Minnesota mainstay Connie Evingson is preparing to release her new album, Hornucopia, and she was kind enough to share a couple tunes in advance with Jazz88. Evingson sent along two songs that feature the recently deceased jazz saxophone legend Benny Golson including “Whisper Not.” The Hornucopia album focuses on the great songs written by horn players and Evingson had already picked out two Benny Golson charts to feature on the record. During the recording sessions in 2019 a then 91-year-old Golson was scheduled to play at Crooners and Evingson jumped at the chance to have Golson on the recordings. The results are truly magical. The band was on their best behavior as they navigated Golson’s amazing composition and gave Golson space to deliver a tasteful solo over the chord changes he knows so well. Evingson’s vocal sounds intimate and clear throughout the tune and the last note she grabs to close the tune provides a bit of a window into why she is one of Minnesota’s most celebrated vocalists.
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