Patterns (1997)

About this title: West Coast cabaret singer Barbara Brussell could have played safe for her first album by selecting a play list from the Great American Song Book and from well-known shows from the Great White Way. Instead, she displays a bit of the daring by including a good number of lesser-known material. But their lack of familiarity does not make them any less intriguing or entertaining, at least the way this fine singer presents them. Among the songs that some may have a hard time recognizing is the wistful "Mira" from Carnival along with the intense yearning and regrets of the title tune, "Patterns," ... read more

Tracks:

1. Patterns/Try to Remember [Shire/Maltby Jr./Jo]
2. Everybody Says Don't [Sondheim]
3. Mira [Merrill]
4. Nothing Really Happened [Carnelia]
5. This Nearly Was Mine [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
6. I Wish [Green]
7. First of May [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
8. This Dream/If I Ruled the World [Bricusse/Newley/Orn]
9. Spoken: "A Long Line of Big Dreamers" [Brussell]
10. Patterns [Shire/Maltby]
11. Mister Snow [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
12. Marry Me a Little [Sondheim]
13. Buddy's Blues [Sondheim]
14. Alfie [Bacharach/David]
15. Move On [Sondheim]
16. Spoken: "Ethical Will" [Magnin]
17. If I Could [Sharron/Hirsch/Mill]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.