Jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton admits it was the music of Cole Porter that inspired her to make her latest album, Desire. Sutton updates two Porter standards and several other classics from the Great American Songbook, including a popular tune that made its debut on Broadway more than 80 years ago. "Love Me Or Leave Me, by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn, first appeared in the 1928 musical "Whoopee!" Vaudeville star Ruth Etting sang the original version, but it's been recorded numerous times since, including versions by Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and even a 1929 piano instrumental by "Fats" Waller. Here, Tierney Sutton proves her talent for torch (passionate love) songs with an interpretation that's part whimsy, part nostalgia.
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Tierney Sutton's 'Desire' Proves Talent for Passionate Love Songs
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Jazz at 35 » Kirilenko, Harpring, free agents help Jazz rebuild without Stockton and Malone
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All the naysayers and prognosticators who picked the Jazz to struggle or finish last in the league in the 2003-04 season thought of the players who left when they made their predictions. Instead, they should have thought of those who remained in the organization. The Utah Jazz rebuilt themselves from 2003 to 2006 following John Stockton's retirement and Karl Malone's move to the Los Angeles Lakers. Without the two players who had defined the Jazz for many years, Utah was supposed to be lucky to win 15 games as the Jazz learned to survive in the NBA without a Stockton-to-Malone play.
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