'Love Letters' (2000)

featuring
JANET SEIDEL - vocals/piano
KEVIN HUNT - piano
WILLIAM GALISON - harmonica
CHUCK MORGAN - guitar
DAVID SEIDEL - bass
ADAM PACHE - drums
LEN BARNARD - drums

Love Letters
Small Fry
Lazybones
Baltimore Oriole
True Love
Nature Boy
Rockin' Chair
Stardust
The Nearness Of You
In a Sentimental Mood
It Ain't Necessarily So
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Moon River

CD REVIEW - 'Love Letters'
Jazz Dimensions (Germany)

Translated by Dieter Vogt
When two people get together who musically harmonize wonderfully, with a little luck the result is like this CD.

The Australian singer and piano player Janet Seidel and her band together with William Galison created a perfect, smooth masterpiece with Janet Seidel - "Love Letters"

The chosen pieces swing, the mouth-organ, which sometimes takes over the melody, produces the wanted 'cuddle-up factor' - the rounded warm voice of Janet Seidel does the rest.

'In a sentimental mood' or 'It ain't necessarily so' appear in a new, well balanced light. And she can sing - with calmness and precision, which these days is nearly unheard of.

However: whoever doesn't like 'Smooth-Jazz' or music after a hard day's work should stay away from it. But for lovers of passionate music Janet Seidel's latest piece of work is wonderfully suited - nearly disturbing how perfect the whole thing sounds!

Hopefully, the passionate Australian singer whose brother plays the bass in her band, finds new fans in Germany.

CD REVIEW - 'Love Letters'
Jazz Dimensions (Germany) - Carina Prange

March 18, 2001
"The Australian singer and piano player Janet Seidel and her band together with William Galison created a perfect, smooth masterpiece with 'Love Letters'.

For lovers of passionate music Janet Seidel's latest piece of work is wonderfully suited - nearly disturbing how perfect the whole thing sounds!"

CD REVIEW - 'Love Letters'
Review on Cat's Harp Page

Translated by Darko Katalinic
Disc recorded and edited in Australia together with the singer and piano player Janet Seidel, where they cover relaxed standards (i.e. anthems) of a piano bar soundtrack relying on Janet Seidel's velvety and subtle voice as much as on the pure and lyrical style of William Galison.

Songs as beautiful as "Small Fry", "In a Sentimental Mood", "It Ain't Necessarily So" and the well known "Moon River".

Available through La Brava Music publishing, this is therefore a record for those who listen to that music by candlelight (or by the light of some candles).

CD REVIEW - 'Love Letters'
Phillip Sametz - Australian Musicologist

"The chemistry is palpable with Seidel's melodic performances finding a fine foil in Galison's free wheeling approach"

"...a sheen of quiet sophistication is everywhere apparent."

CD REVIEW - 'Love Letters'
'All About Jazz' Website - Dave Nathan

With her clear, cool voice, Janet Seidel successfully combines the fluencies of such singers as Chris Connor, Blossom Dearie, Peggy Lee and Doris Day into a style which focuses on delivering the story told by the lyrics rather than making her vocal faculties the message.

On the lighter side, Seidel takes on a girlish tone (which she does very well) with another Hoagy Carmichael gem, 'Rockin' Chair.

Galison also shows he can sing as he joins Seidel on a tender duet of 'Every Time We Say Goodbye.

Seidel has earned admission into that select cadre of singers who accompany themselves at piano like Sarah Vaughan, Jeri Southern, Shirley Horn and Nina Simone.

Love Letters is another fine production by Janet Seidel with lots of help from her friends and is highly recommended.