“My grandson. His birth, in early 2023, had an overwhelming emotional impact on me. I experienced an unspeakable feeling of sheer joy and happiness, but there was also an almost unavoidable underlying sense of worry. What challenges await him and his generation? I had no choice but to start looking for songs of love, hope, comfort, life, and childhood, and perform them in the most intimate and vulnerable setting.

How lucky I was to run into pianist Jeroen van Vliet again. We had played as a duo before (at the closing weekend of the old Bimhuis in 2005), and he was part of my semi-acoustic quartet, Executive Lounge. His strong sense of form, sensibility, creativity, and musical intuition would make a perfect match for my intentions for this album.”

– Angelo Verploegen

Angelo Verploegen, Flugelhorn
Jeroen van Vliet, Piano

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An immediate reaction may be to notice the exceptional diction and enunciation and the distinctive phrasing that McGarry demonstrates. It’s not surprising to learn that her greatest influences have been such unique stylists as Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter, and Mark Murphy, as well as the great lady of jazz vocals, Ella Fitzgerald.

Easy To Love is a One Microphone Recording by Producer, Recording Engineer and Tube Audio Designer David Manley from Vacuum Tube Logic (VTL).  It was recorded direct to Stereo Analog Tape using a single Manley Gold Reference Stereo Condenser Microphone and a 2-track Studer C37 Analog Tape Deck updated by VTL mechanically that contains only our Manley pure tube circuitry.

Kate McGarry – Vocals
Paul Kreibich – Drums
Karen Hammack – Piano
Eric Von Essen – Bass

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