{"id":713,"date":"2019-05-22T17:07:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smokesessionsrecords.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=713"},"modified":"2021-04-13T22:19:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:19:43","slug":"songs-were-made-to-sing","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/smokesessionsrecords.com\/shop\/albums\/songs-were-made-to-sing\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs Were Made to Sing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With <em>Songs Were Made to Sing<\/em>, jazz vocalist Mary Stallings<\/strong> has crafted an exquisite collection of classic songs that reflect on a life well and passionately lived.<\/p>\n<p>Although <strong>Mary Stallings<\/strong> didn&#8217;t write any of the lyrics on her moving new album, <em>Songs Were Made to Sing<\/em>, each one represents a chapter in her life and a piece of her soul. On this new album, the incomparable vocalist puts her distinctive stamp on a diverse set of 13 songs, using her gift for interpreting a lyric to transform familiar melodies into profoundly personal and captivating stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how you can feel things in your heart and in your mind but not find the words to say them,\u201d Stallings says. \u201cSo I pick tunes that seem to apply to me personally, and a story grows out of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The soulful Bay Area chanteuse worked closely with master pianist\u00a0<strong>David Hazeltine<\/strong>, who tailored the album\u2019s vibrant arrangements to Stalling\u2019s singular voice and to the stellar band that was assembled for the date, which brings together such greats as trumpeter\u00a0<strong>Eddie Henderson<\/strong>, alto saxophonist\u00a0<strong>Vincent Herring<\/strong>, bassist\u00a0<strong>David \u201cHappy\u201d Williams<\/strong>,\u00a0and drummer\u00a0<strong>Joe Farnsworth<\/strong>. Percussionist\u00a0<strong>Daniel Sadownick<\/strong>\u00a0is added to the mix for Latin-tinged takes on \u201cLover Man\u201d and \u201cLady Bird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be 80 years old and I\u2019m very proud of it,\u201d she announces. \u201cI\u2019m the product of everything that I\u2019ve been through in my life, and that comes through in my music. My joy is getting on that stage and having people listen to my stories.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Songs Were Made to Sing, jazz vocalist Mary Stallings has crafted an exquisite collection of classic songs that reflect on a life well and passionately lived. 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