Search - Rebecca Parris :: You Don't Know Me

"You Don't Know Me" has all of the earmarks of a winning hand. Parris has stacked the deck with aces, including a top rhythm section (Brad Hatfield, piano; Peter Kontrimas, bass; and Matt Gordy, drums with Jim Lattini on the title cut) and three stellar guests: two of the best tenor saxophonists in jazz, Houston Person and Jerry Bergonzi and vibraphonist Gary Burton, an old friend, with whom she previously recorded. Each guests on a number of vintage selections. In her earlier years, Rebecca,like Dinah Washington in her prime, possessed the vocal authority to confront a formidable song and overpower it if she so chose. Today she is more the stylist who can read lyrics with the all-knowing assurance of a Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday or Peggy Lee. --Bob Perkins, jazz program host, WRTI Philadelphia.