For those still unaware, Christine Fawson is a jazz singer and freelance trumpet player. She loves playing many different styles of music and she is primarily an old school entertainer.

Born and raised in Ukiah, California, Christine has also lived in Hawaii, Utah, Massachusetts and New Mexico and has enjoyed a career as a musician and solo artist for over twenty years.

A Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Finalist in 2017 and 2019, Downbeat Magazine noted Christine as “A distinctive performer with compelling dynamism,” and Jack Bowers of All About Jazz, touts her presence as “a performer who must be seen, as well as heard to be suitably appreciated.”

Fawson has been a freelance performer for Wilson Stevens, The Disney Corporation, Bose, MSC Cruises and more, as well as jazz artists Phil Wilson, Victor Mendoza and the Rat Pack, pop artist, Adele and the TV show The Young and The Restless.

Fawson has previously recorded four albums as a leader. Happy Talk (2003) is a collaboration with legendary trombonist and Grammy Award nominated arranger Phil Wilson. Her second album, My Side (2013) features original pop and jazz compositions by Christine and one of her favorite guitarists and songwriters, Scott Tarulli. A return to more traditional jazz roots is displayed in the 2016 album, Here Now. Christine Fawson Sings Jazz (2018) features pianist Tim Ray’s contemporary adaptations of her favorite selections from the Great American Songbook.

And now the singer-trumpeter performs 11 of her favorite jazz standards in fresh and lively versions on her fifth solo album, It Could Happen to You. On which she teams herself up with a top-notch rhythm section for consistently infectious performances.

1. “It Could Happen to You”
2. “It’s All Right With Me”
3. “Lazybones”
4. “What I’ll Do”
5. “My Heart Stood Still”
6. “Like Someone in Love”
7. “You Don’t Know What Love Is”
8. “You’ve Changed”
9. “I Was Doing All Right”
10. “Oh, Lady Be Good”
11. “Every Time We Say Goodbye”

The luxuriant jazz singer and freelance trumpet player opens her new recording on the impetuously playful “It Could Happen to You” and then brings us the sumptuously crafted “It’s All Right With Me,” the sheer elegance of “Lazybones,” the demurely stoic ballad “What I’ll Do” and the jaunty “My Heart Stood Still.”

Along next is the flirtatiously assured “Like Someone in Love” which is itself backed beautifully by the dancefloor bustle of “You Don’t Know What Love Is” and the emotive “You’ve Changed,” the new set rounding out on the lushly low slung “I Was Doing All Right” and the frenetically-charged “Oh, Lady Be Good,” the new set closing on a breathless beautification of “Every Time We Say Goodbye.”

MUSICIANS:
Christine Fawson - Vocals, Trumpet, Producer
Tim Ray - Piano, Arranger
Dave Zinno - Bass
Casey Scheuerell - Drums, Percussion, Co-Producer

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