Let Your Heart Lead The Way
Waking Up, 2025
8/10
Listen to Let Your Heart Lead The Way
The long running jazz singer, Marilyn Kleinberg, is joined by Will Galison, John DiMartino, Noriko Ueda and Victor Lewis for these sensitive and romantic 11 standards.
The powerful and cozy “Invitation” leads with Kleinberg’s expressive pipes alongside Galison’s soaring chromatic harmonica, and “Alfie” follows with much intimacy, as the emotive harmonica suits DiMartino’s pretty keys and the poetic singing.
Landing in the middle, “I Just Found Out About Love” builds into a bouncy and rhythmic climate thanks to Lewis’ frisky drums and Ueda’s playful bass, while “Never Let Me Go” is a intimate tune where Kleinberg’s heartfelt delivery is met with warm keys.
Arriving close to the end, “If Only I Had A Brain” pairs the cautious instrumentation with Kleinberg’s sincere singing, and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” offers an upbeat and swingin’ moment of timeless vocal jazz, where Galison’s animated harmonica won’t go unappreciated.
A fixture in the New York club scene for a long time, Kleinberg’s performance is moving here, and the band’s chemistry adds much to the mature and uplifting mood.
Travels well with: Liz Cole- I Want To Be Happy; Laird Jackson- Life