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Thursday, Sep 2, 2010, 7PM-8:30PM, $10 Ramona Borthwick Quintet JP Summer Concert Series at St. John's Episcopal Church (617.874.4009) Revere Street & Roanoke Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 [view map] Latest Release! "ONE OF US" Order the CD or purchase a high quality download of the album in the store. Also available: Sheet music for compositions on this recording for C & Bb instrument. Interview & Review at Italy's Sound Contest webzine by Maurizio Spennato. 
"Borthwick, who authored all the pieces in this self-
produced and self-released CD, walks both sides of the street, playing
excellent, if not quite distinctive, straightahead piano throughout, while
adding her shimmering, wordless soprano lines to selected ensembles along
the way. She does this sparingly, sometimes subtlety, and frequently
hauntingly, never scatting or soloing but instead embedding and
camouflaging herself deep into meticulously orchestrated unison lines in
which her voice seems to float on piano, guitar and horn... For a work
intended to be personal and perhaps introspective, the music is unusually
alive, frisky and free from brooding pensiveness. ""I like the warm spiritual vibe, especially Borthwick's wordless vocals, a
la Flora Purim. "
—PAUL de BARROS, HotBox Review - Downbeat Magazine, May 2010
"Borthwick has a lyrical, uncluttered approach to the piano and her undoubted virtuosity never overshadows the melodicism inherent in her compositions, which makes for very attractive solos.
As impressive a pianist as Borthwick is, it is the strength and depth of the compositions which provides the lasting impression on this recording... One Of Us is a delightful reminder from Ramona Borthwick and her quintet that jazz this good never goes out of style."
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"The HotBox", Downbeat Magazine, May 2010
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