"Cabaret legend Nancy LaMott, who succumbed to cancer in 1995, never
sounded more vibrant than on this live recording. She died seven
weeks after the complete performance was taped at what became her
final appearance at the Chestnut Room at New York's Tavern on the
Green.
"Backed by a glistening trio (her longtime arranger Christopher
Marlowe's piano is especially exquisite on an unusually melancholic
reading of "How Deep Is the Ocean"), LaMott shines with her bright
singing and stage patter. In light of her untimely passing, Rodgers
& Hart's "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," Rupert Holmes' "The
People That You Never Get to Love" and David Shire and Alan &
Marilyn Bergman's "The Promise (I'll Never Say Goodbye)" are
heartbreaking." |
