
swing jazz // retro vocal jazz Canadian songstress Lily Frost pays earnest homage to the heyday of the swing era. Recorded live in mono and accompanied by the Swinging Dukes, an upbeat swing band, Lily Frost's album Lily Swings (2008) brings new interpretations of the lesser-known Billy Holiday songs. Lily's melodic, sweet voice and the arrangements of banjo, breathy tenor sax, low sweet clarinet and trumpets evoke the comfortable and stylish atmosphere of a jazz den. From nostalgic jazz ballads to the playful swing tunes. [...]