Roomspin Records | 2013
“Mancio doesn’t miss a beat, her phrasing jazzy but always keeping the sense of the lyrics….She scats beautifully… emphasising how much the voice is one of the instruments, never just a singer with a backing band….Georgia Mancio lets the songs breathe”
“an object lesson in subtlety, in understated interpretation, in the impact of nuance…. Mancio can re-invigorate a lyric with the slightest shift in emphasis, timing or intonation….It’s beautiful”
★★★★★
“To improvise on the melody of a song while leaving its lyric unaltered is a difficult and delicate process, but Georgia Mancio brings it off with such grace that she almost makes it sound easy….In all respects an accomplished and beguiling set”
★★★★
“the unforced lyricism, the conversational quality and sheer elegance of the music-making, the palpable sense of enjoying each other’s musical company – are all captured to masterly effect...Mancio sings beautifully, negotiating the intricacies of these standards with a real joie de vivre”
Come Rain or Come Shine
Georgia joins forces with award-winning guitarist, Nigel Price, in this beautiful and intimate collection of jazz standards.
Part duo, part trio (with another long-term collaborator, bassist Julie Walkington), Come Rain or Come Shine was recorded completely live with no overdubbing in a small studio over two afternoons.
The result is an organic, deceptively simple set of ten songs with story telling and improvisation as equal partners. Rain, shine, light, shade: all is to be found here.
credits
Georgia Mancio (voice), Nigel Price (guitars), Julie Walkington (double bass)
Produced by Nigel Price with Georgia Mancio. Design by Neil Waterson. © Georgia Mancio 2013 / Roomspin Records 41