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In Times Like These
     
In Times Like These - Jane Scheckter GETTING TO KNOW YOU
THE RULES OF THE ROAD
NOBODY ELSE BUT ME
IN TIMES LIKE THESE
THERE'LL BE ANOTHER SPRING
DON'T LET A GOOD THING GET AWAY
HEART'S DESIRE
YOU MAKE ME LAUGH
FROM THIS MOMENT ON
YOU KEEP COMING BACK LIKE A SONG
THE UNDERDOG / SURE THING
I'M WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME
PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS
ALL MY TOMORROWS
AFTER ALL / YEAR AFTER YEAR
WITH SO LITTLE TO BE SURE OF
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   Her musicians, as always are among the best in New York, starting with musical director and pianist Tedd Firth who has emerged as a prodigious new star in current jazz circles. The trio continues with perennial jazz all-star Jay Leonhart on bass and Joe Cocuzzo on drums.
   The gifted young reed player, Scott Kreitzer contributes tenor sax solos on three of the cuts. The title song, by Sammy Fain and E.Y. Harburg is one of the lesser-known songs of World War II, but Jane felt it was particularly appropriate in today's uncertain world, and as a theme for the album, which author, as critic and Will Friedwald observes in his liner notes, "is ground zero for bright tomorrows, and its songs form a veritable axis of optimism, cockeyed or otherwise".

     
Double Standards
     
Double Standards - Jane Scheckter FUN TO BE FOOLED
LONG AGO AND FAR WAY
HE LOVES AND SHE LOVES
I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE /
   DON'T BLAME ME

SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR AWAY
YOU ARE THERE
I WISH I KNEW / DARN THAT DREAM
THE WORLD IS YOUR BALLOON
IT'S BAD FOR ME
HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
NIGHT AND DAY
SPEAK LOW
EV'RYTHING I LOVE
APRIL SNOW
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   A follow-up to her sold out premiere album, it features the same world class trio as her debut recording: musical director and pianist Mike Renzi, Jay Leonhart on bass and Grady Tate on drums. Fourteen wonderful songs by America's great composers including Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, the Gershwins and Harold Arlen.

     
I've Got My Standards
     
I've Got My Standards - Jane Scheckter THIS TIME THE DREAM'S ON ME
LUCKY TO BE ME
HAUNTED HEART
YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME
I'M IN LOVE AGAIN
SPRING WILL BE A LITTLE LATE THIS YEAR
I'VE GOT BEGINNER'S LUCK /
   FOR YOU FOR ME FOREVER MORE

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
I SEE YOUR FACE BEFORE ME
WHY SHOULDN'T I
I GOT LOST IN HIS ARMS
YOU'RE SENSATIONAL
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   Jane's first recording, now out of print, garnered raves from the musical press, including Billboard, Downbeat, Jazziz and Stereo Review, as well as from newspaper critics who called it "a small gem of an album" (N.Y. Post), "a fine debut album " (N.Y. Daily News), and "a collection you will want to own; it's a beauty" (Backstage Magazine).

     
     
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