Her voice is rich. She has the essence of the iconic jazz singers in her bones. Choice jazz standards, bossa novas, ballads.

11 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo



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With a rhythm section comprised of Kenny Barron (p), Ray Drummond (b), and Leroy Williams (d), Judi D. has released her debut album âNightshade.â It is filled with wonderful moments, swings throughout and establishes Judi D. as a world-class voice with the hip, cosmopolitan undertone that characterizes New Yorkâs deftest jazz people.-
Ted Panken


Her special guest, Frank Wess compliments and blends his tenor sax and/or flute on songs "Love Dance," " Up Jumped Spring," and "If You Went Away."

Her style borrows heavily from Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae...but there's much more to Judi D. than mere mimicry. She handles Ellington's hugely challenging "Sophisticated Lady" with just the right combination of refracted pain, misty disillusion and judgemental disdain. Her "Up Jumped Spring," superbly underlined by Wess' sax, effectively blends unexpected pleasure and thankful satisfaction. Best track: a loose-limbed "All of Me (a la King Pleasure)," that boldly displays the marvelously imaginative spirit of the unfettered Judi.-
Christopher Loudon
Jazz Times Magazine Feb. 2007