Regina Carter: Ella: Accentuate the Positive (OKeh)
From the rolling, Appalachia-tinged fanfare that opens “Accentuate the Positive,” it’s apparent that we’re not in standard Ella-tribute territory. Regina Carter’s violin has a quality suggestive of leading us back to the woods, where an impromptu rustic dance is happening with plenty of attendant good feeling. Welcome, then, to a corner of the Ella Fitzgerald … Read More “Regina Carter: Ella: Accentuate the Positive (OKeh)”
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