Sylvia- ST

dscn5557This was $3.20 and autographed.  Made out to a Sheri maybe?  Hard to tell.  bfd022_08614c7223f0482e949a220ca9dea6ac

From what I can tell about the artist (in the least amount of time as I am in vacation mode), Sylvia Johns (now Sylvia Ritchie) is a pianist originally from North Carolina .  She played in the Louisiana- Mississippi area for some time before moving back to NC.  With a wide repetrore, Sylvia plays weddings and other events today and probably is available for your special event.

Sylvia’s Webpage

If I was not in hurried preparation to traverse the globe right now, I might have been more inclined to dig up some more information on this album.  However, I am already gone while writing this so I will keep it brief.  This record, released in New Orleans by Elario Productions in what I am guessing was the 70’s, contains 6 piano pieces.  Despite singing on her webpage, there are no vocals here. The album features two stand alone pieces,(the oft covered “Brazil” and “Somewhere My Love”) as well four medleys from famous composers ( Henry Mancini, Jim Webb, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin).  These medley pieces are quite good.  I really liked them.  They cover a lot of ground.  Sylvia’s piano playing is also good as well.

dscn5558For a sample, I went with “Brazil” because I always choose that song.  I also went with the medley of tunes from Cole Porter, mainly due to the influence of the movie De-Lovely, of which I wrote about earlier.  Regardless, this medley is a fine effort.610_porter_intro

Satisfactory record.  I bit higher than I would have liked to pay but surprisingly interesting.

 

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