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Tina May

A Wing and a Prayer

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Dedicated to Shirley Horn, probably the music's greatest exploiter of a luxuriously slow tempo for emotional effect, this album is one of Tina May's most intimate artistic statements, exploring what she calls the 'vulnerable' side of life via songs that hold 'personal significance'.

This Horn connection is most overt in one of the album's standout tracks, 'Too Late Now', which encapsulates the recording's strengths: a pitch-perfect, flawlessly articulated singing performance from May supported by robust yet sensitive saxophone from Stan Sulzmann and flowing, subtle piano from Nikki Iles.

Add a great ear for suitable material (the album contains standards by the likes of Cole Porter and Newley/Bricusse, the Bacharach/David classic 'A House is not a Home', and a couple of May's own lyrics set to 'Black Narcissus' by Joe Henderson and Kernny Wheeler's 'Gentle Piece'), and a wonderfully responsive pair of accompanists in Iles and Sulzmann, and the result is one of May's most approachable and rewarding recordings.