of Dreams

8.  If I Should Lose You

9. The Man I Love

10. Dancing On The Ceiling

11. I See Your Face Before Me

  1. 12.Where or When


WINC PRODUCTIONS

© 2011 Wanda Stafford