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The veteran Nashville jazz singer drew national
airplay and press raves for her recent album Just Groovin’ by
tapping into the timeless melodic brilliance of a well-chosen list
of pop and rock standards, most from the 1960s. Working with
big-band arrangements and assisted by jazz blowers Houston Person
and Kirk Whalum, the liquid-voiced Marino reworks familiar tunes
like “Baby, It’s You,” “Walking in the Rain,” John Loudermilk’s
great “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye,” and “Groovin’,” done as a duet
with Felix Cavaliere, whose soulful tenor powered the original Young
Rascals hit. A Nashville club favorite in the ‘90s with the Latin
jazz-rock band Som Brasileiro, Marino now concentrates on
small-combo gigs softly lit with supper-club sophistication.
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