Born in Connecticut, Linda Purl actually grew up in Japan, becoming the only foreigner to have trained at the Toho Geino Academy. Her studies continued at Neighborhood Playhouse and Lee Strasberg Institute and she was also the Founding Director of the California International Theatre Festival.

Purl currently tours with her solo concerts Midnight Caravan – Celebrating the Great Ladies of the Glamorous Nightclub Era and Up Jumped Spring. Her solo albums have included Alone Together, Out of this World — Live Midnight Caravan, Up Jumped Spring and the just-released This Could Be The Start (releasing August 25th, 2023).

Past concert venue appearances have included Lincoln Center Jazz, Feinstein’s in NY, Naples Philharmonic, Catalina Jazz Club in LA, Crazy Coqs in London, Club Raye in Paris and Satin Doll in Tokyo.

1. This Could Be the Start of Something Big
2. I’m in the Mood For Love
3. Let’s Get Lost
4. Blue Moon
5. Dream Dancing
6. Let Me Down Easy
7. Live Alone and Like It
8. Two Hearts (Lawns)
9. How High the Moon
10. Not While I’m Around
11. I Love Being Here With You
12. Wrap Your Troubles (in Dreams)

Purl’s subtly smooth vocals open this new recording with the titular This Could Be the Start of Something Big, and then we get the relaxing I’m in the Mood For Love, the romantic finger-snapper Let’s Get Lost, the simply gorgeous Blue Moon, a luxuriant Dream Dancing and then comes a soulful rendition of the fantastic Let Me Down Easy.

She continues to pay homage to the style of the classic singers, all whilst putting her own unique spin on things, with the free flowing elegance of Live Alone and Like It and the beautifully controlled Two Hearts (Lawns), and they are in turn backed by the vibrant How High the Moon, a deliberately stirring Not While I’m Around, the recording coming to a close on a simply sensational I Love Being Here With You and the low slung swing within Wrap Your Troubles (in Dreams).

Longtime collaborators, music director Tedd Firth and vocalist Purl pair up again for their fourth album, This Could Be the Start. The tunes collectively explore what happens when you stand on the edge and take the leap.

Things go right, things go wrong too, love awakens, deepens, is lost, and yet is inevitable. Together with master musicians David Finck, Ray Marchica and Nelson Rangeli, This Could Be the Start is sure to get you started!

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